The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-02-26

and sat thinking AMI twirIine his eye
glasses M the cud ~ their blark curd
His thoughts seemed to W. not OF
the pleasantcst The lines abiui his
mouth had dccpcned during the last
few months lie looked older
The telephone hell rang sharply. Mr.
Atkins came out ~ his rrvrrir with u
start. arose and walked arr'SS the
room TO the wall where the inS' rlnsnt
hung II was bpfur' the days ~ th"
convenient desk phone. lie im'L he
receiver from its hunk and ~Iinkr int"
the transmitier
Hello he said Hello. YES. vs.
stop ringing, What is ity'
The wire buzzed and purrrl in III
storm Hello said a voice "llrlh'
there. Is this MIR Atkins hnusr;'
Yes: Il is what de- you WANT"
Hey? Is this where the Hon. lie
man Atkins livesi"
"Ycs. yes. tell you. This Is Mr. ~
kjns speaking what do you want:
"Oh. Is that you. Heman; This
Is whitaker Cy Whitaker Under
stand?''
Mr.. Atkins understood Vet for an
instant he did not reply. lie had h"n
thinking as he sat by the fire of or
tain persons and certain ugly though
remote possibilities. Now. from u
mysterious somewhere. one Of ihose
persons was speaking TO him. The
hand holding the receiver shook mo
mentarily.
Hello. J. say. Heman. 10 you un
| derstand? This is Whitaker talkiu'."
I-er- understand" said the con
gresham slowly. We'll. sir?''
I'm here in Washinton.
81 have been informed thai you were
In the city Well. siry"
"Oh knew was here. did you: j.
that 81: Who told you? Tad wr"'e
I suppose. heyT'
The conyrrssmsn did not reply I'M
mediately. This man. whom he dis
liked more than any one else In the
world, had an irritating faculty Of put
ting his finger on the truth. And the
iippancy in the tone was maddening
Mr.. Atkins was not used TO fippancy.
81 believe I am not called upon to
disclose my source Of information"
he said. with chilling dignity. 1T ap-
pears 10 have been trustworthy. I pre-
sumo you have phoned me concern
ing the appropriation matter. do not
recognize your right TO intrude In that
affair. and ] shall decline TO discuss
It, Yes. sir: TO my people. TO those
who have right to question. ] am
and shall always be willing to explain
my position. Good night"
what. Hello. Hold on a minute.
Don't get mad. Heman. | only want
ed to say just a word. You'll let me
say word. won't your
This was more like II. This was
more nearly the tone In which Mr.. At
kins was wont to be addressed. II
was possible that the man. recognizing
the uselessness Of further opposition.
desired 10 surrender.
81 cannot" declared the honorable.
understand why you should wish to
speak with me. We have very little
In common. very little. I'm thankful
to say. However. will hear you
briefly. Go on"
much obliged Well. Heman,
only wanted TO say that ] thought
maybe you'd better have a little talk
with me- I'm here at the hotel. the
Regent. You know where tbs. pre-
sumo likely. guess you'd better come
right down and see me-"
Heman gasped. actually gasped with
establishment
at had better come and see you? i
Well. sir-well! ! am not accusiom
ed
81 know. but ] think you'd better
It's dirty weather. and I've got cold
somehow or other. ] amt feelin quite
up 10 the mark. so l cal'late I'll stay
in port much as ] can. You come
right down. I'll be In my room. and
the hotel folks II tell you where it's
I'll be waitin' for you"
Mr.. Atkins breathed hard. In hi'
present frame of mind be would have
liked TO deliver a blast into that trans