The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-06-26

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Then they sat down and shot queH
tions. while Abbott looked on bewh
dered Elephants and tigers and chit
tabs and Wild boar and quail-running
and strange cultural names. weltering
nights IN the iungles, freezing morn
lngs In the Hills; stupendous card
games; and what had become OF so
ard.so. who always drank his whisky
neat. and whats-hls-name, who In
vented cures for snake bites!
Abbott deliberately pushed over an
oak bench. Am host here or notY'
Abby, old man. how are your said
Courtlandt smiling warmly and hold
ing out his hand MY apologies; but
the colonel and ! never expected 70
see each other again. And hnd hlm
talking with you up here under TINS
roof It's marvellous"
ITS n wonder you wouldn't drop
fellow a line" said Abbott, In a fault
finding tone as he righted the bench
When did you Gomez
Last night. Came up from Como
Going 10 stay long?"
THAT depends. / am really on my
way 10 zermatt. I've a hankering TO
have another try at the Matterhorn.
Think Of that" exclaimed the
/ colonel. "He says another try
You came a roundabout way" was
the artists comment
"Oh, that's because left Paris for
Brescia They had some good flights
there. Wonderful year! They cross
the channel in an airship and discover
the North Pole"
"Pah! Neither will be OF any use
to humanity; merely a fine sporting
proposition" The colonel dug into his
pocket for his pipe. But what do
you think Of Germany"
Fine country" answered Court
landt, rising and going to a window;
fine people. too. Why?"
DO you-er-thinli they could whip
us?"
"On land, yes"
The devil!"
"On water, no."
Thanks. In other words, you be.
/ Hove our chances equal?"
so equal that all this war-scare is
| pihie. But | rather like TO see you
English get up in the air occasional
ly. 1t win do you good. You've an
idea because you walloped Napoleon
! that you're the same race you were
then, and you are not. The English
speaking races, as the first soldiers,
have ceased TO be-"
well be DEM" gasped the colonel
IT'S the truth. Take the American,
be thinks there is nothing in the world
| but money Take the Britisher, to
| him caste is everything, Take the
money out of one mans mind and the
importance of being wel-born out Of
the other e" He turned from the
window, and smiled at the artist and
the empurpling Anglo-lndian.
Abbott" growled the soldier, that
man will some day drive me amuck.
What do you think? One night, on a
/ tiger hunt, he got me into an argu-
ment like this. A brute of beast
| jumped into the middle of it. Court.
landt shot him on the second bound,
and turned to me with-'Wel, as |
was saying, | don't know to this day
/ whether 1t was nerve or what you
! Americans call gall"
Divided by two" grinned Abbott.
"Ha l see; half nerve and half gall
! I'll remember that But we were talk.
! ing of airships."l
"I was" retorted Courtlandt You
were the man who started the pow
wow" He looked down into the street
with sudden interest. who is that?"
The colonel and Abbott hurried
across the room.
What did l say, Abbott? l told
you l saw him. He's crazy; fact.
! Thinks he can travel around incognito
when there isn't magazine on earth
that hasn't printed his picture"
We'll, why shouldn't he travel
around If he wants to-" asked Court
landt coolly.
The colonel nudged the artist.
There happens to be an attraction
in Bellaggio," said Abbott irritably.
The moth and the candle" sup
plemented the colonel peering over
Courtlandts shoulder. He's well set
up" grudgingly admitted the old fell
low.
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