The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-20
Continued from Wednesday,

was too old a hand 10 make the mis-
take OF lowering his terms. thlnk
sion" he said amtahly, You know how
it Sandstone hundred thousand to me
paid To ne here and the concession /" be
signed directly l cable That is done. l
take-onc-iuurth Of The ordinary shares
or nothing
you're hard man, Arthur" sighed
Patton. Have you got a contract:
I'm n business man-thats all. I've
got four copies all made out. and we'll
sign EN- presently. You can pay the
money over to my bank in the morning.
y waiter placed I card in front of him.
lie looked at il trowningly for mo-
mrnt and then nodded. SHOW him into
my sitting room in live minutes" lie
held the card in his hand as the servant
left and turned with smile 10 his
guests. This happens rather opror-
tuncly. | don's suppose any OF you can
tell me the etiquette OF the occasion. 1t 5
IL little matter Of blnckmatl.'
Some one fcrr>lcd out the black pag-
cs of your past. A:lhUr? said Dalgarcn'
or is it Il woman.
Neither, said C"ynr. 1T is a gem
tlcman who apparently holds an official
position here He rrLd from the GarH'
"Drtcctivr Inspector J. t. AnSulI, Grim
iual Investigation Department..
painlun whiStlr,!. Patton rcadjustcd
his eyeglasses. ~" you really mean
that this police officer Is trying ~
biaCkmail YOU"
The com man nodded. lies got wind
Of this runccSSum business somehow
Just enough In make MIN hcllcNr there
something iishy. lie came 10 see M" TINS
morning and thr%a'Gn,I to tGi' you al A,
the horrid details, Patton. II was an
awkward iiX. brcarS,. though | dldn
mind his going To 81" Won, did not want
the scheme talked about till everything
WAS watrr-tighl. Publicity miGhi nave
..,.i., ff,l II
come back some u!h"r time ard well
right air of amused irrirahility.
Il say. this is S"r!"iS. said canton:
~ detective officer lryylhE hiacNnHii'
Well have 10 do Something. You know
The HON" Secr"lary- ,,
"po what. you Tx" after n %Gve s"t INC nc
concession. sand E%EnH. we can 90
anything I'M lh'n,.L,' E'"Sr , We n r.
give nm SCARF Mt, witt. .-u"N ,,.Irii
yun ihrc" conceal H1'IN''StS, !, 49," 49,
Dc good ld"a !" naTc nun ~ ILL., I,a ~
When lie learns 'Ft, lnc'" H'Nc "ee''
WITNESSES - ms h,'"ihP ~, ., ,,,., o.o.
- can S!I' nun 81 III ~, .ri,,I. ,r,,..
lnrorShi Sa!G a'"'|',r"n' I L,,'N ,hnsn
the rl%h' l"'a' ~ '''",I, ,r,',
rnrtrrrs o. !" ,a'"m o.i w,
miiShi Lax H. ''''" ''''
~ ..t1I I',' i'' ,1,,Jid-. .,rrccd ,,nyue, II
,,,,,, ia" o.,.o,i,,nI his Iir1ic Entertainment
r "' tii, Lnt II r,ahr IN amusn yoll,
jpl Futnr In, SillHiQ---Or
i',ti,r ri 60 ,ni f,,l,,h him
IA nu,. IF ,h,. Ihrrr concealed gentle
,,, ~" o "I, I,,!' sf,,.r,snJ thai thrir host
wns ,iIInd with rrn,,rlptInms amuse-
men, AS hr l"It thr room. He chucliled
~ In. r,.;,.ivnd rh, waiting inspector.
"G;ai Fr.d,iic. vn,,'rr = wonder If
didn't know. ri think YOU We're the
real thing Come along"
Nnsmii "bry"d with dnciri,y. AZ they
passed into tho dining room: ne
Strengthened his %h"tlh"rS nu IL
never guess what I've come about. he
said.
rive Il sort at id"H. said toTn" m
mrturbahly. think you =" got me
wrong man. However he lhruSi MS
hands in his trousers p"rk"ts-'whal S
your price,
Their" wls nothing forced about An
soils grin. He had caught Il movement
hcn"alh ON" of tn" rurticr"S.
II fancy You ar" making little mis-
take" hc said pl"a*antlN. on can
buy me Oft. am police officer. rs you
know. and il is my duty 10 tell YOU thu
unless You can give II satisfactory cN,
rlanat ion of certain facts that nav"
come To nay kn"wI"hG". snail tax" E"n
into custody on Il charge of attempted
fraud. You understand that YOU arc
not obliged l" answer any quest lnnS'
Three lines hi vertically inlo 'nEh"
forehead. He regretted Their" had NOT
been 4 more complete rehearsal 81 me
seen" tn'E were HbW fi"H iIS' sunny
how il was running off the lines
Fir" ahead" h" said.
You claim /" b" nhl" t" obtain Il
concession Ia build 4 railway across Ger
tain districts If chile. hut prior tn OBJ
tanning The necessary signatures de-
pnSit nf one hundred thousand POUNDS
must b" paid T." %"n'
THAT is right.
You hay" prh"llrHlIH induced thT"e
gentlemen I" tnlruSt YOU with that de-
post ."
"Wcll"" Coyn" m"diiativrly surveyed
a wcll-fittinE dress shoe.
II have today received information
thai il is not and never has been con-
trnplated TO grant Il Sion-that
the Chilean authorities know nothing
about IT,
Il suppose" said Cuync. that all this
heating about the bush is for IL purpose.
You want tnr Ia pay Ia keep your mouth
shut Would YOU like me To write
check"
..\nt exactly" laughed Ansull. It
wouI1 lik,, YOU 10 prove To me that this
is M fraud Otherwise"
"OthrrWiSrn"
AnsnII stenprd to tho door. "Iimmie:"
t,e rnllrd snftIy. And then tn Cuvnc:
IT ibinl; Wolf if YOU tell those gentle
mon who are So interested in our little
rnnvcrsatinn tn come out. we can drop
80 r,,rt.in IN This farce. You sec,
I ~. H' i,,s ,nt yn,, down"
w ofIcr in his career Ind Wolf
,-,,',,,,a hnn- ,nl,on .t a 1nss II took
~, Nv FIJI rernnI In rcnIizn that if was
' ,,,-II w. rco1It,. and NOT "1riach Fred
I ~ IN III s,orcd ,nhniin,.nriT at thr
Gl.' il' 'I ~ ,,ittor.,5 ,tan