Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-03-29
CHAPTER %.
A Face at Shsrry's-

with cagereyed. anxious men. ]. at
least. had no cares OF business II
made no difference to me whether the
market rose or fell. Something OF the
spirit Of adventure that had been my
curse quiekened In my heart m
walked through crowded broadway
past Trinity church to u bank and
drew the balance remainin. on my
letter OF credit. ] received In currency
slightly less than $1,000.
As turned from tho tcller's window
ran Into the arms Of the last man In
the world expected to see.
This. let II be remembered. was In
October Of the year Of our Lord. nine
teen hundred and one.
''Don't mention my name an thou
loves, m.:- said i.aurancc Donovan.
and he drew me aside. ignored my
hand and otherwise threw into our
meeting n casual quality that vas
somewhat amazing In view OF tho fact
that ~c had met last al Cairo.
Allah II Ailah:''
Il was undoubtedly Larry. ! felt tho
heat of the desert aud heard the camel
drivers eursins and our Suiancso
guides plotting mischief under a win.
dow far away.
Well" ~c both exclaimed inierro-
satiyciy.
lie rocked gently back and forth.
with his hands In his pockets. on the
tile noor Of the banking house. ! had
seen him stand thus once on time
when he had eaten nothing In four
days-it Was In Abyssiaia. and our
guides had lost tin In tho ~oEs, possi
b" plaec-~iih the same uatruubicd
look in his eyes.
please don't appear surprised. or
scared or anything. Jack he said.
With his delicious intonation. = sa~
fellow looking for mo an hour or 80
ago. He's br-n al u Tor several
mon;hs: hence my presence on these
shores Of tho brave and the frvc. He's
probably s,iii looking. a. hos . prr-
sisicnt devil. I'm hero. as 60 may
say. quite i,cos. Staying at an East
Side LODGING house. Whrfv I shan't In.
Siic you to call on mo. hut must SEQ
3ou.-
Dine with INC tonight. ai shes.
ry's--
Too big. too many PEOPLE
'ThcrCin lies security. u you're ia
trouble. I'm about 10 60 into exile.
and I want TO cat one more civilized
dinner before I co.
Perhaps It's Just a. we'll. Whore
arc you OF for.-uot Africa Asaiu.-
"No. Just indiana.-onc Of the sov.
crcisn American states. ~ you ought
10 know
''tndians.''
NO: warranted all dead
Pack train-bsiloon-au automobile
eamcis.-how do you get therp'-
Vanished cars. It's easy. It's not
the getting there: It's the not dying of
cnnni after you're on the spot
''Humph, What hour did you say
for the dinncr.'
Seven o'clock. Meet me al the en-.
trance
''i1l be there iffm not In jail. Kind.
" allow inc To prcccdc you. and don't
follow. plcase'-
He walked away. his eioved hands
ciasped iaxiiy behind him. iounscd out
upon broadway and turned toward the
battery. waited until he disap.
pcarcd. then took an uptown car.
Ny FIRST meeting with i.aurancc Don.
osan was In Constantinoplc. at . cafe
where was dining. He got into a row
with an Englishman and knocked him
down. II was not my AFFAIR. but liked
the ease and defnitcness with which
Larry put his foe out Of commission. I
learned later that Il was way he had.
My friend. the American consul gen.
eral at Constantinoplc. was not with.
out a sense Of humor. and easily en-.
listed him in i.arry's behalf. The Eng.
iishman thirstcd for vengeance and in.
voked all the powers. lie insisted.
with reason. that Larry was q British
subject and that the American consul
had no right TO give him asyium.-a
point that was. I understand. thor.
ouEhly weii.srounded In law and fact
Larry maintained. on the other hand,
that he was not English but Irish. and
that, as his country maintained no
representative in Turkey. II was his
privilege tn find refuge wherever II
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.
I did not realize until later that the
real joke lay in the fact that Larry
was English.born. and that his devo-
tion to ireland was purely sentimental
and Quixotic. His family had, to be
sure. come out Of ireland some time
II the dim past. and settled In Enr. !