Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-17
CHAPTER n
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 scheme for restitution under way, be- cause-untl she had Induced him to do so-Max Willard had been loath to accept his old friend Temple Bonner's assistance.
 In the beginning the one thing clear to all of them had been the fact that the Man of Iron was protected by an invulnerable legal barrier and that if redress was to be obtained at all 1t must be accomplished by means of some surprising coup that would catch the magnate amid such conditions that he could not refuse to accede. Thus it was that Josephine DevereauK. on the strength of old ties of senti- ment and friendship, had easily enlist ed Temple Bonner's financial aid.
 This same lady had experienced lit- tie difficulty in winning Paige Carew's sympathy-pa particularly after Paige had met and become acquainted with Jessie. She had consented to lend Willard her moral support, believing that her participation in the plot was to extend no farther than a "myster- ious disappearance" which Willard was supposed to utilize in some indefi- nite manner for his own purposes The eliminating bizarre climax, in which she had played so conspicuous a part. he had kept to himself. know ing that her willing cooperation could not be expected
 Through Barnicle, Paige had kept in touch with her uncle and her cous- in and it was the valet's account of Rudolph's condition that had so agi- tated her on the night she went to the Claremont accompanied by Phil Mercer
 The intelligence that Paige had brought back to Jessie. already re- morseful and anxious over her aban- donment of Van Vechten to Callis, had driven the girl distracted. When Paige's purse was missed aft CT the flight from Number 1913, Jes- sic had volunteered to return and re- cover it, if possible, ss being the one ] least likely to attract attention or to ! be interfered with. Callis. who had been annoying her with his attentions, and whose headstrong ruthless na- ture had all along been a source of anxiety and alarm to Willard. had fol- lowed her.
 The death of Jim O'Neill and Tom | Phinney's subsequent accidental in- | trusion at Rocky Cove-whence the conspirators had hed-had finally ! thrown them all into panic Paige | had been the only one to keep her head, and she, after recognizing Tom. | had resolved the difficulty in the most |. practical manner
 | It was Jessie whom Van Vechten and Tom had seen arrive at the Silent | House, Sunday in a taxi-cab
 The death of O'Neill was the first of a sequence of accidents that plunged Max Willard into hot water almost at the moment when he saw success for his undertaking. O'Neil had an swered the advertisement blindly; but as soon as he stepped across the threshold of Number 1913 he had been recognized as the traitorous employe of Wiuard's who had surreptitously sold the timelock drawings and metal formulae to Theodore Van Veehten. In the fight that followed Callis struck a blow from which O'Neill, only few minutes later, had been rendered un- conscious. In falling. he had frac- tured temple. and thus received his death wound.
 Tom had drawn Paige of to the embrasure Of one Of the library's cur tained bay windows.
 What in the world is the matter with you?" the girl Temonstrated in amazement You are as rough as 8 pirate"
 Tom did not heed His eyes were unnaturally bright and he was breath ing heavily.
 "Listen!' he cautioned in a whisper He could not Tepress bis excitement That's Flint talking 10 Jessie-tC Miss Willard. ] mean She and Mrs DevereauK came with us from tn, Kohinur. Hang 1t all Don't mak' so much noisel I want you to heai what they are saying"
 Jessie looked tritie frightened Shl and the detective were standing b! one of the big tables He was hold ing in one hand pocket memoran dunn book, and talking in his quie way.
 Paige, with her head close to Toms peered through the curtains The, heard MT. Flint say:
 'I am not often controlled by i'm pulses, Miss Willard, but at the tim it struck me that the occasion migh come when this would form a rathe interesting document"
 What is it?" demanded Jessi, You frighten me"
 "lf l have your permission, ! vii read you something" said he; the he fixed his attention upon the memo randpm book, and continued:
 Nothing in the world could b more absurd than to imagine the gil l saw being engaged in anything erin inal. or even entertaining a suspicio that she may be surrounded by