Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-06
Sunday, dune 6, ,c
He regretted Rrentxie,

ship. extraordinarily close In iiend
 the meagerness of either's in,o, Nw OI
 about the other, to say no,h,n Hatier
 disparity between their apes V, .A'
 cerning the elder man Kirkwooa ", NA
 little more than that they had nS. aues
 shfpboard. coming over:" tbo, n" Oa
 wick had spent some years in b.eut
 lea; that he was an Engl,shm.n s' [ \ birth. cosmopolitan by habit hr "
 fession gentleman (employinc is' po
 term in It's most uncomnronD,., 'ua'
 British signihcance) and by ,nolis
 ton a collector of articles of ri.. a'
 and btgotry." in pursuit of wb,ch ', ~
 made frequent excursions to tho oa.. "
 nent from his residence in ono,u. %
 quiet street of old Brompton I, n. :
 been during his not infrequent h,, a .. 4 dfnarlly abbreviated, sojourns In ny \ that their steamer acquain,ancs s.s I
 ripened into an affection almos, sn', a
 on the one hand, almost paterna, as
 the other. N' '"p. tug ut tIe door
 The knob was turned: the door ono, ed Kirkwood. swinging ou one hesl beheld. hesitant upon the threshold rather rotund figure of medium beIvb, clad in an expressionless gray louncs suit. with brown bowler" bo, ba1s tentatively In one hand. an umbrer, weeping in the other. A voice wh,oI was unctuous and lnslnuatiye. emon,, ed from the figure.
 Mir. Kirkwood"
 Kirkwood nodded, with some ero,, recalling the name. so detached had been his thoughts since the dlsapnas, ance of the page.
 "Yes. Mir CalendarY
 "Are you-ah-busy, Mfr. Rirkwood>
 Are you. Mir. CalendarT K,rt woods smile robbed the retort of m, flavor of incivility.
 Encouraged. the man entered n,. missing that he would detain his host b,, a moment and readily surrenderinr hat and umbrella. Klrkwood, putting th. latter aside. invited his caller to tb, easy chair which Brentwick had occu. pied by the fireplace.
 .Tt takes the edge ofr the damppess- Kirkwood explained in deferepce , the others look of pleased surprise u the cheerful bed of coals. .T'm afraid I could never get accllmated to life In a cold. damp room-or a damp. cold room-such as you Britisher. prefer
 "It Is grateful" Mir. Calendar agreed spreading plump and well cared for hands to the warmth. But you ar mistaken. am as much an American as yourself"
 "Yes?" kirkwood looked the man over with more interest. less matter of course courtesy.
 He proved not unprepossessing. this unciassifiable MT. Calendar. He was dressed with some care. his comperion was good. and the fullness of bis girth emphasized as 1t was by a notable lack of inches. bespoke a nature genial easy going and sybaritic. His dark eyes. heavy lidded. were active, cu- riously at times with subdued gilt. ter, fin face large. round. pink. of which the other most remarkable fea- lures were mustache. close trimmed and showing streaks of gray; chubby nose and duplicate chins. Mir. Caen. dar was. furthermore. possessed of q polished bald spot. girdled with q ton sure of silvered hair-circumstance which lent some fictitious distinction to a personality otherwise common. place.
 His manner might be best described as uneasy. with assurance. as though he frequently found 1t necessary to make up for bis unimpressive stature by assuming an unnatural habit of su- thority.
 "So you knew l was an American MT. Calendar" suggested KirkwOod
 Saw your name on the register. We both hail from the same neck of the woods. you know"
 -I didn't know 1t, and"-
 "Yes: I'm from Frisco too"
 And I'm sorry"
 Mir. Calendar passed five fat hneen nervously over his mustache. glanced alerfly up at Kirkwood. as If momea tarily inclined to question his tone then again stared glumly into ths ire. for Klrkwood had maintained sn attitude purposefully colorless Not to put too fine point upon 1t. he believed that his caller was lying. The mans appearance. his mannerisms. his yoke and enunciation, while they might have been American. seemed all un- To one born and bred n hat state. as Kirkwood had been. na sons are unmistakabiy hall marked.
 Now, no man lies without motive This one chose to reafiirm. with sboV ,f deep feeling: "Yes. I'm from Frise oo. We're companions in misfortune. "I hope not altogether" said krt wood politely.
 Mir. Calendar drew his own inier ,nces from the response and musteT~ ID a show of cheerfulness. Ine' fou're not completely wiped cutF ITO the contrary. was hoping !0' were less unhappy"
 ''Oh. then you are?"
 Kirkwood lifted the cable messas, rom the mantel. q have just nea'a