The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-06-10
FORTUNES
FAVORS
By CENEVIEVE ULMAR

ut is the only way" spoke Harley
Wynne decisively.
He had been grimly viewing the
street outside from his office window.
absorbed in deep calculation. Now he
arose with a face expressing re>"In'
ton and a certain degree of sati>tar'
!, ton, as though he had solved & diff
cult problem.
| Looking back. rhe rides "f life had
never foared him amid serene car
rents. His mother had died when he
was ten years Of az, and when he was
| five wears, older hi. father had gone
10 South America. For four years the
money. Sufficient Ia keep him nj schoo!
and cover his living expenses. had
cn,ue 70 Bryce Manton. a lawyer. One
| day Manion came to the college where
Harley was. more cold and unsympa-
thetic than ever.
~ bring you bad news" he told Har-
lev. Your father has fallen victim
to a malignant fever in the interior
Of Peru, and through native revolu-
ton has lost all he had. He was an
old-time friend of mine, and ! feel 1t
a duty to help you through your edu-
cation and see you started on the road
Of business life. am not man OF
any pretentious resources. however
and I expect you to be as cooperative
and economical as possible"
Harley kept on with his studies.
Manton was exacting and niggardly,
and Harley was compelled to work
outside during spare hours to keep
| the wolf from the door. He graduated
with honors as a physician, and Man
ton purchased for him the practice
Of q doctor who had just died. Then
Nanton cast him of as he would an
cid glove.
II Bryce Manton had purposely In
tended to depress Harley and defeat
his plans Of getting on in the world,
he couldn't have started him out less
favorably. Harley found that the
practice of his predecessor had never
been large, and what there was OF 1t
had already been distributed among
professional rivals. Day after day,
week after week Harley waited In bis
Office for the patients who never came.
At the end of six months he was
forced to take some definite action.
If II didn't mean never seeing her
again." murmured Harley ruefully. He
was thinking of the only girl he had
ever loved. He had received an urgent
call one day to attend little child
taken suddenly Ill and found himself
at the home of John Essex, man OF
| established wealth and position. Har-
| lev was successful in carrying his pa
tient through siege Of illness and
received a liberal fee. Through all
his ministrations to the little sufferer,
her sister. Hilda. lovely young lady
of twenty. had assisted Harley. She
was one of those hopeful, happy be-
ings whose innate goodness and gen.
tleness give helpful tinge to life. and
with Harley she had been unusually
gracious, almost encouraging. Of
course, he had no thought Of aspiring
to this child Of high social position and
wealth, but he could not help but bear
her image constantly in his thoughts.
She was vividly In his mind now, when
q man entered the room whom Harley
recognized as the Essex chauffeur.
| "Miss Essex is in the machine be-
low" he reported, and wishes to see
you, If you please"
Miss Essex greeted Wynne with her
usual friendly warmth, but looked seri-
ous and anxious as she indicated
man lying back in the seat.
I'VE found him in a collapsed condi-
ton down the road" she explained
VIII you not give him the attention he
requiresT
Surely" responded Wynne.
He was a bronzed, wiry man, much
wasted away, but as he opened his
ewes there was almost thrilling glow
of vitality and emotion In their depths.
Wynne explained the circumstances Of
his presence.
ut was only spell Of weakness"
began the stranger, and then, CHANGING
to observe the name on the clouded
glass of the Office door, he cried out
shrilly:
'Ts that your, name?"
"yes~ assented Wynne.
"Was your father Almon Wynne7'
"WAy do you ask these questionsT'
pressed Wynne, noting growing
eagerness and excitement In the man.
Ber of his interlocutor.
Because I am seeking the truth.
You must know Bryce Manton. Has
he cared for you literally? Has he yet
paid to you your fortune"
my fortunew exclaimed Wynne BE-
wildered, ana then, as he was persist-
emily urged by his strange patient, he
impaired the facts Of his experience
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