Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-02
80 .raINs THE STORY

THIS T,oholaevitoh, Russian
a,avd Duke, eriled og y, a British
0sss TO this country y.ooe =. a.
.S;c. oorking ~ pae asets Jim
s.ss,sord. On bodra ~ be parfner .
Cesst. vho iroifes h'n cJy s scheme,
..MH him IN some 'rsus pstsy. and ne
S,ia;ls snkno'on 70 peter Nichols,
sSrns u doom. as Youo of mon
\. takes charge o. ytoa ghoaP X. Nc.
o. tm esosc es dyty II Is to keep dn
Gare, "t trom the house. Ihe mas
strengers v oy, breaks tho guard ano
hcdsws Sousekeeper. Beth's tdther, /
sccres ,aI ,ssii, has been MISSING Jor
. ~e"' De, fears that the srdnpsr
years, tathey. The stronger senos
V Ben . 10 Mcclure, appointing
. mssssv' The message si0nea
wsef'ng Y.nnsdv." Peter meets hin
"Bowk wk,:n, h:nd and discovers that no
Tor a. MovCt Coast. Coast tells hsm M 'nas
jim ogu, ;o"o ooo IN the West sien
HcGare D"g g,d later deserted h'n,
" por,"'' lot him die OF thrS on
Cocst, 70 20" Horrible" says Peter.
We .Sp HERE 1T CONTINUES
.,,r WAS. I reckon I died-the soul
TI 49, what was left Of II, l
o. f ~ under the starlight, win
cane 70 -, ,greasers' droppin water on
couple They brought me aronhu;
my !ons ass ont of my head for week. !
but w." talk the lingo anyhow. ! 1ust
coulon ;,b ,em like a child. Ihere
went ), ~hi ~onvthing else to do. Lucky they
wssn III dm' ne. I guess wasn't worth
didh ! we went South. They were
filiih: tor uermosillo. Revolutionists.
nakh .ool nil my money-about three
ine! IA dollars. But it was worth ~.
nuno,,ss' nu,s saved my life. But l couidn
Iney yop now. even II wanted to. !
ou az money. nor any way OF gettin
any" 49,. ,,,,od forward, CLOVER
,,s At the rag carpet. ,,.,
'But IL didn't want TO 60 onsA 'IS va
then. The fear OF God was IN n'' u
BOXED into hell"
he laughed bitterly, ,.,,,s.
"Then joined the 'greasers asa,nSJ AnJ
Ma, I've told you about that. ana
Y. pia1; 1.;p,roles' cleaned us up all right.
I%ae a ,,ri saved my life. Instead OF shoot
s, ma asoinst a mud wall, they put me
~ ~ work @ on a railroad. ! was there
.p,oo % W. rsors, escaped at last and
reached the coast, where ! shipped ior
South America. 1t was the on,y wuy
out, but all the while was thlnklh
Of Mike Mcclure and the copper mine
| You know the rest, Pete-the Argen-
tine deal that might of made me ricn
an how II fell through. Don't It peat
hell how the world bites the under
dog!" n,,. ou -, bach 70
America and fight your claim with NC
Cuire?" asked Peter, aware OF the SIN
ister, missing passage In the story.
Coast shot n sharp glance at his ques-
toner. ,
"There were two reasons-one OF
which YOU won't know. The other was
that l couldn't. was on the beach
mi not too popular. The only ships out
Of Buenos Aires were for London. That
vas the easiest way back to America
anyhow. So shipped as cattle hand.
And there you are. / lived easy in
London. That's me. Easy come easy
10. There 1t was wrote man / knew
out In Bisbee-the feller that helped
stake us-and he answered me that Nc
CURE was dead, and that the mine was
Z hivver-too far away to work. You
M he must of showed the letter to Nc
CURE, and Mcclure told him what to
Wite. That threw me off the track.
forgot him and went to France. ~
Coast paused while he filled his glass
again.
1T wasn't until I reached New York
that I found out Mcclure was alive.
II was just a chance while / was plan
min another deal. took 1t. ] hunted
around the brokers' offices where they
sell copper stocks. 1t didn't take me
long to find that my mine was the Ia
rantula. Mcclure had developed it
with capital from Denver, built a mar
row gauge In. Then after q while had
sold out his share for more than half a
million clear"
Peter was studying Coast keenly,
thinking hard But the story held with
what he already knew Of the man 8
history.
That's when Mike Mcclure tackled
the Jonathan X onto his name"
Coast went on. And that moneys
mine. the good half of it. Figure it
out for yourself. Say five hundred
@ou' per cent, fifteen years-I reckon
I could worry along on that even If he
wouldn't do better-which he will.
=, Well, Pete-to shorten up-I found
eGuire was herein New York-and
leid for him. watched for q while
.hd then one day got my nerve up and
uckied hin Oh the street. You ought
OF seen his face when I told him
VINO was and what I'd come for. We
Here In the crowd at Broadway and
maii, people all about us. He started
Me nigh and mighty stuff for n min
s.e until | crumplcd him up with a few
ncu. l thought he was goin' to have
Nroke for minute, when ! made nv
nee .n lor the 1--WE thou-then he turned
a. ana ran into the crowd pale as
m".. a.a. LOST him then. But 1t didn't
Sster; Ia find him again. I knew
wnere MS Office was-and his hotel II
N.n uead easy. But he beat It down
an Nae ~ took me awhile to pick up the
a"' but here l nm, Pete-here |
rsate In hRrbor at last"
ana 'ast ~, TOOK the bills out Of his pocket
Au slowly counted them again.
M And when you come back from tho
west, what will you do?" asked Peter
n,,nS IN, now you're talkin'. Pete. I'm
6s 70 settle down and live respecta- :
I c. nhe this country around here.
A-st from Jersey, you know, in the
NS.pa IL, plaee' l might build II nice place
Few horses and automobiles
psro. pu ENJOY my old age-run over to CAV
Csrie once year-down to Monte
No. IN the season. Oh, I'd know
ssor % 20 i've now. You bet you. I've
won,. en- DO it-those sweils. They
III. ' nave anything on me. I'll live
"SSn plackmail--," said Peter.
zee here, Pete
h..i meant It," Petcr had risen and
eau Tt coast coolly. "BlackmaiI! You
caim ,ell en me that II you had any legal
k"n On McGuire you couldn't prove
sh,,.oi mshtn't be able To-" he