The Washington times., 1913-02-16


come the final 'change-its. name be.
cause it. won't be New York unless y
be ever-changing; and ,when That rs
settled, the city. will know ease, and for
want Of something less material to oc-
cupy 1t. begin to develop a. soul OF sits
something different in the way Of the
atrfcal entertainment.
But the ultimate and utter awaken
Ing to the truth that his home had out
fourth since his return. when q. total
stranger but most Saffable gentleman
presented himself, to Whitaker's .consid-
GRAFTON with a. bogus name and "a genn.
Inc Nners to purchase him drink, and
proTgptly pro attempted to snmesh. % nlm i9sa IN 9
into a vapdsffiie joke iinsthe days when
both sof them had worn knickerbockers'
Gently but, firmly entrusting the strapg-
er to the, care of a convenient police
man, Whitaker privately. admitted that
ne was outclassed: that 1t was time for
him ito seek ,the.S protection of his
He began with pruulmond The latter.
OF course. had moved his Offices; !, no
Doubt be had moved them = several
times; however that may be. Whitaker
had left him in quiet and contracted
quarters In Pine street. ne found hifn
:ndependently established In, an. impos-
Ing suite In; the Wooiworth building
Whitaker gave one of Mr.. Hugh Mo.:
him ! ne ,reauested, THAT IIwant to
zee him. about, matter relating to the
estate of Mr.. whitaker, ~
The boy diyed through one parti-
ton door and reappeared by way OF
trained pantomime. 4
Says t'come in"
Whitaker found himself in a pres
ence of an ashen-faced man Of thirty
five, who ciutched at the, side of his
roil.top desk as II to save himself from;
/ Whitaker, he gasped. my Godr
"Flattered," said Whitaker, I'm
sure"
He derived considerable mischievous
amusement from Drummonds patent
SUBTRACTION. 1t was all so right and
proper-as 1t should be. He considered
his a highly satisfactory resurrection,
the sensation II created as complete.
considered it the relation Of antici-
patton and fulfillment, as ANYTHING he
had ever experienced. Seldom does q
scene pass of as one plans 1t: the Other
parties thereto are apt to spoil things
by spouting spontaneously their won
original lines. thus cheating one out OF
a crushing retort or cherished epigram
j But Drummond played up his part In
a most public-spirited fashion-grati-
flying, to say the least.
1t took him some minutes to recover
/ Whitaker standing. by and beaming.
He remarked charges. changes as
striking a. the Improvement In Drum
| mond's fortunes. Physically. his ex-
partner had gone of bit. the sedea.
I tary life led by the average successful
/ man of business in New York had
much heavier than the man Whitaker
remembered: he wore a thick and solid
, air Of good-natured prosperity. The
hair had receded an inch or SO from
Il III n~n~ fanA anI 8
It had always been-sharply handsome
and strong.
Whitaker remembered that he had al
ways somewhat meanlY envied Drum
mond his good looks: he himself had
been fashioned In the new style OF
| architecture-with a steel frame: but
] for some reason Nature. the master
/ builder. had neglected sufficiently to
wall In and conceal the skeleton. Adj
| mitting the economy Of the method.
the effect must be surprising. especially
, IL suddenly come upon. without WARM
| ing.
He discovered that they were both
without surprise, that he had great
deal more enlightenment to impart to
Drummond than he had foreseen.
you've got an economical streak in
you when it comes to correspondence,
Drummond commented, offering. whit
aker a sheet Of paper he had lust taken
from tin document box. That's Ex-
hibit A.
Whitaker read aloud:
Dear Dim not feeling we'll. So Il N
off for a vacation. Please look after
! things till you hear from me. Burke has
just been in and paid $3.50 in settlement
OF our claim. I'm taking the cash and
IsSda Leaving ynnsS herewith. my check for ySur "
Far be It from me to cast up said
Drummond. But I'd like to know why
you couldn't let a fellow know how Ill
You were"
Whitaker frowned over his dereliction.
Don't remember" he confessed. Il was
hardly right. you know-and presume
l counted on Greyerson telling"
But I don't know Greyerson-"
That's so. And You never heard
Merely a rumor that ran round some
one-I forget who-told me that you
and stark had zone sailing In Stark .
boat-to cruise in the west indies ac-
cording to my informant. And somebody
else mentioned that he'd heard you were
seriously III. More than that-nothing
until we heard that the Adventures
had been lost. half a year. later
"I'm sorry" said whitaker, coritrite-
ly. 1T was thoughtless-'
But that isn't ALL Drummond OBJ
jected. hourishing another paper "See
here-Exhibit B-came in day or so
later" -
Yes" Whitaker recognized the doc
ument. Il remember insisting on writ