Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-17

new-found happiness-and it told
the story which she had determined
not to tell.
aAll the luck in the world, Mr..
Carmody; just simply all the luck in
the world"
He understood-and just as the
girl had never suspected that be COW
eted her, Just so she could not sus-
pect the wave Of black anger which
suffused him now. He merely bowed
and walked rigidly back into his Of
flee.
He stood alone beside his desk: q
slim and terrible figure.
John Carmody was master Of his
impulses. There were some who
called him fishlike-but they were
wrong. The blood which coursed in
his veins was turbulent and hot, but
Carmody. himself, knew this and
forced his intellect into control. He
was not impatient. All his life he
had learned the virtue Of waiting
but it seemed now rs though he had
waited too long.
Kathleen had conveyed her mes
sage as plainly ~ though she had
spoken IL in words. Carmody merely
did not know how far the affair had
progressed. Frankly, that seemed n
matter Of small consequence. Kath-
leen was obviously in love with Bob
Terry-or believed she was. Car
mody paid her the compliment of as
Stunning that Terry could not fail TO
reciprocate.
There was The situation-crystal
clear-and in spite of the rush Of
bitterness and disappointment which
swept him. the keen analytic brain
could not fail 20 applaud the perfect
do~vetailing of circumstances.
Until this moment Carmody had
felt a rather friendly interest in Bob
Terry. The boy had been cruelty and
unjustly buffeted by fate; a bitter
potion had been placed TO his lips and
he had been compelled to drink. He
seemed 70 retain no positive impulse
save his flaming desire for revenge
on Peter Borden.
There was the s e,ond link in the
perfectly welded chain. Carmody
hated Borden with amazing ferocity.
Borden had frightened him. II had
seemed that the disbarment proceed
ings were 70 be successful and Car
mody had suffered for weeks while
matters we're in allegiance. He had
come through successfully but with
vitriol in his soul-and then Tery's
release from prison. his adoption into
the Borden home and his bitterness
against Borden all conspired to sup
ply Carmody with the perfect weapon
for which he had been waiting.
Here, il seemed, was a glittering
opportunity 10 do to Borden almost
anything he wished-and to do ii
without the slightest risk. His sole
task vas TO concoct the idea; Bob
Terry was willing and eager to exc
cute 1t. And in a few days more
there would be an additional ally at
hand when Todd shannon was re-
leased.
Todd was ~malleable. He was gov
erened by his cmotions-whether Of
temper or affection. The big, slow
thinking man would be eager to align
himself with Carmody and Bob Terry
in this campaign against Borden. He
could be moved about the board as
readily as a chessman-and with ms
little danger of rebellion or argu-
ment.
Carmody's problem, then, had be-
come twofold. The Borden situation
was very much the same, but IL now
appeared to him that he must not
only square accounts with Borden,
but at the same time p-ecipitate trou-
bic from which Bob Terry would be
unable to extricate himself.
Carmody knew that Terry must
be removed from the picture. That
he was planning TO make wreckage
of a new love affair did not bother
him. He had no conscience; his eyes
were focused eternally and clearly
on results; methods were matters Of
detml.
Thn Carmody wanted Kathleen
for himself. He had wanted her since
before he permitted Todd Shannon to
20 to prison. He had courted her
subtly since the day she had entered
his employ as stenographer 49, nm
then as private secretary. His analy-
sis of conditions had been accurate.
He knew the girl and realized that
she would not be easy prey. For
one thing, she was too beautiful in
her persona, vivid way: for another
she was too naturally decent con-