Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-04-28

He matured hrs little scbsu.
Through letter broker who daus
with the rag and refuse COLLECTOR 'SiS
got all the secondhand mail fro,,, No
Caronia. Meantime. William Hou u'
well Robinson had moved ava,
as chance would have 1t. Wt,,. uu
Hunter Robinson moved in. raoa,. ,ian
the pin-prick letters which. had ing
reached their goal. would prohaS,y
have produced the desired effect@
If they drove sane man nas,,u
crazy, what wouldn't they have do,
to one whose mind wasn't on,.'
right" cried the wronged Robinson
But since Mr Honeywell is blind.
said Bertram, how could he see !.
erase the cancellations?"
"Ah! That's what ! asked mvs0,,
Obviously, he couldn't. He'd have ;.
get that done for him. PresurnoaS
he'd get some stranger to do it. THAI.
why | advertised for a profession.
eraser who was experienced. iudgina
that it would fetch the person WIZ
had done Honeywell's work"
rs there any such thing as a nro
fessional envelope eraser?" askoa
Bertram.
mo, So person of experience in
this line would be almost unioue
was sure to find the right one If bo
or she saw my advertisement. Aso
matter of fact, it turned out to be an
unimaginative young woman who has
told me all about her former emplov.
ment with Mr.. Honeywell, apparently
with no thought that there was anv.
thing strange in erasing cancellations
from hundreds of envelopes-for
Honeywell was cautious enough not
to confine her to the Robinson mail
alone-and then FASTING on STAMPS to
renal Them
You appear to have followed out
my moves with some degree of aeu.
men, Mr.-er-Jones," said the blind
schemer suavely.
''Yet / might not have solved your
processes so easily if you had not
made one rather-if you will pardon
me-stupid mistake"
For the first time, the mans bloated
lips shook. His evil pride of intel
lectuality was stung.
you liel" he said hastily. 81 do
not make mistakes"
mo? Well, have it as you will. The
point is that you are to sign here
statement, which I shall read to you
before these witnesses, announcing
for publication the withdrawal of your
contest for the Honeywell millions"
And if l decline?"
"The painful necessity will be nina
of turning over these instructive docE
ments to the United States postal aG
thorities. But not before giving them
to the newspapers. How would you
look in court, in view of this attempt
to murder a felltwman's reason?"
Mr.. Honeywell had now gained his
composure. "You are right he as
sented. You seen TO lave singular
faculty for being right Be careful it
does not fail you-sometime.
THANK you" returned Average
Jones. Now you will listen, please,
all of you"
he reau the Drl6l uOcumenL, pIdced
it before the blind man, and set a pin
between his finger and thumb. Sign
there" he said.
Honeywell smiled as he pricked in
his name.
For Identification, | suppose" he
said. Am to assign no cause to the
newspapers for my sudden action?"
A twinkle of malice appeared in
Average Jones eye.
Il would suggest waning mental
acumen,' he said
The blind man WINGED palpably as
he rose to his feet. THAT is the sec
ond time you have tainted me on that.
Kindly tell me my mistake
Average Jones led him to the door
and opened it.
Your mistake" he drawled as he
sped his parting guest into the grasp
of waiting attendant, ''was-er-in
not remembering that - err you
mustn't fish for bass in November"
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