Show z P Fairy Gold J. J i. i j Ey By T. T P. P ALDERSON t r II 14 Copyright Co Uit 1919 by the Western News Newer p Doper 1 p r Union i. i It Jt can n n never 1 he lit spoke Myra 1 rn Lee in fn In low v o definite tunes tones and Edgar Agar It realized thin hut she hc what she J said alli If he hud III shown n genuine disappoint disappoint- 0 or III real heart pain she Jhc he might Jill have rave 0 regretted ft it ft for or Myrn Myra rn h-rn was freely It III Instead however his 1 brow trow- 10 darkened darkened- his 1113 eyes ees glowed l In III arn a n wrathful rn fill sinister t r way that made her f. shrink and shudder he fairly hissed hiss hiss- ed d out nut t Ir- Ir Theros Theres somebody oll e. holl else I E That for for you ou to tn know said xu simply rind and Just hen Ihen someone f came U into the room and though sul sul- sullenly lenly managed pd to o leave hu the Tiou house c wit without Iwu t further outbreak k And yAnd ld I 1 know who It Is he lie grated grotell out flut out Its Irs that Morton Horton fellow One of of the told ine Inc he was a R regular s Caller t on ou Myrn Myra I rt A he beggarly mechanic and she RIC turns hints me nee down down me me with a af f fortune and social position Well Ill I'll use ISO nse both bith to down n this presumptuous t pauper who win has hns dared to cross my jl path h ll c II other ether 11 fellow was Indeed Bruce ucc Morton but hut he was neither pov- pov erty orty hen shrIn nor it h a common laborer Only a year IlI previous re lolI ho hi had h taken fl l half a ilea floor In iii a n building fitted up tip for small sInn l Industrial plants He made a 11 specially r of It nautical of-nautical instruments and n acquired a n very fair mechanical equip equip- l meat There was something to of a n mys mys- f tl e y about Morton Marton lie had come cometo to t the tunic l city home of his his' old ohi uncle Albert Durand a about t n U year oe n I previous pre wi with th x r his mother r. r Mr 11 Durand was sul said 1 to tobe f be out of his mind and his sister undertook un un- his cute care carer r f Nobody was vas lum d to visit the theold ther r old oleI Durand 11 Untie homo hll It was a gloomy mansion lon gone Into bite decay Ed Edgar u Kudd d craftily set his wits at c wor work to amid m some vulnerable e spot 1 about hi ills his rival that would discredit 1 him in the lit estimation JUma lion of Myra rn but I failed iii n Ii-n y Till The moral character of Morton was above reproach It ItS S had been hi Iii I he the graven craven mind of f Rudd to seek to undermine lI his business S h by bythe the Ute introduction c r f a rival In the scone same line but hut he 1 learned that Morton orton while 4 making no w great l' l lIt pretensions as to I prosperity had lad a n contract for fOl his output output out out- pu put reaching t over n several years with witha a responsible distributing house One day Rudd WaS yas was J seated In aj n f j drinking place he favored with hi hl presence occasionally when the conver er conversation i t saU 1 of two men at nt an un ta adjoining ble hIe att attracted his hi attention He lie pricked prick prick- ed ted up his ears as liS the name none of Bruce Morton Morta was mentioned f and an nn eater eager hope mope came Collie Into hilt his specious mind as IlS f r like like his companion half intoxicated one or men omen made the remark Morton let lime me go He wouldn't If he knew what I could tell about him I could send him to the pens peni- nl t U and hes he's nude made the mistake his of-his r his life lIfo In hi setting me adrift her he- cause I went went went-on on n a two days little cele cele- b bration The two men Inn finally separated and Rudd set et himself Insidiously at n work ork ork to reach rench the confidences of the former employee eC of Morton He plied piled him with liquor and amid fanned the flamo of i resentment nt against Morton MOlton In m a u maudlin way wn ay the man who gave his name unnie as as l Ethan than Dalby imparted to him the of his hits unfavorable knowledge e regarding Bruce Morton Whisper now he lie said as Rudd r pressed into hat his hand a n folded bank banI 5 note Dont mix Unix me tic up with it hut but t i. i work out my uty hint a as i far as liS you pm like Morton Is a counterfeiter tail and the time storehouse of his Ills false coining Is the mysterious old pi place where he lives with with his him mother and uncle It was under Ul the impulse of fervent elation that Inte Interested re a detec detec- detective I the five In his service ser A close cloie watch was set on Morton One day the tho detective made a Ii decisive she report to Hudd Rudd Two nights In the week he stated Morton remains after working hours in a u little room el of the plant which he allows no one to tn enter but hut himself There here he ll has S III molds 0 hll a It stamping machine ma nun chine and a It great le lIt mass IlIn's of metal It looks like gold Ho lie 11 turns tUllIS out about a II apeck apeck peck of what resembles t nt twenty dollar dollar gold bold pieces places them Ih in do a II satchel and disappears n with them then In Iii that gloomy old home of hl his uncle une This is isone isone one of or hl his working nights T Then Thell hen nail him with the time goods on him directed Hue Oh but Ive I've got cot him halm fast now I 1 wonder how old John Lee Tec would like lIw to have hure a son fur law who wino is a counterfeiter c l Edgar d ar Kudd Rudd waltz waited at nt his hotel botch all the morning expecting great news trout from rom the thc detective e A About hout noon there came n a brief message e fr from m that in individual In in- l Wrong clue Drop Droll the theca ca enI eLico o. o And ml as as HII hl hud hind fully paid mId S j him the detective canine came upon fur further ther tiler to evidence evidence- A l week wk later Kudd Rudd learned all ill there was was' to the counter counter- felt coin j. j They 1 were i simply Haply I formed of a n deceptive de de- deceptive alloy and bore the numeral twenty tW ty on their face Jh the reverse Ie holding the word avoid Ab Abyssinia Old Albert Durand froth from morning till night under unde the delusion that thc they were wele real money money counted UK-HI UK over and over o with all the delight of a n miser and this diversion occupied his mind and cord kept him tractable t tie nu o of h 11 tun m i Jf l f r 11 5 I 1 ton the schemer decided he Iud hui ext ex IX I hl hausted his efforts and und left th them lII lI t I along alone In tn th lime tho happy life upon which I they entered 1 |