New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-18
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JANUARY 49, 1914

that it was too well organized and zoo well advertised
10 die IN day; but his tongue had lost Us od eoouence
his BRAIN It's old magnetism Too well they recognized
that he was fighting losing fight Too well he knew
that he in their positions, would have done as thew
we're doing. and have followed bis Oh motto ths.
"Onlv q sucker stays by the mixing hip. The sale IN
the following week Melted them scarcely ANYTHING ANIL
The remaining lots III bid IN By none other than
Burmah Zones. He bought 40 q rdic1louiv low price
paid for them with shut jaw, and said ire hoped the
firm prohted well from Port Hatch Carrying Dis attn.
ude Of complaccncc still further, De invited them D. The
club and chcerfuy opened q bottle If 1-nc
Il was Conover who voiced what I'D q. Port Hatch
believed. "Ioncs, he said, ~you are good loser. bu,
you know that Port Hatch is done owl and bars uin
be- I'm rs buildings within three months We've glt no
kick. We did well We've made % no.. profit. and
YOU re too wise % know that we diin- Sow what in
the name Of commonsense makes yol stick here,
You tried % bull the market here This .-e-0.a and
il didn't work. There weren't dozen Bids outside u
yours. In six 20 eight weeks you coul- .e away
the lots you bought thi, afternoon
Burmah vainly tried ~ assume an ai- # ..- ..noe
which did not in the least deceive them. ... srev.
and he knew, that he was rccscslv attempting ~ IN
with ar the balloon that hal burst.
THE exodus began within that same week .l team
ers carried away men who had found someone foo,.
brought in a crowd Of prospective purchases DO had
in the halcyon days. 30 man entered tre .t.e, 90
buy; but there were scores who came trc-.o ~ SELL
Port Hatch was depopulating itself III ccnre strig-
giles ike a snake that had used is brgh- a -ering
skin % the utmost and was shedding Mother
The draws went loaded but one way, and -- toward
the waterfront. All came back empty. Ia. md the
cabs alone profited by the exodus. Eye-.or. eemt
% have lost faith in Port Hatch and % hi, aionei
=. % -ft Colo mel a.. 4 o.
little group Of faithful ones that constantly Visited
Marquard Villa.
And at last even one Of these detected -.a a1,ious
Kirby, who one night, two months after the u the
announcement Of doom, said hesit4tingy that he had
concluded that he would be compelled o. seek larger
fell and had selected Seattle the best ra ,or his
practice He chose an opportune moment when none
Of the other young men from Chattanooga W present,
and the Colonel, Burinah and Arabcia were ..ag ~
the terrace each striving to realize The change -is
stude.
~Goingl You going too, Kirby The Colonel .ei,
with little catch in his voice, II be bad r0 expected
this desertion
Yes. Sir, Kirby answered without looking an. "A
young man has 70 look out for hi, be- interests be
sees them.
"but-say-a YOU little PREMATURE
Burmah, with his face in the shadows. gr-ei -i--
cally, but offered no voice
We'll Sir, | don't think So, declared Kirby. DO
fact Colonel, can't see why anyone insists or 1863
here; but perhaps those who 10 have reasons. IRIS
too bad. Its the most beautiful place know 81.
The most glorious in the world, -he Co. rd an
swered with some Of his oldtime enthusiasm. Des-
tined sooner or later to be the CREATES, port ,he Pa
cific Coast! The City Magnificent, Sir. The City
Beautiful You are making grave error IN Loving a;
this crucial moment
Kirby looked wistfully across at Arabeia; but she
did not degn voice protest beyond, hal thought
you would stay Kirby. But everyone seems nzaus 70
go; so don't know why YOU shouldn't
"Oh, I'm not going for good, he his,enei p. ,aH
you see can run up for week end So ,a. Z a.- Jose
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