The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-21
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with rnmanro." "naor'"d t"p''
sagelY. but tho rumauce IT huH
n.ts has good d"nl TO do VIVA
tho hualnCsa ~ romance. II you GET
my meaning
THAT" said CrayDon c"ar."iE.
us because you're poet an" IT.
fool. Tuuiit''
A stIn silence followed. The
boys discrceuy vanished. W" Al
thought that TOptit had been
goaded far enough b? CrN!to
and we secretly hoped there would
be a knockdowG and scandal. SO
that We could kick Crayton out Of
the club.
= Toptu only smiled, and patted
his dress lie with an air OF ap-
proyal. he quito ignored the
"Tomtit" which Crayton Invariably
flung at him.
My good Crayton." he said
pleasantly. you don't Ike mt
Why"
Crayt0n glared savaKely al him.
I'm tell yuu why BecauSd
you've como to china green Gu"
and arc running Wild up and down
the cOaat. that's why! YOU nhd
YOUR poetry and your dashed non
1cnao-ltll ruin buSlaeSs Tor inc
rest OF nm!
Hone no." naId TOptlt rwcctiy.
at won't ruin my huAihnh"'
though, You cant mako irlonuS
smonR Chinese gentlemen ny
eulogiLing their treasures III
verse: | can. YOU go around GUY
ing Jewels and paintings ana
things with money. buy EN-
with money plus poetry. which
means lot more 10 an lmpo'-
erished classical scholar.
All bull" growled GRAFTON
getting red. You ana your 'i"''
ical rot IA, .
maddcninR suaTlty.
"Ah!" he said. putting q SIN
ru,ar meaning into the word. An!
lot me tell you something. M
off fo~ Fuchow in the morning ~
Pc, that screen from the ola ihan
DARN Wing.
AT THE. Crayton came houncin
ou, of his chair. His hand sllppe"
toward his armpit, and for an ln-
rtont | thought he meant 10 shoo'
Top,!r. Rank murder was IN hiS
a,ns Then he mastered himself
and stood there trembling VIII
fury.
"Inok here" His voice was
tAick and hoavse. "lve been ai'e'
shat hc,rrn Tor year. mean ~
..., - | have an order Tor IT,
ia mine II you butt into my al,
,.re. III run you out o' ehh1'
IrLr, r..ud hat"
Tupru. Who was rather ianky
,.r ',r.,Iarly graceful aud aler
t,,Scd mnCkipsD from MS h'Pa
~la. bow should haN" warned
GRAFTON. 10. few men ran manage
. ,r...' and those t." arc dAh
;,lun ,,o, .
D.. .r.yrrrd. hle Wide and homer
,.,rtn rranrhgurrd by smile "'
l.nuinr pleasure. / accop 'h'
,n,l .nrr gladly ] 'rt'!rn your
...l.I ylYurlul with on" small
,in,n- DON'T target that your
IT, !Nr4 IA Chicago
CANON rocked On h' rect ~
,,nr..h beneath blow. His h"n' J
lrn;,Ily' dominant taco hcCnm,
,,u,I.rd. then was oversproad by
I.o,l.l pa!lul. What the woIdf
.r,,p wr did not know. but ne
lrrv with 4 aingln vlrul"nt OATH
he. TUNED on has hool and LETT the
club
hutionhulcd Toptlt In ono cor
prr and was careful not to cal
HIM Tnurit by mistake.
"IIalr a mo, old man Io'
don't realize Craytou'8 ability. In
pyyaid. He's a brute to have fo'
an enemy. What's that about III.
wife in Chicago3"
Toptit regarded me, and there
was peculiar shadow In his wide
gray eyes.
'Nothlng-tor publication" III
said eurtly. "Whatd you 90 IL
my place?"
Leave China tomorrow, / an
swersd with sober emphasis. -
mean i'll Crayton Is wealthy. HI
is agent for several big dealer!
back home. also for a number o.
millionaire Jap clients. He SENDS
out more antiques and museum
pieces than the rest Of you chaps
combined. He has influence.
All" said Toptit with an inan'
grin. But don't forget that In
a poet! Thanks. old man. Thank!
and all that. Now l must be OF.
! watched him 20 from the clus
and regretfully shook my head
He was rather new In China.
tclt that II ne interfered viii
Craytons affairs he would be muir
dered You may think that Il
stretching II a bit; but II you know
ANYTHING about the scarcity or an
tluuos In China. the jealousy ant
cnmity and crime behind the no
curing OF those pretty obiects SOLE
on Firth Avenue for small Tor
tunes II you know about thld
voun know that | am not eISS
Ecratlng.
The mandarin Wing. who live,
I'm n charming old tomple-suburI
or Fnkion, was Il survival OF tn
imperial regime. He chung to It
tradItions OF art and concubine