Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-10-01

sailed the day before for Switzerland.
had taken the next steamer. only to
Miss her again. and for three months
had played bnttledore-nn .shuttlecock
with two defenselass women over the
major part Of the continent. often stay
Ing In the same hotel. yet never catch.
Ing more thnn n fieetlng glimpse OF the
one he loved.
All Efforts at communication were
likewise frultless. His letters were re-
turned unopened. His gifts. too. When
they returned home In the autumn he
had ordered a box Of violcts delivered
to Kathleen every morning. The
florist was an honest man, and nj the
months end he had rendered n bill
only for cnrrlnge.
But Fitzhugh died hard. For three
yenrs he never gave up trying. Then
the last glenn OF hope nlckered out.
She was abroad most OF the time
now, returning to Chicago only at rare
Intervals, and then but for a brief stay.
He heard that Artie Sparkle was often
with her, and sometimes at The club
there were rumors Of
But he laughed loudly ne these. He
refused TO listen. The idea was pre-
posterous-absurd. Yet II wal never.
theless true that this gossip OF Kath.
leen's engagement 10 Artie Immediate
~ preceded some extraordinary per
formnnce that kept the name OF Fitz.
hugh on the lips OF thousands for
weeks nfterwnrd. As another man
would have turned to drink. 30 he
turned to STACEY extravaganza. Un-
conventionallty WINS his dissipation,
and In his own way he became Intoxi.
cnted.
Some four years after that day in
June-four years In which he had seen
Kathleen less than n score Of times
and had spoken to her less than thrice
-Fitzhugh laid tho foundation OF the
throne upon which he was TO reign for
n brief but blazing period ms King Of
wheat. These four years had bred nm
unwholesome change in the man. The
amasslng Of gold had become his re-
ligion. It's virus had entered his soul.
lie allowed nothing TO stand between,
crushing all opposition with an iron
hand. Everything was subservient to
but one end, and that end was Money.
All his faculties, all his t~ireless energy
and zeal and ambition were concen.
trated upon II. Waking or asleep, the
thought OF II was always uppermost.
Hunt, In the erratlc meanwhile, had
courngeously plloted the deserted ship,
knowing Its rlghtful captain would
again take the helm when "he came 10
himself" More thnn amy other. Henry
Hunt enjoyed the full confidence OF
his chief. He was one OF the very few
who knew Fltzhugh's renl name and
family history.
AZ %irregularly recurring periods
Fitzhugh entered the wheat Dit, and
while these instances were generally
emblnzoned with n burst OF hlstrlon.
les, he was never for n second blinded
by the glare. When he seemed most
ebulllent he was really most cool-head.
ed. He fooled the pit traders. They
could never quite penetrate his "bluff-
Ing They perceived his propensity
for posing, and made the mistake OF
thinking him too s~elf.centered TO be
alive to his surroundings. While they
were plying him for his rawness his
cruulties' ana confidently expecting MS
DOWNFALL ne would nstonish them by
executing some brilliant coup that sug'
gested deep-laid plans as splendid as
MS daring.
When In the conflict Of the pit every
fiber OF his being was quiveringly
alert. Seemingly absorbed In thinking