The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-09-17


Tive forgotten"
II see Sou have he said, his look o.
perpIexity remaining. perhaps you
remember the chiefs name better"
She shook her head again. II don't r
AT this he laughed, but not very
heartily. and walked slowly to the
house, leaving her bending over rose
bush, and a shade more pensive thar
the most Psnsive garden lady in any
Victorian engraving. Next day
it happened that this same "vendo
nah" or wn-Eyerything' be
came the subject of chance CONVEX
sation between Eugene and his old
friend Kinney, father Of the fire-topped
Fred. The two gentlemen found them
selves smoking in neighboring leather
chairs beside broad window at the
club, after lunch.
Mr.. Kinney had remarked that he
expected to get his family established
at the seashore by the Fourth of July,
and, following a train of thought, he
paused and chuckled Fourth of July
reminds me-" he said. "Have you heard
what that George Minafer is doing?''
mo, ! haven't" said Eugene, and his
friend failed to notice the crispness OF
the utterance.
well, sir" Kinney chuckled again,
sit beats the DEVIL Ny boy Fred told
me about it yesterday. He's friend
of this young Henry Akers, son Of r.
p. Akers of the Akers Chemical COM
pany. 1t seems this young Akers asked
Fred If he knew fellow named Nina
fer, because he knew Fred had always
lived here, and young Akers had heard
some way that Minafer used to be an
old family name here, and was sort Of
curious about it. Well, sir, you re-
member this young George sort Of dis
appeared, after his grandfatheRs
death, and nobody seemed to know
much what had become Of him
though ] did hear, once or twice, that
he was still around somewhere. Well,
sir, he's working for the Akers Chem
ical company, out at their plant on the
Thomasviile road"
He paused, seeming to reserve some
thing to be delivered only upon inquiry,
and Eugene offered him the expected
question, but only after a cold glance
through the nose glasses he had lately
found it necessary to adopt. "What
does he do?"
Kinney laughed and slapped the arm
of his chair. Hes nitro-glycerin ex-
ner+l"
e was gratified to see that Eugene
wa surprised, If not, indeed, Ittle
startled.
"He's whatY
"He's an expert on nitro-glycerin
Doesn't that beat the devil! Yes, sir
Young Akers told Fred that this
George Minafer had worked like &
houn' dog ever since he got STARTED
out at the works. They have special
plant for nitro-glycerin, way off from
the main plant, o. course-in the
woods somewhere -and George Nina
fer's been working there, and lately
they put him in charge of it. He over
sees shooting cd wells, too, and shoots
'em himself, sometimes. They aren'r
allowed to carry, 1t on the railroads
you know-.have to team it. Young
Akers says George rides around over
the bumpy roads, sitting on as much as
three hundred quarts, of nitro giycerin
Ny Lordi Talk about romantic tum-
blesl If he gets blown sky-high some
day he won't have a bigger drop, when
he comes dowSl, than he's already had
Dent it beat the devil Young Akers
said he's got all the nerve there is in
the world. Says he gets a fair salary,
and should t1Aink he ought to Seems
to me I've heard the average life in
that sort of work is somewhere around
four years, and agents don't write any
insurance at ala for nitro-glycerin ex
perts. Hardlyr7
"No," said Eugene. IT suppose not"
Kinney rose to go. "Well, it's a
pretty funny thing pretty odd, mean
and suppose it would be pass.
around-the-hat for old Fanny Minafer
II he blew up. Fred told me that
they're living in some apartment house,
and said George supports her. He was
going to study law, but couldn't earn
enough that way to take care of
Fanny, so he gave it up. Fred's wife
told him all this. Says Fanny doesn't
do anything but play bridge these
days. Got to playing too high for
awhile and lost more than she wanted
to tell George about, and borrowed
a little from old Frank Bronson. Paid
him back, though. Don't know how
Fred's wife heard it. Women do hear
the darndest things!'
"They DO" Eugene agreed.
"Well, I'm on to the store" said Mr..
Kinney briskly; YET he fingered 81
suppose well all have to club in and
keep old Fanny out of the poorhouse
If he does blow up. From all | hear
It's usually only question of time.
They say she hasn't got anything else
to depend on"
II suppose not"
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