The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-02-04
SEVENTH EPISODE
America Saved From War
BY Mrs. WILSON WOODROW
Author Of "The Black Pearl" sally
Salf' and "The Silver Butterfly"

@R RUCE LARNIGAN, slowly re-
covering from the effects of
the adventure on the wheat
schooner that had SO nearly
cost him his life, began to take more
active interest In the war of cXtermina-
ton against The Fifteen" the Graft
Syndicate that had murdered his
father. During his illness his brother
Tom. who had been his rescuer had
pursued the work Bruce had sworn to
finish, but Tom, willing as he was
was limited In his power.
"As district attorney here, Tom, he
said as he lay in bed, II was hampered
by the limits Of my authority My Jp-
risdiction didn't go beyond my own
county, you see. At the same time l
hated to give up my official POSITION
and would never have done it If /
hadn't had something in mind that
would take Its place"
"What was that?" asked Tom.
"An authority that has no limits
that gives me equally great powers in
New York and Seattle, Florida and Da-
kota! The authority of state, even,
is llmlted-the authority of the Federal
government is not!'
"Ohw said Tom, startled. You q
been fussing with Washlngton|
Decidedly so! 1t was all arranged
and would have gone through long ago
IL l hadn't been hurt. | was to be
made a special investigator or exam
iner. with the secret service fund and
the secret service itself at my disposal.
You see, | had gone into the whole
business very fully with the President,
and he agreed with me that the crimi-
nal operations Of these great trusts
constituted terrible menace To the
country. So | have arranged for you
to receive the appointment that would
have gone to me. You will have the
official paper to-morrow-and your first
task is to see what Is being done 10y
j. Brooks Carney"
"The head of the munitions trustT
Exactly. At Washington they are
convinced thu he is determined TO drag
this country into the European war
You can imagine what that would mean
to his trust orders of tremendous
| Importance"
"I1l do my best to scuttle him, Bruce
Now that I've got you within reach
l want to hold conversation with YOU
when It's necessary to get your advice
I'm much less afraid of the rotten crew
than | was!
Bruce and Tom had hoped TO keel
Toms appointment to the Federal serv
Ice a secret, but they bad known, too
| that the Graft Syndicate was so wei
served by spies that there was little
chance of success in this. And so 4
proved for Carney himself, the ma
Immediately affected. knew OF the facts
almost as soon as Tom himself III
went at once 70 Stanford Stone, The
real head of the Fifteen although
neither Bruce nor Tom was aware o
stones connection with the enemy.
Here's bad newsw said Carney
when he had told Stone. 1T seems &
me lt's more imperative than ever tina
we should get rid OF this man Larni
gan. He was bad enough before-yo'
can guess how dangerous he will b
with the whole power of the Fedora
government behind himp'
"Yes." said Stone, frowning "An'
he should be kept out Of the way espe
cially Just now-since Il would be
frightful thing II our present plai
were revealed. That would he n blov
from which we'd find II almost impos
sible to recovsr."
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