Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-12-28
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FORTUNE
HUNTER
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Novelized by
LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
From the Play of the
Same Name by
WINCHELL SMITH
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CHAPTER XIV,

ham said to me that night about Dun
can. You'd hardly believe it, HON.
err. He said he wanted to get home
early SOS to write letter to friend
of his in New York, Mr.. kellogg,
junior member of l.. j. Bartlett &
Co., about my invention. But he in
sisted on leaving everything to rights
for business tomorrow And just
look!"
"But l thought Roland Barnette"-
! suggeted with guile. OF course Id
heard a rumor of what had happened
almost every one in town had-and
how Roland and his friend Mr.. Burn
ham had sort of fallen out on the
way from the Bigelow House to the
train, but no one knew anything def
mite, and wanted to get "the rights
of it," as Radville says.
So l had dropped in at Grahams on
my way home from the office, as
often do for an evening smoke and a
bit of gossip. Then l started home.
After a time l became aware that
some one was overtaking me.
"Good evening, Mr.. Duncan" l sa-
luted.
He stopped short, peering through
the gloom. Good evening, but-Mr.
Littlejohn? Glad to see you. Aren't
you late?"
you're out late yourself, Mr.. Dun
can. for one of such regular, not to
say abnormal Maidstone who never
misses going to church and Sunday
school, no matter what the weather. "
He laughed lightly. Had letter
wanted to catch the first morning
train"
"Then you're interested in Sans
burner?'
"No, I'm not, but hope to interest
others. Oh, yes, Mr.. Graham told
you about 1t, of course. 1t just struck
me that If man of Burnham's stamp
sition he very likely foresaw a profit
In 1t that might as well be Mr. Ora
hams. So I've sent a detailed de-
scription of the thing to a friend in
New York who'll look into it for me-"
He was silent for little.
"Who's Colonel Bohun?" he asked
suddenly.
"Why do you ask?"
Il saw him this evening. lie was
passing the store and stopped to glare
in as if he hated it-stopped so long
that l got nervous and asked Miss
Lockwood shed just happened in for
parting glass-of soda) whether he
was an anarchist or a retired burglar
She told me his name. but was other
wise inhumanly reticent."
For Josie?" | chuckled, but he
didn't respond. SO took up the tale
of the first family of Radvile
1.-THE story runs" said |, that the
Bohuns were one of the f. II. VS.;
that they sickened of slavery. freed
their slaves and moved north to settle
in Radville | believe they came from
somewhere around Lynchburg. but that
was couple of generations ago When
the civil war broke out the old colonel
up there"-I gestured vaguely in the
general direction of the BOhun man.
sion-"couldn't keep out of it, and
naturally he couldn't fight with the
north. He won his spurs under Lee.
After the war had blown over he came
home, to find that his only son had
enlisted with the Radville company
and disappeared at Gettysburg. 1t pref
ty nearly killed the old man. though
he wasn't so old then. but there's fire
in the Bohun blood. and his boys ac-
ton seemed to him nothing less than
treason"
"And that's what soured him on the
world?"
mot altogether. He had a daughter
Margaret She was the most beauti.
full woman in the world" | suspect
my voice broke little just there for
there was shade Of respectful SYM
pathy In the monosyllabl with which
he filled the pause. He swore she
should never marry a northerner, but
she did. | guess. being a Bohun, she
had to after hearing she must not.
There were two of us that loved her,
but she chose Sam Graham"
why" he said awkwardly, I'm
sorry"
I'm not. She was right If couldn't
see 1t that way. They ran away, and
so did l. | went east, but they came
back to Radvile. Colonel Bohun nev-
er forgave them. but they were very
happy till she died. Betty's their
daughter, Of course. Sans not the
kind that marries more than once"
We reached our gate, went in very
quietly. lit our candles and with eabo-
rate care avoided the homemade bur-
glaF alarm.