Evening star., 1927-11-17
INSTALLMENT VII.

Cant E'fanCiS 4NGWCoilbI'
The Frenchman examined the liis'
of the letters in his hand. ,...
"a CITY letter from Hippiewalte'
Joras & Simpkins. solicitors
can't. Francis Newcomhe chuckieo'
"That's about hen Runnells ran
over a month or so ago. Extremely
valuable fowl. Poultry show STOCK
end all that, you know. Nha' mas
The price risen to now!
paul Cremarre tore the letter open
."T,yo mounds, ten and six" he sald;
"Stiu much too cheap. srlnned
Cant. Francis Newcombe, "Ihe man - -
simplv robbing himself. Chuck IL II
away before Runnells sees 1t. ne
could have settled for a pound three
weeks ago. What's next!
The Frenchman examined aholiiei
envelope. -, nr-.or,
City letter again" he SAID. rohi
sThe Sabbath House.
"Ab. yes"' said Capt. Francis New
connie cravely. Most worthy OBJECT
Cave 'em ten quid last month. \
mission down in Whitechapel, you
rno,v Elevation of the uneievated
and all that. Shocking condltohs:
must see that your name goes on liia'
list ,, drowlad the
Frenchman. ..,,o
The Frenchman remained silent lor
q moment. .,.a;r of
+erritorials. "You said there were
three" A.. +ah,e
beside YOU" said the Frenchman. II
Is intime. The stamp from america;
The handwriting Of lady. You VIII
road If Yourself when you are aple.
"Able,i' echoed Capt. Francis New.
con7bo. with sudden asperity.
won't be able to do anything 1or an,
other week. let alone read. Open IL!
Won know damned well it's only my
ward in America. And since An so-
ing out there soon as I'm NJ again,
I'm rather keen to know wnat ner
Immediate plans are. Sne was goin5
TO a school friends home for the sum
mer. I've explained to you before
t,ot her mother did rather big
thing for me once and I'm trying TO
renay the debt. Open 1t and read II
10 me. There's nothing private ABOUT
it." r,.
Put. certainly" agreed the French
man. as he opened the letter. 1t Is
only that you are both young ana ina,
the thought crossed my MIND you
"Read the letter. snapped Capt
Francis Newcombe. IF there's any in
closure for her mother, you can lay
that aside" .,
"There is no inclosure, returned
the Frenchman good humorediy'
swell, then, listen. l read
The Corals.
Manwa Island, Florida Keys.
Tuesday, june Soth.
Dear Guardy:
You know, of course, was going 10
visit Dora Marlin and her father, Mr.
Jonathan P. Marlin, this Summer. 80
vo,, won't be altogether surprised at
tbe above address. You see, we
came here a little sooner than ex'
pected. so that your last letter, 1or.
warded on from New York, has just
lam wild with delight to know that
YOU have decided to come out 10
America for a visit. I showed your
letter at once to Dora and Mr.. Marlin.
and they absolutely insist that you
come here as their guest. You Will.
won't you? You old dear. You IL
have to-. else you won't see me-so
there, You see, we're on an island
in the Florida Keys and it's ever so
far from the mainland and there's no
other ulace on it to stay except with
us. I wonder. wonder II you'll know
me? I'm not the little Polly / was.
you know.
Oh, Guardy, it's simply wonderful
here, The house is really castle
end it's built mostly of coral and Is
SO pretty: and the foliage il a dream
the whole island, and it's really AN
awfully big one, Is just like huge
garden. And, too. it's just like
world all your own. The servants are
mostly negroes, with pickaninnies
running around, and they live In jolly
little bungalows, ever and ever Sc
many of them. that peep out OF the
trees at YOU everywhere you 90. And
then there is the aquarium. It's Mr.
Martins hobby. / couldn't begin to
describe it. / never knew such beau
tiful and wonderful and queer crea
lures existed in the sea.
Dora's a dear. of course. I'm sure
you'll lose your heart to her at once
And I've already grown so fond OF
Mr.. Marlin and the more so, perhaps
because Dora Is frightfully worried
about him. am afraid there is
something very serious the matter
with his mind. though great deal OF
the time he appears to be quite nor
NAL. I don't understand it, Of course
conditions in the world; but anyway
Paul Cremarre stopped reading
aloud abruptly. There was a moment
of silence while his eyes swept swiftly
on to the end Of the paragraph.
'Well?" inquired Capt. Franci:
Newcombe. whats the matter
Have you lost your place."
The Frenchman drew in his breath
sharply.
Bon Dieu"' he exclaimed excitedly
t'Iisten 10 this, II is the lamp %
Aladdin, 1t IS the Isle Of Croesus
We are rich, 1t is superb! It IS mag
nifcent, Listen. I read again:
he has a great sum of money II
banknOtes here; half d million dollars
he said. He showed it to me. 1T wa
hard to believe there was so much
Why, you could just make littl
bundle of il and put it under you
arm. / asked him why he had
here and he patted it and smiled O
me and told me it was the only saf
thing to do. And then he tried t
explain a lot of things tc me abou
money that l couldn't understand a
all.
Paul Cremarre looked up and wave
the letter about jubilantly.
'Yes, yes. he cried. Il am awake
See, 7 pinch myself, 1t is amazing
In banknotes! In American none!
That is valuable, eh? And littl
bundle that one could put under one
srm"
Capt. Francis Newcombe's lips wer
< straight line under the bandages.
I'm afraid I don't get the point,
he said coldly.
THE point" Paul Cremarre's fac
was flushed now, his eyes burned wit
excitement. But, sacre nom, tn
point is-a half million dollars in casl
And so easy! 1t Is ours for the tai
ing. The man is-ha. ha.-yes,
learned something in the war froi
the Americans-he is what they Ca
nut" He tapped his forehea
'And from the nut we extract tf