The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-06-02
Af1LLION Nf1SgJE
Or Hudson Douglas
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glance was arrested and nelu, TOT
a moment, by a face which had
come through the doorway, and
passed him at speed, to be swal-
lowed up in the dense, moving
mass of humanity on the broad
sidewalk.
1.-THE deuce!" said Quaintances
and stopped short. !.
1.-The deuce!" said he, and
turned, as speedily as he might IN
the press, prodigiously anxious 20
find out which way she had gone:
But she was gone.
"Confound 1T" he raped one
wrathfuliy, 81 must be wrong tu
the head. I don't know why !
should be staring after a stranee
girl like pumpkin when ! ought
to be at the bank"
It was surely absurd to allow
any such fugitive glimpse OF "a
face, no matter how fair, to intFe
fere with his own hard-won peafe
of mind. He resolutely stroye ~
erase its blurred outline from haS
memory, to dismiss from his mind
all recollection of its misty, sweet
eyes. He was no gallant adven-
tu4er among women. The girl
lcould be nothing to him.
At last he entered the Night and
Day bank with his old good-hu-
mored, leisurely air. AS far as
his outward appearance went, he
had not a care in the world.
The process Of opening an ac-
count was not unduly complicated.
He had neither Introduction nor
references, but he had, what was
probably more to the point, nego-
table sight drafts for very salts
factory sum. The Night and Day
bank asked him two or three per-
tinent questions, and requested
that he record his signature in its
registers for future reference.
He did SO, subscribing himself
| in a bold hand, "a. Newman" in
dorsed the drafts in the same
name, and, having laid down the
pen, produced from a waistcoat
pocket a small chamois-leather
case.
I'D like to leave this with you,
too" he said carelessly to the
banker, who raised his eyebrows in
quick surprise when he saw what
the case contained.
"My dear Mr.. Newman!" he
protested grayely. you surely
don't realize the risk you run in
carrying such valuables loose in
your pockets. The least skillful
thief on Fifth av. might easily
have relieved you of them and
you no doubt came through the
|crowd with your coat wide open?
It's very evident that you're a
newcomer in New York;"
His client smiled pleasantly.
1--WE carried them loose in my
pockets for over year." he assert
ed, "and in much more dangerous
places than Fifth av. But the
main point is that they're safely
here, and here l want them to stay
If you'll keep them for me.
There are only two, and I'll take
your receipt for stated value of
500 apiece, If you're agree
able"
They're worth more than that,
of course" said the banker, exam4
ming the glorious rose-colored
diamonds which Qaaintance had
pushed across to him, and their
owner nodded.
"Yes, good deal more"
We'll put them in safe deposit
for you, Mr.. Newman" suggested
the man of money, and Mr.. New
man." having pocketed the key to
the box, departed ON the best of
terms with the Night and Day
bank and himself. He was pleased
that the name he had given had
passed unchallenged. and was en-
Icouraged to believe that his old
identity was safely inferred with
the past.
so, let's see," he said very
|cheerfuily to himself as he left
the bank. / want to wash the
taste of ships food out OF my
mouth. Mr.. Newman's' health in
IA bottle of sparkling Burgundy, at
some cool spot ON the seashore of
Bohemia, would just about fill the.
bill" He thought once more, and
fer the last time, of the girl with
the troubled eyes he had seen on
the steps of the bank
Il wish she had Just looked
round" he unused rexretfnlly.