Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-08-19

second To see OF hear from .'sssis Car
den. Yisldias To his demands. the
elder Morris sEsAt thousands Of dol
lars in a lElilless attempt 10 locate
John Buit,
Morris had no dinieuiIy in ObIaining
from GeneTai Garden tho eontiHehIal
address Of his daughter, Sh" eas
studying ia berlin. and Arthur Morris
wrote a l6ns letter Informing her Of
his complete recovery. Hs calmly
Ignored the sVents which led Ia the
| shooting. and seemed 10 have forgot
ten the E-bur he had received al heF
hands. The letter read as II their last
meeting had been under the shadow
| OF the naples on the bishop la~n.
Morris waited a month for an an
sSsr TO this letter and thea wrote a
sseoad one. which Was returned uH'
| opened. In a towering passion b"
| ~ent TO his father and nnbososasd the
story Of his treatment.
'-You told me oses tina, old caFisn
would 81 broke on /. & o." he de-
eiarcd. paeiHs up and down tho room.
Il didn't pay much a,tsntion to what
you said at tho time. but I know all
about u nov. I've been looking over
your books. governor. faa'Sc so, him
long on \ rotten stock. Go ahead
and squeeze him. You can do u. Put
tho screws To hint Then when he
comes whining around for mercy we'll
SEQ what Miss Independence Jessie
will do! IN bet she'll answer my let
,crs then. III max. her pay for this
some day. You've 80, TO do som"
thing. roysEnor.'
III you IhInk I'm going to run my
banking and Wall Street business so
as to promote your correspondence
with dolifae.d sisi. you-"
.'shc'H not doli'faeod Eiri!" aceiar
cd Morris. turning hcreciy on hh
father.
-wcii. SLe'H a Girl. and they're all
alike" sruwlcd Randolph Morris. The
pr.,tIcr they arc the NOR. trouble
they raise. I thought you told me
you wasn't soln. to marry her. You're
an ass
The old banker lay back wcariiy In
his chair and regarded his son and
hcir with an expression OF deep dih'
gust.
1
Morris. dosgcdiy. Il suppose Eve got
to marry somebody and she's as good
ms any one. What the devil has old
Garden money got to do about II!
When he loses Il you get II. and when
YOU die get II. and u she marrics me
she quits even. It's the only chanec
she's got. Go ahead and squeeze hin.
govcrnor!"
.'You talk like fool" said the fond
parent. "You know lot about stock
don't YOU? I couldn't bear l.. & o.
now II I tried. and wouldn't II could
I'm Interested In other stocks besides
l.. 4 o. II you're bound to marryy
why don't you marry Thompson's
daughter. He'll die In year and
leave her four millions"
II don't want her" said Morris lott
ily. "You reed not worry about my
matrimonial alliances. Let me have
Ave thousand dollars. I'm goirg to
Europe"
Randolph Morris stormed and fumed
and then wrote check for the
amount demanded.
Six weeks later Arthur Morris was
in Berlin. He had perfected his plans
and after securing apartments In
Leipziger Strasse set about their exc
cution.
He was to shrewd to announce his
arrival by a letter to Jessie. having
good reason to suspect that 1t would
meet the same reception as had the
others. He retained n capable valet
and commissioned him to obtain In.
formation concerning Miss Gardens
daily and weekly routine.
It rained the following day and Nor
ris' valet brought word that Miss Car.
den would not venture out in the
storm. His master was pleased to
learn that Miss Garden was in the
habit of going out alone, and that II
the weather permitted. she proposed
to visit Count Raczynski's gallery on
the morrow.
The famous Raczynsh gallery Is on
the Exercierplatz, outside the Braden.
burg gate. and contains splendid col
lection of modern German paintings.
The day dawned bright and warm
after the storm, and Morris was in
fine spirits when he stepped into his
carriage and rode down the avenue.
He entered the gallery and roamed
through the halls to make sure Jessie
had not arrived. He then stood near
the entrance and waited.
His patience was rewarded. He
recognized Jessie as she crossed the
street. She was alone. and Morris
stepped into the dark of the vestibule
and followed when she entered the
main hall Jessie carried n sketch
book under her arm, and took seat
opposite one of Schinkeis master
works. Opening the book, she pro-
ceeded to work on an unfinished
sketch.