Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-03
The OUTER GATE
By OCTAVUS ROY COHEN

ing to cover his tracks. Monday IL
Labor Day--a legal holiday. No
banks open. The bonds r. gone.
Borden calls q meeting of his direc-
tors. He reports the loss OF the
bonds. Two hundred thousand dol
lars worth. That il a great deal Of
money.
There Is CONSERVATION. They de-
mand to know what those bonds were
doing in his home. He has no de-
Tense there. They should have been
in the bank. 1t was gross careless
ness on his part. OF course those
men - even Merriwether will not
think that he stole them. But they
will rage because he has been care
less, and because 100000 is a great
deal Of money. A very great deal.
Especially to Jonas Merriwether-
who Is the richest Of them all. They
will demand that Borden return the
money. And he can't return it, Terry
because he hasn't a cent. He liz o
wealthy man only If that plant is sue
cessful. He hasn't a penny now, aside
from his very modest checking &C
count ut the First National bank and
the home he lives in. Every nickel Is
invested in that plant.
"There is the chance that he will
arouse the anger Of Merriwether.
Just a chance. If he does that, he
will be charged with embezzlement.
And even if he isn't-he will be in G
desperate position. He will know
that he is guilty Of criminal neglect
and you may imagine for yourself
what that will do to a mar rs con-
scientious as Peter Borden"
Again that abrupt, dramatic ces-
sation Of speech Carmody's face
was in sharp relief; his eyes blazed
with hatred Of Borden.
"Embezziement!" He said the
word, slowly-unctuously. "Can't you
understand that, Bob Terry? You
were tried for embezzlement. You
were convicted Of committing an
embezzlement which you did not COM
nit. You had not even been care
less. You know the shame of ii.
the horror, the helplessness. Even II
you had not been sent to prison, II
would have ruined your life to have
I kQIC tHIO0Eu LA4I hlA0A AAaEihC NAC
effect Of that situation or a man like
Peter Borden. Just because he has
contributed to this thing by his care
l~essness he will suffer torture. He
will u himself. He will go
through all that you went through
and more.
"Here is your revenge, Terry. II
is a glorious opportunity. You not
only ruin Borden, you not only cause
him agony Of soul, you not only
break his spirit-but, by Godi you
do it in almost the same way that
he did it to you. You place him in
the position of an embezzler. That's
what he did to you. You give him
the precise type Of suffering that you
experienced. You teach him what he
taught you-and you enjoy it because
you know every stab of pain he is
bearing; you can understand every
thought. Jonas Merriwether will try
him for embezzlement, TeTry-not be
cause he is conscientious, but because
he will want to save something of his
500, 900. What Borden did to yot
because he believed it was his duty
Merriwether will do to him because
his pocketbook has been touched.
"Peter Borden arrested for embez
element! Think of the headlines
Borden, the embezzler! Then il viii
be your turn to laugh! You could
never have expected such a thing Al
this. Terry. Nothing 50 perfect
nothing so ~sardonically on all four'