Evening star., 1921-10-01
Continued from Yesterdays Star.)

!; Continued from Yesterdays Star.)
And it had been done SO quickly!
THE guard had been there and had
interviewed, and there hadn't been
time for his mind to win back Its
normal poise and reason logically.
He hadn't reasoned in that brief In.
stant; he had only caught and gfasped
the outfiung hand OF one whom' LOT
CHASTITY, blight falling upon him, rea.
soned then; he had even stepped OUT
Of the prison library more light
hearted than he had been almost from
the moment they had put Pnn. those nose
before: but he had barely stood locked
in his cell here again when, like some
phast1y blight falling upon MIN, rea,
son had come and left him dragged
weakling. scarcely able physically 70
stand upon his feet. And then that
had passed, and he had been pos
:sessed Of an insensate fury that nag
bade him fling himself at the cell
door and, with superhuman strength,
wrench and tear the bars asunder
that he might get at Millman again.
He had checked that impulse amidst
the jeers and mockeries OF. lmpisn
voices that rang in his ears and nlled
the cell with their insane jabberings
voices that laughed in hellish gfee
ut him for being a fool in the hrst
place. and for. his utter impotence in
the second.
now. those insane demon voices!
He swung from the center OF the
cell, and flung himself down on the
cot again. They might well mock
at him. those voices; For m;,,r,. two years. rs
had kept the secret of the hiding
place of that money to himself be-
cause. believing Millman to be an
honest man, 1t would have been un-
fair to Millman to have told MN.
would either have had to inform the
authorities-or become a dishonest
man. 1t was clear enough, wasn't II!
And logical enough? And ya yet IN one
his own logic! He had based all. his
faith and trust and confidence in MILL
man, on the belief that Millman was
an honest man. Well, an honest man
wouldn't voluntarily aid ana ape5
thief in getting away with stolen
money, nor make himself an accom-
plice after the fact. nor offer to help
outwit the police, nor agree TO par
ticipate in what amounted to steal
ing the money for a second time. and
SO make himself a criminal! And If
the man was then dishonest, ana for
two wears had covered that dishon-
esty with a mask Of hypocrisy, II
was obvious enough. since the ny ny
Henderson's, benefit. that Millman had
planned 1t all patiently from the be-
ginning, and now meant TO 90 MN
cold, to get the money and keep II.
mn on his feet again from the cot.
Fury had him in its grip once more.
Five years! Five years OF hell in thls
DEVILS holei And a branded name:
He had thrown everything into the
balance-all he had! And now"this!
That WAS it-trlCkeQ.
Tricked by Judas!
All the passion of the man was on
the surface now. Lean and gaunt;
his body. seemed to crouch iorwaifa ware
fingers crooked like claws reaching
for their prey. were outstretcned ne
fore him. Sixty-one days start MIL,
man had. But Millman would need
the world whom he had ever trusted.
and who had then betrayed him.
would need more than sfxty-one days
to escape the reckoning that was TO
come. Millman might hide. Millman
might live for years in lavish ease
on that money. and in the end there
might be none of that money left, but
sooner or later Millman would pay a
bigger price then-a hundred thou
sand dollars: He Wouia S,H snaaab ge. for the
two OF them. And when that day
His muscles relaxed. The paroxysm
Of fury left him. and suddenly ne
rnoaned a little as though in bitter
hurt. There was another side to II.
He could not help thinking of that
other side There had been two years
of what he thought was friendship
and the friendship had been hypoc-
'risy, It was hard to believe. Perhaps
Millman meant to play square, after
all, perhaps Mil1man would keep that
rendezvous In New York on June ~
at 8 O'Clock IN the evening at the 81.
Lucian Hotel. Perhaps Millman would.
Tt wasn't only on account OF the
money that he hoped Millman would
there were those two years OF what
he had thought was friendship.
He leaned suddenly against the wall
Of the cell. the palms of his hands
pressed against it, his face crushed
into his knuckles. No! What was
the use of that? Why try to delude
himself again? Why try to make him
lieve. He could reason now coolly
and logically enough. If Millman was
honest he would not do what he had
offered to do; and being. therefore:
dishonest. his apparent honesty had
been only a mask, and the mask had
been only for his, Dave Hendefson's.
benefit, and that, logically. could evil
had deliberately set himself to win
the confidence that would win for
Nillman the stake of one hundred
thousand dollars. There was no other
conclusion. was there?
His head came up from his hands.
and he stood rigid, tense. Wait!
Walt a minute, until his brain cleared.
There was another possibility, he
had not thought Of it before! 1t
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