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CHAPTER Il-Continued.
cary was rich but after he had
speut his youth with incredible indus
try and a great deal of ability to build
ND steel business and had put it into
little combination-not a big trust
lust a genuine corporation-some of
the financial princes wanted it for a
cmh-to knock down bigger game, |
recEon-and proceeded TO cheaper the
stock in order to control it. Cary held
on desperately, bought more than he
could hold mortgaged everything
else but they were too big for him TO
fight. It was in 1908. you know, when
they had an alleged financial panic,
and scared the banks. Cary went to
the wall. and Phil with him, and poor
Phil killed himself. Afterward Carys
wife died; he surely did have mean
time. And. to tell you the truth Ber-
tie. | think there has been a little
kink in Cary's mind ever since"
Did you hold any of Cary's stock?"
He was piecing his puzzle together
YES; but my stock was all paid for,
and ! held on to 1t; now it is over par
and uaying dividends. Oh, the prop
erly was all right. had it been kept in
honest hands and run for itself. The
trouble with Cary was that in order
to keep control OF the property he
bought lot of shares on margins. and
when they began TO run downhlll, he
was obliged to borrow money on his
4 h.N1l 10 hrftI1niiS
ones The stock went so low that he
was wiped out He wouldn't take my
advice earlier in the game; and knew
that il would only be losing money TO
lend Il to him. later-still. sometimes
! have been rather sorry | didn't.
Would better try the spade. BERTHE,
or he diamond ,"
Tie colonel advised the spade. He
wondered whether he should repeat to
his aunt the few sentences which he
haG overheard from Mercer and his
companion; but a belief that old age
worries easily. added TO his natural
man Discrimination to attack the fem
!nine nerves. tipped the scales against
ffaHkness. So instead, he began to
tall about Archie; what was he like?
vas he fond of athletics? or was he
R buokish lad? Aunt Rebecca reported
that he liked riding and golf: but he
was not very rugged, and since his
fe;aer's death he had seemed listless
70 4 degree "But he is better now,
sie added. with trace of eagerness
quite foreign TO her usual manner
Janet Smith has reused him up; and
what do you suppose she has done?
But really, you are the cause
- queried the colonel.
Just you. Archie. Janet argued, is
The kind of nature that must have
some one to be devoted to-
And has he taken fancy to her?
Or To you?"
Aunt Rebecca's eyes dulled little
and her delicate lips were twisted by
smile which had more usefulness
than humor in IT, I'm not a lovable
.erson; anyhow. he does not love cas-
~ We are on terms of the highest
respect. even admiration. but we
haven't got so far as friendship, far
less comradeship. Janet is different.
But don't mean Janet: she has grown
ahsurdly fond of him; and think
he's fond OF her: but what she did was
70 make him fond of You You, Gen.
rupert Winter; why, that boy could
pass an examination on your exploits
and not miss question. Janet and he
have scrap-book with every printed
oh I In
she has been amazingly shrewd. we
didn't know how to get the younSster
hack to his sports while he was out
ef school; and in fact, an old woman
llic me is rather bewildered by such
Young creature, anyhow; but Janet
rode with him; YOU are a remarkable
rider; | helped there. because ! re-
membered some anecdotes about you
al West Point
But, my dear aunt"
Don't interrupt me. BERTHE. it's a
diT'inctly American habit. And we
read in the papers that you had
learned that Japanese trick fighting
--liu-1itsu--and We're a wonder
I'm not, | assurS sou; that beast OF
newspaper man"
Never mind, II you are not won
der you'll have to be; you can take
lessons in Los Angeles; there are
quantities of Japs there. Why, even
IN Chicago. Janet picked up one, and
We imported him. and Archie took
lessons, and practices every day.
There's book In my bag, in the rack
there, very interesting book; Janet
and have hnfh road IL 60 we could