The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-07-22
H.M.EGBERT
O.IRWIN MYERS
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
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general WrcCk. my t~ftnoulotneT neo
always lad a pathetic belief that some
day tho bonds would be worth some
thing. She left them to my father,
placing them In the strong box which
she held in the vaults OF Magnln 4
Co, bankers. Of Paris and London.
When she was dying she sent him the
key.
well. Anne. they won't do any harm
where they are" my father would say.
Some day. when we're all rich. we'll
90 20 Paris and take them out and sell
them for old paper"
So now | think | have explained how
I came 10 sail for England on the
thirty-hrst OF May, with Ave 800 and
one $50 bill In my purse and the key
10 the ancestral strong box. Mary
wanted me TO sew by bills Into the
lining OF my dress. But ] felt safer
with the money in my purse, for. az !
told her, I'D either have 20 wear the
same dress all the time or keep run
ming into my room TO see whether II
had been ripped open or not. II ! had
taken her advice I should never have
had my adventure with the Man In tho
Bun Boots-but that comes later.
Mary, OF course. was at the train In
tears. waiting to bid me adieu. And
who else should be there but that
odious Mr.. Spratt. who had once been
enamored OF me, half hidden behind an
enormous bouquet. I've heard that
his boys call him THE Sprai." which
isn't a nice name 10 give a professor
Of civic and international law. He
pressed the bouquet into u OF my
hands and then put something else In
to the other In a mysterious ana por-
tentous manner.
my volume OF the Code Napoleon.
Miss Ives" he said. whispering eau
tiously. The only complete English
commentary on modern French law.
I've written your name on the fiy-leaf.
Don't lose Il; you1l need It when you
get 70 Paris!"
I could not but feel affected by the
little mans kindness In presenting me
with a copy OF his ~cpoch-making work.
I introduced him { Mary. and we
three chatted for a few moments until
tho conductor called "All aboard"
stayed a day or two in Montreal. sight
seeing. and finally. owing TO a last min
ute excursion 10 Mount Royal, nearly
missed the steamer. But just as the
whistles blew. I plunged hastily up the
gangway. oolliding at the top with a
couple OF foreign.looking men who
stared at me for several minutes. ap
parently deeply Interested.
am usually quick to form my
judgments OF people. ! did not like
either OF these fellow-passengera at all
In a very short time | had discovered
that they were master and servant. Of
stood In some such relation. The one
bore the halLmarks OF wealth without
refinement; the other was a coarse
and Misunderstanding Greek OF Armo
nian. as ! judged. I was relieved wheI
saw him betake himself 20 the steer
age. But judge my disgust when
discovered that I had been seated mex
to hts master az the dinner table!
He did not lose any timo striklnI
up an acquaintance with me. May
pass you the mustard, Miss Howard?
were his first words. He had evident
. ly been looking me up and made a mis-
. take In the name. ! was about TO dis
Illusion him when his next word
, checked tho words on my lips.
!. ALLOW ME TO introduce myself. sine
we are 10 sec 80 much OF each othe
. during our voyage" he continued. wit
an odious smlrk. my name is MAJ
. nih-Leopold MagniR-a name tolel
/, ably well known in Paris and else
where
. "The-the bankerT' I managed I
4 gasp.
Z The son OF the banker" he correc
0 ed. much gratihed at my ready recoI
milton. "rhe old boys my father. w
I now control the second largest comb
Q nation OF capital IN France. and n
{ fourth largest In Europe" no adde
+ complacently. Not that IN step int
Q the old donkey's shoes. though. n
hates me like poison. / grieve 10 "a
; that my father has a mind purely con
3 mercial and utterly incapable OF a.
preciatlng any OF the rehnements (
d life"
II isn't often that | wish I were
~ tHuns UlN TIM WnNN 4 ~ l1at AaNl
30 that ! might have had the pleaauI
n OF kicking him. But smothered m
l. rage and struggled with my surpris
d Il seemed like the opening Of son
/. wonderful melOdrama, my chance Q
Il counter, with this man while on n
way TO Europe. 20 take my secnrffi'
n out OF HIS fathers safety deposit DO
murmured something and fed up
" the deck. Later. Mr.. Magnih appearS
and engaged me In conversation 4
a about an hour. until ! found some Q
cuse to dismiss him and go 10 bed.
10 During the next few days he mat
himself my constant companion. I
z seemed 20 time his appearances at n
I table 30 that w should ait down I
gether. When I paced the deck l "
10 sure TO encounter him. ~whereupon.
% tering the direction Of his walk.
would keep eteD with me. Al evenir
" no sooner had l drawn up my chair
a comfortable and secluded place III
nt he would discover me and lmmediaI
~ seat himself at my side. I ma
few acQunintkncoa ON thu boat. 40 N