The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-07-03
CHAPTER Ill
One Way to Break In.

A year before the day on which the
mysterious Morbach had met his mys-
fefious DEATH. Henry Archman had
moved his family from Chicago to New
York
He did not want to leave Chicago.
He had lived in the Lake city all his
life, and he had spread his roots deep.
His father. reputed to be well con-
nected in his native land, Denmark,
had brought him and his mother to
the western metropolis fifty years be-
fore, and had opened a small grocery
store. which many years later Henry
Archman had expanded into the enor-
nous meat-packing business of Arch
man & Company.
Henry Archman was sober, indus
trious, hard working, fond and proud
of the country in which he had lived
nearly all his life. He was perfectly
happy, having everything he wanted
plenty of work and power over men
and things. Like many another man.
however, he was the victim of his
family. He fought as long as he
could against their desire to move to
New York, but yielded at last.
Each of the family had his or her
own reasons for wanting to migrate.
Mrs. Archman, for instance, wanted
to break into the Four Hundred and
ultimately into the aristocracy Of the
Old world. She hoped to marry her
daughters off to dukes. earls, or
counts. Her daughter, Nellie. was not
hut ha tN
meet eastern men. Her son, Harry,
said he wanted to get a larger out
look on life, by which he meant that
he wanted to find out II the Great
White Way was as bad as 1t was paint
ed Her youngest daughter, Bessie,
wanted to go because she was seven
teen and liked anything that was new.
When they all insisted, Archman sur
rendered. He moved to New York.
bought marble palace on Fifth ave-
nue. and another up on the Hudson.
He had long contemplated the open
ing of a New York branch, and two
days after he reached Manhattan he
had opened an office and had settled
himself in 1t as firmly as If he had
been there all his life. The fact that
he had left Chicago did not mean at
all that he had stopped building up
MS business. In fact, once he had
gotten the New York branch to run
ming smoothly he began to plan to get
control of the meat supply that was
beginning to come in from Argentina.
Soon he determined to divert some of
MS transatlantic steamships to that
part Of the world. He selected one
OF his cattle boats. the Ell Rio. and
sent her to the Ontario docks to be
'verhauled and fitted up with passen-
ger accommodations, announcing that
ne was going to Argentina on 1t to
open up the business. Day after day,
accompanied by his daughter. Nellie,
he visited the basin to see how the
work was coming on. He paid little
attention to his family's social prog
ress
Meanwhile Mrs. Archman was
storming the social citadel. To aid
her she had unlimited millions, two
handsome daughters. good-looking
son, and a somewhat vague claim, on
her husbands side, to an aristocratic
Danish ancestry.
Bess. the younger daughter. being a
hearty, healthy American girl, made
much good-natured fun of her moth
ers social aspirations. Continually
she chaffed the elder lady, mode OF
attack which Mrs. Archman took In
good part and even enjoyed.
Early in the evening of the day
When Morbach came to his death Mrs.
Archman hustled In the parlor of her
nig country house. where her daugh-
'rrs were Willing away the time till
"nner should he served. She was
smiling happily. so happily that
ipSs noticed it. whats up. mumsy?'
Nhe laughed. Has Mrs. Van Astor-
Ilu Thrown open the doors of the -Four
Nnndred to you:"
Mrs. Archman blushed. Then she
'u'hed guiltily. mot Mrs. Van AS
,'r't't." she answered Maybe she'll
ne next. This letter is from Lord
Gorge Cnruthers.
Ress snickered. Hail to Lord
""rge - she cried "Who is he when
'e Is at home?"