The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-12-24
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cle symbol Of the ul ortGiuty OF lie
We admire you've aCmi., MY strJn
and brave enemy. BIT o. not mlstah,
foolhardlness for bravery You eau
never beat rs. and you viii sacrifice
yourself II you try. We do not Offer
you money. Leave us aloEc-or 20.
will suffer"
Il shall DO my duty. Yo haye h".
before the only answer she'll eve
give you / am sworn 10 uDiold mr..
enforce the law. shall do 30 at what
ever risk to myself
Remember. this VS. the last ch1n"e
you will have 20 save yournelf We
bear you no ill viii: we 90 not want
to be obliged to move against yon. hui
II you do not yield your blood be on
your own head"
81 shall enforce the law. Sooner or
later you viii pay the penalty for all
your crimes"
And on the word Dudley Larnigan.
his forehead beaded with heavy drops
Of perspiration. slammed the receiver
into the hook. He rose and stared at
Bruce.
"Now do you believer" he said.
"You heard what / said. / think |
have one chance I'm n million to es-
cape them. | am marked man. II Is
impossible for me to guard myself eff
fectively. Yet | shall go on"
you said you were afraid" said
Bruce
"And so / am. live in deadly fear.
But, no matter how much fear them,
l fear my own conscience more. They
can never punish me. no matter what
they do, as would my own conscience
If | betrayed my trust"
For the moment Bruce managed TO
shake OFF the depression that his IA
TIERS mood ana al the other circum-
stances had induced
They're trying to frlght.en you"
he said. Good Lord, this is the TWEEN
tieth century. They're trying to
frighten you with old tricks. They'd
never dare actually TO use violence"
I'VE shall see" said his father. "At
least l shall do my duty, no matter
what the outcome may be, as long as
l am spared. And | have faith enough
In you, my son, 10 believe that If the
men who are opposed to me give the
last proof of the truth of my words
you will take up that duty and make
It your own"
Bruce shook his head sadly as he
went out 1t seemed TO him that he
had hit upon the truth-that his father
was breaking down from overwork and
that he was taking seriously n melo
dramatic and absurd campaign of
blackmail.
"No doubt attempts are being made
to dissuade him from doing his duty"
said Bruce to himself, "but he Is al
lowing himself to be upset by threats
that would only have amused him
few years ago. Poor Old dadr'
Bruce himself had a pleasant err
rand. His steps took him to the home
Of Roger Maxwell whose vast inter
ests I'm the field of insurance had
caused him 10 be known commonly as
the head OF what was called the in
surance trust. But 1t was not the
great financier that Bruce went to see.
He seemed TO be well known at the
house. The servant who answered his
ring smiled rs she took his hat and
stick.
"AIiss Dorothy's in the library. sir"
she said. "She is expecting you, sir.
I'm sure"
Dorothy Maxwell as Bruce entered
the room was standing near win
dow. As she heard his step she turn
ed with glad little cry, and came
straight TO him.
Bruce" she said, I'm so glad! You
weren't sure that you could come"
lie took her I'm his arms and kissed
her.
81 usually manage TO come, though.
don't IT, he said, with n laugh. "Still.
II did look doubtful. Dad, you know
He stopped. and she frowned lit
tie
whatever is the matter with your
father, Bruce, dearT she said. ia
ther says he must have gone suddenly
mad 10 make such speech; that he's
antagoniZCd all the solid business men
I'm New York by the wild statements hG
made. | think-l'm afraid he isn't
quite as pleased as he was a. the idea
of our-of our engagement
Its got nothing TO do with us!' de
clared Bruce angrily. I'm not re
sponsible for my fathers actions. !
think myself he's wrong about this
that he's been excited by things that
have happeped. But l can't let youI
father critiCiSe him 10 me-
"Of course not" she said soothingly
"And he won't, I'm sure. And, any
how, Bruce. dear. we're not going tt
quarrel, you and 1, even if il turns out
that our fathers do"
Bruce was about TO reply when he
looked over DOrothy's shoulder ano
saw two men i'm the next room. One
was her father, Roger Maxwell; the
other was Stanford stone. And Stone
who did not know that Bruce coulc
see him. was regarding them Will
such malevolent expression in his
usually nscrutable eyes that Bruc,
uVos stnrflpd Stpna ot thfg tfp,o u.a.