Putnam patriot., 1915-07-23

H. K. Fly company.
 | rived at home the old man threw off i the light coat which he had been wear 1 ing tossed it carelessly on a chair. threw the slouch hat beside it. then with a deft movement stripped the gray locks from his head and with a i gesture of relief cast the wig disdain- i fully from him. Freed from this sin I pie disguise. that which remained of the unmasking process was simple enough. The man merely straighten- i ed himself with sigh of relief as he i inhaled deeply till the lungs were swollen to their full capacity Now. in l the metamorphosis of moment. where had been merely q slight form. with rounded shoulders bent under the weight of years. there was revealed stalwart man in the maturity of his vigors. broad of shoulder deep chest ] ad. thin of flank whose 1.-the erectness 1 iold of an agile strength beyond the i Isual. Nor was the transformation that If form alone Even as the short figure l )f the old man had grown abruptly into
 
 vacuous face merged subtly, surpris- i ingly, into a countenance alert and masterful in it's expression. The eyes 1 that had seemed dim under the droop- l Ing of heavy lids were widely opened and in their clear gray shone the fires of a lively intelligence. He crossed :. the room to a couch that stood against the wall and there dropped down in an abandonment of grief. for this was Andrew Allen, whose younger brother had that day been sentenced to death for the crime of murder.
 Little by little the expression on the mans face changed. Where had been the extreme of grief grew. slowly. yet implacably. q grimmer mood and one more evil The lines of the strong, mobile face set themselves to a wrath that was all pervasive Andrew Allen had bound himself Co avenge his brother
 What in another might have been only d helpless fury against malignant fate became in this man T purposeful wrath against the one who had acted ' 1eVotng Henry Allen to death Throughout the proceedings against his brother Andrew had cherished an ever increasing hatred of Wainwright the district attorney. He regarded this public official as directly responsible for the death penalty. To his mind warped perhaps by q great affection, | Il .It less of any crime, it had seemed that Wainwright pursued a course of in tolerabe cruelty toward the innocent for the sake of a vaulting personal Embition He deemed it monstrous lhat the prosecutor should thus juggle with life in order to win the plaudits of the crowd. Undoubtedly had Vain wright been less jealous in his con luct of the case the accused would have suffered a comparatively light sentence or perhaps have been aequit- { ted
 Presently Andrew Allen sprang to his feet and began pacing hurriedly 10 and fro. muttering to himself dis iuintedly the while. Though man of infinite precautions. he had now no fear lesf he he overheard as from time !, time he voiced fra5mentary sugges- ions of thp ideas seething in his feY-
 rish brain in that house there was aona 10 listen He lived alone. abso- ufely: nof even d woman came on oc-
 asion to set the place in order
 Andrew ceased his nervous pacing about the room presently and prepared for going ont He proceeded to the steps of a disreputably dilapidated house and climbed three flights of stairs to the top story. where he fitted a key tn the door of the back room and entered. carefully closing and lock | ing the door behind him. A moment l later the gaslight tiared from the match he had struck and showed the 1 desolate wall paper, threadbare carpet. thin. hummocky bed rickety table, I chairs and washstand. The whole air l of the place was repellent worse than l poverty stricken.
 Only two things in the room tended in any wise to contradict the general impression of squalor. On the wabhly table stood typewriter: to one wall telephone was attached. It was the
 typewriter that first engaged Andrews
 attention The machine was small.
 very serviceahle but of g cheaper sort.
 in which the printing was done from
 type wheel having three bands of | characters This wheel was readily
 dqmchable. and now the operators first
 care was fo remove il from It's shaft
 and to bsstow 1t in q pocket of his coat From a pasteboard box beneath
 the table be procured another type
 wheel one that had never been used. and adjusted this to its place on the | machine. Then he inserted aasheet Of
 an ordinary cheap typewriter paper
 and proceeded 10 write in the foreiin-
 ger manner of the novice letter. And
 he wrote with entire frankness. un-
 afraid lest the missive betray him-his
 precautions were too carefully taken
 The greatest expert in machines
 would t-. unable to trace the peeuliari-
 lies of a type ased only on this single
 occasion. witch would thereafter, with
 its fellow already in his pocket, be cast
 into the waters of the North river. So