St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-07-22

l. "Hax DOeo lHtS message MednI'' no
Asked Bluntiy. .
hand what does this message
meanf" he asked blunt1y.
"Your daughters engaged to Brom-
field, amt she7" demanded the ex-
prize fighter. his dubious eyes full on
his host.
That's our business, SIR
II got reason for asking. She Is
or she amt. Which Is it?''
well not discuss my daughters at
fairs
@All right, since you're 50 id par
ticular. Wen discuss Bromfeld's. I
warned him to keep his mouth shut
or he'd get into trouble
He was released from prison this
afternoon"
did say anything about prison?"
Durand asked. There's other kinds
Of grief beside being In stir. I've got
this guy right. /"
1Just what do you mean, Mr.. Dur
and?''
Il mean that he hired me to get
Lindsay in bad with you and the girl.
He was to be caught at the Omnium
club with woman when the police
ratded the place, and It was to get In
to the papers,
II don't believe IT," said Whitford
promptly.
You will I had dictagraph in
the room when Bromfield came to see
me. You can hear It I'LL In his own
voice y
''But there wasn't any woman with
was pulled off"
Sure there wasn't. I threw Broln-
field down.
"You arranged to have Lindsay
killed instead"
"Forget that stuff. The point is
that If you don't call off the district
attorney, I'll tell all I know about
son-in-law Bromfield. He'll be ruined
for life"
ITO hear you tell it."
All right. Ask him."
Il SHALL
Conspiracy Is what the law calls
1t. Maybe he can keep outa stir. But
when his swell friends hear it they'll
turn their backs on Bromield. You
know TT
! I'LL not know it unless Mr.> Brom-
field tells me SO himself. don't care
! anything for your dictagraph. I'm
no eavesdropper.
you tell him what he's up against
and he'll come through all right. I'll
see that every newspaper In New York
carries the story II you don't notify
me today that this attack on me is
OIL. I'll learn you silk stockings you
can't make Jerry Durand the goat"
4 Whitford announced his decision
sharply. "R you'll leave me your tele-
phone number, I'll let you know later
in the day what we'll do"
He had told Durand that he did not
believe his story. He had tried to
reject 1t because he did not want to
accept 1t, but after the man had gone
and he thought it over his judgment
was that it held some germ Of truth.
If So he was bound to protect Brom-
field as far as he could. No matter
what Clarendon had done, he could
not throw overheard to the sharks
the man who was still engaged to his
daughter. He might not like him. In
point OF fact he did not. But he had
to stand by him till he was out Of his
trouble
Colin Whitford went straight to his
daughter.
Honey, this man Durand has Just
brought me story about Clarendon.
He says he paid him to get Clay into
trouble at the Omnium club in order
to discredit him with u.s. A
"Oh, dad y
I'm going to see Clarendon. II it's
true j don't want you to see him
again. Authorize me to break the en-
gagement for YOU
They talked 1t ever a few minutes
Bentrice slipped the engagement ring
from her finger and gave It to her
father with sigh.
''You can't do wrong without paying
for 1t, dad"
aThat's right. Bromfeld-"
I'm not thinking Of Clarendon. I'm
thinking about me. ] feel as Il had
been dragged in the dust" she sald
YEARLY.
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