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ee a - ~ a, ee —_— eee: oe + ! ** Allow me, sir,” he said, with extreme polite- | prefers that of the open air, where be can look | ness, and, before Brackett had recovered from | tor *‘measly schemes an’ gallus conspiracies.” ’ ’ S p ’ his startied surprise, handcuffs were on his | and hunt the criminals down. wrists. | It was Miss Olive Pray-Brackett who first | gained the power of speech. ** How dare you?” che fist at Wrixley. ‘*Beauty makes me brave, miss,” he replied, | rallanily, *‘ and the jail fairly haniers tor Mr, Bracket t, alias Saul Nettleton.” | Brackett grew whiter than ever. | ‘* All is lost!” he groaned. “Oh! they cant fix you for more thon ten years on thatold affair, and by test ifying against Playfair, and with usual allowance off for good behavior you ought to get out in five,” Wrixley coolly observed. | ‘Tl tellall I know,” said Brackett, eagerly, turning on the bank-president. “Don’t you do it!” cried Miss Olive. your tongue, yeu fool!” 6 cried, shaking a small | * Hold | “Dear lady,” interrupted the detective, iron-| | ically, ** pray don’t talk so to your progenitor. on It is undutiful, and, besides, is so much like | ~*" Lillie Starr, the confidence woman!” oR Olive dropped into a chair. She had suddenly Br grown almost as pale as her father, and seemed | art very weak. 49 ‘- Another one laid out!” remarked the Hot- . spur, coolly. ‘“‘Seems ter me you're right up 49 in pedigree; Wrix. Go fer ther crooks! Weed on | 7em out! Give ther decent folks a chance ter | git fresh air. How is Andrew comin’ out?” | ‘*Mr. Wellburn is all right, buat I suspect he | will want to get rid of his family,” | The cashier had been looking accusingly at his | dumfounded wife, _—— a li¢ht hand touched | his arm, he turned. Willis timidly entered, | 100. and his father folded him to his arms. The gentle boy was the balm of his bruised heart. 104 ‘**Thar’s one he won't want ter be divorced from,” put in Bob, “Will is o° ther sort o° folks who fill our halls: 0’ Congress an’ keep out o’ jail; an’ he’s a gnod one from ther toe- nails up. Brace up, Wall, fer I’m on yer side, an’, bimeby, we'll kev a talk "bout Julius Cesar, ther chap who inwented ther tele phone, an’ other Mytho-illogical chaps. Mr, Z. Playfair, sir, ter wit, namely, allow me ter ask wer’fore yon look at me so mighty sour an’rampaginous. Hey?” “Tam told that I owe my downfall to you, you young scoundrel!” hissed the defaulter. “ Casually speakin’, ?m ther identicle rooster; | jx¢ but w’ot fer do you ride so rusty? True, you’ll prob’ly winter at Sing Sing a few hundred ee but w’ot o’ that, ez long eZ ee ig ae | 0’ harmony, good order am’ Injun gruel is dul sarved? Ci = up, Zadok! Sing Sing is a bens | 201, lace fer meditation; az’ 'lL-bet yer muske! will | otnn right up like a black cat’s ‘k in amid- | 205 night, prizefight. Labor is pop’lar uowadays, | ole boy, an’ you kin learn piles o’ trades afore ye git out. But Isee ther rest on ye want ter | orate, 80 I'll retire in favor 0’ some other mem- | ak ber. 1 ain’t a hog—not fer Joseph!” - | 221, 129. 138. 149. 195. seoaggy Nea Si! never a beige uD, odin | ore, after that day, He yi or big ; bos and lost all, and it was a terrible blow. | 268. He went to Sing Sing, a man, to serve fifteen years, , He had plenty of company. Brackett got five years:' Ben Storrow, two; Bet, the negress, who had a dark record, twelve; and Steve Rellix, three years, Olive Brackett, who could easily have been d Lillie Starr, the confidence woman, fled, and is now supposed to be West, Mrs. Wellburn was notified that she could go in peace. She went promptly, nobody knew | 562, where. Edward Wellburn, greatly humiliated to find | 405. how he had been deceived by Olive, showed 547, ool, signs of real repentance, and ta a small £10. sum of money, set out for Colorado to begin life anew. : 421. Taere were days when the senior Wellburn - feared for the result of the Investigation made | 430. hy the bank direct rs, but he had madea full, truthful statement, and he wasretained in office, 443 unreproached,. : His. family is smal} now, for he has nobody but ‘Willis, but the boy is the pride and comfort of | 448. his life. 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