The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-07-03

didn't doubt that he was safe in steal
ing your fathers share of it. He made
his deal and his contracts. collected
his royalties. The probable existence
of your fathers copy of their contract
didn't bother him bit He could say
what he said to us just now and there
was, he thought. no proof to the con-
trar. But at some time or other. not
so very long ago l imagine. looking
over the log that he'd found in the
laboratory, he discovered here and
there carbon sheet i'm place of the
!! original And then he knew what your
father had done. He knew that If
these sheets hadn't been destroyed and
ever fell into the hands of any friend
of yours who recognized what they
were, he could be forced to an account
ing and made to pay every cent that
the contract called for. When he
realized that he began to advertise for
the whereabouts of Rhoda Mcfarland"
FOrster's face was shining with
sweat but once more he bleated stub
bornly, You can't prove it!
81 said you were going to prove it,"
Martin reminded him. you have
proved it to my satisfaction by coming
here today. But III tell you what I'm
going TO do. If you insist that the
process you are using isn't Professor
McFarand's process but something
else, I'll publish these notes of his and
make the world present of them"
Forster sank back in his chair with
groan. "All right" he said. "Pll
buy them of you. How much do you
want?"
Martin turned to Uncle William. 81
think We'll leave the price in money TO
the legal department" he said. But
RhOda wants something more out of
Forster than the money her father
earned"
He paused an instant, then turned to
Forster. 'She isn't vindictive and she
doesn't want any revenge. She wont
prosecute you and your nephew's wife
for conspiracy unless she's forced to.
But she wants sworn statement from
you that to your persoal knowledge
fornia charges and that they were
framed against him for the purpose of
forcing him out of the university"
This time it was Uncle William who
started to protest. "My dear Mar
tin . :"
go together" he said. "Well accept
settlement if the sworn statement goes
with it. Otherwise We'll publish the
notes and prosecute for conspiracy.
We want this thing cleaned up
There was still some fight in Uncle
William but Forster threw up the
sponge. "All right" he grunted. We'll
get together next week on the settle
ment and I'll have my lawyer draw up
statement. l don't mind that. l
never had anything to do with it. 1t
was my scamp of secretary who
fixed up the whole thing, and he's
dead" Then, to Conley, "Take me out
of here"
But at the door just before Conley
picked him up he seemed to feel that
he had sighted Uncle William. Per-
haps he recognized kindred spirit
"My car is down here" he said. you
can drive back with me to the Wor-
cester if you like"
81 didn't think, last night" RhOda
said after an interval. "that l could
ever hate anybody as much as hated
Mr.. Forster. But l hate Uncle Will
liam worse"
Martin admitted that there wasn't
much to choose between them. 'But
they're both going to be good, now"
he concluded.
Not Uncle William" Rhoda insisted.
HE didn't want Forster to agree to
tell the truth about father. And if
he does, Uncle William will try to
suppress it, Why, Martin? Did he al
ways hate father?"
"He probably didn't like him any
too well, but that isn't the reason. He
wants to suppress the truth because
it will show that he made CHASTITY
mistake. 1t isn't malice; it's pure
vanity. But Les going to have to
scramble over the stile like the pig,
Just the same, and he'll do it without
a squeal, too"
He spoke so confidently that she
turned sudden intent look upon him.
"Have you thought of something else"
she asked. Something you haven't
told me about?'
at was the first thing l did think of,
but it wasn't any good until the rest
Of the plan worked out. It's something
for you to do. You do it as soon as
Uncle William asks you how you want
to invest the money he's got out of
Forster. l don't know how much it
will be but it's sure to be plenty-you
tell him that the first thing you want
to do is to endow special fund at
the university for chemical research.
You'll tell him that there's just one
condition tied to it, and that is that it
shall be called the Walter WhitehOuse
Mcfarland memorial That will settle
Uncle William and all the rest of the
scandalmongers And it'll be news,
too"
Rather soberly. as the dusk drew
down to dark, they discussed the won
der of this prospect, and other won
ders. They'd set off tomorrow. Mar
tin said, on their honeymoon. They'd
90 to New York and when they got
ready they'd sail for Europe. Paris.
The Riviera. San Moritz. They'd
have a good long play.
"That's what father and l were al
ways going to do" Rhoda said with
gasp, and Martin held her quietly and