The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-05-21
Copyright 1925: by Henry c. ROwland).
the Chicago Tribune Syndicate).
IN THREE PARTS-PART TWO
THE STORY so Var

THE STORY so FAR
Jacques is i'll with the FLU. He has
called Johnny to his studio. The latter
arrives bearing fruits for the sick. John
ny is informed that Jacques is painting
the portrait Of a Balkan nObleman who
is interested in putting over a concessions
scheme in the Balkans, and that this man
BOgorOff by name, is trying to interest
MIN (Jacques) from an investment point
Of view. Jacques induces Johnny to lis
ten in on the conversation when BOgOrOff
calls for a sitting. BOgOrOff arrives and
repeats his story while Johnny listens in
from a secluded corner of the studio. At
the close of the sitting Jacques tries to
induce BOgOrOff to permit of a mind read
ing, but the Balkan c~leverly avoids the
trap.
And, now the story
BOgorOff bowed himself out almost as if
taking congo of rOyalty-and l came down
from my gOOd-fOr-nOthing listening post,
mad clear through at the impOtency of my
humtliating position. Before Jacques had
time to ask me what I thought. l pitched
into him and asked him if he thought ]
was a mine reader too, and unlike himself
a long distance one; demanded to know
how he expected a Yankee reporter whose
knowledge Of French was principally &C.
quired in French Blighty to follow the
S~taccatO monkey jabber of some Balkan
bOlshevik. Not that there was any need
| ended. I didn't have to be told his mum
Der. He's got all the earmarks of a pick
LOcket. In fact I thought for a minute h,
was going to steal your watch"
Jacques listened to my TRADE with a lOOE
OF mild amusement; then began to muncI
thoroughly some of the Tuscany grapes
that l had brought him. Then he went tC
the icebOX and produced whisky and Per
Ter water and cracked ice.
"One thing I'll tell you though" I said
after blowing off my safety valve, "thi;
fellows a yellow dOg-a cOchOn. chameau
Apache, vOyau sale type-and all the res
of those things C~Orentine called yourself
lie was scared blue Of catching your flu
That's probably the only honest thing h
said, because when you were out Their,
gargling he sneaked over to the tabOret anC
lzer and took a swig out Of your medicin,
hottie, then copied the prescription OF
something. That's all the line on him
need. Why couldn't he have done it open
lyF l wouldn't trust a man that does
trick like that around the corner with tw,
sous. He must have wanted that portal
mighty badly. to take the chance he did il
catching flu"
We'll, all that's worth a lot, Johnny
Jacques said. ESPECIALLY what you sa,
about his casting cOvetOus looks at m
watch. It's platinum and so is the chain
Everything platinum but the latchkey oil
the other end. This all confirms my Opin
ion that what he really came for was no
to get his portrait painted to give to hi
dancer, but to get me interested in his BIZ
deal. And we've got to hand it to hin
NAAot AC y B4OnAoCn 70 let HE IRtlu his U1nl
as soon IS l get over my grippe. I'd Sa.
that he's got all the faith in me you Ough
TO have but haven't"
90, he'll find some way to sidestep that.
l answered disgustedly.
Not if l know it, Johnny. I could fol
low him easy enough if you couldn't. An
1t looks to me as if he really had a bi
thing by the tail"
We'll. anyhow, my advice is to keep on
Of it, Jacques" 1 said. you don't need t
trade with birds like that"
l left Jacques then and went out into th
soft June air, glad to escape the aroma q
garlic, which I like better mixed in sau
sage than with diSinfectant. 1t seemed Cd
that one of Jacques special senses cOul
stand it, but perhaps it was his Frenc
blood Besides, the oil Of garlic has reaI
wonderful curative properties. Frenc
housewives found that out generations ag,
and have used it ever since for sore throat
and gatherings in the ears. A French arm
8 surgeon had told me after the amputatiO
OF my leg that a very little garlic circular
ing IN the blood would often arrest a prC
, cess of infection.
I hoped it would do as much for Jacuue
? who seemed to me more i'll than he admit
ted. remembered then on opening ii
r door for me that he had mentioned haviu
sent his manservant down to Hendaye O
Q some business about the creche, so tn;
t Jacques would be alone that night in b
apartment. He had net even a telephOn
hating to be disturbed n claiming tn,
while he never wanted to call anybOd
; himself, everybody seemed always to /
. calling him. As he said a telephone for
D man OF retiring tastes was a sort of poster
gate for an assault on his privacy.
1t seemed to me that i'll as he w,
. jacques ought not to be there alone. So
n decided to go later to his Apartment an
u sleep on the divan.
z I had an appointment to lunch that ds
chez Henri with the Paris corresponds
- of a London daily whom I had met. and
: the course of the meal I ske him if
: knew anything about the KarOpolOus Ba
kan concession scheme.
mot much" he said. do your"
mo, but a friend of mine has been a
preached by a man named BOgOrOff, who
q trying to interest him.
He nodded. "BOgOrOff's a sort of a
vance agent. Plausible Johnny. He us,
II to make a cleanup every once in a while
n a wheat pit at Bralia, the Danube port
Bucharest, you know, where the ROuma
ian wheat is shipped-then come to Paris
V blow the Money"
n do you think there is anything in ii
s. scheme?'
IS THE scheme would have gone throu,
already if it hadn't been for the OPPOSITE,
OF one comparatively unknown man." ga
! my acquaintance. That's a sort Of /
splred prophet, kind Of a red Lama Of
- fellow, one DR.. G~OranskO."
- Il shouldn't think that any man won
= have much influence over all the BaIk
"a peninsula with the different breeds a
factions and religious sects,' I said.
ii has, though. Doctor GOranskO is ]
vered as a hakim, a sort Of inspired heal
- even in the MOhammedan sections. Ev
In the thick Of things he's always had sa
ne conduit wherever he goes. He doesn't pl
TESS any particular religion nor does he &
as eept any pay for his services. These
ngtOus jealOusies with their jehads a
,t. holy wars M pOgrOms, have been Ovt
worked in BOlitics and are getting play
out. That staff has lost its punch, be
OF flattened out by modern ideas, except
rs emOte places"
Does this Doctor Goransko oppose T
gOrOff7" I asked.
IN "He did at first for all he was worth, a
m that's a lot. He threatened even to st,
- a general ructiOn if they tried to carry
~ their wholesale plumber schemes. He mi
~ be- all right, because Sir. Peter MacIlvai
- who was chief Of a unit Of the B. r. G.. {
ing relief work at Sofia after the war, I
- put his little house on the Cours La Re-
at GOranskO's disposition while he's
ne
50 HEALTH RESORTS
" PlPESTONE HOT SPRINGS, the AmerfC