The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-01

I replied AS the hart panteth after
the water hrookss-becauze IT'S a water
drinking animal
Why IS it, Why is itz he cried
Why. with the capacity ia me for such
work az thar must run money hunt
nga Heaven knows And yet there
rises IN ne now and then a wild desire
to go out and skin somebody alive
He caught Eucyfs Mortified glance
Of course I mean Ii IN a financial
sense said he. The way 70 get usoa-
ey IS to tzke it away from somebody
who has It OF to levy a general contrE-
button. which is the same thing slightly
diluted However. that's al over when
the clock strikes Il tonight But I SAY
Aueys wouldn't It be possible for 1Er-
Morton, If he has nothing better to H.
70 act under my advice in certain na2k-
ters. We could make a little partner
ship on q liberal arrangement. he add
ed, turning 10 me TN furnish capital.
plan. everythfns-but the time And I
can give all my energies to painting
while you run the little game on taa
outside
laughed
'-LaddIeS said Mss Graydon. taxing
him BY what she would probably have
called the revers Of his evening coat.
sometimes you discourage me What
is the matter with you here
And she tapped him gently over the
region OF his heart He shook his head
delefuIly
&c Where your treasure IS there VIII
your heart be also, I quoted
I would not tamper with holy writ. =
said Ladd seriously. yet sometimes
think the message in those words
would be clearer TO men II they read
.vThere your heart is. there viii your
treasure be-. II is the impulse Of the
heart that makes the value Of the treas
ure- And I love that" he added point
ing upward to the picture. 7 love i
and aspire TO it. Yet I am what am
There's some one knocking at tia
outer door said I
Ladd recovered suddenly from tha
+ reveria into which he had fallen
You stay here. said he IT'S one
I OF my detectives III send him away
He passed behind the heavy curtains.
and we heard his steps On the polished
! floor Of the studio A murmur Of voices
reached Us. broken suddenly by a crash
ing fail
Miss Graydon flashed away from my
side ike 4 startled bird Before I had
fairly set foot IN the studio 7 heard her
by the door crying OUT What havs
you done What have you done27
Ladd lay on the floor mid the ruins
Of a chair. Beside him q little gray
F'reuchman with a face like a rat was
dancing with excitement and trye1g to
talk IN both English and his native
language with one breath Relapsing
finally into French. he became intelli-
gfble-
TT was the good newssH he yeIred-
Listen. He asked me to trace for him
some Old pictures. and what DO [ fnd2
A f0rtune1 have told him as gently
as I could. but he was unable to bear
IT,
I caught him by the arm and shock
him
Speak out plainly I exclaimed
He is not that poor devil OF q paint
err" he made answer. He is a rich
American. only son and heir of a wat
you call it2-trust magnate- The father
is dead some years This young man
inherits everything Il was he that
found This Warrington Laid starving
IN Paris and fed him full to the EulIet
Three times a day he fed him. as had
not happened to this Ladd since his
biEth- Then they go OF together, walk
ing and painting. for this young man is
also d painter. but without talent, ard
he studies from the other No one
knew where they had gone Warning
ton Ladd fell into d erevasse on Rigf
that same day that the lightning tried
to kill this one and failed
But why did he think he was
Ladd 2'F I demanded speaking in Eng
lish Because Of my excitement
He have the picture. replied she
F'renchman. Was not the name sign
to il in the coruer2 So they think they
know the man They call him War
rington Ladd in his deIirium- They
drive that name into him, thinking that
they question him He-he know Moth
ing at all except what he IS told
But # Ladd's body was found
1T was found yesterday re-
NAMED Of it, said the Frenchman.
but there were clothes and letters to
Identity it. It was a partner Of mine
who found IT. I have a telegram from
him. also a cable from America"
And this mans name ?"
rs Duncan Stuart said the detec-
tive.
For some strange reason. perhaps
under the mysterious impulse Of syn
pathetic thought. 7 sprang toward Lucy
and she toward ne We clasped hands
without either being conscious Of Il.
Ladd was sitting up by this tine.
propped against a chair
That's who you are,' cried to him
T remember you perfectly But. great
heavens. you have changed
We net at Lautry 8 studio, said
Lucy 1T was only a few minutes.
Yet II never quite forgot you When
you said you were 1Ir- Ladd. that faint
memory deceived me I thought that
must have seen you some W here. per-
haps when you we're poor and starv-
ing
Meanwhile the little F'reuchman
stood at Stuart's feet. bowing with ab-
surd reverence.
II congratulate you. feIicitAes
YOU
Please 90 away said Stuart YEARLY.
and then to Lucy Ny poor child. 7
did not mean to do this. 7 thought the