Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-02

idea from the moment Of conception TO
maturity. I insist on that" he went on,
as firmly as IL he had been addressing the
mate Of the sldi I'VE should be a pre-
oious couple OF idiots II we put patent on
the market which had already been adopt
ed-and perhaps discarded as worthless
long ago by some naval Power Gable
your brother TO come over here"
You're right" agreed Dereve. 'T'n
have him over here by the next boat He
touched a bell. The office boy appeared.
Get me the code book and the Atlantic
/ cable forms" he commanded.
I'VE shall have to wire him some
money. too" he added. with the shadow
| Of a smile Il never knew sgd to have
more than ten dollars on him at ono
| time"
The cabiegram drafted to his satlsfac-
| tion, the engineer touched the bell again.
| The office boy again appeared. Send this
/ Off right now" his master ordered The
boy took the form and glanced at the
| address He paused and looked at Dereve.
beg pardon, sir" he said, Il see this
is addressed to Mr. Sydney Dereve"
''Well?"
"well, sir, a gentleman called in herh
this morning the instant after I came
before any one else was here-and asked
me n this was Mr. Sydney Dereves Of
hce I said no. THAT you was Mr.. Eus
tace Dereve, sir. He asked II / knew
where Mr.. Sydney was, and I said / be-
lieved he was In New York sir. He said
he would call again"
well that's all right. II he calls
again send him In to me-"
wait a momentr' Martin stopped the
lad What was the gentleman like
well he was nothing particular to
look at, sir. I've seen him hanging about
the street the last day or two. but l
thought he was going to speak to you,
sir"
Martin i,stennd at+anti,elv 'tTbanks
you may 60" he said; and the lad hur-
ried off with the telegram.
Somebody sgd owes some money to-"
suggested Dereve indlfferently. "Do you
think you know the man?'
II suspect It Is the man who 1 thought
was shadowing me for reasons best
known to himself" said Martin guard
edly. TT seems 1t was your brother he
wanted after ALL But he was puzzled. |
The man had certainly dogged his move |
ments, which there seemed no reason for |
doing II he was inquiring after a man in |
America. On the other hand, he could |
not conceive why any one should be in |
terested both in him and Sydney Dereve. |
He resolved to challenge the man should |
he gee him again. But when he looked |
up and down the street he had disap-
peared.
The partners lunched together. Dereve
betrayed that restlessness and exctabi-
ity which seems to be rapidly acquired in
the New World He strolled in and out
of the office throughout the afternoon
waiting for the reply to his cable. II came
about 6. He tore open the envelope read
the dispatch and threw 1t on the desk be-
fore Martin with very emphatic excla-
nation.
Impossible leave New York. Detained
some time. Write further particulars IN
formation required-S. D."
''What In w fI,inI os |
Dereve. Won't come over you see;
won't face the music Looks as IL we had
been had, Arrol"
Arrol thought so. too, but preferred to
take a more optimistic tone. He drum
med on his desk for a moment, then
formed n quick decision.
TN go over there" he said, land have
talk with him. You can't leave the
Office at this juncture. There's that Cor
rientes commission to attend to and the
fotatlon of the company. When does the
next boat leave?"
"Tomorrow-Saturday"
After some discussion this plan was
agreed to. Martin went over to the fat
to make the necessary arrangements for
his departure. To his mild surprise he
found Monty Dereve in the drawing
room.
Monty Dereve's dark face flushed with
pleasure as Martin entered.
II telephoned your brother" she ex-
planned, "and as we had a lot to talk
about he told me to come on here guess
I've got here sooner than he expected,
since the maid has had to go over to his
office ITO fetch him Have you just left
uncle?"
Yes. left him pretty busy" Martin
drew a chair near to the girl and sat
down. I'm sailing for Gods own coun-
try tomorrow, Miss Dereve." he said,
with smile land hope to have the pleas
ure of a talk with your father"
Miss Dereve flushed again-not alto
gether with pleasure, Martin suspected
Poor old pop" she remarked pensively
II wonder what he is doing over there all
this while. Tell him it's time he came
over to see his little girl"
"I'l certainly do so, Miss Dereve, and !
I'll do my best to bring him back with
me. Any commissions l can execute
candles, ice water. popcorn, or peanuts?"
The girl smiled at the mild pleasantly ]
and looked with interest at her uncles
partner 81 wish I were going with YOU" J
ihe said, II mean, OF course, that were
failing by the same boat"
II wish to. too By the way, have you )
heard anything In reply to the advertise ,
nent you were kind enough to insert?'
"oh, about that poor girl who ran away
rom home? Why, no. not yet. Tell me.
!
crested in that young lady?"
Richard? No, certainly not" replied
Martin with some heat
IT guess It's you then" suggested the
'irl searching his face. He looked at her
lxedly for a moment, and was about TO r
eply when Richard entered; He shook !
lands heartily with his visitor and apollo
ized for keeping her waiting, :
Before we talk about anything we must {
ave tea" he declared. n
The tea was brought by a neat maid I
nd served with a daintiness which is not v
L all peculiar to woman-ruled house I
Iolds Martin talked of his approaching c
rip TO America and was uncomfortably
onseious that Monty Dereve was listen 5
ng TO him avidly. Richards attempts 10 a
ecure her attention were almost disre- +
'arded. Seeing this, Martin presently
ose and announced that he had 10 attend S
o his packing. AS he shook hands he v
elt hers press his warmly and noticed a
he earnest look IN her eyes. I
Good luck. Mr.. Arrol, and come back
oon," she said.
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