The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-01-23

CHAPTER xxli-contInued.
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At this he laughed, but not very
heartily, and walked slowly to the
house, leaving her bending over a rose
bush, and shade more penslve than
the most pensive garden lady In any
Victorian engraving. Next day,
II happened that this same "Vendo-
nah" or "Rides-D own-Everything" be-
came the subject of a chance CONVEX
sation between Eugene and his old
friend Kinney, father Of the f1btopped
Fred. The two gentlemen found them
selves smoking In neighboring leather
chairs beside broad window at the
club. after lunch.
MIR. Kinney had remarked that he
expected to get his family established
Mt the seashore by the Fourth Of July,
and, following a train of thought, he
paused and chuckled. "Fourth Of July
reminds me-" he said. "Have you heard
what that George Minafer is doing?"
EMO, haven't" said Eugene. and his
friend failed to notice the crispness OF
the utternnce.
"Weli, sir" Kinney chuckled again,
st beats the devil! My boy Fred told
mo about it yesterday. He's q friend
Of this young Henry Akers, son of F..
p. Akers of the Akers Chemical COM
pany. 1t seems this young Akers asked
Fred II he koew o fellow named Nina
fer, because ne knew Fred had always
lived here. and young Akers had heard
some way that Minafer used to be an
old family name here, and was sort Of
curious about 1t. Well, sir, you re-
member this young George sort Of dis
appeared, after his grandfather's
death, and nobody seemed to know
much what had become Of him
though did hear, once or twice, that
he was still around somewhere. Well,
sir, he's working for the Akers Chem
icsl company, out at their plant on the
Townsville road"
he paused, seeming to reserve some
thing to be delivered only upon inquiry.
ana Eugene offered b.m the expected
question, but only after a cold glance
through the nose-glasses he had lately
found 1t necessary to adopt. "What
does he do?"
Kinney laughed and slapped the arm
Of his chair. Hes nitro-glycerin ex-
pert"
He was gratified to see that Eugene
was surprised, If not, indeed, q little
startled.
Hes what?"
Hes an expert on nitro-glycerin.
Doesn't that beat the devil Yes, sir !
Young Akers told Fred that this
George Minafer had worked like q
noun'dog ever since he got started
out at the works. They have special
plant for nitro-glycerin, way off from
the main plant, o. course-in the
woods somewhere-and George Nina
fer's been working there, and lately
they put him in charge Of it. He over
sees shooting oil wells, too, and shoots
'em himself, sometimes. They aren't
allowed to carry 1t on the railroads,
you know-have to team 1t. Young
Akers says George rides around over
the bunny roads. sitting on as much as
three hundred quarts Of nitro-glycerin
My Lord Talk about romantic tum.
bles! If he gets blown sky-high some
day he won't have bigger drop. when
he comes down, than he's already had
Don't II beat the devil Young Akers
tsid he's got oil the nerve there Is In
the world. Says he gets fair salary
md I should think he ought to Seems
&c ne I've heard the average life In
that art Of work Is somewhere around
four years. and agents don't write any
insurance at all for nitro-glycerin ex
perts. Hardlyw
"No," said Eugene. II suppose not
Kinney rose to so. swell, it's {
pretty funny thlng-pretty odd. meal
and suppose 1t would be pass
lround-the-hat for old Fanny Minafe
Z he blew mp. Fred told me tina
they're living In some apartment house
and said George supports her. He va
goiEg to study law, but couldn't earl
enough that way to take care o
Fanny, so he gave II up. Fred's wifi
told him all this. Says Fanny doesn'
do anything but play BRIDE Ties
days. Got to playing too High 70
awhile and lost more than she wante
to tell Georgia about, and borrowe,
little from old Frank Bronson. Pal,
him back, though. Don't know hos
Fred's wife heard 1t. Women do hea
the darndest thingsi"
They do" Eugene agreed.
well, Tin of to the store" said Mi
Kinney briskly; yet he fingered.
suppose wen oil have TO club In an
keep old kanny out Of the poorhous
II he does blow up. From all I hea
It's usually only question OF tim,
They say she hasn't got anything els
70 depend on"
II suppose not
WE'LL wondered-J Kinney hes
hated. ~ WINS wondering why 20
hadn't thought of finding somethin
srvund your works Tor him. You use
to be such q tremendous friend Of III
samily--I thought perhaps you-<
scurss J know hes . queer lott kno'
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