The weekly Iberian., 1920-08-07
CHAPTER xIli-Cont'nued

:. Tho succession was obscured by the
possibility of honor that 1t contained
ryesr he said thickly. Yes! You
bet I could !"
sand you wouldn't be afraid TO Keep
-, workine for me? That is, " we got
this Silverbow scheme all laundered
o,oon before we started something
eIse!"
mot If you
"Then listen I" The brokers' voice
rss soft and homiletical. You've
.houcbt some hard things about me.
Noybe you had some cause: I'm not
A..puting that. But guess you've for
.ntten something. Something l told
1ou when we first got together. I told
you IL you got me what l wanted ia
telp you get what you want. Well
rcu've done your best. | got TO give
,ou credit And maybe you've changed
same of my ideas too. Maybe you've
.ort Of worked me around to believing
haven't given you square deal.
wel-let the past bury its dead. I've
os more than one string TO my bow
I'm SORT of tired of the old line of
suff. I'm thinking seriously of cut
Hng Hall out and going in for the safe
and sane. II isn't so juicy. but its
safe. Am I right or am | wrong? All
mo cards on the tahle-Tm no fool
HlHard-and the bottoms falling out
s this promotion game. So If you
mink you can blossom out into legit-
innate salesman Of high-grade bonds
Of course there wouldn't be nearly as
much in il for you've got more than
half a mind to give you the chance.
lfsa risk. but | guess owe it to you"
He slid his pudgy hand across the
table and smiled pacifically. "Pve
taken a strong fancy to you, son-let's
BE- respectable together. What do you
say to that?"
In his feverish JOY Hillard was will
ng to ignore the obvious fact that the
brokers' repentance was considerably
overdue. and that 1t was founded on
expediency and not on principle. The
thought of working longer for Har-
mOn--even if the securities he had to
sell In future were most conservative
filed him with nausea; but If that
we're the only way to save the stu
alton how could Hilliard decl'ne?. How
10 his duty to himself could he refuse
10 work again for Harmon. if this were
the only means to save his friends
their money already lost? He felt his
veins throbbing to his agitation.
"lS is that bona ide Of
ier?" he faltered. Harmon's hand
slapped the table for emphasis.
Straight as string. To tell the
truth you're sort of on my conscience.
You're with me? All right! Then as
far as I'm concerned the contracts
cancelled here and now. Got it with
you?" .=-
mo. l."
The brokers face darkened. "Where
is it?"
Hilliard was disinclined to tell how
and why he had intrusted it to Cullen.
'It's safe" he said He could hardly
contain himself; he looked and looked
at Harmon, trying faithfully to recon-
Gle the man and his appearance and
bis principles. and he failed-but here
was the great reality confronting
him--and the millionth chance had
magically come true. 1t was warped
honesty but it was honesty no less.
Harmon licked his lips.
well. we'll clean up the whole
transaction today and start with a new
deal. That's settled. Oh. don't carry
on like that. billiard. Now about this
chap Waring-"
"Oh. you still want to see him. do
your
Harmon hesitated. "Sure! Give
him little surprise. eh? If he's the
man who's been bombarding us We'll
spike his guns first.-What?" He
laughed noisiIy and Hilliard was al
most too excited to dislike the laugh.
Don't bother to telephone the Onon-
daga: well just walk over"
But ! thought you wanted to stay
away from there?" Hilliard was dis
playing many of the symptoms of in
toxication.
On not when everything's going
Wong 40 smooth and nice! We can
20 up In your room and have Waring
up there and be just as private as
anywhere else"
accordingly. and to the chagrin of
novering waiter. they quilted their
oonfll and went out to the open air.
Ihey reached the Onondaga: they ar-
rived NJ the mezzanine floor: they
yer" safe in Hilliard's apartment.
N.Y. said Harmon loosely. II
wish could afford to live like this,
bnt you've got II rich hacker, and I
haven't He rubbed his hands in
.reat good nature his eyes were spar
s'ins and his fat body was a-quiver
WIN vanity. well. the first thing to
10 ... Where did YOU saw YOU
Keep that contract Of ours hidden?
rs there any hurry about that now?"
billiard was fairly beside himself with
10y.
we'll The sudden whirr of the
telephone buzzer seemed to ruffle the
brokers' nerves. for he started vio-
tenfiy. who's that?"
Just a moment !" Hilliard
sook down the receiver. "Yes? :.
IN. yes, have him no: hold the
w're He beckoned hilariously to
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