The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-19
CHAPTER lI-Continued.


CHAPTER lI-Continued.
Gary was rich, but after he had
spent his youth with incredible indus
try and great deal of ability to build
up steel business and had put 1T into
a little combination-not a big trust,
just a genuine corporation-some of
the financial princes wanted 1t for
club-to knock down bigger game,
reckon-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. 1t 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 a mean
time. And, to tell you the truth, Ber-
tie, l 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
Eyes; but my stock was all paid for,
and l held on to it; now it is over par
and paying dividends. oh, the prop
erty 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 downhill, he
was obliged to borrow money on his
actual holdings to protect his fictitious
ones. The stock went so low that he
was wiped out. He wouldn't take my
advice earlier in the game; and | knew
that it would only be losing money to
lend it to him, later-still, sometimes
have been rather sorry | didn't.
Would l better try the spade, BERTHE,
or the diamond"
The colonel advised the spade. He
wondered whether he should repeat to
his aunt the few sentences which ne
had overheard from Mercer and his
companion; but belief that old age
worries easily, added to his natural
mans Discrimination to attack the fem
inine nerves, tipped the scales against
So, instead, he began to
talk about Archie; what was he like?
was he fond of athletics? or was ne
bookish lad? Aunt Rebecca reported
that he liked riding and golf; but he
was not very rugged, and since MS
fathers death he had seemed listless
to a degree. But he is better now,
she added, with a 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"
"I?" 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 your"
Aunt Rebecca's eyes dulled a little
and her delicate lips were twisted by
q smile which had more wistfulness
than humor in it. I'm not lovable
person; anyhow, he does not love cas-
ilv We are on terms of the highest
resnect. 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
absurdly fond of him; and think
he's fond of her; but what she did was
IN make him fond of you. You, Gen.
Rupert Winter; why, that boy could
mass an examination on your EXPLOITS
and not miss a question. Janet and he
have a scrap-book with every printed
word about you, I do believe. And
she has been amazingly shrewd. we
admit know how to get the youngster
hack to his sports while he was out
of school: and, in fact, an old woman
,,ke me is rather bewildered by such
a voung creature, anyhow; but janet
rode with him; you are remarkable
rider. I helped there, because ! re
numbered some anecdotes about you
at West Point"
''But, my dear aunt"
"Don't interrupt me, BERTHE, it's
distinctly American habit. And We
read in the papers that you hat
learned that Japanese trick hghunt
-iiu.iitsu-and we're a wonder
arm not. assure you; that beast o
n newspaper man"
Never mind, II you are not won
aerryou'n have to be; you can TAX
lessons In Los Angeles; there ar
identifies of Japs there. Why, evei
tn chicago. Janet picked up one, an,
No imported him. and Archie tool
lessons. and practices every DAY
Tbere's a book in my bag in the rae
,here a very interesting book; Jane
and have both read It so we coul
am to Archie. You would better Skin