The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-09-20

ould Nick himself"
In the Mile End road the rawboned
person who betrayed such excitement
found the policeman awaiting him.
He sprang on to bus and purposely
glared at the officer In way to attract
his attention. When at a safe dis
lance he put his fingers to his nose.
The constable smiled.
81 knew / was right" he said. "I
don't need to look twice at that sort
Of customer"
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 a 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 a
column Of gossip in the newspapers.
Every free library 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 1t leaked out, and he be-
came identified with the ragged youth
who created a sensation In the dock of
the Clerkenwell police station.
pt1f this LOT ha
clever manipulation Of Mr.. Abingdon,
as his estate agent, and Of Mr.. Isaac
stein, as his representative in the dia-
mond trade, completely frustrated all
attempts to measure the true extent
of the meteor's value.
For now Philip owned q real dia-
mond mine In South Africa, he had
fine estate in Sussex, house in Park
lane, superb seagoing yacht, 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
very able business man. When the
| administration Of Philips revenue be-
came too heavy task for his unaided
shoulders, he organized capital es-
tate Office, with well 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 and
Sussex attending to affairs.
In this month Of April he was living
| in his town house. In July he would
go to Fairfax Hall, in August to Scot
| land and a month later would joyfully
| fly to the Forth, where the Sea Maiden
awaited him.
This lady. whose waist measured
| eighteen feet across and whose length
was seventy feet, with fine spread
| Of canvas and auxiliary steam, was the
only siren able to charm him.
He was tall now and strongly built,
with something of the naval officer IN
lis handsome, resolute face and well
set up figure. AS hobby he had TAX
en- out q master mariners certificate,
and he could navigate his own ship in
| the teeth of an Atlantic gale. He loved
to surround himself with friends, most
| ~ 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 &C.
| ceptance refused all overtures to mix
| In politics, took keen delight In using
| his great wealth to alleviate distress
| anonymously and earned q deserved
reputation as a "bear" among the few
| 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 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
| Jocky Mason revisited the locality, if
not the surroundings, of his capture
Philips strong face wore an unwonted
expression of annoyance. He walked
| to and fro from end to end of the beau
| tiful room, pausing each time he reach
ed the window to gaze out over the
park.
A servant, who entered for the pur-
| pose of turning on the electric lights
and lowering the blinds, was hidden al
most impatiently to wait until Philip
and his guests were at dinner.
A telegram came. Arson opened II
and read:
Was dressing to come to your place
when Granger telegraphed for me to act
as substitute Lincoln quarter sessions.
Must go down at once FOX.
mo answer" he said, adding to him.
self:
That's better. Fox's caustic humor
would have worried me tonight / wish