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SYNOPSIS. I Dudley LATH lean, district attorney, be- ' cause of hi* tight on the vice and lbwuor trusts, 1* killed by an agent of a secret society. the committee of fifteen. The fight is continued by his son. Bruce, who la elected district attorney, and by another son. Tom. Bruce la In love with Dorothy Maxwell, whose father U bead o! ' the Insurance trust. The Insnranue Swindlers Suggested by JOE MITCHELL CHAPPLE, Author of "Heart Throbs." ___________ 1 ACCIDENTS at the Great Eastern lumber mills were of so ' i frequent occurrence that when 1 Big Jim Blake was felled under a heavy, collapsing timber and picked up for dead the afTalr did not cause more than a passing ripple In the affairs of the great establishment > The management of the Great Eastern ' has a habit of smothering the news of ' accidents— when their employees were the victims. It was In the little white cottage on Elm street, near the fac- | toiy yard, that the tragedy struck home. The sadly smiling woman, with the two chubby children clinging ' to her skirts, who greeted the gruff workman sent ahead with the news ol the accident, Jabbed for a moment at ' her e'yea with a corner of her apron and prepared to receive the motionless ' body In the automobile ambulance. "Jim!" abe cried. "Jim, my Jim!" J The tired eyes In the white fact , slowly opened. "Thank God, Martha, for the insurance! It will come In bandy for u: . now!" ( She smiled bravely back at him | The insurance! How like the big, un E selfish nature of Jim to think of the t insurance and protection for her and \ the kiddies first! And so at 10 o'clock t the next morning, when It became np- | parent that Jim Blnke was doomed to a long siege In bed, if Indeed be were ( to recover with his life, she put on her j best Sunday bonnet and shawl and t haltingly asked her way to the big t brown stone building which boused the |

Accident and Life Insurance compn- j ny. It was a big building and the j c offices of the insurance company with ( in were very glittering and very preten- • tious, but a black lettered sign coldly j i announced (hat the company bad just f passed Into the bands of a receiver. j i Mrs. Blake started back with a gasp I t —the kind of dry sob which comes to £ a woman only under the most poip t nant distress. The Insurance company j c a failure! Aud all the little savings I t of three years swept away! But this t was not the worst. How was the I c Blake family to exist during the lone 1 t weeks ahead? How were Jim's doc- [ ' tor bills to be paid? I I A strong, cheery voice spoke at Mrs J Blake's shoulder. "Is there anything ' I can do for you, madam?" The little woman whirled to look 6 Into a frankly smiling pair of blue-gray 1 eyes set In n tanned, resolute face. 1 and Tom Larnlgan, for the speaker was be. removed his hat and offered ' his arm. "Let us go some place where I can , talk to you." he said quietly. "I have t an idea that your story is only one o! , many which I have beard today Yon | see, I am government special offlcet ] Investigating just such frauds as 1 i strongly suspect the company in at- j tempting to perpetrate now on an In- i nocent public." He threw back the • lapel of bis coat and showed the little I silver star of government authority. I Mrs. Blake unhesitatingly followed bli

directions. Almost before she realised : J1 It she was sobbing out her story. j •* "You must let me take the place of i the Insurance company," be insisted. ! "How much did your policy call for?' ! ° She hesitated. "Twenty-five dollars , a week for three months In case of < disability from accident" "Here Is $100. X will see you before j ® that la exhausted, and we will see ^ what we can do for your husband.'4 K He rose. "Keep up your courage, Mrs. | ^ Blake. I am sure that 1 can help j you." "How can 1 ever thank you?" ' "Don't try." Tom smiled again as she turned away, but as her wan lit-, tie figure vanished the smile faded from his face. He had work to do— ' grim work. The company was one of the strongest branches of the so called Insurance trust and, as such, deemed Itself above the law. Immune from legal lnvestigatloa Tom turned finally j away, bis bands deep in bis pockets. ' his face wrinkled In somber thought He did not notice tbe skulking figure In the doorway of the building which glided unostentatiously after him. The : Fifteen kept their audacious antagonist i under surveillance night and day. Beaching his rooms. Tom saw In a ■ newspaper a challenge from the very j concern that was the object of his In- ] vestlgatlons. "The Accident and Life) Insurance Company Invites Any In-j vestlgation of Its Books and Records j From Any Accredited Source." I He knew that Roger Maxwell, father of Dorothy, the fiancee of his brother.! Bruce, was tbe guiding spirit of the T concern. Was Roger Maxwell lmpll- ; cated In a plot to defraud the public? 1-1

Tom shuddered and threw the paper from blm. He would take the Insurmen at their word, and If there was crooked work, heaven help them! Had Tom 1-arnlgan been present at gathering of the remaining leaders of tbe fifteen In their private office that afternoon be might have been a shade less resolute In bis sudden determination. Stanford Stone, as usual, In tbe presiding chair, and it was curtly grim voice wbleh stated the of the session. "Larnlgan is on the trail of the Intrust, gentlemen. Unless we get him first he is certain to deal us another disastrous blow. I suggest that we leave Tom Larnlgnn'a fate In the hands c 'our picked gun men whom 1 have — -lected for their discretion and marksmanship. Larnlgan can- . jot escape them. They have orders to 'ollow him to the death. If our man I •scapes. Brother Maxwell, the crisis ' nust be met by you In this instance i is the most Interested party." Roger Maxwell staggered as he rose ' 'rom his chair, and his face was hag- ' ;ard when he passed through the door 3ehlnd blm Stanford Stone smiled syn- j cally at his retreating figure. As Tom Larnlgan left his hotel In a axicab to visit Ben Travers he no- • Iced that two men were following • dm. Once out of sight. Tom spoke to ' he chauffeur. "I want you to change places with ue for an hour." he said coolly, showng a twenty dollar bill. "It's a Joke »n some friends." For a moment the man stared, and ! ben he winked. Three minutes later Tom. In the overcoat and cap of the -kauffcur, drove slowly up to the en1 trance of the hotel where Ben Travers bad bis rooms, descended from bis seui | and entered the building. 1 Tbe two gun men fell back with when they found tbe driver in- j side tbe taxtcab. Travers welcomed Tom warmly and announced that he j | bought the Dally Inde|>endent to i j graft. Tom then changed clothes j ! with a negro bellboy aud walked out I | the taxicab with a trunk on his j shoulders, while the two gun men, ! three feet away, smoked serenely, un- 1 j conscious that their victim was at ' I their elbows. For a moment Tom de- 1 ' bated whether or not ti> enter the taxi- | I cab himself, hut Instead walked around , the corner of the hotel and successful- i eluded bis pursuers. He at once ; I proceeded to the Accident and Life In- i j surance company's offices and pushed his way into Itogpr Maxwell's room. "I have come to see your books." said Tom curtly, showing bis star. "1 would like to start my Investigation j at once." For a moment Maxwell continued his wild stare, and then he gathered himself together with an effort. "Certainly," he stammered, pressing a button, which called a secretary. "Show this to the vaults. Jones." he ordered the call was olieyed Tom bowed ind followed his conductor outside had the door closed when Maxwell picked up his telephone. "Is that Stone?44 he whispered hoarsely when his connection was established "Young Larnlgan Is here to see tbe He has escaped our trap shall I dor "Where Is be nowT

"On his way to the vault" "Let him get Inside, then, and clooa (ha door!" was the curt answer. "Ckms the door7 echoed Maxwell lolly. "Certainly. It to equipped with a time lock, of course. You can say U was an accident It will be boors he fore It can be opened again.'4 Roger Maxwell hung back tbe receiver and paced tbe floor, with his lace bathed In cold perspiration. It would be deliberate murder! Maxwell approached tbe vault glanced stealthily over bis shoulder and then lurched toward the heavy door There was a of metal and then a hoarse cry of dismay from the clerk at tbe nearby desk, who sprang forward just In time catch Maxwell's reeling form. "Fop God's sake, what have you Mr. Maxwell? Tom Larnlgan to Insider "It was an accident" stammered Maxwell. "Get help at once. Don't atand there staring." Hours later when three experts from safe concern opened the vault they found the body of Tom Larnlgan stretched on the floor. A physician, who bad been hastily summoned, knelt the form and shook his bead sot emnly. "Dead," he Bald. Meantime, the evening newspapers on the streets were shrleClng the latest sensational developments In the Larnlgan case, and the story of the in the offices of the Insurcompany, which bad resulted so Bruce Larnlgan. conva-

' lesclng from the injuries, which for a r time had threatened an untimely '• ; death, crumpled the paper convulsive- - ly. "The scoundrels!" he hissed. The murderous scoundrels!" There was no ( doubt In his mind as to the cause of s the tragedy and its purpose. "But I'll a have them yet! I'll bound each one i to his grave or prison If It needs the - remainder of my life to do It!" Had any one been fated to look In on s Roger Maxwell at that moment tbe j ? spectacle presented by the aisually ! | spruce, dignified looking Insurance | ' president would have been a shock. I - Maxwell, huddled over hie desk, was i * seeking, as a last resort to ease his 1 , conscience of Its burden, by telling j i the truth to a dead man. whose lips I I could never open against him In real life Summoning a messenger the - president directed the boy to carry the ! i envelope to the Larnlgan home. It j I was not until then that R<«er Maxwell s prepared to leave his office. ; At the Larnlgan cottage the occu- | pants were clustered In the living j room, listening with bated breath for - the rumble in tbe street which should announce the arrival of the black wag- - on with the body of the son and brother. But hour succeeded hour without i the expected sound. Bruce was on the point of persuading his mother to ! retire when a hurried step sounded > outside, the frout door was flung open. and Bruce was facing his brother Tom. ' | Tom grinned at tbe other's stare aDd * flung his arms over bis mother's sboul- ! 1 ders. "It takes a hard knock to kill I a Larnlgan." he chuckled. "Suspend- 1 1 ed animation, old man. I looked dead j enough, but the doctor suspected the ; true facts and managed to bring me ; around in his office." * A half hour ] ' later Tom was summoned to the door j by a peal of the bell. A messenger j boy extended a long envelope. It was j the confession of Roger Max well— the j ! confession that had never been meant ' for living eyes. Tom caught his hat ' ' i from the rack and let himself softly j ' out of the front door. He was deter- , mined if possible to keep the confession from Bruce— Bruce who would 1 give his life to avoid giving Dorothy j Maxwell pain. i Roger Maxwell, in his library at mid- i night, started to his feet with a cry I that was almost a shriek. Tom i-arui- i gan stood before him. "Go away!" be i , ' Ingly. Tom extended the sheets of ' | Maxwell's confession. Maxwell rum- < pled to the floor. Tom darted to his side Just as Dorothy eutered tlie room | i "I fear your father Is very HI." he i said gently. "Better call a doctor." | WBut — hut — how"— Dorothy statu ] mered i "I will explain all later." suid Tom ' evasively. Tbe early morning newspapers car- i rled the news of the apoplectic seizure j of Roger Maxwell and announced that j his life was despaired of. Bruce hur- 1 rled to the Maxwell home. Dorothy j met him with a sad shake of ber pretty blond bead as he sought to take ber In his arms. "Not now." she said, motioning him away. Without a word Bruce turned and made his way back to the street How was it all to end?

JOE MITCHELL CHAPPLE

Tom Changes Clothes With the Negro 1 Bell Boy.

"Go sweyl" he moaned.

F ' • - ELECTRIC SPARKS If Villa is in the mountains, we must ! hunt him np before we can' bant him I An atrocity can always count on slip- j ping by tie censor when it's on the ' i other side. Germany contends that her Verdun losses have been negligible, proving it | conclusively by refusing to publish ' them. That intensive and extensive bom- ! banlim-nt of snow and sleet was evi- | dently intended to prepare the way for ; ' spring4* triumphant advance. Col. Roosevelt believes now in Amer- | <<-an preparedness and one only wishes i that he had believed as fervently ten year* ago. When a man is dqwn his enemies stop ' | kicking and bis friends begin. I Even when a woman is "aware" that • she is less beaufiful than other women I l he never forgives a man if be finds I 1 it out. ' Yon may not take any stork in med- I inms. but if you think there is no such | thing*- as "spirit rapping" just listen to j; an earnest prohibitionist hold forth. |i Even in the Fatherland tbry speak ! the mother tongue. Ceremonies may differ, but true po- '• liteness is ever the same. A smile ia cooler in summer and j warmer in winter than a frown. il Old Man Doodle says that the world I subsists largely on misinformation. ] nine-tenths of what it knows not being I | so. Still, that would not be so bad if the misinformation were pleasant. j i Speaking of grave problems, what is II the F-a'ter hat going to cost! The President is placed by Congress, j , in the position of guarding the national j ' honor, with hardly anything more dangerous than a superior quality of I

j rhetoric, to back up any challenge be^ may fed compelled to make. : t I } » ! Aa for the man who reports that be I heard a bluebird twittering, be should remember that recent spring weather - | would make any bird blue. , I Yuan Sbi-kai's is the only Government that can endure a revolution from > republic to monarchy and back again I I without experiencing an accelerated ' ' pulse. | If American intervention In Mexico - I meant Government seizure aDd opera- • I tion of mine and oil wells it" might not ' be so popular in certain interest quarJ tera. - j How would it do for tbe United States > to provide itself with a real army tomi posed of troops like the small sample ' it now possesses ! ' Would-be soldiers should not hold off from enlisting through fear that the | ! fun of catching Villa will soon be over. ^ ■ It took more than a year to catch i j Aquinaldo. . i I 44 I Last June's brides are now prepared : to give competent advice to next June. 1 j Shortage in material is more con1 ) spicuous in current fashion than dhort- ! age in dyestuff. I The saying of Abe Martin that "nothjin4 ever gets t'goin* good till theris a a few resignations," can be applied -to 'tbe Democratic Administration only if by "goin' good" Abe means "going lout." j For instructive Spring and Summer ■ reading Congressmen are referred to the Admiral Ma ban 'a "Influence of Sea on History." Bandit Villa is reported to have lost itwo battles in Mexico. When be loses one good American fight he should have I no more fight in him. h No one is ever so lovely as the woman P lyou look upon through eyes of love. r I Read the Weekly Star and Wave L

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