Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-13
72ND YEAR.
CHAPTER ].
The Int I.amcptrd.

iIo opened n morocco case and laid
81 neat pile OF bank notes on tho lac
Gucr table beside him. MIR. Callaghan's
air was that OF company promoter
presenting an administrators balance
sheet. Polishing his spcctacics CONT
ly with n silk handkerchief h. re-
placed them. and lifting a number OF
notes from IN. pile. Iaid Them on ON.
SIDE.
"VaiIlc. two ht,narcJ pound.
VailIc dark .nd lanpu;d admir-.
abIy dressed folded Tho notes w,b
slender fingers and placed ,b.mo y
pnckc,book. There va. ,,i,,,,.
con,.mp,uous ,snrc,sion il, h5x ,,as
Lu, he made no common,
"prunmoua ,wo hnp,,c, ,,, c.,
uounde.
Henry brumnoDd ., a.,
hair.d and dcbor,,r tax ~, ,h,,
vim q smile,
Thank YOU. cher, h. said r..
ru.Ily
"Sian,y ,hre. hundred ,o,,r,.
Slanc, though his .n,, 49,
largest. showed obvI.ns di.co,,on,
Ills face was .barn and ncaL,d b
spccch and appearance MIC, ~.
small. pale ewes wer. renart,h,, -,
;cllircn, and .p.n,ciouv ,t
watched sruGeingIy tho dis,,t,u,jon
81, o,
scarccly looked a, his nn,c. .,e -,
fastened Them into hi, u,u,,
MS li,tle enough for mo ,o,,
did and the risl ,ooL ho
s,nlcnIy.
Th. Jciirb,,,i ,o,,,.,, ,
Callaghan.s fac, x,idd.nly ,.rtyh,L
a. j, 1t mad boon v.,.o an, ,.I,,
spong, Ills Owes hcca,,, M,
OF hard crystal tina, ho,co %.
neys and made IN. man ,bri,. h,r
ar IL he had been ,,ru,. re.
absolute sIIcpc. for .o.
n.n,s The air ,od
electric. no, q man ,roy.,
\ bcr your u,,dor NJ e, d.
sald Call.rhan sIou.l,
any comment. -, MAKE.
80. chief" ..ft siam,
none.
The amiab.c .,p,,..f,, ,o,,.,.,
50 Cailarhsp.s go, ,I
slightly. Hu, To-, u,o,o
IS though mask had hc., Ii,ot 10
show biq so,I ana ,I,,,
fo"tf ar none OF The other men IN
The room dared face.
Bell. one hundred and 6,,,.
pound,."
SIR. Fell. in black clo;he, n, :,
clerical cut. took tho no,cv r.,,o,,,,.
IN his plump white hancs. IIc h,d
the air Of murnrurinc hI..s,rr a..
le placed the money softIv IN III.
hrcast pocket
and that said Mr.. Cauash,u
niina himself q glaes Of por, from
the Venetian glass dccan,cr 2, MS
side. lis absolutely all" He Law h,,r
and put the tips Of his finger. "a.
sether. a more grossly unsa,j..
factory affair. my friends. have
never put before you.
That money which-w,,b co,,,,,
dedGctions-l have divided ,monp
YOU. wa6 realized by the sale In Am
sicrdam OF tho Wcrtstciu diamond
rha?ict. IT - as much as We corI,,
expect The greater rrizc FOR witch
IS" la'h our plans. Lady Wcr,s,.fr,.
ruhics--worth twenty ana tbir,,
times this trivial sum--thal prize ~,
Jailed 10 acquire. II Is nov fo,,,a,
beyond our reach. We have ali ~,
49, - '''sSs run iht STaNsSi rt
o' our careers a RISK now h,rnjI,
put an end TO. And We have los, onr
"' our most active partners"
IL is all over. I suppose. chief"
asked Drummond.
All over" said Caliaghan. draw.
ms an evening papcr from his
rocket. You have no, seen This.
VIII read you the account"
Mr.. Cailaghan adjusted the silver
trimmed spcctaclcs on his novc
stretched himself luxuriously in the
easy chair. folded back the papcr
ana read aloud in pleasant. schol-
ar!E voice, cnuncating his word e
clearly. His companions listened in
"cad silence 10 the orninous news
= mat "as de!irered To them
NARpn ~ EAECCTED-GOES ST.
i-SNIl.h TO THE SCAFFOlD
hohcrt MardyHe, sentenced NJ the
He" Eaiiey last month for the rark
crescent murder and safe robbery Gin
which SIR isidor Wertstcin was shot
dead in his own h"usa'. was executed
"a - ri mo