The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-04-13

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the young lady"
''Then he was after that bookp !
cried In CONSERVATION.
"He was after the girl PEI
"Not at all took Nancy Burton
to lunch today, and she told me all
about what she pleases. for some OBJ
scure reason, TO term her elopement
with Mr.. Brandon Tower-Peter told
you something of that, too. see.
Well, Mr.. Tower learned from her
prattle of the purchase ut this book
1t seems to have had curious In
terest for him: three times In the
course of the said eIopement he tried
to get possession of It'll" | gave the
details. and had the pleasure of see
ing Mr. Roberts sit gaping with
amazement through the narrative.
Mr.. Roberts departed with the law
book. FASTENED toward the rear OF
the shop for some volumes needed.
Ulysses was polishing the elevator
cage.
Finally he said:
81 done tell you the truf this morn
in, Miss FullerI knowed somp'n
powerful bad was go'n' happen, and II
done happen: and Mist Case call me
ole stuperstuous fool !"
"Mr. Case called you :"
couldn't finish the sentence. for amaze
ment Mr.. Case. perhaps the most
truly polite person on earth, and some
times, It was to be feared. the only
polite one In Darrow's. to call Ulysses
namesl "Well, it's true something
did happen" finally managed to ad-
NIT discreetly.
"Yas'm." said Ulysses, complacently.
Does they know who that poor old
gemman was YETI"
"NO." l sighed
Ulysses drew himself up to his full
six feet and stood motionless, bis
brass-polish can In his left hand,
bunch of waste In his right. His face
was expressionless. He announced In
sepulchral whisper:
81 knowsl"
was certainly startled, but conf
dent In Ulysses abysmal private
knowledge of anything that might con-
Germ DarrOw's,
"Who was he, them demanded.
"Mist' Charles GrosvenOr," an.
nounced Ulysses.
"How do you know?"
81 knows"
"But how. Ulysses? Please tell mel"
Looking very important, he produced
from his sweater pocket ragged
newspaper clipping. At the head of
the article was an excellent likeness
of the very old gentleman whose iden-
tity was in question, and beneath 1t
the caption:
NEW YORKER BORN IN MANHATTAN
Lives 20 Years in Sans House
Charles Grosvenor, Eminent Retired
Merchant, Reaches 8 Score and 10
at His Birthplace In Nor
mandy Terrace.
"Mr. GrOsvenOr-very distinguish !"
as Ernesto had observed three hours
beforei So, In my zeal to aid Provi-
dence, | had put Nancy I'm the way of
q
nice downtown fiat, thus arranging
that Peter should live In the same
house which had been the home of the
old gentleman who had-just for a
f1eeting moment, of course !-seemed
mysteriously connected with the book
plate which that girl had certainly
But away with assumptions!
"Why didn't you say before If you
knew who the old gentleman wasp l
inquired severely. Hes been dead
several hours now"
"Yas'm, | knows that" observed
him when he's found. Mist Riggs
hustle me to watch shipping office,
then Mist Case call me ole fool p
The reply was not exactly direct,
but | knew 1t was all could get
However, I ventured:
did you cut this clipping out be-
cause you'd seen him here In the
shop?"
81 cuts out pieces bout folks l
knows" returned Ulysses, primly.
At this point Mr.. Case stepped out
of his office. l ran toward him with
the clipping.
"LoOk at this" l cried. do you
recognize him?"
"Good Lord!" he gasped; "it's the
old gentleman! Where's Almy?
"Right here" answered Mr.. Almy,
appearing in the door of the shipping
office.
firmly took the clipping away from
Mr.. Case, and handed it to Mr.. Almy
as an earnest of what he could expect
from my cooperation.
'The old gentleman" l announced,
sis identified"