Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-22
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH: SUNDAY OCTOBER o. 1916

| closet door. And ut once her fury
fairly ragged. SO Bert thought to hide
somewhere and dupc her. lie should
see that she was not so easily de-
ccivcd.
She hurried UP the stairs. borne on
quickly By her determinu ton. Still no
one was visible.
She wandered from room to room and
came at last to the great dark cham
| her where l.eary lay hidden.
In the meantime Bert Kerrigau i'm
PEELED onward by a force that shamcd
MIN even while II ruled him, was
making his way toward Wilton Inn
lie hated himself for the feeling OF
doubt which forced him onward.
NJ las, lie came to the road 'front.'
ing the old inn. He stood studying
earnestly for Il moment. Suddenly the
open window framed u strange pic
lure. Rita appeared in tho oriiicc. She
Sazcd indifferently down the road with
Il eidhcc which warerc1 over kerriIan
put lid not focus on him. A moment
iater she was caught in mans en-
brace.
Der; kerrigau didn't stop to reason
ABOUT that. He had seen what he had
Sceh-and whether to rescue Rita from
IL villain or himself from :, faithlcss
woman. he was impclled forward and
upward In whirling vortex OF emo
tion which he did not strive to con.
/ troll
While Leary caught Rita in his arms
ana silcncch her attempt at a Shrek,
iioSan hurried down the stairs wait
ing for what next would bcfail And
! what next befell was the desperate
entrance of Bert kerrigan. which met
"ith enthusiastic reception and Il
blackjack in the practiced hands of
Lefty Hogan.
ihiEgs looked as dark for the Giants
rs Mr. pDay had planned they should
"heh he worked out his little plot
paScd on two anonymous letters and "A
great deal of knowledge Of human ma.
ture.
! IN the meantime, Mr.. Barton and
were whirling along the road in tho
car which Mrs. Arthur had loaned me
| i"r the day, and while | was driving
WIN right good will and not exactly
risht recognition OF the street laws
/ 'ur destination was IL very strange
one Tor beatrice FairfaX-that grant
you. IT was saloon-AIartin O'Day's
saloon.
However. ] didn't find myself com
PEELED TO set my girls hopelessly bad
example by driving right up to en-
| trance. Instead. I stopped Just around
| the corner. my passenger alirhted and
l remained at the wheel, while Jimmy
went IN 10 meet the craft of Mr.. Martin
oDay with few little wilos of his
own.
You'll miss fine bit of play acting,
MISS Fairfax. I'm telling you that
although II isn't just modest of me
I TO boast about my histrionic ability
Mr. - Day is going to be treated to
vision of the younger SON OF fine
ola English house. n little the worse
/ Tor some very much older gin. And to
! think that just because you're girl
You cant see the play acting"
III take IL on faith. Mr.. Barton
ior the beauty of your tweeds and
monocle and lovely yellow channels
I terta,nment from you would be almost
too mach for one day"
Jlmnys imitation of an Englishmun
VINO mad been drinking and ovcr-drink-
/ ing was intended to serve deem. dark
dangerous purpose. When he came ont
win its results achieved he told me
/ his story.
J Full speed ahead" he ordered. and
as ! drove he shouted his tidings to
ms
Il went in and jollied the bartenders
and let them have fine time with the
Daily Englishman.' After they had
enjoyed themselves thoroughly, max
INK fun of the drunkard they condo
scended to let the weak minded idiot
himself from a little money. The way
waved my check-book must have
made them figure me out as about the
easiest mark who had come their way
in 4 long time.
| 81 wanna bet five thousand on the
! Giants. said !, and Mr. O'Day smiled
AT my antics even while he informed
me that that was a large order. and
he wasn't prepared to fill it at once
Just then in came an y. ID. r boy
with Il message which that gentleman
read with much susto. even while the
negligible drunkard peered over his
/ shoulder.
The note the messenger brought
read Got him. Mac And then O'Day
turned TO me with a grin. TO his in
noccnt victim said Martin ODay:
Make il ten thousand"
Ten thousand! He must he sure" |
easped.
Just So" returned Jimmy drily. for
Hert kerrigan is prisoner at Wilton
| fifteen minutasr'
When Martin O'Day informed Jimmy
that he was ready to take care Of n
bet of ten thousand. Mr. Barton threw
off the manner of n drunken prodigal
and drew gun. In the same moment
he snatched the note which had caused
MIR. O'Day To decide that he was willing
TO handle so large a bet
The one thing for which ODay had
unfailinG respect was gun. so he
stared at it in utter speechlessnesS.
The next thing which the surprising
person who turned out to be knavc
rather than fool did was to make n
demand to which the captured gam
bier yielded pcrforce. The demand was
that O'Day write note from dictation.
1t read: "Obcy bearer implicitly"
and WAS in the writing and decorated
with the signature of the gambler.
Directly the note was in his posses
sion the masterful Jimmy put it i'm his
pocket and shut O'Day into his own
vault. When the doors of the vault
had\ changed shut on O'Day. the bust
ness-lilie Mr.. Barton suddenly repla ccd
the monocle, put the pistol In his
pocket--and drunken Engiishman
staggered out, ignoring fusillade OF
ridicule from the barkeeners whose
master he had mastered.
At the conclusion of his story, which
he had been gasping out at me as 7
drove furiouslv down the road i'm, the
direction which he was indicating. lie
suggested that about ten miles an
hour faster than our present fifty
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