The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-03-09
eleventh INSTALLMENT
SEEDS OF SUSPICION

SEEUS UF SUSPlCIUN
In Lamar's office, Gordon stood with
his back to the locked door; white
faced, gasping. For the moment, at
least, he was safe-and his eyes never
left the face of the girl.
Now" cried June under her breath
tell me everything-wont you!
Gordon shook his head.
81 can't" he said. I'm more CRATE
full to you than I can ever make you
knOw-you've saved my life; or rather,
my liberty. that counts for more; but
honestly, l mustn't tell you why
they're after me-not now, anyway!
L"
But why not?" interrupted June.
Every minute is precious"
Her earnest eyes were full Of plead
ing, and reluctantly Gordon found him.
self weakening.
you're a brick" he said, Ito be in
terested in me at all. and I'm terribly
grateful"
"Then do as l say-begin at the be-
ginning and tell me-"
~How do we know but that some
one is in that next room? Do you
know where the other door leads to?'
wait a minute" said June quickly.
I'll look in the outer Office"
There, with his back to her, sat
Gage. the confidential clerk, busily
writing and serenely unconscious that
anyone was looking at him. June soft
1y closed and locked the door,
Gordon gave nervous glance
around, then began:
1.-The whole thing, in a nutshell, is
this:
1.-The Farwell corporation retained
ame SO that they might legally defraud
stheir employees of cooperative profits.
when l found what they were up
to. L rebelled and tried to expose the
crooked deal-so of course they've had
it in for me ever since.
There was only one thing to do-to
tell the workers about 1.-THE men
and were dupes instead. So l got a
crowd Of them in the courtyard one
day and told them the whole thing.
Some OF 'em believed me, most of
them didnt-or at least, were doubt
full In the middle of it, the Waterman
and a patrolman or two came to see
what it was all about, broke up the
crowd with night sticks, and pushed
me off, threatening me with arrest for
starting a riot You see, l was help
LESS. The corporation blocked me-"
fnuttered Gordon, bitterly. Then,
not content with that, they ruined me
financially.
Zone day, 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 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 II
/ were a long lost friend. He waved
me to a chair, and then took out pa
per and placed it airily on desk lear
and told me to read it. All the time
he kept one hand on the thing, but l.
like fool, thought nothing of that
was idiot enough to believe he was act
ing in good faith!
'EThis is what the hound told me tC
read" went on Gordon: The FarWel
corporation, through its attorney
Charles Gordon, hereby rescinds its
recent action of Withholding co-opera
tive profits
There was q blank space left fol
me to sign. and, like dub, signed it
Farwell picked it up and looked at it
Then the smiling mask dropped from
his face. 1t grew all hard and cold.
"Eor a minute, [ didn't understand
the change. Then l saw the trick
Farwell had two pieces of paper, clev
erly fastened, one above the other, JUS
leaving room at the foot of the unde
one for my signature. While l though
was signing the upper one, it wa
really the lower paper l was pinnin
my name to--irrevOcably!
Farwen crumpIed the upper paper
the one I had thought l was signing
put it in his ash tray, and set fire to il
He held the other paper out for me t
read and at the same time he demand
ed that 1 produce the securities il
trusted to met This is what l ha
signed my name to:
~'JuIy I. Received from the Farwe
corporation this date, $4,000 of sal
corporations bonds, to be held in trus
by the undersigned until called for b
the said corporation. Signed Charlie
Gordon. Witnessed by SiIas FarweII
For a minute l was too dazed to d
anything But FarweH wasn't. H
rang his bell, and in came a plai1
clothes man and policeman.
"Farwel promptly ordered them I
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