Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-12-02


and the first thing that's advertised
at the top OF the page on the right
hand side is the thing I'm agoln' 10
tell her TO put the coin on-Ready.'
; saws. go TO il" and l folded back
the page went over TO the hotel"
Again he paused.
Il got Jolt when I saw the page.
II was some sort OF Canadian gold
mine. so fishy that the letters had
scales on EN-. But / says to my
self, That's the Governors business.
an I cut II out, put II into an en-
velope with the draft. and left Il at
the desk for her"
He paused.
The next morning slid out
Eight months later the plague
struck me. crippled into England
asked her TO hide me while died.
and she put me here"
And the gold stock" I said. "I
suppose il turned her out a for
tune?"
The energy came back for an In
slant into his voice.
1T was so rotten" he replied
that the Governor General of Cana
da summoned all the victims 10 meet
with him for a conference in Mon
treal."
And this moment caught the
sound Of a motor entering the gates
at some distance through the park.
The huge paralytic also heard It,
and his attention was no longer to
ward me. II was on the great coach
colored limousine drawing up az the
end of the avenue OF ancient beech
trees
/ looked with him.
A girl helped out by footmen
stepped down into the avenue. car
peted now with the yellow Autumn
leaves. Even al the distance Il was
impossible TO mistake her; her
charm her beauty, were the wonder
OF England. And on the instant. as
In a nash Of the eye. I recalled the
painted picture hanging in a great
house in Berkeley Square, the pic
ture from which this creatures mu-
tiiated photograph had been taken,
the picture Of a young girl, in an
ancient chair. with no ornament but
a bit OF Jade on a cord about her
neck.
IT'S the young Duchess Of Hur-
lingham," I eaid.
The big creature beside me was
struggling 70 rise. his voice in an
excited hutter.
Sure" he said. God Almighty |
didn't throw me down. When she |
went UP 20 that conference in Mon |
treal He had young birmingham /
on the spot-fne, straight clean |
youngster as ever was born. II was /
love her az sight; an Movie
made a great gesture as though TO
Include something without a Visible
linit-"she's got all these places in
England, an all that Standard OIL
money that belonged TO his mothers
people"
The girl, radiant as vision, was
advancing on the carpet Of golden
beech-leaves. and I hastened 10 put
. n anal query. the thing I had come
here 10 find out. I had given up the
idea Of an arrest. The man wac
dying.
what did you do with the regis
tered bonds that you got when you
cracked the vault or the British En-
bassv I'm Washington the night ne
fore Won went 20 Bar Harbor? They
had Lord Dovedale's name on them
and thew could not be negotiated
The whole sagging body OF the un-
...,d,. creature strained toward the
advancing vision as toward an IDOL
His voice reached me. etutter'ns az
with fatigue. LII,
rThat's the stuff I put up with
Testridge for the loan-go and take
4 away from him. .,s.,os
THE first conhrmatory eVluen0
80 The thing. Excellency, was the
win, Of a wonnsn's bare foot
Ne vas an immense creature. he
"a. Z, an upright chair that seemed
- have been provided especially for
bJr The great bulk Of him moved
a,+ and filled the chair. It did not
80, "a he fat that enveloped him
=. ssenosd rather to be some SOIL
.o,,sb Aber. like the pudgy mass &
-.sSinr ND the body Of a deep-sea
.s.I.1 one got an impression OF
strength. -. -. orsr
--,,5ovv. the clusters Of cultivated =.
,h-,,b an the sweep Of velvet lawn
sxtsndinr 10 the great wall tnat IN ?,
closed the place, then the BEND OF -
The river and beyond, the distant 7
M fountains. blue and mysterious If
blending indlscernibly nto the SKY. n
soft sun. .clouded with the haze OF 4
su,umn. shone over IL.
lyon know how the faint moisture =,
in the bare foot will make an Inn
preston" - II
He paused as though there was ~
some compelling force in the rehec- -
ton. II was impossible to say with a
accuracy. 20 what race the man oe-
lonred He came from some queer "
blend OF Eastern peoples. His body
and the cast OF his features were u,
Monaghan. But one got always, be- =
fore him. feeling Of the hot East "
living low down against the stag
nant suez. One felt that he had !,
risen. slowly into our world OF hard q
air and sun out OF the vast swelter- 9
ing ooze OF II.
He spoke English with a certain "
care in the selection Of the words u
but with ease.
II is necessary TO try 70 under =
stand this, because Il explains the
everybody got Of the =
creature, when they saw him in
charge Of Rodman. I am using pre-
cisely the descriptive words: he was 4
exclusively in charge OF Rodman, as
, ,iv, IN an Ara hian tale might have |