The evening world., 1915-06-02
This mans name was wiilard-Maz

Thi. mans name was willard-Max
rive heard the NAME, muttersd
Van Vechten. ttt
"It was an irony Of fate" pursued
MIR. Flint, that Bonner and Willard
should not only be frisnds. but the
closest sort OF intimacy existed be-
Pyhtas attachment. Which was odd
enough when you consider the vida
contrast In their worldly condition;
but the friendship was formed when
the two young men were In Hal ward
Willard was working his way
through, BY the way--and seemed one
Of the kind destined to last through
life.
willard lacked about every advan-
tage possessed by his rival; he was
poor. unattractiye in appearance and
had many peculiar traits which made
enemies where Temple Bonner made
friends. He was regarded a. . Vi
sionary. a crank. O man who would
never make his mark. However, he
must have possessed some unusual
quality, because Temple Bonner had
implicit faith in him-believed he WAS
q genius OF some sort: but II was char
acteristic OF Willard that he would ac-
cept no assistance from his more for
tunate rival.
Bonner. y would seem, felt his own
position keefly. He realized that hts
friend was almost overwhelmingly
handicapped. and Us well as I ca:
piece out from what actually happeneA
he Withdrew temporarily from the field
and gave Max Willard every oppor-
tunity 10 advance his suit. / suppose
the idea was that II Willard was sue
oessful. Bonner would abide by tho
consequences; II not, then Willard was
70 stand aside and give Bonner his
chance. Much Of this In guesswork;
II Is hard 70 arrive at the truth at this
late day; but certain circumstances
exist which indicate that what ] am
telling you IL what actually happ sned.
1T would appear from the sequel
that Max willard had been the ia
vored one all along. Temple Bonner
went abroad; within two months
Willard and Miss Henristta had
eloped ana were married; within ten
minutes after he received news OF
tho runaway wedding Compton
Schuyler had blown out his brains.
There are the naked facts.
"Templs Bonner never returned 20
America, and Max Willard. instead
Of justifying his friends confidence
IN his tslens-whateyer their bent
might have bsen-hss dropped en-
tirely from sight Ills wife. you tell
me. has been dead 9 long time; but
.s,s mere no ehildrsn' e Ma.
he any family. what 10 his occupa.
tlonT Those are mo things I want
you 20 ma out. ! fancy the runaway
match. with all its attendant eiroum.
stances, created sonsthing Of q stir
~ tho time; some Of your older
friends should be able ana willing 10
supply you with the facts"
"oh. ! have DO doubt that can
learn all you want 80 know" sTfsad
Van yschtsn. Most Of what yoI
hays just told me 10 not sIaeuy
news but ! hAd forgotten it--it AL
happened before my time. you snos.
Josephine 10 generally REGARDED "
hsf friends ~ . woman WHO has snf.
sympatbyI tvt--bsAssns and ssrb'
--shs N DO martyr 20 t1buiauobi
sbs's ne joillssi sort imsSinAbis.
Bui how Will this bel, 1oy
;. solve your murder problem, Or
what more nsAfiy oohesIgs fns-nnd
some tvsss - my oDpslni"
u an bs9nninS ~ torn q pretty
NJ Tllni lice ln->-~~nes. cur.
Rss ana i1>>pshdsDi ebsrE pAhs
" 81 ~ more necessary s.-..s issrn
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lard. ! Esrposs that Oh. and Mr.
L,s~s~ssuT hfs very fDveb siisehs1 ~
ssrh oihsrT'
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ihst Hfs I've f1Yihsf anf dAuFh'sr
IossphineH hsfrf u murn ton SsunK
FOR that -ehuns sGuid 10 more nsHf-
IL afeufs's fei Mr. DsyerrruI nnr
been . mot Dor a. PAGE. ana the very
strongest. tisS ~ .ansciioa ana con
ffssos hnd them tossfbsf."
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