The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-28
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that" v
"bscnuse you are not n %fnancier. Say b.
mas committed n thousand crimes. Cor
talnly limits a low estimate. by tho look ol
nag committed all Of = million. But call 1t
only u thousand to DO perfectly safe; five
Thousand reward, multiplied by n Thousand,
$4,000, OO0n ~
".Wait, let me get my. breath.' NJ
.And the property understandable. Per
potunlly fruitful, perpetnally; for Il prop
cry with his disposition will go on com
uniting crimes and winning rewards"
whirlr!" -"
"Let it whirl, it won't do any harm.
now that matter is all fixed. leave it alone.
~ get up the company and Issue the stock
n'i IN good time. just leave it my hands.
\ Judge you don't doubt my ability to work
it up for all it is worth"
TRUTH. ~
AN right, then. That's disposed of.
Everything in its turn. We old operators
business with us. What's the next thing
on the docket? The carrying on OF the
mnterialization--the bringing it down to
GATE; l. will begin on that at once. l
Lllnk-" rlHH-
Look here, Rossmore. You didn't lock
IL IN. A hundred to one it has escaped"
Calm yourself as to that; don't give
yourself any uneasiness."
But why shouldn't it e%scape?"
Let IT, il it wants to! What of it?n
well ! shonld consider it q pretty SER
'ons calamity"
Why. my dear boy. once in my power al
ways Ill my power 1t may 90 and come
ITHHlV. NAn vNro1r.,a ~ l..o l,-x.. I
want il, just by the exercise Of my will.'
Well, am truly glad to hear that, / do
assure you.'
Eyes, | shall give it all the painting it
Wants TO do, and we and the family will
make 1t as comfortable and contented az we
can. NO occasion to restrain it's movements.
l nope to persuade it to remain pretty quiet.
though, because a NATURALIZATION which ID
IN a state of arrested development must of
necessity be pretty soft and f1abby and sub
stanceless,' and-er-by the way, I wonder
where it cone from?"
How? What do You mean2"
The earl pointed significantly and inter-
started, then settled into deep reflection,
finally shook his head sorrowfully and
pointed downward.
toni"
We'll. I hardly know; but really you can
ooe' youtne!I, LuaG ne doesn't seem to be
plnlng for Iris last place."
ITS we'll thought. Soundly deduoed.
We've done that thing a favor. But I be-
lieve l will pump it a little in a quiet way
ana lind out if we are right.''
"How long is it going. to take to finish
MN OF ana fetch him down to date,
colonel?" '
II wish I knew, but I don't. I am clear
knocked out by this new detail-this
foreseen necessity of working a subject
down gradually from his condition Of an
cestor to his ultimate result as posterity.
But IN make him hump himself, anyway"
"ROssmore!'
Yes. dear. We're in the laboratory.
Come, Hawkins in here. Mind. now. Haw-
I'll the family. don't forget that. Here she
comes"
Keep your seats, I'm not coming in. i
just wanted to ask who is it that's painting
down there?"'
"Ihat? Oh, that's a young artist; young
hnellshman. named Tracy; very promising
-tavorlte pupil of Hans Christian Ander-
sen or one of tho other old masters-Ander
sen: I'm pretty sure it is; he going to half
sole some OF our old Italian masterpieces.
Been talking to him?"
well, only a word. I stumbled right in
on him without ever expecting ANYBODY
was there. tried to be polite to aim; Of
AShSN AAiH u bAaCA loolloFS u0l1Vef6Q q large
wink to Hawkins from behind his handy,
but be declined. and said he wasn't hun
CRY (another sarcastic winkl, SO I brought
some apples double wink and he ate a
couple Of
"What!n' and the colonel sprang some
yards toward the ceiling and came down
quakinR with astonishment.
Lady Rossmore was smltten dumb with
amazement. She gazed at the sheepish
relic of Cherokee strip, then at her hus-
band, and then at the guest again. Finally
she said: '
What is the matter with you, Null
berry?'
He did not answer Immediately. His
back was turned; he was bending over his
chair, feeling the seat of it. But he n
swered next moment, and said:
"Ah, there it is; it was a tack"
The lady contemplated him doubtfully a
moment. then said, pretty snappishly:
"All that for a tack! Praise goodness it
wasn't u shingle nail; it would lave landed
you in the milky way. l do hate to have
my nerves shook up So" And she turned
on her heel and went her way.
AS soon as she was safely out, the colonel
said in a suppressed voice:
Come, we must see for ourselves. It
must be a mistake
They hurried softly down and peeped in.
Sellers whispered in q sort of DESPAIR:
1T is eating. What a grisly spectacle!
Hawkins, it's horribIe! lake me away-i
can't stand it."
They tottered back to tho laboratory.
(To BE C~oNTINUED.l