The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-12-17

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MearEu5 / heard the name before"
iis q thorOugh,going clubman."
hau ! mean the girl, And all
those museum pieces
oh. she's the niece OF that ratty
old codger Mearson, the curic- eollec-
tor, Let his millions 20 the girl and
the best q his collection. AZ under.
stand Il, she must use the collection
as furniture. He rowed with all the
museums over a big ruby. But don't
set your eye there. my boy. We call
her the Frozen Lady" Jillsoa hung
open the door, Here he is. boys; got
into the wrong apartment. Koto, bring
the brandy There your chair; and
play EN- closet"
His friends greeted Forbes boister>
ously They had made sundry wagers
as to what had detained him, and the
consensus OF opinion was that ne had
seen a pretty face and followed II;
which was Indignantly denied
Forbes sat down next 20 Crawford.
who slapped him on the shoulder, he
liked Crawford the best OF all his
friends; Crawford. the kindly the
loyal, the silent, the scholar who
wrote brochures on ancient hieroglyph-
les, who was rich but who lived like
a sensible lawyers clerk; who was al.
ways agreeable and charming, whose
eyes had that calm steady unchanging
gray of the sea where il nears the
horizon, He fought shy of women;
hut he was not one OF those mentally
deficient apes who call themselves
woman-haters. He merely avoided
them. why. no one knew. Many were
after him for his money and many
sought him for his own sake, but he
was not TO be caught.
Forbes was eager to get him alone
and TO recount his extraordinary adj
venture, for Crawford was an excel
lent judge OF adventures, being q
great hunter and famed archeolo.
gist, his past bristling with the most
amazing exploits which the newspaper
writer's had not yet stumbled upon,
He lived alone in barn Of a house
in a most Questionable district, sur
rounded by mummies and waited upon
by a valet who always looked to
Forbes as II he had stepped out OF
one Of the eartonnages.
Strange, that the baw,baw man il
generally as empty as a sucked egg
while the mum chap over there In the
corner Is Sindbad the Sailor in an III
fitting contraption from Pools's
Though, Crawford's tailor was impec
cable, More likely Tom and Com
pany OF Yokohama, For Crawford
had q mysterious way of turning NJ
in strange places, OF sailing without
advising friends. of returning as quiet
| ly as though he had been spending
the weekend over in Connecticut
He was very fond OF the artist
knowing the real man below the egg
froth and crumbly pio.erust OF popu
larity.
Wake up. old boy, wake up" raj
| lied Crawford as he raked In the pot
This Is deuces wild tonight, and al
ace-full isn't worth the cardboard ~
printed on. Get into the game; thu
night is young The chips rattle,
into Crawfords compartment.
Early the winter before Forbes hat
broken his leg while riding to hound
over the Westehester, The surgeon hat
given him an anesthetic during tn
setting Of the bone. The drug hat
not befuddled his brain, but Il hat
taken away all sense OF feeling iron
his body Just now he experiences
the same bewilderinB numbness. jill
son swept up the cards. rifiied ther
prettily and dealt Deuces wild
Forbes picked up his caTds mechar
ically. Crawford . Tn
cut knuckIes! Emeralds an
pearls and ruhies and Fiorentin
boxes Crawford
To hc continued.