Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-29
)RGE AGNEW CHAMBERLAIN
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SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER ALAN Wayne is sent
away from Red Hill. his home, by his
uncle, J. V. as moral failure. Clem
runs after him in a tangle of short
skirts to bid him good-by.
CHAPTER II-Captain' WAYNE tells
Alan of the failing of the Waynes.
Glenn drinks Alan's health on his
birthday.
CHAPTER III-Judge Healey buys
a picture for AliX Lansing. The judge
defends Alan in his business with his
employers.
CHAPTER IV-Alan and Alix meet
at sea. homeward bound. and start
Irritation. which becomes serious.
CHAPTER V-At home. 6ance Ster-
ling asks Alan to go away from Alix.
Alix is taken to task by Gerry her
husband. for her conduct with Alan
and defies him.
CHAPTER VI-Gerry. as he thinks,
sees Alix and Alan eloping, drops
evorvthing, and goes to Pernambuco.
CHAPTER Villain caves Alan on
the train and goes home TO find that Ger
~ has disappeared.
CHAPTER vIII-Gerry leaves Pernam-
ouco and goes to Piranhns. On canoe
Trip he meets a native girl.
CHAPTER IX-The judge fails to trace
Gerry, baby Is born to Alix.
CHAPTER X-The native girl takes
Gerry to her home and shows him the
ruined plantation she is mistress OF. Ger
ry marries her.
CHAPTER XI-At Maple house Col
lingeford tells how he met Alan-"Ten
Per. Cent Wayne"-buildlng a bridge in
Africa
CHAPTER XII-Collinge,ord meets AliK
and her baby and he gives her encour-
agement about Gerry.
CHAPTER XIII-Alan comes back TO
town but does not go home. He makes
several calls in the city.
If Alan did not go to the Hill. the
Hill, in certain measure. came to Alan.
The next afternoon found the captain
once more established in his chair in
a window at the club with Alan be-
side him. The captain had not changed.
His hair was in the same state of
white insurgency. his eyes hulged in
the same old way. and he still puffed
when he talked. His garb was idend-
cal and awakened the usual interest
in the passing gamin.
You'll never grow old, sir" said
Alan.
old" said the captain. Huh,
grew old before you were born" The
captain spoke with pride. He straight
ened his bullet head and poised a tot
OF whisky with a steady hand. What
did tell you?" he said into space.
'How's that, sir?'
What did 1 tell you" repeated the
captain swinging around his eyes,
about womenT"
Alan flushed angrily. He had no re-
tort for the old man. He sat sullenly
silent.
The captain colored too. That's
right" he said with a surprising touch
of choler. "Sulk Every badly broken
colt sulks at the grip of the bit. What
you need. young man, is a touch of
the whip and you're going to get it."
And then the old man revealed
surprising knowledge of words that
could lash. At first Alan was indif-
ferent. then amazed. and finally recOg-
nized himself beaten at his own game.
He came out of that interview thor
oughly chastened and with an alto
gether new respect for the old captain.
No one knew better than Alan that it
took a special brand OF courage to
whip him with words but the captain
had not stopped TO stuff his own ears
with cotton wool before engaging the
enemy. He had risked all in one
OF rhaIr
and he had won.
The captains code was peculiar. to
say the least, and held the passionate
pilgrim in ample regard but, as he
/ pointed. out to Alan. 1t was a code of
/ honor. 1t played a game within rules.
He further remarked that the hawk
was bird of evil repute out person
ally he preferred him to the eagle that
fouls its own nest. There were other
pregnant phrases that hung in Alan's
mind for some time and half awak-
ened him to a realization of where he
stood. Many man. prOpped up by
the sustaining atmosphere of narrow
world. has passed merciless judgment
on such sins as Alan's-metal, un-
proved, sitting in judgment over the
bar that twists in the fame. But the
captain was not one Of the world s
confident army of the INFESTED He
had roamed the high seas of pleasure
as well as the ocean wave. Alan would
have struck back az a saint but be
took chastisemeut from the old sinner
with good grace.
Alan left the captain and presented
himself at the downtown Offices of ],
Y Wayne & Co. They were expect
ing him and he was shown in to his
uncle Immediately, TO the exaspera-
ton of several pompous, waiting
clients. II was the first time that uncle
and nephew had been face to face
since their memorable interview al
Maple Eouse
]. Y. Wayne was aging. He had
lived hard and showed it, but there
was no weakness in his age and he
met Alan without compromise. He
nodded toward a chair but did not of
fer his hand When he spoke his voice
was low and moduIated to the tone OF