White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-03

Al n4{ ~ fevohk. LOU oAkfOWUy.
until tonight
-Or untfl we meet In San Marco
Lord Harrowby regained his good M
ture. I'm extremely sorry to b 20
tmpofite. But I believe we're going
to be very good friends. none the lea"
"we're going to Be very close to each
other. At any rate" Ainot smiled
Once more AZ revoir. your lordship.~
pardon me. goodby." answered Lord
Harr0wby. With decision.
And Richard Minot was again thread.
ing his way between awed tables.
Walking slowly down Fifth avenue.
Nj. Minot was forced to admit that be
had not made . very auspicious BE-
ginning In his new role. Why had
Lord Harrowby refused 20 determin-
edly to invite him aboard the yacht
that was to bear the eager bridegroom
south7 And what was he to do nowf
Might he not discover where the yacht
lay. board 1t at dusk and conceal him.
self In a vacant cabin until the party
was well under way7 1t sounded fair.
ly simple.
But IL proved otherwise. He was
baked from the outset. For two hours,
In the library of his club. in telephone
booths and elsewhere, he sought for
some tangible evidence of the existence
Of a wealthy American named Martin
Wall and a yacht called the Lileth.
City directories and yacht club year
books alike were silent Myth, myth,
myth. ran through Dick Minot's mind.
Somewhat discouraged. he returned
to his club and startled a waiter by
demanding dinner at 4:30 In the after.
noon. Going then TO his rooms. he ex-
changed his overcoat for a sweater, his
hat for q golf cap. At $50 q SPY for
the first time In his eventful young
life. he stood opposite the main en-
trance OF Lord Harrowby's hotel. Near
by licked a taxi. engaged for the even
ing.
At S:l5 a tall blond man. in q very
expensive fur coat which impressed
wen the cab starter. came down the
steps Of the hotel. He ordered q limou-
sine and was whirled away to the west
At S:15h Mr.. Minot followed.
Lord Harrowby's car proceeded to
the drive and. turning, sped north be-
tween the moonlit river and the Inanlit
apartment houses. In the neighbor-
hood of One Hundred and Tenth street
1t came to a stop. and as Minot's a
passed slowly by. he saw his lordship
standing In the moonlight paying his
chauffeur. Hastily Diminishing his own
car, he ran back In time to see Lord
narrowly disappear down n Of the
stone stairways into the gloom of the
park that skirts the Hudson. He fol-
lowed.
On and on down the steps and bare
wind swept paths he hurried. until
finally the river. cold. silvery. serene.
lay before him. Some thirty yards
from shore he beheld the lights of a
yacht flashing against the gloomy back
ground of Jersey. The Lileth,
He watched Lord Harrowby cross
the railroad tracks to a small landing
and leap from that into a boat In
charge of a solitary rover. Then he
heard the soft swish of oars and
watched the boat draw away from
shore. He stood there In the shade un-
I'll he had seen his lordship run up the
accommodation ladder to the Lileth's
deck.
He. too. must reach the Lileth and at
once. But how? He glanced quickly
up and down the bank. A small boat
was tethered near by. He ran to 1t,
but a chain and paddock held 1t firmly.
He must hurry. Aboard the yacht,
dancing impatiently on the bosom Of
Hendrick Hudson's important discov-
cry, he recognized the preparations for
an early departure.
Minot stood for a moment looking at
the wide. wet river. 1t was February.
yes. but February of the mildest win
ter New York had experienced In years.
at the seashore he had always dashed
boldly In while others stood on the
sands and shivered- He dashed In
now.
The water was cold. shockingly cold
He struck out swiftly for the yacht
IOItuuutCiy AuC haooSA
had not yet been taken up. In another
moment he was clinging. a limp and
dripping spectacle. to the rail- Of the
Lileth-
Happily that side Of the deck was
Just then deserted. A row Of outside
cabin doors in the bow met Minot's
eye. Stealthily he swished toward
them.
And in the last analysis the only
thing between him and them proved to
be a large. commanding gentleman,
whose silhouette was particularly mill
tant and whose whole bearing was un-
favorable.
"Mr. Wall. / presume7' said Minot
through noisy teeth.
''Correctl' said the gentleman His
voice was sharp. unfriendly. But the
moonlight. falling on his face. revealed
II as soft. genial. ~pudgy-the inviting
sort OF countenance to which, under
the melting influence of Scotch and