Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27

IalI facts in the case that they .
sA will shrek out some we'll 7
Ea tried message. som e .
H7gl have behaved as if they
WI thought the moral here,
ASSH but faulty. Colonel Loree
of the Solar Selling Com
many however thinks the affair rich
in the hic-fabuladocet element. So
does Williamson, soliciting agent
for the Mid-Continent Life; and
so-emphatically so-does MID
Continent itself. Trudeau.. breed
guide. has had so years III
which to turn it ov =. in his SLOW
moving mind as he has lain roll
ed in his blankets while the snow silt
ed through the moaning pines, that ne
has not made up his mind. AS for Eos
ter Van Dorm and Gwendolyn, their
opinions-but the story itself Is not
long.
Williamson says that when he left
Van Dorn's office with his application,
he was as near walking on air as IN
surance men ever are. People had
been so slow in writing their auto
graphs on the dotted line-and mere
was a six-figure application, with
check. These accompanied by the
wide-eyed Williamson, exploded into
the mid-December calm OF the agency
headquarters like the news OF Tono-
pah strike in the poker-playing ennul
of a Poverty fiat.
What's that; williamson eJacu-
lated the cashier. Five hundred-you
don't mean thousand?'
why. confound you" sneered Will
hanson, look at that application.
Let me see it," painted the man
ager bursting in. Foster G. Van
Dorm half a million, Holy cat, Will
hanson; but this will put you and
the agency in the lead, for Is he
good Tor it, williamson"
why. don't you see that check?'
inquired the lofty solicitor Il tell you,
fellows. there's always a way TO land
any man. Why. for year, Ive-Dy
George! I'm forgetting to send DR..
Watson over to make the eXamlna-
ton. Van Dorns going on hunting
trip. and we've got to hustle, and get
him nailed before he goes!
The manager stood by Williamson
during the telephoning. Who is Mr..
Van Dorm" he asked, as the agent
hung up the receiver.
president of the Kosmos Chemical
Company" replied Williamson. Son
in-law and enemy of Colonel Loree oil
the Solar Selling Company, you know, >
said the cashier.
"Oh-h-h-h!" replied the manager, as
If recalling something. 81 remember
the romance in the newspapers; bu
l thought the young fellow was poor
Fixed it up with the colonel, l sup
pose-the usual thing"
Not on your life" replied William
son. "Loree would kill him If h
dared-old aristocrat, you know; blu
Van Dorn's too smart for him. Yo'
remember he was an engineer 10
Loree's company, and met the daugh
ter on some inspection trip. Love
~ first sight-moonlight on the noun
- runaway and wedding on tn
sly, rpd " cH~le-turned out
starve, anL,r That
81 remember" answered the mana
ger: but it doesn't seem to lead los
ically up to this application"
Well" went on Williamson. IVA
Dorm turns up with a company forme
to work a deposit of the sal-ammonia'
or asphaltum, or whatever the stu
the Solar Company had cornered ma
be, and began trust busting. The coli
mel swore the new deposit really b'
Ionged to his company, because Va
Dorm found it while in Lis employ, an
called him all sorts of a scoundre
But the young mans gone on, all tn
same, floating his company, and tiyin
high"
81 heard that .Loree was sure to rui
him." interposed the cashier.
Ruin nothing" said Williamso
'It was a case of the whale and II
swordfish. Van Dorn's got him lie
ed-why. don't you see that check"
THAT does look like success" r
piled the manager. Il hope his sire
nous life hasn't hurt his health-Wa
On is fussy about hearts and lungs
That's the least of my troubles
replied Williamson. Van Dorn's ;
athlete. and first-class risk. There
nothing the matter with Van Dorm
And yet. Trudeau the guide, far
I'm the Minnesota woods, looked at Il
young man and wondered If the
wasn't something the matter with V;
Dorm. They had come by the old tot
road" to the deserted lumber can
armed and equipped to hunt dee
Most young men in Van Dorns situ
ton were keen-eyed, eager for the tri
and the chase-at least until tanned
WEAKNESS. But Van Dorm was like
somnambulist. Once Trudeau q
left him behind on the road, and on
tracing his steps to find him, had d
a covered him standing by the pa
gazing at nothing, his lips slowly mC
ing as if repeating something und
his breath-and he had started as
In fright at Trudeau's hail. He d
been careful to give Trudeau his ca
and admonished him to keep it;
he seemed careless of all opportu
ties of following up the acquaintan
Most of these city hunters were al
lous to talk; but what troubled T
he in u v