Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19

he went in when did. In fact. he asked
me to let him go in.
Yes. / remember" said Wayne. Tom
went In all right
Col. Craighill moved restlessly in his
chair; his anger was mounting; 1t showed
itself In his deepening pallor and in the
! trembling OF his hands and lips. Ordi-
narily he would not have asked Wayne
| whether Walsh had sold his shares in the
plantations. but the question now escaped
him. and after he had asked it his wrath
Increased as Wayne smiled little in re-
plying.
I'm not very well acquainted with
Walsh's affairs. but it's my impression
that Tom let go. too. The shares took
member. and Tom promptly sold out. I'm
sorry il 1t doesn't look as well as 1t did"
remarked Wayne. who knew that the en-
gineering company which had been In
stalling an irrigation plant for the planta-
tons had suspended operations owing to
| the financial stringency.
walsh is under no obligations to me;
he was merely useful clerk in the office:
but don't understand this withholding
OF confidence in my own son. / don't
| like 1t. 1 have been aware for some time
that you were not dealing frankly with
me. that your life was apart from mine:
but this sort Of trickery is going too far"
Il don't see where the trickery comes
In. A lot of your friends were In the
thing. They've been going down to Mexi-
co in private cars to admire the prospects.
sold out because / wanted to do some
thing else with my money. l didn't know
had to apologize for selling my shares.
1t would only have annoyed you IL had
told you was going out. And you speak
of my lack Of frankness in dealing with
you. / suppose you don't realize that
have been a little less than the office boy
here practically since left school. You've
never seen mt to take me into your con-
fidence; I've been worse than an outsider.
and I'll tell you now that I've resented it.
You don't have to tell me that I've been
a disgrace to your name; 1 know that.
I'm a rotten bad lot: there's no getting
away from 1t: you can't say half as mean
things of me as / can say OF myself.
You've assumed that l didn't know that
| the papers you sent in to me from day to
day were not of the slightest Importance
chan for the waste-paper basket: but I've
known II. I've known that 1t was all
good joke. my being here at all. Every
! body knows I've made a beast OF myself
| getting drunk. but l suppose you thought
IL naturally followed that I'm a fool. too.
He realized at once that the shot had
been badly fired and that he had thrown
away ammunition which at q filter sea-
son might have satisfied his thirst for
vengeance; but Col. Craighill had grown
calm under his sons outburst. He had
a reputation for tactful negotiation There
was something that he wished to get from
his son. and while the temptation to in
weigh against Wayne,s unnNai conduct IN
disposing Of the Mexican securities with
out notice was strong, Col Craighill wait
| ed a moment to mark a change of sub
| ject and when he spoke his tone was
! amiable.
I'm sorry you have SO much feeling
about the matter. I'm a little surprised.
| that's all, that you should have left the
Mexican venture without telling me; but
| it's not of the slightest consequence. But
while we're speaking of such things-your
holdings in companies that I'm connected
| with-I just heard that you've acquired
| the forty shares of Sand Creek stock that
y Sl,e - vo hat
| correct"
F.! Eyes, have Them" and Wayne's anger