El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-21
Continued From Yesterday

TOR the first time Mrs. Earle con-
< tri5uted to the general CONVERSE
= ton.
you talk like a fish" she said.
The girl turned upon her savagely.
IF he don't like the way I talk
she cried. he can come across
Mrs Earle exclaimed in horror. Vir-
tuously her hands were raised in pro-
test
Like hell he win.' she said, You
can't pull that under my roof"
Wharton looked disturbed.
Is Come across 90 he asked
Come across?" mimicked the girl.
%Send me abroad and keep me there
And I'll swear II was an accident
Twenty-Five thousand. that's all
want. Cutler told me he was going to
make you governor. He can't make you
governor If he's in Sing Sing. can he?
Amt it worth twenty-five thousand to
you to be governor? Come on" she
jeered, kick in"
With a grave but untroubled voice
Wharton addressed Mrs. Earle.
May 1 use your telephone2 he
asked. He did not wait for her con-
sent, but from the desk lifted the hand
telephone
Spring, three one hundred" he said.
He sat with his legs comfortably
crossed. the stand of the instrument
balanced on his knee, his eyes gazing
meditatively at the yellow tree-tops.
started. if the girl thrust herself for
ward. and by the hand Of Mrs. Earle
was dragged back, he did not appear to
know it.
Police headquarters they heard
him ask I want to speak to the
commissioner. This is the district at
In the pause that followed. as though
APPARENTLY returned, for the girl
screamed sharply
BE still" commanded the older
woman. Breathless. across the top of
the armchair, she was leaning forward
Upon the man at the telephone her
eyes We're fixed in fascination
Commissioner" said the district at
tOrney. this is Wharton speaking. y
woman has made a charge of attempted
murder to me against my brother-in-
law. Hamilton Cutler. On account of
our relationship. 1 want you TO make
the arrest If there were any slip, and
he got away. it might be said 1 ar
ranged it You will find him at the
WinOna apartments on the Southern
boulevard, in the private hospital OF
a Doctor Samuel Muir. Arrest them
both. The girl who makes the charge
is at Kessler's Cafe. on the Boston
Post Road, Just inside the city line.
Arrest her too. She tried to blackmail
me III appear against her"
Wharton rose and adresSed himself
10 Mrs Earle.
I'm sorry" he said. but I had to
do it. You might have known I could
not hush it up. ] am the only man who
can't hush it up. The people of New
York elected me to enforce the laws
Wharton's voice was raised 10 a loud
pitch It seemed unnecessarily loud
It was almost as though he were ad-
dressing another and more distant au-
dience. And" he continued. his voice
still soaring, even If my own family
suffer, even if I suffer. even if I lose
political promotion, those laws I Will
In the more conventional tone of
everyday politeness, he added:
May 1 speak to you outside, Mrs.
Earle2'
But. as in silence that lady descended
the stairs. the district attorney seemed
TO have forgotten what II was he
wished TO say.
II was not until he had seen his
chauffeur arouse himself from ap-
parently deep slumber and crank the
car that he addressed her.
That girl he cried, had better go
back TO bed Ny men are all around
this house and, until the police come.
Will detain her"
He shook the jewelled fingers Of Mrs.
Earle warmly. Z thank you" he said:
Il know you meant we'll 1 know you
wanted to help me. but'-he shrugged
his shoulders-"my dutyr'
As he walked down the driveway 10
his car his shoulders continued to
move
But Mrs. Earle did not wait to OBJ
serve this phenomenon. Rid of his
presence, she leaped. rather than ran,
up the stairs and threw open the door
Of her office
As she entered, two men followed
her One was a young man who held
in his hand an open notebook, the
other was Tim Meehan. Of Tammany.
The latter greeted her with a shout.
We heard everything he said" he
cried His voice rose in torment. An
we can't use word Of il, He acted
just like we'd Oughta knOwed he'd act.
Hes honest, He's so damned honest
he amt hOman; he's a - gilded
saint"
Mrs Earle did not heed him On her
knees she was tossing to the floor the
contents Of the waste-paper basket
From them she snatched a piece of
crumpled paper.
shut up" she shouted. Listen,
His chauffeur brought him this" In a
voice that quivered with Indignation.
that sobbed with anger, she read
aloud
As directed by your note from
The window, I went to the booth and