The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-30

HWel that worthless thing the
old man fastened with a bis hahh
min h. that worthless dfnft nnd -
dreaaod % 90 hla correspondent left
Ia Chicago
rhrre you are. Janice. my boz
bid IL good b8 but be- ready to fffsl
IL with amount uu demand when i
comes back Sow pa long about
your busIneHa
Z aid 10 about my business You
can bank on that / fairly tore Hp
the earth % be ready % meet TIE
return of that draft Why !
couldn't think Of that Internal dfait
that I didn't Imagine The banks II
went through and the stir d. must
have made ia some ~ them or the
blooming Young clerks that hhu
6led h and fcycrentlY. too, E9ua
Lord and OF the old tlmrrs they
Appealed 10. perhapH who were
afraid 90 take u aH d joke
None OF my schemes positively
failed. bat they thntaliked me Rith
numhsrleaa delays that ate into ny
nerves like lYe sun the return al
the draft WaB proyIaeutially de
lhved Then when each DAY
daWued With the dread that u would
bring the emek ~ DOOM. the enh
anmmatiou Of the CUuuuerur uins
deal became assured The final 81
Element 10 thr sale that Auuii Hlte
mo money tn burn ran urrk anu
neck With the return Of that ealez
devil dram that would bring noe ruin
aud disgrace
At last a bank messenger came
down 90 the works e. tell mo uah
/ Eaah wanted IN see me immediately
ID a. IA thauFhtleHa THING Coz the
old man 10 Do be knee nav atiiai
tun Why. I thought Of suicide AZ !
went up town
odd Oshkosh sas waiting iur ma
[ lu his uftYHte office. booking A.
usual. fatherlY and kindly serious
nut the door had hardly cloaai on
a. Nhan he flew al me and beat and
pounded me on The back and
shouted an undert0ne II some good
news intu M ears. / euuldn I maze
out what
e Look. look. James. my boy he
| cried. snAtrhlng up a bit Of paper
The uultan.a dram, the sultan
draft
The engraved voucher swan be
/ fore my eyes. but ! Elddily has
/ enough James Horrltan fih .00o=
The auitan'a draft had been paid
Well What DO Yau think oi
l that marvsled DE Loss.
Prom that on II SEEMED that
everything came my wAy. re
I suaed HonsItou. More than tina.
| 90 came pouring In on me In The
nsxf few weeks tut HAudcbankh
and I never tlrvd 81 apeculating OF
| the reAHon the sultan honOred the
dran I spent . good deal tfyinE
% clear up the mystery. OF ooufas
the sublime porte received II
/ through the usual channels. London
and frankfort. but when thr yiidii
/ elaaed ua iron gates upon u -
story was laat Members Of The
l YaunF TURK party strung arruA
/ the continent ~ Europe All bittsi
against the ottoman Administration
tried "a help me. but without Hur
I eezs Maybe Ii ~aa Oshkosh bier.
oFlyph did the business A. Al
events the draft ~As pad and ID
/ tafh~r tAksn with consular or dip
lomAtic 20 bstweenn.
The tis.0e0 didn't belong 20 me
yeI how could IL b. returned A
I the Yrafs passed aud It Kept grow.
I Inn with Interest. { thought Of CIV
/ tuK IL a. conscience money %
| daEen "a arttiea ! was Etiil lpohlh
/ faf a place 70 put the deHpot
money where Il would % the m1a'
[ good Nhcn the Armenian massacre
gave me my Ideal chance.
I'd like a. have eesa Oshkosh
Z daeufnsnt~ aid 10 inzaH a. the tNe
frirnda ooutentediy ut their eigsfi
With The same match
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