Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-11-01
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! O'Brien wes 'nc-'-- Of, 7al by the
! language used beneath a roof hallowed
by the name of Mar Arson. The
sightseer had to go. ana C;..cily An
other commissionnaire, who was OBJ
! serving them froil q distance. came up
and asked O'Brien what tie stranger
was talking about
Eye nivver' heard SIGH n hlaggard,"
said the old man Indignantly. "I was
in the middle of tellin' him about Mr.
Philip, when he began to curse like
ould Nick himself"
! In the Mile Lad road the rawboned
person who betrayed such excitement
| found the policeman awaiting him.
He sprang on to bus and nur7osnly
| glared at the officer in a way to attract
| his attention. TT-llca at a safe dis
lance he put his fingers to his nose
The constable smiled.
| II knew l was right" he said. 1T
don't need to look twice at that sort
of customer" #.t
| And he entered the Mary Arson
home again TO ask the porter what had
taken place.
| 1t was an easy matter for Jocky
Mason, released from Portland prison
on ticket of leave, after serving the
| major portion of sentence of four
teen years penal servitude-the man
he assaulted had died, and the ex-
convict narrowly escaped being hanged
to ascertain the salient facts Of Phil
ip Anson's later career.
1t was known to most men, He was
biographed briefly in who's Who"
and had often supplied material for
column of gossip in the newspapers.
! Ever fre1 Hilary held books contain
ing references to him.
1t was quite impossible that the
source of his great wealth should re-
main hidden for all time. In one way
and another it leaked out, and he be-
came identified with the ragged youth
who created sensation In the dock of
the Clerkenwell police station.
But this was years later, and the
clever manipulation of Mr.. Abingdon,
stein, as his representative in the dia-
mond trade, completely frustrated all
attempts to measure the true extent
CT tie meteor's value.
For now Philip owned a real dia-
mond mine in South Africa, he had a
fine estate In Sussex, house in Park
lane, superb seagoing yacht, a col
liery, In Yorkshire and vast sums in
vested In land and railways. The
latent value of his gems had been con-
verted into money earning capital
Mr.. Abingdon proved himself to be
a very able business man. When the
administration of Philips revenue be-
came too heavy task for his unaided
shoulders, he organized a capital es-
tate Office, with we'll trained lawyers.
engineers and accountants to conduct
its various departments, while he kept
up an active supervision of the whole
until Philip quilted his university and
was old enough to begin to bear some
portion of the burden
They agreed to differ on this impor-
tant question. Philip was fond OF
travel and adventure. With great diff
ficulty his guardian" kept him out of
the army, but compromised the matter
by allowing the young millionaire to
roam about the odd corners Of the
world in his yacht for eight months of
the year, provided he spent four
months of the season in London aad
Sussex attending to affairs.
In this mouth Of April he was living
in his town house. In July he would
go to Fairfax Hail, IN August to Ecot
land and month later woUll Joyful
fly to the Forth. where the Sea Maiden
awaited Elm.
This lady, whose waist meagU"2
eighteen feet across and whose lon~tth
was seventy feet, with a fine cD"cSA
of canvas and auxiliary steam, was tln
only siren able to charm him.
He was tall now and strongly built
with something of the naval officer in
his handsome, resolute face and well
set up FIGURE. AS hobby he had tai
en- out master mariners certificate
and he could navigate his own ship in
the teeth of an Atlantic gale. He iogel
to surround himself with friends, most
ly Oxford men of his year, but he sell
dom entertained ladies', either on board
the Sea Maiden or in either of his two
fine mansions.
He avoided society in its general ac-
ceptance. refused ell overtures to mix
II polite, took keen delight in using
his great wealth to alleviate distress
anonymously and earned a deserved
reputation as 'bear' among the faw'
match making mammals who managed
to make his acquaintance.
in other respects as the boy was so
was the MANTLE same downright
character, the same steadfast devotion
to his mothers memory, the same re-
lentless adherence to a course already
decided on and the same whole hearted
reciprocity of friendship
As he stood in his drawing room be-
fore dinner on the evening Of the day