New Britain herald., 1926-03-08

question about il. Why don't you listen to reason and come nome?"
 Barry, let me ask you ques- ion. If you were in my place would !ou let a thing like this scare you : oit| You know why ] came here. Would you pack up and leave after getting as far as ] have?" ''I don't know how to answer you, Jim. All I know is that I have Il very wholesome respect for my scalp, That very likely would be my first consideration
 That's just talk, You know very well you'd stick it out. This sort of thing cant go on indefinitely. We'll catch those fellows sooner or later Sleep was ont of the question. . Police came later to ply them with more questions and to survey the porch and the broken win dow. .
 And so the two of them sat and talked far into the night
 
 At that moment Samuel Church sat in the library of his magnificent home, busying himself with 0 pile of legal papers. There was ar important damage suit against the c. & F. Railroad which he would have to defend. He scanned the eop,o nf +bor, f1r,Di ij able looking affairs-briefs, dcposi- tons and notes on testimony he would have 10 bring out,
 And yet it was hard for him to concentrate on his task. A frown knit his brow. He stared dreamily at the ceiling, pressing the tip of his pencil against his lips.
 He glanced at his watch. Two o'clock in the morning. Again he sat back In his chair, studying the ceiling.
 Then, fired with q sudden resolu- 1 ton, he rose and opened a drawer. Taking out some stationery, he un- capped his fountain pen and slowly composed a letter. He addressed it ! to Mrs. F. (. Lowell
 It was q very well written letter, , . . He loved Mary Lowell, and she had promised to marry him. . Now, because of sudden whinl, she had broken off with him. Wasn't there some way of getting her to realize the mistake she had made?
 Of course, it had been rather , ,heartless of him-that affair about the dor. Yet he was busy man, a preoccupied man. Important busi- ness engaged his thoughts most oi the time. He was sorry it had hap pcned and quite honestly admitted i he had been wrong.
 Mary must not condemn him or the strength Of that one little thing An honest man, a good name wealth all these things she vas turning down. He had beer 'hasty and wanted 10 apologize, but Mary hadn't given Rim the chance 1 He needed an ally.
 This letter he read over. Then apparently satisfied, he stamped | and left it where the butler could find it and mail it the first thing ir the morning.
 Again he leaned back in his chair and again that worried frown be tween his eyes.
 He stood before his safe, twirlin; tho dial. Presently he swung th' heavy door open and drew forth [ wallet, held together with a heav, rubber band.
 From this he extracted foide' paper and q letter. With a quicl glance around the room. as If tt assure himself that he was unob served, he opened them and reat them. But he read then mechanically, unseeingly, as if thei contents already were familiar t, him.
 The worried frown on his brov decpeued. From time 10 time h, glanced up from his reading. H. seemed to be waiting for something He looked at his watch again. nut tered an imprecation and then yer, carefully replaced the papers in tn wallet and put them back in tn safe.
 The butler entered the room iquictly.
 "A gentleman to see you, MT Church"
 He nodded, cemprehendinSiy