Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-06-13
Continued from Last Issue.
ELEVENTH. INsTALLHrENT.

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-won't your
Gordon shook his head.
II can't" he said. I'm more CRATE
full to you than | can ever make you
know-youve saved my life; or rather
nv liberty, that counts for more; but
honestly, / mustn't tell you why
they're after me-not now. anyway! l.
But why notg' interrupted June. "Ev-
cry minute is precious. Mr.. Lamar Is
my friend-he calls me his first assist
ant. I'm anxious to help you-l can
help you-if you'll tell me everything;
but how can I be of use at all when you
keep me in the dark like this?'
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 1 say-begin at the be-
ginning and tell me-"
How do we know but that someone
is in that next room? Do you know
where the other door leads to-"
Wait a minute" said June quickly.
"ru look In the outer office Mr.. La
mars confidential clerk may be there.
Don't move till 1 come back
On her way to the door, June hur-
riedly laid her gloves and wrist bag
on Lamar's desk, half-subconsciously
noting. at the same time, a pair of
handouts that lay there. With a little
shudder she passed them by, and slow
Iy opening the office door peered eau
tiously out.
There. with his back to her, sat
Gage. the confidential clerk, busily writ
ing and serenely unconscious that any
one was looking at him. June softly
closed and locked the door.
We'll, how about it? I'm ready" said
June.
Gordon gave a nervous glance around,
then began:
The whole thing in a nutshell. IS
this:
The Farwell corporation retained me
so that they might legally defraud
their employees of cooperative profits.
while I found what they were up
to, 1 rebelled and tried to expose the
crooked deal-so of course they've had
II in for me ever since. It's rather a
long story, but I'll make Il as short
as / can.
There was only one thing to do-to
tell the workers about 1.-THE men who
had expected to be profit-sharers and
were dupes instead. So 1 got a crowd
OF them in the courtyard one day and
told them the whole thing.
Some OF 'em believed me, most of
them didn't-or at least, were doubt
full In the middle of II, the Waterman
and a patrolman or two came to see
what II was all about, broke up the
crowd with night sticks and pushed me
off. threatening me with arrest for
starting a riot You see. / was help
less. The corporation blocked me-" NUT
tered Gordon bitterly. Then, not con-
tent with that, they ruined me finan-
cially
.'One day, 1 was in my office, wher
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 w
the receiver. get my hat and hurry over
70 hts office. There he was, the grinning
hypocrite, greeting me as If l were a
long lost friend. He waved me to a
chair, and then took out a paper and
placed it sirly on desk leaf, and told
me TO read 1t. All the time he kept
one hand on the thing, but ]. like fool
thought nothing OF that was idiot
enough TO believe he was acting In gooc
faith!
This is what the hound told me tc
read. went on Gordon: The Farewell
corporation, through its attorney
Charles Gordon, hereby rescinds its re-
cent action of Withholding cc-opera
tive profits
There was a blank space left fol
me TO sign, and, like a dud, l signed 1t
Farewell putting the pen into my hand
and signing as a witness-never, how
every, taking his rotten old fingers of
the paper. When it was all done. Far
well picked il up and looked at it, Their
the smaling mask dropped from his
face. 1t grew all hard and cold.
For a time, l didn't understand the
change Then l saw the trick. Far
well had two pieces of paper, cleverlS
fastened, one above the other, just leav.
| ing room at the foot for the under one
| for my signature. While I thought
was signing the upper one, 1t was
really the lower paper l was pinnine
my name to-irrevocablyl Neat, wasn't
It? They were glued together In spots
SO il all looked like one paper-anC
Farwell kept his hand on it, all the
time; so 1 couldn't find out what they
were up TO, until the dirty business
was safely DONE
why don't you repudiate it?" ex'
| claimed June. why didn't you tear i
up-that would have been the safest
/ thing"'
How could L? Farweh himself
crumpIed the upper paper-the one
I had thought / was signing-put it IL
| his ash tray. and set fire to ii. He held
l the other paper out for me to read anC
at the same time he demanded that
produce the securities intrusted to me!
l This is what l had signed my name
to.
July l. Received from the Farwel
corporation this date, $4,000 of SAID
corporations bonds. TO be held in trus
/ by the undersigned until called for by
+ the said corporation. Signed Charles
Gordon. Witnessed by Silas Farwell!
For a minute / Eas too daZed to dc
/ anything. But Farwell wasn't. H.
rang his bell. and in came a plain.
/ clothes man and a policeman.
'Farwell promptly ordered them t
arrest me, on an embezzlement charge