The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-28

"Mary-you shouldn't bring people to see me here!' he exclaimed. You might make all sorts of trouble!"
 "Oh!" said Mary, disappointingly q Go away now-but meet me around the corner" said Deering-or Burnett, he was, restaurant there. I'll be off duty in half an hour"
 Then he dashed into the room. And, of course as they were in the elevator, they did not see that he was out again in moment, with man angrily asking him what he doing, and that he took another coat from a nearby wash room, and hid the green shade in his pocket They were waiting for him eagerly when he joined them, little than half an hour later. By this time Gerry was sure he knew what was in the wind.
 "The dirty hounds!' said Burnett, as he sank into chair. "Oh, I'll get with them
 now, if it's the last thing ever do Twenty
 years I've worked for them-and today they
 gave two weeks notice.''
 "Fatherr' cried Mary, and burst into
 tears. Whatever are you going to do?"
 Hive better than haver he
 snarled five got way to get even! I
 handle the racing wires By the arrange
 ment with all the pool-rooms we hold the
 results back for ten minutes-but I know them. I'll find to go and bet
 and give half the winnings. I'll tele-
 phone him the winner-and he'll place his bet. His horse will have already-but a the pool-rooms won't know it! There's
 
 ID big kiling!'
 S By love! Sounds good!" said Gerry
 Il might take flyer myself, you know.'
 Then there had to be explanations. Bur-
 nett was distrustful, but he weakened when
 Mona, his daughters friend, vouched for K Gerry.
 8 "Well-weI try it tomorrow he sad "I'll slip Mary here the word one race, and you put down small bet, if you
 like. If it goes all right we'll pull off a big
 the next day!'
 You're sure there's no risk of losing?'
 said Mona. q wouldn't care much for
 myself, but I'd hate to think Mr. Gerry"
 Don't you worry about me !" boasted
 Gerry. I've cut my eye teeth, little girl !'
 He was delighted at the chance to be
 associated with Mona in enterprise of
 this sort It seemed to him of
 hold on her than he had had before
 and that, if this went through she would
 find it much more difficult to maintain their relationship formal plane And he thought, too, that what he had seen was enough to prove that there possibility of deception It was the evidence of his own eyes that he relied upon And it upon exactly this fact that they had all counted.
 Come back to the office, won't you?" he begged Mona. "I've got more sketches that you really ought to at once.'
 "Well-I might" she agreed.
 And she did. Mary and Burnett, soon as they alone became decidedly busy people. A good deal was to be done, and there was not much time They had been afraid to make many arrangements. But now they went out and closed a lease for an empty brownstone house in side street. ticker and several telegraph instru- ments were hastily installed, and in few hours the place looked like a fully equipped pool-room. Deering had provided the necessary ''supers" for the farce operators, cashiers, sheet writers, and even customers. The trap was baited and ready to be sprung.
 The next day Mona and Mary again met Gerry for luncheon. But now Mary was very 
 Dad said he'd telephone to me here as soon as it safe to do something' she said "Oh, I do hope nothing goes wrong! I'm afraid to think of what will become of us if this doesn't go through we've planned it !'
 Don't you worry said Gerry. "There's no reason why it shouldn't. And if Miss Mona and both divide winnings with you, according to our plan you won't have to worry about the fu- ture for some time, tell you!"
 Are you really going to make big bets?" asked Mary, tearfully.
 "This isn't any game for pikers," said Gerry. "A chance like this only comes along about once