The citizen., 1920-09-02
Hoi,Oorfhy Hall
ooprrsh, D, Dodd. Mead q COMPANY. Inc

him with faint superclliousness.
Somebody's been keeping after you
on the telephone all morning." he said
loftIly. "New York call. Couldn't 10
cate you. And here's some telegrams
for you. :"
There were three Of them; nj sight
OF the signature Of the first. Hllllard's
eyes narrowed.
ARRIVING Syracuse 4;15. Please meet
me at train and stop all work In the
meantime. Imperative.
HARMON"
Hllilard's eyellds fiuttered this was
evidently the initial result OF Rufus
Warnings Efforts and Of those many
letters he had written Harmon. He
tore open the second envelope;
the message was again from the broker.
sent obviously from the Grand Cen
tral terminal just before train-time.
"Most important news received. Am
Just leaving. having wired you meet
me at station 4:l5. Find ont who Bob
waring IL and what he wants. Do
all you can to stave OF further In
quiry. Absolutely imperative not talk
20 anyone until I see you. Have CON
tract and all other data with you.
Shall have TO leave on short notice.
HARMON"
And the third was from Albany:
Locate Bob waring II possible and
arrange meeting seven tonight Ur
gently imperative. HARMON"
billiard folded the three sheets
methodically and put them In his
pocket He glanced at his watch; II
showed a quarter 10 four. He had no
dependence on Harmon. and no fear Of
him; he felt no obligation TO Harmon.
no sense Of duty. To be sure. he had
a cynic's curiosity 20 see what was In
the middle OF the whirlwind. but that
OF itself wasn't strong enough to send
him 60 rendezvous with a man he
desplsed and loathed.
IF co." he said TO himself. "I'll he
sorry: and II don't 20 why.
if | don't go. I'll always wonder II IL
would have done any good !"
For himself. there was nothing prom
ising In the situation. But on the
mlllIonth chance that something OF
benefit TO his subscribers might come
out OF it-on the millionth chance that
Harmon might be frightened or per
suaded into compromise
SO he went
The very first passenger to reach
the platform was Harmon; indeed. he
had been fretting In the vestibule for
half an hour. intent on saving a use
less fraction OF second when the
train stopped. Al sight OF Hllllard, he
beamed benehcently-all his earlier
belllgerence forgotten.
"Hello" he said. "Glad TO see you.
son. Got all my messages. did your
He shook hands with great urban
ity; Hilllards grasp was hardly re-
sponsive.
II got three" said HIlliard. dIgnihed
and noncommlttal and he continued
TO inspect his employer with ill-con
cealed dlsfavor and dlstrust.
swell, that's all I sent. Now. where
can we go sit down and talk. for q
couple OF hoursi There's a lot TO 90
over. but I want TO take the 0 40 West.
Not 10 the Onondaga-rd rather 20
somewhere quieter. How about the
Kirkr
"suits me all right II II does you"
"Any luggager They were crossing
the tracks 10 the waiting-room; and
Hllllard. In spite OF himself, couldn't
refrain from the solicitude which any
right-mlnded resident OF a city feels
for the transient just arrived.
"Only this Gladstone. I can check
that here. I guess. Well. Tn certainly
glad to see you. Say. we're you able
90 make date with this Warlng per
SOM II was pretty short notice, but
you're such live wire"
Hilliard. fully comprehending the
nature OF the compliment. smiled faint
iy. The person OF the broker was ply
slcally repulsive TO him; unconscious
iy he edged further away.
"Not yet. But I've left word at his
house for him 10 call me at the hotel.
and III telephone 10 the Information
clerk from the Kirk where he can
reach me. He's sure to be In around
ave or half past"
~ hope So" Harmon swung his
heavy bag TO the brass-lined counter.
and tossed out a dime with a philan-
thropic gesture which made the at
tendant glare at him. "Who In thun-
der is he. anyhow"
Hilliard had reason TO be reticent
with his facts, and he preferred not
20 be too specific at the outset
Hes a law student-an old friend
OF the CulIsns. He's looking aftei
some OF their interests. In one way
and another"
"Ohl Working up a practicel Well !
the way he's bombardipg me with