Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-02-16
CHAPTER l.-continued.


could help YOU, old man
nv own salary barely serves
,,a IN neckweal Wall street
nm but il doesn't pay much
at is. not unless YOU play me game
agd smiled feebN as he re
To..s. .nse-l wouldn't accept help
s sort I'm not reduced to so
,s hariry yet guess Ia pre-
a.s river To that But il you hear
aesthing. keep me in mind
a., athlete made no response tie
s apparently lost in thought wheh
idgriiy he blurted out
sas .leffries you haven't got any
n.y have you-say Il couple OF
,l.oesand dollars
toward stared at the quesuoner as
ID doubted his sanity.
two thousand dollars, he sasped /
ia YOU suppose that I'd be wearing
IA, shoe leather looking for job. |
ii had g. oooss
toNs looked disappointed as he re-
piea
on OF course, ! understand you
haven't II on you. only Thought you
night ne able To raise it.
Why do Won ask inquired How
a,d his curiosity aroused
cox. looked around 10 see ii any
On. was listening Then in a wills
sF he said
lis a cinch Ii you had $1,000,
yos and could make a snug little
fortune Don't yon understand? In
nv Office get tips I'm on the inside
SNOW in advance what the big men.
are gong to do When they start TO
move certain stock up I'm ON the
lob nderstand9 II YOU had 5000.
tof,la raise as much. and we'd pool
ON capital starting in the business
narselve. on a small scale, of course.
ii We hi il right we might make a
nice income
Towards mouth watered. Certain
h that was the kind OF life he liked
best The feverish excitement OF
4anhling. the close association with
rio men, the promise OF luxurious
style Of living all this appealed to
him strongly But what was the use
Where could he get $4,000 He
couldn't go to his father He shook
HIS head
I'm afraid not old sport, he said
as they left the saloon and he held
OFT his hand to say good-by But III
bear il in mind and if things improve
Il look You up. So long
Climbing wcarily up the dirty stairs
0 the elevated railroad. he bought 8
ticket with one of the few nickels re
naming in his pocket and taking {
scat in a north bound train started OF
his trip back to Harlem
The day was overcast rain threat
ened A pail of mingled smoke ant
mist hung over the entire city From
ihe car window as the train woun,
lis serpentne course in and out TIN
maze of grimy Offices shops and tent
rnents, everything appeared drat
dirty and squalid New York wa
seen at its ugiest Ensconced in
cross-seat. his chin leaning heavil
on his hand Howard gazed deiectedl
out OF the window The depressin
outlook was in keeping With his ow
state of mind
How would the adventure end
Reconciliation with his father was on
OF the question Letters sent HON
remained without response III
wasn't surprised He knew his pate
too we'll to expect that he would Y
lent so soon Besides. if the old ma
MAS so Internally proud, he'd sho
him he had some pride. too. He
drown himself before he'd go down Q
his knees whining to be forgiven. II
father was dead wrong, anyway. III
marriage might have been foolish
Annie might be beneath him social
She was not educated and her faith,
wasn't any better than he ought
be She did not talk correctly, h
manners left much to be desired
times he was secretly ashamed of he
But her bringing up was her misfc
tune not her fault The girl herse
was straight as die She had
heart OF gold. She was far more
'elligent. far more likely to NAL
him happy home than some stuc
up Idle society girl who had
thought for anything save none
dress and show Perhaps if he hi
been less honorable and not marri
her, his father would have thong
more highly of him If he'd ruin
me girl, no doubt he would have be
welcomed bone with open arm
pshaw He might be poor, we
tool but THANK God. they couldn't
ptoaeh him with that Annie had be
laya 70 him throughout He'd sti
e h4r through thick and thin
y tho train swept round the cur
third street and started on
sqils straight run up the West Sit
Ats Alnd reverted to Robert Und
wood He had seen his old associ;
onAs once since leaving college
~ ieross him one day on Fifth a
hie Underwood was coming out
euilo shop He explained hurrie,
mat he had left Yale, and when ash
about his future plans talked vagu
g gong in for art His matter "
iileld and nervous--the attitude
'ise man who fears he may be
reached for a small loan He v
evidently we'll aware of the change
rs old associates fortunes, and h
ls squeezed all he could out OF h
hau no further use for him 1t \
ohiy when he had disappeared I
toward suddenly remembered a Ii
OF $3.50 which Underwood had ne
repaid Some time later How
'sasneA that he occupied apartme