Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1916-12-01


less. The corporation blocked ms"
muttered Gordon. bitterly. Then,
not content with that, they ruined me
financially.
"One day, was In my office, when
Farwell rang me up. 1 want to see
you at once he said. We are wrong
and well surrender
1T didn't take me long to hang up
the receiver, get my hat and hurry
over to his office. There he was, the
| grinning hypocrite, greeting me as If
/ were a long lost friend. He waved
me to a chair. and then took out a pa
per and placed 1t airily on desk lear.
he kept one hand on the thing, but /,
like fool, thought nothing of that
was idiot enough to believe he was act
ing in good faith!
This is what the hound told me to
read" went on Gordon: The Farwell
corporation, through It's attorney,
Charles Gordon, hereby rescinds its
recent action Of Withholding co-opera-
tive profits
There was q blank space left for
me to sign, and. like dub, signed it..
Farwell picked II up and looked at it..
Then the smiling mask dropped from
his face. 1t grew all hard and cold.
For a minute. / didn't understand
the change. Then | saw the trick.
Farwell had two pieces of paper, clev-
erly fastened, one above the other, just
leaving room at the foot of the under
one for my signature. While l thought
| was signing the upper one, it was
really the lower paper l was pinning
my name to-irrevocably!
Farwell crumpled the upper paper
the one / had thought / was signing
put 1t in his ash tray, and set fire TO it.
He held the other paper out for me to
read and at the same time he demand
ed that l produce the securities in
trusted to mel This is what l had
signed my name to:
"'July I. Received from the FarwelI
corporation this date; $4,000 of said
corporations bonds to be held in trust
by the undersigned until called for by
the said corporation. Signed Charles
!. Gordon. Witnessed by Slas Farwell!'
For minute j was too dazed to do
anything. But Farwell wasn't. He
rang his bell, and in came a plain
clothes man and a policeman.
"Farwell promptly ordered them to
arrest me, on an embezzlement
charge"
Il think l went mad. / snatched at
the paper, but | couldn't get it for
Farwell damned it into the inside
pocket of his coat. / grabbed him.
was bound / would get the paper or
choke him. We had ii hot and heavy
for a few minutes. But of course |
hadn't a show-three against one-I
was a rat in trap, nothing more"
"The miserable sneak" said June.
Il was facing a charge Of embez-
element through that double-paper
trick of Farwell's, and / knew it. But
the police were decent enough to let
me go to my office for a moment.
Luckily, they hadn't handcuffed me.
i went to my desk, and the men stayed
at the back of the room.
while was fussing about my desk
! hit upon an idea. With one eye on
the men, l slowly unscrewed the in
candescent globe from my desk lamp,
and tossed II against the rear wall
their backs were toward 1t. 1t
smashed, of course, and at the smash
they both turned to see what caused
the noise. In that instant / leaped
out Of the open window, damned it
shut, and ran up the fire escape to the
roof"
Great" applauded June, her right
hand athrob.
I'm a second, the men were after
me, though, firing their guns. as they
came.
Il cut across the roofs until / found
an open scuttle door. / ran inside and
closed it. From that on it was an
easy matter to cover my tracks; until
at last | got away clean and found a
hiding place in the shack at Surfton."
June said nothing, but her eyes were
luminous and thoughtful. Her fingers
were toying with the pair of hand
Culb VII INC ucoh, Sic
picked them up and looked at them
Then, as her gaze took in her own
hand, her face was suffused with a
rush of color. There was the dread
ed Red Circle. burning all too clearly
against the white flesh.
At that moment someone turned the
handle of the door leading to the out
er Office.
At the sound Gordon raised his head
and met the frightened look IN June's
eyes.
I'm going to give myself up, any.
way" he said indifferently.
NO! MO-" whispered June We.
hemently. You mustn't give yourself
up now! I'm going to help you!"
Then the knock came a second time,
followed by little pause, and after
that the sound of retreating footsteps.
June moved quickly to the hall door
and Gordon followed June opened
the door and looked out into the hall
then suddenly drew back, shutting
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