The Dermott news., 1916-08-03

III OIASI cO GOiuCAl, DlNltIly lioit' not content with that, they ruined me financially.
 One day,.I was in my office, when Farwell rang me up. I want to see you at once,' he said. We are wrong and we'll surrender
 It didn't taka mo long to hang up the receiver, get my hat and hurry over to his cflice There he was. the grinning hypocrite, greeting me as if l were long lost friend He waved me to a chair. and then took out a pa per and placed it airily on d desk lear. and told me to read it. All the time he kept Cue hand on the thing. but l. like q fool thought nothing of that-I was idiot enough to believe he was act ing ill good 1aith
 This is what the hound told me to read" went on Gordon. The Farwell corporation, through its attorney, Charles GorGon. hereby rescinds its recent action of withholding co-opera- tive profits
 There was a blank space left fer ne to sign, and, like dub, signed 1t Farweu picked it up and looked at it. Then the smiling mask dropped from his face. It grew all hard and ccld
 For minute l didn't understand the change Then I saw the trick Farwel had two pieces of paper. cley- erly fastened. one above the ether just leaving room at the fc0t of the under enc fer my signature While thought 1 was signing the upper one. Il was really the lower paper | was pinntng my name t2-irreyocably'
 Farweu crumpled the upper paper the enc had thought | was signing put il in his asE tray. and set fire to it He held tte other paper cut for me to read and at the same time he demand e4 that produce :he securities iu- trusted 10 me- This is what l had signed ny name to.
 "tJuly i. Received from the FarWell corporation this date. S75.ooo of sad eorporatton's 5onts to be held in trust ey the undersigned until called for by the said corporation. Signed Charles Gor5cn. Witnesses by Sias Farwell!' Fer minute was tCo dazed to do anything But Farwell wasn't He rang his bell, and ip came plain clothes man and a policeman
 eFarwell promptly ordered them to arrest me, on an embezzlement charge
 l think l went mad snatched at the paper, but | couldn't get it for Farwell damned it into the inside pocket cf his coat. grabbed him. was bound would get the paper or choke him. We had 1t hot and heavy for few minutes But of course hadn't a show-three against one-l was a rat in trap, nothing more"
 The miserable sneak said June.
 T was facing a charge of embez- element through that doublepaper trick cf Farwell's. and l knew 1t. But the police were decent enough 10 let me go to my office for a moment. Luckily. they hadn't handcutfed me. went to my desk, and the men stayed at the back of the room
 While l was fussing about my desk AlAl 4Ibh tAl AuNd " AlAA Qllt eye Gl the men. slowly unscrewed the in. candescent globe from my desk lamp, and tossed 1t against the rear wall their backs were toward it. It smashed. of course, and at .he smash they beth turned to see what caused the noise In that instant leaped cut of the open window damned il shut, and ran up the fire escape to the roof
 Great" applauded June, her right hand athrob
 In a second. the men were after me. though, firing their guns. as they came
 T cut across the roofs until l found an open scuttle icor. 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 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 cuffs on the desk. and suddenly she picked them up and looked at them. Then. as her gaze tock in her own hand, her face was sufused with a rust of color. There was the dread ed Red Circle. burning all too clearly against the white flesh.
 At that moment someone turned the han 3le of the door leading to the out CT office.
 At the sound Gordon raised his head and met the frightened look in June 8 eyes.
 Tn. going to give myself up, any way" he said indifferently.
 No, NO," whispered June ve- hemently You mustn't give yourself up now Pm going to help you" Then the knock came a second time. followed by a 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