Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-12-29

less. The corporation blocked me,
muttered Gordon. bitterly "Ther
not content with that, they ruined m
financially.
zone day. | was in my Office, wheI
Farwcll rang me up. / want to se
YOU at once, he said. we are wronl
and wen surrender
1T didn't take me long to hang VI
the receiver. get my hat and hurrl
over to his Office. There he was, Thu
grinning hypOcrite, greeting me as !
/ were a long lost friend. He waved
me to a chair, and then took out a pa
per and placed it airily on a desk lear
and told me to read it. All the time
he kept one hand on the thing, but
like a fool, thought nothing OF that
was idiot enough to believe he was act
ing in good faith!
This is what the hound told me tc
read went on Gordon: The FarweII
corporation, through its attorney,
Charles Gordon, hereby rcscinds its
recent action Of withholding co-opera.
tive profits
There was a blank space left for
me to sign, and, like a dub, | signed 1t.
Farwcll picked it up and looked at it.
Then the smiling mask dropped from
his face. 1t grew all hard and cold.
For a minute, | didn't understand
the change. Then | saw the trick.
Farwell had two pieces Of paper, clev-
crly fastened, n above the other, just
leaving room at the foot Of the under
one for my signature. While | thought
] was signing the upper one, 1t was
really the lower paper ! was plnning
my name tO-irrevocably!
Farwell crumpled the upper paper
the n | had thought | was signing
put it in his ash tray, and set fire to it.
He held the other paper out for me to
read and at the same time he demand
ed that | produce the securities in
trusted to me- This is what | had
signed my name to:
"'JuIy I. Received from the FarweII
corporation this date, $4,000 Of said
corporations bonds, to be held In trust
by the undersigned until called for by
the said corporation. Signed Charles
Gordon. Witnessed by SiIas FarweII!'
For u minute | was too dazed to do
anything. But Farwell wasn't. He
rang his bell, and In came a plain
clothes nan and a policeman.
"Farwell promptly ordered them to
arrest me, on All embezzlement
charge"
Il think | went mad. | snatched at
the paper, but | couldn't get 1t for
Farwell jammed 1t into the inside
pocket of his coat. | grabbed him. |
was bound | would get the paper or
choke him. We had it hot and heavy
for a few minutes. But of course |
hadn't q show-three against one-I
was a rat in a trap, nothing more"
The miserable sneak" said June.
Il was facing a charge OF embez-
element through that double-paper
trick of Farwell's, and | knew it. But
the police were decent enough to let
mo go TO my office for a moment,
Luckily, they hadn't handcuffed me,
| went to my desk, and the men stayed
at the back of the room.
While | was fussing about my desk
| hit upon an idea. With one eye on
the men, | slowly unscrewed the in
candesCent globe from my desk lamp
and tossed 1t against the rear wall
their backs were toward it. II
smashed, of course, and at the smash
they both turned to see what caused
the noise. In that instant | leaped
out of the open window, jammed il
shut, and ran up the fire escape to the
roof"
Great applauded June, her right
hand athrob,
In a second. the men were after
me, though, firing their guns, as they
came.
Il cut across the roofs until l. fOunt
an open scuttle door. | ran inside anC
closed il. From that ON it was Al
easy matter TO cover my tracks: unit
at last | got away clean and found q
hiding place in the shack at Surtton
June said nothing, but her eyes were
luminous and thoughtful, Her finger.
were toying with the pair Of hand
cuffs on the desk, and suddenly SHIT
picked them up and looked at them
Then, as her gaze took in her Owl
hand. her face was suffused with /
rush of color, There was the dread
ed Red Circle, burning all too elearl!
against the white flesh,
At that moment someone turned tn,
handle of the door leading to the out
or office,
At the sound Gordon raised his hea,
and met the frightened lock in June.
eyes.
I'm going to give myself up, any
way he said indiffereGtly,
No! NO." whispered June VIC
hemently. You mustn't give yoursel
up now, I'm going to help you"
Then the knock came a secord time
followed by a little pause, ar! afte
that the sound of retreating footsteps
June moved quickly to the hall doc
and Gordon followed. June opene
the door and looked out into the hal
then suddenly drew back, shuttin