Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-23
SEVENTH INSTALLMENT.
Three Men, One Girl.
nv YH1TEsIDE laughed algb, and repli

$YY YH1TESIDE laughed alsb, and replied:
"Just about. Mine only goes as Fur
as two rubles--When it comes to this
a rotterr invention. I'm all shot up
@about my job in Montana. 1t was really a
Afrst~rate opening:/
q They fell. to taxing about his Job; andpftes
they parted Bess remembered, with some sur
prise, that they had left the tearoom laugh
ing: -WtAnkinsfb6fkf6 the ofaeesshe 6pscuiAly
felt that there Is a great deal Of, lauehter in +
the language of youth.
Whiteside boarded a north bound car.
Climbing the dirty stairs to the camera fac
tory, anxiety abo4 his uncle came upper
most in his mind and as he stepped into the
1plain, cheap little showroom he was much re-
4 lieved to see, through the. half open door op-
posite, that the. old man was at his desk. The
d young man looked good natured as he entered
4 the dingy Office, closing the door behind him.
1 and sat down in the plain, wooden chair near
the desk. M -. .
"tWell. uncle. I've finally got a report on
that root room; one that we can bank on"
1 he announced cheerfully.
The lank camera maker, his Team. red face
i dropping sourlyln all its lines, was regard.
h ing him with a kipd Of inveterate suspicion
Il The;smalls hot eyes, that looked so'oddly bald
because there were scarcely any eyebrows
\ above them, seemed to reject his report in
ii ADVANCE NH1tCSH19 Nuc" l!dC d CiISulAlol<aAt
tial account would be necessary, and began.
~ EtolG you, IL you remember, that / tolc
Miss, Malden-Harwood's secretary. You
know-about the camera and gave her a
Z, sketch Of it, so She could Identify It,"
Curtin nodded grumpily.
n I. Well. she's looked in the safe and all
lsa.Around. the room." Whiteside continued
a cheerfully. 1.-THE camera isn't there"
For a moment Curtin yiewed< his nephew
with a kind of sour pity, as ~thoughrhe had
II given evidence of feeble-mindedness. and re
piled. in a dry. matter of fact grumble%" OF
EScotfSe she'd lie about it"
~ No" Whiteside, assured him earnestly.
F" I'm sure she's telling the truth. I've got
t~atacQuainted with her, you see. We've Just
3been to lunch together. l told her that:the
~ camera had been tstolen fronSyou. I'm sure
she's telling the truth"
9 But that assurance made no more impress.
sion upon the camera maker than thu babble
@of a child. He recalled that the young won.
tBan. whom he had seen onceH,at the Slow
>aRiyer factory and once in the; roof room was
ssRnooSda. looking. Possibly this Anticipated
44young man had been getting seztimentaliy
interested in her. At any rate, her testi;
aInnonve Regarding tie root room, seemed so
utterly beneath notice that Curtin turned
AAanack to his Uttered desk. An idea occurred
SO him, and he looked 'aroupd, ~to,inQutre: l
S2as" . ii anything about Steinrnan?"
fJNgR"No;.1 didnt'' Che nephew confessed agol:
atogetically. Twas m taken up W'tn
,R Us s esas1- i. about that, ,toorr Curtin com.
.stnented almost impersonally: But you
atmipht have asked her. Then with a sudden
.ahotlencrgy he declared. 1" Everybody around
,IHarwood les!" as though It exasperatedy g
s9reasonable man to And g nephew overlook
;zfng 80 plain nd~simple a fact as that.
-assWhiteside realize1 the uselessness OF FUR
aNs1fSs. src,,ment. andfemafked; !" I missed yor