Show I r I I Within With it the Law Lawi i BY MARVIN DANA From the Play of Bayard V ei l le r Copyright 1913 by the H. H K Fly Company le la th the e sole ole proprietor of the tho exclusive rIghts Amerlan Play Company The of at WithIn the Law In all Lori Ian of the tho representation and perform performance anee Oh APTER VII I Within tho Law In the tho time that follo cd 1 Mary a tj ved in n the ll flat t which Aggie L Lynch long along with hor brother Jim pickpocket much esteemed among his 11 s sellow chow ellow craftsmen The Tho period wro 1 wrought ht of a a. radical and be ba sort in both the tho ap d the character of the tho girl Joe Oar Gar on the tho forger bad long been no- no with wini Aggie and her brother broth r hough ough he be considered them far beneath ath im in tho social scale ecale since their work was Vas not of that high ind on which ho he prided himself But s ho CAst about tor somo woman to horn ham ho he might take the tho hapless girl mo 10 rescued his thoughts fell on Ag Aggie ie rid Ild forthwith his determination was uncle lade since he know that she sho was re viewed according to his own r lights lie lb was relieved d rather han otherwise to learn leam that there thero was beady an acquaintance between een the wo w women mon ant and the fact act that his bis char charge c mad J served time in prison did not un m. her On e him one OlIC jot against he contrary it increased in some mca uro ure his res ct for her as ono of his wn kind B By the tho time ho he had learned lS is well weIl of her innocence he had her folly as ho he o 0 interested that even r as inclined to deem it did n not t ca 1 cause e en ny n wavering in his regard Now ow at last Jast Mary uv Turner lot let her elf drift It seemed to her that sho ad aa abandoned he elf to fate in that our when she threw her herself elf into the Afterward without an any volition m in her part art she sho had been restored to life set et wit within in an n ow ew and strange to her in which soon to her c she discovered a vivid So she Iho fon fought bt no moro more but eft dest destiny n to work its will unhampered by her futile strivings For or the first fir t time in her lifo thanks to the hospit of 11 Aggio gie Lynch secretly reinforces reinforced from the funds of Joe Joc Garson Gar son son Mary larr- found herself living in J idleness while her every wish be gratified rat b the merest mention of it Sho was yas fed on the tho of offar fare far for Ag Aggie ic was a sybarite in a all sensuous er pleasures s that were apart from d was clothed with the most ri C 5 for for the first time as as to tot I those t morn my ls garments garment s which worn wom nl u love lq and soon had R a variety of frocks frock's as' as charming as her graceful form demanded In addition there were RI Aft many of books and magazines as sho J vilh Tier Her mind long starY starved d like her o fj seized avidly a on the thus t afforded Ti this interest in- in terest Ag- Ag ic hall had no was Share perhaps per per- per per-I haps a little curious cu over oyer Mar Marys Mary's 5 tion in printed pages But for her con con- were the matters of food and dress and or of countless s. s In such directions A Aggie ie was the leader an ea eager er joyous ous one alwn always 9 She Sho took tooka a vast ast pride in her guest with the thc unmistakable un un- mistakable air ail of elegance and sho dared to dream of great triumphs to come though h as yet vet she carefully avoided cd any su suggestion to Diary l of vron wrongdoing In the he cn end too tuo su suggestion estion came ame from the tho gront great sur Mar herself to ic rise of Ag g gie e truth to tell telI of herself There h rc were two factors that chiefly influenced her decision The Tho first wis was due to the tho feeling that since the world bad her she need no longer worlds world's concern con herself with the tho 8 I ion or retain any oYer it Back of this lay Jay her bitter sentiment toward the thc mall man who had peen been the tho direct caul cau o of her imprisonment Edward Gilder It tl ll to her that the warfare warfare war war- fare nga against the world might ht wen well bo be made matJo an initial step in the warfare she sho o n to sono t. t time me a against that man mun personally personal in 1 e with the threat she had bad uttered to his nce The Thc factor that was the tho immediate r cause u o of her decision on an irr irregular ular mode of life was an editorial in ono onee of th the daily papers This was a scathing anai arraignment of a master in high finance The paint lint of the tho writers writer's attacK was waa the grim sarcasm for such methods of thievery as are kept within the tho law That phrase held the girls girl's fanc fancy and she read the article again with a a. ened interest began tate Sh She herself was in a curious in determinate attitude o as far as as con the law Jaw the law Jaw th that t had worked the ruin of her hor life which She had striven to make wholesome Inconsequence In consequence she felt for tho law no nog genuine g lUine respect only as forthe for th the epitome o of injustice Yet she gave vo voit it it a supernatural respect horn born of tho those e ethree three years of suffering which hall had been the tho r result sult of the penalty inflicted on her It was as an effect effect- of this latter feeling that sho was vas determined on one thin of It vital HaJ imPortance that never d she bo be guilty ot of thing anything t to pit it herr her against the tho laws Jaws decrees She had known too many hours of anguish in the doom set fet on nor her life be because uge she had baa been een deemed a of tho law Ja No nover would she l let t herself take any position in in which the law JaW could accuse her II But there rem remained a the fad that the tho actual cause of her h r long misery was this same ame law manipulated manipulate b theman the man she hated ha cd it Jt hind had her though sh she lm had b been en without fault For Fol that r reason ason she must always regard it as her must must- indeed hate it with nn an intensity beyond words with an intensity equal to that she bore the theman man maD Gilder Now in the tho paragraph she had j just st read she sho found a clue to suggestive thought a hint us as to a means menns b y which she sho mi might nt satisfy her rancor against Jt the law that at had outraged her herand and this in in safety since she ehe would attempt nou nought ht save that within the tho law Jaw Marys Mary's s 's heart leaped at the words I within with lily lity back of those three in the tho law She might do anything seek an any revenge work any oval o enjoy any mastery as lon Jon as sho should keep within the law Jaw There Thero could be no punishment then That was the lesion Jn taught aught b by tho captain in in hi high h finance lie Ho was at pains always in his is n dons dous robberies to keep within the law Jaw To that end ho employed lawyers of mighty might cunning and learning to guide hiS stops steps aright in such tortuous paths There then WitS was the tho secret Why should she Rho not use uso tho like means Wh Why She Sho had bad brains enough h to devise viseo surely Beyond that she needed on only to keep her course most carefully within limits of wrong I doing permitted by the statutes j For or that the tho sole requirement would bo be a lawyer equally unscrupulous and astute At once Marys Mary's mind was made up After nU all the thing thin was absurdly aim sim- It was merely merch a. a matter or in and for pr prudence in alliance e Moreover there would come some somo zu a equate device against her arch enemy Edward Gilder Mary meditated on the idea for many days day and over it seemed increasingly good to her hor Finally it developed to toa toa a point where she it altogether feasible and then she took Joe Garson arson into her confidence He was vastly astonished at tho set outset and not quite pleased To his view this plan offered merely a fashion of setting difficulties ill in the Wll way of achievement Presently however the tho sincerity and persistence of the tho girl Won him over or o r Tho ta k of cOll him would Woul 1 have hao been easier casier ba had 1 ho he himself ever kno known the tho torment of serving sen-ing n a term is in prison Thus far however the tho forger had always al al- ways escaped the penalty for his crimes though often close to conviction But nry's arys arguments argument were of a compelling sort sorts s as she set them forth in nil detail anc and the they made mado their appeal to Carson Garson who was by no means lacking in a shrewd native intelligence lie He agreed that the experiment should ho be made the tho fact that ho felt no particular enthusiasm over the tho proDOC pro DOC posed scheme of working Tt It is likely likel that his own strong feeling of attraction toward the tho girl whom he had haa saved atea from death who now before him as a radiantly beautiful young yount woman wooman woo wo- man was moro more than the tho ox- ox ideas which she presented so 50 emphatically anti anil with Jo logic ic so impressive she sive sheAn Au An agreement was as made marle In by which r Toe o Gar Garson on and ana certain of l his is more trusted intimates in underworld were to put themselves under the orders of Mary arv concerning the sphere of their activities Furthermore thc they bound them themselves not to en engage ngo in any devious i devi- ous business without her consent Aggie too was one of the company thus cOJI constituted ti- ti but she figured little o in the tho pre I discussions since sinco neither Mary fary i inor nor the forger had much respect for forthe forthe the int intellectual capabilities of the adventuress ad though tho they appreciated to the tho fun full her powers of oC Influencing In- In in men to her will willIt It was wass not difficult to find a law lawyer er suited to the necessities of the tho under Mary bore in mind constantly the nigh high financiers financier's reliance on the tho legal adviser ad c competent to invent a a. method whereby to baffle the tho Jaw larv at any desired point and niter after judicious investigation she selected an ambitious and experienced Jew named Si Sigismund Harris lust just in the tho prime ot of his mental i or who possessed a 11 knowledge of the tho law la- only to be equalled b by his tIm US- respect for U. U t. t Ho He seemed indeed pre the tho man to fit the tho situation for forone forone one desirous of It outraging in the law ro- ro while hiJo still retaining ret inin n a place absolutely within it Forthwith the tho scheme was wa set Mt in operation As a first step Mar Mary Turner furner became a young lady lad of independent fortune who had living with her a cousin couRin Miss Agnes Lynch The Tho flat was abandoned In its stead was an apartment in the on Riverside drive in which the tho ladies lived Jived alone alono with two maids to servo them Garson had llad rooms in the neighborhood but Jim Lynch who persistently refused the conditions of such an alliance betook himself afar to continuo continue his reckless of other folks folk's mono money in ouch wise as too to make him amenable to the law tho very first time he be should be c caught u ht at it A few tentative ventures resulted in profits so lar largo o that the tho company grow grew mi mightily over the tho novel manner of working In each instance Harris was consulted and made mado his confidential statement as to tho le legality of the tho thing thin proposed Mary gratified her ca eager er rind mind by y careful studies in inthis inthis this chosen lino of nefariousness After n a few fow perfectly legal breach of promise suits duo due to gias gia's winsome innocence of demeanor had been settled advantageously out of court Mary devised a scheme of greater elaborateness with the l legal nl acumen of the tho lawyer to in in- in dorm dorse it in iii the matter of sa safety This net netted terl It was as the tho swindling of If a which swindler in fact had no now become the secret principle in in Marys Mary's morality A gen gentleman possessed of some means none too scrupulous himself but with bi high h financial aspirations adver tiled for lor a partner to invest capital in a business sure ure to bring Jar large re- re turns hum This h cau caught ht the tho cy oyo of Mary Ian Turner and she answered it An introductory encouraged en cn coura ea her to hope for the victory in inn in ina n a game of cunning against cunning She he with the perspicacious Mr rr and especially sought from rom him detailed information as to partnership part part- bip Ja law His statements J gave gac her ber such confidence that she entered into a partnership with the tho thoa a advertiser 1 B By the terms terl of their agree meat ment each ac OOOO to tl the acCO This sum of 60 was Tras ostensibly to be devoted to tIme tho of a tract of land lanel which should afterward be divided into lots and resold to the tho public at enormous profit As Af a matter of oC fact the advertiser adver- adver User tiser planned to make a spurious purchase pur pur- chase e of the tract in question by means meane of forced deeds granted 1 by b ban an thus making through fraud raud a a. neat of The issue was how bow eve d disappointing to Mm him in the ex Xo No sooner was the on deposit in in the thc hank bank than Mary Turner drew out the tho whole amount as she had hada a perfect ri right ht to to todo do le legally When the advertiser learned this he was n naturally tura l enough fun full to overflowing wrath But after an interview with Harris ho swallowed this wrath as' as s' s best he might lIe found that his adversary ad- ad know a dangerous deal as to his various various swindling In short ho he could not go o Into court with clean hands which is 18 a prime prima tion of the tho though law often honored in the tho breach But the tho hands were too perilously filthy so eo ho he holet let Jet himself be mulcted in raging The Tho event established Mary ns as the arbiter in in her own coterie Here was In truth a a. now game ame a a. game gamo most entertaining an most profitable and not in toe the least rIsk risky Immediately after the adventure with the advertiser Mary decided that a certain General Hastings would mako an excellent sacrifice on the altar off of and justice to her own financial profit the rhe old man was a a. notorious roue rone of most unsavory reputation ns as n a destroyer of innocence It was probable that ho would easily fall a victim to tho in genious charms of Aggie As for that precious damsel she would run no least risk of destruction by b- the satyr So presently there thero worn wore elaborate plot plot- ings General Hastings met Aggie in inthe the tho most ca casual ual way He was ea ti- ti rated by her freshness and beauty her her demureness her ignorance of aU all things vicious Straightway ho he sot sot his snares being himself already limed lIo Ho showered every gallant attention on the naive bread an and butter buttor mi missy md and su sued 1 gratifying soon in in winning her to heart aU all appearance But ho gained nothing more for the coy creature y developed most effective powers of resistance to every blandishment blandish blandish- ment that went beyond strictest pro His ardor cooled suddenly when lien HarrIs orris filed the papers in a. a suit for 10 damages for breach brench of promise Even while this affaIr was still tUl in the course courso of execution Mary found herself her her- self engaged in a direction that offered at least the hope of attaining her great desire revenge ro against Edward Gilder This opportunity came in in the person of his son Dick After much contriving she sho secured an introduction to that young man Forthwith she showed herself herself her her- self so deliciously ly womanly so gent ent so daintily feminine so singularly I arly beautiful that the young youns man was enamored almost at on ono o. o The fact I I thrilled to the depths of her |