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pleasure, to the sons of a New York
family OF any prominence.
But in its management the younger
generation holds no suffrage; and is
not slow to declare that the Primordial
Is rightly named, characterizing the
individual members of the board of
governors as antediluvians, prehistoric
monsters who have never learned that
laughter lends a SAVIOR to existence.
And so it is that the younger genera
ton (Which is understood to- include
Maitland and Bannerman), while 1t re-
Hgiously pays its dues and has the
name of the Primordial engraved upon
its cards. shuns those deadly respec-
table rooms and seeks its comfort else
where.
Maitland found it dull and depress-
Ing enough, that same evening, some
thing before seven. The spacious and
impressive lounging rooms were but
sparsely tenanted, other than by the
ennuied corps Of servants; and the
few members who had lent the open
doors the excuse of their presence
were of the elderly type that hides
itself behind a newspaper in an easy
chair and snorts when addressed.
The young man strolled disconso-
lately enough into the billiard room,
thence (dogged by a specter of lone
llness) to the bar, and finally, in sheer
desperation, to the dining room, where
he selected table and ordered an
evening paper with his meal.
When the former was brought him,
he sat up and began to take new In
terest in life. The glazing headlines
that met his eye on the front page
proved as bracing as a slap In the
face.
THE Maitland Jewels" he read,
half aloud: Daring Attempt at Burg
larry. Mad" Maitland Catches Hand
some Dan" Anisty in the Act of Crack
ing His Safe at Maitland Manor.
Which Was Which? Both Principals
Disappear
The news-story was exploited as a
beat" it could have been little else,
since nine-tenths of it's exclusive de-
tails" had been born full-winged from
the fecund imagination of busy re-
porter to whom Maitland had refused
an interview while in his bath, some
three hours earlier. Maitland discoy-
cred with relief that boiled down to es.
sentials 1t consisted simply of the
statement that somebody (presumably
himself) had caught somebody fpre-
sumably Anisty) burglarizing the L.
brary safe at Maitland Manor that
morning; that one of the somebodies
fno one knew which) had overpowered
the other and left him in charge of the
butler, who had presently permitted
his prisoner to escape and then talked
for publication.
1t was not to this so much that Matt
land objected. 1t was the illustra-
tons that alternately saddened and
maddened the young man; the said H.
lustrations comprising blurred half
tone reproductions Of photographs
taken on the Maitland estate; a dia-
gram of the library, as fanciful as the
text it Illuminated, and two portraits.
side by side, of the heroes, himself
and Anisty, excellent likenesses both
of the originals and of each other.
Mr.. Maitland did not enjoy his din.
ner.
Anxious and preoccupied he tasted
the dishes mechanically; and when
they had all passed before him. took
MS thoughts and a cigar to a gloomy
corner OF the smoking room, where he
sat fortwo solid hours, debating the
matter pro and con, and arriving at
no conclusion whatever, save that Hig-
gins was doomed
At 1918 he began to contemplate
with positive pleasure the prospect of
discharging the butler. That, at least,
was action, something that he could
do; wherever else he thought to move
he found himself baffled by the blank
darkness Of mystery, or by his fear
Of publicity and ridicule.
At 1920 he decided to move upon
Greenf1elds at once, and telephoned
O'Hagan, advising him to profess ig.
norance of his employers where
abouts
At 1922, or In the midst of his ad.
monitions to the janitor, he changed
his mind and decided to stay In New
York; and instructed the lrishman
to bring him suit case containing a
few necessaries: his intention being to
stay out the night at the club sed so
avoid the matutinal siege of 10, .odg-
ings by reporters and detectivsx
At 10:45 club servant har ~ s,em
the card of representative ~
Evening Journal Maitland q. e-rs.f
that the gentleman be shown iaio sne
reception room.
At 1916 he skulked out of the club
by side entrance. jumped into cab
and had himself driven to the East
Thirty-fourth street ferry. arriving
there just in time to miss the last
train for Greenfields.
Denied the shelter alike of his iodg-
ings. his club. and his country home.
the young man in despair caused him.
self to be conveyed to the Barthoidi