The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-04-02

n ARYS heart leaped at the pos
MI sibility back of those three
words. within the law She
might do anything, seek any
revenge, work any evil, enjoy any mas
terry as long as she should keep with
in the law. There could be no pun
ishment then. That was the lesson
taught by the captain in high finance
He was at pains always in his stupen-
dous robberies to keep within the law.
To that end he employed lawyers OF
mighty cunning and learning to guide
his steps Alright in such tortuous paths
There, then, was the secret Why
should she not use the like means
Why, indeed? She had brains enough
TO devise. surely. Beyond that she
needed only to keep her course most
carefully within those limits of wrong
doing permitted by the statutes. The
sole requirement would be lawyer
equally inscriptions and astute.
She took Joe Carson into her conf
dence. He was vastly astonished at
the outset and not quite pleased. To
his view this plan offered merely a
fashion of setting difficulties in the
way Of achievement
Presently, however, the sincerity and
persistence Of the girl won him over
The task Of convincing him would
have been easier had he himself ever
known the torment of serving term
in prison. Thus far, however, the for
ger had always escaped the penalty
for his crimes. though often close to
conviction. But Mary's arguments We're
of compelling sort as she set them
forth in detail and Carson agreed that
the experiment should be made
An agreement was made by which
Joe Carson and certain Of his more
trusted intimates in the underworld
were to put themselves under the or
ders of Mary concerning the sphere OF
their activities Furthermore, they
bound themselves not TO engage in any
devious business without her consent.
Agile, too, was one of the company
thus constituted, but she figured little
in the preliminary discussions. since
neither Mary nor the forger had much
respect for the intellectual liabilities
Of the adventures, though they appre-
ciated to the full her remarkable pow
ers of influencing men to her will
1t was not difficult TO find a lawyer
suited to the necessities of the under.
taking. Mary selected Sigismund Har-
ris, an attorney. just in the prime of
his mental vigors, who possessed a
knowledge Of the law only TO be equal
ed by his disrespect for It
Forthwith the scheme was set in op-
Grafton. AS a first step Mary Turner
became a young lady OF independent
fortune. who had living with her II
cousin. Miss Agnes Lynch. The fat
was abandoned In its stead was an
apartment in the Nineties on Riverside
drive. in which the ladies lived alone
with two maids to serve them.
Carson had rooms in the neighbor
hood. but Jim Lynch. who persistently
refused the conditions Of such an ALI
ance. betook himself afar. to continue
his reckless gathering Of other folk S
money In such wise as to make him
amenable to the Ia W the very first time
he should be caught at II.
A few tentative ventures resulted In
profits so large that the company grew
nightly enthusiastic over the novel
manner of working. In each instance
Harris was consulted and made his
confidential statement rs to the legal
ty of the thing proposed. After few
perfectly legal breach of promise suits.
due to Aggie's winsome innocence OF