The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-03-18

"Is she worse7" asked Theo-
dore.
NO." replied Mrs. Graybill.
But she's awfulIy collapsed. The
fearful strain she will never re-
cover from, never!"
"She WILL" said Craighead. CT
shall treat her with my system of
mental therapeutics-my special
ty-from this moment. She will
be we'll in exactly four hours.
Think no more of it, sweet LADY,"
"Oh," cried Mrs. Graybill, "can
you do such things. Mr.. Craig
head?"
Can II" he repeated. Look
me in the eye. You feel drowsy!
You do! You do! In a moment,
you will sleep, and you will
dream, of him who"
ooh, stop!" cried Mrs. Gray
bill. 81 never thought you had
such power!"
Mrs. Graybill vanished, throw
ing back a glance at Craighead in
which archness struggled with ter
TOR of his magic. He made hyp-
motto passes, against which she
slammed the door.
Down in Colombia" went on
Craighead, "are some placers run
ming two ounces of gold to the
yard. Can't be worked. l took
one of 'em from some Creole
burglars in Bogota. Took a crew
of descendants of the Incas, and
went in. Machinery on the backs
OF mules. Roads like the edge of
the sword Mohammedans walk in
to Paradise on. Got in. Mosqui-
tos SO thick you breathe 'em. An
apheles, with an occasional Stego-
mya sprinkle in. We had every
thing but bubonic plague and lep-
rosy in fifteen minutes-which is
the local period of incubation of
all deadly pestilences. Fled for
our lives. Lost paternal patri-
mony. Now!"
With the "Now!" Craighead
turned upon Captain Harrod
fiercely, and at every statement
smashing his fist into his palm,
advanced upon him so threaten
ingly that the fisherman gradually
gave ground, and finally brought
the disquisition to an end by fall
ing off the veranda.
"Now!" calculated Craighead.
II shall take that concession
again. Mr.. Waddy will furnish
the money. We carry in machin-
cry and laborers with Carson's
aeronef, work the gravels by day,
and at night soar to the summit of
Chimborazo, where the germs will
be CONCEALED and the air so pure
that our health will get better and
better until we can't stand it, and
will have to take something to
mitigate our robustiousness. Our
cargoes of dust will swamp the
financial world, place us on a pin
nacle of affluence undreamed of,
and make gold so cheap that it
will be equivalent to a universal
bankrupt law, and legislation will
be demanded by the distressed
creditor class to relieve them of
the horrid cruelty of the debtors,
who, like Shylocks with the re-
verse English, will hound them
day and night with offers of pay
ment in pure gold. And when
we've done this"
The captain fell off, and break
fast was served at the same mo-
ment. Mr.. Waddy sat by Craig
head, asking vary questions about
the placers, asserting that he
wouldn't put a cent in a mine, If
he knew it to run pure gold. two
thousand pounds to the ton.
Craighead held out hopes that he
might find a way to evade his
pledges of secrecy, but withheld
Information.
Mr.. Waddy was upon tenter-
hooks until the Virginia had been
explained to him. The young in
ventor's bandaged hands had no
effect upon his enthusiasm to
show Mr.. Waddy that his "good
hard money" was safe, if merit
in the aeronef could make it so,
and a trip was arranged for Wad-
dy, Craighead and Carson. They
would fly down to Fort Morgan,
thence to Palmetto Beach, get
their mail, and be back for din
ner; for which meal the captain
and the guide promised some rail
from the swamp. The party must
break up as soon as Miss Suare2
should feel like traveling-which
Craighead took it upon himself
to say would not be later than the
following morning.
'I can feel the voltage emanat-
Ing from me-" said he. "Al l fear
Is, that / may make her sc
healthy that it will spoil her
beauty"
Mr.. Waddy SHE'D from the sea
and insisted that all castaways
seen in it were to be allowed to
drown; but once in air he became
Intoxicated with enthusiasm. II
this machine, said he, was so good
that the Aerostatic Power people
thought it good business to hire
Wilmer to drown it, its inventor
and the young woman who hap
pened to be along-and he could
not otherwise explain the horrible
affair of yesterday-it was good
enough to be backed with all the
Waddy money, In all the eight
banks. Whatever 1.-THE children
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