Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-22
TMentY-Fifth lnstaIlnent
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Twenty-Fifth InstaIlment
She happened 10 be standing.
without knowing II, almost over
the revolver, where she had only
TO stoop to pick 1t up. Forster
knew IL though. He was staring
at the thing IN a perfect nightmare
or terror. Rhoda, pulled up by the
look In his face. followed the d.
rection Of his stare and glanced
down too TO see what he was look
ing at.
That glance was all IL needed 70
demolish him completely. He
Topped ont OF his chair and
sprawled down upon his knees on
the carpet holding out his palsied
hands, imploring mercy. "Waitl"
he pleaded. watt Ill tell you
all about it. IL isn't what you think
/ didn't mean him any real harm.
/ thought he'd thank me for t."
Rhoda went q little whittier and
turned her face away. do you
mind picking him up, Martin. and
putting him back In his chairg' she
asked.
Martin. feeling I'm his bewilder-
ment like q man In n dream. tugged
away and finally managed to haul
the poor old ruin back into his
chair again. II must have been a
minute before the millionaire could
find breath enough 70 speak with,
but when he did it was-strangely
enough-in the voice Of q man
with a grievance.
mcfarland was wasted. where
he was. He knew as much about
the chemistry OF petroleum as any
man In the world: more In some
ways. And he was nothing but a
college professor working along a
line I was interested IN, and when
7 saw he was going TO read q pa
per IN Cleveland before the OIL
Chemists institute I went down 10
hear him. Luckily he hadn't got
far enough with his discoveries to
give anything really practical away,
but he came near enough 10 II 70
make me sweat. So / saw him
after the meeting and talked to
him I had Stafford with me and
we came back with him an far as
Chicago. Spent most OF the night
trying 70 get him 70 listen 70 rea-
son.. Here he was on the edge OF
a thing that might be worth mil
lions 70 him personally. 20 say
nothing OF anybody else. and he
was getting ready to broadcast Il.
I wanted him to leave the univer-
sIty and let me fit him up q lab
oratory. I'd pay all the expenses
az his research and give him a con-
tract that would make his fortune
as soon as he had the thing on q
practical basis.
Il never saw anybody as stub
born as he was. He'd hardly lis
ten. Practically told me 70 20 TO
hi. He said the university had
financed his researches up to now
and il would be disloyal TO leave
them. II didn't do any good to talk
big figures to him. He didn't know
what money was about He was
throwing away n fortune-anyway
that's how II looked az the time
like giving q nickel to a newsboy.
I was about ready TO quit, but Stat
ford had an idea.
II don't say II was q very nice
idea. but your father hadn't left as
anything else we could do. Stat
ford said IL there should happen
70 be some little scandal out nc the
university 50 that Mcfarland would
resign, he'd probably come back
10 us
well, that's all. Re went ahead
with It. 7 didn't know what he
was going TO do. He went too far:
further than / meant him 70. I
didn't think there'd be q trial. I
thought Mcfarland would realize
there was something on him and
get ont quietly. Only, you see, he
was 50 innocent he didn't realize
there was anything on him. And
when the thing really got started
u was too late to stop"
Rhoda's set face conceded him
nothing. and cringing away from
the sight Of Ii he turned 10 Martin.
You can see how II was, can't
you? I dsdnt know he'd take Il so
hard. I dadnft mean him any real
harm I meant % make him q rich
man"
"You didn't make his fortune,
though" Martin said "Why not?
How did ycu trick him OUT OK it9'