Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-09-03

got In the world Ia this check and a
thousand or NO on deposit"
Hunt gaped nj him dumbly. Al.
though his worst suspicion had been
verified. he was none the less astound-
ed. lie could o reconcile himself to
the staggering fact.
an stop payment on that check
m"
"No. you won't. Hunt. You could
never prove that you're right and I
wrong-never. There WINS only an
oral agreement. you know. Besides.
gave you my check for twenty thou
snnd when we planned the deal. I
have the voucher In my pocket now.
Care TO see III NOT All right. But.
you see. OF course. there's no chance
for you. We were partners. as my
voucher shows-nnd you know the
law. I'd thought OF all Of these little
things long ngo, Hunt"
Hunt doubled his fsts and glared
nj Fitzhugh. Yet, eyen In that angry
moment. he could not but admire the
shrewdness OF the man.
Fitzhugh leaned across the table. hiS
face grown suddenly very earnest. "If
you want TO get rich-immensely rich
you'll hold on to me. I shan't for
get what you've done for me IN a hur-
ry. and some day I'm going TO be able
10 repay you a hundred times over
About n year ago on n capital OF one
dollar. given TO me. ! made n turning
point In my life. Today ! am worth.
roughly. one hundred thousand dollars.
Some years from today l viii be worth
millions. II Is coming MS sure as fate.
What are you going to do, Hunti Are
you going to stand by me. or are you
going "a break with met Give me your
answer now-this minute"
Hunt did not meet the speakers
eyes, but looked away. his gaze wan.
derlng about the glltterlng grill. Then,
as the needle Is drawn by the magnet.
he turned bnck aud looked into the
powerful young face opposite. And
who shall ay7-perhaps, by some
flash OF precedence, he saw Fitzhugb
not as he was then. but as he would be
In after years. a juggler OF millions.
Perhaps he saw that here was n man
who was a born leader Of men. Per
haps he saw in TINT momentnry fash
another OF those men who have made
Chicago the Wonder City-the City
OF Purple Dreams-another OF those
who. rising from the depths Of obscur-
ity. have amused fortunes, achieved
power. beside which the most extravn-
CANT fiction appears puerile. He
thrust his hand across the table.
I'm with you. Dan" he said.
II vas in the following December.
during the height Of the Christmas
holidays. that Fitzhugh was intro
duced to Symington Otis. This day
was n notable n for renewing casual
acqualntances.
The pnst year. although II had
added not n little TO his capital. had
failed to carry Fitzhugh as high rs
he had intended II should. ''e had
suffered many reverses. for his reck-
less hnbIt OF plunglng often carried
him backward as well as forward. But
these setbacks. II keenly dlsappolnt-
ing. were not discouraging, o were
they Improbable. He learned by
each OF them. using them as stepping
stones. lie never made the same mis-
take twice.
Attired faultlessly. a cigar between
his teeth. n malacca stick under his
arm, he was standing In the rotundu
OF the Board Of Trade that December
morning. reading kilograms just hand.
ed to him. when Otis entered. accom-
J.. panied by three or four men, among
whom was Hunt, Otis had glanced
several times at the striking. black
{ bearded mar standing a short distance
away absorbed In opening and scan
. ming the yellow kilograms. before h'
5 asked:
"who Is that fellowf Anyone yot
. known"
, Tie indicated F%itzhugh. and the 9th
I ers glanced IN his direction.
The greatest financial genius" sale
Hunt. "Ive ever known."
, OTIS .saked agaln NJ Fitzhugh. VIII
I hnd finished his kilograms and wa
$ moving of. Majestic looking devil.
he observed. might make a irst-clas
villain for n meiodrnmn. I've noticed
r him several times OF late. | believe
suppose you call him over. Huntf
think I'd like 90 meet him"
With glad acqulescence Hunt hur
rled after Fltzhugh and caught him %
citedly by the shoulder.
A "What do you think. DanT" he erie,
JoyOusly.
a Fitzhugh dropped his cane In moe
e%xcltatlon.
. 'rhe Bank OF England's failed I" h