The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-21

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the servant said ana spshered him into
| the library.
Bohpn received the young man
ptanding. BE was rs courteous be:
Heath bis own roof as he was simpos:
Able nwny from It. q. +,
Tte colonel nodded ..At your sery..
ace. SIR and swnited grimiy.
Duncan had his own way Of getting
at things. J = ,,5i; } q \, 81
tsiay41 Inquire, sir, II you are ac.
quninted With tho firm Of L. J. Bart
lett & Co. Of. New York; & tl
81 have heard of It, 5Mr. Duncan q
Then would you mind doing me the
favor of writing to Mr.. Henry Kol..
;logg, the Junior partner. and asking
him about meT ~
The colonel stiffened. "Mayi i ask
why ! should do anything SO uncalled
for?' '$ 81. rs
"Because It isn't nncalled for. sir. II
mean you won't think SO after Tvs
explained I'll "a
Bohun inclined his head, isearchIng
Ents face with his keen, bright eyes.
"You sec, sir. It's this way. want
You to intrust me with n considerable
sum of money. md naturally You woulil
not do TINT without knowing some.
thing about me-" "a
II incline very much to doubt that
! should do 1t in any event. Mr.. Dun.
can"
"oh, don't say that You don't know
the circumstances Us vet" mt jerked
bis head earnestly at the colonel. "You
see. you're said to be one OF the rich
est men in town, and I'm, certainly one
Of the poorest, so Of course 1 turn to
you in a case like this"
Duncan could have sworn that the
eyesfwere twinkling beneath the say.
agely knitted brows. ~, -
"You must understand I'm In bust.
ness here in Radville-a partner in a
growing and prospecting concen-ah-
dolng-very well in point Of fact."
nYcs r. -. x; ~ - q I
but we haven't my spare capital.
In fact. We haven't got my capital
worth mentioning. But tho business Is
entirely sound and solvent"
Il congratulate you, SIR"
Thank You very much. Now, Pm
Interested In a rather singular case,
That Of q young woman-a girl, I
should granddaughter of my partner.
She's 2 good girl and wonderfully
sweet and fine, sir. She comes Of one
OF the best families In these parts.p
"On her mothers side" suggested
the colonel dryly. !,
so I'm told, sir. But she's been
neglected. Circumstances hare been
against her. She hasn't had "a real
chance In. life, but she ought to have
1t, and I'm going to see that she gets it
onetway or another
you haven't tinishedT said tho
colonel coldly.5. goF3ig Tfiii,i@ H
Sg"Not quite. sir" said Duncan. &c God
sign" he told himself. "He hasn't or
dered me thrown out YETI i,p,tia
~ Sohe omuhto CtiScS. BIZ, sue
ought to be sent to a good boarding
school for few years. It'll make
new woman Of her-a woman to be
proud Of. She's got that In her. 1t
only needs to be brought out" III
"And before you leuve. SIR" said the
colonel with significant precision. will
you be so kind us to inform me why
you think this, should interest me?'-
|itt"No."4 said Duncan .candIdly; II
haven't got the nerve to-. But what
wanted to propose was thIs-that you
lend mo $500 to cover the expense OF
the first year on condition TINT | rep
resent. the money us coming from the
profits of the business and. In short.
keep the transaction between our.
selves absolutely quiet. II you'll in.
quire Of Mr.. Kellogg he'll tell you l
can be trusted to keep my word. Fur.
thcrmore"-he galloped. suspectlng
that his time was perllously short and
desiring to get 1t all out Of his system
-"I'll guarantee you repayment within
year and that you shnn't be annoyed
this way n second time"
Bohun looked him over from head to
foot, bowed In silence md. turning
both had stood throughout this pms
sage-grasped n bell rope by the chin.
ney and pulled 1t violently.
In the desolate Businesses Of that
drcary house somewhere bell tinkled