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By Walt Gregg,
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i.i' cashier iii fol
low It I tit. lie Inl Ilic
' .it lulu ti In pil
inn office lit'
'.I'll I I'll llllMM'tf III
iii, desk, nnil push
in!: .'Hi easy hull
! Hull). Ill II I'lRIII
Wlllll III' flllllllll'll
mn mini) tiIMI, , ,, llH ,,,H)(
HoIIImi HUH II Hllllll. nlniil iiiiim or
sixty Ills fiiii iim iniinil nml lull.
Illll f Xpif'MHlMlllfNM. BUM fill I Kllllt III
lilt limit Kill. ICBllCHB eyes
lllllll WIIB II JIIIIMK IIIIHI llf 'lllllj,
with ii Hliunp. ii'Hiiliih' fun' nml o i iii lr
nf deep hinWn i'M'n lliiil gave evldcnco
nf tiunknca mni nii'iiiiil poise.
It wnn ntniiti mnmciiln heroic Dolll
vr spoke, lip wiih iiimlylug tin' rueeB
nf llir younger iiiiiii wild a clone eru
llny. "Mr. Iliilii.1- Im hiiIiI. hi length, in n
rnicsslng Knit' . "you have been In thin
Imiik nboul two years?"
Haiti noililnl "Two yen is the Mint
of Inst liKinlli." hi' wilil.
"filx muntliH MRU. when I bought
Up ii majority of Mir shares of the
Block of llio company anil took charge
of the bank." wrnt on Dolllver. "I wnn
n stranger In thin community, hut I
Mm! I have inntlo no uiIhIhUo In re
InlnlnR yon In your present position. I
saw at onco thai you know your btisl
ti jh. and wan inio who could grasp a
situation quickly ami nil promptly"
Mo panned, nllll unletting Hiiln'fl
face. Ilul tho cashier's Impassivity
wnn not disturbed
"Wlml I tni'iin." ptirMird the bunker.
"In (luil I think you hino thn qiiallllcs
necessary to biicccsb euiirngo nml
pf-rnllanco. thai If you saw n chance
to mako n, lit f I o ileal that would hi Ing
quick proflln. you wouldn't JicBliatr.
liven good Judgment In AyorlhlcsB un
Irnn nupporled by pionipl notion." lie
paused n nioinenl, lilii cyen on the
rnshlor. "What I wlnh to Hpenk of
specifically." be went on." Ib a Ultlc
matter I luive In inlnil somctlif iik tlinl
offers n big profit with Bcnrrcly any
OSHY HA INKS, rlok
er second class, wan
a man with a past,
lie mImi owned a
gilcvauce when he
presented himself
for entry Into liia
Majesty's Navy. It
wan aboul hin only
pOBBCSBiOll.
"Nosey" wiib not,
or course. Ills Mtlrl baptlsmnl ;iame
Thai wns Orson no lens. Tlieielu Iny
Hin past. "Nosey" was the result of
racial peculiarities Uile beyond his
(ontrol.
Tho writer In the ceiilllcale office at
the nnvnl depot where Nosey Haines
was entered for nervlco an a ncconil
clasn stoker iimler training had had
11 bus inornlng. Nosey 'n jiarclimonl
ceiilllcale that docunicnt which ac
coinpaulcB a man fioin ship lo nlilp
wan the nineteenth be had made mil
that morning.
"Nanui?"
Nosey npell It patient l..
"Itcllglon?"
Nosey looked Hheepish and rather
llnllnreil ana Hottentot might lr jou
linked him ror the addiess or bis Inl
ine. "Next o' kin? NciiicM iclative'."'
"Never ad none," icpllcd Nose)
haughllly. 'Tin 11 norfiiii."
"Ain't jou got no our?" askid the
weary writer. Me bad been doing this
soil of thing for Hin last eighteen
months, and It lather bored lilin.
"S'pusn ou was lo die -wouldn't you
like no one to be told?"
A sudden wave of fnrlornnesH Hwepl
over Nosey Me wanted bis diiiuei.
and was tllloil with cuiplineus mid
Fclf-plly. The wot Id was vast ami din-
1,1 1'. 1 lip. went Mis.
Waiien'H busy Bur
den Hllllll H KB HOfl-
ly mid Hleatllly nu
1 vci-lucieaidiiK pile
of flagrant iobch
fell into her capn
1 Ioiih bnskel. Min
ing al hint fioni her
pleasant labor, nlie
bin It tl her face in
the tlevvy peials.
"0, you beaulleB, you heavenly
tlilugn!" hIio exclaimed, Joyously. "1
Just want lo take everyone or you ami
tarry you Bomowheic where then are
1111 ItovverB and where tho sun never
shines' I m " sorrj ror rolks who do
not have 11 gartlen she mused Mow
peopln can ' tLitpartmciita, I tan
mil sro " ' iH'd' glance rcntetl
for n 1110. fe n little In own
hoiiito acrfct 1 Bfi vvhnsii Inllni
lesmaiiHK). 7 . Ikw flower betlit 1
woiidar H&Hlblibor woultlnt
111
P
rjjHmnmwwnTi
ilul,. if r have n mind to mrcpt whst
Kir gods provide l.et mr lllurtrale.
We' have ii depositor who In very er
irnlili. I refer in Mr. Kara Hparllng.
a mysterious Individual who flits about
tbr iiiuntry like n shadow No one
seems to know anything iiImiuI hlui, bin
pant IiIhIoij, or Ibe source of bin
hihIIIi. for be dm n tnnsl of bin busi
iii'bm by mill I Sunn nflcr m iiruwit
be iniiili' bin Mini ileponlt Then cwne
oilier niimn till the lolal irnelnd Hie
mini or tsin.mm. Against ihln be baa
hi Ml checks to the amniiui of I..n0n
Thai lnivi'B a balance of fl.'i.noo Mr.
IiV.ui Sparling, an fm an an) one seems
in know, ban no relatives. Wb. then,
hIioiiIiI we not fall heir lo Ibe Imliinre
in Hie biink?"
lie li'Hitril hack In bin ehnlr mid
eyed lliiln with glittering eyes.
"Why. what do j cm iiiriin?" .inked
lliiln. mooting the other's gnr.o with a
iluesHnnlng glance. "I don't uutler-
HlHIIll "
.IuiIboii Uulllvrr laiiRhed.
"That Ib eaolly rxplHinril." lie said.
"Mr. K.ra Hparllnj; Ib dead!"
"Ilrnd!" echoed Halo.
"Il aceiiin bo; nml heliiR dead, i.omi'
one Bbould Inherit bin forluue. ubleb
BcetiiB lo have been of little vv lo
him. Mow doen II ntrlke jou?"
"It Hlilken me tin a very Idlollr
piece of lORiiery," replied lliiln.
.IiiiIhoii Dnlllvrr lauRbeil. "I IniU
Bunpcelrd ou would km Ibnl." be Bald.
"Ilul I think oii'll have rcn.sniiH to
ebniiRn our mlml by the time I have
explained everything Mr. K.rn Spur
ling unn lorn with xouie llfl. iilbrr
who met death when the train on ibe
1) & (I. rnllrond went through Ibe
bridge al Snake iher. Ileie Ib u III
llo clipping from n newnpapcr thai
limy futnlsli Borne additional Informa
tion." lie banded the clipping lo
lliiln. who read:
"Among tho patiBcugcr on t)ie train
who met their death til the Snnkc rl
or bridge dlBiinler wan Mzni Sparling,
a rather mynterloiiB charncler who
drifted about Ibe country, neter mop
ping long at any place and Bpeming
to bine neither friends nor relatives.
n-A
1 tl
inlcreKlcd in him. Thctc were evi
dences 011 all nldcs of an unfamiliar
and terrifying discipline. . .
'"Kit," he said, relenting. "Ncx' u'
kin I ain't got none. Hut I gutter
fren'." Ho colored hotly. "Miss Abel's
'er nnine, H, Holder's Square. Illo-iins-hurj.
liOiidou MIbb .1. Miel."
This wnn .lanle, the (iilevance It
was to punish .lanle that Nosey had
Hung in bis lot with Hiohc who go
down to tho sen in ships
Prior to this drastic step Nosey bml
been nu errand boy - a rather superior
kind of errand-boy who weni his
rounds on a rmiisbncklc bicycle with
a carrier fixed In front.
.lanlo was it genoritl servanl In a
Hloomsbury hoardlng-honac. Sho II
wan who answered the arca.tlooi .vlien
Nosey called lo deliver niieh klppmn
anil smoked lindiloekn an wero tlen
lined ror the boardlng-boiiso brenkrast
tablr.
It was haul lo say In what reaped
lanlo III tho flume or love within No
spy's brcanl She wnn diminutive and
flat-chcHted; her skin was sallow riom
lifelong confinement In basement
sculleries and tho atiuosphpic of the
Hloomsbury boarding house. She had
llttln boBily black ejer. and a print
dirss Hint tlldn't III her at all well. Al
together, nlir wan Just the llttln un
lovely slavey or Mellon anil the diamii
ami everjtlaj life lu bo.iiillng bounc
laud
ei the flshmongpr'n errand boy
0 1 ho 11 Haines, by your leave, and Cap
tain of bin Soul -loved her tin Antony
loved Cleopatra.
Once a roilnlgbi. fioni ;i p. in till lo
P 111 . .lanlo touted the penultimate
1 1 iti 111 nil of womanhood: she wiib
! 0
P
oor
001
limit o run lu ami gel aeiiualiited.
I'll do It!" And suiting the wind to
action, she gathered tho choicest of
her (low i; in into a huge bouquet and
lu a moment was applying tho shining
buihs knocker ot the little brown
house to Its neat flout door.
She waited a moment, but theie was
no response
"Somebody Is at home, I'm hiiio, be
cause HiIb tloor Is not locked. Why,
It's open!" ss In response to her gen
tle push the door swung back,, icvc.ii
Ing tho cool Interior ot 11 reception
hall "I wouder" Bho began, but
slopped Biiiblenly Distinctly fioni
within came a sound of weeping
"M goodness, somebody's in tiou
hie," and without another Ihoughl
Mrs War mi entered Swirtly she
trussed the hall to the tbilulv living
room whri" mi a couch the sleudei
llgure or a girl lay subbing,
My dear, what In the matter' who
asked gently as a pair of tear
He appear in he brri iiimii tf
wPMlth. BtifJ If wan hln eiiBlnm ) ie
I ii ml I Inrxe Bum In the bunl.B .i
plBien where he huppmed i uip.
Who he wa r hf he wbb Ih- w
del of hlM life Ib now piitlmltly bid
den forevor iiwdrr the walnm of fnnKe
rUer."
"I nee nothing In thin." Mid IImIii.
"Hihi would he an beMrliig on the
propoiillliiii for im in appropriale Mr.
Hpm IIiir'b fiindk op deponil In Ilic
batik."
"I.ef me eilaln furlher." Inlnled
Ilic bunker. "Il in nol llke that bin
money dr poHlleil In Hie rioverdale
bank will (Mi- be lalbd for. Hut In
iliac ihln mIioiiIi! happen. Il will be
enny enough lo produce n check o
erlng hiicIi iiinoiml iib we iIcbIii to
take ner iib our ow n."
"Do Jim mean b that lo pihiiimc
ihai wc coinmil foigery?" iiBked Itiiin.
"Ob. well. wIiiiTb the line of biiIII
Hug luilt'H over wordn? ("all M wlml
jou will bo we gel Ibe monej."
"Mr. )olller." nald the ijisthlrr.
"jou reill ouglit lo bine Biiffli lent
Bcme mil lo make hui h .i propoBltiou.
even If , on though! men rogue, i am
aiiuucd thai any one could make micli
a pioponlllou "
"Then jou coiiBltler yiiiirnelf too
IioiicbI or loo good to be a pail lo
the Bchenie'.1" anked Hie bunker, a ,ln
iBtcr Btnllo on bin fac
"I'm afraid I do." replied nahi. 'Hill
the beni aiiBwor I can Ihluk of now In
m rcBlgnatlon an ciiBhler of the ('lo
M'ldale Hank of Commerce."
"Ob. I hardly think vou will re
Blgn." nabl Ilic banker, "not .H lra.il
Mil 1 am Ihruugb wllb miu. I tunc
prepared cheeks for $13,000 beating
the signature -or wlml jou iiiiibI ac
cept iib t lie fllgnaluiT- of the laf Iv.ra
Sparling. These checks, as ou will
see. bear dales aomo weeks prcliiiB io
Hie illslrcBHlug 'iccldent that leirivril
the uuforluuale Mr. Sparling of bin
life. Vou will are Hint ibe .ilgnnturcH
are exceedingly well done, and II In
doubtful If even Mr. Sparling blniflplf
could tell I licin from his own. .Mini
run MMir ejes ocr tbene 'iml sen of
ohcl
colli led. .Vol for a moiiiuiit did nil?
ifallze tho furrows that alio wan nlovv.
Ing lu Nosny'n unluble soul. Other
glrln walked out 011 their Sumla.vs.
The iiobscbbIoh of a joung iiiiiii -ex en
a llshmouger's errand boy on 13 bob a
week - wan a ncccHsary adjunct to life
llseir. '
Of 'ill thai -'walking out' 'Implied;
of love, even n it wan understood in
Hloomsbury bnBcinenln, .Ionic's iiniie
mlc llltle lieart suHpeelctl very little.
Hut Itomance was Ibere. Iliillerlug 'tai
lored ribbons, luring her on through
the iliab fog of her workaday exist
ence. II was otherwise with .Nosey. Ills
love for .lanle wiih a cry real iUfiiir.
although what sowed the needs was
not apparent; ami the soil In vblch
I hoy look root and thrived -the dally
Interviews nl Ibe area door .mil these
fortnightly strolls seemed, on .he
face of II liiadetpialc.
A certain Sunday .ilicnioon in nly
11 11 1 11 tn 11 found lliem silling side by side
on a neat lu a grubby London square
To Nosey the hour and the place 91 clu
ed propitious, and he pioposcd heruie
uuirilagc
"l.or!" gasped .laule. slating bdore
her at Ilic auluniii tmtn that were pow
ilerlug the iliug elms with gold'dufct
"I coubln'l marry you." she said
gently "Vou ain't got 110 prospects. '
Walking out with 13 bob a week vai
one thing; marriage unite a dilfvreui
matter.
Nosey was aghast. The pcihik of
women!
"Vou led 1110 on." he tried. "V0.1 bin
carry in' on wlv me Ow could yon'.'
I'iclur' I'alaces an' filed lltih guipeis
an' all " Me referred lo the swoeu of
Ibelr courtship. "Ow. .lanle!"
Wanen I live right across in ihi
white house. I came over 10 glw you
Mime roses and found the door open."
"Oh." said the girl ImlplegBly. Then,
its her eyes fell upon the flower, she
burst Into a fresh torrent of sob.
"Now, my dear." j.uid Mrs. Warren
when the storm hud soniewlwi aoaitd.
"tell mc all aboul It."
"It's It's Ob. Il'kktuwbrrr s'-ori-lake,'
walled the girl
"Straw berry aliortraVe '
"Yet like John's mother uatd 10
make I cot the recipe out of the pa
per, ou see we've only bfen married
a (.hurt time, and I can't rook rr
well yet so I've been gelling itilngi
at the btikcrv and the deli. aKnnfn
xiul night before la-' Ii.i.n -, ! .,.,r
food bills were nwfnl mnrr h. r i.m
mother uxrd io spr, . ;, , r.f
six M tji 1 ro-i , ,j 1
thougbi last ingiii I I a
brrrv ihoriakr fnr a - , ,1 .
John
be bed eel bMn I 0..1 ,1(i iai
I nm not cnrrei t
An he Bpoke b drr foilli three
hecks fioni m Hrnwer and pkbbiiI them
to Milton Ititln. who kIii nerd m them
Hllil then plMccd them ill Mln iHickel.
Then he glanced Ml the banker, but
wtld nothing
"Vou iiiiibI hi) me the moui; on
I In inc." went on Oolliver. unmouii by
the ihbIiIcib glance. "And then ,011
bIihII iniike Hie proper entries In Hie
Iwtik's books, wllb dales 10 iire
Biond." "Vou ought to know Hint I nluili do
iiolblug or Hie kind." h.iIiI H.1I11. "I
IiibImI thai my ii'siguallou be ncecpled
al once, and Dial Is all I haw to
SM."
Me lose and nliirlrd from the mom
"One iniinil nl," inleiponi'd the bank
er "lion'l lie bo fnsl. I haw iiille .1
lot to Kay ni and iib I dislike talking
lo in self. I muni beg .miu lo remain. I
bne Ihree oilier chrcliH beie bearing
Hie mime of K.ra Sparling. The
MiiouiilH agRiegato J.'.ihhi. TIicmi ire
checkH which .Mill paid, mid .oil
Bbould know if tliej ,ne genuine.'
Me rone and held them before llalu'a
ga.e. a malicious light In bis ejen.
"Are thej genuine?" he .inked
"Cpitalnlj." replied Haiti. "Other
wise I shouW not bae .icccplrd
them."
"Now, Hint Utjunt what I would bine
Ihoughl, but I haiipen 10 know thai
jou signed those checks jouraelf .mil
rccehed ibe money for them!"
To Ibis Milton made no rcpl.
"So jou nee. inj young ft lend." nent
on tho banker. "I am not wholly Ig
norant of what Is going 011 here.
Knowing .miu to bo guilly of forgery
.Miurnelf. I did not hesitate w unfold
my plan for continuing the buRinenn
on a larger scale. Vc arc iwo of .1
kind, my dear Mr. lliiln, and Ibcie in
no reason why wc should mil wotk in
Illinium."
Milton Haiti made .111 impatlcui ges
lure. "If .Mill please. Mr. Dolllxnr," hoBahl.
"I iiiiibI ask ou not to mi furlher it
lempi to put me In our class. Vou
are an old man. ind I should be fool
ow
.1 utile 'Vcpt.
Aflcr Hihi the dally meetings at tho
area door w ere not to bo thought of. No
Hcy Hung hlmscir otf lu a rage, and ror
Iwo Biiecosslve nights contcniplKted
suicide rrom the parapet or Westmin
ster bridge. Then Ills $ye was caught
by one of Hie admiralty recruiting
posters in the window of a Whitehall
post office.
rim Minn bow ohoj didn't forget.
The navy received him without emo
tion. They nt bis hair ami pulled out
bin terib. They washed :ind "lolhetl
md fed lilm generously. Me wiib
mucin, in a ssi echoing drlll-shcd, io
recognize and icyprci aulhoiity, nml
after gix nionthn' preliminary training
infonneo that lie was a secontl-idass
ftoker. and nb such tlrafled to sea in
ibe battle "rulscr Srpiatlron,
Me worked lu an electric-Ill r.tocl
tunnel, with red-hot furnaces on otio
Hide hiiiI the gaping mouths or (oal
tavern on the; other. Vou reached II
by perpendicular sircl ladders de
scending thiougb a web of hissing
victim pipc3 mil inui'lilncry; onco
si ros greasy deck plates and iliruiicli
s maze of dimly lit alleys, you would
find Nosey shoveling coal Into the fur
iidirt under the direction of ,1 Imlry-
hefted individual afflicted, men said,
by religious mania, who sucked pieces
of coal as an iiitldoic to chronic thirst
and spat about blni indiscriminately.
still Nosey did not forget.
Then came Janle's letter from Hie
Mtddleslcy Hospital. Jauic was in a
"decline"
Nosey mailed hlinholf or woek-end
leave rrom Portsmouth io Journey up
to 1-ondon, and was poriulltrd an In
terview with her In the big. airy ward.
Neither upoko much; at no lime hail
majhed berries, jou know, with
whipped cream on top. Il looked so
pretty, too. Hut when I brought It lu
ho Just looked at il and Mild 'liooil
nlcht. do you call that a shorl citkr?' I
mhi mad at hint 1 didn't speak lo
him ncaln. Ami now ho Just callnl up
and said he's bringing a ninn home lo
dinner "
'Hut I don't see - ?'
"lie said." and the sobs began ng.itu.
"he mid O. I think he's so mrsn
Tor heaven's sake hao something be
tide delicatessen grub. I don't want
Ilrown rating cold ham and potato
salnd the first timo he conies out!"
Mrs Warren burst Into a hearty
laugh "O. my dear she gasped "I
Vnow ihe whole story I went th ougb
it myself when I wan .1 bride .0 years
agn Poor John'
Innr John' echoed IIh girl 1 dlg
natitp
Vs and poor any man who gets iv
wifi who can't cook. They what
ish lo tine plosltml force to stop your
mouth."
"Vou are hardly In position to use
any kind of toee. ' replied the banker.
"Your blosHr and prolcslntlons won't
wne miii. and If m make any ihreals.
I'll land vou behind the bars!" Me
v.iih BlHiidlug cry clone to Milton iml
I. Is cllnebrd dsl wan ihrusl out. bile
bis ich hlanl. "Vou tune not 'iskcd
me for Hie proof of wbnt I assert, but
I'm going 10 gle It. Mr. Haker. Hie
bookkeeper, a man of Integrity mid un
impeachable, ban been a witness to
our acta of forgery, 'ind be Is icady
at mi moment lo icBtlf to tin tact.
There is no cHcape for ou. ami ou
iiiiibI do .ib I direct. "
"Vou kbow well enough Hint I will
do midline or the kind!" cried lliln.
"Then y nu muni take tho rouse.
(pihts."
"Very well. Shall we call an officer
nml let him hear our sloiien?"
"You lire a fool!" blurled out tho
banker. "Whut can wc gain by being
al each olher'fl ihroats?" I have no de
sire to make war 011 .miu if ou show
a llllle common bciibp."
A smile of contempt IiomtciI nboul
Hie easblcr'n lips. Ilotli men bad now
rcBiinied ilielr anils.
"Heroro we purnuc tills mbjeei rur
Iher," mii Id Haiti. "I should like 10 give
ou a leal rrom Hie blslor ir a cor
I11I11 man who wan 'ashler or .be Drov
er' Hank in Ibe little town of I'alrllcld.
Nevada."
As Haiti ulieird the words 1 he bank
er nlartcd xlolentl. then sank back In
bin scat, a slight pallor coming over
Ilia llorld face. Me inolnleiied bin lips
Willi his tongue nml tried to speak,
but bis Miicc failed him.
"Thin cashier went by the name or
I'cler Cluck," went on lliiln, "ind he
became mixed up on some crooked
wink ( lift 1 made II expedient for dim
lo change bis plane of residence, .ind
nnine -m well. Me now goPB by vhe
name of .liidson Dolllver!"
"II In an Infernal lie!" gasped Hip
banker, his face now llvltl with lage.
"ou liiHiililng puppy! I will bine
miu kicked from the bunk and placed
By
Ihey been great conversationalists mid
now .lanle, inure diminutive nnd angu
lar than ever, lost In tho folds of a
flannel nightgown, was content 10 hold
Ills baud 11s lung as he wan allowed 10
remain.
The past wiih Ignored, or nearly .so,
"You didn't oiler gone orf like tiiat,"
said .lanle reproachfully. "Hut I'm
glad you're a sailor You looks beau
tiful in them clolhcH. An' there's prim,
pecks in Hie navy." Poor llltle .Innle.
Who hail "proBpceks" herself .it Iiiki.
Me left the few Dowers lie bad
brought with Ilic nlnler oi the ward
when the lime came lo leave. Tho
nurse follow cil him Into the "(irrhlor.
"Come ami s'c her every visiting day
you can," hIio mild. "It docs her J.001I
and cheers her. bite often spcakn of
you."
Nosey returned lo Portsmouth and
his ship. Ills luenstbe mess tieek
Itself wan ngog with rumors. Undue
heard the "biuv.7" Nosey bad not. 'I
iilu lo Loudon to see n fren'." he ex
plained. Then they told him.
The bntllC'crulser to which hi be
longed hud been ordered to Join the
Mediterranean flccl. That was Mon
day: they were to sail for Malta on
Thursday.
And .lanle wan dying lu the Middle
sex Hospital.
The next visiting day round lilm ut
.IhiiIp's bedside. Hut instead of his
Bplck-and-Bpan nerge suit of "Number
Oneo" and carefully Ironed blue o.
lar. Nosey wore a rusty suit or "civ
vies." Innteail or being clean-sliHVcn.
an Inconsiderable moustache was reel,
ing lis way through bin upper lip.
"Where's your unilor clothes?" asked
.Innle, weakly.
mmilel struck four.
"Listen, my dear. If you'll let me.
I'm going to help you get dinner for
those men. And we are going to have
a real straw berry shortcake. My umbl
can take care ot my dinner. Hut we'll
have to hustle May I order what miii
need have you an thing in ibe'
bouse?"
"No. I wbs Just going to "
"I'll 'phone right away. then. We
Minll bine, I o wall for the order bov
unfortunately, but wo can start on the
table. We'll use the roses Cor a ecu
.lerplece We'll have a broiled steak
there Isn't time for anything els. it's
so late and baked potatoes, a salad
hot biscuits ind tho shortcake Have
you any nunonnase made up
"Mnfle up i alvvjvs gel it from th
gioior
t hlld it s no wonder your bill, are
high You ps about three times as
much for It thai wax ami it ir, per
behind the Imrs uhurr juii bdong. .miu
forger iml sneak!"
Mlllon II In mcrel shrugged hin
slionlders.
"I think .miii will wait at least nil
I inn through with my story," he sniii
"Thete wan a iiiiiii In Fairfield b.v tin
imtni' of Anion Itlgsby. lie whs lulei
rslcd in Mirioils UlilieB. Me ilcpnMli'il
in the Droveis' Hank, mid there wen
times when he had an nmcli an urn
thounnml dollarn In the bank, lb wnV
ralher careless In bin buulncss traiis
ncilons. and when he dltil nmldrnli
or heart dlBeiiBC, bin affi.lrs were lu it
bad shape. hen bis tiffalra were Bel
lied up II wan round thai, Innlead of
bis Inning S.'jn.noo deponiled In the
bank, an wan supposed, Ibere was a
bnlnnee of bill 20,0o0, ami elu el.s
were still lu Hie bank lo show lli.n Hie
bmik'n nceounl was correct. I tti 1 ilin
trouble was. Mr. HlggBb'n bank book
had disappeared. An examination of
the checks wnn made, ind thiec of
them, nggi-t gating ? 1 0,0011, wen- de
clared to be forgeries. Then il wits
that l'eler (iluck. the canhler, illsap
poarcil and It wan later discovered
that lie had nol only committed for
gery, but had lootrd the hank so that
II elosed Its doors, n complete wreck
The loss of the money, wlileh was 11
severe blow to ni mother, left hei nl
most penniless. Tlinl wan fifteen years
ago, It In a long time to wait for jus
tice. Hut I think It has nrrhed. Mr.
Dolllver, or (Jluck, or whatever nu
tfrslro to call yourself, I waul win in
pay that leu thoiiuand dollars 10 111
mother."
.liidson Dolllver hank back in bin
(hair, IiIh race pallid, Ii Ih lips iwlici
lug. "Vou imiiiot prove jour charrm! '
he said al length, breathing haul.
"Mow jou jou a forger a rascal
bow dare jou defy mo?"
"Hociiiihp I Imvo committed no forg
erj." replied Ualn, calmly.
"TI1011 you deny signing these
checks?"
"I do nol. I had a right to sign ihrni.
ror 1 he moiiev wiih mine."
Elsie Endicott
Nosey looked round to rcanaure him
self that they worn not overheard 'I
10110 a hunk!" be whispered.
"Not- not deserted?"
Nosey nodded. "Don'l you take on.
.lanle, S only so'b I can slay near
you," Mu pressed her dry linnd. "I
got 11 barror -whelks tin' periwinkles.
I've saved n bit o' money. An' now I
can slay near you an' come 'ere visit
ing iliiya."
Janlo wns loo weak lo argue or
postulate, lu fuel, It tuny have be mi
lhal she was conscious or a certain
amount or pride In Noscy's Milunlary
outlawry ror her sake. And sho was
glad enough to have somo oc lo sit
with her on visiting days and loll lift'
about the outside world she wan never
to nco again.
Then tho streets echoed with the
crliis or paper boys. The nurses whis
pered together excitedly lu their leis
ure moments. The doctors Hcemrd to
acquire an added brlskncsu. Once or
twice alio heard the measured ir.unp
of reel in Hie Htreels below, us a regl
ment was moved from 0110 quuricrs to
another.
Kngland was at war with Gem any.
they told hor. Hut the intelligence did
not Interest Janlo much at first. That
empires should battle for supremacy
toiicerncd her very little till she rc
nicinbciMl Nosey 's late calllug.
It was two days bcrore she saw him
aS'iin. nnd he still wore I1I3 "civvy"
suit. Janlo smiled ns be approathrd
the bed, and fumbled with the half
penny daily paper that tomebody bad
given her to look at.
" "Krc," she whispered, "read that '
Nosey bent over and read the lines
Indicated ly the thin lorrlinger
"Ills Mtije-Jty the Klug has been
By Enos Emory
Where arc your eggs?" and in an In
credibly short space of timo the dress.
Ing wns cooling In a bowl of crvk-d
Ice
"Now ah there's the boy. Now we
can get to work. What luscious ber
ries. And this steak looks delhlou
They bnve sent new potatoes; we
won't bake those. I'll pick out the
ibe small ours and we'll have them
Willed whole, with a cream sauce New
potatoes arc delicious that way. The
lettuce must be washed and P"t "'
the be at once- nnd the tomatoe and
cucumber, too. They'll be here at
you say?" . n.
"Yes: John Iways sets U" ' -?
out. replied the girl xvho had stood
In amazement watching the lrik
movements of her energetic visitor
There Kg just 6. ind veryM'S
i" readv so II lust mo along M dm
oer will be walling I hope everything
gt.rs well And with a rhecrx nod
ATI
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In triicltujouruotBtt.
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I') Irjlng loblnj hi
lliiccforjedthechj
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gliastly lllncktiirii
mid lie leaned cntliKt
"I suppose 1 till tni
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tier where I rant p r
Don't make mjtrruk
tested just jet, Inn
and can squarcmrjlti'
nf Hie mnnr Iml ii ,
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me tlita chaoce. isdtef)
Interested liibrw
run do so. Sfnd(orjwi
we'll talk the tlolitai
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N'osrylllN,b''r
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