Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-05-22

| sunshine every minute possible unit
| you just blossom.
AS 1t mad been planned, so duly |
was executed by the Master Mind
7 In France speedily began the trans
formation OF a humble working cir
who had been subjected to the ig
nominy Of imprisonment into woman
or excellent education, of gentle man
ners. of essential refinement Of charac
ter. To this work Andrew allowed a
period Of four years. Thus 1t will be
seen that the man was not influ.
enced by needless haste. At last the
span drew to its close and the final
activities of his scheming began. 1t
was time, too, since Wainwright had
persistently advanced in public honor
until he was become the chief man OF
his political party In the state with a
splendid reputation absolutely unblem.
ished. 1t was known that he would
be given the nomination for governor
| by his party in the campaign Of the
coming year. 1t was certain as well
that he would be elected. The Master
Mind smiled a smile that was not good
to see as he sat at his typewriter, into
which he had just slipped a new type
Wheel and addressed an envelope to
| Cortland Wainwright, Esq.
At his breakfast table next morning
| Wainwright at sight of a card that
dropped from the opened envelope felt
chill Of apprehension. To these white
cards he had become In a way habitu.
ated. For nearly four years they had
appeared in his mail at irregular in.
tervals. Some had come to his office,
some to his home, others to his hotels
abroad even to the country houses of
friends where he visited
He stared ut the OminOus symbol in |
a dsmay foreign to his habit. This |
was the silent message Of a doom
brooding close over him And against |
the insidious attack he was without
resource, helpless in his ignorance of
where or when or how the blow would
fail. Already he had employed In vain
one Of the best men from the plnker-
ton agency to seek out the Master
Mind. Now, however, under the urgen
cy of the card Wainwright left the ia
BILE and went to the telephone, where
he established communication with the
detective, Marshall, and made an ap-
pointment Then he returned to the
table and resOlutely continued the
reading Of his letters. Presently an
other communication absorbed his at
tention.
1t was Just now one Of those recur-
rent seasons In New York city when
there Is marrying Of the grafters, or,
rather Of a selected few Of them. In
one most important instance there was
a woeful lack Of admissible evidence
against an offender whose guilt was
nevertheless generally known. The
roughly scrawled, i'll spet misslve be-
fore Wainwright promised to turn over
the needed evidence, but only to Vain
wright himself in person. The reason
for this condition seemed convincing
enough. The writer explained that his
life would pay the penalty were his
tre0chery made known to the guilty
involved in his revelations,
For the sake Of his own safety the
writer suggested that Wainwright
should meet him the night following
the receipt 5f the letter ut half past
II o'clock on the south side Of Chelsea
square, toward the west end, where
the probabilities were that there would
be almost no one else about, and the
Interview might pass unnotlced
At II o'clock that night Wainwright
set forth to the meeting with the I'm.
known. Walking westward along
Twentieth street, he peered sharply
about him for glimpse Of any one
who might suggest his mysterious cor
respondent, but the place was wholly
deserted. The fact caused Vain.
wright no concern, for the hour Of the
appointment was not quite arrived. He
strolled slowly on until he was come
within few yards OF Tenth avenue.
Suddenly shrlll cry startled him.
He saw less than rod before him the II
figure Of man dlmly visible in deepel
shadows close by house wall. At the
same moment there sounded another
cry, and now he saw, behind the other,
second figure, which darted forward
swiftly. Then, Just as the two figures
blended lance Of nre burned through
the night, and the sharp crack OF an
automatic smotG the stiffness Of the
,quarc, Wainwright stood rooted 10
the spot In stupetnctIun over the un
eNpeetednesS OF the event. In flash
he understood that an assassin had
been lurking there In ambush await
Ing his coming. The shout Of the 9th
er man had been In warning. Eyl
IDENTIFY the newcomer had turned into
the street from Tenth avenue lust In
time 10 observe the assallant as he
stepped forth from his place Of con.
ceament, aud the newcomer had not
heslated to spring forward ana gran.
pie with the criminal Doubtless the
unexpected interruption had diverted
the aiming Of the weapon. Certainly
another shot hsd been prevented by
the fan OF the weapon.
One Of the forms broke nercely from
the clutch of the other aud disappeared
INTO Tenth avenue as his adversary
went staggering bnclt against m, v,,n