Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-01


stood among the three men.
what is the matter?" he asked softly.
"Has anything happened to the lady? Is
she ill?"
A SILVER went through Edith. There
was something familiar in the voice, but
unfamiliar in the tone.
''Lost her ticket and hasn't got any
money" answered the collector.
"Pooh, money! said the newcomer,
contemptuously. II have money. Where
has the lady come from? How much is
the fare? Here you are" The new
conner held out his hand to the collector
with money in it.
''This gentleman offers to pay, miss"
said the collector, turning to Edith. Am
to take the money!
The girl swayed to and fro, and did not
answer. 1t was plain she had heard what
had been said. Her movement was an
acknowledgment she had heard. She did
not answer because she did not know
what to say. Two powerful emotions
were conflicting in her. The feeling of
weakness was passing away. She was
trying to choose between jail for so the
matter seemed to herr and deliverance at
his hands.
"Of course the lady will allow me to
arrange this little matter for her. She
can pay me back at any time. l will give
her my name and address: Oscar Leigh.
Forbes bakery, Chetwynd street"
Leigh was standing in front Of her,
leaning on his stick and gazing intently
at her. With Il cry of astonlshment he
let his stick fall and threw up his arms.
Miss Grace! Miss Grace, as | am alive!
Miss Grace here. Miss Grace here
now!
He dropped his arms. His cry and
manner bereft her of the power Of speech.
She felt abashed and COMPOUNDED. She
seemed to have treated badly this man
who had just delivered her from serious
and humiliating difficulty.
'Pray excuse me- he said bowling low
and raising his hat as he picked up his
stick. 'The sight of you astonished me
out Of myself. l thought you were miles
and miles away. I thought you We're at
Ethan House. To what great misfor-
tune does my poor mother owe your alb
sence? You are not-pease say you are
not i'll ?"
Il am not i'll. IL was going home to
Grimsby street.
He hurried her into the moving train.
She sat drawn back, pale and stunned in
a seat while he, lifting his hat, left her,
returning only when they reached the
city. Here he insisted on securing cab
for her, giving the driver his fare and
the address before she had time to hesitate
or protest. Then he turned briskly away,
and proceeded east, going from one street
into another, until he turned into the
dirtiest and dingiest one he had yet trav-
ersed.
The ground floor of one of the houses
was devoted to commerce. The floor, as
far in as one could see, was Uttered with
all kinds of odds and ends Of metal ma
chimes and utensils and implements. On
a washed-out board, in washed-out white
letters, over the door, were the words
"John Timmons." in large letters, and be-
meath in small letters, once black and now
streaky gray, marine store dealer"
Into the misty twilight of this house Of
bankrupt and forgeless Vulcan Leigh dis
appeared.
If listener had been at the back of the
store, behind the boiler Of donkey en-
CINE, or leaned over the head Of the dark
cellar in the left corner, he would have
heard the following dialogue carried on
by careful whispers in the darkness be-
low:
Eyes. I have come back sooner than
expected. l went to Milwaukee yesterday
morning to consult very clever mechanic
there about the new movement for the fig
ures of time in my clock"
'You told me you We're going away"
"My friend not only put me right about
the new movement, but when l told him
1 thought was on the point of perfecting
my discovery of the combination in met
ais. he told me he would be able to find
market for me if l was sure the new COM
pound was equal to representation. OF
course, l told him the supply would be
limited until l could arrange for proper
laboratory and for help. | explained that
no patent could protect all the processes
of manufacture and that for the present
the method must be a profound secret. l
also told him proposed calling my inven-
ton Miracle Gold"
There's no doubt it will be"
81 told him my great difficulty at pres
emit was the color-that it was very white
too like Australian gold-too much sill
YER"
'That was clever, very clever. You are
the cleverest man l ever met"
81 told him also that for the present
the quantity would be small Of the mira
Gle gold, but that hoped soon to increase
the supply as soon as got fully to work"
'What did he say the stuff would be
worth?"
'In the pure metal state?"
':Of course. After you are done with
it."
HE will not say until he has a speci-
men. When can you have some ready?"
"Now. This minute. Will you take it
away with your
NO. not now. What are you doing to-
night?'
Nothing Particular
"Can you come to my place between
twelve and half past!
Certainly"
"Without fail?''
''Ill be there to the minute you say"
VERY we'll. Let it be twelve exactly.
I have Il most excellent reason of my own
for punGtuality. Bring some of the al