Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-31
THE STORY THUS FAR

never done anything worth white and has
dollars which his devoted wife, Miriam, has
always been willing to give him from her
rushing home in broad daylight while intoxl-
Gated and demanding more money. The wite
he staggers up the marble steps of the tnag-
nihcent mansion while she is entertaining
days she refSsed Tor tS' tSS Tat % time to give
him the money he demands, and, after plead,
rushes to Cradelbaughs ;, gambling house.
In which he has lost much Of the money his
wild from the cffccts Of drink. the lack OF
.leep and fear that Colonel lIargraves a
track, may win the affection OF Lefty Love,
The other woman" upon whom he has spent
the head walter in CradciSaugh's Pemmican
that Hargraves has won $40. 900 on the
track and no doubt would give him the money;
by Lefty Love while at the track. he goes
TO-, to her apartment. There is a wild sGenn;
Hargraves and tell him to come to the apart
ments at once. Then he sits down with a
coming. Lefty fools him by pretending that
she loves him again and he drinks the wine
swakens and finds % Himself % alone % in her r'r5 rooms
Then he PUSHES to cradelbaush's, furlonsly
him. There he and Hargrayes play cards,
me Colonel to turn oyer the slO.ooo to Shai-
loner was to discontinue his attentions to
Lefty Love. Hargraves wins the game and
room. He has hardly entered when shot
rings out and Hargrayes falls dead on the
the body in an alieyway back of The, gam
bling den When he reports his find. Brodsr-
police are to do nothing. He goes TO Attorney
Graham Thorne. who pays him $4,000 Then
discovered in conference at Cradelbaugh's by
Mursatroyd-the one man they fear-the re-
ened to close Cradelbaugh's II anything wrong
oa oa urred there again, In the meantime Chai,
caught in Chicago prove false. and Murga-
troyd goes to the Challoner home to learn
OF her husband. She knows nothing and is
crying n her room when the District , Attorney
C@hailOpsr. @ but he insists that he must not OF
Murgatroyd's detectives. but Challoner is not
found there But soon Afterwards he comes s
house .pounce upon him he enters
and place him under arrest.
CHAPTER VI-(Continued)
sNH, YES" she acknowledged almost
~ eagerly. as he placed his finger on 1t,
there's surely one chamber empty see
I now"
McGrath hesitated, but Mixley went on:
will you smell 1t, please-just the end
If 1.-THE muzzle What do you smell?'
Mrs. Challoner smiled family
"A FOuftn OF July Sinell, SHe NeHlureu
'gunpowder, of course"
Burnt powder, exactly. ma'am," they
said, and smiled, too. But McGrath had
IT'LL another card to play.
Look at this here figure on this here
,un will you. ma'am? Here-there 1t Is.
want you to tell me what 1t is"
What is it, Shirley" asked Miriam,
1t closer to the light.
Shirley shook her head.
I'D rather not"
please" asked Mrs. Challoner.
SHIRLEY peered at it. Finally she de-
Jared
"It's 1885," touching the gun lightly: "the
igures are 49,"
Mixley fell back admiringly.
There now-no one can say we aln't
,een fair. You saw us take It from him !;
'ou examined It, and you told us what you
say. That's fair. You're fair and were fair
-see?"
"Yes. But what Of it?" asked Shirley and
Miriam in one breath.
McGrath opened his eyes in mock won-
er.
why, bless me, didn't you know? This
lere Colonel Hargraves was shot by bull
ct that came out Of a thirty-eight callber
evolver. That's all. We wanted to be
air."
Shirley rubbed vigorously the hand with
yhlCn Sne nau tOuCHeu lHe gun
Fair 20 she cried bitterly. And Mr.
durgatroyd sanctions such methods--will
Ise us for evidence-make a case by us?'
But even then Miriam did not understand
The was watching MiXley, who had returned
o Challoner; watching Mixley and Nc
irath, who were lifting Challoner up and
ropping him-watching them draw him up
0 a standing posture and then throw him
ack again on the sofa calling the while:
wake up! Wake up"
"I've got to sleep" was all they could get
ut of Challoner.
At last, however, a lift and a drop a trife
nore vigorous than the preceding ones
aused Challoner to open his eyes and look
bout him. Then he closed them again.
"Are you James Lawrence Challoner?"
sked Mixley loudly, peremptorily.
-"I am" Challoner answered; now leave
ne alone"
And now again the bell and a moment
ater Murgatroyd the prosecutor stood In
he doorway. The heat of much haste was
n his brow; he looked neither at Mrs.
,haloner nor at Shirley; II was toward
,halloner and his men that he directed his
age.
tanding over Challoner.
"No," answered the men, "he amt
wake yet"
Lift him to his feet" ordered the pros
cutor.
The men did so.
And then II was that the women heard
i'm say in a tone that cut into their souls;
"Challoner, wake up This is Murga-
royd, prosecutor Of the pleas" II was a
urnmons; Chalioner obeyed II. He opened
is eyes, closed them. yawned stupidity and
~. awake. stood squarely on his feet
,ifhout any help. sA y
"fIsljo, NurGatroydl'' he said, 2
\ s'cnaI aIlojog, naid 1fuzga gaTptd ssvsrsly.