El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-17

Wharton was TO give them start Of
nalr an hour. That he might Know
they were on watch, they agreed, after
they dismissed the taxi-cabs, to send
one Of them into the Boston Post Road
past the road house When it was di-
rectly in front of the cafe, the chauf-
feur would throw away into the road
an empty cigaret case
From the cigar-stand they selected
a cigaret box of startling yellow.
At half a mile it was conspicuous.
when you see this in the road" ex-
planned RumsOn, you'll know we're
on the job. And after you're inside.
II you need us, you've only to go to
rear window and wate"
IF they mean to do him up"
growled Bissell. "he won't get to a
rear window"
He can always tell them we're out
I slde,' said Rumson-"and they are eX-
tremely likely to believe him Do
You want gum
No said the D. A.
Better have mine urged Hewitt.
! have my own" explained the
Rumson and Hewitt set off in taxi
cabs and, a half-hour later. Wharton
/ followed. As he sank back against
I the cushions of the big touring car he
felt a pleasing thrill of excitement,
anr as he passed the traffic police. and
: they saluted mechanically, he smiled
! Had they guessed his errand their in
Ierest in his progress would have been
!
might know that the police killed
Banf; In half an hour he himself might
I walk into a trap they had. in turn.
staged for him As the car ran swiftly
wind and sun alternately chilled and
warmed his blood. Wharton considered
these possibilities.
He could not believe the woman
Earle would lend herself to any plot
10 DO him bodily harm She was a re-
II h. ri p
she was as Important a figure as was
the district attorney in his Her allies
were the men higher up" in Tam
many and the police Of the upper ranks
OF the uniformed force. And OF the
higher office Of the district attorney
sne possessed an intimate and respect
1ul knowledge Il was not TO be con-
sidered that against the prosecuting
attorney such a woman would wage
war So the thought that upon his per-
son any assault was meditsted Whar-
ton dismissed as unintelligent That It
was upon his reputation the attack
was planned seemed much more prob
able But that contingency he had fore
seen and so, he believed. forestalled
There then remained only the pos
sibility that the offer in the letter
was genuine. It seemed quite too good
10 be true For. as he asked himself.
on the very eve Of an election, why
SHOULD Iammany, or a friend OF Tam
many, place IN his possession the in
formation that to the Tammany candi-
date would bring inevitable defeat He
Ieit that the way they were playing
INTO MS hands was too open. too gener-
GUS II their object was, to lead him
into a trap, of all bats they might
use the promise 10 tell him who killed
banI was the one certain to attract
nlm- II made their invitation to walk
INTO the parior almost too obvious
but were the offer not genuine, there
was a condition attached TO il that
puzzled him. II was not the condition
that stipulated that he should come
alone His experience had taught him
many VIII confess. or betray. TO the
district attorney who. to a deputy, viii
tell nothing The condition that puz-
lied him was tfR one that insisted he
should come at once or it would be
too late"
Why was haste so imperative? Why,
~ he delayed, would he be too late"2
was the man he sought about 10 escape
rom his jurisdiction, was he dying
and was it his wish to make a death
ped confegssiOn. or was he so reluctant
20 speak that delay might cause him
TO reconsider and remain siiente
with these questions in his mind.
the minutes quickly passed, and il was
with thrill Of excitement Wharton
saw that Nolan had left the Geological
Gardens on the right and turned into
the Boston Road. It had but lately
been completed and 10 Wharton was
unfamiliar On either side OF the I'M
Scared roadway still lay scattered the
uprooted trees and powders that had
blocked its progress. and abandoned
by the contractors were empty tar
barrels, cement sacks, tool sheds. and