The Washington times., 1910-09-11

rane have IT,, ne said, distinctly II
he wants il that baC.
The auctiOneer bowed to the gaUut
and depressed Cochrane-
Going at fl
sixteen
CadoEan's surprise at hearing his own
voice interieCt the higher hSTre was
almost as great as that OF ths others
I in the hall II impressed hllu as
purely involuntary Sctl0n. as II he had
suokeu on the admoniLiOu of VIII
other than his own. His voice ringing
clear IN q IuII in the hum Of talk.
. brought him aEaim into prominence A
stir and murmur ran round the room
and the young man flushed little IN
( der the combined stare of 50 many
ewes. But he bowed IN affirmation 10
enc aszctiOueer's questioning eye
six cen hundred dollars ofe-ss-- DO
Cochrane raised a bouy yellow fore
finger and turned in his chair 10 look
CadoEau over with slow insolence
gathering started with faint disgust
Of the mans eyes They seemed al
most C0lOrless-aU white save the
puDiiS-aud very steady and sardOnlC
beneath their heavy. laShless lids
Going 10 Mr.. COchrane at seventeen
hundred dollars, resumed the auc-
ticneers hastily Going, go
CadCgan returned the mans ste re
..'Fv-o thousand he put in. quietly.
And told himself that, really, the is-
from his fanCifuI theory that there
might be pirates gold buried some
where about the place, IL was q beau
t5fui little ISLAND, and since he had
ilet himself IL Tor IL he might as wen
bid IT in at two thousand He could
snare that he who had forty thou
sand TO his credit free Of liability, at
the bank around the corner.
TWEEN rv-or e" retorted COchrane.
almost before the words were out Of
/ Cadozal's mouth, and favorinE the
H.
glare, he turned his back and again
faced the roStrurn-
/ Going 10 mr.. Cochrane at twenty
srTventy-fve" CadOgsn iuterposed
sharply. a trifie irritated.
+ The aUctIoneer pretended to misun-
aThs Cedar Island estate goes 10 Mr..
. Cochra1e at twenty-five hundred
I'm damned II IT doesE- CadoEan
+ cried That IS my bid They were
/ trying to freeze the outsider out. were
I tnevg H. paled slightly with resent
nert- and ia the astOnished pause that
. followed his interruption spoke Crisp
. Is and 70 the point addresslnS me
/ mr. Cochrare's last bid was twenty
{ ore, 7 bid twenty-five Now, DO You IN
: The saTIow and solemn little man upon
+ the platform bowed.
/ .'T Beg your pardon h said. with a
sneer thiniy veiled- This gentleman
Three thousand" Cochrane-s voice.
/ And one hundred NODDED CadoEan,
I sFfSe thousand Cochrane came back
! = fffry-one huudredr' Cadogan stuck
IA Efs guns
mere zen 4 little hush. while second
/ tine C0chrane turned in his chair %
{ sdrvey the rash young man who dared
+ contend e=aiust him. T-1en. while tue
/ auctIOneer hung in StupefaCtion. blowinl
for breath Ike "A fish out ~ water
"L bid {laot2,' announced Cochrane
! CadoEan flushed and felt his cheeks
: burn 4 little lump rose in his throat
ana when he choked it down IFS mouth
Ten thousand doITers. Goia=
Fifteen thousand" cred Cadogar
/ desuerat eIy.
In the back Of the room a man EigEle5
/ uerVOusly- and another sTCre from the
J same cause C0chrsne continued 20 eys
] CedoE9D with a dearbjT glare The ar1c-
I tfoUcer No SrpDed his TiuS Before suea r.
d Ing directly To- the one bidder whom Dr.
. knew 0er-rcually- HethrinEten had au-
I Tare1tly lost all Interest in the game be
/ yond that 81 an onlGoker.
J NJ Cochrane- this gentleman bids
>7.'And I ton If by SOFA
Cochraue settled hack with an air thai
1 assumed q final settlement on the trans
I action
Twenty thousand dollars FIR the
3 CeEa~-'-
( --Twe0tE-fiVe,F the words came auto
{ rlaficaIsv from Cadocan-s mouth.
] Thirty thousand--- Cochraue-s Gfsnas
+ siouate accents cat through his aBstrac-
! ton
! Tt was true. them True that some
I thing more than q house and "A Few bare
acres 81 ground were at stake- And
/ yet-dared he so hiEher2 IOUEE would
stand ny him. Of course Tire reasons
for and against aTTayed themselves ir