Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-26

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Then he began apologizlng TO
Martin. He was afraid his man
ner last night when he had been
quite tn the dark Is to who Mar
tin really was, he having merely
been told that he was a reporter.
hadn't been quite appropriate.
But" said Rhoda b~lankly. che
4 a reporter
-Yes. or course" Uncle William
agreed uneasily ar n sudden move
ment OF Impotence on Martins
part, "but ! want to acknowledge
that my monetary suspicion that
his interest in you was heightened
by his knowledge OF the possibility
that you might turn out TO be, 20
TO speak. an heiresS became gro
tesque as soon as I looked UP what
he spoke OF on the way home as
his reference and learned that he
had an independent fortune OF his
own.
She turned a bewildered look on
Martin
"It's nothing 70 bother about, dar-
ling he said II wasn't keeping
anything dark. I'd have told you IN
there'd been time But there's al
ways been something important TO
talk about. As a matter OF fact.
there Is now. Forster win be get
ting here any minute Rhoda. what
was the date of your fathers
death7 DO you remember exactlyT'
She did and sh~ told him.
He looked down az the papers
again with an intensity Of concen-
traticn.
After perhaps a minute be drew
a long breath. Look here, dar-
ling" he said Look at the date
on these sheets They're carbons,
you see. OF the last notes he ever
made. See what he's written on
the bottom OF this page It's the last
page OF all Try this tomorrow.
Think it's right az last Well, II
was right. Those few hours he
begged the doctor for were all he
needed. but the doctor couldn't give
them 10 him"
Down at the foot Of the hong
fight OF stairs they heard the street
door open Martin turned sudden
Nv 10 Uncle william @Have You
got that contract with you, sir?
Right here In your pocket, I meant
Because II that's Forster coming
UP the stairs we're going to need
H."
Uncle William, specifies for
once. felt In his pocket and nodded.
Martin went out into the entry
and looked down the stairs TITS
Forster" he said Is he came back
into the studio -Conleys carry
ing him mp"
No one spoke after that and the
wait while Conley struggled with
his burden mp those long straight
fights OF stairs seemed endless
Forster. BY the time he'd been
deposited IN a big chair, was as
breathless and IS nearly exhausted
with terror that he'd be dropped,
most likeiy-as the man who car
ried him
well" be painted I've come
on some FOOLS errand, I expect I
can't think Of anything among the
professors papers that I'd Be espe-
cially interested I'm. now But his
look. darling ratlike about the
studio, belied his words, and when
II lighted upon the little hat trunk
surrounded by the heaps Of yellow
sheets. 1t remained fired. fas-
cinnted-
Il thought Martin observed
that you'd be interested In those
notes You must have seen some
thing very like them before-in
the laboratory just after Professor
Mcfarland died.
Possibly" Forster admitted
-Td been financing him for four
years while he was trying to dis
cover an oil process He died with
out getting anywhere with II. I
hired another man and he discov.
cred the thing almost at once. IL
was q very valuable discovery and
I've made a great deal Of money
on IL. The professor didn't make
IL He tried 70 and be failed
I don't believe that these papers
you've got here are worth any
thing. But u they are worth any
thing and the professor held them
out, they're my property He was
working under contract with me
and he had NO right CO hold any
thing cut