The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-25
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have fallen II Blair had not been In
Inc to catch her and ease her gent.
~ down upon sofa.
MRS. Kendrick. Ruth" gasped
Blair. What on earth has happen
Adw
"He--he struck mel" she explain
ID brokenly.
Struck your" Blair sprang to hts
}set.
Ruth caught at his hand.
"You cannot do anything now" she
Bald. "he has gone away
Blair turned at her touch, n food
|,pf old emotions pouring back upon
min. and fiinging himself down upon
his knees beside her caught her In
his arms.
"Oh. my darling!" he groaned.
Why-why did you ever marry
him!"
There had never been any chance
Tor explanations between these two
before: but now that the opportunity
had come and their lips unsealed. 1t
did not take them long TO piece out
the conspiracy which had wrecked
their happiness
a. the full import Of the willy
game which her mother and Ken
drick had played broke uron Ruth,
she started up. her. face grown
lvengeful and relentless.
He shall not 60 unpupished." she
declared passionately.
She clutched Blairs arm. You
know his business secrets. do you
not 2" she questioned you know
the weak joints in his armor. how he
can be most successfully attacked"
The engineer half recoiled. You
mean" he gasped.
She nodded.
The three days battle which Bat
son Kendrick fought upon the stock
Exchange singie-nanded. against the
pool of rivals which had been organ
isod against him, ranxs In historic
interest with some OF the old-time
Gould Fiske melees.
Desperately he met the oneet OF
foes. But now the last stand was
made. The floor OF the exchange
Vas In a turmoil. No one yet
had time TO reckon where he
stood In the wild swirl Of operations.
Failures and suspensions Of smaller
houses were being announced every
moment. Then the bell rang sharp
". A sudden silence descended on
the shouting. gesticulating throng
Of brokers. Everybody sensed what
was coming. And then the formal
notice was read out. The great
horse of Batsan Kendrick a. Co had
gone to the wall.
Hatless, coatless, his eyes blood
shot. and his face working convul-
yively. the man who three days be-
fore had been one Of the biggest
powers on the street" was up In
his once struggling almost insanely
with a little group OF supporters and
clerks who tried In vain to restrain
and quiet him. AT last he broke
loose from them and rushing out
the door was lost In the crowds
along the streets.
In the same moment 10 a building
not half n block away, Ruth. heavily
yelled. stood back from the ticker
over which she had been leaning
tensely for the last hour.
II was in the private ONCE OF the
leader of the rival pool, and as she
stood back. she turned TO him and
enc or two enthusiastic associates.
Well" she said, tits over" She
pushed back her veil as she spoke
any they wondered to see her so
composed.
yes" said the leader OF the pool.
ut 10 over, Mrs Kendrick. and the
result Is largely due TO you"
He laid a folded slip OF paper on
the table before her This Is
check which I have made out to your
order" he said, land I have left the
amount blank. You may I'LL 1t In
for any sum up TO q million.
She nodded carelessly. but made
nc move to take II up. Then after
a few moments Of further converse
ton, ahe left the ONCE. II was not
until after her departure that they
discovered that she bad left the
check still lying on the table.
Out at the entrance 10 the build