Evening star., 1922-10-29
Continued from Fourth Page.j

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! ble," he called in loud voice, viii
you kindly remove this gentleman
from the premises
: A man in black felt hat came up
to Ephraim. On the front of the hat
shone gold badge.
| Sorry, suh," he said. but the club
| has elected Mr.. Smith president and
Ah'm told to take his orders. If you
will pardon me, sub, All shall have to
ask you to deesist.'
| Once more Ephraim Strengthened
UP. What does this all mean he
demanded to know.
why, nothing" the lanky and
smiling Mr.. Smith informed him.
You see,'' my d. ar chap. ,ncr ..s,
| been bumming around here a good
many years-utterly useless chap,
you know, just as you said-the i'm
! beetle governors thought it might
| be a good idea to reward me with the
presidency
! GO on" said Ephraim. There's
something behind this
'Of course, there Is" said Harold
| T. Smith. This Swinborn Corpora
ton that now runs the hotel took
| away lot of our fun, SO We looked it
up-its officers, you know. and all
that sort of rot. And-well. the gov
ernors met. and perhaps you can un-
derstand. We have a distinct preju-
dice against any transient player who
! Is more than So years old. Unfortu-
nate, don't you Think"
i Ephraim had narrowed his eyes.
! "Anne, he snapped out steinl>, 'ie.
| go of that young mans hand"
! Ephraim's daughter untwined her
fingers slowly. Il should think you'd
know when you're beaten, dad" she
said. lifting her chin.
| "Beaten?" Ephraim glowered. What
do you mean, young woman"
! Tell him, Harold" said the girl.
her eyes glowing as she shot a s,anvr
upward into the face of the tall Mr..
Smith.
why, by Jove, there's nothing to
tells there?" the young man asked.
Blessed IL 1 can see it If there is.
He wouldn't let US ride or play tennis.
so I won't let him play golf. That
|
agreeable to the proposition"
Ephraim shook his head belliger-
emily. That's where I fool you, you
young pup" he stated. 'lWhal do /
care about your old golf? I'm leav-
ing for New York tonight-my
! daughter with me, too-and we're not
coming back. Put that in your silly
| pipe and smoke it,"
Splendid" said the young man,
with a large air. IT myself have re-
served all the accommodations on that
train, but I'll be very glad, indeed, to
let you have a section. Or would you
prefer compartments? rather fan
cied you'd be going back"
You did?
Daddy" pleaded Anne. bending to-
ward her father, cant you under
stand yet? Why do you think Har-
old's father has taken this occasion
to begin hammering down on your
blooming old stocks? Oh, daddums,
you're getting stupid"
Her fathers jaw slowly sagged
open.
Your" he challenged and pointed a
| nnger at young Mr.. Smith.
| Really. old chap, didn't know 1t
was going to upset you SO. II I'd
had any idea, promise you 1 wouldn't
| have"
{ Listen" said Ephraim, "and while
you're about. 1t listen carefully. I
don't care who you are. I don't care
/, who your father is. don't care what
1 tASf -
point is this-my daughter is going
to have nothing further to do with a
loafer. professional groom, q waster,
q bum. Get that and get 1t right"
! But. my dear fellow" persisted
| the tall young man, I'm actually
\ about to 60 into business. You have
shown me the light yourself, my dear
chap great white light and all
that. For the nrst time In my career