The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-05

| II am sure of Ii. That's why ] am
so frank. know that you are. or
have been, intimately acquainted with
| the details of the business In which
my husband and Mr.. Stanley were en-.
gagged and that you were for some
time in my husbands office after Mr..
| Stanley went away. l have been
! little worried about that business In
the last few weeks. Perhaps my wor-
~ is unnecessary, but ! have been
| thinking that maybe my husband, out
of q mistaken sense of kindness to me,
has not told me everything that
| should like to know. There have
been times when | felt that things
were not going well with him In the
| Street. and perhaps it is because of
my wish to be treasured that | am
asking y.u to tell me in strictest con-
fidence what you know about it"
But Mrs. Waterman" objected VIII
son, sit b. been some months since
| | left the Office"
81 know that" she answered, "but
were things quite we'll there when you
left?"
Frankly" said Wilson, mot alto
gether, to my way OF thinking"
do you mind going into particu-
Iars?"
Wilson reflected How much should
he De jus ifed in telling her? He
| decided to compromise.
"No, certainly not" he said. 1T was
merely that AIR. Waterman had en-
Larked upon some operations in the
Street which did not appear to me ex
actly conservative. OF course | am
ready to admit may have been infiu
enced by the fact that was sure they
were operations Mr.. Stanley would
not haze approved. You see, my BUSH
ness education has been entirely in the
| hands of AIR. Stanley"
Doris did not press the point fur
| Their. She had suspicion that Will
son was not telling all he knew, but
she was sure that so far as he had
gone he had said what be thought
He had confirmed her suspicious
Things were not well with her hus-
band in the Street
Thank you, Mr.. Wilson," she said,
''for your frankneSS. That is all |
wished to know" And she added de-
fensively, 4 wished to know what you
have told me because i want in every
possible way to be of help to my hus-
band"
81 understand" he answered.
Wilson departed with mixed emo
no
had seen Doris Colby. He had gone
to her more thar once on various mis-
sions for Stanley in the old days. 1t
had always thrilled him to look at
her. 1t thrilled him still. She was
more beautiful than ever, he thought,
and the anxiety which sat so clearly
upon her .andiG brow added just now
to the fascination which she had al
ways had for him. 1t was clear to
Wilson, also, that Waterman was in
the process of being found out He
was not aware, as yet, that the man
was in possession of stolen goods, bat
he knew perfectly well that he was
a humbug and fraud. And now, II
appeared, his unmasking was ap.
preaching. He could not repress a
sense of satisfaction.
AT that very moment, at the close
of business, Waterman sat alone In
his office. He was reviewing his grow
ing perplexities. II was not q pleas
ant process, and his gloom was nol
at all dispelled By the voice of the of
| fee boy who opened the door at that
moment and said:
"Mr. Bromtield asking for you, SIR"
BrOmfield was one of the last people
| in the world he wished to see. 1t is
| true that shortly after his marriage.
| by the simple process of borrowing
| from Peter to pay Paul, he had dis.
charged his obligation to the gambler,
| and having done so had sworn a SOL
emn VOW that he would never enter
| that hall of chance again. But that
vow. like many others, had been bro
| ken. His luck couldn't always be bad
he thought, and he was due to win
| overdue. In this he was In error
His unlucky streak continued, and the
| consequence was that shortly he
found himself heavily in BrOmtield's
debt once more. Here came his cred
| itOr again. He sighed heavily as he
told the boy to bring him In. But be.
| fore the door opened to admit his Wis
/ itor he was again his usual smiling
self.
"Come in, come In, Bromfeld," he
| called, as to a welcome guest. "How
are you? Glad to see you"
81 happened to be passing by" said
Bromfield. land, the market having
closed, | thought | would drop In for
a chat"
Every good Of you, am sure"
"By the way" went on the gambler,
I'm sorry haven't seen you at my
place of late"
| "No." admitted Waterman, "fact is
didn't wish to come there again IN
| til | was able to square things up with
you"
"And when will that be, do you
Think"
"Oh, very soon, hope"
"Your hope is mine ALSO" They
smiled together, a little grimly per-
haps, and Bromfied went on. "You
couldn't make IT any more definite
than that. supposeT
"Well, no. not at the moment"
"Sorry. could use money just
| now. You see, number of gentle
| men with whom | do business seem to
have had a run of bad luck of late"
"Do understand that you complain
of THAR" prinned Waterman
"Not altogether" admitted the 9th