The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-07-30

tainer. some what inclined to %garrulity.
"Mr. BlOunt has been informed Of
your call. sirs." he said. He will see
you, sirs. at once" He bowed again.
~ hope. sirs. you won't mind ii l go
on with a few bits Of my work here.
as it's 30 late"
"Oh. certainly not" Wainwright said.
indifferently. Next came the entrance
Of Walter. who halted just within the
doorway, and looked from one to the
other Of his guests. in obvious per
plexity between the two as to which
might be MI. Vain wright. That ges.
tleman, standing up and smiling. went
forward with his hand outstretched.
II am Mr.. Wainwright" he said, as
he shook hands with his host, land I
must tell you that I'm mighty glad to
meet y~Ou-again!" The emphasis on
the last word was significant. Then,
he turned toward the physician: This
is DR.. Forbes, a particular friend Of
mine, who was good enough to accom-
pany me. He is the superintendent of
the Powhattan asylum for the insane"
The three men were seated near one
another.
Il called" Wainwright explained
simply. lin order to deliver in person
the thanks you were at such pains to
escape last night"
Walter beamed pleasantly.
"Oh, that's all right" he exclaimed,
breezily. "Of course, l knew you. to-
night the minute l caught sight of your
face. though the name didn't explain
anything to me when your card was
brought. l only did what any one
would. It's not worth mentioning"
my dear sir" Wainwright returned
earnestly, 81 must insist on mention
ing it. Why. but for you l should
surely have been shot. You struck up
that fellows hand just in time"
lawfully glad l happened along as l
did" Walter said genially. Have
they caught the MANI" he inquired in
terestedly after Andrew had served
lights to the smokers.
Wainwright shook his head.
mo, I'm sorry to say. they have
not" he replied with disgust in ii.S
voice. The s%coundrel really made :,
wonderful getaway. And that reminds
the. Mr.. Blount-how did 0 contrive
to disappear so soon!"
why, the fact is he said with AZ
assumption Of great candor. I'm :,
stranger in New York. and l knew. Of
course. there'd be a big hullabalnu
about a thing like this. and hate no.
tOriety-pOlice courts and so on. YOU
Observation-Disclosures too. So When
1 saw the fellow that attacked you had
skipped l had the idea that Id do the
same thing, though for a different rea-
son. l just mixed in the crowd a min
ute and then slipped around the +
into the next block and came home
He chuckled complacently and then
added, in order to change the topic.
"But how'd you manage to find me-"
"Well, now" Wainwright answered..
that's a bit odd too. An anonymous
person called me up on the telephone
at my place last night after I got back,
said he'd been among those present at
my little adventure. had seen my res
cuer and had guessed afterward that
/ N " Nuo" WIN u "dSs anu
he gave me your name and address,"
Walter perceived that Andrew was
now occupied in r%earranging some
magazines on the large table. and he
recalled the memorandum prepared for
his guidance. Yes, the Great White
Way! That must be introduced next.
He spoke mechanically.
IINr-~- - h. Nv.
I know so few people in New York"
DR.. Forbes peered with curiosity at
the young man.
you're a stranger here, you say.
Mr.. Blount?"
YES" was the answer, very cheer
fully given, for now the thief saw his
way to carry out the required instruc-
ton. "And l can't say that l like your
town very much. OF course there are
some things right enough. I'll admit
that the first month l spent along the
Great White Way passed off lively
enough. But. you know, a man soon
gets enough of that. When dad and
mother came on east to meet sister,
who's just got back from Europe, 1
took this place SO We could all be to.
gether for awhile. Dads been JOSH
ing me about getting homesick." he
added. with a shamefaced. grin that
acknowledged some justice in the
charge. He says l won't be able to
stick it out for a year, but l think l
will-maybe-just for a stunt"
Where is your home. may | ask?"
Wainwright inquired.
My home town is Laramie. Wyo.
, OF course I'll have to admit that it's Il
dinky little place, but l like it at that.
You see, everybody's your friend out
there" Andrew had gone to a win
dow at the far end Of the room-a fact
duly observed by his pupil. Yes; ev-
erybody's your friend out there" he
repeated, with a hint Of emotion in his
voice, but here it's so hard to get &c.
quainted-that is, with the right sort"
III l can be of ser ice to you in any
way Wainwright suggested.
'Oh, l don't mean to butt in" Wal
ter declared modestly.