Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-14

tell you that I'd gladly give the rest
1t honorably." - - ="
Garry raised his brows.
Like that, Is itf" he said sympa-
thetically. "Well, let's hear about It."
The Fortune Hunter threw the end Of
his cigarette on to the road and ground
1t down with his heel.
1T will sound impossible when try
to tell you," he said unevenly. Some
times 1t seems like dream to me, and
as IL 1t can never really have hap
pened / wish to God It hadn't s.s
no! / don't mean that! It's been the
only happiness I'm ever likely to know
It's just month ago now--Id
been tramping England for some time
came back from Frisco after I left
you--you remember? - There's a
FIVE barred gate over there" - he
pointed across the field" and I was
sitting on top of It one evening count
ing my last eight and twenty shillings,
and wondering where the devil the next
was to come from. when I had the
curious. sort Of feeling. that something
was going to happen.
"I'm not fanciful chap, you know
that but, sure enough, as I walked
on through the woods, came across a
dead man lying in the bracken.
He bad no papers on him by which
be could be identified, as far as I could
see, and I was going back to fetch the
police when / saw pocket case lying
on the path.
irving tn and o,,t n,bo +ha ,nor do,;i ,.o
than from, ,nore o,'r;ositr ire pvo, ~ u ts s Ma
Jobr Smith wos wr,ttsS an %" tha | e,ianf
There was io,+or frnn, 'n ,Ju n;u, ;a,' tnn
several letters bnt T Gid,'t road tbom
ala girl be was evidentiv COMING boma
to marty
"Weli, I went on; the road led by
the river bonkwo,d I wos iust IN t,ns
to get a boy OUT of the water who Ind
pitched in from n nunt He was n
cripple-a poor, miserable little worm
and-and he had n cir, with him
his sister I" The Fortune Hunters voice
faltered n little. and ba nnmsod for
moment. p'''' " :"
"Go on" Garrr nromntod him
"Wcll-welI Il was tha n,,i T., .,o
letter-tbe eiri that noor dsn;i a. ~ az
wood was coming bope IN sbsIsho %
asked me to 20 home With tbem"I u,as
wet through. of course--so I want And
she asked me nv name. What did II
matter what 7 fold berS I,ve hod -
"I said me- ~ mn, une rus. nr1een years,
and she believed TIs me 'Shn Sbs tSomaht Sml,h
I--wos tbe % other esJh tai,on,; me one tnought
at Garry Cannon for tbe srst ~ t,,,o ,ocfea H,a
face hot and ashamed "I sive IN, ,,n,, ,nt mis
word that tbe whole thin, ves s1u ty mS
upon me-I'd no time n Ienv a. ~ u'oe" &C
plain So : SbcIsbo ~ LILY ~ y. eH :
Il wos very much IiLo tha H., ,staSeu
Afterward. when T Wont ,brnmat uu n'dn. ~.
things So,nd ~. McnL tnr3ugh MS
- : Tboro see .ne likeness Tor myself
he'd dono % t;no ,,ss'etE ABOUT MN
stuck to bin, & anu ,ne girl mao
, Years. and I-I,, S.eu sst Ior MN Ten
toll her the truth ~ "tIo cIoor ort meant I.
then%thenrI 'u,"t n"t Or it r,gaf ntr .H nnt 81,
didn't want to toIi bor oh',, '"'-'iil
His voice broke and Corur co.
couphed svmnatbet,ca,Ir aIs "arry |annon
"Humph Well. is That oup, J.,
asked, after n moment, Nv
"No--things began to 90 wrong nj.
most Mt once, of course I did nv hos,
TO find out all about-the real Smith
but 1t was difficult. Then there wos
woman in London. and she wrote, nnf
| had to open the letter. She was n
sport in her own way--she helped me
for consideration" His voice was
bitter.
Money!" the other man asked
bluntly. "'A''
"Yes-ten thousand pounds. I DOM
blame her-She had to look after her
self. and she told me more than I could
ever have found out from any one else
The fellow was rich, but a swine
He's dead. and God knows I'm moi
Judging him, but - I'm no worse
/ hn
"And they still think you're the
man?"
II don't know; sometimes can,
he sure. There's an unc,e-n decent ol,i
chap-and the boy Tommy "a mean
spirited little devil. What are you star :
ing at?" ;.
Nothing, thought I saw some one
in the hedge behind YOU. but I tbinl,
it was horse in the field. Go on" -
The Fortuna ur,,o, s.;,hoJ A..
story. he fiiied IN "i, ,ho "n.Snt, hn."I,u HiS
could remomber snor,na In 'ht h;,e,t ue'nils ne
inc makinr Tho v,nrut e hii'"r.h LIZ no.n
"And now .be's hea;uninm n " "" Ii,t' use.
me - he cnded With . ,nirtLIo,. w eIs.,uiI' Ii
"J otelv overytbinr's sona '"a,"s a,,,. '"uEm
soMT tbouybtN;f tried go ;,5;mas. 5m;mWs. nho
letting her think 7 didn't nara -,
"When vo;, 10 oo mn orn ,,La a. -
dcviIr" Carr ,uu w Connon Cm''"I i,tnoI tne vtsI
shrcwdlv. ' '"'''''P'e'
Carry IaiJ kind,v bamd 'o on ~ b;s anSwer nr,e
IT snn"ose @ rnm ny wamt ,"n nv WI oL's;aa r mr'n.
vou,ve toId me- go 60 m,nnb '~i n,a "ua,',; ~ ~
soid rroycIv "WelI bero W" Syn' ;avn' ~
ielI that g;ri the truth Tail r. ~, T,,
truth ns vom've toId II to mo " md III ;s sh' n'
corns n tinLer.s c'rao ohnmt & ~" rn,, II s','
ria Lnrt,,ro Im,tn i- :,