| Show x wr r J X N rr x 1 ti HELD IN TRUST TRUSTy I B y GEORGE KIB KIBBE E TURNER S Copyright Metropolitan Newspaper Service S 'S SS S APTER X X Continued I 7 7 ie reader of the note could W would could uld be perhaps the course it mt It take eventually lf If she it zt even en this after the night J Auld DUld ld probably prove pro difficult she had scarcely finished er crumpled note when she to see her chief asper asper sper Halg Haig He lIe met her with r r. r almost menacingly calm s S this ho asked when they e If you ou dont don't mind telling you trying to escape Haetten Have Ha Itten your our agreement with r f between his poise andl and l rid ind d the manner of the young lS ds is most striking rent lent I she said reduced b by and anxiety to the theland j I land and Irresponsibility of a athe athe athe the dread of this thing that b by the threat of the whole hick overhung o her 1 I dont don't ft- ft cant can't cant can't keep leep It Ive I've got to toot toot toot ot ot to leave lewe here Ive I've got t she cried and rose suder sud sud- l ier er r feet from the divan on had had been sl sitting tUng Ser er with his still smile half-smile to to soothe her to correct so sole sole ale le a statement J 7 f she Insisted almost hys hysa Im tIm through And now a aIe ale le Ie of change came over the ce e an an almost Imperceptible of f the impassive mouth and manner said raId raid he said finally when all bounds of common commont L t her body turned cold at smile as he spoke to you ou dont don't realize your ou tion Im I'm ver very sorry you d me to go into the alls ails the cold level voice But the fact Is you cannot could not let you ou If we F prevent she demand- demand f could I not leave lea now now now- f If I wanted to and she 4 what hat he would sa say next nest In iSS must must hear It all nil he said finally at her unread 1 d you could not go now no ou bu for a very definite rea rea- are re my ward ward legally legally ad- ad Ins me y so I he added when added when l lUte faced watching him ly Iy she ly-she 1 she whisp whispered red after i ry fj he said when he ob ob- condition after this But d d. d It You brought It on onIe onIe z Ie le she said finding her hert t st st. t. t Do these people these fl il 11 think that of me Shew She It w Iv so many little things said ald Not ot this set since set since s 's s K I spared you yon on that This Wows er very little e excepting excepting t ive been very nervously ill nervously tube watched Is ils woman this personal koes k guard of mine whatever mine whatever oes she think the same tOld her he- practically SheWa She Avs Wa vs that you are nervous nervous- unstable instable and Ill III But that id d he said smoothly will In n her vigilance cry ry capable and determined U that she could do to conf conf con con- onE f f E enough to speak calmly make her own attempt at ut atto atto to to pa play a last card which I It t f tR she held l 1 let let me go she said finally final final- finally ly as she could If you ou are the t- t he asked watching herI her tI 41 I have a means therE means there Is f she said stumbling ashe u a ushe she Jle saw she bhe was making a aIS ais is move now an n- n she said that there I Int Is nt at reason renson why wh you ou should for your Our own o sake I ed ed at nt her with that lt k of the Impassiveness the nc nc- F t of a lifetime upon lifetime upon his will she said hurr hurrying In on II n let me go o I 1 will Rn say noth noth- bout lout what I know I Ine I ne ue she came to ranking making an nn Cement of the thing he did about of bout of the other moan out out- sting h her the him him the hesitated and stopped For ForlOW lOW she had started that If this card carrI If she Rhe threatened e e did not consent to let her heris heras as 18 is still In hl his power power power-In In the thelie thelie thelie lie Trust And who t might do o to her next to putting her entirely way i trying to say that you helve in n tell some flome one your jour our story her lieI colt coldly w she said nothing nothing being being In ln In fact sensing more and ancl Insecurity and danger dunger of oC her tier I rt bent with sudden furious- furious she realized b by Instinct a amy as am y treason reason that she had made f rou ou is as t matter ot of fact tact ever IU found foun you could coul give your story out outto outto outto to anyone he persisted I r have yes have yes I she said suddenly suddenly- and suddenly reddening again for her womans woman's wit had saved sa her her for for the minute She could explain her outbreak outbreak out out- break It occurred to her and at nt the sonic same time possibly put a n stop to this other thing this thing this visit from her sup sill supposed pose posed husband which must not be re fe- re- re For she had thought till WI then at nt least that It had been made without without without with with- out the law lawyers lawyer's ers knowledge To whom To Td Mr rr Rutherford And she told old him with convincing con definiteness of his visit there For the moment he watched her Intently In in- Impassively l el Then gradually grad hits his slanting mocking smile grew once again upon hI ills his face Of course he said If you Jou wl wish h to have him here here l I will make no ob ob- He lie Is a member of the family family fam ily we might aught Sa sty sa But this Is s a surprise sur sur- surprise prise to me I had supposed he said you Jou did not want him And a u crooked smile came on his lips again as he looked at her Want Vant him him 1 I she answered stammering stammering stammering stam stam- mering at the turn turn the thing had taken In n his hands Why h yes es he lie said suavely sun Want him hIm no no I she cried Your actions he returned would scarcely Indicate that You sent for him And If at any time again you Jou wish him as ns a companion that companion that I Is very verJ simple Indeed You agreed she cried It was our understanding that he he that that t man should never ne come near neur me Wh Why then he asked her did you ou call him here What could she say without betrayal betrayal be be- al of the thing she was now resolved resol resolved re re- sol solved veil he should not know know concern concernIng concern concern- Ing the man she had hud believed she was sending for when Rutherford appeared ap tip- You could scarcely expect me ml to Interfere Interfere Interfere In In- with arrangements arrangement of this kind he said cynically A itA hu husband wishes to visit his wife Who can cnn refuse refuse re re- re fuse him him Why should he not come conic If she sends for him him even even If his wife Is s Insane 1 He lie smiled as he said Eald It a n smile of quiet mental triumph which sent a shudder over o her What move could she make or what turn without find find- findIng findIng Ing lag this adroit mind anticipating It It- It w d tr r I kf 1 I. I hl her b ng an c n re m casing U 1111 own acts as the the Instruments of her own destruction He TIe had known her hei movements mo In n this matter she feared d now from the first and had used them to trap her more and find more thoroughly That night In her room Adelaide Rutherford wrote and fastened her message Inside the collar of her m. 1 m m. i- i carrier Rags flags to be ready for the next morning Tonight she wrote at 8 30 o'clock In the study She would send rend the dog out with this In the morning CHAPTER XI The mind of an old and long long experienced law lawyer er for years busied in cong constructing constructing con con- and avoiding a legal egal ambus ambuscades cades caes a creator of t trusts and other devious devious de de- Ious creatures of the law aw Is s a n strangely strange strange- l ly subtle thing often a ver very dangerous one Consider as the basis of oC a possible possible pos pos- sible Bible theor theory of a case the mind of one of these ambitious beyond measure of great reat standing in hi a n great grent reat community determined upon assuming and holding the Immense power of sixty million dollars dol doh lars of mone and Its ln money accompanying corporate Interests ts And then suppose his ambition to be so great that he has hns gone through actual crime to carry arry It out And let us assume again that he heIs heIs heis Is confronted suddenly with the very pry lively chance of ot discovEry disco an and exposure I see said ald Jasper Halg to the tho stern faced woman dressed like a n alady's alady's ladys lady's nd s maid who appeared late Inte that night In great haste at nt his hou house e. e If It Ithe he was surprised his face did not show how It lie Ile read the note and asked her for a morn more detailed description of the young oun man moan she thought she had seen that morning and anti previous pre days drys with the do dog doh In the park pari Finally he lie seemed satisfied with what she told him You found It he sail said Very well Put It back hack where It came from fromI I under the collar of the time do dog Watch her continually more mOle than ever er and keep continually In touch with me tomorrow to tn- morrow over the telephone That willbe will willbe be all aU Good night Halg Haig was nervous ou after slip she had gone over o the Inferences which he gathered from Crom this note and her oh r- r And yet et It seemed to him upon consideration that the situation desperate a as It might seem to be still offered certain possibilities for a mind fertile In expedients not merely to avert ruin nn and utter personal disgrace but even en to turn a great disaster r Into a great greut personal gain gala Suppose for example a man of unusual unusual unusual un un- un- un usual mind and will power power possessed ed an nn a a operator cooperator let us sn say entirely under his Influence mentally as well as financially a man generally Inert unimaginative dull yet singularly singularly larl emotional and ond open to suggestions along one line an line an old and continually traveled line of thou thought ht along which he could be propelled with the absolute certainty of direction and result of a freight train sent rolling down downgrade a agrade agrade grade 1 I Listen said Jasper Halg Haig over o the wire This Is ver very serious Some one Is following us us Who Ilo asked Hasbrouck Rutherford Ruther luther ford Even over the wire one could tell that he had been drinking Who he demanded again when he had reached the house of Jasper Halg Haig And he curse cursed without restraint when he was told of oC the other mans man's conclusions from the maids maid's observations Again he Ile said Ills IUs memory of ot all the unpleasant occurrences In his life ute brought about by Stanford from the days at Yale down through his marriage till today rolled backover back backover over him That was one thing always alwa's that would stand out clear and red before before be he- fore his usually somewhat jumbled jumble mind What that shall we ve do to him 1 he be asked dully Sit down suggested Jasper lIal Hals Haig Have a drink An Invitation not refused refused refused re re- re- re fused leading always vas to a certain stimulation of memory and ol old anger tire the the pet personal hatred of a hard hard- drinking man I Again A ain repeated Hask Bask Rutherford hoarsely For fifty cents Id I'd kill him himon himon himon on general principles no o No no Hardly that l 1 said Jasper deprecatingly I I would I 1 I stoutly asserted Hasbrouck Hasbrouck Has Has- brouck Rutherford There are certain times and seasons as ns ever every successful lawyer Jer knows when opposition of a n certain type provokes pro rather than prevents prevents prevents pre pre- vents vents the thing that It Ir Is directed against No o repeated Jasper no You would not do that But we must do that something something that Is certain Or hes he's got bot us I 1 IlIe lIe He I Got me mei said Rutherford his veins starting In his thick neck No 1 0 Not ot again His lIls hearer thought that he sensed already a certain tone of decision decision decision de de- de- de In his voice But ut what can we do besides do-besides besides your pleasing thought of killing him 7 Inquired inquired In In- his voiced quiet-voiced companion thinking now out loud I think we can assume he added watching him quite closely that Idea to be ible I Not for me I said Hasbrouck Rutherford Rutherford Ruth Ruth- erford firmly firmly and and taking a tight hold upon the neck of the decanter Id kill him In a minute Id I'd like nothing better he asserted again on general principles But Jasper Halg Haig stalled smiled oblique smile of oC his his considerIng considering th the tho su suggestion suggestion tion apparently from an abstruse le legal al standpoint What Is there to laugh lauh at demanded demanded de de- Hasbrouck Rutherford rough roughly ly breaking In on his amusing jons lOns And It seemed to Jasper Halg Halb a at m. he looked up that he had never seen spen him In an uglier or more reckless mood Oh Olt nothing he answered In particular par par- Well what Well what In n general the other man Insisted I 1 wa was merely thinking of what you said your said your little humorous su suggestion of murder he lie replied from Crom another humorous single angle Let me the laugh too demanded his liln hl coin companion Ion Oh nothing repeated the lawyer but the legal end of such an episode the the probable evidence which ml might ht he be produced In such a case What Is It Spit It out his companion companion com com- panion directed him And finall finally re re- reluctantly the 18 lawyer er developed eloped In his talk tull another theory of a U supposititious case smiling with cold Intellectual amusement as he did Id so Suppose he tae said sold a un young oung married mar mar- married ried woman very attractive even beautiful let us sn say Is found late ate In Inthe Inthe the time evening In a room where here she has stolen Un-H Un away from her attendants For unfortunately she Is hopelessly Insane Insane It seems for affection for love which an unfortunate marriage has hns not accorded her And at that statement his companion cursed a n little under his breath but made no further contradiction or Interruption She Sloe Is s there alone the speaker went on In this room with a revolver rc still warm upon the floor and near It ItIs ItIs Itis Is the body of a rich young oun clubman clubman- a cousin known often otten to have han visited II her r In ha the time past and suspected It Is said of or hn having been her admirer No Noone Noone Noone one else Is or hn has been heen In the room rooms TO DE BE CONTINUED |
