Putnam patriot., 1915-07-30

about how to he a lady as weH as the usual stuff out of books But We must have that christening. I've thought of name"
 Tell me-" the girl urged.
 'Lucene Blount,' he replied. You like it?"
 "oh, love ite' was tbe eager an swer "Bm-but il seems so strange after Maggieg
 50 it does. he agreed "Weu. then. if you're satisfied we'll settle on Lu- eene BloHHt.a
 The smile that curved her pale lips was very winning-so winning. indeed. that once again the plotaer experienced a pang of regret over The necessity that led him to sacrifice thls lie Co his vengeance.
 wen be sailing in the course of a few days for l mean t3 see you safe in the place myself, and in the mean time I'm going te feed you on the fat Of the land and keep you out in the sunshine every minute possible until you just blossom"
 As il had been planned, so duly it was executed hy the Master Mind, In France speedily began the trans formation of humble working girl who had been subjected to the ig- nominy of imprisonment into woman of excellent education ef gentie man ners. of essential refinement of charac- ter To this work Andrew allowed period of four years. Thus 1t will be seen that the man was not infu- enced by needless haste. At last the span drew to it's close and the final activities Of his Scheming began. It was time. too, since Wainwright had persistentiy advanced in public honor until he was become the chief man of his political party in the state with splendid reputation absolutely unblem. ished. It was known that he would be given the nomination for governor by his party i'll the campaign of the coming year. It was certain as well that he would be elected The Master Mind smiled smile that was not good to see as he sat at his typewriter, into which he had just slipped a new type WtlRNA. Atiu AAitiA3SNt1 all tAAAtiRl'1 Ah 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 whlte 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 at the ominous symbol in a dismay foreign to his habit This was the silent message of 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 fall. Already he had employed in vain one of the best men from the Tinker ton agency to seek out the Master Mind. Now, however. under the urgen- cy of the card Wainwright left the ta- ble 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.
 II was just now one of those reeur- rent seasons in New York ely when there is Il harrying Of the grafters, or, rather of q selected few of them ln 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 spelt missive 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 pays the penalty were his treachery 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 of the letter at 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 unnotieed.
 At II o'clock that night Wainwright set sforth to the meeting with the un known. Walking westward along Twentieth street he peered sharply about him for a 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 ayenue.
 Suddenly shril cry startled him. He saw less than a rod before him the figure of man dimly visible in deeper shadows close by house wall. At the same moment there sounded another cry. and now he saw, behind the other il second figure, which darted forward swiftly. Then, just as the two figures blended, lance of fire burned through the night, and the sharp crack of an automatic smote the stiffness of the square. Wainwright stood rooted to the spot in stupefaction over tie un- experiences of the event. In q flash he understood that an assassin had been lurking there in ambush await ing his coming The shout of the oth- CT man hdd been in warning. Evi-