Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-19

loF NetC YORK. e
THIRD INsTALLMENT.
The Beginning OF Adventure.
<[XY THEN your fellow 'townsnen learn
INV the truth, they'll forgive you;
and having forgiven you, they'll
fawn upon you" And to this
frenzy the adventurer added: 1.-THE women
will thrust their daughters toward you in
atead Of away from. you. But remember the
foolish crow who dropped his cheese"
Not even, the usual horse.trough me.
mortal. I owe this village nothing" -
The promoter Of adventures offered no
comment, but proceeded into the. library for
his portfolio and thence into the hall for his
hat and raincoat.
"The wind is dying down, . he said, "but.
1t is still raining hard"
TAKE along an umbrella. You can leave
It at the hotels
'Yeull trust me. then, with a humber.
shoot?' -
Take your pick. There never was an
umbrella in t1is house worth more than fifty
cents"
- .. Il ALI Tight, since. YOU are WtlllllE 10 ElSh
it. But bear in mind my advice about clear
ingSut for. a few months There's no place
like New York to hide in If you come to
New York. look me UP at the Bolivian En,er-
aid conpany,;s eflices. -
II will promised Bancroft csafelessly.
The adrenturer, ,NWsnt out, and the door
was closed quickly upon his heels. No word
II !. a-1.- Eco. &l.x. o,,;k lit,, ,,o rffa. ~ &t.,'
hand; but Eancroft's thoughts were already
busy elsewhere, solthe rudeness ~Qassed i'm.
noted. So 80 - ~. ( <
He got the book or antiques and returned
to the desk in the library. g. J. x. Paid
Kennedy in full. Was there any connection
* between the author and the man his father
had paid in full? If SO, thel, it signifed that
this unknown man had once owned all the
choice things in the house, the books and
vases as well as the chairs. But why were
they here if his father had paid Kennedy in
fun? Well, he had the publishers name.
and address; ard probably Smell .would'know
something.
He shut down upon these cogitations bs
cause they threatened to beWilder as we'll az
crpress him, and studied the photograph OF
George Bellman and read the synopsis IF bis
ytruly remarkable adventures as promoted by
TIE Great Adventure company. s'
q Bancroft knew that he ought to laugh; but
there was ndv no inclination to do so. The
personality Of the nan-whatever his indi-
viduality might beAwas not a thing to be
laughed at. A man who evidently read ArsN
Poettca in the original could not very well
: be insane. He might be some new species
of humoorist,. but there could be no question
as to his sanity. His words and actions had
been according to the book, that Of a pol
ished man Of. the world, although many OF
his phrases and acts had suggested an abid'
ing quality Of mockery. TO offer advon-
lures for. sale, as one. offered lightning rods.
oraeleotric Washtubs, or silos; ordinary com
mon sense rebelled against the idea. But
wasn't ordinary common sense balancing on
onaL foot these days? Wasn't the whole world
more or less mad? 1t had been dreadfully,
, sicK, and was still feverish enough to act;
Enthusiastically. The Great Adventure com:
paay. Well. when he went TO New York he
would give the concern some particular at
tention, IL only to learn If there was a joker
hidden
He took the ten thousand from the drawer
J ana stuffed the bills into one pocket, the
prospectus beautifully engraved and the
Belln1an addenda into another, and decided
togo to bed. The after effect Of the wine
was making him sleepy. n turned. and
stared into the dirnming Are.
How little he knew of his father! The. will
uointsd to the fact that II there were any,
relatives, they had been utterly ignored. Smell
would know; at least, he would know some
thIhe about the fathers boyhood and why he
had chosen this foraker hole as a habita.
tion. ,s .4s
fence. there. the dropping porch, the crurn-
biine paint: whenever he had suggested re-
pairs, his father had said: " Let be. I am
used to it as 1t is.n' That had been miserly-
o*let the old home 80 to rack and ruin. for
the want Of a few nails and a bucket OF
paint. His death. and his astonishing wealth
= had swung all established opinions into q new
anrle: he had to be Reconstructed he was
now less the miser than the man Of mystery.
M mad not won seven millions by scrinnping
a~ndhaggling and pairing, hut as one amongst
great competitive energies.
Phe resolution came swiftly. He would 10
EtoSNew York tomorrow evening, and he
would 30 into hiding Immediately after be
had interviewed Smell and rot the rights OF
everything. He would, under another name,
EprSmote his own adventure company.
The adventpfer.. now once again the tres.
nasser, stood-a few feet away from the win.
dow.S Some wind,driyen leaves eddied about
IA feet, mournfully. He saw each met com.
nttted by Bancroft: and asfile finally turned
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