Show re I A i r t J i ti t- t 1 YIN Y t 1 II II C w V i nv fly Y o 0 mfr q John Harrington Barrington sat t in Inthe J the tho luxurious study of or hi hl his s palatial Fifth avenue a homo and stared l nt ot a aletter letter later that thai lay lar on the great grent walnut i desk deI HO lip could command more mor millions mil mil- lions lion than any ln other man in the tho history history his his- tor tory of the world but hut ho he hwn was wn plainly III at ease case He Ile U it W wn-s wn I who had taken over O th the I postal service of th the tho world and cr created ti tithe the International Mall flail company Jm- Jm proving prO the delivery dc of letters and papers and deriving g immense w wealth from the th monopoly of or parcel carrying which h ho he hall hail forced the tho express t companies com corn panics to to surrender and m from fram profits proms of or which ho hr had III c cheapened the tho gnat co t of IO loUer r po po tage ip national and in In- In J In-J I f fIlls His Ills acute brain had foreseen cn they the the- i lime time when wireless I s telegraphy should should s till fill the air with t tremendous cl electrical I impulses es and anti render h it valueless It and ho hr it ft was ww who hn had found the tho solution of tho the problem m In th the organization of oC I The the great grent International Atmospheric Right ofay of Ya Way ay with 1 company compan privileges pI secured from every nation gl When hen this great corporation became a n. fact the wireless telegraph companies com companies com com- cOm 1 panics WIl wire were bitter c enemies n mip but hut as soon ns Os it became necessary Eary to Io s secure cule a air r j I i privileges JeG s from th the I International n Atmospheric company or cl else rut run the Elmo l risk of paying huge penalties for COl trespassing tres trese tres- tres trespassing I passing on the nit nh t E was wasat asat nt an cut cn end Harrington's expert examined all j I the tho different wireless I. I s systems and reported reported re- re ported porte on Woods Wireless a as I the best beRt Harrington and his friends I Immediately secured control of its Iss stock and m the International Atmos Atmospheric I Right of Way 3 company Compan forthwith forthwith forth forth- with contracted th the tho j Woods company fa for I exclusive II j tI use or of the iho air for telegraphic purposes j I. I H He Jie wa was now Cont contemplating an International In In- In con consolidation to control the Un Universal I I Elastic Clastic Ether that elusive element which scientists ts Na say exists r e everywhere her And carries carrIo the light of j 1 I th the sun acro s c million million- of or miles or of otherwise empty space to warm the th t world world- Experts for tor rival rha hid had l I been tr trying ln to in prove pron that thal th the tho Into Into- j national ol Atmospheric mo company had no over O the universal o as communication sat was fa JM f about inbe tobi t p established with 1 Hurl l' l J 1 I 14 another n no bla n at a nu r. r i P l not a glee t t. t nt nl g But nul d despite nil oU these thos fears of or finance cy great ot nt Industry r w was wu greatly worried In the Iho midst t ot of t luxury ho hl 1 was In to trouble that Hint o io p preyed rp ed heavily on op his hl mind The soft oft light ligat from the radium a aum um bulb I erh 0 overhead o l 1 flooded the room with daylight day day- Ih light ht clearness and brought out nut sharply the graceful lines ne of or costly bronze and the th delicate tints tint of paintings paint In ings s that priced preyed a 1 prince ransom om John Harrington to toyed d with a Q gold old opener letter r but h he frowned heavily il as 1 he ho bent bom over o hi his hIP desk and read and rp 1 read re-read th the letter that lay before hore him Paper r of ot good Comm commercial quality and anel typewriting clear Ipar and distinct Nothing unusual at ot all nil about them But nut the tho words burned into his brain brainIn In letters letter of or tIT fire Dear Deal John You see I am able to 10 carr carry out m my promises promise p.- p. if in throe three days 8 you rou ou have not compiled with m my demands demand I will tal take further action H Henry e l' l Caswell Is 19 dead ad J Joseph Phelps pR pRIs Is lying dying Unless g by br Saturday mornIng mornIng mornIng morn- morn Ing you OU have ho deposited c a 3 million dollars dol- dol lat lars to m my credit In the National bank th the next m blow will wil falIn tall fall fallIn In your our own household i 1 do not need to sign Ign till this but you OU must I n. wn now that t I am In earnest This was the re t h g that tho had unsettled d Ih the mind of John Harrington Hal Har rington Just JuL ten da days das s ago 0 he had hall been boen sitting sit sit- sitting ting In his study orl after r dinner when a a. footman brought him the tho cord Bard of anold an anold anold old friend James dames Elder Cider El pr a man with whom he mad discovered the mine In Montana that brought hl him t tie tae u. u first sizable lC Instalment of or Ills great fortune and enabled him to 10 bP begin tn the tIlt financial operations that were to 10 make him the richest man In th the tho world Elder IldI fo teemed seemed fairly pr prosperous and tog together they spent an on hour talking over old Ume They recalled t the p the had lolled in the tho th wear weary da days they bleak mountain wastes together only I to 10 f find time after time that luck was against them They reminded each ach other ot or the little differences thC they once had end wh whim when n both hoth wore were rivals rl for tio tH hand of pretty Rose Ro McCalmont daughter aughter of old oil Dan McCalmont who would be the then n U C Har U ranch in the val val- I 1 ley e ey The They laughed O over Or r th the tho lime Brae when Jack Smiths Smith c little weekly paper the HIP Echo had h been en burned II out and Jack had oven even lost his mailing lI list t because It was written on nn the tho th board wall of or his 1118 shack loses Late Into the tho evening enin th they sat Hat and smoked and exchanged d reminiscences until John Harrington had descanted on hi his success fI in life to the top lop of his suddenly occurred cl to 10 him I Ito b bent nt and It to question hl his caller as to his parent n. n position and possessions What t followed iI was waR In on his mind In III In indelible letters r rJohn John Harrington lon said t I Ic dr pyou r p. p you ou have ha broached th the very r subject t which brings me here tonight In some small degree euce gUC IB s 8 has hns attended d me mc but bUl every 1 time wh n by ty dint of application to hu business I 1 felt felt- felt my my feet firm inn on nn tho limo first fiNt fir t rn tn gs of or orthe the ladder some one of your OUI heal h lens has steppe stepped In at the h cr moment and 1 l hn e i 10 liven been d rot to in o close up chopI shop chop I I 1 am within ten years of your ago ege og John and If 1 I do say ray a It U myself I 1 have more brains than you ou have ha slut her I j with a wife and family y and andI I am ant of hard work Irl thirty years 4 after I economy conomy and sleepless lc planning 1 Iva o SC- oi ft- ft i cure url a future I I- find myself with ly hult hultI h rHy I i dollars to Tn rny my n nanu nam t ten thou thousand I t r i I have decided to act Ht dl dit currently r m first Ont step In 11 the thet time the i t In fn tut future t r re and ami I is now about fO to bo he boTo t new new- di direction nn J tu testa t ed to 0 inhale a along paused r To rue 10 speaker p pa l blew lew pull from his hl cigar ciSar and lonG cloudy cloud smoke In a great Creat the he h. fragrant t. t y S SI I t J 4 q t h f i i d w t 72 a 4 T I i H h I I ej I w T Tt I I f fI 7 t I f t y IJ J I I f A V- V f 1 v S 3 t ii L I Iv L i 1 I L I t f J I t i. i 1 q L J.- J. ik I rl va to y rrt r it t a I lil 1 i hii ead head John Harrington ms nis IU fo folded l Al l paunch sat nh In n h hU his aria ana eyed e fod him r. r ru h. h Ho Hr l wants vant a loan h he he th thu though co o o oI himself and he wa was alt aU anul early cOI coa cO I il Ing in man ans of or excusing cu But Bui Tor 01 or I n nIn I In h his life John Harrington ton tonn n as wrong I The he calm aIm e even en n voice resumed I This Is what I am going in lO do I IJohn John I 1 am going to ask you ou to to present present pre pre- sent me mp with a 3 million dollars Harrington's eyes opened opt wl wide l 8 and nd I he glared through the tho w whirl r f st smoke iok lie Ht could hardly bell believe ve hl his ears But Bm there Just t on Ih the the- theother other side I o ohis nt his dp de desk lt ic sat t Jam James El Elder Cider t clean f fl nn- nn l shaven Immaculate In his toV ev evening clothes n a cigar In his fingers slightly bent forward and with his eyes fixed on Harrington's fa foe fac They burned hurner with a 3 strange fire a baleful glitter wat Harrington l kept pt seeing all that night in his dr dreams and I every r waking moment for OJ n a good fool man many days daF thereafter In the keen scrutiny that s anti d dills ills his face Elder r read ad John tons ton's Idea a. a I A faint smile relaxed taxed his Intent fea feon- tures turc said You Vou are are- No No o John Jolln he he- Dr wrong My mind Is not unbalanced 1 am ant not In n the least leot insane 1 am simply Imply a man who has fought to create something for tor himself lr and hl his wife and children an and at every step nep has hag been by b the tho solid wall of or combination on nn barring the 8 way way- to plenty Nine Ine times I have trl tried 1 and nine times timeR b been en dented denied This Is 19 Ih the t tenth nth time lime l This his I am nm going oln to bend my energies fI to another direction n of or cr- cr crat cr a at- at Ing I 1 am going destroy to to Jn Instead t ad of building ln 1 am om going to pull down n structures that already exist You have P made millions by crushIng crush crush- Ing In the tho life out of thousands of small 11 competitors like lIJe ms m's myself and In I J demand of you ou t tie tat le million you ou refused re VP- fused to let me mo earn arn with my own brain bruin and brawn n Call It socialism If ii you like anarchy If you will revolution If it th that tt term pleases s you OU helter better When will you b be re-o re ready f to pay over 1 the million John The fhe l a n chuckle Im Tnt from Ml Missouri said ho hi Youve got to In Rho show we wc eD easy answered d Elder bluer I will give Sh you lust just t three tiree U C do- do days dol l to place that amount to lo my credit at Dt the l bank If H at nt the th end of or that thai lime time you have ha hanot not done so so 50 I will give you a It demonstration demonstration demonstration demon demon- of oC your our hc helplessness and amI nt my mr pow power r At the corner of Fifty ih st street et and Fifth avenue nu Just a II v d tw doors bel below 0 here lives Henry y enry well yo your III lifetime tl friend and parm n M MIn In man many of or your our schemes genomes m t to enrich the few IW at the expense o of the mon ninny If u that million doll dollars 19 is not t ti 11 my credit In the tH Buttermilk National bank hanl before It Il closes three days clays from fron now Benr Henry Caswell will pay lay with t hs I Ilife life for your our refusal to 0 comply with my request st st. noon of the tho next da day he ht will hD have gon gool to moet moel his hiI Maker loker Harrington smiled an Inward smile Dont Donl think you can an trIne trifle with me John said Elder Cider When T i I leave a ao o this thin house I 1 will be completely f ou out t of your power 00 1 You ha haven't nt one imp single 3 of proof against mo me and If U you make male on any charges charge the police will lIt think you von are aTO Insane And If IC J refuse sal said Harrington o Then II Henry Caswell's blood will willbe willbe willbe be on your our head sold said gl Elder orf or I f 1 Ieuse refuse said Harrington defiant e- e ant ant- ly b He lie touched the bell hell on hl his desand desk des k and a servant ont appeared Show Mr ElcI Elder 1 to the tho door h he ordered uG Good James ho lw added e ox ox- C tending his hand Think that matter matte mattero r o over or r mid and phone me In tho morning g y h att rt I y ri n r h hin ht n o i 11 eau I 1 Ii II i on or I rington rang again ago In I me m a n brandy hitch ball tall lIall lC to LA rh win who 11 1 s aril when It rn mm m h bo hr tossed I 0 It on na H a n u draught h Iw he shivered eI tl Tat Tal man Elder mu must t be hI Insane But Dut In his hie I heart of oC heart hearts be he know that tailor 1 i ha had bad spoken truth and ond he f r feared t ared they th j unknown wn I The Tho next t day Clay crime came and the nt next Harrington ton went ai about Jut ut his hi a asual al- al fahs fah's steadily and anel calmly Not a w word I had hod h he said Inlet to anyone of his curious us I experience with Ui James Elder but whenever for for a moment nt hi hiss mind turned from tram lil f business he found h hs thoughts though of t nothing so much as that gra grave graP P cut clear 10 face I Intently gracing gaping upon him through h a Q w 11 of or smoke and the earnest voice olee warning him him- nl of t I the the- penalty of or refusal a I to bo bp mulcted of a Q million To 10 do him justice Harrington Barrington toD wes was fond In hI his ro rough h way way- of or Hem Henry Caswell Cw- Cw well but ho hi won tas tD also fond ond of or his millions millions mil mil- lions and die me struggle within his hi breast was rt of t short holt duration B Besides lu hL had not entire fath faith i that at Elder would be he ablo abin If to carr carry out OU his hlA Is threat And o unknown to 11 he engaged d a oJ score cor of private det detectives to guard him and ami made Up his mind not to ro be he h frightened by b- such v u lit dr Brea D r I u. By the the- th morning o of o the third do day ho hp had begun to t feel el reassured and arid h hI he hII heI I walked Into h his FI office once quite jau i The mail mati lay on his desk drill open for or orr r ready ach perusal with I the iho exception of one It leler which was marked per per- With a sinking at pearl heart Harrington dropped Into nto his chair chah The Tho paper and envelope were of ot good quality an and the the- contents were typewritten It the tho series aeries of which was WOR the tho first of ot s the third lay Jay b foro him at nt the time which this brief history begins Dear John Jthn I T Tam am sorry that you you ou ouI I have not seen fit Ot to comply with m my i request llY BY U G o o'clock t tl this is 18 aCt afternoon Henry Ca well n will be dead His HIli HI blood 1 be bp on your ht head ad J Joseph Phelps will bo be b the next to La go goti Z VZ lie sat at dazed for tor a a. minute h but ll as DS his Mt private secretary came Into the lav room lOOn h ho he gathered Tort hl scattered his faculties ties tie and pr prepared to td attend to hd neeD as usual l l. l r I Several times during th the tho morning he he te to JI CUlf making fhe the least pl pretext Lext R serve for calling him up Ho lIft cV even n h Invited ltd him to for forJohn John n Va was no coward d arI and ami they fuey sut together In a n corner of t her I clown downtown to club ct until nearly 2 Then liten they went Event nt k it to their respective res res- In the Iho great building on va but could nor sit oas easy 11 and presently hegent he heom om gent n to o C Caswell that he ho would like to CO consult with him over th the tho matter mat mat- lei ter of International Control l f of at r Uni Un Universal 1 versal 1 Elastic Ether ither ther came cam and on on one pretext t or 01 r Ue kept kell him all the after afternoon noon In his private office once Surely m ho no harm hOlm could com comedo to him there 11 1 A As the hours ticked away h hI he grew gf more ch cheerful 3 and nd when at last 4 1 o'clock struck be hp WitH was positively buoyant A great gleat wel weight lut ht was woe |