The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-01-14
THE HOUSE OF
A THOUSAND
CANDLES
Bv MEREDITH NICHOLSON
Aulbsr Of THE MAIN CHANCE" ZELDA
CAMERON" &c.
CHAPTER Il.-continued.

am sorry / couldn't see the OBJECT OF
-vour interest. Bah! these men!"
I LAUGHED carelessly enough, but
was already summoning from my
memory the grave face of the girl in
black.-her mournful eyes, the CLINT OF
gold in her hair. Pickering was GER
tainly finding the pleasant places in
this vale of tears, and felt my heart
hot against him. 1t hurts, this seeing
man YOU have never liked succeed
ing where you have failed!
s'Why didn't you present me? I'd
like to make the acquaintance Of few
representative Americans, II may
need them to go bail for me-"
pickering didn't see me, for one
thing; and for another he wouldn't go
hail for you or me if he did. He isn't
built that way"
Larry smiled quizzically.
"You needn't explain further. The
sight of the lady has shaken you. She
reminds me of Tennyson:
"The star-like sorrows Of immortal
eyes
and the rest of Ii ought to be solemn
warning to you,-many drew swords
and died, and calamity followed in
her train Bah. these women!
thought you were past all that"
81 don't know why a man should be
past it at 27l Besides, Pickering's
friends are strangers to me. But what
became of that Irish colleen you used
to moon over? Her distinguishing fea-
ture, as l remember her photograph,
was a short upper lip. You used to
force her upon me frequently when
we were in Africa"
"Humph! When l got back to Dub
lin 1 found that she had married a
brewers son,-think of it,"
Put .ot your faith in short upper
lip. Her face never inspired any con
fidence in me-"
THAT will do. think you. I'll have
bit more of that mayonnaise if the
waiter isn't dead. l think you said
your grandfather died in June. A let
ter advising you of the fact reached
you at Naples in October. Has it oc
CURED to you that there was quite ar
interim there? What may ask, wa!
the executor doing all that time? You
may be sure he was taking advantage
of the opportunity to look for the red
red gold. l suppose you didn't Civ,
him a sound drubbing for not keepin!
the cables hot with inquiries for you?
He eyed me in that disdain for m!
stupidity which have never suffere,
from any other man.
We'll, no; to tell the truth, l wa
thinking of other things during the in
terview."
Your grandfather should have pre-
vided guardian for you, lad Yor
oughtn't to be trusted with money. l
our bottle empty? Well, If that pei
son with the fat neck was your frien
Pickering, I'd have a care of what
coming to me. I'd be quite sure tina
MT. Pickering hadn't made away wit
the old gentleman's Doodle, or that
didn't get lost on the way from him t
you"
The times running now. and III
IN Tor the year. My grandfather was
nne old gentleman, and 1 treated hir
IKE a dog. I'm going to do what h
airects in that will, no matter wha
me size of the reward may be-"
Certainly; that's the eminentl
f proper thing for you to do. But.-bu
keep your wits about you. If felloy
with that neck can't find money wher
money has been known to exist,
must be buried pretty deep. You
randfether was a trifie eccentric,
huge but not fool by any name
means. The situation appeals t
I imagination, Jack. like the ide
u-the lost treasure and the Who'll
BUSINESS, Lord, what salad that is
, neer up, comrade! You're as grin
Rs an OWL"
"hereupon we fell to talking of pei
lands.
we spent the next day together, an
the evening, at my hotel, he crit
4eu my effects while packed, in hi
fsual ironical vein.
y lou're not going to take thos
K lhgs with you, 1 hope!" He ind
d the rifles and several revolver
= uicn brought from the closet an
ew upon the bed. "They make m
neslek for the Jungle"
40 ne drew from it's cover the heav
M had used last on leopard hun
k ~ tested its weight.
IN { PRECIOUS little use you'll have fo
Il Better let me take it back {
Sod to use on the landlords.
,sg Jack, are we never to seek gu
,giv .uhes together again? We hit 1t o
Al e'yy Wen, old man, come to think {
don't like to lose you"
Dent over the straps of the riff,
pt y with unnecessary care, but ther
0 d. Quayer in his voice that was nj
Larry Donovan.
come with me now!" exclaime,
geling upon him.
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