Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-11-19

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Fuie-t0-PoIe railway. Knowing ef your
eoneetion with che railway. fn euesfion.
and having read Of y0nr extraerdfnary
4hiiify % Fastening shiEgz upon those who
are unwillsag 20 have kh1n8n fastened
upon them. ] ann sen1tng you ths ineissed
as retainer for your services in having
ycur road adopt this raffern Of pfn- The
draft pins are made of TIA finest quality
Of Graft steel. while those which are In
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win be pleased TO sss you as my hnnt-
ing-iodge In the Arrowdondacks tbs
evening. when we can discuss defsfle
E.x GRAFT.
There 10 more In this.. said. Car
lock. than appears on the surface.
No man has ever had 20 offer me Q
bribe twice. watchem. we must make
haste ere the promoter At this useful
device changes lis mind. No man
can make me such an alluring propo-
sition and escape.
"Watchern." he hissed, before the
clocks strike the hour Of midnight
shall have the signature Of Z. z. Graft
to one OF my non-breakable contracts.
Come. we lose time! But wait.
have an idea. Why should we con-
sume time In going TO the Arrowdon.
dacks when II Is in my power 20 sum
mon our quarry 10 me BY my mar.
yelous telepathic powersY"
He raped sharply upon the table
two or three times. and then muffied
himself up In the raps. which made
him look Ike mahatma doing a..
esoteric. l could see h.s nsassI. e
brow as he concentrated upon the
task In hand. Hin power IN that line
was marvellous. Often have ] seen
him wink om.nously to the drug clerk.
His massive brows were knitting
like q stocking machine. while beads
Of perspiration stood upon his fore
head ready for the stringing. Sudden.
ly an automobile horn sounded out.
side and we heard the moan OF an
emergency brake at Carlock's door.
"Hist!" he exclaimed. its he"
Expectantly. we waited. The silence
vas disquieting. Suddenly the eleva-
tor doors claazed and the Indicator
inside Carlock's door announced the
fact that q portly gentleman weighing
two hundred and seventy-six pounds
stood upon the mat. outside the portal
There was knock. cariock giided
to the door and threw it open. The
visitor entessd staggering. and would
have fallen had not Carlock prevented
him. tH @
Mr.. cariock Bioness' he asked.
That's me-" replied Carlcck. 'You
are In trouble. Really, my dear sir.
you should get married; then you
could tell your troubles 20 your wife
without having 70 come TO me-"
The portly party paled. "1aow DO
you know all these thingsr- he asked
IL is my business TO know every.
thing" replied Carlock. Il know you
are not married. because nobody loves
fat man. I know you are IN frou
BILE. because you own an automobils
and knos that your chsuffeur haa
left you because you used the emer
gency brake In making Q social stop
A chauffeur never uses brake Of
any kind. He goes ahead and breaks
the machine by running into some
thing" - -
'Marvelous!" gaspsd the visitor
AS you know these things, perhaps
you can tell me my name"
-E. 2. Graft" replied Cariock
You lose" said the portly party
e z. Graft was arrested this morn
ing for bribery"
Then. who. ars your" demanded
Carlock.
That" said he, rs another story