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1 Mi pirptT ia riaTIJ rilenliM i ftxj for loo* lt» opoeln*—e*p«cUHj 1 wttb tk* «wl<l« e«Miv of tb* oatI crtM ImmMtatelj followln* the other i Boat •aaMtlro •rand of • body i thrown violently upon the hoor. The i dear opened qnlckiy, end throafh the ' entTHiKx re me Stenford Gorgem. I -gf - • Kill!" eeld e voice which. ■ though etrvlned to en nnnetwrel pitch, he Kill recoyntaed. Be stood still—rtfMtty aterln* tele the mntxle of the revolver In the hands of his old Ill-wisher Hash rood Rather ford. Behind the Utter, at one side upon the floor, Uy the body of the young woman he had come to meet —r.ppareotty unconscious "What U thief asked Stanford Qor-

gara sharply.

He had noticed with hope a certain onstaadlnen In the weapon aimed at such done range at hla own body. He caught, be thougat, the rjodlUoti of

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SshSi S' ."SI UB. .a™ni» .. b, B»T. h«», ‘ I her great wealth. And—AdeiUde a physical struggle Of any kind, te 5 *** • lr *«3 r UC " the catching and diverting of atten-

tion—the holding of eye* of your opponent If the other man did not shoot

at first that was something! “Whst is this?- demanded Stanford

Dor-gam—and waited.

-The end!“ said Hasbroark Rotherford rather slowly. The end of the ".T yT’. T.— 1 .'i-’F-: o<rab> T™n. It bill «or bm— huihindtfid mrt tor rom >rrrr IDr! ..TTTTMftJ! that Is lb tt—or tbbt ace things for herself. ; doe. be added Jocularly, ronlght! oodiUons as ‘ ' K, T' out r he broke off to cry. “If her. she ac-' you know what's good for you V For “ i**' night; no, the servants—or whoever waa In the hall—evidently had dedilcd It waa tiiwiw tmiil it baoocnes amiarwt that their Tea. said Stanford Gorgam, second* mlstif— was 1-arWIr Iranrovlnf-Ihoush Ing him. "keep out" For be felt— ^und^^tTnd^St f h^ rtK^a a?! by Instinct as well as by rensoobaJancad. Her physician ranfided to that be would have a longer and' a S'aSbiSSSr^tAsSdfSnd a better chance te manipulate this thing enemy of the Uttar, that hla patient was If left alone. not Insane. - What U It you want" he asked CHAPTER vi—Stanford rrompUy wr*t the man wboee eye be held. And he Si5 , »w‘a < S5"<toS ? JnS* iSlSa^be “ w wl0s growing satIsfaction the hand — a private en- hold^ig the revolver now somewhat "lowered—held for support more doeely "And to the body of the other. "A little, more!* he thought, as the other waa

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Tour replied Hasbroock P.utherwtth I gleam of high sstUa eye. Too first! Ton a get It didn't yon? Ton thought by this move now you'd taka over all the Gor.am money aa residei P ss«';?i?bs; o ii23^b“<; n w-i r~ ■"-i x<«

1 ;hlnk7Tie Inquired, "when I came here that I'd kill Haig? Or thU girl here? No. Not for a minute! Too—but not them! It wasn't I that did this thing, or pUnned It Nor Haig either! It's this thing—thU Ink and-paper devil—that planned tt all and la doing It now. I can see that —anybody can but a foot "It's as simple as can be. I thought fur yeora." he explained, "that I coulo fool It ThU thing bera." he said of Jasper Haig again, "thought so, too. Nothing doing! We did always whst It planned for ua to do—ta the eud— like now! -Like now! Fm not dotag thU." he protested with a touch of aelf-plty In his voice, “not myself! Net this thing here.- he said. Indicating Haig once more, "nor anybody U the wurtd. ThU U the doing—the act of this thing that's got as aU_ It's Mg M's cunning. Ifs got us all. coding us! It's always done exactly what tt wanted. I’ve overheerd it too. plotting and punning several dates Utaty," be Unted. “plotting, planning! Coming around, speaking to Itself—In my bedroom nights—wher It thought I was asleep! "But" he said, now rather boast .. gty—speaking U the manner of a man who talks a great and terrible secret finally out loud. In spite of who or whst may bear It “there’s aome’hlng else In this now. Ifa had us always. But now !*ve got It too: When we're gone," be cried out boldly. “when this Is nil over—tt win be gone Itself! In fifteen seconds, now, the Gorgam Trust will be deod—dsod as we are r Stanford Gorgam. standing rigidly like a soldier at attention, could see quite clear!; that the end had come— whatever It w*a to be. The end of the lecture on hla speaker's wrongs machinations of the Gorgam Tnmt wot now at hand—In action. And stm Gw uncertainty U th' muscle of tha envoi vor which watched for I There was nothing now but actioul Bat at that time an unexpectofi happening Intervened. Suddenly, without any Intimation of life, the body of the

ooct upon bU shoulder, too tightly to ] hold-ami struck, confused for a meood. against the wot He started to fire agate at the bea*. but before bo really could recover himself to do so. the thing was up again. It tore at hU extended hand, unfortunately, and be loot his weapon -It feJicUtteting on the floor There waa nothing to do now but to

rat-bole! No wonder Hasbroock Rntnerfeed cried out oo hoarneiy that they beard him through the thick door, with that great beast at hla throat! They found him when they came ta, far down at the bottom of the shiny stairs, a great, looee balk against the

"Theytee that way." said the English servant who had lifted him. commenting afterwards, "those dogs! I’ve seen them ta the oM country They never touch a thing that's dead P

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Irani Gorsara under bet lag to cotoe and take her sway. By the night at eight-thirty." * CHAPTER XI—Tha note Is intercepted s matd. a spy in the employ of Haig

tt waa soon dear asm that It was no tance's purpose te set before be talked —and at conaidenMe length. Be conU see, be thought, that the pleasure ti whWi this man looked forward hi rattling old aeons by anrdering Ua

tain!j, but with a surprising rapidity, toward the hall door from 'lahfnl which still came the whtspen of people and the growling of Lno dog. .An acute change In the sltuaUee hod been created by this act

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* Go?? would tone a great pan of Its piquancy If be could not discuss It befoiehaad with the man he proposed finally to

CHAPTER XII ' Rutherford did

— hla soul, discussing at length hla griovWaa It pure accident which at the auccs of all kinds—first against stanlaat moment held back Stanford Got fiord Gorgam. and hla uncle and Jra gam from the appointment for which per Haig; and then at stUi greater he had waited Impatiently all day—a length sgaiwyt that Immatela! iRtr-f prisoner first of a broken crank-shaft now grown more real rh«n fiesfa and te the infirm old taxicab be had sutr blood Itself te his mind—the Gorgam maned, and agate of the law te the Trust. It was a curious thing to watch oococd cab. which he had finally oh- and bear; be seemed both to hate the talned end te which he Waited, de- Trust md to be la terror of It. as a talned inexorably a mile away from great. Implacable, living enony. hla destination by the Inflexible maj- "Neither you nor I nor this rR»"g on ***? of a traffic officer affronted by the floor.” ho said, again Indicating Biding? He thought ao certainly at Jasper Haig, "nor all the other mm> the time He thought ao agala. with and women It nas managed were a ■harp regret and apprehension, as te match for ft. The thing." be exttood turning the key In the inside plained. “Is cunning. Cunning'” *— door of the passageway to hla deed repeated with an ur mm i

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The sound of a woman screaming that—really that paper devil that's to warning, pounding upon the opposite blame, that's brought ua here together

a rated not exactly In condition f quick decision—after twenty-four bos of persistent drinking. If i_e turned fire at her. he exposed himself to ti

enemy In front

"Stop!” he cried, but KID the c stlnate little foo of a glr! went < toward the locked door regardlesslet lr that crowd outside and the d« She staggered but did not falter, was necessary to do something. Hi bronck Rutherford fired one shot missing For before be turned, ti i was on hln*. He had un

It had been the i bronck Rutherford or least to t finish op his work oo the man tying just before b'm on the floor. Gila, be now saw, would be 1m

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Like a brown projectile the dog on him. It was an j wiry; It mrst hare weighed i five pounds. He fired umS miser Fortunately, though, the brute 1 missed its aim In s way. It rs

Just between windows The other night I overheard two Store windows talking. One was dark ; And spoke in a whisper, but the other. Well lighted, answered in a good dear tope. The dark one said, enviously. « ' **1 suppose your owner will fix you all up For the coming searon so that a lot Of people will stop and look at you, And then go into your store and come oat With their arms full of buntfes. But you are worth no more than 1 ” * "No." said die bright window, **! was worth no more than you T Jntil my owner saw that right lighting And a good display plan would make me Stepd out like a well-dressed person In a crowd of shabtr- ones. That is why people come here. Instead of your way. Perhaps your owner will leant sometime 1 hat better lighting means business." Courtesy of "Edison Sales Builds’' ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC COMPANY Tenth «nj Wcet Atm, Or— i And—Oh! Yc—Every Night the '

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