The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-13

1t with the glove and other little treas.
urcs into Il packet which he put in his
breast pocket Half an hour later ne
stood in the luxuriously appointed
room of great city bank. A meet.
ing of the directors had just ended.
His father was leaving.
whats up, Landor? You look
queer"
I'm all right, sir. I want a word
with you, though. Now will do as
well as any time. Whom were you
thinking of sending down to establish
the branch of our house ut Manila ?'
81 did think of Peterson but I'm
afraid he has signed with the other
peoplc?"
"Will you trust me to go, fatherT'
"Youw The elder mans haggard
face lighted up--then fell. You're
not capable of the task, my boy. It's
tremendous one"
Landor smiled with pale lps-but
the smile was winning. "You should
have more confidence in my fathers
son. he protested. gently.
The words warmed the old mans
heart like wine. His eyes blinked up
ut his boy. by George he cried
II believe you've got it in you! I've
had doubts of you. Let that pass. You
shall go, with full and absolute au
thority."
And there was new elasticity In
the gait of the commercial magnate
as he took his sons arm and went
down to his carriage.
The following day note came tc
I.nndor-a formal, demure little uote
Dear Mr.. Aldrich--I find l failed
to send you yesterday my line OF
thanks for those violets. VIII you
take the belated gratitude now? There
was mistake somewhere Always
sincerely yours,
katherine Clermont."
But the news that he was to as
sumo control of his fathers business
in the Philippines had been made pub
lie in the newspapers before he saw
her again. Then it was to say good
by. The hand she gave him was cold
as ice-but she looked up at him Will
steady, unfaltering hazel eyes.
You are really going, then? II
was no newspaper canard? How we
shall miss your
II hope you will. May / write tc
you, Katherine?" He had never called
her Katherine till now.
Yes, indeed. But I'm a laggard
correspondent Good-by."
There has not been since the open.
ing up of the islands an affair which
so interested the business men of Chi
cago and other cities as did the sue.
cess of the great branch house of the
Aldrichs in Manila
"A boy of twenty-seven at the headw
the wise ones commented. 1t seems
impossible that he should have shown
such acumen-such ability. BY the
time he returned for brief vacation,
more than a year later, the business
was booming. But the man who came
back was not the boy who had gone
away. He showed the strain of con.
centratlon. deprivation, hard, consci-
entious work. Katherine Clermont
met him for the first time after his
return at great social function. She
was all in a ripping gown that swirled
its black waves about her feet with
popples garlanding her beautiful
shoulders. The room went round
when she caught sight of him. How
changed, but
Katherine! Come away! How
good you were to write-though so sell
domw
"Do you know you are almost a
hero?" she cried, qulzzically. IAN the
old men are talking about the way
you worked--and the results. l am
proud l know your
He had been i'll and lonely, and of.
ten depressed! Now the gates of
heaven stood open.
you know why have come bacllw
he whispered, 'To think that if it
were not for letter | Glanced to
read, 1 might be incoming over verses
in an office still-a letter it was not
intended | should read"
Her white lips lifted. How do you
know 1t was not intended for you to
read? Then she laughed softly and
long. He wondered why.-Buifalo En-
quirer. rvas..-A. - ,g'i-a. . .Ss9aI.