Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-06-04

Wudt9 GU WOrAeu 1OuT years
with this company and don't recollect
that portrait?"
frankly, never noticed it before"
Warrington placed the certified check
on the desk. with interest" he said.
The vice-president cracked it, ran
his fingers over his smooth chin, fold
ed the check and extended it toward
the astonished wanderer.
1--WE don't want that, Paul. What
We wanted was to get you back. There
was no other way. Your brother made
up the loss the day after you ~.
went away. There was no scandal.
Only few Of US in the Office knew.
Never got to the newspapers"
TWAS impossible for Warrington to
digest this astounding information at
once. His mind could only repeat the
phrases: No scandal, only a few of
US ID the Office knew. never got to the
newspapers. Eor ten years he had
hidden himself in wildernesses, avoid
ed hotels, read no American neWspa-
pers never called for mail. Oh. monu-
mental fool!
1 "And could have come home al
most at once!" he said aloud, address
ing the crumpled check in his hand
rather than the man in the swivel
chair
Yes. have often wondered where
you were, what you were doing. You
and your brother were upper-class-
men. never knew Arthur very we'll;
] but you and were chummy. after a
! fashion. Arthur was little too book
/ ish for my style. Didn't we use to call
you Old Galahad? You were always
walleping the DULLES and taking the
weaker chaps under your wing. To
me, you were the last man in the
world for this business. Moreover,
never could understand, nor could IA
Their how you got it, for you we're not
an Office man. Women and cards,
suppose. Father said that you had the
making of a great engineer. Fierce
place, this old town." waving his hand
toward the myriad sparkling roofs and
towels and spires. Have to be strong
and hard-headed to survive it. Built
anything since you've been away?"
I'm Cashmir." To have thrown away
ia decade!
Glad you kept your hand in. dare
say you've seen lot of life" To the
young man it was an extremely awk-
ward interview.
"Yes: I've seen life" DULY.
"Otient, mostly, / suppose. Your
letter about the strike in oil was
mighty interesting Heap of money
over there, if they'd only let us smart
chaps in to dig it up. Now, old man,
I want you to wipe the slate clear of
| these ten years Wen call it bad
] dream. What are your plans for the
| future?"
"Plans" Warrington looked up
blankly. He realized that he had made
no plans for the future.
eyes. What do you intend to do?
"A man like you wasn't made for idle
ness. Look here, Paul; I'm not going
TO beat about the bush. We've got a
Whopping big contract from the Chi
nese government, and we need man
ITO take charge, man who knows and
understands something of the yellow
people. How about salary of ten
thousand year for two years, to be-
gin ins October?"
/ Warrington twisted the check.
Work rehabilitation.
"Cbuld you trust me?" he asked
quietly.
Es sssyx7;tb ,rv4b;,,o l,ovo 4, f1,o world
| Understand, Paul, there's no philan-
| tIlropic string to this offer. You've
| pulled through devil of hole. You're
d maiL should not be holding down
! this chair if couldn't tell man at a
| glance. We were together two months
III Peru. I'm familiar with your work.
| Do you want to know whose portrait
that is up there? Well, it's General
ChetB ood's, the founder of this con-
.cern, the silent partner. The man
/ who lmew kings and potentates and
| told EN- that they needed bridges in
their back yards. This building be-
longs to his daughter. She convert
ed her stock into granite. About a
month ago i received a letter from
her. 1t directly concerned you. 1t
seems she learned through the consul
general at Singapore that you had
worked with u.s. She's like her IA
I Their, ) mighty keen judge OF human
nature Frankly. this offer comes
through her advices. To satisfy your
sell, YOU can give us surety bond for
| fifty thousand. It's not obligatory,
however
ELSA Chetwood She had her IA
| theirs eyes. and it was this which had
drawn his gaze to the portrait. Chef
wood; and Arthur had not known any
more than he had What irony! Ten
| years wasted for nothing!
Warrington laughed aloud. A weak
ness seized him, like that Of man
long g0ne hungry.
| Buck up, Paul." warned the good
Samaritan "AIl this kind OF knocks
the wind out of you. l know. But
what I've offered you is in good faith.