Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-16

NO. Too far out Of tile way. Will YOU
have a cigar or a cigurel?"
Thank, no. Sorry to have bothered
you"
90, you haven't bothered me in the least"
Eclllnan declared, smiling, as h. opened the
door.
AS he closed it he remained stnIing at the
panels and twisted the ends of his blond
mustcchc. On the other side of the door
e. Bancroft also stared at the panels: and as
lac had no ns,:stacile to twist he rubbed his
chin. This little tableau was actually based
cpon mutual admiration.
Bancroft was certain that Eei!n1an had
recognized him, bat had ignored all leads.
Jle had also cut the promised half hour down
to 4 quarter. and had fairly hustled his visi.
tor into the hall.
What did. they want Of him? What were
they really after? Belllnan had Travelled. 1t
was not the array Of labels that led Bancroft
to this deduction. He had particularly
quizzeI the cS-secret service man. who had
informed him that one could buy labels. but
il would be extremely, difficult to obtain
United States customs stamps. ana custom
stamps were. visible on T'ellNlan's luggage.
All this meticulous care: wat Gid it. sig.
Nifty? What lid C~olling,woo1 ercinia
Bancroft possess that Daniel Stewart wanted
Sc badly! If he was after money why hadn't
he offered ac,ncthins that had sense and rec.
son in its makeup? The Great Adventure
Company. Very well: in a few days he would
call upon Daniel stewart-and buy an
emerald!
The most remarkable attribute of the
mind is not that it absorbs fact but rather
that these facts can be summoned or dis
missed at will. There is no eXertion: it hap
pens as easily as the Shifting Of the CAM.
era shutter, And so it was with Bancrofts
mind. The moment he reached the street
the Great Adventure Company and its rami-
tications, the sense Of prelnonitory evil, van
ished wholly. He was to have tea with
Nancy Bowman at four O'Clock.
He hurried down into the subway. In the
six days he had tested all modes of transpor-
tation and had learned the folly of trying
to make distances by surface cars or taxis.
Or the way down he studied the advertise
ments, hoping that he might see Nancy's
picture somewhere; and, not finding any, he
c~onju:ed her up as he had first seen her,
drenched, disheveled, but smiling. There
was stuff in a girl who, would willingly go
through what/she had-a dead benefactor at
one end and a lonely puppy at the other.
Nancy was friendly, but guarded: Jenny
was also friendly, but with a friendliness as
wide as the door. Nancy was reserving her
decision. Jenny had no decision to make:
she had already made ito like this fresh
skinned boy from the country She had met
him twice in the hall since that laughable
first encounter, and she had found him a
good verbal sparrer, ready with a comeback
that had no jazz In It,: one moment like a
professor and the next like n regular. No.
body but a he-man would have laughed at
her threat to call in the police. Jenny
kissed me- was continually popping into her
thoughts, but she could recall nothing else.
He bafied her: she couldn't ticket him and
place him In her gallery.
How many Jumps of sugar." asked
Nancy.
Whatever you think best"
This was too much for Jenny. "Whata
you think this is--medicine?"
Ibid you ever drink tea before? /" Nancy
wanted to know,
/" Not at this hour, or so close to olympus
"Eay!" cried Jenny, her arms akimbo:
ARE you guyin' us? Are you Just out O. tn
sticks or are you some gay Weisenheimer
tryin' a new stu4t?"
Bancroft appealed bewilderedly to- Nancy,
who acted as interpreter.
She means are you honestly from, the
country or are you just pretending to be? ~
= I am honestly from the country"
Sticks" said Jenny. &3j5
Does that mean trees '',grrs 49,
K Sure; alfalfa, oats, cahbages. Are there
any more like you up there OF. down there? y"
Bancroft thought II over. 1. Maybe not"
A you goin. back there Z liver"
Not IL Lean sheip, it,
Hal Z cried Jenny. . Nowhere down I,
BRASS tacks. He's goin' + be President some