Motion Picture Story Magazine (Aug 1912-Jan 1913)

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120 THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE "Yes," the girl answered, her face white. " Oh ! how could you ? I had thought you so real a man ! ' ' she suddenly cried, and fled swiftly into the outer office. It was noon, and the office was abandoned by the luncheon-seeking clerks. Jean sank miserably upon a chair. Presently she sprang up with a cry to Morton. Instinctively, she had divined the contents of the suitcase which Blake carried, as he stole dupes who swallowed our golden bait," Bob said bitterly. "What I have spent I made in outside speculation. We have three hundred thousand dollars in our hands. What shall we do with it? I will act as you decide." Standing with bowed head, he waited her decision. With swift impulse, she placed a hand upon his shoulder, and presently he raised his eyes to meet her steady gaze. YOU GIVE THAT CHECK BACK TO THAT GIRL I" toward the door leading to the public corridor. "Drop that suitcase," Bob said softly, as he sprang quickly into the room. With a glance of helpless fury, Blake complied. ' ' Now go, ' ' Bob continued, and the other's shrewd eyes, tho clouded with rage, were still clear enough to see that death lurked very near, and so he went quickly, pausing only to snarl a threat of future vengeance. "It is all in that suitcase — the money we have taken from the poor "There isn't but one course — the honest one," she said firmly. "If you will, indeed, do as I think right, you will return this money to the poor souls who so trustingly gave it into your keeping. Then you — you are a real man at heart — go back to your simple, clean Western country, and make good." "And if I follow your plan — will you go with me, and help me make another start?" he demanded. Her clear eyes grew suddenly misty and her firm lips trembled.