New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04

drcamilv wishing that another SAFE "ouiu pc
made because his bank balance was down
TO three thousand dollars, Arabclla was tax
mo , horseback ride with Lester, and Bur
NAH ZONES. with a few more gray hairs III ms
head was Standing in the Ovcrhanging WIN.
do,v above the Port Hatch Land Offices ana
staring modify up the street Gay with
flower boxes were the shop buildings, due
to the "Hatch Cup. for which everyone
We'd If being offered by the Colonel as an
annual prize for the best business floral MS
play. Cav with flowers were the electric
i;obt nillars. on each Of which was an orlla-
mental steel flower box, high above the
street rcspendcnt with blOssOming hoWei'
and dropping vines.
4 half-dozcn boats now stopped at Port
Hatch on their daily rounds; for 1t was
show city Of Puget Sound, and the believing
of their arrival no longer stirred the niue
civ to a state Of curious excitement. Boats
came and went regularly, and not inire-
uuentlv excursion steamers deposited chat,
tcrinp crowds 10 view the much advertised
model CITY Of the world. The keepers oi
c,rio shops were the only ones that kept the
schedules; for whoever came carried away
the Indian souvenirs, the miniature totem
poles. the glass paper weights with pictures
Of Colonel Hatch on the fire engine, and the
beautiful views Of the "quaintcst city on the
American continent
RURMAH, standing at the window, ana
- worried over the ColOncps latest an
nouncement. heard the whistle Of an mcom-
inc boat. and wondered lit would BRING more
investors. 4 short time later he SHIFTED ms
head as doe, warhOrsc seeming battle,
and screwed his eyebrows into penetrating
stare as ne saw group Of men slowly walk
ing along Main-st. and scruunHing ITS beau
ties. Then, when they were almost beneath
his window. one Of the men looked up, ana
Burmah with 70 start hastily drew back INTO
the room and ont Of sight, and his face sud-
denly lost color and expressed fear.
"Thorntoni" me exclaimed. "Old man
Thornton that bunkocd out Of thirty thou
sand on fake reclamation scheme back
i'm Florida. And with him IS Carleton
that got for ten thousand in the Chicago
title camel And Sprague that trimmed on
the Pawnce reservation sale. All here m
Port Hatch It's the finish ! must duck.
With surprising agility he stepped to the
private telephone that led TO the Offices be-
low and called up Little Billy.
IF anyone asks for me today, say that
I'm not here, he ordered. And tell EN-
that I've gone to Seattle for three or four
davs. Understand, All right. Remember
three or four days.
Then he slipped back to the window, and
was relieved when he saw the group OF men
who had so disturbed him still sauntering
nonchaanty up the street and staring at
the beauty Of the buildings that Hubbard
had created. He jumped to his dresser and
took from it three or four photographs, the
silver toilet set that Arabclla had given
him rs a Christmas present, his bankbooks,
and few other little personal belongings.
Next he hurried into his luxurious bathroom
and took what he wanted from there, and
then paused in front Of his clothes closet.
one suit he took and threw into a suitcase,
and looked regrctfully at the others.
Il can buy more, he muttcred, and
closed the door. NO time TO lose If want
to catch the down boat on its return trip.
Got to hustle now. The games finished.
II five minutes more he was walking down
the street with his suitcase in his hand,
apparently the same busy little man that
was so familiar to everyone in Port Hatch
And as he walked he looked neither to right