The Bozeman courier., 1927-06-24

mere barristers bow" the man said. eff
a nabob like that briefs the likes OF us,
then the future is all motors and glory"
Mark was fascinated by the great So
licitor, but astounded when Old Burden
sought him out after dinner and de-
manded his name. Mark told 1T, and
wondered why old Burden stared. Mark
said, I'm the son, or rather adopted son,
Of Roger Stonor, whom you may know,
sir"
Adopted son." echoed Old Burden,
and stared harder, and then began to
talk Of other things, drawing Mark out
with a good deal Of cleVerness. Mark
thought no more Of this, but week
later Roger Stonor told him that Old
Burden had called on him and shown a
great interest in Mark, so great an In
terest that he foresaW career already
in the making for his adopted son.
He was justihed-though Mark himself
threatened to wreck It. Old Burden
seemed to make a point Of being inti-
mate with Roger Stonor for the sake Of
Mark. He became friend Of the family;
he was enthusiastic about the young
mans cleverness, and when Mark passed
to the full status Of barriSter he was
ready with the first brief.
And Mark refused ito go of again
on a sea vagabondage.
Mark knew it was folly. He knew he
was endangertng a career; he knew he
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had to go. The strange, commanding
force was too strong. He felt that some
whNre, down there on the wine colored
seas and under the gold Of the sun, was
something. He must go. He dare not
resist.
Roger Stonor, in panic, talked to Old
Burden, asked him to persuade the boy
and to suggest other holidays. Old Bur
don tried, and yet it was Old Burden
who sent him of. He looked strangely
at Mark for some minutes, then said:
LET him go. We won't hold him while
this is on him. And perhaps he ought
to CO."
This time Mark wandered the islands
from the Ladrones to the Sporades-and
then came back. He was not so dis
satisfied with things this time. He had
seen beauty, If schooner sailing was still
cramped and rather dirty. He came back
because the pull had dwindled and gone
leaving him once more pure lawyer anc
denizen Of cities. On his trip he hac
tried to find out something about him
self, about a trading captain Of twenty
two years ago who sailed with his wife
on cutter He tried to find out about
an island with a hill like a witch's hal
on it. He found nothing.
| For the next two years he steadily
built up a career and a reputation, 1usti'
flying all Roger Stonor's and Old Bur
don'S hopes Of him. He was certainl!
the most promising junior at the crimina
bar, and his extraordinary flair and thor
| oughneSs in defenses suggested that tht
| day was not far of when he would b,
wearing silk and when he would be
leader in all the greatest cases Of the day
For two years he demonstrated hi
astonishing natural genius for law
then the old strange urge came to hin
once more. The command to be of ant
wandering on the warm seas asSaultet
him in the middle of his work. H
fought it, and in doing so turned hi
mind into a turmoil that lost him tn
Lemoin case. His reputation suffered
little over that, for he had already show
that he should win his verdict, and hi
failure startled people. Old Burdo
readily agreed to let him go of on
holiday, for he thought the young ma
was oVerworked. And Mark had sper
months in Australasian waters, wander
ing and asking questions and trying
find out if there was such an island g
that which had hill like witchs ha
, He had returned, obliterated ever