The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-07-14

| .ether. When paced the deck ! waS
sure to encounter him, whereupon, al'I
tering the direction of his walk, hei
would keep step with me. At evening"
no sooner had | drawn up m.' chair I'M
comfortable and secluded place than
le would discover me and inmediate-i
y seat himself at my side. i made
'ew acquaintances on the boat, so thac
my name was never mentioned In MS
presence. and it was characteristic of
ais complacency that he did not dissl
cover IT,
When. by chance, | obtained few
minutes respite from his odious preeal
ence, as sure as fate | would see hinsI
upon the lower deck in lengthy and
stealthy conference with the villainous
Greek-for such had discovered biz
nationality to be. There was a cross
eyed woman, apparently the servants
wife, whom | had observed with him.
and ate, The FIRST day, when Mr.. Mag
niff would bring bis servant up on our
decL and keep h.n near While he en-
Gased me in conversation. | began 10
uotice that the woman would post her
self below and watch my face with
somber. neyerWinkiug eyes
Ny curiosity became SO great that |
questioned Mr. Magnifr about this
strange pair Of dependents. He burst
into loud laughter.
Poor ZeuXis is unhappily married q"
he chuckled when he could speak. Il
took the fellow over TO America with
me, and his wife. VINO is insanely
jealous Of the scamp followed on the
next boat Ever since that she has
stuck to him closer than a leech. /
fancy she imagnes that he's trying 10
leave her," g.
But why does she stare at ms2"
demanded
He hemmed and hawed little.
You're good sport Miss Howard"
he eonhded at length "ll let you
in. Shes Jealous OF you She thinks
he's planning TO elope with you Ho,
no ho!"
The eur collapsed into my chair and
laughed l started away Indignantly
but he sprang to his feet and graspsd
me BY the sleeve.
Don't go he begged. III stop
the fellows insolence If you say the
word. But ZeuXis has been useful TO
me in many ways. and Just now we
are planning to rull or little coup in
England which is going to net US
few thousands. Our last one failed,
What was it?" asked. my curiosity
lie cooked at me leeringly. I believe
that, Tor some occult reason, the rascal
copeidered that ne had made a con.
quest Of me- At any rate, he began
blabbing his story quite proudly into
my eager ears.
IT'S long tale" he said. ITO tell
It I've got to 80 back TO my father,
and he amt a pleasant subject"
20, please go on said, as entio-
lngly as could Somehow the idea
bad entered my head that this rogue
In some way was bound up with the
success or failure of my enterprise.
Try as / might, could not rid myself
Of the thought
Well, he began. drawing up a
chair close to me, you wouldn't think,
10 look at me, that my father started
lie as humble horse-meat vendor Ia
he Rue Strasbourg, would you?"
81 could believe it by wild stretch
If the imagination, I answered.
Quite So he answered. fattered
Well, to do him justice, the old don.
Key has one Of the shrewdest brains
Il France. Somehow he got in on the
ground floor of the De Lesseps Pana.
ma concession and made millions out
II it before it went to pieces. Then
nothing would content him but that he
become country gentleman. With
his end IN view he bought a magni.
icent estate near Clichy, In Nor.
mandy remodeled the castle In