The Kendrick gazette., 1920-12-03

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Hunt, who swors by the man and
potently believed him the greatest he
had ever known, settled his specula-
tive deals and Went with him.
One evening in the Cafe Martin they
met Artie Sparkle. Artie had long
since become an expatriate, due, &C.
cording to gossip. to unrequited anec-
ton and hope too often deferred. He
was with brilliantly gowned woman Of
the French boulevard type, who wore
just little too much rouge. just few
too many diamonds, and gaiety Of
manner just q trihe' too effervescent.
Artie's animosity toward his former
rival had very obviously been buried.
or forgotten, for he pounced joyfully
upon the two Americans, and with
gustO and eclat presented them to her
Of the gorgeous plumage-his wife Of
the month.
Then more wine was ordered to
toast the bride, and Artie extolled &C.
statically the bliss Of connubial life,
touching in particular upon his own,
which to him, Of course, was unparal-
leled and paramount. Gradually the
talk turned upon other topics, with the
benedict easily leading.
II read all about 1t in Lunnon,. deah
fellow" This to Daniel. .'Frightfully
clevah Of you, must say, getting all
that grain and freezing out the othah
chaps. And poor old Otis; saw
him In Carlsbad last week. He looks
dreadfully done for. feah the poor
fellow won't last long"
Always the mention Of Otis name
spelled bad moments for Daniel. Since
that Indian summer day when millions
had hung upon the toss Of coin the
aged speculator, as Daniel knew, had
been bowed-down man. He never
visited the pit again. He never went
near it. The memory of it's roaring
sent a shudder through him. He was
care-wOrn, listless, c0mfOrtless. He
had lost his nerve" Grain gambling
topics were taboo in his household,
and those who valued his good will
found 1t polite not to broach such in
his hearing. When in October he had
left for the German "'bad" cures he
was broken In health as well as in
spirit.
His quest was frultless.
One May morning in Florence DAN
ieI read at his breakfast table Of Otis
death. He had died in ,mid-ocean en-
route to New York.
He put down his newspaper. beck
oned the waiter. ordered some cable
gram forms. Leaving his breakfast
untouched, and Hunts questions un-
answered, he wrote lengthy message
to Chicago trust company that spe-
cialized in mortgages. He fretted
with impatience until he received an
answer; and then, having read it, he
tore it up and sighed hopelessly.
Daniel heard afterward that Otis
had left nothing beyond his life insur-
ance. The house on the drive had
gone, and with 1t all the pomp of cir
eumstapces. Mys. Otis, was residing
temporarily in Oconomowoc. Kathleen
was with her.
Early in June of that year two
wealthy Americans, who had made
their piles" in July wheat, booked
first class transportation from Rome to
Chicago. When they boarded the liner
at Naples there embarked with them a
quarter of a million dollars worth Of
European art treasures. When they
left the liner at New York the name
of the tall, MISUNDERSTANDING one.
of the black Vandyke beard and white
ducks, was not Daniel Randolph Fitz-
hugh. 1t was his own, Hugh Daniel
FitzrandOlph.
This name juggling had heralded
their coming. and they were surround
ed at the pier by a phalanx Of sharp
eyed men armed with cameras.
Daniel greeted them warmly, shook
hands, gave them cigars, and waxed so
jovially humorous about his malleable
patronymic that he was voted shin
ing member Of the Good Fellows club
and lauded as thoroughgoing, fine
sort. Nothing derogatory was printed
Of him In the New York newspapers !;
and the eccentrlcity of ones using
ones family name for ''komical kut.
out" was made to appear very nat
ural thing for one to do.
His arrival In Chicago received q
similar reception.
The thing he had long been plan
ming, the thing that had prompted his
trip abroad. which had necessitated
the proper rearranging Of his name,
was made public. With a fanfare of
trumpets, a sounding of cymbals, q
beating Of tom-toms. Hugh Daniel Fitz-
randolph inaugurated his campaign for
the Chicago mayOralty.
In the primary election these were
nominated: Hugh Daniel Fitxran-
doiph, advocating pure politics; Sam
Burlington, fat and puffy and a tool of
the trusts; John Dinwoody, lean and
lank and a patron Of vice. and Ivan
Skimkus, skinny and erratic and a
champion Of the working man.
Before the primaries, Daniels chief
rivals. Burlington and DinwoOdy, took
scant notice of him, shelving him in a
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