The Washington times., 1919-04-04

0NENfEE- Ano le8Fu1 4oo ~ 20 - =
legacy % ts.9ao apon her marriAga
RlB mestl jim Neeland. yoa1g
AFslst, and nkss him
Edals RrAndel, gambleS. and h.s
emittsa ~ her beauty. s1ull fails g
dinSaAaS hin froa falling u love
CHATTER VIII-(C0HtRaus4O
stuIl and Brandes stood consult
ing together beside the ruhAbOut;
Rue sat in the machine watching
the press Of carriages and AutomO-
btles ON Broadway, and the thrOag-
ed sidewalks along which brilliant.
animated crowds were pouring.
I'm not coming again, Ben" said
Brandes, dropping his voice. No
use to hunt the Iimslight Just now.
You can't tell what some Of these
5eOpls might do. I'll take no
ahAnees that some fresh guy might
-Ty to start something"
Stir up MinnaY' StulPs lips mere
i formed the question. and his eyes
1ehod Ruhannah.
They couldn't What would she
are? All the same, play safe. Ben-
Well, be good. Better send me mine
on pay day. I'll need IL"
StulPs face grow SoureF:
Can't you wait till she gets her
decrssT"
And lose q month Off? No."
IT'S all coming your way, Eddie.
Stay wise and play safe. Don't
start anything now"
It's safe If don't take Sep
tember off walt q year for my
honeymoon And won [. Seer
They both looked cautiously At
Ruhannah. who sat motionlesSs Gb-
sorbed in the turmoil Of vehicles
and people. fE
Brandss' face slowly reddeHed:
he dropped one hand on SIull
shoulder and said. between thin iips
that scarcely moved:
She's all I'm interested in You
don't think much Of her, men, She
isn't painted She isn't dOlled up the
way you like 'em. But there isn't any
thing else that matters very much
to me. All 1 want in the world Is
sitting in that runabout. looking
out OF her kid eyes at q thousand
or two people who amt worth the
pair OF rundown shoes she's wear
ing"
But Stull's expression remained
sardCnic and unconVinced.
So Brandes got into his car and
took the wheel; and Stull watched
them threading q tOrtuous path
through the traffic tangle OF Broad
way.
They sped past the great hotels,
along crowded sidewalks, along the
park. and out into an endless stretch
OF highway where hundreds OF other
cars were travelling in the same di-
rection.
Did you have q good timer he
inquired, shifting his cigar and
keeping his narrow eyes on the
road
YES: II was beautiful-exeiting.
Some horse, Nick Stoner! Some
race. eh?"
81 was so excited-wIth everybody
standing up and shouting. And
such beautiful hOrses-and such
pretty women in their wonderful
dresses! II never knew there
were such things"
He swung the car, sent IL rush
ing past a numbering Limousine,
slowed a little, gripped his cigar
between his teeth, and watched the
IOd0s DOLh ndnuS On the WHEEL
Yes, things were coming his way
coming faster and faster all the
while. He had waited many years
cor this-for material fortune-for
that chance which every gambler
" ats to seize when the psychlOg-
lcal second ticks out. But he never
had expected that the chance was
TO include q very young girl In q
fvuy do
As they sped westward the fresh
Cning wind from distant pine woods
whipped their cheeks; ncFth, blue
hills and bluer mountains beyond
took fairy shape against the sky;
and over all spread the tremendous
heavens where fleets OF white clouds
sailed the uncharted wastes, and
other fleets glimmered beyond the
edges OF the world, hull down, on
vast horizons
Il want to make you happy" said
Brandes in his low. even voice. 1t
was perhaps. the most honest state
ment he had ever uttered.
RuhannRh remained silent. her
eyes riveted on the far horizon.
1t was a week later, one hot even
ing. that he telegraphed to Stun in
Saratoga:
Find me a chauffeur who will be
willing to go abroad. I'll give you
twenty-four hours to get him
here"
The next morning he called up
StulI on the telephone from the
drug store in Gayfield'
Get my wire, Benz"
Yes. But l."
WYATT. Here's q postscript also
want Parson Smawley. I want him
to get a car and come over to the
Gayfield House. Tell him 1 count
on him. And he's to wear black and
u white tie"
Yes But about that chauffeur
You want"
Don't argue. Have him here.
Have the PaTson. also. Tell him 10
Sri.E 6 white tie. Understand:
-Oh, yes. understand you, EDDIE!