The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-29

TIE crest ID chses arnse Short
sEsss-ses- red faced. ws-h haacsGs eyes
and VEINS ato1l his Temples whsch JUS;
n0E we're DspiezszlIsy prom scent Ii
scenes. indeed. rsry fgs-sg ssersnn
= have besa the rerirs=n- al sech hos
pzsaEssy He stood eszst q ing little al
Eae sar,aesosh ard SEsvsrg upon hss
f-~t lie x,ose as : drunken mxa. a--s
SEeh wcrgs as - proroanc%d clearly
skesed 5lE r BE- possessed CT = Fcire
naturally th-sk ard -zBE IL WAS 90
sseEs that he szx 3 person OF entirely
tszc-snE class from hrs three cox pan
scas
rensEenen- he SID. must
os o. ;Asak -os Te-- much for
laEs- hospitality Honors5. I'm sure.
10 have ST. Gcwn II sTeh-such CON-
p1ng. Good st1eTzes8. all,
ne larrheG z iss5Ee soHarsi the door,
Bar his neishtc- al tie taoie-who
sas also his hossra1ghs hold Of his
c1aE-sz5s and yeslssc him nzeE into his
cns:F
No hurry. Masters. he said. ON.
more l-aEear. chi It's rsE alter
acoe
MOI another drop. Sir Rich
ARD The nsa declared MOI an
other drop % drias- ] an rc-y much
obliged 10 yau ssl bat must Dc OF
Nrsz D. on he repeated making an
other effort 10 rise
His host held him BIZ she arm III.
Ean resented ii-as showed signs OF
anger
Ia II al. I'm rot nris-
oEer. an Il he s1-aas-1ei Saxr.iy-
Tell ron Ire gos-aS9 osu tmsat--
ciIh- Cant yon sre us past I've
oelock.
Thss5s all right. Maz;ers.' the nan
whom he hsd addressed as Sir Rich
ard declared speshEngsy We want
5sss vord with you on business first.
hssore yoa go-golonsl Dickinson,
Lord Nerries and nyseli
Masters shook his head
See y1u KomerroE he declared
No tiEae 70 tzik business nor.
Lsune 70,
He massa another attempt 10 rise,
Which his host also prevented
Masters 6o1-E BE- fooI, the lat
ter said frnir. Toa'ye 20. 10 hear
Enzs Ne waat 10 say 10 you- 81. down
and Iistea'
Masters rsispssd suEiensy INTO his
chair His little eyss seemed "a creep
esossT 10 one aaosaeT- So sheF zanted
10 tax h1Sinass1 Fsras3s II was for
fhss reason thai they had hidden him
sir al their tahEe-had entertained him
50 veil. tbs vsry thought cleared his
srzia
Go en- rs said saartiv.
SIR Richard lit a cigarette ard
ssszs1 further cscs in his chair he
Ezs Ean o. apparently about ffty
-ea-s Of aE-1zli. EaIs-drssse5. With
GOD features save for his mouth.
~aicE resembzsd more than anything
: ra--srap He mas pe-fsc-sT bald.
and ne hzd the air OF r1a1 Ei0 vas
careful Ezrer His eys mere bright.
sf1css b@s6like.. his fingers long and
TTi5e oTsr-mSnicrTsS One would
hare Judged him 20 he whzt he u.s.
nan os fzskIea and a rz-roR Of the
turS
Masters. IL said. ne are AL old
friends he-s We vaa6 10 spezE to
Eou piziaIE- he three hare had s-y.
as ron kucvsaeryieS- Dickinson and
uTEeis-to make the coEr Of Cur lives
Ne failed. and we're up agaiass il
hard.
VERY hard. indeed. Lard Meriss
Eurmured softly
{ Deuesd hard. CosonsI Dickinson
echoed
Masters was sitting tight. breathing
9 little hard, locking fxsdi. Al his
host.
:. TAKE my ON case first tie latter
continued. I am Sir Richard Dvson.
ninth haronet. with Estates in Wit
shire and Scotland. and a town house
in Cleveland Place belong to the
p-opsr clubs for a MAJ IN mr. position.
and. somehow or oTheExe won't say
howl have managed 10 pay my way
There isn't an acre Of mr. property
that isn't mortgagsd for more than its
value NJ town houss-weIi, il doesn !
belong &c me AZ all. I have twenty
SIX thousand pounds 70 par ron On
Monday To save mr. life. / could not
raise tEenty-si1 thousand far.hings.
So much for Es
The man Masters ground his teeth
So much for You. he muttsred-
Take the case next Sir Richard
continued. CT ray friend Nsrries
here. Mer-ies IS an Earl. 1t is true.
cut he never had z peunF 70 biess hiEr-
self with Hes tried acting. reporting.
na-ryIn ANYTHING 10 make az hon
est living So far, an afraid ve
must consider Lord yfe-ries as some
thing Of a failure. eh2
rotten failure. ! should say
that ycung nobiemsn declared gloom
ilv
Lord Me-ries Is. 70 put il hrissy.
financially unsoEad. Sir Richard de-
c.sred
what ia the amount of your debt
10 A- Masters. jim
EleTea thousand ITO hundred
pounds Lord Merries answered.
Ara re msy take Il / presume.
for granted that yoa hare not that
sun. noy ANYTHING Like i. AZ POUR dis
poszi. Sir Rfcharc ASKED
Not a hver Lord Gerries de-
cIarsd with emphasis.
We come 1ov, DR.. Masters 70 or
friend Colonel DsesI1son Sir Richard
continued = CcioneI Dickinson ii,
: perhaps. IN more Favorable sftIa,
ton than arr o. ss He has small
bur regular income. and lie haz e1psc-
I tstions which il is rot possible 10 fully
mortgage Al The same time. Il viii
Be many years basere they csr-er-
frne:ffy. He s. therefore. with us il
this somewhat unpleasant predicansz.
IN which re find ourselves