New-York tribune., 1914-03-29
By EARL DERR BIGGERS

ness looks mighty good to now. Watch the papers
for details And when you get back to Broadway keep
lookout for the hand Of Trimmer writing IN e on the
sky
~ will promised Minot laughing. He turned back
10 the hotel shortly after. His meeting with Trimmer
had cheered him nightly With hopeful eye worthy
Of Trimmer himself, he looked toward the future
Twenty four hours would decide it. If only Allan Har
rowby failed to return. @
THE first man Mnot saw when he entered the lobby
of the De Ia Pax was Allan Harrowby, his eyes
tired with travel handing suitcase TO an eager
black boy.
What was the use? Lstlessy Minot reinqushed his
last hope. He followed Harrowby, and touched his
aGood morning. he said drearily "You gave all
quite turn last night We thought you'd taken the ad-
vice you got in the morning. and cleared out for good
@Well, hardly" Harrowby replied "Come up TO the
room, old man. III explain there
Before we 20 up replied Mnot, Al want you to get
Miss Meyrick on the phone and tell her you've re-
turned Yes-right away. You see-last night !
rather misunderstood thought you weren't Allan
Harrowby, after al-and I'm afraid gave Miss Mey-
rick wrong impression"
"By Gad | should have told her was going, fIar-
rowby replied. @But was ratified you know
He went into booth. His brief talk ended, he and
Ninot entered the elevator Once in his SUITE Harrow
by dropped YEARLY into a chair.
@Confound your stupid trans I've been travelling
for ages Now Minot, III tell you what carried me
off. Yesterday afternoon got message from my
brother George saying he was on his way here
"YeS?'
4Seems he's alive and in business in Chicago. The
news excited me bit, old boy. pictured George rush
ing in here and the word spreading that was not to be
the Earl of Raybrook after all I'm frightfuly fond Of
Miss Meyrick, and want that wedding to take place
tomorrow. Then too there's Jephson Understand
me-Cynhia is not marrying me for my title. I'd stake
=. A. s. o+f,o o,,I i,,,.
and considering the number of times the old gentle
man has forbidden the wedding already
"You saw it was up to you, for once
Exactly SO for my sake-and JephSonS 81
boarded train for Jacksonville with the idea OF meeting
Georges train there and coming on here with him.
was going ask George not TO make himself known tor
a couple Of days Then proposed to tell Cynthia, and
Cynthia only of his existence If she objected, all very
well; but I'm sure she wouldn't. And I'm sure too
that George would have done what asked. He always
was a bully chap But missed him. These con-
founded trains-aways late, except when you want
them to be! dare say George is here by this time''
ale is" NIinot replied Game a few hours after
you left And, by the way, arranged a meeting for
him with Trimmer and his proposition The PROPOSE
ton fled into the night. 1t seems he the son Of an
old servant of your fathers Jenkins by name.
Surely! Surely that Jenkins | thought I'd
seen the chap somewhere couldn't quite recall Well,
at any rate, he's of the way Now the thing to 10
is to see good old George at once
He went to the telephone, and got his brother room.
"George!7 surprising note OF affection crept into
his Loriships voice "George, old boy-this is Allan.
I'm waiting for you in my rooms
"Dear old chap said his Lordship, turning away
from the phone. ~Twenty-three years since he has
seen one of his own flesh and blood Twenty-three
years of wandering in this Godorsaken country beg
your pardon Minot | wonder what he'll say 70 me'
| wonder what George will say after all those years.