Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-02-28
IChapter Eight-Continued.)

OF the squadron men asked me-the
major. Oh, beg pardon! Didn't know
you were trying to stick Mortimer with
him. He might do for the troop am
bulance-inside. What? Oh, yes; met
Mr.. Blank-I mean Mr.. Plank-at
Ehotover, think. How dye do? Had
the pleasure of potting your tame
pheasants. Rotten sport, you know.
What do you do it for, Mr.. BlankY-
what did you come for if it's rot
ten sportY' asked Plank so simply that
At took O'Hara a moment to realize he
had been snubbed
81 didn't mean to be offensive" he
drawled.
Il suppose you can't help It," said
Plank very gently. "Some people can't,
you know" And there was another ST.
lence, broken by Mortimer, whose en-
tire bulk was tingling with mixture
of surprise and amusement over his
protege's developing ability to take
care of himself did you say that
Stephen Siward is in Westbury, Billy?"
mo; he's In town." replied Fleet
wood II took his horses up to hunt
with. He isn't hunting, you know"
II didn't know, Nobody ever sees
him anywhere" said Mortimer. II
guess his mothers death cut him up"
fleetwood lifted his empty glass and
gently shook the ice in it. 'sThat, and
the other business-is enough to cut
any man up. isn't it?'
sYou mean the action of the Lenox
c1ub?" asked Plank seriously.
Eyes. He's resigned from this club,
too, hear Somebody told me that he
has made a clean sweep of all his
clubs. That's foolish. A man may be
AN ass to join too many clubs. but he's
always q fool to resign from any of
sem. You ask the weatherwise what
resigning from a club forecasts. It's
the first ominous sign in young mans
career"
Under cover of a rapid fire exchange
OF pleasantries between Fleetwood and
O'Hara, Plank turned to Mortimer.
heaitatlng;
II rather liked Siward when / met
him at Shotover." he ventured. "I'm
very sorry he's down and out"
HE drinks" shrugged Mortimer, di-
1uting his mineral water with Irish
whisky. He can't let it alone. He's
Alike all the Siwards."
a.Mortimer doesn't care for Siward,
but he's an awfully good fellow, all the
same" said Fleetwood, turning to
Plank. Hes been an ass. but who
hasn't? | like him tremendously, aud
j feel very bad over the mess he made
of 1t after that crazy dinner gave In
my rooms What? You hadn't heard
OF 1T? Why. man. it's the talk of the
clubs
Il suppose that is why haven't
heard" said Plank simply. MY club
life il still In the future"
'tOh" said Fleetwood. with an invol
nntary stare. surprised, a trife uncom
Portable, yet somehow liking Plank
and not understanding why.
Mortimer continued desultory dis
cussion with O'Hara concerning very
private dinner which somebody told
somebody that somebody had given tt
Quarter and the Intercounty Electric
people, which. If true. plainly indicat
ed who was financing the Intercounty
scheme and why Amalgamated stock
mad tumbled again yesterday and what
might be looked for from the Algon
quin Trust company's president
~Amalgamated Electric doesn't seen
20 like it little bit" said O'Hara
ssFerrall, Belwether and Siward are II
1T up to their necks. and If Quarter Il
really the god In the machine and 1
he really is doing stunts with Amalga
mated Electric and is also mixing fee
With the Intercounty crowd, why, h
As virtually paralleling his own road
and why, in the name of common
sense. is he doing that? He'll kill n
that's what he'll do"
"He can afford to kill it." observe,
Mortimer. punching the electric but
ton and making significant gestur
toward his empty glass as the servan
entered "A man like Quarter can al
ford to kin anything"
Yes. but why kill Amalgamate
Electric? Why not merge? Why, it's
crazy thing to DO it's devil of thin
to do, to parallel your own liner II
sisted O'Hara. 'sThat is dirty worl
People don't do such things these days
Nobody tears up dollar bills for tn
pleasure of tearing"
Nobody knows what Quarter wi
do" muttered Mortimer, who had trie
hard enough to find out when the frs
ominous rumors arose concernin
Amaigamated, and the first fractions
declines left the street speeches. an
stupefied.
O'Hara sat frowning and fingern
his glass. "As a matter Of fact" h
said. "a little cold logic shows us tha
Quarter isn't In it at all No sane ma
would ruin his own enterprise whe
there is no need 10. His people al
openly supporting Amalgamated an
hammeriRg Intercounty, and, beside
there's Ferrall in it. and Mrs. Ferra
is Quarters cousin; and there's Be
wether in It, and Quarter is engage