Charlevoix county herald., 1916-05-06

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would carry him through.
So. snatching a few hours of sleep.
he dressed himself with great care and
was ready for days work that would
test his ingenuity to the limit. From
his trunk he selected two letter heads
and envelopes bearing the imprint of
the Hotel Belgrade, New York. These
he placed in his pocket and jumped on
car headed down town.
On the way down he drew from his
pocket a newspaper clipping, and to
make sure he did not overlook any
thing reread the following:
New York, June Mark Make
piece Marriott and his daughters,
Edith and Helen of San Francisco,
came within an ace of being left be-
hind when the Mauretania, on which
they had booked passage sailed this
noon. They were the last passengers
to board the steamship, and they only
made connections after the hardest
kind of sprint 1t is doubtful if they
have yet recovered their wind.
A banana skin caused all the trou-
BILE. Said banana skin lay for twenty.
eight seconds on the edge of the south
east corner of Broadway and Forty.
Second street, and got in the news of
the day before the white wing res
ponsible for the street cleanliness of
the immediate vicinity could gather it
into the receptacle provided for that
purpose by the City of New York.
Mr.. Marriott left his hotel to make
an eleventh hour purchase this morris
ing. At the aforesaid corner his left
foot slipped on the aforesaid banana
skin. His right foot Immediately con-
nected with the anatomy of large
negro, who jumped two feet in the air
and let out an ear splitting yell.
This scared cab horse, from a
peaceful doze into a runaway. Before
the horse was bowled over by a pass
ing automobile a block away there
was an incipient riot at Broadway and
Forty-second, with Mr.. Marriott the
storm center The blockade lasted
twenty minutes and tied up traffic for
mile in every direction
Mr.. Marriott and the negro, who
gave his name as George Jackson, of
Memphis, Tennessee, seemed to DC
the handiest to arrest, and they were
taken TO the police station in a patrol
wagon. 1t required an hour of Mr..
Marriott's time, the giving of his pee
igree and the display of his steam
ship tickets before he was allowed to
depart.
In the mean time his daughters
were nearly frantic. Mr.. Marriott hu5-
tied back to his hotel, and the three
made dash for the steamship pier
Mr.. Marriotts eleventh hour purchase
was not made.
In paragraph under this despatch
was an explanatory note which said
that Marriott and his daughters had
closed their house and left San Frau
cisco on May rs for an extended pleas
ure trip.
Going to the office of the newspa.
per which had printed this despatch,
Hemenway asked for the Sunday edi-
tor, and when the benign old gentle
man who presided over that depart.
ment appeared offered to give him
the tip on a fine "story" in a few
days, if in turn he might be allowed
to examine the clippings in the office
relating to Mark Makepiece Marriott.
After some parley the deal was made
81 am a cousin of his" explained
Heminway. 81 am just from the East
and l want to see how he stands out
here"
An envelope containing about thirty
clippings relating to Marriott was
passed to Hemenway. Most of the
slips told about big land deals, but
Hemenway was able to learn these
facts: Marriott was a widower, about
fifty years old and had two daughters
Edith and Helen, nineteen and twenty
one years of age respectively.
He had come from the East when
young man, and had made a fortune
specializing in timber lands. In the
envelope there was also picture of
him, clipped from a lumber trade
journal.
Hemenway then borrowed the use
of typewriter over in the corner of
the room and, placing a Hotel Bel
grade letter head in the machine, Ia
borously wrote the following letter TO
himself:
New York, June l.
My Dear Archie:
/ hope you arrived safely in San
Francisco, and that you will be sue
cessful in your business undertaking.
When return doubtless l will be able
with my line of friends, to help you
not little. wish We could have seen
more of you here in New York, but
l realize that business is business
l have just received long letter
from a business associate in Seattle
which knocks my plans for a pleasure
trip into a cooked hat, but it is
against my nature to let big pot of
money slip by, and I'm not going to
do it, either, and this leads up TO
something / want you to do for me.
1t is an important matter, 50 please