Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-09-14

newspapers that certain CO., the
800 treasury notes of a certo,1l''efIelt
were in circulation. AT o~ 49, series
forced to an irresistible Coz, Was
Ihose notes came from this baaa
they could come from powbo MUSE
Your nephew, only recentl,, else
from Paris, where your son :. @lflVed
is missing from your home sino n'lng,
terday. A man answering his do.! yes
ton passed the notes. prtttaViP
and that together, my client re. 'ais
that you have also the Int. @'oas
must have them" he
Again groan from the lin, 49,
tortured man. VI NE
We heard tottering stem cro..,
floor. Marvel was at nv side 'le
draperies were agitated. He ro 80 tle
me in a swift glide and drew nv aeI N
side him to a curtained alcova il -.
library as Arnold Buckingham entos sus
and turned on a light ''eu
The old mans lips were trar0bu.
and he was whispering hoarselv IS
himself. His eyes were those =,
man on the verge of losing his cas-
He produced a key, opened a stron"
box safe, and from some inner rocas,
drew out two oblong pieces Of mot,
In flash Marvel was at his side
On your life, not a world" bA oh
jured the shrinking, welI-nigh stricton
millionaire. Il will deal with tba
wretches who seek to blackmail vons
pressed to the side of Buckipgbom
and supported him, or he would havs
fallen. l saw Marvel hold the platos
toward the light. He drew magD.
flying glass from his pocket and
looked them over.
What was the Significance of tha
quick, momentary smile that crossed
his lips. knew not then. Before
could even conjecture a cause. he had
parted the draperies, and l heard tina
lawyers metallic voice exclaim:
~"Resilius MARVEL"
You know me-" was the stern "a
ply. And l you, Israel Craft, dis
barred attorney, fence, go-betweeD
and agent of the hunted and lost. Y0
do well to strain the limit of justc
to the danger point"
Il am within the law" cracked
from the mean, servile lips.
Admitted. What | wish to know
is-have you the affidavits you boast.
ed of to Mr. Arnold Buckingham a
minute since?"
Il have"
"Will you add a statement of your
knowledge of this unfortunate bush
ness?"
For the plates-yes."
Marvel led the man into the libra.
ry. He pointed to an open desk, and
said simply:
Write"
II was at the end of ten minutes
that l saw Resilius Marvel receive
into his hands four documents He
scrutinized them closely. Tbel he
said:
There are the plates. Nov your
men and my men are-qI'ts."
was amazed-more than that
petrifed l saw Marvel ACCOMPANY
ing the lawyer to the door Then
returning, he drew Buckingham aside.
He conversed with him in low tooes
At the end of ten minutes l saw hope
and courage come into the face OF the
old man. 1t was the relief and gTT-
tude of a person drawn from the eoge
of a fearsome precipice.
1.-THE nephew who passed those
notes, and who recently came from
the son in Paris" explained Marvel
as we left the mansion, was told by
Percy Buckingham that he might
have what he found in his old home
room. He stumbled across those
counterfeit notes. The son is in nap
by ignorance of that blighted year III
his life. The father need bear no
further anxiety. He will reimourse
the banks gladly, the affair must %
hushed up, and the man who gets lno
plates"
He paused in an impressive way
Then Resilius Marvel laughed--a low
strange laugh of intense satisfaction
But they have them! l DO no'
understand" l foundered.
"They have them, yes, assen'su
Marvel, and so much worthless
trumpery they are"
81 do not yet comprehend you
"They bear a sure record tnaI N
his lucid awakening the night Oh HI,
escape, Percy Buckingham placsu
upon Them" said Marvel "Ihey a''
as useless as old metal"
you mean"
when these knaves come to prln'
their issue, they will find that Hiei5 ,
but plainly engraven across front "H'
back plate, is one warning Wo"'
You mean?"
Counterfeit
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