Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-28
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how things get around. We'll. what
49,. yo,, rot In the way Of houses? l
=, .r nnorimcnt in mind; but, after
~ A house is a house."
"What I have is all below Twenty
aird street. r
mo; that would never do. Too far
18th for me. Tcsiles, ] don't know.
- .~., tbc wedding I may take It into
=. A'h hsaI to travel again. You can
sA,.t An apartment, but it's hard work
M sublet a house. ~ ,
..avinv ~ absolutely nothing about the
n Gas in Bcllmnn's mind to lay a
-. hit he recognized In time the
Somerans characteristics OF any trap
Al would discover Bancroft isno'
,ssec regarding real estate.
There was, somewhere behina the
...nss seven millions or thcreubOuts.
rnr the professor was going to rook
M. boy, pick him dry. That was as
~. :.s;i.ntinl us the boy himself. But the
,,ofsssor was going to do the rocking
sSns: he wasn't going to whack up
IN ony one, All this treasure, and
ksnd George not to have his cut
Rnt would the boy sign that dam
III adventure contract? II the boy
NV M his John Hancock to that, why,
IA professor was the greatest mngi-
sisn Of his time. but even then how
roud he get his hands into Bancrofts 3
money bags?
II note you have travelled A good
i,al," Bancroft observed, with ges,
ture toward the trunks and grips ana
III bags, covered with ship and hotel
hbels, "Woodland's Branch Hotel.
Darjeeling; that must be in the Aima-
hyas." A..
wandering foot. How about you" =.
"Neyer had the time or the money
Belmrn smiled sympathetically.
H.re was unadorncd truth. but uttered
Il parrots utter phrases, incOnscquent :
II. This boy was clever; he was clever
out Of the ordinary.
"Nhat DO you tiillk Of Yale's chances
asainst Prin"cton:" asked Bellman.
"Not Interested in football. What's
Il cost to jog around the world?'
"Gena:ally what you are willing To
pay. First class these days IS about
three tirles what it used to be.
II imagine you must have had some
adventures. Shanghai. Yokohama,
Singapore"
Belman inwardly. Aloud: Every move
4 man makes Is an adventure: when
you get up in the morning. when you
70 to bed. 4 walk from Forty second
street to the Circle at night offers a
hundred adventures. I've seen lot
of the world. bat. let IN" tell you. this
town has more pretty women to one
block than all the other capitals put
together. Yes, sir; Broadway, after
The matinee. Is Il revelation to any
proper male eye" lie glanced at his
watch. Sorry to hurry you."
I'm sorry. too. / expect to make
Z tour some day. and wanted to quiz
you Bit"
Haven't the time. SIR"
"Then you wouldn't consider what
have to offer in the way Of apartments
and houscs?"
mo. Too far out Of the way. wall
Jou have a cigar or n cignrette?"
Thanks. no. Sorry TO have bothered
you."
"0h. You haven't bothered me in the
least," Bellman declared. smiling, as he
opened the door.
As he closed it he remained staring
q the panels and twisted the ends Of
~ blond mustache. On the other side
@ the door Bancroft also stared at the
panels; and as he had no mustuche to
t.ist he rubbed his chin. This little
aeleau was actually based upon mutual
ldmiration.
Bancroft was certain that Bcllman
Md recognized him, but had ignored
~ leads. He had cut the promised
etH hour down to a quarter, and had
sairly hustled his visitor into the hall
What did they want of him? What
xete they really after? Bellman hat
nve!ed. 1t was not the array OF labels
;nat led Bancroft to this deduction. liz
Pug particularly quizzcd the ex. .secret
ssrV'ce man, who had informed him that
one could buy labels, but it would
extremely difficult to obtain United
s.a'es customs stamps. and custom
.AMps were visible on Bcllman's lug.
sage.
a.! this meticulous care; what did 4
Ihlfy? What did COllingsw0ot
SS..lelh!ah Bancroft possess that DAME
stewart wanted so badly? II he wa,
sa. a.er money. why hadn't he ofrcret
;vmethlng that had sense and reason in
~ makeup! The G,rat Adventur,
company. Very well; In a few days
as would call upon Daniel Stewart
saa bay an emerald!
A. the most remarkable attribute OF
H.. tus mind is not that 1t absorbs fact
M rGther that these facts can be sum
~o"ed or dismissed ut win. There Il
~ ~ exertion; it happens ~ easily as
.ue shifting Of the camera shutter. Ant
~ ~N was with Bancroft's mind. The
IaJment he reached the street the Grea,
aaventrrc Company and its ramifi
vn,"h' s' tAr sense Of premonitOry evil
r,th ,h",ra ~ wholly. lie was to have to;
III Hhhry Bowman ut / o'clock.
In M hurried down into the subway
~ .ne SIX days he had tested all mode,
fcllv" transportation and had learned thu
snrio VI trying to make distances b!
dow"e cars or taxis. On the wa!
Son,n. Sm ne studied the advertisements 8
turo . "' hc Hlisht see nancy PIC
hs coS; somewhere; and. not finding any
her. d%!nred d!nd her Mp rs he had first seel
Ths,,'a arehrhed, disheveled. but smiling
EiIiinn. was stun In u girl who wOult
4 %saSS'! go through what she had
lonslS peheiactor at one end aud
''%Siy puppy at the other.
J.nmuhc was friendly. hut guarded
linsSss also friendly, hut with a friend
ln.aa lss az wide as the door. Nancy wa
lsc,s,xhg her decision. Jenny had II
iton to make; she had already mud
X. " IKE this fresh skinned boy froll
IN ,tIo"ntrE. She had met him twic
enco"e e lall since that laurhable frs
RooS RooSu.rr. and she had found him
49, vrroal sparrer, ready with u come
M mat had jazz In It: one momel,
ScSu,ss professor and the next like
S,r. Nobody but a he man woul
II, Al.