The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-27
CHAPTER iII.-Continued.

CHAPTER iII.-Continued.
A year passed. Broadway carried
three bank accounts, two Of them not
very large and seldom checked upon.
The third was in New York's all-night
bank. He kept busy. 81 feel as if |
ought to see the sun rise often" he
explained. "Sunrises are SO beauti-
full"
His first shock came when the ALL
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 o cold dash
from settler bottle sometimes had
when he had needed it. Rankin, en-
tering, asked him if he had a pain.
You bet l have" said he. And
I'm afraid it's serious"
Shall | call doctor, sir?"
mo, call 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
q place so utterly ideal
The day of the banks letter was the
first after he had reached New York
when Broadway did not 60 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
80 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 warship
for his nations navy, showed interest
wat ISIS matturr, Ranekeen?" the
sympathetic Oriental queried.
81 know men," said Rankin, land II
I didn't know that Mr.. Jones is really
q millionaire-made it out Of chewing
gum, his family, Pm told should sa!
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 hardup man coal'
have sworn at me as he did just now
It can't be money, so 1t must b
women"
'Limmin," said the Japanese, VIII
had not mastered WIS.
Lemons" Rankin granted. Your
almost right. never saw ma
more popular. He spends his none
like he didn't care for it. and does
we'll because that is the fact. H
doesn't care for 1t. never saw
human being who cared less. Why
he never counts the money on hi
dresser in the morning. Just throw
II there when he gets into bed, and
The japanese laughed merrily. "Yo
gettin lich!"
mo; you little heather; only kno'
he does it, that is ALL | stack it u
for him. Sometimes he throws it a
about-that and his clothes and fu
niture. He's often merry that wa
He threw me about one night. A fin
strong youth! thought it better nj
to say much till he went to sleep, an
then as | crawled out from under tt
bed. / had a chance to see his arr
Quite muscular it is-just as it fe
when he was joking with me-"
The next day, by chance, while Wis
ing the kitchen, Rankin had suddt
inspiration. 81 wonder If he Is
1ove?" he pondered. THAT Mr.. He
riot that attended just before
married that grass widow was as a
sent-minded-oh, quite absent-minde
quite! Now, which one"
Rankin suddenly came to stand
horror. Even to the small and We
yellow cook 1t was plain that tras
thoughts had flashed into his mind.
81 wonder" he soliloquized If
could possibly be that terrible Gera
old woman. She's had her eye on hi
ever since the first night that she g
a glimpse of him.
AS he spoke his master. as reque
ed. was talking with the first vice-prs
ident of the bank. The man seem
rather serious minded, although
that previous occasion when he b
marked the beginning Of their
.ouaintance, when Broadway had go
70 omen his account with just t'
hundred thousand dollars, he had be
geniality ITSELF 49,.
81 merely wished. to have lit
talk with you-er-Mr. Jones" said
aYou know your balance is-er-r'
.ning rather low"
as what?" said Broadway, In anna
ment.
"Is running rather low"
yea don't mean that I've