White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-10

the policy.
Minot tries 10 bo.tea the yacht Jdleth. ON
which narrowly LETT Tor Florida. ana IS
thrown oyerboard lie leaves on tho Pain,
Beach SPECIAL
1T doesn't msttex,r Minot replied.
That you have reached here Is my re
ward" His checks burned: his heart
sang. Here vas the one girl. and he
built castles in Spain with tightening
strokes. ahe should BE- his. She nnfs
I've. Before him life stretchszl. glerious.
with he< Ut his side.
Il think 1 will tell you. the girl was
saying. This is to he the most i'm
portant isneheon OF my life becsuae"-
"Yesy" smiled Dir. Minot.
BECAUSE 1t il The one at which |
am going to announce my engage
nentr
Minot's henri stopped heatnc. A
hundred ~essties In Spain esiDe tum-
bling about his enrs. and the rear "a
their falling deafened him. He put ont
his hand biiBdiy to open tile door. fos
ne realized that the car had cotpe To a
stop.
Let me help you. please" he said
duly.
And evcn ~ he spoke a horrible pos
sibility swept into bis heart and over
Shelmed him.
II beg your pardon. he stammer-
ed. but would you mind telling me
one thinsr'
of curse not. But l really nus
hy9-
THE name of-the happy man"
Why. Allan. Lord Harfowby. Thank
you so much. and goodhy."
She was gone now. zone amid the
palms Of that Gorgeous hotel court
yard. And out OF the o "a that en-.
yeloped him Minot heard "a voice:
Thirty. five dollars. mister
So promptly did he pay this ~crievous
oyercharge hat the chauffeur asked
hopefully
Now. could | take you anywhere.
sirY'
Yes said Minot bitterly. "rake me
back to New York
well. II had a new front tire !
might try H."
Two eager black boys were moving
inside With Minot's bags. and he fol
lowed A he passed the fountain
inkling gayly In the courtyard, What
was It | promised Thacker7" he said
20 himself. Miss Cynthia Meyrick
changes her mind only over my dead
body. All. well. the good die youngr'
AT the desk of the De Ia Pax Mr..
hinot learned thai FOR SIS a day he
might board and lodge amid the splen.
doris OF that hotel Gratefully he sign
ed his name. One Of the negro boys.
who had matched coins FOR him with
the other boy while be registered, led
the way to his room.
Ii proved n long and devious journey.
The Hotel DE La Pax wns a series of
afterth thoughts on the part of It's build.
ers. Up Hill and down dale the boy
led. through dark passageways, over
narrow bridges. until at length they
arrived at the door of $50.
The boy departed. and Minot gazed
out Of a solitary window Directly
across from his window. looking
strangely out of place In that lead and
buried street. stood a great stone house
that bore Oh Its front the sign Man
haitian Club and Grill" On the veran- |
da, flush with the sidewalk and barely
hfteen feet away, Il huge red fneed
man sat deep in slumber.
Many and strange pursuits had claim
ed the talents OF old Tom Stacy. man
ager OF the Manhattan club ere his
advent In San Marco. A too active
district attorney had forced the New
York police To take a keen interest In
bis life and works, hence Mr.. Stacy's
presence on that Florida porch.
Minot sat gloomily down on the bed.
What could he do, what save keep HIS
word, given on the seventeenth door
Of an o,iice building In New York?
No man had yet bad reason to ques.
ton the good faith OF II Minot. Ills
dend father at the beginning OF his Ca
reer had sacrificed his fortune to keep
his word and gone back with q smile
10 begin all over again. What could
he dor
Nothing save grit his teeth and zee
Ait Lille tAAiohShs ~ hh1A w lie
mind to this as he bnthed and shaved
and prepared himself for his debut In
San Marco. SO that when he finally
left the hotel and stepped out into San
Sebastian avenue he was cheerful with
a logged. boy stood on b burning
deck cheerfulness.
A dozen negroes, their smiles rem
iniscent of tooth powder advertise.
ments. vainly sought to caJole him into
their shaky vehicles. With difficulty
he avoided their pleas and strolled
down San Marcos main thoroughfare.
On every side clever shopkeepers
spread the net for the eagle OF the dol
ar. Jewellers shors flashed modistes
hintsd. milliners bsgUsd - pvsssHt
tAssr htsst creations.