The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-10-22

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found in an upper vest pocket don't
know how they got exactly two
pennies
You haven't dlned, them" asked
Forster.
Il have not But I would like 70
| Now, I'll make you Il propoSit "a
! You look like man who you'll .,ir
| NJ one Your clothes look neat aNI
respectable Excise personalities
think mine will pass the scrutiny Of Il
head waiter also SuSpos" we 70 over
60 that hotel and dine together. We
| viii choose from the menu' like mii
honaires OF, if YOU pI,efer.A iI5e gentle
men in moderate circumstances dining
pxtravagantly for once :, When we
have finished W. VIII mdgh With my
| two pennies to seq which Of Us VIII
! stand the bruut Of the houses dis
pleasure and vengeancr. Ny name is
! Ives. n
You're ont" said Forster ioyful;t
The two were soon seated mt 4 cor
ner table in the hotel dining room.
Ives chucked one of his pennies across
the table to Forster
Match for which Of us gives the
ORDER" he said.
Forster lost
Ives laughed and began to name
liquids and viands to the waiter with
the absorbed but calm deliberation OF
one who was to the menu born. Fors-
ter listening. gave his admiring ap
| prevail of the order
81 am a man." said Ives during the
| oysters, who has made a lifetime
search after the to be continued in
our next. am not like tile ordinary
! adventurer who strikes for coveted
prize. Nor yet am like a gambler
| who knows he is either to win or
lose certain set stake. What want
is to encounter an adventure to which
| can predict no conclusion lt Is the
breath of existence to me to dare Fate
in its bindest manifestations"
Il understands" said Forster delight,
eddy. I've often wanted the way ]
feel put into words. You've done it.
want to take chances on what's
coming. Suppose we have bottle Of
Moselle with the next course"
| Agreed. I" said Ives. I'm glad you
catch my, idea. It viii increase tile
! animosity of the house toward the
loser If 1t does not weary you we.
will pursue the theme.
Il returned to New York today"
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rambfe around the globe Things are
not much better abroad than they are
at home The whole world seems to
be overrun by conclusions. The only
thing that interests me greatly Is
premise I've tried shooting big game
/ In Africa. | know what an express
| rifle win do at so many yards, and
when an elephant or rhinoceros falls
| to the bullet | enjoy 1t about as much
| as I did when | was kept In after
| school to do a sum in long division"
II KNOW know" said Forster.
"There might be something in aero
planes" went on Ives refectively.
1--WE tried ballooning. but it seems to
| be merely cut and dried affair OF
| wind and ballast"
"Women?" suggested Forster, with
smile
"Three months ago" said Ives. Il
| was pottering around in one of the ba-
zaars in Constantinople noticed a
! lady. yelled. of course, but with pair
of especially fine eyes visible, who was
examining some amber and pearl orna-
ments at one Of the booths. With her
was an attendant. a big Nubian, as
black as coal After awhile this at
tendant drew nearer to me by degrees
and slipped 4 scrap of paper into my
hand. | looked at it when got a
chance On it was scrawled hastily in
pencil, The arched gate of the Night
| ingale garden at D tonight Does that
appear to you to be an interesting pre-
mise, Mr.. Forster?n
Go on" said Forster eagerly.
| "T made inquiries and learned that
| the Nightingale garden was the prop
erty of an old Turk, grand vizier or
something OF the sort or course |
prospected for the arched gate and was
there at 0. The same Nubian attend
ant opened the gate promptly on time
and went inside and sat on bench
| by perfunied fountain with the veil
| ed lady. We had quite an extended
chat. She was Myrtle Thompson, a
| lady journalist. who was writing up
the Turkish harems for Chicago
!, newspaper. She said she noticed the
New York cut of my clothes in the ba
zaar and wondered il couldn't work
something into the metropolitan pa
pers about 1t"
81 see" said Forster. Il see
I've canoed through Canada" said
Ives, down many rapids and over
many falls. But didn't seem to get
! what | wanted out of it because
knew there were only two possible
| outcomes-I would either go to the
| bottom or arrive at the sea level"
Il know" repeated Forster. I've
| felt 1t ALL But I've had few chances
to take my chance at chances. Is there
any life so devoid of impossibilities as
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