The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-05-23
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By JOSEPH

BE still. Honore,' the maruuise said
lmpatiently. G. on. Max"
Honore sat %resignedly on the lounge:
Max went on loudly:
He never went to London at all.
He didn't ever leave Paris. He was
here all the time
That is perfectly true" the marquis
said. nodding sagely. He was seer
here today, actually seen here
Sure he was" Max exclaimed. 81
saw him myself.'
formation.
Il have seen Brachard myself" he
repeated.
"Where?' demanded the marquis.
I'm an automobile" Max declared.
How did he look
Same as usual"
Max frankly admired his brother-in-
law. He was the only one Of the
D'Andeline family who really appre-
ciated the merits Of the ~fnancier.
Il think his nerve is brazen inso-
lence.' the marquise cried indignantly.
Ch. "o' 4tS liAiI hVA g. HdA oS
sured her. Mother, thai man has
wrecked the financial world Of Paris.
And listen to this-before morning
they will have him in prison.
.Anne-Marie arose and went to her
brother.
I'm prison"' she demanded. do
you mean that. Maxi
Yes. in prison. OF course l mean
it. | heard it at MaXim's just now
why will they imprison him. ask
ed .Anne-Marie.
because he. Il director in a com
pany-wrecked that company."
Max had not reasoned out for him
self the purpose Of Brachard's mad
vrecking of Egyptian Copper and the
entire stock market. He knew that
his brother-in-law was terribly broken
mp by Anne-Marie's escapade. but he
did not understand that il was to ruin
Govain that Jacques had thrown away
his vast fortune. Neither did his
mother understand it nor his father.
Anne-Marie was beginning to have
an inkling of the truth. but she waited.
Her mother and father had lost moth
ing. They had been prudent and had
ceased Specializing long before. She
knew this: therefore she could proper
ly estimate their grief.
MY poor children" her mother OK
claimed, rising and walking to the
window. God has laid a heavy hand
upon u.s.
Max was still too full of his news t.
sympathize with his mother. He ire
mendously admired Jacques.
"A few little things your s%on-in-laW
not God. has laid upon yon.' he said
you'll be sorry to hear that Baron
Hart went down in the crash with ths
rest of them. The exchange is in ;
pandemonium. Crowds Of ruined mel
and women are raving in the streets
The biggest brokers are wiped out
They couldn't sell quick enough. Nam
Of cats and dogs. but it's lovely"
MAX. YOU are incorrigihle,' the mar
nuise said. II won't listen TO yol
Honore. YOU have been at the clul
How did they treat you"'
The portly marquis inflated his chest
1T was quite unexpectedly he said
quite unexpectedly
In what way:' asked the marqni>t
"AS YOU know, since Anne-Marie'
marriage I've been at the club seldom
exceedingly seldom, I may say, hc
cause they-er-didn't seem to we
come me with much warmth, and
why don't YOU say they cut 'yo
dead and be done with it, Max inter
rupted.
The MARQUIS had been one of til
most popular members of the most e,
elusive club in Paris until the MAJ
rage of Anne Marie and Brachar(
Then he had been tabooed as a ma
! who had deliberately sold his dauyl
ter. and he had neglected the club.
. Now that Brachard had fallen, how
t ever, he had returned to the cOmpan
of his old cronies and had found thcl
sympathetic.
Il would hardly say that they c,
me dead. Max" he said r%eprovinGl
but when l went there today thel
was quite Il sensation,'
What kind:' asked II marquis
dryly.
well, you see, it appears Govai
got there a few minutes before l a
G rived. He was in a state bordering
fine frenzy. He was white with ra;
and ENTHUSIASTICALLY white. He
worse than a pauper, You know, ow'
a million or two besides"
~Yes, yes, but what happened at Il
X club:' the marquise demanded imp
It tiently.
..IJo r,,shod about tbe cluh k