Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-13
By
HERBERT QUICK
CHAPTER VII.
A TALK WITH Mr.. wADpY.


/ gulf dunes, complete the flying
machine and bring it to the
notice of the world in spite Of the en-
nifty Of Mr.. Shayne, upon which he
now confidently counted. He must
II know" broke In Mr.. Craighead.
| gazing at the ceiling through wreaths
Of smoke, 1.-The yearnings of your sub
| tropical Albanian system. But be
practical. You come to this emporium,
of which, alas, neither Of us is fated
| to be an alumnus. and you find me in
+! fine fettle save that am unrelated to
| the world. l am an Antaeus, with no
immediate prospects OF getting my
tootsies to mother earth; storage bat
| terry as big as Pixies peak, but insu-
lated from the mass Of demagnetized
humanity; great force for a number
Of things, with no way of proving it.
What do you do? You make profess
sion for me. was naught not to men,
ton naughty. What am l now? A
great personal injury lawyer, devel-
oping into prosperous ambulance
chaser. I was out of touch with the
world Of finance. l have now laid the
founda ton for the organization of the
great Carson Craighead Aeronef cor
poraion,"
"What do you meanT CALCULATED
Carson.
"What say! What say! Through
long, colonnaded, peristyled vista Of
marble and onyx can see nailed to
the back fence the hide Of Mr.. Finley
Shayne.
ssBut / have no clothes,' Carson
urged.
"Clothesr' 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 1 have no idea. Clothes, In
deed! Scat!'
"But it's cold here" persisted Car
son, feeling helpless in the tolls Of this
serpenhne' logic. 'T'm not prepared for
this climate
''Look abroadw commanded Craig
head, with gesture toward the win
dow. "The sun beats down upon the
last remnants of the snow, and the lit
tie 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, / love theei Let me
finish bunkoing Mr. O'Grady and start
the Aeronef company. Don't be a
Giant!
'You know how feel about those
damages. but if I could get the capital
for the aeronef"-
"Why, you don't doubt my practical
genius, do you,' queried Craighead in
astoDishment-"in other peoples az
fairs, mean, Of course? Why, sir, If
in view Of my failure with my own I
can't handle other peoples business
then what becomes Of my ability? I
tell you, naughty southron, I'm good
for something! I have found billion
aire, and you shall meet him."
All that day Carson watched Craig
head. From a trunk covered with the
labels Of foreign travel Craighead took
sheet Of cardboard and painted upon
it an elaborate sign which bore the
legend, "Craighead, Attorney and Coun-
selor at Law" This he fastened out
side the door, chuckling from time to
time as the passersby paused as If to
read it. After awhile he added to 1t,
Personal Injury Cases Specially"
Craighead went ont late and brought
back several legal looking books, which
he ranged upon the dresser in dusty
formidability-an old set Of Illinois
statutes and tattered Broom's lie
gal Maxims," from which he read
unctuously such Latin aphorisms as
"De minimis non, eurat lex "Falsus
in uno, falsus In omnibus" and The like
and lectured upon them very informa-
lively. Tho remainder Gf the library
consisted of ten years file of Mar
tindale's Legal Directory, containing
nothing more authoritative than lists
of the worlds lawyers.
"Where did you get theniF' asked
Theodore.
Secondhand man." replied Craig
head, ION approval. We must keep up
appearances even if we have to buy
'em"
They went out for walk to give
O'Grady chance, as Craighead ex-
pressed it. to see what he was up
against, statement that mystif1ed
Theodore greatly.
On their return Mr.. O'Grady seemed
to have been wrought upon by what
he was cup against for he asked Mr..
Craighead il 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 II their
business could wait. When Carson adj
mitted that 1t 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 to a
thing to inspire terror and panic Theo-
dore could not imagine nsr guess the
reason for Craighead's sardonic laugh
ter as he sat In their roena drawing IN
dictments against O'Grady and with
erspoen. He saw. however. that these
were awesome Documents. which set