The Detroit times., 1909-05-22
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Sweet Are the Usec Of Advertisement
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Sweet Are the Usec Of Advertisement.
! The spurious Stephen Quaintance
thus successfully launched on his ne
sarious enterprise and the man whose
empty place IN the world he meant %
usurp firm in his resolve 10 have moth
ing whatever TO do with the dead Miles
! Quaintance's project or the money Il
would produce, line ticked away five
full days OF the few that were left
before the II months should be up and
the dead mans adopted daughter be
come entitled 10 all these millions.
The real Stephen Quaintance felt
safely assured that the strange pre-
cautions he had taken for her welfare
would in due course result sausfactor-
lily for ner and himself He had paid
long price, at his own discretion. for
the right 10 live his own life. TO fol.
| low out his own ambitions He had
only one aim now. and il engrossed
Thin enttfeir-te he exclusion OF all
other interests
He had spent these days in an ex-
haustIve but fruities5 search OF the
Long Island suburcs, where IL seemed
lust possible that the girl whom he
meant 10 marry might have her home.
The only faint Glow be possessed was
that afforded by the ratfaced French
mans appearance al Rockaway Beach.
very vaguely confirmed by what h
had overheard from his own offensive
namesake at the Cornucopia club.
On the evening OF the fifth days
futile pilgrimage as be entered his
MOTEL he received message from
OFerral. which merely said.
See tonight's Telegram, page nine,
sc cond column. a. 20.
Running his finger rapidly down
the column prescribed. whose caption
WAS Automobiles. ETC." he found ad-
vertise,nent % as follows
For Sale-Cadllac, Model Q. 'OG,
two-seated. With hood. In perfect run
rang order s450- Apply 1896. Tele-
gram"
Ouaintance there fore sat down 70
compose a reply TO the advertisement,
with the grave risk hanging over his
head that some other purchaser might
anticipate him. that the advertiser
might even ignore mis- communication.
But he finally solved The problem or
what 10 say. what 10 ieave unsaid.
Later in the evening he called up
lOFerrals rooms.
I've sent in an answer already, ffe
announced.
O'FeIral laughed.
Hone you'll have luck with u.
steve" sail OFerral. I'm only sor-
nv I cant do better than that 10 help
Won I'm of tomorrow And say.
Steve. Don't tell anyone that I'm OUT
OF town. Goodby. steve.
For two more long days Quaintance
secured the country without avail and
waited an answer TO his modest re-
nuest that the owner OF the Cadillac
advertised for sale would not part
with II before affcrding him an oppor-
tunitv of inspection. Fortune favored
him with a little announcement In
the shape OF a business-like note TO
saw that F Smith would be glad 10
show him the Cadillac car. The al
6ress given was near Stormport. Long
Island.
He had perfect day for his eype.
dition. II was YCry still and restful
there on the Long Island shore. Amid
such setting. he thought the girl
would have SCENE; at home. But when
he knocked. the door was reluctantly
opened 10 him by a hardfeatured,
elderly woman who might have been
either mistress or maid in that modest
establishment who bore no faintest re-
semblance 10 her he had half hoped
10 see. She stood there with sharp
eyes fixed inteIrogatiyely on the
stranger.
"My name IS Qu--Newman." said
he. rather lamely and eulping his dis.
appointment down II had note
from r. Smith about a small car that's
por sale here.
Come this way please" the wom'
an requested. speaking with a strons
foreign accent. She led him back
toward the barn and produced the
identical rInabout which Quaintance
had seen al Martins.
Doe it-whr-are you Mrs.
Smith" he asked in confusion. aud
not knowing very we'll what TO say
next.