Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-05

| tight indeed. And once the two
names were identified the rush would
| begin But there was another con-
at critical stage in his present opera
tons, but his name just now stood
| good for anything: whereas, Mr..
| Trevor Fitz-Howard was notorious
swindler. So anything that might re-
| veal the fact that the two names stood
| for one financial operator would mean
a crash indeed. So Mr.. Barring Spen-
Ger, like man of business went to
the root of the matter straightway.
Look here" he said. well fool
| about no longer How much do you
want?"
! Hendy sat down again. "For me"
he said, "say four weeks at thirty bob,
and say nothing about the boots. Miss
| Beaumont four weeks at thirty bob.
too. an Teddy Norton fortnight at
the same. That's fifteen quid."
The sum seemed enormous in these
lean days. but he was dealing with a
capitalist and the estimate was honest
enough. can then" he went on, you
might give poor old Leatherby lift
| on the road
"Never mind all that" the other said,
unlocking drawer You don't expect
| to make me believe you're interested
| In all those people. do you? Or that
you'd give them cent? amt a baby;
no more are YOU See here" He took
small parcel of notes and counted,
| Zone, two. three. four, five--a pony;
Eos. Take 1t and clear out, and keep
your mouth shut. AS for getting the
| show on the road. do 1t anyhow you
| please and as soon as you like. Only
| midland he raised his fnger-"if
any of those others get on the scent
and come here shall tell them you've
got their money. Now you can go as
soon as you like"
|
But, indeed, Mr.. Barring Spencer was
Just trifle too clever. He was much
too clever, in fact, to suppose that
| Hendy-a man Just caught stealing
pudding part with any Of that
money unless he were obliged. He as
sumed, of course, that Hendy would
keep the money to himself, say nothing
Of the encounter, and, moreover, use
every exertion to get the show out of
the neighborhood, because Of the threat
to set the others after share of the
notes IL he. Spencer, were troubled by
them. Indeed, he Judged 1t very
cunning shift to shut Hendy's mouth
and clear away the players from the
town at one stroke. He was never safe
from recognition among players.
But he miscalculated, for Leather
by's company signalized Christmas by
1 two dinpers at the Crown, one at mid
day and one at Z. and Leatherby gave
the health Of Barring Spencer, founder
Of the feast, with great fervor and pro-
claimed him an ornament to the theat-
rical profession, which he had so lately
left, for Hendy had made no secret OF
whence he had the money or Of the
debts It was to liquidate, and some OF
| It he represented as subscription to-
ward Leatherby benefit designed to
set the show on It's legs again in the
next town. And the company called
Mr.. Barring Spencer noble fellow and,
moreover, insisted on tearing the butch
er from the bosom of his fnmily (the
drover was not to be found and max
ing him drink Mr.. Spencer's health,
| too, q great many times, so that they
were all mighty merry together that
Christmas and every. hour was an
hour Of Joy and feasting. And at
last, to cap everything, all the male
part Of the company. with the butcher
in the midst of them, stood in the early
evening on Mr.. Barring Spencer's lawn
roaring "For he's Jolly good fellow!
at the top Of their voices, to the amaze
ment and scandal of all Crowbridge
and the speechiess fury Of the jolly
good fellow himself, till at last he
found his voice and, throwing open
window and shaking his fist, flung out
such shower of the rhetoric that Hem
dy so well remembered that the play
ers went off nightly astonished.
| at is his modesty," said Leatherby.
outside, with tears of gratitude trem-
bling in his eyes; Gust his modesty.
Truly he is noble fellow!'
| But the story spread about Crow
bridge, and ere long 1t was very gener-
ally known that Mr.. Barring Spencer
was. Mr.. Trevor Fitz-Howard and that
Mr.. Trevor Fitz-Howard probably had
half dozen other names as well. And
| it was even said in the end that the
thing fastened his arrest by three
days. He had bought the house at
Crowbrldge, had managed to,pay for It
in worthless shares and had mortgaged
it instantly for hard cash. His compa-
MES were timed to burst Just after the
new year, and he was laid by the heels
just day before his appointed steam
err left Liverpool, a sad victim OF his
own excess Of cunning and the mis-
placed gratitude Of others.
| Saved From an Awful Fate.
| Everybody said I had consumption"
writes Mrs. A. M. Shields. of Chambers
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