The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-01

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e.or're right
'Feoh cruz, tt@n anybody VII
hich he alta Faa away wit
clts plaa 0t rue
kmy and srrc.sg ver am x'a'
to&Ei ,e1s coup.xus a3jve 8 ~ en'y =
laoe- uags belongings vH
He saw HIS Gfora ne pa,d - away
on barrow bev II gave lie 60. e'. :.
pence. The man he ssial Philii
was clerk in charge al the 70 era Is
He was grateful lar even so sma a
sum. IS
On leaving the. STA lon, with the re-
ceipt for his luggage in his pocket. /
Philip saw the four rhnaler tcrnirg
into the strand On ta aag back to
Fenchureh street He smiled. The tie
between esss &ad woaf was severed. !
No natter what else might happen to
it, his meteor had left Johnson's News
forever,
e was new few minutes past 0. but
be still had good deag to do before
ne presented himself at lsaacstein's at
IL.
1t was necessary to change his skin
once more before the metamorphosis
he contemplated was complete. He
was acquainted with large Quitting
emporium in Ludgate Hill which ex-
actly suited his requirements, so he
rode thither on bus.
Passing Somerset House, he recalled
Isaacstein's remark about getting his
letter stamped" He did not know
what stamping meant in legal sense.
but he guessed that it implied the af-
fixing Of a seal of some sort. There
was no need to hurry over 1t, he
thought.
At IL o'clock Isaacstein would either
keep his word about the 5000 or en-
deavor to wriggle out of the compact.
In either event Philip had already de-
termined to consult Mr.. Abingdon.
He had now in his pocket about f3s.
Half an hour later he was wearing a
new tweed suit, new hat and new
boots. He had acquired a stock of
linen and underclothing, an umbrella
and an overcoat. Some of these arti-
cles, together with his discarded
clothes, were packed in two new leath-
er portmanteaus, on which his initials
would be painted by noon, when he
would call for them.
He paid f26 for the lot, and the man
who waited on him tried In vain to
tempt him to spend more. Philip knew
exactly what he wanted. He adhered
to his programme. He possessed suff1
Gent genuine luggage and clothing to
he prseptable anywhere. He had
| enough money to maintain himself for
| weeks il necessary. For the rest, an
other couple Of hours would place II
beyond doubt whether he was a mil
lona1re or not; for, if Isaacstein failed
him, London was big enough and
wealthy enough to quickly decide that
| point.
as the clocks struck the hour
Some boys Of his age might have ex-
perienced malicious delight when the
youth on guard bounced up with a
smirk and ready:
"Yessir. Vat iss 1t, sirT'
Not so Philip. He simply asked for
Mr.. Isaacsteiu, but he certainly could
not help smiling at the expression Of
utter amazemelt when his identity
dawned on his nearer.
The "Yessir, VII you blease walk In
was very faint, though The office boy
ushered hiu upstairs as one in a
dream, for lie had been warned to ex-
pect Philip, a Philip in rags, not
ort
clerk.
Isaacstein on ibis occasion looked
and acted the sound men Of business
he really was.
He awaited Philip IN bis private of
Zee. He seemed 70 be pleased by the
change effected in the boys onf 7ard
appearance. There vas less of bur
leSque, less Outrage TO his feelings, in
discussing big sums of money with
person properly attired than with one
who wore the garments OF q tramp.
Good morning. lie said plea san tIy.
"You are puncrual am gssd 10 see.
Have you been to Somerset House!
NO" said Philip.
why not? II you are going to con-
| troll big capital you must learn bust
| ness habits or you will lose 1t, no mat
| ter how large II may be-"
Would Somerset House compel you
to pay me, Mr.. lsaaesteinT
mot exactly, but the sts mpirg Of
| important documents Is a means 10.
ward an end ] assure you"
II will see 10 it, but I wanted prl-
| marily to be certain of one of two
thipgs-frst. VIII you pay the $4,000
~ promised; second. viii you give me
fresh purchase note for my diamonds
which will not indicate 50 definitely
that l am the boy concerning whom
there has been so much needless pub
licity during the last few days.
1t was Of no avail for Isascstein to
handy words with Philip. A boy of
fifteen who casually introduced such
word as primarily into sentence
and gave a shrewd thrust about need.
less publicity" TO the PERI n response
Bile for it was not TO be orowbeaten
even in business affairs.
The man whipped out check book
Am l to make out check for f5,0oO
to Phillip" be asked.