Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-04

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| snE-w NEVER SEEN TO TURN HIS EYES"
young captain TOOK the hint and walked
away.
as he a lunatic or Is he shamming?"
muttered Harry to himself, as he looked
about in search Of his mother, to whom
he made known the astonishing fact
that this eccentric tourist was we'll &C.
quainted with their family.
The Gernanc was well on her way
across the Atlantic before the truth
| leaked out that the eccentric English
man In the white buster was no
less parsonage than Mr. Joshua Mer-
rift, the retired Liverpool lock manu-
facturer, worth a cool IL ,000,0 ster.
ling. At once there was hutter among
the women, young and old, and the hui
man talking machine was kept busy
squeaking out in excruciating monotony
the sole phrase which 1t seemed capa BILE
Of utterins-"Ihat's so; yes, that's SO:
that's so; yes, that's So"
| Mrs. Waldron had not abandoned all
idea OF taking second husband, only
he must be rich, very rich, SO that Harry
might resign from the army and they
be enabled to settle down in gay and
| frivolous New York, the Paris Of the
| uoW NOIlu. MI. MtlIllu IlAlol llS Ulll
exactly. What harm did his eccentrici-
ty do? AS for his checGer-board trous-
crs, high CATERS. etc., once hers she
would soon make another man of him.
But although it was only too evident
that the heart Of the machine man felt
the warmth of this radiant soul, yet he
stood firm, or rather sat firm in his
steamer chair. Once he so far forgot
himself as to invite the wonderful
woman" to sit down beside him. Gin
Chi was asleep. The moon was full.
The supreme moment SCENE to have
arrived. After Oil almost endless string
OF Yes. that's $685." Mrs. Waldron
succeeded in dragging in the remark
that nothing was moro beautiful than
moonlight night at sea. Yes, that's
so! Yes, that's sol" squeaked Mr..
Merritt, but l would like it better" he
added after pause, ii the man in the
moon only wore hat-yes. that's SO,
that's so" he repeated slowly over and
over, and then the clock-work came to a
dead 81 andstill. The man OF 5000, 900
and Cine Chi, his factotum, were both
sound asleep.
CHAPTER H.
No one drew muscle as Mr.. Joshua
Merritt, clio ely followed by Gin Chi,
loaded like a pa kmu!e with valises, hat
boxes, canes and umbrellas, strobe into
the corridor OF the BrevoOrt House, and
approaching the desk, set Gown in a
bold, staff hand the words: Josh Mer-
rift and man servant. Liverpool. Peo-
pie are accustomed to curious types in
q cosmopolitan city like New York, and
to eccentric EnSlishmen in particular
at the Brevoort. The rich manufacturer
had softened little bit in taking leave
OF Mrs. Waldron on the wharf and had
a tually invited mother and son to visit
him in England the next year. Mrs.
Waldron was delighted.
And now comes the question: What
was this strange pair-one hailing from
the extremity OF Asia and the other
IRON the extremity Of Europe-doing in
New York? Where were they bound?
How did 1t happen that they should be
racing around the world together, the
one footing the bills. the other doing
the work! II we listen to their conver-
sation, possibly it may all come out.
But, first and foremost, brief word
concerning the Celestial in the service
of the Anglo-Saxon. This son Of the
Orient had not laid aside his national
oarb. He still wore the chemise (tethan
chaoD the tunic Una couaD the robe
(haoD buttonei on the side. aud the
loose trousers with cloth belt. His
name was Gin Chi, and he deserved it,
for it signiiied lazy man. and such he
was, il there ever was one. Neither
work nor danger seemed to quicken his
pace. II ten steps were required to ex-
ecute q commission. 1t went undone; II
twenty were necessary to escape dan
ger, he took his chances. The wonder
is that Merritt's stock OF patience did
not finally become exhausted. But the
truth is, the Englishman had become
accustomed to Gin CHS peculiarities.
and he now liked him for his defects.
When his orders were not executed he
executed them himself. This simplified
matters. 1t was quite possible that the
day was not far distant when he would
act as Gin Ghi's body servant Nc
doubt the Chinaman was inclined to
think SO, and to his mind 1t would only
be fair turn about. In the meantime.
while waiting for this piece Of good
luck, Gin Chi was obliged to follow his
master wherever the sweet will VI that