The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-09-13


at the end Of Z blind alley, with no
light ahead and to be quite frank
old man, l don't believe you have the
advantage of me- What's the matter
with US. anyhow
THE mistake we make replied
Griswold, SIS in failing to seize oppor-
tunities when they offer. You and
have talked ourselves hoarse thou
sand times planning schemes we never
pull on We are cursed with lnde-
cision, that's the trouble with u.s. we
| never see the handwriting on the
wall, or II we do, it's just streak OF
hieroglyphics, and we don't know
what it means until we read about 1t
in the newspapers. But thought you
were satisfied with the thrills you got
running as a reform candidate for
alderman in New York last year. 1t
was a large stage and the limellght
struck you pretty often. Didn't you
get enough? No doubt they'd be glad
to run you again.
Ardmore glanced hastily about and
laid his hand heavily on his friend 8
shoulder.
Don't mention it-don't think of 1t.
No more politics in mine. The world
may go hang if it waits for me to set
1t right What ! want is something
different, real notwithstanding
with spice in it, have bought every
thing money can buy, and now I'm
looking for something that cant De
tagged with price"
There's your yacht and the open
sea-" suggested Griswold.
sick of 1t. Sick to death of it,"
you're difficult old man, and
mighty hard to please. Why don't yot
turn explorer and go In for the soutl
I pole!"
Perfectly bully! I've thought OF i
4 Z lot, but l want to be sure w
! cleaned up everything else first. IT.
always up there waiting-on ice, s.
I to speak-but when it's done ono
there will be nothing left. want t
save that for the last call"
You said about the same thin
when we talked of Thibet that frs
evening We met at the Universit
club, and now the Grand Lama sing
in all the monographs, and for
penny you can see him in kinet'
scope, eating his luncheon. remen
Der very well that night. We wer
n facing each other at writing-tabl
and you looked up timidly from yot
letter and asked me whether theI
were two "a in aggravate, and l al
n swered that 1t depended on the mea
n ing-one for mild case, two for
# severe one-and you laughed and
s began talking. Then we found OF
1 how lonesome we both were, and yC
asked me to dinner, and then took
II to that big house of yours up the
In Fifth avenue and showed me II
III pictures in your art gallery, and
found out that we needed each other
"Yes, l had needed you all right
And Ardmore shifted dolefully, al
III complained of the smoke that W
I'M drifting in upon them from the ira
MI sheds. Il wish you wouldn't alwa
kNF0e leaving me. You ought to gi
up your Job and amuse me. You
VI the only chap l know who doesl
5 talk horse or automobile or yacht.
who doesn't want to spend wht
~ tages; but you're too good man
be wasted on college professorsh
~ Better let me endow an institute
MA that will make you president-the
might be something in that"
1T would make me too promine
so that when we really make up {
minds to go in for adventures sho1
be embarrassed by my high positi
AS a mere lecturer on THE Libel
of Sunken Ships" in a law school,
the most obscure person in the VOL
And for another thing. we could
risk the scandal of tainted money.
~ would be nasty to have your gre
xrandfather's whisky deals with
Mohawk Indians chanted in coll
yell
The crowd surged past them to
Washington express, and a wait
porter picked up Griswold's bags.
'Wish you wouldn't go. h
sthree hours to watt said Ardm'
hooking at his watch. land the c
Il Atlanta man know is out of town