Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-08-19

81 know" broke in Mr.. Craighead.
gazing at the ceiling through wreaths
of smoke. 1.-The warnings OF your sub
tropical Alabamian system. But be
practical. You come to this emporium,
of which, alis. neither of US Is fated
to be an alumnus. and you find me In
fine fettle save that | am unrelated to
the world am an Antacu*. with no
immediate prospects OF ge,ting my
tOotsies to mother earth: storage bat
terry as big as Pixies peak, but insu-
lated from the mass of demaSneiized
humanity: Il great force for number
of things. with no way of proving It,
What do you do? You make profes-
sion for me- l was naught not to men-
ton naughty. What am now? a
great personal injury lawyer. devel-
oping into prosperous ambulance
chaser. / was out of touch with the
world Of finance. have now laid the
foundation for the organization of the
great Carson Craighead Aeronef cor
poratiOn"
"What do you meanT calculated
Carson.
what l say! What say. Through
a long, cOlonnaded, periStyled vista or
marble and onyx can see nailed to
the back fence the hide Of Mr. Finley
Shayne.
But have no Clothes" Carson
urged.
CLOTHES" scornfully repeated Craig
head. What are they? Merely woven
fabrics to fill bags to secure credit
withal at hotels. And you need no
credit, for this room Is mine for the
whole term Of the treatments paid for
by some one into whose company !
dropped or rose during my last shore
leave from the good ship Lithia. but
by whom l have no idea. Clothes. IN
deed! Scat!''
But It's cold here" persisted Car
son, feeling helpless in the tolls or this
serpentine logic. Pm not prepared for
this climate"
Look abroadw commanded Craig
head, with a gesture toward the win
dow. 1.-The sun beats down upon the
last remnants Of the snow. and the lit
tla brooks give the glad ha-ha to the
river and send down the silky billet
doux Of the catkin to remind him that
they've busted loose and are hurting
themselves into his arms. Why, darn
you, it's spring. And you can stay
right here-steam heat, bath, hot and
cold water. padded cell in connection
oh, fair youth, l love thee! Let me
finish bunkoing Mr.. OGrady and start
the Aeronef company. Don't be
clamw
"You know how feel about those
damages, but If could get the capital
for the aeronef"-
"Why, you don't doubt my practical
genius. do you." Queried Craighead In
astonishment-"in other peoples af-
fairs, mean. of course? Why. sir. If
in view of my failure with my own
can't handle other peoples business
then what becomes Of my ability? !
tell you. naughty southron. I'm good
for something / have found billion
aire. and you shall meet him."
All that day Carson watched Craig
head. From trunk covered with the
labels Of foreign travel Craighead took
a sheet Of cardboard and painted upon
1t an elaborate sign which bore thH
legend, "Craighead. Attorney and Coun
selor at Law This he fastened OIt
side the door. chuckling from tlinc
time as the passerSby paused as II
read It. After awhile he added to
Personal Injury Cases Specify.
Craighead went out late and hrou?
back several legal looking books viii
he ranged upon the dresser II Gus;
formidabilitv-an old set Of ll.no.
statutes and a tattered Broom's IL,
gal Maxims." from which he reat
unctuously such Latin aphorisms as
"De minimis non curat lex" "Falsus
in uno. falsus In omnibus" and the like.
aud lectured upon them very informa-
lively. The remainder Of the library
consisted Of ten years file OF Mar
tindaie's Legal Directory. containing
nothing more authoritative than lists
Of the worlds lawyers.
"Where did you get them" asked
Theodore.
secondhand man," replied Craig
head, ION approval. We must keep up
appearances even If we have to BUY
EN-"
They went out for walk to give
O'Grady chance. as Craighead ex-
pressed 1t, to see what he was up
against statement that mystffied
Theodore greatly.
On their return Mr. OGrady seemed
to have been wrought upon by what
he was "up against" for he asked MIR.
Craighead II he would be so good as to
give him a few minutes. Mr.. Craig
head looked at his watch. pleaded lack
of time and asked Theodore If their
business could wait. When Carson ad-
mi.ted that it could O'Grady said
'Thank you, sir" in the tone Of por-
ter accepting tip.
What under heaven had suddenly
raised the expelled Craighead from his
despised position In the institute 10
thing to inspire terror and panic Theo-
dore could not imagine nor guess the
reason for Cralghead's sardOnic laugh
ter as he sat In their room drawing In
dictments against O'Grady and With
erspoon. He saw, however, that these
were awesome documents, which set
forth in large, round hand that these
gentlemen had been guilty OF obtain
ing money under false pretenses. false