, 1897-12-15
A MUTUAL FRIEND.

Howard. desiring 20 bring Fe-z5srr
ahd Walker into Il fellowship Ike -asf
OF Damon and Pvthis>. set them - IL
apart that ocean roll between Them a-1
deserts rarCh and Eke This J. q.
course, a figure CT speech, for F---su
and Walker both live in Chicago. wbs-=
there are no Oceans or deserts
But the feeling Of luathiu- which has
risen up to sgaraIe the~ two rcu whoz
Howard had hoped 70 make finn trieufs
accomplishes the purpose ot deszr; and
ocean and mountain chain too And vs1
the two men have met bit oace and
then only to say How dye do:'
H wand lives in Poca;s.lG Ida To
PocGtell) a year 20 Wen, Fe-r1sa-
Jcurleying on some affair CONNECTED
with the railroad company which pa-s
him well for knowing intricate and hid
den things about the ;EaaspC-taiI1z hz4-
ness Ferguson Vas in P~ug4;-l.5 !l-
W weeks Ii was "a gloomy sr-r q! Il
lie, and but fur the presence O: Howard
whom he met on the first day O: his VIZ
it, he would bave suffered horrible
pang> and gvipiGysO OF lonesonenes.- t-t
Hov.Ed. bright entovIainin: and all
informed. was Is a w~ellsp-inE o: hap
piness and made the ri!lHai nznsSay
in the sUuturned regions 4 IDAHO q
pleasant vacation. and when Fe--zs-.
was ready Ia leave Howard said TO him
Now. Old man. | want yuu 10 hr
sure and meet my friend Walker rs
shame that two such splendid fellows
should live in the sane town and l-
strangers I've written i letter q intro
duction. and you Just vE!k a-1s-4 10.
his place when you -; hack ! o Chic2-o
and 90 out and take che On -- YJuT-
like Walker and bell like yCa-
Ferguson thanked Howard with an
easy conscience, for he. ton. Iau1c5i il
would be pleasant TO meet Il whom
Howard recommended for his with
Then he returned to Chicago
The letter of intrudGCIiCn nestled II
his pocket for a month, quite forgotten
At the expiration OF that time Fe-cas1a
received a note from Howard who
wanted to know something about a
business matter which they Lad Gisc1S
ed in Pocatello Asa postscript Howard
added the question:
"You have seen Walker Of cocS@
Great fellow, isn't he"
Walker, Walkcr-lct me SO. Fs-
guson unused. who III thunder -
Walker: Oh, yes. That fellow | have
the letter of Introduction to Well,
really must call Oh him.
The same mail which bore the mis-
sive to Ferguson also cauiei che to
Walker. Howard. among other things
wrote these words: "IOu remember
Ferguson. whom | asked Won to call Up
on: What do YOU think O! him: He's
the right sort. ism he:
by George Walker c-iei OF read
ing Towards letter. he did ask me 10
drop in on somebody named Fe--csCa,
to whom be had given 4 Letter for pres
entation to me. And I've clean ts-coi-
ten it. Wonder where the nan : TO br
found," He examined the d!-ert0-ys
List of Fergusons, and then. with some
show of disappointmeni.-S TO him
self: ''Pshaw, His Office il down II
the Grand Central station. three miles
away. Well. next time m Ove- IA-i
way I'll stop" Then he called "a. his
stenographer and dictated 4 letter tell
ing Howard tina. he had enjoyed his
visit with Ferguson immensely
Two weeks afterward FerCUsla NJ
ceived further documents from PuaA,e.-
10.
THE matter you were examining In
to-" Howard wrote, turns out 10 he 4
pretty good thing, and Id adyise yea TO
hang on TO it. III keep You posted On
developments III not le: them fool
you. By the way, what do you think q.
Walker: You haven't told me
'.Thunder and lightning Fcrguson
uttered, II ought to have called On
Howard's friend u month ago Here be
is doing me all kinds OF good turns 9a1
there IN Pocatello and l haven't GTau-
tudc enough to go and meet the inAil ne
asked me to. He would have rushed
ou. forthwith to commune with Wals-
.r, only he saw that the directory local
I'd the man way Oft en- the North S'ca
I'm tuke that letter around 70 nrua
next week. said ferguson
He did not, however. He promptly
forgot all about Walker until fut-
night passed and information came
from Pocatello that the property Is up
20 per cent in value. Give my T2spscts
to Walker the next time you Sc hin
Next time | see him. Fe:suson re
pcatcd. Lets see. Did say had al
ready met him: l guess l must have
told Howard something like that Well
Ill have to lie it ont on that lire II 1t
takes all srmm.r." 50 be
Howard's letter by saying thai be
Walker had together seen = pisy the
night before and had had \ mors essor-
.. t;,,a uo avon nssraRe8