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CHAPTER III-contlnued.

CHAPTER III.-Continued.
year passed. Broadway carried
three bank accounts, two of them not
very large and seldom checked upon.
The third was in New York's a1lnight
bank. He kept busy II feel as if
ought to see the sun rise often" he
explained. "Sunrises are so beauti-
tul''
He seldom heard from Jonesville in
these days. Judge Spotswood some
Zines wrote to him. his uncle never.
Tor time he had endeayored to keep
aD = correspondence with the girls,
but this had languished through his
ewn exceeding occupation at more
pressing matters and Josie Richards
sorrowful conviction that he did not
tell her, in his brief, infrequent let
ters, about all the girls whom he was
meeting in New York
His first shock came when the ALI
Night bank wrote him letter, asking
his to call and talk Of his account, and
This did not occur until four years
had vanished in the haze of Broad
ways lights. 1t made him sit straight
IN his chair and blink as cold dash
when he had needed it. Rankin, en-
tering, asked him if he had pain
You bet 1 have" said he And
I'm afraid it's serious
Shall 1 call doctor. sir?"
NO, call a banker"
Rankin, puzzled, withdrew carefully.
He had learned to step with catlike
tread when he discovered that his
master was in serious mood. He had
no wish to anger him. No butler in
the history of butling had ever had
place so utterly ideal. Pickings
plentiful; work trivial; all life had
been congenial for Rankin since he
had encountered Broadway Jones.
The dayNof the banks letter was the
first after he had reached New York
when Broadway did not go about his
gay and simple routine of up Broad
way in the afternoon and down Broad
way at night, with movements so
timed that they made long pauses near
the Circle and near Forty-second
street seem natural. He went home
before five.
When Rankin ventured to express
surprise at his return to the apart
ment at that hour, he snarled at him
GO to the devil, Rankin" he sug-
gested when he fingered
Yes, sir; thank you, sir" said Ran
kin and withdrew
He reached the kitchen with face
so troubled that the Japanese boy, who
had sought domestic service here with
,(judging from his wages) the COM
mendable intention of periodically
sending home, each year, enough
American money to build a waTship
for his nations navy, showed interest.
Wat iss matturr, Ranekeen?" the
sympathetic Oriental queried.
Il know men," said Rankin, "aud If
l didn't know that Mr.. Jones is really
millionaire-made it out Of chewing
gum, his family, I'm told should say
he was hard up
The Japanese boy stared politely !;
he did not understand at all.
"Of course he's not hard up" Ran
kin continued: no hard-up man could
have sworn at me az he did just now.
1t can't be mope5, SO it must be
women"
'Limmin.S said the Japanese. who
had not mastered VS..
Lemons" Rankin granted. You're
more popular He spends his money
like he didn't care for it, and does i;
well because that is the fact He
doesn't care for it. l never saw a
bed, had a chance to see his arm
Quite muscular it is-just as it felt
when he was Joking with me-
The next day, by chance, while visit
ing the kitchen, Rankin had a sudden
love?' be pondered. THAT Mr.. Hen
riot that 1 attended just before he
married that grass widow was as alb
-sent-minded-oh quite absent-minded
quite! Now, which one"
Rankin suddenly came to a stand IN
horror. Even to the small and very
yellow cook it was plain that tragic
thoughts had flashed into his mind
I wonder" he soliloQuized If Il
could possibly be that terrible Gerard
old woman. She's had her eye on hin
ever since the first night that she go
a glimpse of him.
AS he spoke. his master. as request
ed, was taking with the first vice pres
ident of TIE bank. The man seemed
rather serious-minded. although OF
that previous occasion when he haC
marked the beginning of their &C
quaintance, When Broadway had gone
to open his account with just tive
hundred thousand dollars, he had beer
geniality itself.
Il merely wished to have littl,
talk with you-er-Mr. Jones', said he
You know your balance is-er-run
ming rather low"
Us what?" said Broadway, In amaze
mept.
rs running rather low
You don't mean that I've"