Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-09
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De- paddv Lortmer was not dead:

Dear Daddy Lorimer was not dead:
We laughed or cried, each according
TO his or her temperament, when Bob
had finished
Our Suspicion is reading that
Aroused on Seeing Ger wo n erfuI
tets Had Put Into an OBJ telegram.
scure port. Il gather
that Dad is
planning to stay on the little ship with
Certeis until they reach a big port said
Bob after going over the yellow paper
a second time. at appears that nothing
homeward bound ever stops at the land
ing where they put in for fuel. Evident
~ it's an obscure place. 1 say! This
wire was full week getting herei That's
much too long! Golly, Jane! Let's look
the thing up!'
So of I went to the library with my
student husband as ] had done thou
sand times Ito look up" something
Never before did 1 fully realize that a
geography could be so entertaining!
Looking uR' somethlng-anything-
our return to civilization
and homel I wanted no greater happi-
ness.
What we discovered by studying the
map was less satisfactory than the pro
cess of discovery.
"why, that wire had to be carried to a
telegraph office nearly a hundred miles
by messenger" said Bob. THE coast
town where the ship put in can't be much
more than a fishing village of natives.
say. Jane" But instead Of saying any
thing. Bob dropped into one Of his char
acteristic fits of meditation.
Il
have run his ship into a much bigger
town. a real harbor with quays and rail
roads. why did he pick out that dinkv
little dock, do you sUppose?"
4 can guess" I said.
And so can /. He is afraid, Not
only of the United States and of Mexico.
The governments of the world have found
him out, at last, l should say. He's a
sort of man without a country. Which
means that the Hon. James D. Lorimer
and Mr.. Gene Archer will be kept aboard
the Flying Dutchman. and will cruise
the seven seas for-G0d knows how
iongr
Imagine our daddy doing anything
against his Will" I said
For the first time in his life J guess!
Some discipline for the governor" The
Gosh What trick for chance to play
on dad! 1t must have stunned him to
find what he was up against I wonder
what he said when he couldn't buy the
boat and order the captain to turn about
and run for New York harbor! Why.
my dear. 1t may be months before those
two renegades. Certeis and Don Manuel.
will dare to show themselves to a world
of waiting detectives :"
= "Then maybe it will be months before
we hear from daddy?'
Bob nodded.
ct makes me dismal Bob Daddy's
plans always work out on schedule time.
He will be wrathy when he finds himself
thwarted. Bob! He might have another
stroke!''
Nonsense! Our old dad has now en-
bsrked on the time of his life. He's free
from all responsibilities, in spite of him
self Old chaps take to adventure like
ducks to q pond. And then he's far more
valuable alive than dead, you know. No
matter how long Certies may hide in the
back lanes Of the oceans, he'll take good
care to see that dad survives the trip
wed better not alarm your mother,
Bob"
'I agree. We're not sure of anything.
We'd better keep our surmises to our
selves Let's show the map to mother"
wait, Boil Wait a minutei Last
night I had a peculiar dream. I saviour
daddy-walking with a cane-and feeling
his way as if-as If he had lost his
sight"
And suppose you think it q Fremont
ton. I'm getting damned mean 7
wish you'd stop fussing with this silly
mystic stuff. Leave it to Chrys. She can
attend to the needs Of the entire family"
But, Bob-I saw daddy reach ont his
hand to meas if he wanted me to guide
his stepsw
You certainly can get onto a fellows
nerves with mighty few words" my
dear
If daddy was baked and made to play
second fiddle on that boat, he'd surely
have another brain lesion. I tried to tell
yen before. Maybe that is what my
dream means"
ITO Be Continued)