Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-11-07
CHAPTER xxx.
Emanuel Fosgste Delivers an Er
Velope

Inc tram came 20 stop az the sta
tion I'm I'd Paso three hours before
the appointed noon.
"What next? What next2" went
through Jerrys mind as ne left the
train and went 20 the station lunch
room. AS he ate a hearty meal he
wondered why ne had not been met
by either Mike O'Conuor or Marina.
but second thought told him that he
had fcrgCtten to telegraph either OF
them. "ChumDt" he chidincly unused.
"and they told me they would stsv
az the Hotel Houston until 7 came or
wired guess there was altogether
too much gold mine ON my mind"
After the meal he went to clothing
store and bought suit OF clothes. new
underga-mcrts shirt Immediately
white. no5hy straw hat. O pair of tan
shoes and 81 collar and nocltie. Then
he went to q ba,bhcuse. from which
IN due sen 20. he emerged the picture
or com '.,e Transformation Fin.
ish.ns up wish shave and "a haircut
he went to thc hr,ol Mike OConnor.
quite as complete a transformation.
was seated near q window curling lazy
rings of smoke ln che air. Jerry an-
preached him from btil1d.
'Are ycI "a Yaqul2" he asked.
Iommt-Jcrry. nay iadt" exclaimed
the BIG lrishman. surveying him w.th
admiring eyes. "and 10 ycu don't look
respectable! Tell me all about Il.
lad. What did you Gndg"
Jerry said nothing. but held cut the
nuggets.
What" cried Mike. his voice being
loud enourh 90 attract the attention OF
every body in the room. Did YOU
finally locate ite~
For certainty. Mr. NJ. Aloysius
O'Counor." answered Jerry. Il found
the number. But WOW. what an ex-
perieucel"
Jerry 1 thought you was a fool
when you determined TO 40 back 20
that red headcd mountain again. but 1
guess YOU knew your business. You
deserve everything You found. II It
was "A pile OF gold as big as the noun
tain itself"
IT'S 10 be halver and halver. Mike.
old man." said Jerry. and one OF
these days I'll lead you right 10 old
fourteen, and then. when the time is
ripe, Wen put up a monument TO old
Jose and his dog"
You don't mean IL, Jerry: YOU can't
mean that you're goln' to share with
me what"
That's exactly what / mean. Mike"
Jerry Chambers. alias Tommy Elan
merry, you're the biggest puzzle In the
world to me yet, hut you're the whitest
diyil l have run across in all my life.
Why / wouldn't have gone back there
alone for all the money in the world"
Nor would I, AIike-under normal
conditions. But l did go back and I
found the mine"
When are you goin' back?"
Jerry looked az his watch. The time
was II O'clock
1 must see Marina first. Mike" said
he, and then / have a little business
70 lock after up on Montezuma street
wherever that Is. I can tell YOU more
after l have attended 70 this business"
I'm wait for YOU right here" said
Mike. THE little girl has been in bed
a good deal OF the time since our ar
rival-nothing serious. you know. but
a sort OF reaction. | think she's wor.
ried herself sick about YOU. About
700 times a day she asks what I've
heard from Jerry. It's Just Jerry this
and Jerry that from sunrise to sunset
You needn't fear how you stand there
lad You'd better mosey up 10 her
parlor right away When YOU get
there a significant little twin.
kie-"ten the gineral I want TO see
him down here in two jines"
A few minutes later Jerry was alone
with the woman ne loved. His only
explanation TO her was that his "af.
fair OF business" had been satisfac.
torily attended TO.
But Jerry. why don't you tell me
alp" she asked.
Really, dear. I Ike you to be curl.
Gus" he laughed. Il am going to eI
plain everything some day. and then
youn love me all the more. Every.
thing / have accomplished VIII be as
much for you as for myself. and. IL nv
luck doesn't desert me. you'll be very
proud OF me N time. Let me keen
you guessing a little longer. 1t will
be great fun; but don't lose your mind
trying TO find out what l an doing
Just keep interested, that's all"
Jerry was lost to everything but the
girl whose head rested on his shout
der. The ticking OF the little clock on
the dresser did not reach his ears. nor
did the fast disappearing shadows at.
tract his attention. The clock struck
the quarter hour.
What time is that?" he calculated.
jumping TO bis feet What times does