Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-08
CHAPTER Xxx.
THE QUEST.

else among the many first
\gers seemed to have some
iend to greet him on shore
Eelf / would not let my
ige that l felt discourage
rtain gloomy sense Of
rs of my Undertaking
gtTude itself as / fattled over
paved streets of New York in
seclusion of my Dab.
myself driven stIhight to the
Avenue Hotel, WHICH was becom-
most an old-fasl4oned holstery
lmong its many <ta1l new rivals of
tbly many storys in height, and
ing up to TIE office prepared
lost affabN manner to win the
ence off the smart clerk or
Hd3H' began agreeably, wish
former visits to New York
led at the Fifth Avenue Ho-
POW, FOR my quests's sake,
corded the welcome of an
MAS the brisk reply.
pom?"
first to inquire if Mr..
Denver, Colorado,
said. MY princi-
Ing this hotel was to
Is ago." broke in the
he waxed moustache,
aot wish to waste
1yelar mVre inclined to
to patroniZe the house.
the first setback I had ex-
ON American shores, but so
l1abeen my portion ON the
the Atlantic that / had had
" accustomed to them. /
my mind for as numerous
t in spite of that 1 felt
VI disappointment set
kwp upon me. Al
given sign that
less had projected
Width of the ocean
m sorry to hear that
7 th friends in town
enver?" | question
lair as l could we'll
0lher he's gone to
sir. But I think it's
not in town, and some
I've got the impression
bned he was going West"
HIS health improved more
ME expected, them" |
[ understood before cross
accident on shipboard had
lp for awhile, and that it
Cme time before he felt fit
e the journey home"
seem rather seedy," vouch-
clerk but he was pretty
e care of himself. Shall /
Wn for a room?"
answered. indifferently. 81
u ~nay as well--for one
eady late in the afternoon,
lad certain Investigations to
fore | renewed my interrupted
in the direction of Harvey
was believed to have taken
wards the setting sun.
" well enough that | was SER
handicapped as a detective by
plete amateurishness, and pos
little by my own keen per-
hxiety, which did not tend to
head or my pulses when cool
S needed; but though | would
e had advice from some clever
onal expert, the reports of the
syk police had certainly not
h as would encourage me
assistance from the force. 1t
I'd to me that | must "dree my
alone.
he handsome typically-American
that was ALLEGED to me T--sat
2 map out my future Course, as
could see it. II
lad shewn 4 Sight reserve in
e my eagE estions regard
lFey Farnh "A or had been
Y sem enough 70 fancy 1T
a. way off speaking.
ukya The police%had been
ythe affair under advices from
he had been subjected to a
catechism concerning the
millionaire movements, and
were the case it was only nat
should be cautiously inclined.
Ice | could win his confidence
orN,o1.1xy oa,,vy;pna hin, tbot
connection whatever with the
/ ventured to hope there might
Be chance of learning at least a
, more from him than | had been
to CLEAN.
rhaps it was something in the ma
of a sop to Cerberus that l should
asked for one of the best rooms
be honse; and then, besides, my
e, written in the visitors book Cor
ell register" as it is the fashion to
it in the States) evidently had
) meaning for the young man
ID whom my hopes centred, for his
her had decidedly changed for the
pr when I visited him again after
Ter.
was not particularly busy at the
lent, and appeared in the humor
asking me of his own
will if it were possible that l was
ell Stanton, the traveller"
did not deny this impeachment.
moreover showed myself willing
e drawn on the subject on my
orations. I even went so far as
reate an adventure at some length
hing / am thankful to say I have
r been guilty of before or since),
an ancedote which made the young
laugh, and flattered him to the
of my ability by asking his opin-
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Jay. Then by gradual steps,
Salk towards the great west in
dorado silver mines in par
70 at last reached the sub
" Farnham, one of the
pt of the financiers of