Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-06-25

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him, he saw Esther standing q short
way on. As their eyes met she beck
oned him and he went 10 her.
"You must let me have him now"
she said, smiling upon the admirers
who had followed him. "He In my dis
covery. you know. and there are many
things I want 70 say TO him."
"Bring him back soon, Esther"
called one Of the men-a blotch-
skinned. yellow-haired giant called Nj
kolay u want to give him literature"
She nodded brightly over her Shout
der, and led her captive from the
stage and into an adjacent room. Once
alone with him abe seized his hands
and raised her face, eager and radiant,
TO his.
II knew you could do It'll knew II
And there's something else l know"
"weil, let's have IT," he said a trine
brusquely. "What else do you know
about met"
81 know that you can be a great
man" She had waved suddenly very
earnest. "You have II In you. You
must take what Is yoursi You " It
70 yourself |"
"Give me your address," said he.
'and I'll come to you"
She hurriedly wrote something on q
slip OF paper and handed II to him.
"Come-any time" she told him,
and turned toward tho door.
"Isn't there another way out7" he
asked. OBTAINING her. II don't care to
the gantlet OF that Misunderstanding
brigade agcin."
She unboltsd a door at the end of
the room and disclosed a rlckety wood
en- staircase leading TO n back alley.
He pressed her hand, murmured n
word about a future meeting and was
gone.
On a fine snring day the finest prom
enade In Chicago and the ~loneliest Is
the Lake Shore drive. Theoretically
II Is the Champs Elysees of the west
ern metropolis; ordinarily II Is as
silent. as deserted ms an isolated cOun-
try road. On this particular morning
II al very attractive and very DESC
late. The only sign OF life In the M
bobs' thoroughfnre az one excerpts the
sparrows) was n penniless young man.
Under his arm he carried n newspaper
parcel. There was n singular CLINT I'm
his eyes, a singular expression on his
face, us well there might be, for, In
deed, II was a preposterously reckless
thing he was contemplating. Subcon-
sciously his thoughts were Of the dark
haired Russian woman and an early
sight Of her; and II was this. no less
than his inordinate passion for the
theatrical and spectacular, that gave
birth TO the e%xtravagant notion that
occupied his mind.
"In any event." he told himself, II
can do no worse than lose. And look
what ! stand 20 wini Because II has
never before been successfully done
Is no eason why l cannot do IT,"
He stopped before n gray stone
mansion OF hamboyant architecture
surrounded by n twenty-foot cast
iron fence, both OF which plainly ex-
plotted the idiosyncrasy OF some mil.
~lionaire. One of the lower windows
was raised. and through the shrubbery
he saw %silhouetted therein an elderly
man. white OF hair, patrlcian OF M.
pect. lean of face. reading a news.
paper. Fitzhugh, peerlng between the
iron rails Of the Brobdingnagian fence
regarded him n minute, walked on d
few PAGES, returned, aud watched him
again, not unlike some Indian chief
tain gloating over a helpless captive
OF a sudden, as one who plunRes
into a cold shower on n frosty morn.
inK. he laid hold of the mammoth gate
which seemed to weigh tons, swung n
back on It's huge hinges. walked e
the front door and vigorously worked
the knocker.
After an appreciable wait the door
was opened. "what Is ltf' inquired
the butler, who In one brief glance
seemed to appraise the callers nnan.
cial status and social standing.
"Many things. First the name OF
the gentleman who II sitting IN tn,
room TO my right e~ngrossed In IN,
morning news"
what Ii your buslnessf"
Answer me first I" ordered Fits
hugh sternly, and with such an air Of
hauteur and authority that the on,
pient mental was almost In a panic
for fear he had m%lsIudged his man.
'That Is Mr.. s~ymington Otis. SIR"
Il wish to see him, BE so good Al
TO tell him So"
"who shall l say. Alrf"
NtEhugh hesitated a moment, and