Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-19

than ten million dollarS! heavens!
What a lot of money!"
"Oh. that Wretched money!" ex-
claimed the heiress with q little
catch In her voice, If 1t were not
for that wouldn't be having all this
fear and worry about Jimmy! And
that isn't ah-there are other"
She broke off short. Then: Il wish
there weren't any ten million dol
lars, or even one million coming TO
mel"
Absurd as the wish would have
sounded to the casual listener 1t
found an echo In the hearts OF the
two men who heard it. Neither Of
them was a poor man in the general
acceptance Of the term. ballard
owned property and bonds valued
at eighty Thousand dollars and
Gordon's holdings were considered
to be worth at least fifty thousand.
But they were poor as compared TO
Patricia Blair. And both men had
an innate horror Of being classed IN
the category OF fortune hunters.
II dread the 4 Zeal &C tomorrow"
said Pat, a pensive look in her 6x-
pressive eyes. ".Tu. the thought OF
having to meet Herbert Maxwell
again after what has happened Is
revolving. What can he be planning
to do? 1t would seem, If he really
know / was in New York--if he has
known OF II since I arrived-as Rex
suggested a few moment ago-that
he would have gotten in touch with
me II only for a bluff in the claim
OF his substitutes identity as James
X. Blair"
ballard shook his head.
"As I've got the matter doped,"
he said, picking his words carefully,
Maxwell. maybe, doesn't know for
sure that yoa r wise TO his
scheme for working a substitute off
as Jimmy. But. in any event, you
have got TO make up your mind,
Pat for a hard and bitter fight.
You know that you accepted that
fellow as your frother there in the
hospital az C-There We're witnesses
there-beSides we three-that heard
YOU: DIR. Skies and the Supervisor.
Miss Blake. Put on the stand DR..
Gordon, MargeIy and would have
to admit Ina. you called the fellow
your brother. Maxwell will see TO
1t that DR.. Skies and Miss Flake are
attainable, II needed.
"Of course" continued the lieu
tenant. determined while he was at
81 TO put u the cards on the table
in plain sight, you WI declare
that you were miStaken-that he
isn't your brother. that your brother
was spirited away from the hos
pital in Paris. But, you've got ,
remember, Pat, that az no time
did YOU see Jimmy-our jimmy
during his stay at Cor afterward
ia Paris. You have only words,
Margery's, DR.. Gordon's and mine
that ne is. in reality. your bro lc-l
Yes he added quickly as she made
a motion o speak. You have your
intuition that the other ma was
not your brother. But intuitions are
not recognized In legal matters.
"Maxwe will declare his man Is
the James K. Blair he has always
known. that he brought the young
man from Paris In the firm belief
ne was James X. Blair and after
your identification Of him. as he
was told at c.. That the y.1l.s
mar possessed ~ rs. etc, and the
identity tag Of James K. Blair. And
this fellow is supposed 10 be a VIC
tim of aphasia, according TO DR..
Skies and also according 70 DR..
Gordon here. He remembers Moth
ing of his former life-or so he
pretends-not even his name. All
he recolleccs is Of what has tran
spired since he covered ability
70 think and talk nationally. lie
has no remembrance OF you nor OF
anyone Of the old days. All he
knows Is what Maxwell has told
him. And bear in mind, Pat, that
you accepted him ove there as
your brother-even recognized him,
you thought, before you ever saw
his papers-as DR.. Gordon nd you
would have to admit II put on the
witness stand.
Now, how are you going to prove
he isn't your brother? The only
way you can p. re 1t is by produc-
ing the real James K. Blair. But
Maxwell has the real Jimmy hid
cen away somewhere-and you
don't know where. Nor could you
prove that Maxwell knows.
You've simply got to accept the
situation, Pat" said ballard in con-
GLIDING his sim nary Of facts and
figures in the game that chance had
boosted SO helpfully for Herbcrt
Maxwell. I'm afraid that your