The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-27
CHAPTER XII.

fe'Ai4pu MI ADlHsuOn LONDON ADDRESS,
and wrote asking for an appointment
the following evening.
He also interviewed the manager.
Il want the help of thoroughly re-
liable solicitor" he SAID II wish to
purchase some property-not valuable
property. but of Importance to me. Can
You give me the address of some one
known to your
M. Foret named a reputable firm in
the locality.
They may refer to you" added Phil
ip. "Of course. / do not ask you to
say more than that / am staying here.
but the point is 1 do not wish you to
mention my age"
''Will you not see them. then?"
mo. l will endeavor to conduct the
whole business by post"
The manager laughed.
You certainly are the coolest young
gentleman l ever met. However. Mr..
Anson, 1t may please you to know that
your bank gave you the best of recon-
mendations. l will say so to any
body"
So Philip first drafted and then copied
the following letter:
Dear Sirs: NJ. Foret of this hotel
has given me your names as a firm
likely to transact certain negotiations
Tor me. ] want TO purchase a small
property in the Mile End road, known
as Johnson's News: also shop near
the entrance to the news, tenanted by
marine-store dealer named O'Brien.
The news is owned by the Cardiff and
Havre Coal Co.. Ltd. / do not know
who owns the shop. wish to acquire
these properties for philanthropic pur-
pose. but I am most DESTROYS that my
name should not figure in the transac-
ton. / propose, therefore, when you
have ascertained the price. which should
be at the earliest possible moment. to
pay to your credit the requisite amount.
You can have the properties transferred
TO any nominee you choose. and again
transferred to me- Kindly add your
costs. ETC.. to the purchase price. My
movements are somewhat uncertain, so
please send all communications by let
ter. 1t will be an obligation. and lead
70 future business. if you attend e. to
this matter tomorrow morning. Yours
faithfully.
PHILIP ANSON."
He did not compose this letter with
out considerable trouble. The "philan-
thropic purpose be had already decided
upon, but he thought it was rather
clever to refer to the possibilities of
future business
AS for the double transfer, he dis
tiIictly remembered copying letters
dealing with several such transactions
at the time of the coal company's con-
version into a limited liability con-
Germ
He was early to bed. and his rest
was not disturbed by dreams. He rose
long before the ordinary residents. De-
ferring his breakfast. he walked to
Fleet street and purchased copies of
morning and evening papers for the
whole of the week
= He could thus enjoy the rare luxury
OF seeing himself as others saw him.
He read the perfervid descriptions of
the scene in court. and found himself
variously described as pert" master
full" ''imperious," highly intelligent -
endowed with a thin veneer of educa-
tion." and affected"
Philip could afford TO laugh at the
unfavorable epithets. Up to the age
of thirteen. he had been trained i'm a
first-class lycee, and his work was su-
pervised by his mother. a woman of
very rare culture. He spoke French as
well as English, and spoke both adj
mirably. He knew some Greek and
Latin. was well advanced in arithmetic,
and had a special penchant for history
and geography.
II was In the glowing articles which
appeared during his Imprisonment that
he took the keenest interest. Oddly
enough, one ingenious correspondent
blundered onto a clew. Gifted with
an analytical mind. he had reasoned
that the diamond-laden meteor fell dur
Ing the extraordinary storm of the 18th,
and the meteorological department IN
Victoria street helped him by describ-
ing the center of the disturbance as
situated somewhat to the east of the
London hospital
This writer had actually interviewed
a member of the staff of that institu-
tion who amused himself by noting
parometrical vagaries His instrument
recorded an extraordinary increase of
pressure soon after 10 o'clock on the
night Of the storm.
"Alasi" added the scribe. ''ft did not
indicate where the meteor fell, and not
a policeman, bus driver or railway Of
fetal can be found who observed any
thing beyond a phenomenal electrical
display and a violent downpour of
rain"
That was too close to be pleasant,
and Philip was glad to hear from NJ.
Foret that the solicitors. after telephon-
ing to ask for some particulars con-
corning Mr.. Arson, were giving prompt
attention to his instructions.
What did you tell them?" asked
Philip. r.
IT said that you impressed me as the
kind of young gentleman who would
pay we'll for services given unspar-
ingly."
did that satisfy them?"
Perfectly. Such clients do not
abound in these hard times"
Three hours later. a letter came for
Phillip Arson. Esq.," by hand. 1t was
from the solicitors. and read:
1--WE are in receipt OF your esteemed
instructions. Although Saturday Is a
day on which II is difficult to do bust
ness. we lost no time in inspecting the
premises in the Mile End road, accom-
panied by a surveyor We found that
the news stand approximately on an
area of 1900 superficial feet, while the
shop tenanted by O'Brien has a 'front.'
age on the main road of eighteen feet,
with probable depth of thirty or thir-
ty-five feet The owner OF this shop
IS a resident in the neighborhood. and
he will accept $50 pounds for the free
hold.
1--WE were fortunate in finding the
managing director of the Cardiff and
Havre Coal company, Ltd, at his Of
flee. Although the company require the
news for the purpose OF a depot, they
are not unwilling TO sell. with a stipula-
ton that the premises shall not be used
by any competing company during q
period of twenty years from the date
OF transfer. We stated that the site