Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-23
A TALE OF LOVE, MYSTERY AND INTRIGUE

whole. Mr. Dowling found It out and
dismissed me-"
But It seems most unfair" she de-
clared.
mot at ALL" he answered. I'm Mr..
| Dowling's place should have done the
| same thing. Every one with his way
in life TO make must look out for himself
Strictly speaking, what did was wrong.
| wish, however, that / had done II be-
fore. One must think OF ones self first"
| And now?" she inquired What are
+, you going to do now?"
II am going to find a capitalist or float
company to buy the rest of the Site
he announced After that, we must
see about building. There is no hurry
about that though. The first thing is to
secure the site"
How much money does Il reaulre7"
About twleve thousand pounds" he
told her.
ut seems very Ittle," she murmured.
"Thi need for money comes afterward, /"
he explained. 1--WE want to drain and
plan and build without mortgages As
soon as we are sure of the site. one can
think OF that My option only extends
for week or so''
DO you really think that It is a good
speculation?" she asked
40 not think about such matters"
ne answered, drily. II know"
She leaned back in her chair, watching
MIN for several seconds-admirinE him,
as a matter of fact. The profound con-
viction of his words was almost inspiring
In her presence, and she knew that she
was very beautiful woman. he appeared
Notwithstanding his absence of any
knowledge of her sex and his lack of
social status, unmoved, wholly undis-
turoed. He sat there In perfect natural
negs. 1t did not seem to him even un-
accountable that she should be interested
In his concerns. He was not conceited
or aggressive in any way. His complete
selt-conhdence lacked any militant i'm
pulse. He was-himself. impervious to
surroundings, however unusual.
Why should 1 not be your capltallst?"
she inquired slowly.
Have you as much as twelve thousand
pounds that you want to invest?" he
asked, increduously.
She rose to her feet and moved across
to her desk. He sat quite still, watching
her without any apparent curiosity. She
unlocked n drawer and returned to him
with handbook in her hand
add that up" she directed, land tell
me how much have"
He drew lead pencil from his pocket
and quickly added up the total.
II you nave not given any cheques
since this was made up" he said calmly,
you have a credit balance of thirteen
thousand. one hundred and eighteen
pounds. nine shillings and fourpence. It
Is very foolish of you to keep so much
money on current account. You are alb
| solutely losing about eight pounds a
week"
She smiled.
ut is foolish of me. 1 suppose" she ad-
mitted, but 1 have no one to advise me
just now. My father knows no more
about money than a child. and 1 have
just had quite a large amount paid to me
in cash. 1 only wish we could get
Beatrice to share some OF this, Mr.. Taver-
make"
He made no remark. To all appearance,
he had never heard of her sister. She
came and sat down by his side again.
"Will you have me for partner, Mr..
Tavernake?' she whispered.
Then, indeed, for a moment the i'm
passvity of his features relaxed. He was
frankly amazed.
you cannot mean this" he declared.
"You know nothing about the value of
the property, nothing about the affair
at all. It is quite impossible"
4 know what you have told me-" she