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W" E' r t, CT/>e ffetv Mayor Bucd on G. Broad hurst'* Soce??fvl I Plo.y The Man The Hour By ALBERT fAT5Un itKnunL. Copyright, 1907, by George H. B road bur* t. At sound of Lis secretary's naiue Wainwrigbt hail sprung to bis feet and, dumfounded. was leaning heavily on the table, staring across the threshold of the suddenly opened door. There, framed in the dark doorway, his face deatlfly pale, his eyes glowing with a strange light as of murder, stood Cynthia's brother. His presence In the city hall was no mere chance, but the climax of a series of conferences between Bennett, Phe!an and himself, dating from the night of the administration ball, when, despite his own resolve, the secretary's hand bad been forced by the inquisitive alderman and iiis identity revealed. Bennett had been let into the secret next day. and tlie trio nan nn<i a miw hour talk from which i'lielnn had emerged with the gleeful air of one who had unexpectedly found a $1,000 bill. Thompson, too, had loft that conference with a look of calm, intense satisfaction that transfigured him. Other conversations had followed, one of them in the presence of notary, stenographer and lawyers. The trap at last was ready to lte sprang. The financier for the first time in his nine year close association with the eeretary met the younger man's gaze without seeing the latter droop in dot erential submission. Now received back look for look from his former abject slave, and it was his own glance that wavered before that concentrated glare of hate. t?? f>/\ /luiAil ortd hie vnipp "xnoiupsuu. ut* v. & tcu, uuu ? bore a world of incredulous reproach. Before him stood the one man on earth in whom Wainwright had ever placed implicit trust; to whom he had confided his gravest business secrets; the man whom he had so shrewdly tested in countless ways and who had proved stanchly incorruptible and loy F 7 ' ' ' Harry Garrison. al, and now Thompson apparently confronted him in the role of traitor?of exultant spy. "Thompson!" he exclaimed once more, almost with a groan, as the secretary advanced into the room until only the width of the table separated employer and employee. Then the newcomer spoke for the first time, in an oddly muffled voice, as though fighting desperately for self restraint. "No!" he contradicted. " 'Thompson' no longer. Henceforth I am Garrison." Wainwright's face grew gray. Breathless, unbelieving,' he peered across at tie pallid reatures 01 uxs new x.w, waving In them the likeness to the old friend whose ruin and death he had caused. The haunting resemblance that had often vaguely occurred to him when watching Thompson at work now returned in double force. But now, as In a flash, it was explained, and be knew that his secretary spoke the truth. "Yes," went on Thompson In that amp rhoked. strueelinjr intonation. "1 am Harry Garrison. You wrecked my father's life. You drove him to suicide. You blasted his memory. You beggared his children. I am his son?Harry Garrison. Now do you begin to understand?" "You see, Mr. Wainwright," intervened Bennett as the secretary's pentup rage strangled the words in his throat, "my guesswork lias a fairly reliable backing." But Wainwright did not hear. He still stared, as one hypnotized, into the blazing eyes of the man he had trusted. "You've?you've played me false!" he managed to gasp at length. "You have"? "Sure he has!" cut in Horrigan. "Wbat'd I tell you last summer, Wainwright? I said then you were foolish to trust him so. I said he'd stand watching. The minute I set eyes on that lantern Jawed, glum face of his"? "Played me false!" muttered Wainwright again, dazed and doubting the evidence of his own senses. "Played you false?" jeered Thompson. "Played you false? Why else dUd I become your servant? What else liave I been waiting all these horrible years for? I've sat at your desk and listened to your orders, never venturing to say my soul was my own. Now yqoTl listen to me." _ "Why do you bother with the little | traitor, Wainwright?" scoffed Horrlgan. : But the financier was standing mo- ; tionless. leaning on the (able, his fin- j gens spasmodically gripping its edge till ! the knuckles grew white. Ridiculously ' I like a cowed prisoner before the bar of ! j justice, he faced his fiery eyed young ; : judge. j "They sent for me," went on Thornp- , sou brokenly, jerkily, scarce intelligl- 1 ble as (he suppressed hatred of a dec- ! ' adc battled for expression. "They sent for me. My father had killed himself. ! My mother lay dead, struck d ?wn by j ! grief. Our honored old name was de1 filed. My sister was a pauper. Who 1 i had clone nil tliis? Yon! Uti. tliey hushed it up, ] Bliul if'i kj knelt and swore : | ||f it. I'd pay you | ' fti \ \ if 0081 mc m-v MM \ \ life. I would CThJB ] ruin you in name TW ^3 and fortune, as father, and then "^4nd then i'd kill I'd kill you, as you, os you hilled you killed him! my lather." I'd"? With an effort that left him haggard and trembling, Thompson forced hlmselfeto calmer speech and continued: "I answered your advertisement for a secretary. I had no experience, yet j out of ninety applicants you cnose me. ! That was fate. I knew iken that one ! day I should have you at my feet, as j now I have. Fate fought for uie. I j made myself necessary for you. I . obeyed your hardest orders. I found ! out ways to please you. I fetched and carried for you. I ran to anticipate ' your lightest wish, as though I was your auoring son. It was 'I hope j you're satisfied, sir.' and 'Let me do that for you, sir,' and 'I am glad to work overtime for you. sir. any time you wish/ while every minute I had to fight hard to keep from striking you dead!" "I must go!" groaned Wainwright, : shuddering. "I can't stand this. I"? "Oh, I made you think me a paragon!" resumed the youth. "You took to testing my honesty and loyalty in clever ways that you thought I'd never discover. I stood the tests. Then you ! trusted me. You fool! As If the fact that I wasn't a crook proved I wasn't your enemy! You could see no farther than dollars and cents. When I didn't I steal those or gell the market tips you 1 gave me you thought I was incorruptible and devoted to your interests. And 1 all the time I"? I "You were listening at the keyhole l that day last summer," broke in Hori rignn. "the time I pulled the office door j opoy. and"? "Then and always." answered TbompJ son. "and." he added, his eyes returnj ing to Wainwright's, "I copied every confidential telegram or letter you sent. I took down in shorthand every private ! interview of yours. I tracked the I checks that completed your deals, and when they came hack from the vaults as vouchers r stole them. I've got ' proofs, I tell you?proofs?of every | crooked transaction you have dabbled ! iu for nine years. I've secured proofs 1 of every step In-this borough franchise ' bribery, and I've turned them all over I to the mayor here. That evidence will ! send you to state prison! To state prison, I tell you! To a cell, with t bv?(w nn/1 etflruwl Cllif 1*11 KPTUl j eroppeu iuik unu omi'vu ?. - i you to prisotf. where you'll break your : heart and l?e brandeil forever as a convict! And when your term is up I'll be waiting for you. and I'll kill you! Do you hear im\ you foul criminal?'' he shouted, screaming hysterically and foaming at the mouth in his abandonment of iusane fury. "I'm going to kill you! 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S L COURTNEY. 2-18-4t Administrator. Notice of Election. Notice is hereby given that on Saturday. March 2T, an election will b held in Gnskins School I?i>trict,, No3">, Williamsburg county, at Gajjkins School house, to determine whet he" or not a four ii ill tax for school purposes in said district shall be levied Said election has been duly authorized by the County Hoard of Education for Willi imsburg county. Polls will be opened at sam and closed at 4 p m on above named day. W B Kino, W 11 Gaskixs, J S Rodgers. Trustees Srhonl District No 35. 3-11-21. Summons for BeliefSTATE OF SOUTH C AROLINA. COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG, Court of Common Pleas. E A Weil Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Georgia, plaintiff, against Ellen A Francis and Daniel 0 Bruorton, defendants. To the defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office,117>2 Screven street, Georgetown, S C, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of tthe. day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Walter Hazard. Plaintiff's Attorney. August 20, 1908. To the defendant, Eljpn A Francis: thn onmnlaint' in I aKt* IIUUUC mav u>v ... tljis action was filed in the office of the cl?*rk of the court of common pleas in Kingstree, in the county of Williamsburg and State of South Carolina, on the 25th day of January, 19011. Walter Hazard, 117'Screven Street, Georgetown, S C, 2-4-6t Plaintiff's Attorney. , Notice The Board of County Commissioners Will hold their monthly meetings on the first Tuesday of evft-y month. AU claims against the county must ke filed with the county commissioners previous to that date,as this day is set apart for' passiflg on claims by the board, aad no checks issued on that date. This rvrte will be strictly adhered to. By order of the board, bur- J N IlAMMaVT, f*~ Clerk to County CommUaioaers. January 9, 1909, l-14-3m Auditor s NoticeHis Excellency, the Governor,has appointed the township Boards of Assessors for Williamsburgcountv as follows: ^ * 117 Hope township?S 1 Montgomery, ?y M 0'Bryan, J W Kelley. Laws township?J E Dari?, Br I N Jioyd, J P Gamble. Penn township?A W Chandler, S E McCullough, J B Clarkson. buttons township?S P Cooper, S B Gordon, W C Gordon. Anderson's township?J W Register, S W Camlin, Jr, W W Boyd. Sumter township?H M Thomas, R B Fitch, Willie Webster. 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