New Ulm review., 1910-07-27


and had thrown it away in hot words
to Shayne, in a blow to Silberberg and |
by leaping from the Roc into the un-
known abyss Of night These were
actualities. The broken defector Of |
the parachute he carried proved that.
as did the memory of his foolishness
over Shayne's niece, now happily for
ever past.
Mr. Waddy's money and Mr.. Craig
heads kilograms saved the day.
The first three yellow dispatches had
come in one delivery at Nashville, ad-
dressed to Theodore Carson, the Illus
trious Inventor and Thaumaturge.
Care Conductor, Train To- Theodore,
the illustrious, could not accumulate
the courage to ask for them, but the
wise conductor had pounced suddenly
upon him and said, 81 reckon you're
Mr.. Carson"
Yield not to temptation, fear or cold
feet" the first read 'Your Uncle Full
Ter is at the helm.'' This was signed
The Great Uncailed," with the first
two words run together as .Thegreat''
IN telegraph operators effort to re-
ducs to the semblance of a name Mr..
Craighead's nom de guerre. The Sec
ond ran: Have no fear. Monopoly is
as clear in the air as on the land
Apologies to Sir Humphrey Gilbert
None to any one else by dern sight,
Conspuez Shayne." This was signed
sr1an f4ao
IAN old Broom ran the more mys-
terious next, "albeit minus one cover
and dogs cared, nevertheless sweeps
clean. He yokes the whirligig to our
car and sweeps the bowling skies!'
(SigneO "Dandy Jim of Caroline Gray
bill" The fourth. delivered at Bir-
mingham, was addressed to General
Theodore Carson, NJ. A. ("Monopolist
of the Airy, and consisted Of ten
repetitions of Eureka" signed I'D. ].
OF CT
The last came at Bay Minette and
was too astonishing to be explained on
any theory consistent with Craighead's
sobriety and sanity. "Caroline's dad"
it read. falls dead at unveiling of
Broom idea. Sees absolute cinch and
rises to it as per lifelong custom.
Formed today Universal Nitrates and
Air Products company. Laws Of West
Virginia. You come in for 25 per cent.
Caroline impressed. Either universal
genius or rodents in campanile Great
~ encouraged, not to say titivated
Almost converted to belief in my own
schemes and self, but am cautiously
suspending judgment. Will have Chi
cago surrounded by time you return.
Go east to Wheeling Tor is Charleston
capitalD tonight and will incidentally
run up and construct first line of cir
cumvallation (see cyclopedia) about
Greater New York. Monopoly end of
deal absolutely nailed down; brass
nails, with Waddy doubloons coming
copious. Up to you to produce f1ier.
Getting wabbly in head. Losing faith
in you as concrete entity. Have you
any aeronef? Answer Yes or NO at
once" This also was signed ID. ]. of
Caroline
What could he mean by an "an old
Broom?' The old copy of Broom's Le-
gal Maxims in Craighead's library
was indeed minus a cover and dogs
cared. but how this Broom" could
even in metaphor, yoke the whirligig
to any car and sweep the bowling
skies Carson could not guess. Mr.
Waddy's demand for aeronautical mo-
nopoly was being complied with, to
Mr.. Craighead's mind. and the last
telegram seemed to imply that the bu-
collie financier had been convinced. His
falling dead" might mean much or
little, but his "doubloons coming CO.
pious" was eloquent of faith. And
what in the name of all the gods at
once could Universal Nitrates and
Air Products company" mean in an
aerial navigation deal or those mys-
terious expressions about "surround-
ing" Chicago and Greater New York?
Well, Aunt Chloe was in there, shut
fling about, wondering where he might
be, and here he was, looking on spec
trally and unsuspected. With the COM
mon human impulse to secret ap-
proach, Theodore walked on, conceal
ed between the Spanish bayonets and
a somber line of red cedars, climbed
the end Of the veranda, scuttled into
the broad hall and up to his room, into
which he stepped quickly. breathing
little harder. He opened the closet
for change of clothes and started
back in wonderment quite as paralyz-
ing as horror, for his clothes were
gone. Instead there sat huge trunk
with its lid back, it's open tray full of
silken hosiery. corsets, laces, gloves.
handkerchiefs and openwork things
Of mystery and terror On the hooks
were many, many others quite as aw
full, frilled and tucked and ruf1ed and
plated garments, silks, dimities, cash
meres, linens, cottons and soft light
woolens, filling his closet and spread
against the wall for occult reasons con-
npcted with koeninp them in shane