Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08
CHAPTER u.
A Face. at Sherry's.

Dont mention my name an thou
lowest me-" said Laurance Donovan
and he drew me aside, ignored INV
hand and otherwise threw into our
meeting a casual quality that was
somewhat amazing in view of the fact
that we had met last at Cairo.
Allah II Allah"
1t was undoubtedly Larry. l felt the
neat Of the desert and heard the camel
drivers cursing and our Sudaness
guides plotting mischief under a win.
dow far away.
"W y" we both exclaimed interro.
gatively.
He rocked gently back and forth.
with his hands in his pockets, On the
ole floor OF the banking house. | had
seen him stand thus once on a time
Wnen he had eaten nothing in four
days-it was in Abyssinia, and our
guides had. lost US in the worst posi-
Ole place-with the same untroubled
look in his eyes.
PLEASE don't appear surprised, or
scared or anything, Jack" he said
with his delicious intonation. 81 saw
a fellow looking for ME an hour or 50
o ago. He's been at It for several
months; hence my presence on these
sneres ofthe brave and the free. He's
probably still looking, as he's a per.
sistent devil. I'm here, as we NAV
> say quite incogs Staying at an East
elde lodging house, where | shant In.
Vite you to call on me. But must sea
you"
Dine with me tonight at sher-
rvs" s',
Too big. too many people
Therein lies security, If you're IN
trouble. I'm about to go into exile.
arG want to eat one more civilized
dinner before co..
.. Perhaps it's just as we'll Where
are you off fOr,-not Africa again?"
NO Just Indiaaa.-one of the sov.
erelgn American states. as you ought
to know
% "Indians?r'
No; warranted all dead"
:. Pack NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
/, camels-tow DO you get there?"
&, Vanished cars. It's easy. It's NOT
the getting there; it's the not dying Of
;ennui after you're on the spot."
Humrb! What hour did you say
flor the, dinncr?
Seven o'clock. Meet me at the en-.
trance"
"I'll be there if I'm not in jail. Kind.
3 ~ allow me to prccede you, and don't
follow, rleaseI"
He walked away, his gloved hands
clasped lazily behind him, lounged ont
upon Broadway and turned toward tina
Battery, l waited Until he d:sap-
peared, then took an uptown car
My fest meeting with L2uraace Don.
oyan WIS in Ccnstantia0rls, at cafe
"here was dining. He got into row
With'a an En5lishman and Knocked him
down. 1t was not my affair but liked
the ease. and definiteness with which
Larry put his foe out of commissio, I
learned later that it WIS a way he had.
My friend, the American consul gen.
eral at Constantinople, was not with.
out sense Of humor, and easily en-
listed him in Larry's behalf The Eng.
iiShman thirsted for;ve1geance and in.
Vosed all. the powers. Re Insisted.
with reason, that Larry was a British
subject and that the American consul
mad no right to give him asylum,-a
). point that was, 7. understand. thor.
oughly geli-erounded in law and fact.
Larry maintained, on the other hand.
hat he was not English but Irish and
that, as. his country maintained NO
representative in Turkey, 1t was bis
privilege to find refuge wherever It
was offered Larry was always the
most plausible of human BEINGS. Aud
netween us,-he, the American consul
and I've made an impression and
got him of.
did not realize until later that the
real joke lay In the fact that Larry
was English.born. and that his ,evo
, ton to Ireland was purely sentimental
and 'quiyotic. His family had, to be
sure, come out Of Ireland some time
In the dim past, and settled in Eng.
. land; but when Larry reached years 81
knowledge, if.not Of discretion he emf
oxford and insisted on taking his de.
gree at Dublin. He even beIieves-or
tncu%ht ne believed.-in banshees He
::aiiied himself during his university
days withothe most radical and turin.
) Isn't advocates Of a senarate nat'o,,,
existence for Ireland, and occa sioual,v
Denta'mc"th IN jail for r.ot.nS. Int
0Larry's instincts were scholarly. h.
made a'brilliapt record at the un,ver.
's'ty; them at %, he came forth to oak
at the world and liked II exceedl,e
wei. His father was. a busy man and
ne had other sons, so he granted Larry
an allowance and told him. to koan
away from home until he got ready to
be respectable. So. from Constant.
ncp'e' after a tour Of Europe, we to.
eether crossed the Mediterranea, IN
search Of the fesfpots Of lost kirs.
doms. spend!ng three wears IN the pur.
SUIT We parted ct Cairo on excellent
terms. Re .retunea to ENGLAND and
later to his beloved ireland, for he
had elIthely sung the widest Gazette