Middletown transcript., 1914-02-21
CHAPTER Irl-contlnusd.

OF1AF ] En- Itts-ConSinuSos
A year passed. Broadway carried
three bank accounts, two Of them moi
very large and seldom checked upon
The third was in New York's all-night
bank. He kept busy. ri feel as If
ought to see the sun rise often" be
explained. "Sunrises are so beauti
full"
His first shock came when the All
Night bank wrote him a 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. It made him sit straight
in his chair and blink as a cold dash
from a seltzer bottle sometimes had
when he had needed it. Rankin, en-
tering, asked him If he had a pain.
you bet / have" said he. "And
I'm afraid it's serious"
Shall l call a doctor, sir?"
mo, call q 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
The day of the banks letter was the
FIRST after he had reached New York
The1 BTeadaWay adaWay did did zzet act Sc ak5esst ak5esst HE HE
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 patriotically
sending home, each year, enough
American money to build a warship
for his nations navy, showed interest.
wat iss matturr, Ranekeen?" the
sympathetic Oriental queried.
"I know men," said Rankin, "and If
didn't know that Mr.. Jones is really
q 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. mo hard-up man could
have sworn at me as he did just now.
It can't be money, so it must be
women"
''Limmin," said the Japanese, who
had not mastered w's.
Lemons Rankin granted. You're
almost right. l never saw a man
more popular. He spends his money
like he didn't care for it, and does it
well because that is the fact. He
doesn't care for 1t. never saw a
human being who cared less. Why,
he never counts the money on his
dresser in the morning. Just throws
it there when he gets into bed, and
The Japanese laughed merrily. You
gettin lichi"
NO; you little heather; only know
he does it, that is all. l stack it up
for him. Sometimes he throws it all
about-that and his clothes and fur
niture He's often merry that way,
He threw me about one night. A fine.
strong youth! l thought it better not
to say much till he went to sleep, and
then, as l crawled out from under the
bed, ! had a chance to see his arm.
Quite muscular 1t 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
inspiration. 81 wonder if he is in
lover" he pondered. "That Mr.. Hen
riot that 1 attended just before he
married that grass widow was as alb
sent-miRded-oh, quite absent-minded,
quitel 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.
Il wonder" he soliloquized if it
could possibly be that terrible Gerard
old woman. She's had her eye on him
ever since the first night that she got
q glimpse Of him
As he spoke his master, as request