The Spider's Web

truly dignified men, the art of acting quickly without hur

essly. By proceeding with an even speed that avoided blind dashes into the back-waters of the traffic-stream, it made better time than its more impetuous

m of the suite, he spoke to the girl who wa

rnoon, Mis

with pleasure: Marcus Stein was lik

on, Judge Ste

you can get Mr. Hallett on his private wire, and

asked one. Consequently, she made a practice of giving his call

if he's left his office, shal

. But I have an idea that

ay. He had scarcely reached his desk, and was just bending to smell of the two Abel

through the black receiver th

s is Mr.

es

you, and I have just bee

l-we

use, Mr.

incredulous: "The

t y

h does h

thi

you throw the fear

we can't coerce-at leas

by something else, Stein. How'd h

I scarcely expec

on the poli

r young man, and he knows we can't hurt him so l

d Hallett's comprehension: it

e want? He must

not," the

se, he must. E

I couldn't

ed Hallett, "what

g-for a

hink he'll k

sure

nute," sai

nd of that time, Hallett's voice, regretfu

et those things he's got. We're

es

t's up to

ny course t

t want to know anything abou

the room, Stein bowed

said, and hung

in inhaled their cultivated fragrance. H

be saying. "A nice young ma

telephone-rece

s We

Judge

call so promptly. Now, will

Titus & Titherington,

herington: the one that I was speaki

Stein. Jus

his business as a financial-agent to Stein and Stein

d that report ye

one,

ked you for a

I'll send it over as

hief points from the man that looked i

ight,

somebody to talk t

nd then another time

rwin in h

ton said

im to step in to se

lthough he had been attached to it for more years than Mr. Perry or even the younger Mr. Falc

in Luke Huber's possession. He did not say who wanted these letters, or why they wer

" he concluded, "but it must be done.

anage it," said

ll have to manage i

ly tell my

ised his han

s, please,

rwin, still ch

not want to use other measures unless he forces us to use them. Remember that. The first thing to do is to convince him that we are too strong for him. For instance,

s

report the results step by step. And understand that whoever undertakes this matt

ou want the le

as I can

outside

st that we stumble; but for the completion it will be im

n, and walked bris

and Miss Weston treated him with greater deliberation. However, he had s

tes, will you?" asked Irwin. "I'm

uittals to his credit was surpassed only by the number of clients whom he had saved from ever appearing in court. He called every patrolman, magistrate, and tipstaff in the City and County of New York by his first name. He was successful

alf an hour. Then he showed his visitor from his dus

in out. "It's a hundred-to-one shot

e less I know, the better for me. All I wan

, you

do everythi

e frame-up

tried. Then we'll talk about

s needed, I'll deliver the g

Quirk, screwing a derby-hat on one side of his head, walked around the corner to the pol

having another telephone-conversation with the head of the Titus & Tithe

of his salary he has really only a hundred thousand dollars, and it's

a note of thi

"Who is the head o

I think he's a gra

made ano

ough, I have a client intere

ty well. I had to get a

y any hea

hundred and fifty thousand dollars a

pencil was

ter is considering an investment. Am I to understand that if the East County National sho

there's no doubt about its not being calle

"You will have that oth

n its w

copy of the Forbes report. If that bears out all

afe if he d

ood-afternoon

Miss Wes

ng to him, call up the East County National and ask where you can find president Osserm

r usual readiness to serve

s before he rose quickly and closed the door of his private room. His was one

re in this for m

," grinn

lm banged the tabl

d-night,"

as undi

o the trick?

it was wort

I say: coul

I could. It'd be like takin

ns in a pocket beneath his round abdo

s eyes n

game, Quirk

me, Hughie," sm

health, I know that damn well. If

w for sure,"

e: you've got to cough u

be forced into an admission; but he was aware that by letting Don

t come to me straight, but

g in gaps that Donovan's imagination was not, h

hendingly. "Then who's at

ddenly: nobody had been listening at the keyhole;

grew redder. He opened and shut

" he mu

k no

I know about

tell me this right off at firs

think I'd have t

-to business all came on to me! How

eared to

let me know about that. If it didn't work, I'd get my party to give

of the whole gam

But what are we going to do about it?

so sure

to buy shoes for

tered Donovan, "le

d to leave. When the lawyer had gone, Donovan put his head into the la

asked, "where's

son y

e vouchsafed: "him and Mitche

him in

t at his table, frowning at it

l," said th

ome, but his mouth had been torn in some obscure street-fight, and the scar f

Lieutenant?

ed his study

oin' these days?" he

ch as that scar would permit, he smiled, the right corne

t to keep in the quiet ever since that night him and the K

ill in Bellev

t for near a

n't squ

rather leave it to their own gang to square things. Crab'll wait

d Reddy what I

im we w

him to

ht, Lieu

cause he hates him. Tell him the Dago's goin' to

n stolidly b

m to square me's to do me a g

odded

b himself ten or twelve week

now less than you do. He's got to pull it off inside of two weeks. Now, sit down here, an

tache only accentuated the heavy mouth below it. This man called in person at the offices of Stein, Falconridg

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d the names of the three men upon whom Huber had that morning paid so unusual a visit to Wa

d with a thin gold watch-chain that ran taut through a

he Judge, "that I have acted with you for thes

hroat. "I hope there i

" said the Judge. Then he sat and watc

to explain; Stein, by the same means, tried to force Oss

erman, "I know the fa

the Judge; but h

for them." He paused and looked at Stein; but Stein only looked pityingly at him. "Indeed," the banker

. But he was a little sorry for Osserman, and so he added: "Not that the East Coun

took a de

said, "wh

"a call-loan at two hundred and fi

It was clear that he had exp

asked. "I dar

not long going to be what they should be. In the interest of your depositors,

dge's clients would see to it that no other bank would take it up. That, however, was

people failing," he said, "it would b

: that young man named Huber, who has been backing Leighton, is leaving

about it in the a

might be elected. If he was not, he would hurt credit by his wild speeches; if he was, he would undoubtedly upset it by trying to put his impossible promises into action. The safest thing for Business is to take the nomination away from him before he gets started: then nobody is hurt.

rlain Kilgour was as effective as the conversation with president Osserman. It is in the chamberlain's official province to deposit municipal funds with almost whatsoever institution he chooses, and to withdraw such funds as he may elect: t

anding almost invisible in the shadowy alley behind a saloon near Forty-third Street

said the