The Pulaskian., 1917-01-26
CYRIL BLAIR'S PLAN
By HAROLD CARTER.
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v gowned young woman look at tha brass plate which adorned his oflcs door. hesitate, and then enter, he as. sumed an air of intense preoccupa. ton. This Is 8 common habit ot young lawyers who can still count the cases that they have had upon the fingers of their hands.
 He rose and bowed courteously ss she entered. He recognized her as Miss Nancy Lawrence a girl with high school connections in the town. She sat down and looked at him rath. er in wonder.
 You look very young to be a law. yer, MT. Blair" she began.
 T assure you that will not invalt date my plea before the court,D hs answered, smiling.
 Well" she said, Suppose I tell you my case. You see, I wanted a young lawyer, an un-" She flushed and bit her lip.
 An unknown young man, he fin. ished for her.
 Well, you see, I don't want my action generally known, and even the lawyers in this town seem to stand together. My father. Colonel Law. renee, you know, was very rich. He had million in fact"
 Yes" said the lawyer attentively.
 T am twenty next month, and un. der his will the property Is in the care of Jim White, as he is known, until I am of age or-or marry. We'll. father trusted him implicitly, but everyone knows he is connected with those new dishonest oil companies. So yesterday I ran into town and Fl asked him for an accounting. And he behaved horribly He laughed at me"
 ''The scoundrel!" exclaimed Cyril, and then wondered why he had spok. en with so much warmth.
 He reminded me that he had the absolute investment of my property under the will for another year." con. tinued the girl, land he said that not be accountable. And I can't tell you what else he did"
 "A legal adviser has the same privi. leges of confidence as priest or doc. tor" said the young lawyer senten. tiously.
 Well, then, he tried to kiss mel" snapped the girl. And know he means to invest all my money in those wicked companies"
 We'll deal with him, Miss Law. renee" said Cyril Leave him to me. I shall examine the will this aft ernoon and go up to town the first thing in the morning to show him he has got hold of the wrong end of the stick"
 A brief examination of the will con- .vinced Cyril that the scoundrel had absolute right over the property However, he ran up to town and had an interview with him. The young man was no match for the hardened old blackguard. The colonel had kept inside the law by the skin of his teeth; he admitted that the future of the oil companies was doubtful, but said that he could make them sue ceed by putting three-quarters of million into them, which he proposed to do.
 You are scoundrel, sirl" flashed out Blair.
 Prove it," snapped the colonel.
 Out of your own mouth, sir"
 Not evidence" said the colonel, laughing and biting off the end of cigar. Mot evidence. You haven't dictaphone and stenographer in your pocket, have you? Then, as a lawyer, you will admit that I have you skinned. However, I'm going to pull through. don't mind telling you that I've sunk hundred thousand of Miss Nancy's money, and I'm going to pull it out with the remainder"
 Blair retired, white-hot, but baf1ed. He was utterly worsted, and had the sense to acknowledge it. He told Miss Nancy as much.
 Tt looks as though the only thing to do is to wait another year, till you can make him give an accounting" he said. "Of course, we can go to law. But he'll use your money to block our application until he's run through with the money and heaped up pile for himself However, have an idea"
 What Is it?" asked the girl.
 Cyril smiled. T can't disclose it yet" he said. Tt will take perhaps a month. He won't have run through much by then. You see. he's booming the companies just now. The collapse will be due in about three months time. Now, think I can save your money If you trust me-"
 She trusted him implicitly, so much so that when he said daily confer ence at the office would be necessary. Miss Nancy did not demur. But the conferences did not seem very busi- nesslike. Yet they were sufficiently pleasant to be continued after office hours, at Miss Nancys home. And long before the month was ended they