The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-11-15

CHAPTER H.

with cagorcycd, anxious men. (. ut
least had mo- cares Of business. u
made no difference 10 mc whether the
market roso or fcll Something OF the
spirit Of adventure that had been my
curse quickcnod ln my heart as {
walked through crowded Bruadwa,
past Trinity church TO bank and
drew the balance remaining ON my
letter OF credit ! received In currency
slightly less than 8 600.
As ! turned from the tollor's window
J ran into the arms OF the last mau 10
the world / expected to see.
This let II be- remembered was We
october " the year Of our Lord. niue
teen hundred and one
Don't mention my name an thou
lowest mel" said l.nurancc Donovan.
and he drew mo aside. Ignored my
hand and otherwise threw into our
meeting casual quality that was
somewhat amazing In Wow OF the fact
that we had mot last at Cairo
Allah II Allahl"
II was undoubtedly Larry felt the
heat OF tho desert and heard the camel.
drivers curslng and our sudancsc
guides plotting mischief under a win.
dow far away
Went" We both exclaimed lntcrro.
gatlycly
He rocked gently bacl, and forth.
with his hands in hiB pockets. on the
tile floor OF the banking house. / had
seen him stand thus once on time
whom no had eaten nothing IN four
days-It was IN Abyssinla. and our
guides had lost us IA the worst posi-.
BILE placo-wlth the same uutroublcd
look IN his eyes
Please don't appear surprised. or
scared or anything. Jack" he said.
with his delicious lntonatlon Il saw
fellow looking for me an hour or so
ago He's been at II for several
months; hence my presence ON these
shores OF the brave and the frde. Hos
probably stlll looking. as he's a per.
slstont dovli. I'm here. as we may
say, quito incog. Staying at an East
side lodging house where / shan't In.
wife you 10 call on me. But / must see
you,
Dine with me tonight. at sher.
RVS"
Too biz, too many people"
Therein lies security. II you're In
trouble. I'm about to go into exile.
aud ! want to eat one more civilized
dinner before / go"
Perhaps IT'S Just as we'll Where
are you on for-not Africa again?"
No. Just Indiana, one OF the SOY.
crelgn American states, as you ought
10 know"
"lndians?"
mo: warranted all dead"
Pack train-balluon-a automobile
camCls.-how do you get there2"
Vanished cars It's easy. It's not
the getting there; IT'S the not dying OF
ennul after you're on the spot"
"Humphl What hour did you say
for tho dlnner?"
Seven o'clock Meet me at the On.
trance"
"1'll be there II I'm not in Jail. Kind.
ly allow me to precede you, and don't
follow, pleased"
He walked away, his gloycd hands
ciasped lazlly behind him. lounged out
upon Broadway and turned toward the
Battery. | waited until he dlsap.
peared, then took an uptown car.
My first meeting with L.auranco Don.
ovan was In Constantlnople, at cafe
where was dining He got into row
with an Englishman and knocked him
down II was not my AFFAIR. but liked
the ease and dohnteness with which
Larry put his foe out Of commission.
learned later that II was a way he had.
My friend. the American consul gen.
eral at Constantlnople was not with.
out a sense OF humor, and easily On.
listed him In Larry's behalf The Eng.
llshman thlrsted for vengeance and In,
vOkod all the powers. lie Insisted
with reason, that Larry was a British
subject and that the American consul
had no right to give him asylum,--a
point that was, ! understand. thor.
Oughly wellgroundod IN law and fact
Larry maintained, on the other hand
that he was not English but Irish, and
that. as Nls country maintained no
representative IN Turkey It was his
privilege 10 find refuge wherever Il
was offered Larry was always the
most plausible OF human beings, and
between us.--he, the American consul
and I've made an impression, and
got him on
did not realize until later that the
real Joke lay In the fact that Larry
was Engllsh-born, and that his deyo.
ton 10 ireland was purely sentimental
and quixotlc, His family had, 10 be
sure. come out OF ireland some time
In the dim past, and settled In Eng
land; but when Larry reached years Of
knowledge. II not OF discretion, he cut
oxford and insisted on taking his de.
gree at Dublin. He even belieyed,-Or
thought he belleved,--ln banshees. He
allied himself during his university
days with the most radical and turbu'
lent advocates OF a separate national