Bisbee daily review., 1916-10-15
EIGHTH EPISODE
The Stroke of Twelve.


 Enoch Golden had never been known as a half-hearted fighter. He was, in fact, of that pertinacious breed who . fight best when half defeated. And as he grew into a fuller realization Of the virmence of Jules Legars hatred for him and his house, he proceeded to take moreS effective steps to protect himself i;, ess Hs !: sii;i .it, .p $ One of his ,preeautions ST was. to place lar.arpei aa ti Ab1qt tbe nome which had }beeis ,reteaediy and sihhciSuslv inSadsdsby Legsf ,atia hisfSgAilts, < sAEAs ti1es mere gpot tit,g'ot a couple of paid sentin els sabott his aoor sstiis not mark the limit T 6f hfs'Facffsdties He strove for still more substantial protection by installing in one of the upper rooms of his house huge bur glar-proof vault of chromium steel. The installation of so ponderous vault, however, involved much mate rial strengthening of a structure not primarily designed for the support of seven-ton safes, and for days a small body of expert workmen had been busy putting in pillars and girders and disgusting these ponderous supports under a veneer of mahogany ceiling beams and oriental lockwood columns. In the ornamentation of the latter, in fact, the owner of the house found a valued assistant in Count Luigi Da Espares who, with his finished taste and his knowledge of the fine arts, ad- vanced many suggestions for beautify- ing what might otherwise have been an ungainly and cumbersome innova- tion.
 It was Margery Golden, even more than her father, to whom Da Espares, in these small efforts, looked for grati- tude. And the more Margery Golden saw of that gallant young antiquarian the more mysteriously impressed she became.
 David Manley, who was not alto gether ignorant of this new turn in the tide of events, found little to add to his happiness in this evergrowing intimacy between Margery and her guest. For Manley, by this time. did more than merely distrust Da Els pares; he hated him.
 These vague misgivings of Man ley's extended even to the costume iinner-dance which this esthetic for eigner undertook to engineer for Mar gery's amusement. And in talking over his plans with Golden himself, as the latter was making ready for one of his hurried trips to Washing ton, the young nobleman even ven tured the hope that this fete might be made the occasion of an even more suspicious announcement.
 But the morose-eyed old millionaire did not quite follow the others line of thought. So Da Espares was driven to the expedient of openly yet cour- teously requesting the privilege Of pressing his suit for the hand of this fairest daughter of America.
 What d'you mean by that?" de- manded the astounded financier. Are you trying to tell me that you want to marry my daughter"
 That is the honor of which I have dreamed" was Da Espares' quietly in toned reply.
 Well, the point is, has my Margery been dreaming along the same line?"
 That I cannot venture to say" re- piled that unctuously gallant suitor.
 Well, in America that's about the first thing that countsl And I guess we'd better call of this courtship talk until we find out how the girl feels about it."
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