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HOME AND FARM MAQA23KE SECTION SERIAL.
A Fool and His Money-By George Barr McCutcheon
Copyright. MIS, by George Barr McCutcheon.
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BVNOrg OF PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS.
Tb tha opening Installmanti ot "A Fool and Hit Money," (leo. Barr MoCotcheon's
charming novel, we learn of John Bellamy Smart, the young man who U telling this
lory. He haa Just written his firat novel, and at the aame time haa (alien heir to an
Immense fortune left him by hl uncle. Bmart takes a trip on the River Danube. Ha
discovert an ancient cattle, which he purchasea from an Austrian Count With bit c
retary, Poopendyke. he takea postesslon. It It tuppoted to be tenanted only by the care
taker and bis family the Schmlcks. Later Smart finds a woman who la In postesslon
of a wing of the castle that It barred to him. She grant! a brief Interview, but refuses
to leave The servants appear to be in league with her, and Smart la In a quandary.
Later he meets her and Is captivated by her wit and beauty. He finds that ah e is di
vorced from ft worthiest and tchemlng Austrian Count, who was awarded. tha custody
of the luily'a child The Count iK'nunds l.00,0OO from his rich American father-in-law,
when he would give It up. The mother abducts the child and select the caatlt at a
...j r . a.... ,Pr.hlA with thH mil hnrlripa hut ridnes to assist the (air
divorcee, although she warns him of the daneer. A number of visitor makes It difficult
to keep secret the pretence of the Countett In the cattle. One truest, familiar with the
cattle, almost comes upon Smart and the Counteat unawares. The woman escapes out
llamt a door behind her. The visitor suspects Smart of an Intrigue with the wife of hit
valet Finally the party leavet and Smart It relleveu. Tha Count turns up again ana
asks for a loan of money, but Is refused. He leaves after Smart ueea rather plain lan
guage. The Countett tellt Smart aha married blindly, and he believet her Unknown to
himself he haa fallen In love with her She telle him he Intendi to marry again, but
does not aay whom. The Count and a confederate plan to swindle Smart, but thl latter
knocks the Count dowu and orders the men out of the castle Mrs. Titus, mother of the
Countess, arrives with two tons, posing as Smart's mother. Old friends droo in unex
pectedly. It la learned that a Baron hat challenged the Count to a duel
The Baron Is killed and the Count fleet until the affair has blown over in
disguise the countess leaves the castle to fly to safety on her father's yacht. Smart
kisses her and thinks she hntes him for It
The Countess gets away safely. The Count makes Smart an amazingly liberal otrer
for the castle, which the latter considers favorably.
thf of rubbish lay heaped In one There was a time when I did you an I. "This Is your chance, don't let it ful feeling of relief. It was not so
,'iw f the room, swept up and Injustice. I suspected you of keeping slip." He looked at me so steadily hard to say to myself that Lord Am-
i-k i.rt there bv the big Schmicks to your mistress here. Pray forgive my for a moment that I was In some fear benlale was welcome to her, but it
f J'',1, ae.rJL D.L house-cleaning error." he would not let It slip. was very, very difficult to refrain
i I " Tarnowsy at first Five days later I was snugly Before I had been in London a week from adding the unanuable words.
IVl T the hertn curiously, then rather ensconced in the ducal suite at the it became perfectly clear to me that I "damn him
fntentlv Suddenly he strode across the Bristol, overlooking the Kartnerrlng- could not stretch my stay out to any- This rigid, pur tanlcal principle of
room ndhiwrYy rooted amonz the stra.se. bereft of my baronial posses- thing like a period of tw, , months In- mine however d,d not dec We agatnst
h and ends with the toe ui nits n'una out hui m n nun. , j iviuv w v ". j - . .
mid
hl?hlv nolished boot.
To mv horror a dilapidated doll de
tached itself' and rolled out upon the
floor a well-remembered treasure of
Rosemary's and so unique in appear-
ce that 1 doubt It mere was unuiuei
di
t
.nee mm uuu". '' "J j f a born citizen can become a feudal baron Aiauretania, ana tnen uvea in a
II 1110 n i,, i,, .... --- , - .. .. nu v rtna nf iiiq fln npi ttrn nnia a nv nr nnnnvA nrean lor ipnr in con- .e !.,. ...nMi.i T nnw oci
lstinct recollection of being told tnat American-born girl can founded American tourists might have . the' ebullience of spirit
he child's father had painted in the dved-in-tbe-wool gobbled ud all of the cabins. They are l'??f S", 'Lef 01 tTJ U
Hirtu uinai, """" 1.: Hh Countess or Duchess because some one always going nome it seems to me, &,.,.. vallev of Virginia is infii
decorated the original " l""' ,v" needs the money more than she does, and they are always trying to get on SJori? at tractive to me and I
miikuioi bm ;co v - - t t wnitii ho niiii rr mnn n p. rnn- n a nt;. a umnr tunai a r id. i r an iiiy
had been short-lived. It Is one thins my passage home inside of two weeks, with a. divorcee.
to write novels about mediaeval castles I was restless, dissatisfied, homesick. CHAPTER XX.
and quite another thing to try to write On the ninth day I sent Poonfcndyke , rh.mr r:ur,i,n snol.
a novel in one of them. I trust I may to the booking office of the steamship h' T chance announced
never again be guilty of such arrant company with instructions to secure I have, by any chance, announce.
Rimilrlitv si tr. think ih.it nn American- passage for the next sailine of the earlier in, this narrative that tne ai-
siate ley ot tne uonau is tne garaen spui
you
that
arm
initely
make
haste to rectify any erroneous Impres
sion I may have given, while under
the spell or something my natural
modesty forbids me to describe.
If you happen not to know the Warm
Springs Valley, permit me to say that
you are missing a great deal. It is
a garden spot and but why discourse
upon a subject that is so aptly
handled by the gentlemen who supply
railway folders with descriptive ma
terial and who will tell you in so
many words that God's noblest work
was done in tne green nins ana vaies
aiiway lomer
this and
-." iiuwucre in mi me wii nn rv 1115 m , u6,iu hvl ituic 1.,- sovp mc a great deal of time ana
1 to joyous and blithe and worth while as family for a month or two and that troJ,le besides giving you a sensible
and "old New York": nowhere were the Lord Amberdale i8 to Join them there, 'eouate "Idea ol plow to get therS
top wnen you reacn
together witn tne
price of Pullman tickets and the na
ture of the ailments you are supposed
to have if you take the waters. It is
only necessary for me to say that It
is a garden spot and that you don't
have to change cars if you take the
right train out of New York City, a
condition which does not obtain If
you happen to approach from the op
posite direction.
I arrived there early one bright No
vember morning, three days after
landing in New York. You will be
rendered unhappy, I fear, by the an
nouncement that 1 left Mr. Poopen
dyke behind. He preferred to visit an
aunt at New Itochtlle and I felt that
he deserved a vacation. Hritton, 01
blue, a sardonic tribute to tne nome .. wi , transform a noble nuke einerlence abroad. I've never known
land of her mother. nt0 a j,iajn American citizen, so there time when Americans were not tumb-
T ii.ttr. nu-nv fln hpi stOObed and ...... aHn lino Aval. Anh nhat Irvinv In cnt h&t-le
IpIiaH un thA Roiled, discarded effigy. r n'nna ,.....' mn,la Aftai, a fnrt. In 'ow Vnrk In HmA to catch fl. cer-
Vhcn next I looked at him, out of the nKlt (n yjenna, I expected to go west tain train for home, wherever that
corner ol my eye. ne wu ngimug i to London for the Autumn, and tnen may oe. But roopcnayite managea it
doll at arm's length and staring at it t,ack t0 j;ew York. Strange to relate, somehow. He must have resorted to
with fixed gaze. I knew that he recog- j was i,omeBick. Never before had my bribery.
nixed it. There could be no doubt im thoughts turned so restlessly, so wist- I awoke one morning to find a long
his mind as to the identity of that tell- fny t tf,e haunta of my boyhood and I was about to say Interesting
tale object. My heart was thumping daya t began to long for the lights letter from the Countess! It was a
fiercely. of Broadway (which I had scornfully very, commonplace communication I
a inRimtt lnier lie relolned me. but desulsed in other davs). and the gay found on the third or fourth reading.
,,.f a Hi, i h utter concerning the nencm kerv of Fifth avenue at four in The etim and substance of Its contents ,,,.,, .,.
strange discovery be had made. His the afternoon. It seemed to me that was the Information that she was go- m op,.,..!,,, vnu'with all t
face was set and pallid, and his eyes nowhere in all the world was life so ing to Virginia Hot Springs with the "' mc a great deal of ti
were mlstv. involuntarily 1 iiwutu iu
im .. - 1 , .a,.n 4n l.lu hnn.l tint
in that glance observed the buiging theaters so attraellve, nowhere such It appeared that her father, being and "where "to stop
urface In lils coat pociiei. restaurants, even, in reuusijeci, Bn-ny uicmuincu, va.n m nccu - vour iournev s end
In silence we stood there awaiting subway looked alluring, and as for the rest, and as the golf links at Hot fcice Jof Pullman tii
v, ...,m,u,pi, nf Knks. who had gone Kifth-iivenun staerea they were too Springs are especially designed to
Into one of the adjoining rooms. I eon- beautiful for words. Ah, what a build- make It easy for rich men, his doctor
fess that my hand trembled as I lighted er of unreal things a spell of home- had ordered him to that delightful re-
a freh cigarette. He was staring sickness may become if one gives it sort. She hoped the rest would put
nioodilv at the floor, his hands clasped half a chance! him on his feet again. There was a
behind' his back. Something smacking As for Schloss Rothhoefen, I had It page or so of drivel about Amberdale
of real Intelligence ordered me to hold on excellent authority (no less a person and what he expected to do at the
mv tongue 1 smoked placidly, yet than Conrad Schmiek himself) that New York Horse Show, a few lines
waited fur the outburst. It did not barely had I shaken the dust of the concerning Rosemary; and a brief, al-
come It never came. He kept his place from myself before the new mas- most curt intimation that a glimpse
thoughts his emotions to himself, and ier put Into execution a most extra- or two of me would not be altogether
for that 'single display of restraint on ordinary and incomprehensible plan of displeasing to her if I happened to be
his part I shall always remember htm reconstruction. In the first place, he coming that way.
as a true descendant of the nobility. gave all the servants two weeks- no- It may be regarded as a strange
' We tramped down the long flights of lice, and then began to raze the castle coincidence that I instructed Britton
stairs side bv side followed by the from the bottom upward instead of the that very evening to see that my golf
.nnUrfiuniia Mr Saks who did all of the other way round, as a sensible person clubs were cleaned up and put into
talking, lie was, 1 tniim, uimuuiniiih nilwh n,c ..-.; --- c , - - course, aecompaniea me. ne is inais-
on the extraordinary ability of ancient was knocking out the wa Is in the course near London, where I had been pengaDlCi and,' so far as I know, hasn't
builders, but I am not absolutely cer- cellars and digging up the stone floors put up by an English author, and who J1, fainest , otion ot whai a vacation
tain I am confident Tarnowsy did not with splendid disregard for Jhat omin- was forever d.ng-dotiging at me to n'eea,'ls ,, he conslAB employ
hear a word the fellow said. ous thing known as a cataclysm. The come out and let him put it all over f h , sm,h nt At
In my study we found Poopendyke grave question in the minds of the me. I went put and bought a new h n mentioned a
and I the two atrangeis. servants was whether the usual and brassie to replace the one "stroyecl refatjon , nced of a vislt from him.
"Have you made out ine papers: hp- jimkhns uishusuji .- " . Vi""' , ? i.7;..h ...i.h Before eaving .New York 1 haa a
mand.,,1 the Count harshly. An ugly tice wouldnt prove a trifle too long youth, and before I got through with rathpr nn0asant encounter with my
... - u,, ho Hi,i nfiar nil in fact. Hawkes. witn an it una a new nutter, a nunicK ana a
not direct It toward me. Indeed, he Inspiration worthy of an office boy, spoon, neither of which I needed for
seemed to a old looking at me at all. managed to produce a sick grand- the excellent reason that I already
"Yes Count Tarnowsy," said the law- mother and got away from the place possessed a half dozen of each,
vcr 'They are ready for the signa- at the end of one week, although hav- Keyed up to a high pitch of en-
' ' ' ' ine been paid In full for two. thusiasm, I played golf for ten days,
"Perhaps Mr. Smart may have re- The day on wlflch I left for Paris and found n,y friend to be a fine
;J""'a l.i. ff.,r tn n." said still saw Tarnowsyvat work with his sportsman. Like all Englishmen, he
ujiimii,.h ii'.t i.awAinliv hottarini, Hnutn the took n bearing prncefnllv hut (rnve
" walls of the grim old stronghold, and me to understand that lie had been
of reconsidered" I said I chuckled to myself. It was quite having a good deal of trouble with
ot reconsiaeieu, i a.a vldcnt that he ArCt founa tne hid. rheumatism or neuritis in his right
fla-ii here Mr. Smart." ing place up to that time. . elbow. On the last day we played he
Tarnowsy
tracts.
"I have r
quietly.
"You may
took succeeded in bringing me in two down
document, a simple contract, I found, myself off to London. I was expect- and I ve never seen neuritis dispersea
"fanner Titus w 11 oiler mote man ing tetters i mimaon, na; j u ?.: .'" "-..
r ,1. .firH tn nav" said thu Count, ways take rooms, not because I think remember distinctly that he com-
f-P?. do not feel that 1 am taking It is the best hotel in Indon but be- plained bitterly of the pain in his el-
.Kl nnf.fr Advantage of you I am cause I am. to some extent a creature of bow when we started out, and that he
5 so" tely certaKat h want, !o habit. My mother took me to Clarldge's was as fit as a fiddle at the elgh-
h ,iv this Place for-his granddaughter, when I was a boy and I saw a wonder- teenth hole. He even went so far as
S ries enJant of bTroiw." ful personage at the door whom I was to implore me to stay over till the
The slgiUficancrof his remark was pleased to call the King Ever since next sailing of the Mauretania.
i i L .IT tt it.. th nearest he then I have been go ng to Claridge s But I took to the high seas. Mr.
??Zr c'mJ to uttlring tne "conviction and while my first kin A dead there is Poopendyke cabled to the Homestead
fliar had been formed in that illuml- one in his place who "bids fair to live at Hot Springs for suitable accommo-
natfiig five " minutes i upstairs. Tf he long, albeit no one shouts encourage- dations. I cannot remember when I
Sni iaf(ed-Rivd 1 think he did he ment to him. He wears the most had been so lorehanded as all that,
Sre'fcrrcd not to ask .he questions gorgeo,,s buttons ever seen and and .wonder what my secretary
lliat miiuiiaieraii. . , "" r,iiv not crastlnate
SLmnn?. ration of se f restraint. I Nebuchadnewar. He works from seven I almost forgot to mention a trifling
dpJn.?T,s,,.li0"... J .m.h i Z been In the morning until seven at night, bit of news that came to me the day
.rri . ,,h his Innermost thoughts, and he has an imperial scorn for any-
r .i. k nomioxcd movements of thing smaller than hall a sovereign.
IU .i" f - Thura mm Iranv 1
h a m n, . ' ......
before sailing. Elsie Hansard wrote
In ereat perturbation and at almost
letters waiting unfeeling length to tell me (hat Count
publishers. It was in the nature of a
luncheon at which I was led to believe
that thev still expected me to supply
(hem with the manuscript of a novel
at a very, early date. They seemed
considerably, put out when 1 blandly
informed them that I had got no
farther along than the second chapter.
"We have been counting on this
hook ot yours for January publica
tion," said they.
I tried to explain that the muse had
abandoned me in a most heartless
fashion.
"But the public demands a story
from you," said they. "What have you
been doing all Summer?"
"liomnnclng," said I.
1 don't know just how it came about,
but the suggestion 'was made that I
put into narrative form the lively his
tory "of my sojourn on the banks of
the Danube, trusting implicitly to the
imagination yet leaving nothing to it
"But it's all such blithering rot,"
said T.
"So much the better," said they tri
umphantly even eagerly.
"T do not suppose that you, as pub
lishers, can appreciate the fact that an
author may have a soul above skit
tles." said I Indignantly. "I cannot, I
will not write a line about myself,
gentlemen. Not that I consider the
subject sacred but "
Wait! cried the junior member,-
Tar1.ow 3 Aline. I had encouraged ly mythical Rothhoefen treasure chests 'r-your 'Ve' lin Mr
"whether jYis whim shall be gratl- the hope that she might write to me; and was reputed to have found gold vv,mart -bllt T have an idea-a splendid
sav wnetner niu )t w.as t)ie least sne cmlld do )n return and precious Jewels worth at least a jd)?a jt 80ives t)ie wnoie question
Ills llns twitched. I saw his hand for all that I had done for her. not- million dollars. The accumulated prod- v secreiarv is a most competent;
to nib he "bulging coat-pocket with a withstanding my wretched behavior ucts of a century s thievery ! The hoard capahle voung man and a genius after
-.iff ,s.i,i movement on the last day of our association, of all the robber bare is! Tarnowsy s! fashion I propose that he writs
8 "VillP5'oi e good enough to sign, While I had undoubtedly offended in Strange to say I dfd not writhe nor fJ'Vory We' pay him a Sump sum
he? said coldly. He the most flagrant manner, still my act snarl with disappointment and rage. for lne work pu't Jom, mlme fn tne
Glanced at" his watch. "My time is was not unpardonable. There was I took the news with a sang frold llmt cover, and there you are. All y.ou will
viable When car. you give pos- tribute, not outrage n my behavior almost killed poor Pcopendyke. He ,av , do , t edit , , lnaterlal.
I..iR,ni "nL" " Poopendyke fidgeted a good deal never quite got over It. How s that'"
bc?.tSIv the deed Is transferred." with the scanty results of my literary , Nor was 1 especially disturbed or A , ram , pn t r took
days
"I'he nav ine acru i urtii.-.,r,,,... - . . ... - , . -
T l ot will be in less than three labors, rattling tne lypeo pages m nmi m i"e mcsi.m m l''
lbBt wm U' ,i ,i. .atino- wav Un nllArl hla once t received on honrd sh n from
I have satisiiea mjse, in, "". " ',L''' " '.'tl,.; f,u,n T,n., himself. Ho coulil not re
s' was in no slst the temptation to gloat. I shall
utio id dear There need ue no ue- mat'iime miu mtrauu i,tH""j,
liv.w l.,,f T fallal T, rffmnnn
Wo sinned the contract after I had mood for writing. He said to me one not repeat the message for the simple
we ?jnf" V',,,, 'v 1 t read it aloud day: reason that I do not wish to dignify
toqmete it ?Xa fo? he payment of "I don't see why you keep a secre- it by putting It Into permanent form.
f?ftv thousand kronen, or a little over tary. Mr. Smart. I don't begin to cam We were two days out when I sue-
4u,Jo.,li nminSi Bieriins: at the mv salt.' ceeded In setting my mind at rest in
i?.? si T"n1nS Hhj law handed "Salt. Mr. Poopendyke," said I, "is respect to Aline, Countess Tarnowsy.
J10a nackSSe of crisp banknotes and the cheapest thing 1 know of. Now if I had not (bought of It before, but I
t A a rfn- von nan snirt neoner l mtirnr. natise ro reitiemeren mi oi a suimrii uiai i nciu
naVfct mn to count
liberstely, the purchaser looking on
with a sardonic smile.
"Correct," said I, laying the pack
age on the table. He bowed very
d!"Are von satisfied, Mr. Smart, that
there aro no counterfeits among
them?" he Inquired with pollto irony
Then to bis lawyer: Take tne gentle
reflect. But I am absolutely. Inexor- decided scruples against marrying a
ably opposed to rating anything on a divorced woman. Of course, that sim-
myself off that evening for Hot rtprinfrs,
secure in the thought that. Poopendyke
would attend to my literary estate far
more capably than I could do it my
self, and that my labors later on would
be pleasantly devoted to the lazy task
of editing, revising and deleting a tale
already lold. .
If you are lucky enough to obtain
rooms in the Homestead, looking out
over the golf course, with the wonder
ful November colorings in the bills and
gaps beyond; over the casino, the tennis
courts and the lower levels of the fash
ionable playground, you may well say to
yourself that all the world is bright
y
salt basis. If you" pllfied matters. When one has pre-
"You know what I mean," he said conceived notions about such matters
stiffly. "I am of no use to you." they afford excellent material to fall
"Ah " said I triumphantly, "but vou back upon, even though he may have
forget! Who Is it that draws the disregarded them after a fashion while , vallev in the direction of Warm
salary checks for yourself and Brit- unselfishly thinking of some one else. V,ngs
the gentle- ton, ana wno neeim ine iotuiim na i w, iiiniiun ui iMin ,n the air of an i,ldia .summer and
man s receipt lor tne amount, in me m'"" ; v' ," ' : , , "i " r", r Yv V reuo eni wun tne incense oi Autumn.
jrreseUof witnesses. Thl. isahusl- J r., l- checks, pr In .pie of "'J. h.d ,h. effect of Britton .reminded me, that It was a
'.'ansae, ton, nui v. , . . ,-.-, vunr n. troi,iv a B'" "" "' "f V" .""..."" " l
Jt was the msuit ncriect. i u . ,","" rlij .k.r.i nV.i; .Vi, ii.T once reminuea mat nritton is an ex-
nrenared to take tils dopar- wouldn't hesitate to call you a bloom- I did about marriage with divorcees r((ent chap whose opinions are al-
tu
ness
chance."
As he prepaied to take his dopar- wouldn't hesitate to call sou a bloom- I did about marriage with divorcees, fcn Ve opinion
,UnSJHnfeTnoUare ' 1. " T" ways Vorthconsidering
"P"I 5we j"ou an ai-ofogy, Mr! Smart g "But he v. ho hesitate, is lost," tid Uerned. I experienced a ruber doubt- (To Be Continued.)