Charlevoix county herald., 1916-05-06
CHAPTER II.

Early in June there appeared III
San Francisco a well dressed, slightly
built man of thirty, seeking whom he
might financially devour. lie was a
get rich quick operator, not of the
rapid fire, flimflam variety, put rain
er of the old school which usually
works silently, alone and at night.
He had string of aliases as Ions
as the pedigree of prize winning
Jersey bull, but he used none of it in
undertaking the adventure unfoldeu
in this narrative. Instead, he pickci
out what he considered fancy, ye.
conservative name-ATchibald Norvai
Hemenway, and Mr.. Hemenway was
the possessor OF seven hundred and
fifteen dollars. He counted his money
over carefully and then delivered TO
himself the following ultimatum:
''AI chic, you'll live on hundred a
month, and if you don't make a strike
before the rolls gone you'll quit the
business"
From the city directory he made a
list OF certain places he had IN mind,
and spent the rest of the day looking
up every address on his list Finally
he checked off one that seemed III
suit his fancy. Next he selected
quiet little room in quiet house In a
quiet street and had his trunk sent
there.
In the morning he went back to the
Address no baH ohpnIyaH off ov6 oira,,
an office, signing years lease with.
out hesitancy. The building where he
had located was some distance from
the center of the business district. 1t
was on corner, and the ground floor
was occupied by a small bank, while
the rooms above were mostly taken
by real estate men active in that
neighborhood.
Hemenway bought cheap rug that
all but covered the floor of his office,
and on it he placed flat top desk
with side drawers. Around the room
he strung several cheap pine tables,
and on the tables he scattered 4 num-
Der of useless blue prints.
In short he arranged his Office with
a view to impressing the casual visit
or with the idea that he was a man Of
business. AS a matter of fact, these
things, with the possible exception OF
the rug, had nothing whatever to do
with the affair he had in mind.
This done he called in the janitor
of the building and said;
s'fTbis ic my Nvnrlrc hon anJ I don't
want any of these things disturbed
don't even want my office swept or
busted. l don't care anything about
the appearance of this room, as none
of my business friends come to see
me. / go to see them.
when the room gets too dirty for
comfort I'll let you know, and Wen
clean up. So don't disturb anything,
and here's a couple of dollars so you
won't forget it,
Hemenway imr' ediately established
the custom of leaving his office al
eleven o'clock every morning, return.
ing at night for work. For while
this work consisted principally of ma
king a lot of figures on many sheets
of paper. This gave him an opportun-
ity of thinking out certain details of
his proposed operation. AT times he
thought aloud, always firmly pressing
he left pedal, something like this:
Il can see right now this job will
be a pipe. | can round it up in jig
time, but the getaway bothers me. u
would be the easiest kind OF a cinch II
/ was working with a gang. but that
kind of working doesn't suit little
Willie. Some one always gets nabbed
and some on always squeals. Besides,
you have TO divvy with a gang.
mo, sir, I'll stick to first princi-
pies; whole hog or none with me.
They may get me some time, but they
haven't got me yet If / can make
my getaway on this job I'll be fixed
for life. But the getaway-the get.
away" and so his thoughts ran on.
He cogitated over plan after plan,
only to cast them aside one after tho
other as unavailable. He pondered il
his office, on the street, and in his bed
at night until the thing began to get
on his nerves. Suddenly there came
solution of his problem from most
unexpected quarter.
The day after the funeral of their
father the Carteret twins found them
selves in the office of the lawyer who
had sent the telegram calling them to
San Francisco. From him they learned