Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-08-06

table and. leaning across, looked his
via-a-vis steadily In the eye.
would you mind telling mo-" no In.
Quired pointedly. what sort Of a game
you're playingf"
Quigg chuckled and raised a fat.
gloved hand In protest. 81 beg to be
excused until re seer my attorney.
Here, boyi" A waiter came hurryinR.
Get me a taxi. I've twenty minutes 20
spare. Wen hustle over 20 my tailor
That's a bum OUTFIT you're wearing"
To-
Ftzhugh, In accordance with prior
arrangement. reported to his new EN-
ployer at nine-thirty Wednesday morn.
Ing. He had given up his room In
Illinois street, and had taken an un-
~pretentious apartment In a %pretentious
hotel farther north.
HIS correct morning attire, fault.
less, well-tnilored. expensive; his 6ne.
~ pointed beard and mustache brushed
away from his lips in a French fash
ion. even the red flower In his button.
hole. lent to his inches an air Of dis.
tinction foreign to Chicago's hlggledy-
piggledy financial district. He was
acting perfectly the popular conception
or a gentleman OF leisure" and
quick, sidelong glances OF surreptItious
Interest were cast his way by the hur-
rying clerks and traders, pressing
down La Sale street toward the board
OF trnde, as he entered the building
where was the abode Of Qulgg and
Peevy.
On n narrow platform before the
blackboard which extended the length
or the customers room" a phlegmatic
youth walked up and down chalklnR
mystical figures, while the telegraph
instrument In n little box at one end
chartered Its interminable tale. In
the three rows Of chairs, also spanning
the rooms length, sat men, well.
dressed and nondescript, the latter lot.
ting In dog-eared memorandum books
with stub pencils, the former watch.
Ing the blackboard and conversing
earnestly about market conditions"
Messenger boys scuttled to and fro
across the floor. clutching at their
caps, Shaping their books shut, enter
ing n leaving some inner office
whence Issued the clickety-click- click
OF n battery Of typewrlters.
And in all this feverlsh animation
there was something vaguely artificial
too subtle for the casual onlooker,
perhaps, but there nevertheless.
AS Fitzhugh entered. casting a bored
glance around the nlace, he was met
by a uniformed negro. who said: "Mr.
Vuigg says tell you please, sub. step
inter his private office at once, subj"
The preceding night, In QuIgg's
rooms In a hotel, Fitzhugh had been
thoroughly apprlsed of the nature OF
MS post. There had even been ere
hearsdls." He was therefore not I'M.
prepared for what followed his ca.
trance into Qulgg's sanctum.
Mr.. Qulgg, large and prosperous.
held a large cigar In n large hand. aud
occupied a large chair before a large
desk. near which sat a ~colorless. com.
monplace. inconsplcuous man whose
weak fnce was at one inqulring and
lmpressionable. Near by a stock.
ticker unwound Its tape into a wicker
wnste-basket, and from q pnrtly-opep
1oor came the furious Gathering of
many typewriters. And here, as I'm
the outer room, there was an nm
natural note-faint almost indlstin.
s~uishable, but dlscordant all the
same.
As Fitzhueh entered oulgg glanced
ip. then leaned toward the colorless
me and said something Ia a low voice.
SO low, however, but that FItz.
caught some fragments: "Pat- !
lngton . . Eastern capitalist
ten millions II he's worth n
I
This was Fitzhugh's cue. Instantly
lis bearing changed. His tired air 8
'anlshed. His eye. languldly super I
iiious u moment before, became cold,
.rrogant, alert. He was no longer the 8
lasc a%rlstocrat. He was now tho !
Iigh'tensloned financier, whose min q
ties were dlamond-studded. lie stood b
{ the door. a slight scowl gathering
his brows, his right thumb 7
nd second finger swapping impatient. y
Thus until he received his next y
ne. y
"Ah, good-morning, Mr.. P%attington." v
lulgg rose. smiling deferentlally, ard 4
to a chalr. won't you sit I,
ownf shall be at leisure presently"
Fitzhugh's frown grew a little heay. c
u, his eye a little harder. II was v
I'D l could have an interview with Il
on at once. My time Is extremely h
mited. Our transaction must be a
,nsummnted this moment, or not M d