The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-03-07

CHAPTER a.
A 80 al sherrns.

VIC SIOUX AaAA0 tlulN ana 4 lElt
him. going down in an elevator filled
with eagereyed. anxious men. T. at
least. had no cares OF business. Il
made no difference 20 me whether the
market rose or fell Something Of the
spirit OF adventure that had been my
curse quickened In my heart as I
walked through crowded Broadway.
past Trinity church to a bank and
drew the balance remaining on my
letter Of credit. I received in currency
slightly less than $1,000.
As / turned from the teIler's window
! ran into the arms OF the last man in
the world ] expected 10 see.
This, let it be remembered. was In
October Of the year OF our Lord, nine.
teen hundred and one
'Doat mention my name an thou
lowest me-, said Laurance Donovan.
and he drew me aside. ignored my
hand aad 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 Allahi"
Il was undoubtedly Larry. / felt the
heat OF the desert and heard the camel
drivers cursing and our Sudanese
guides plotting nafschieT under a win
dow far away.
Well, we both exclaimed lnterro-
%eatively.
He rocked gently back and forth.
with bis hands in his pockets. on the
tile floor Of the banking house. / had
seer him stand thus once on d time
when he had eaten nothing in four.
days-it was in Abyssiaia. and our
guides had lost us in the worst posi-
bic place-with the same %untroubled
look Ia his eyes.
Please don't appear surprised. or
scared or anything. Jack. he said
with his delicious ~intonation. 4 saw
a fellow looking for me an hour or so
ago, He's been at Il for several
months; hence nay presence on these
shores Of the brave and the free. He's
probably stin looking. as he's a per.
sistent devil I'm here. as we may
say. quite lnoog. Staying az an East
Side lodging house. where I shan't sii
yite you 10 call on me. But l must see.
YOU"
Dine with me tonight at sher.
rvs
Too big, too many people"
Therein lies security, IL you're in
trouble. I'm about to go into exile,
and I want to eat one more civilized
dinner before go"
Perhaps it's just as well. Where
are you OF for.-Hot Africa agatneg-
No Just lndiana,-one OF the soy.
ereign American states. as you ought
10 know
"Indians2"
No; warranted az dead
Pack NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
camels.-hoN do you get thereg"
Vanished cars It's easy. It's not
the getting there, it's the not dying Of
ennui after you're ON the spot"
"Humph. What hour did you say
for the dinnet2r
Seven o'clock. Meet me At the en-
traRce."
"ril be there II I'm not IN jail Kind
~ allow me 90 preceae you. aud don't.
follow. pleased
Re walked away, his gloyed hands
clasped lazily behind him, ioungad ont
upon broadway and turned toward the
Battery. I waited until he disap.
peared. then tool an uptown car
ny first meeting with Laurance Don
oyan was in Constantinople NJ a cafe
where I was dining. lie got into a row
with en- Englishman aud knocked him
down. n was not nay adair. but liked
the ease and dehniteneas with which
Larry put his Zoe out OF commission. .
learned later that h was a way he had
My friend. the American consul gen
aral az ConstantinOple. was not with
out a OF humor. and / easily en-.
listed him In Larry's behalf. The Eng
lishman thirsted for vengeance and In
Noked all the powers, tie Insisted
~WAtArreason. that Larry was a British
subject and that the American consul
had no right 10 give him asylum
point that a I understand. Thor.
orghly well-grounded ia Law and fact
LARK maintained. son the other hand.
ihst ne was not English but Irish. and
that. a. HIS country maintained no
representative IN Turkey, Il was HIS
privilege 70 find refuge wherever il
was offered Larry was always the
most plausible Of human beings, aud
between us-he. the American consul
and I've made IN impression, and
got him OF.
did not realize until later that the
real joke lay Ia the fact thar Larry
was Engiishb0rn. aud that his dero
lion % ireland was purely sentimental
and auixotic Sits family had. 10 De
aors. COME "a OF Ireland some time
In the dim past aud settled Ia Eng
land. but when Larry reached years of
knowledge. q not of discretion he cut
Oxford and insisted pa taking bis de
gree 81 Dublin. he even believed
Thought 81 believed I'D banshecs He
Affixed himself during Mss university