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The Recluse of Fifth Avenue By WYNDHAM MARTYN S TO R Y FR O M T H E S T A R T F ro m th e c o m f o r ta b le fjnanclal s itu a tio n to w h ich he h ad b ee n born, P e te r M llm an, A m erican g e n t le m e n o f th e old school, a n d l a s t o f h i s f a m i l y , Is p r a c t i c a l l y r e d u c e d to p e n u r y th r o u g h th e m is fo rtu n e of a frien d u n w isely tru s te d . L e a r n in g of B r e w e r s s u i cide, w h ic h m e a n s t h e d e s t i u c t l o n of h is lust hope, M llm an e n g a g e s a F re n c h b u tle r, A chilla L u try w h o s p e a k s n o E n g l i s h , a n d Is to rop lu c e Sneed, s e r v a n t of long standing. By L utry, M llm an s e n d s l e t t e r s to P ro f. F l e m i n g B ra d n e y , F loyd M ale t and Nee- la n d B arnes, men whom the w o r l d li a s c l a s s i f i e d a s f a i l u r e s , once of h ig h position. In response, th e th r e e c a ll on h im a t his home. A fte r d in n e r each re la te s the c i r c u m sta n c e s th a t w re c k e d th e ir c a re ers. M llm an con v in ces th e m t h a t th e ir m isfo rtu n e s w ere all d u e to on e m a n , P a u l K axon. CHAPTER IV W hen m idnight wns passed and the tour men very com fortably seated about th e fire, Neeland B arnes began to think there was to be no unm asking of his past. In a sense he was glad. These two men whom he had begun by despising seemed, a fte r all. to hnve cut considerable tlgures once. Barnes was a shrew’d Judge of men. He thought th a t they hud spoken only the truth. T he big mnn w ith the eager, gray eyes was most certainly no grafter. And as to the other, B um es reculled his case well now It was brought to his notice. He had sneered a t the sculptor's odd defense and be lieved It w ith most men about town a very poor excuse. But now he be lieved absolutely In Floyd M alet's In tegrity. In comparison, Neelund Barnes, professional mun-of-the-world, felt ra th e r a poor specimen. “ We now come," said Mllman, b reak ing In on his reflections, “to the case of Mr. Neeland Barnes.” Mr. Neeland B arnes groaned In wardly. E xteriorly he w as urbane »ml grnrlous. “ Shearing the black sheep.” he said. “A lesson to all young men. How not to live.” “Mr. B arnes," said P e ter Mllman, “Is not so complex a type as his fel low-guests. H e aim ed at physical a t tributes ra th e r than Intellectual or a r tistic achievem ents. And he succeed ed Just as they did. I doubt if there Is an Am erican living who excelled In certuln phases of sport us Mr. B arnes did. “H e w as a m an who m ight have passed a blam eless life had his money lasted. T here cam e a tim e w hen Ills relatives would not help and his horses could not win races. Finally, he was accused of some tric k ery a t Saratoga and found his racing career a t an end. Since then he has been living Insecurely on w hat his few rem aining relatives choose to give him.” , "Mr. Mllman,” B arnes said, and there was a certain dignity In his bear ing, “I have been alm ost every sort of a fool In my day. I have thrown aw ay fortunes and gambled and drunk like a madman, but I never pulled any dirty tricks on a race track. I wns ulways out to win and never betted against my own horses. I'm not w hat you m ight cull a reliable man, and I've done things I'm heartily asham ed of now, hut I did not do w hat the S ara toga stew ards believed of me.” “W hat did they believe?” Bradney demanded. He know nothing of racing. "My tra in e r gave evidence before them th a t I Instructed him to dope my entry for the Sarntoga cup so th a t I m ight bet on another horse. Mine w as the favorite. It did go to the post full of bromide, and the horse I w as reputed to hnve bet on won a t long odds. I had the train er aguinst me und the bookm aker, and, because I wns known to be In mone tary difficulties, I wns disbelieved. Not th a t I blame the stew ards. They did th eir duty as they saw It. Some body fixed my train er and tho Jockey. I w as forced out of the racing game, and found I hadn’t a friend In the world. My wife would have believed me, but she w as dead. I used what money I could get hold of to fight the thing, but the mnn, or men, who fram ed me had m ore money. I shall never know who It was." "I know,” said P eter Mllman quiet ly. “You w ere not fram ed, as you term It, by any crooked owner of thoroughbreds. None of them was big enough to pull down a man of your sort. You had traditions and a nnme behind you. Your downfall came be cause you threw a man from the pier a t N arrag an sett Into the A tlantic ocean. Do you rem em ber?” “ Yes," B arnes said slowly, "I think I do. T here w as a woman mixed up In It, hut I forget her nam e now. She w as one of those little fluffy blondes th a t w ere fashlonatde th a t season. Ah, I have It. She was a roof-garden star. A man came up and tried to make a scene. My Aunt Sarah, who was most p a rtícu la :, "'n s coming tow ard us. T he thing would h a re been most dis astro u s because I had turned over a pew lea f the previous evening and a codicil was to be added to her will. F ortunately, the man struck a t me, and I thought the sim plest way out of It w as to drop him In the sea. Aunt Sarah, being short-sighted, did not even see him disappear." Mr. Barnes mused on the thing for a few moments. “Most extraordinary. I never saw him again. T here was no summons, no publicity—nothing. I w as a hit un easy at first lest he should have been 4ro«'ned. hut somebody saw him crawl J Copyright In the U n ite d g u W I U bonne* ashore. I never knew his name, and I never saw the blonde ngaln.” “The man you threw Into the w ater was the man who arranged m atters so th at you should he compelled to give up racing." T here was a trace of trium ph In Mr. M llman's manner. "You will never be able to prove It, so don’t try.” “And 1 hoped he didn’t drown," said Barnes, looking about for sym pathy. “W hat’s his nam e?" B arnes did not doubt his host’s sincerity for a mo ment. “All in good time,” said M llm an; “first let me show yon his photograph.” lie unlocked a draw er and took the picture from an envelope. “Is thnt he?” "As I rem em ber It, yes,” said B a rn e s; “but It’s years ago, and there might be a possibility of error." Mllmnn passed the photograph to Floyd Malet. “Do you recognize him?” There wns excitem ent In the sculp to r’s voice. " It’s the man w ith the A Few H undred Spent In B ribery. fur coat who came to my studio thnt night. T his Is the man, I’ll sw ear. W hat’s his nam e?" “T hat Is the man to whom you all owe your m isfortunes—Paul Hnxon.” It was a thin, narrow face th a t stared back a t them, but It w as not the face of a fool. Few men w ithout the early advantage of flnnnclul tra in ing had Impressed them selves on Wall Street as he had done. T he collapse of International Motors and the fail ure of the H azen Brewer crowd to break him m ade Hnxnn for the mo m ent the m ost spectacular figure In New York. And yet none of M llman's guests had ever before seen a photo graph of him. H e had a knuck of out w itting the new spaper photographers. H e had sm ashed m any enmeras. It had com e'to he understood thnt to a t tem pt to photograph him was to In cur the enm ity of a man who never forgave or forgot. "T hnt he broke Professor B radney wns a precautionary meusure and not horn of any personal malice. No doubt his subordinates had found, the pro fessor was not rich and supposed him ripe for the fall. T here Is hardly u doubt th a t he has m ade enormous nm nunts by these m ethods, alw ays covering him self with hopelessly com prom ised lesser men who dared say nothing. As to Mr. Malet, th a t was merely bad luck and not In the first design. I don’t suppose Ilaxon had anything personal against him, but he recognized the opportunity to escape from a troublesom e position. The only purely personal spite w as In the case of Mr. Neeland Barnes. Itaxon was Intending to buy a big house a t N ar ragansett and e n te rta in largely." “J don't rem em ber the nam e there,” said Barnes. “He left th e pier,” Mllman nn- swered. “Itaxon Is curiously sensi tive to ridicule. H e could not remuln to be pointed out us the m an Neelund B arnes had contem ptuously tossed Into the oceun. It took him several years t o get his revenge, but It was a complete one. H e boasts th a t he never lets up, and ascribes Indian a n cestry to this unam lahlo quality. His most spectacular hatred was th a t my poor friend H azen Brewer incurred. “B rew er committed suicide because he had plunged Into penury a man who was near and dear to him. Tills was a man unused to finance, who tru sted Brewer w ith his fortune and m ortgaged Ills home In a vain effort to save tils friend. Brew er felt dis graced. I think this emotion w as far m ore potent than the fact of ills flnun d a l collapse, lie did not know thnt his friend harbored no liurd thoughts of him and would huve m ade no coin plaints. A fter all, the friend's loss w as very little com pared w ith his downfall." Flem ing Bradney, perhaps the clos est observer of Mllman's guests, wus becoming possessed with a vast Im patience to know for wliat reason he had been summoned. Bradney had the analytical mind of the scientist. There w ere several things In Mllman’s n a r ra tiv e which needed elucidation. "W hy,” he usked suddenly, "did you subscribe to a press-clipping ugency and put a detective on lluxon’s trac k ? ” "Because I had learned through a source entirely confidential th a t It was Itaxon who had ruined Mr. Malet. 1 w as Interested In Mr. Malet. I think th a t m arble group proves It. And I huve said I was Interested In ydur work too. If it had been possible to clear you, I should like to have done so. I am not sure th ere was not some thing of childish vanity In it. I liked to sit here In my lonely, unvisited house und feel I was learning day by day, hour h.v hour, more about a man who believed him self ubove the law and building up tills knowledge Into a weapon ugulust him. But I found he wus so secure as to be able to boast of things that no legal evidence could charge him with. Neeland Barnes, for exumple. A few hundreds spent In bribery, or a few prom ises dropped as to future patronage, and the thing w as accomplished. "All you have done," said Bradney, who w as suddenly assailed with doubts us to Milmnn’s u ltim ate pur pose, “Is to get us here and show us w hat failures we are. T h at Is not kind, unless you have n remedy. Don’t you see it puts us In a very poor light ? A m an may fall and still have self respect left. I decline to consider my self a black sheep. You tell me Raxon ruined my career. I »hull m ake a point of seeing the editors of all the g re at New York papers and telling them whut you hnve said. Too long a certain type of man has ruled our cities In the nam e of dem ocracy.” T here was no doubt now about Pe te r M llm an's uneuslness as he listened. "I thought you understood,” he said quietly, " th a t this conversation w as privileged. If you go to your editors you will do two th in g s : One will be to convince them th a t you have brood ed so long on your troubles th a t you a re mad. The o ther will be to dis close the confidences a dead mun gave me.” "B ut you w ant me to give up the only chance I may ever huve of clear ing my name," Ilrndney complained. “You can never clear It th a t way. I don't think you cun ever hope to defeat Paul Itaxon th a t way." Ills tone changed a little. "Tell me tills Mr. Bradney. Which counts more w ith y o u : the clearing of your nnme of suspicion of dishonesty—not actual conviction of It, remember, for your case never came before a court of law —or the opportunity to devote your life to your chosen science?" “T he latter, of course,” B radaey cried. “It Is only If I establish my Innocence th n t I can hope to get an o ther appointm ent. Such work as mine Is very costly. I m ust have large funds a t my disposal and elaborate equipm ent." "And you?" Milmun said, turning to the sculptor. “If enough mud Is throw n a t a man. no m atter how Innocent he Is, some of It will stick. I have long since aban doned any hope of being whitew ashed In n sense, the equipm ent of the scul(> tor Is expensive. If I were a painter, It would be a different tiling. T here Is no Institution to endow broken, middle-aged men.” "It Is for th at reason I asked you all to come here," Mllman answ ered. “You dou't understand? Gentlemen, I am a broken middle-aged man. In Hazen Brew er’s failure my e n tire for tune went. I mortgaged tills house to help him. Out of the wreck I may save enough to live In a couple of humble rooms for the rest of my life. We are all In the same boat, all four of us victims to Paul Raxon’s whims." "You," Neeland Barnes cried. “You had till sorts of money, I thought." (ffo B E C O N T IN U E D .) Find Red Riding Hood Character in Legend (By BEV. e H yiTy.W ATt.-H u l>. Dean, Morxty Bible In sti tu te of Chicago.) <S5. 1927. W estern Newepfttter ITnlen. > Lesson for June 26 Review—Life and L etters of Peter (Read I Peter 5:1-11). GOLDEN TEXT—Follow me and 1 will make you fishers of men. PRIMARY TOPIC—Lessons from Peter’s Idle. JUNIOR TOPIC—Peter In the School of Christ. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—Peter as a Lea ler YOUNO PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC—Peter’s Life and Work. At best, suggestions ns to the method of review have only a rela tive value. The Individuality of the teacher, the aptitude of the pupils and the departm ent of the school are fac to rs which determ ine the best method to use. T hree methods are suggested, the first two of which are In part taken from "Peloubet's Notes.” I. P eter's Characteristic#. Among the outstanding characteris tics of P eter may he mentioned Impet uosity, leadership, courage, cowardice, chnngeubleness, outspokenness. These tra its and others are to be found In the q uarter's lessons. II. Biographical. The features to be stressed In this plan are P eter’s early life, disciple- ship, sad fall, restoration, preaching a t Pentecost, Imprisonment, writings. III. The Summary Method. Lesson for A pril 3. Je su s had first called Peter and John to become Ills disciples. A fter w ards he called them to become fish ers of men. He first calls sinners to come to IHm for salvation and then calls those who are saved to serve Him In winning others to C h rist Lesson for A p ril 10. Following tho feeding of the five thousand, some were disposed to com pel C hrist to be king. Seemingly to prevent the disciples from entangle m ent In this movement He sent them across the sea. From Ills place of prayer In the mount lie saw them struggling against the storm on Lake Galilee and went to their rescue, speaking words of comfort. At his In vitation P eter wnlked on the water, but when he took his eyes off of the Savior he began to sink. Lesson for A p ril 24. To revive the Crushed hopes of the disciples and to show them how the kingdom wns to ho realized, Christ was trunsflgured before them. Lesson fo r M ay 1. P e ter’s downfall began when he re fused to hoar about the cross. The steps In his downfall were self-con fidence, sleeping a t the post of duty, lack of prayer, zeal w ithout knowl edge, following C hrist nfnr off, wnrm- I Ing him self a t the enem y's fire, and | open denial. The look of Jesus ; brought him to repentnnee. Lesson for M ay 8. Upon word by Mary th at the Lord’s tomb wns empty, P eter and John hur riedly made on Investigation. After Jesus had shown H im self to be nllve by m any infallible proofs He recom missioned Peter. Resurrection must be beyond a peradventure before there can be m issionary effort. B a it V iol F o rm i Cart DR. W. WTRHODES 09T E 0P T U T IC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office in Llchthorn Bldg. Estocads Buttermilk Cream Butter Cheese Geo. Lawrence & Son. Phone 37-3 DR. CHAS. P. JOHNSON DENTIST Office Hour» : 9 A M. to 5 P. M. Evenings hy Appointment P h o n es: Office. HI: l-v-U- 1 .■?>«•,«, 5051 ESTACADA, OREGON GATES FUNERAL HOME S. E. 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Freer Trophy the second time in two years. 'I he same price as the regular large loaf. Sold at Your Favorite rants in Estacada and Vicinity. n r* J\/T L O N G LO AF rLiecUmtaAic/ifmUcti^n^miif Lesson for M ay 15. F ifty days a fte r Christ ascended the Holy Spirit w as poured out. When the prom ise of the F a th er was sent the disciples were empowered for witnessing of Christ. Lesson for M ay 22. In the power of the Holy Spirit P eter w rought m iracles and witnessed for C hrist with such power th at grent num bers were added unto the church Lesson for May 29. A fter Pentecost I’cter, who had cowered before a Jew ish maid and shamefully denied his Lord, witnessed for C hrist In spite of persecution. Lesson fo r June 5. In keeping with C hrist’s command to w itness to the ends of the earth the m issionary program had so wid ened as to Include the Gentiles. Cor nellua, a prom inent Gentile of good reputation among the Jew s, was used of God to break down the middle wall of partition. Lesson for June 12. P e ter wns the gospel. I the church. God sent an Imprisoned for prenclilni; A g reat crisis was upon The church prayed and angel to deliver Peter. Though C hristians are sojourners In basket. Arriving nowhere w ith his suit he carried the damsel off to a the earth they have responsibilities as neighboring city where be finally de citizens. They should he obedient to serted her. The uncle’s w rath was so the laws of the country. aroused th a t he left his seclusion to Dwell Deep search for her In the gttlse of a cava tier, and finding her a fte r a great ex It Is God's will th a t I should he pendlture of time, energy and money serene and strong and brave. He does brought her hack and walled her uj not mean for me to be despairing or In a cell heslde him. T here she spent depressed. Day by day He will give 13 years and tradition has It that me a m easure of strength adequate m any m iracles were wrought hy fht for each emergency. "Dwell deep, my two for pilgrim s who visited them .— soul, dwell deep I”—C hristian O h K ansas City Times. server. A Berlin musical Instrum ent hnus uses a double-bass viol of full nrclies tral size, mounted on a tricycle, for i delivery cart. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW W s will take care of any legal business you may have Insurance, Loans and Collections Lesson for A p ril 17. To give the disciples a clear concep tion of Ills person, to prepare them for the dark hour of the cross, Jesus put to them two questions, “Who do men say I am?" (R. V.) “Who say ye th a t I am ?” (R. V.) One’s concep tion of C hrist’s person determ ines. Ids character and his service. Lesson for June 19. L ittle Bed Riding Hood w as a real girl, but her history has been altered In Its Journey down to modern n u r series. Abraham of Chiuna, a knight of the Seventh century, who claimed a girl named Mary as his niece, walled himself up In a solitary cell as a monk a fte r changing his mind at th s altar about matrimony. Mary used to don her red hood each day and carry boiled milk and b utter to her uncle, passing It to him through the one win dow of his cell. The form er knight also was visited by a monk whose nam e w as W olf and whose character according to ancient historians, quite Justified the appellation. He used to fall In with Mary and would make pleasant Inquiries concerning the con dlm ents beneath the napkin In her W. A. Heylman Wm. VV. Smith True Faith T rue faith detaches from the world and tin In proportion as It attaches to Christ.—F. B. Meyer. Give Him One of I6ur Cards,Bob! /Two rrv-m In a sedan and a farmer and his boy In a smaller car had stopped on a country road for a short discussion of business in general. The farmer and one of the men from town were old friends. The other was unknown to him. "Give Mr. Hartley one of your cards. Bob," sug- ted the farmers friend You ought to do soma tneas with him before long." 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