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nEARSON seemed pleased, but he
made no comment. Captain Elisha
blew smoke ring from his pipe.
"And say, Jim," he added, embar.
| rassed in his turn, 81 hope you won't
think I'm interferin' in your affairs
but are you still set against comm UP
! to where live? 1 know you said you
had a reason, but are you sure it's a
good one?"
He waited for an answer, but none
came. Pearson was gazing out of the
window. The captain looked at his
watch and rose.
Il guess I'll have to be goin'," he
said. "Its after II now"
His host swung around in his chair
"Sit down, captain" he said. "Tve
been doing a lot of thinking since
saw you, and I'm not sure about that
reason. believe I'll ask your advice
It's delicate matter, and it involves
your brother. You may see it as he did
and if so our friendship ends, 1 sup.
pose. But I'm going to risk it.
Mr.. Rodgers Warren and l." he
the latter part of my newspaper work
was financial man on the Planet, and
some articles 1 wrote took your broth,
er's fancy. At all events, he wrote me
concerning them in highly compliment
tary terms and asked me to call and
see him at his Office. l did so, and
well, we became very friendly so much
so that he invited me to his house. /
dined there several times. was invited
to call often, and-I enjoyed it. You
see, l had few friends in the city out
side my journalistic acquaintances, and
l suppose l was fiattered by Mr. War
ren's kindness and the fancy he seem
ed to have taken to me. And I liked
Miss Warren-no one could help that
and / believed she liked me-"
'She does like you," interrupted his
companion, with surprise. "Caroline's
a good girl"
Yes; she is. However, she isn't in
this story except as side issue. At
this time my ambitions were for a
newspaper career, and l thought |
was succeeding. And her fathers
marked interest and the things he said
to me promised more than an ordinary
success. He was a well known man
on the street and influential So my
head began to swell, and l dreamed
a lot of foolishness. And them
He paused, put down his empty pipe
and sighed.
well, then" he continued, "came
the upset. l judged from what you
said at your previous conversation,
captain, that you were well enough ac-
quainted with Wall street to know that
queer operations take place there. Did
you read about the south shore trolley
busineSST'
Captain Elisha considered why.
YES" he said slowly; seems if l did:
one of those consultations with hold
in companies and franchises and ex-
tensions and water by the hOgshead.
Boston papers had considerable about
it, and l presume likely the New York
ones had mere. One Of those ell &C.
cordin' - INV swindles that sprout
same as toadstoOls in a dark place, but
die out if the lights turned on too sud
den. This one didn't come to nothin'
but bad smell, if / remember right"
You do And 1 suppose I'm respon-
sibIe for the smell. | got wind Of the
thing, investigated, found out some
thing of what was going on and print
ed a preliminary story in the Planet
1t caused a sensation"
He paused once more. Captain Eli
sha for the sake of saying something
observed, II shouldn't wonder"
1T certainly did. And the morning
on which 1t appeared Mr.. Rodgers