Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-01
Il had . little place near his one
ummer. I know only what I heard

let "I've been away ten years. ever
since the crash that ruined everybody
but the man at the bottom Of the
whole thing. Il would be . Kindness
to tell me what you heard"
''Well. I guess you've said 1t your
self right now. That man seems to
have ,beggared everybody all around
except himself; that's how make 1t
out" said Hilton Toye.
HE did worse" said Cazalet through
his teeth. "He killed my poor father;
he banished me to the wilds of Aus.
tralia; and he sent . better man than
himself to prison for fourteen years!''
Toye opened his dark eyes for once.
rs that 20? No. I never heard that, /"
said he.
You hear It now. He did all that.
indirectly. and didn't realize it at tho
time. was too young, and the whole
thing laid me out too fat: but know
It now. and I've known 1t long enough.
Il was worse than q crash. It was q
scandal. That was what finished us
OF, all but Henry Craven! There'd
been gigantic swindle-special III
vestments recommended by the firm.
bogus certificates and all the rest Of It.
We were all to blame. Of course My
poor father ought never to have been
poet. Even IL was only . young.
ster in the ONCE. but ought to have
known what was going on. But Henry
Craven did know. He was In 1t up to
the neck, though fellow called Scru-
ton did the actual job. Scruton got
fourteen years-and Craven got our
old house on the river"
And feathered 1t pretty WE'LL" said
Toys, nodding. yes, I did hear that.
And can tell you they don't think
any better Of him. In the neighbor-
hood, for going to live right there. But
how did he stop the other mans
mouth. and-how do you know"
Never mind how I know" said Ca
Ialet. "Scruton was q friend Of mine,
though an older man; he was good
to me, though he was wrong 'un
himself. He paid for it-paid for two
that can say! But>he was engaged
to Ethel Craven q. the time. was 60
ing to be taken into partnership on
their marriage, and you can put two
and two together for yourself
did she wait for him."
About rs long ~ you'd expect Of
the breed! She was her fathers daugh-
tor. wonder you didn't como across
her and her husband"
II didn't SEQ so much Of the Craven
crowd" replied Hilton Toye. II wasn't
stuck on them either. Say. Cazalet. I
wouldn't be that old man when Scru-
ton comes out, would your
But Cazalet showed that he could
hold his tongue when he liked, and his
grim look was not so legible as some
that had come and gone before. This
one stuck until Toye produced q big
flask from his grip. and the talk shift.
ed to less painful ground. It was the
last night in the Bay Of Biscay, and
Cazalet told how he had been in 1t q
fortnight on his way out by sailing
vessel. He even told it with consider
able humor, and hit OF sundry passen-
gers Of ten years ago - though they
had been aboard the German boat that
night and Toys drew him out about
the bush until the shadows passed for
minutes from the red-brick face with
the whitebrick forehead.
4 remember thinking would dig
ior so;1a, !" ss::!a Cazalet. That's all
knew about Australia. But you can
have adventures Of sorts II you go far
enough up-country for 'em; 1t still
pays to know how to use your fists
out there. remember once at bush
shanty they dished up such fruity
chops that I said I'd tight the cook II
they'd send him up: and I'm blowed
II II wasn't . fellow I'd been at school
with and worshiped as no end Of
swell ct games! Potts his name was,
old Venus Potts, the best looking chap
In the school among other things: and
there he was. cooking carrion at
twenty-five bob . week! Instead Of
We Joined forces. got burr.
cutting job on . good station, then q
better one over shearing, and after
that wormed my way in 40 book
keeper. and my pal became one Of the
head oversesrs. Now we're our own
bosses with share In the show, and
tho owner comes up only once . year
to ESQ how things are looking"
Il hope he had . daughter" said
Tcye. land that you're going to marry
her. II you haven't YETI"
Cazalet laughed. but the shadow had
returned. mo. left that to my PAL"
he said. "He did that all right"
Then / advise you to 60 and do
likewise" reJoined his new friend with
, geniality impossible to take amiss.
II shouldn't wonder, now, II there's
some girl you left behind yen"
Cazalet shook his head. None who
you'd look on herself In that light"
10 interrupted. Il was ell he said.
mt once more Toye was regarding
him rs shrewdly ~ whom the night
Eas younger. and the littleness Of the
world had not yet made them conf
liant and boon companion.
Eight bells actually struck before
heir great talk ended and Caxalet
wore that he missed tho watches
1T, sir!" Of the sailins-vessel ten
ears before.
SAY" exclaimed Hilton Toye. knit.
ing his brows over some nebulous rec
Election Of his own. Il seem to have
leard Of you and some OF your yarns |
,efofe. Didn't you spend nights In .
og-hut miles and miles from any hu.
nan beingT
Z It was - they we're turning !. ss !!
at, but IL question spoiled . yawp