Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01
THE MAN WHO WAS LOST
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"P." These ran in the order of their dating:
DEAR DAMoN-While know YOU are ar
xious to lavish the last of your old cousin
dollars on me. allow me to remark that there
such thing silly generosity. Also why do
you butt in where angels ignorant? Your
knowledge OF ships compared to mine is like
a child's to graybeard's. This ship. Urania.
is worth twice what [ am giving for it. and
Your precious skin will be quite safe. As to old
Bates. the fact that he has lost his certificate
is point in our favor: he'll keep his mouth
shut and the mouths of his crew. There's
better Captain except when he's stewed which
happens once in three weeks. When that time
comes round. we'll simply tie him up. Leave
this end to me. old man:
Blackstone. Chicago. August IS.
DEAR OLD DAMON.-I'm glad YOU tended
off the man Wallace If he wants to go on a
cruise. let him get yacht of his own. Besides
l have the impression he is looking forward to
burying you. and wants to watch the earth
shoveled down hard. Lordi wouldn't it be
awful to have man around whose conscious
ness must always be full of the thought that if
only you'd croak he'd be ten million dollars to
the good? No deaths head in ours. believe me!
Well have enough excitement our wild
goose chase as it is. Can you telegraph me
thousand
Blackstone, Chicago, August "a.
DEAR OLD Massive grand piece of good
luck to spit forth. and it all comes from having
done virtuous deed. My old Aunt Anne lives
down in Indianapolis. and l spent Sunday with
her. l gently drew the talk around to Uncle
Nathan.-with trepidation. mind you; for the
whole family considers that he disgraced them
and went to the devil. and disgracing nice.
plOuS lot like us was worse than going to the
devil. But | guess the poor old lady has melted
toward her only brother. She talked quite q
lot about him. and said she'd had letter from
him about twenty years ago. and l could read
1t If | wanted to.
1 snaffled onto it so hard almost bust the
paper. AT the time he wrote Uncle Nat was
living on Arapi Island. and he made some
pretty descriptions of it. and talked of the chief
whom he called Tuomotu. How's that for
clues? She had chunk of stuff too. exactly like
the had. What sad thing for my
family that they had to wait for me to be born
before brains could be introduced among them.
But do you old man. that brings us ten
years nearer. and the chase doesn't seem SO
wild-goosish after all? I'm off to San Francisco
this morning. and mind you I've got our sail
ings for two weeks from Saturday. Don't let
your fool girl business delay you. | thought
I'd brought you up better Didn't | tell YOU
only last month that women aren't worth the
powder it takes to blow them up? Not one in
the world is. far less two. Cut her or them
out. Come to me running.
Yours always. P
Blackstone Hotel. August 31st
"AIy friend P has a lively style of his
w
you suppose he means by his last mystic re-
marks, Mr.. Henderson, Am l mixed w
with girl"
1.-TWO of them. he seems to imply" said
Henderson cruelty. "Never mind. Larrabee
you must have got away from her or them
nicely. or I'd never have seen you rushing
across that gangplank in San Francisco
Besides, | should judge by P's bitterness
that some nice girl had just Tilted him. prob
ably deservedly, and so he wants to dislodge
the whole sex.
Damon laughed rather ruefullv "Look
here" he said. Il am beginning to be I'M
easy again about Larrabee's past But |
suppose you'd know if he had married"
"Its Larrabee's future we are concerned
with. said Henderson briskly. PUT Your
mind on the real contents of these letters.
Our quest is. as Larrabee's was. to find Uncle
Nathan. last known to be on Arapi Island
Uncle Nathan has the stuff. and. whateverit
is it's that stuff you and P wanted rather
than Uncle Nathan. What you ard must
do is to get to Honolulu and on the track OF
the Urania, commanded by Captain Bates.
"Say. things have lightened up for us con-
siderably. haven't they" said Damon
Funny YOU didn't open the desk before"
81 lent bonipo I arrabaa would co,,,a hacl-