Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-11-06
CHAPTER I--(Continued.o

IT." Johnson bollei o" -. A.
..This theory stuff is all rignt, An
thony: like to sit and chatter apou,
It as much as you do. on the level,
do! / like to talk with you aoou,
these things, and wonder what ."oulu
happen II this was thus and the otnel
vas otherwise. But when you come
IN nuIline it on perfect stranger az
prize fight. Anthony. try to relnenl
Der that everybody may not unuei'
stand as we'll as do
INV dear chap" Anthony lausneu
Don't laugh; I know what I'm talk'
ing about" Mr.. Boiler went on leVer.
insh1y almost. "You wait till we &c.
home. Anthony, and we'll talk over an u!
this about opportunity and get II
settled. For the matter of that. l can
see now that you're dead right!
johnson Boiler said, and there was s
something almost pathetic IN MS
voice. "You're dead right, Anthony.
All Won have to do is to stick oppor.
tunity before a man long enough anu
he's hound to chuck hammeriock
into her and slam her down to the
mat for keeps! So that's settieu'
and we don't have to do any experl :.
meuting with human subjects. VT IL
YOU have to have live one to wor s.,
on, wait till we get home and we II
take Wilkins, Anthony! Thatd De pet
He paused, eying his old friend
With deep anxiety. Anthony Fly nav
inx thrown back his head, laugheo
heartily.
Johnson said he. "the whole
trouble with that poor old head OF
yours Is that it is absolutely without
the power Of visualization! 1t knows
the wool business; it makes thous.
ands and thousands OF dollars out OF
the wool business; but to save us
yerv life it cannot reach into the alb
Stract!"
ABSTRACT" :. y,
.Well. it should. because it Will
grow more and more stodgy If 1t
doesn't" Mr.. Fry said complacently.
aGood gracious. Johnson! Come 10
life! Just consider what may De CON-
ing to this seat" :.
Il don't dare!" Johnson Boiler SAID
honestly. -
san old man, perhaps--one VINO
fancies his opportunities all past ana
done for. What more vitality interest
ing than thrusting opportunity upon
such a man?'
$50 far as I'm concerned, anything
under the sun and >,
"Or perhaps a middle-aged failure,
Anthony rambled on. "A man JUST
past the age when hope is 1chest-a
man who has seen his chances come
and 20, don't know. Johnson, but !
rather believe that I'm hoping Tor q
middle-aged man."
eyes one that's weak enough TO
gag before he can yell for the police
johnson Boiler grunted. NOW, An
thony, before YOU"
cor best OF all, perhaps, an average
young man." smiled the experimental.
"That would really be the most inter-
esting sort of subject. Johnson-)ust
4 plain chap, not fully matured, not
soured by disappointment nor render
ed too Sophisticated by contact with
the world. On the whole, really hope
that a young man is coming"
And now, for time, johnson Boiler
aid nothing At all. There was al.
ways the chance that Anthony might
work It out Of his system in talk
thsre was the other chance, growing
roster and roster by the minute, that
the. odd chair had not been sold at all
Il was queer. when one considers
tha4 the seats for this particular bout
hid been at premium for week.
but It was nevertheless the fact that
the preliminary arguments were over
ana the announcer spinning his mega
phoued tale for the big battle, and the
seat stfll unoccupied. To johnson Boil
Ter It even limited at the existence OF
epecial Providence designed to watch
TIE duinks Of such as Anthony Fry.
The minutes were wearing along,
too. The cheering was done with and
tho mexaphooe had left the ring Sec
ends and trainers were climbing down
through the ropes, and the principles
veee listening boredly to the nnal
words Of instruction. And now the
gong had struck and they were at it
Ind stfll the odd chair in Box B re-
msined moccupied.
"Opportunity!" unused Anthony Fry.
the Great Unrecognized!"
"Eh!"
The Great Unrecognfzed, An
thouy repeated complacently. Not a
bad term for her, eh?"
johnson Boiler made last survey
Of the neighborhood. permitted him.
self a sigh of relief, and grinned
broadly at his old friend.
"Great term, Anthony" he agreed
genially. HE isn't coming"
He'll be here yet Anthony smiled.
"Not now" Boiler chuckled. mo
man gives up ten or fifteen dollars
for one of these seats and then stays
away for any reason save death. Your
victim was hit by a motor-truck on
the way here-and at that he may be
betting OF easier than If you'd caught
him and tried some psychological ex'
periments on him."
And here Mr.. Boiler stretched and
removed his cigar, so that his grin
might spread from ear to ear.
1T only goes to show you, An
thony, that there's some power watch
ing over people like you governing
their affairs. that is past our under
standing Now, II that poor unknown
devil had over turned up and