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CHAPTER VIII.—Continued.
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"I like to henr a man talk that way.
I despise modesty In business,
course you ate coming In with us?
of
As 7 said, we shall require five addi
tional millions, perhaps more, to work
the thing properly. There Is no need
now to go Into further detnlls. You
understand the situation even better
than I do."
He paused.
"Since this Is Saturday," said Fltz
hugh, "aud since nothing can be
galued by your knowing my decision
before Monday, I shall meet you Mon
day morning at ten o'clock and will
then give you my answer."
A slight frown appeared on Otis'
thin face. He began gathering up his
dHta. "Very well. At what place?"
"At my brokers'—Shirley A Co., in
the Merrlmac block.
"At ten? Very well. I know al
ready what your nnswer will be—ttu
emphatic 'y es.' " Suddenly he stood
up, with a sweeping gesture, as
though to force into the background
everything pertaining to business.
"Now let's talk no more shop. We've
had enough for one nlghL"
While they were exchanging part
ing words the hall door opened and
Mrs. Otis and Kathleen entered.
Fitzhugh's heart seemed to stop for
the Infinitesimal pnrt of a second, und
then, as Kathleen came down the hall.
It leapt, bounded, raced on with mad
dening speed. He tingled to his finger
tips. It was the first time he had
seen her since that moonlight night
two summers ago. Then, with the soft
June moon on her glorlons hair, a
gauzy scarf over her hare shoulders,
he had thought her exquisite, ethe
real. Now, with her sables, her tur
ban of white fur, the tang of the
frosty night In her glowing skin, he
thought her ravishing, dlstractlngly
beautiful.
-Momentarily Otis seemed to hesltute.
as though reluctant to do somethlnng
Mint might afterward earn him n re
huke. But as Kathleen nnd her
mother drew near he intercepted them
with his guest and presented him. first
to his wife then to his daughter.
I As the girl spoke an acknowledg
ment of Fltzhugh's salutation she
looked up for the first time iuto his
eyes. The next Instant she started
visibly, and, seemingly unconscious of
her act, did a rather singular thing:
she came very close to him and looked
searchingly Into his fnee. The bright
color heightened In her cheeks. Her
fingers closed convulsively on the muff
she carried. Her eyes traveled swift
ly over him to his feet, nnd came to
rest ngain on his face. She seemed In
a state of bewilderment.
Then, recovering her composure as
quickly as she had lost It, she mur
mured something conventional and
was gone.
lie never quite knew, when he
found himself walking rapidly down
the driv -, with the snow swirling
round him. how lie got ttiere. Ills
brain was In a whirl, his pulse on fire,
and ov.-r and over lie repeated to him
self: "She's wonderful—more wonder
ful than ever
me!—Un iv,.-. me—
the only one.
His appointment was with Hunt at
a Mlel
he renewed the lliiril acquaintance
ship of that memorable day. A "quiet
little game" was brewing In an tipper
room, and he arrived in time to Join
at the beginning.
to him, and as he shuffled tli card'
In high feather, exchanging quips with
the men around the table anmit his
obvious good spiiils, the door behind
him opened and some new players
entered.
The next moment Fltzhugh was be
ing introduced to the new arrivals.
"Mr. Fitzhugh. this is Artie Sparkle."
A foppish young man, smiling vacu
ously, came forward with mincing
step and held out a flabby, bcjcwoled
hand.
The "quiet little game" lasted all
Saturday night and until late Sunday
afternoon. Fltzhugh's Golden God
dess, Luck, frowned upon him at first
und he lost steadily ; hut later his su
perior playing began to tell, and as
her Inclemency gradually turned to
smiles lie won much faster than he
had lost. He was decidedly the mas
ter of the others.
Artie Sparkle lost continually. Alan,
he continually drank. It wns not
quite clear whether his adversity was
responsible for his Intemperance, or
vice versa, but certainly as hts llba
tlons Increased he played the more
recklessly. He distributed his paper
treely, but as he became more Intox
icated there was a decided reluctance
to the advances. At length he was
flatly refused and Rdvlsed to go to
bed.
And she knows
Of them all sin- is
;i\, i n- -''uh
It was li -re
it
The tir't d.-nl fell
At tills point Fltzhugh, who so far
had loaned him nothing, removed the
requested number of chips from his
generous heap and shoved them across
the table to the tipsy one, who with
much difficulty counted them and gave
in exchange his I O' U for five hun
dred dollar*. They soon want the
way of the rest, and he slit slumped
down In his chair, Ids arms dangling
limply at either side, his head sunken,
his mouth open, leering stupidly from
unddr drooping lids.
Fltzhugh caught Ids wandering eye.
"Better try another stuck, Sparkle,"
he invited In a friendly way, and be
gan cutting off a small section of his
chip pile,
you to, Sparkle?"
Artie struggled valiantly to speak
distinctly. "A thou—a thou—a hie !
a thousan', ol' simp."
With considerable slowness and de
liberation the transaction was made,
and Fltzhugh pocketed Artie's 1 O U
for a thousand dollars.
The early winter darkness bad closed
In before the game ended, and most
of the gamblers were ready for bed.
Very quietly Fltzhugh went In turn
to all those who had taken Artie's
I O U's and bought them In. In all
they amounted to over eight thousand
dollars, and the ones he himself held
brought the total to ten thousand five
hundred.
way.
us?
of
addi
need
You
"How many may I help
Fltz
be
Mon
will
Otis'
his
in
al
as
and ten, Otis entered.
Fltzhugh was alone in a private
compartment of Ills broker's olhee on
Mondny morning when, promptly at
With a brief "Hood
morning," the capitalist came straight
for to the point,
und
hall.
had
soft
a
tur
the
he
"You ure with us. Fltzhugh?"
"Sit down, Otis. Make yourself com
fortable. Try one of these cigars?
You'll find them of an excellent fla
vor."
Otis took a cigar from the prof
fered case and sat on the edge of the
only remaining chair iu the small
room. Resting a long hand on his
knee, he tapped his wiry fingers Im
patiently against Ills leg. He was a
little annoyed by Fitzhugh's easy cor
diality.
He never liked to mix good
fellowship with business.
"Well?
You are coming in with
us?"
re
her
first
she
his
of
Her
muff
to
In
as
mur
and
he
Ills
fire,
him
at
Join
with
his
be
vacu
all
God
first
su
as
to
he
mas
Alan, While Fltzhugh talked a great light
not had been dawning upon Ills caller. It
was now burst upon Dim effulgently und
or lie saw the truth, lie stood up.
llba- "I understand," he said Icily. "I
more hardly think there is need for further
words."
was
to
"For all I am worth."
"Good I" Otis sat hack a little far
ther on Ills chair and smiled his sat
isfaction. "Good for you."
"What we want most of all Just
now is cash?"
"Yes, and lots of It."
Fitzhugh took out his check book,
rested It on the small writing table.
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"No!" Artie Jumped Violently. "You
Let Me Have No Such Sum. It's a
Falsehood !"
fell
dipped u pen in the Ink. "I will give
you my check now for two hundred
thousand."
Otis returned to the edge of his
chair. "We must have at least half a
million now. and perhaps five millions
altogether. I thought we went Into all
that Saturday night."
"So we did. And I repeat I am
with you for all I am worth."
Otis removed the glasses from his
aquiline nose, and. twirling them on
his finger, looked nt the younger man
Inquiringly.
"I don't believe I quite understand
you," he said.
"Didn't I speak distinctly? 1 say
again I am ready to pool my Interests
with yours to the last cent I possess."
He opened his check book, filled In
the date, stopped with Jien poised.
"Will you take my check for two hun
dred thousand?"
He turned to go. But suddenly the
thought of how simply he had been
"taken In" became too much even for
his half-starved sense of humor. He
stopped nt the door.
"It was very cleverly done," he con
gratulated. "You are a gifted actor."
'Then you won't accept my check?"
This is no game for culihlts
far
the
his
with
gave
hun
the
"No.
to play In."
Fltzhugh smiled,
atn a rabbit?"
Oil8 deemed the question unworthy
"Se
you think I
)
an answer, und the (lour closed behind
him.
CHAPTER IX.
Mondny afternoon Fitzhugh rang
the doorbell of Artie's apartment. Soon
Artie appeared.
"My business," explained Fltzhugh.
when the servant had gone, "has to
do with your I Ü U's which I hold."
"Aw, yes. You did let me have a
few hundreds, I remembah."
"The total amount." suld Fitzhugh.
"is eleven thousand dollars."
"No!" Artie jumped violently. "You
let me have no such sum. It's a false
hood !"
"Don't get excited. I bought in all
your puper after the game. It total'
eleven thousand dollars, just as I
said."
Artie spning to hl.s feet. and. light
ing a cigarette, began pacing nerv
ously to and fro. Tossing tiie ciga
rette aside, he sat down, resting hi>
elbow on his knee, and passed hi'
hand shakily across his brow.
"I can't do anything for you now,"
he muttered, without looking up
"My allowance is overdrawn and I'tr
in a hole. Y'ou'll have to wait, that's
all."
"Have I said I wouldn't?" suggested
Fltzhugh.
Artie looked up quickly, a sudden
glad hope leaping to his pale eyes.
"Then you won't press me for it?'
he wondered eagerly.
"I may not ask you for it at nil.
I may make you a Christmas present
of the entire butch, if you—"
"Only command me! I'll do any
thing you say."
"The lust three days," continued
Fltzhugh, watching the effect of his
words, "I've had detectives working
tor me on a rather delicate matter. They
were making a secret investigation ol
you and your family. I know to a
alcety your tinunclal status, your so
cial standing, and I knew before 1
came -here that you were unusually
hard up at present. I need a social
valet, and I'm willing to give you tlit
Job."
"My deah fellow—"
"I shall want to join tlie best clubs.
Y'our part Is obvious. You will intro
duce me to people whom I wish to
meet, you will procure me the entree
to homes I wish to enter. There will
he other commissions which I shall
give you from time to time, and u>
you fulfill them I will return, one by
one, your I O U's."
The effect of the proposal upon Ar
tie was somewhat singular,
screwed up his mouth iu a ludicrous
manner and emitted u sound that was
a cross between a baby's crow of de
light and the screech of a peacock,
"It's excruciating !" he cried, when
he found his breath. "It'll be fright
ful fun." He sobered suddenly. "Aw—
I say ! One teeny-weeny peep at the
slips, what?"
Fltzhugh showed him the I O U's
and he nodded his head brightly.
Then his mirth overcame him a second
time and he went off Into another peal
of delight.
While Fltzhugh sat watching him in
critical silence a servant entered and
He
announced several callers.
"Ask 'em to toddle right in." Then,
turning on Fltzhugh : "I'll try you on
my friends—what?" He smiled prêt
tlly.
"I suppose I can stand it."
The four or five young meu who en
tered were, for the most part, of Ar
tie's eluss. They were flaccid, listless,
seemingly consumed with ennui and
a-weary of the world. They talked
languidly of tailors and different
makes of motorcars. They expressed
lukewarm preferences for a certain
brand of cigarette or a particular kind
of mixed drink. None hud any indi- j
vlduullty hut ull were cut from .the
same pattern.
:
!
Some time later, iu the street lie
low. Fitzhugh paused a moment in
the falling snow and spoke feelingly
to himself.
"It's enough," said he, "to make a
man stop posing."
Then lie went home, addressed an
envelope to Kathleen Otis, slipped
therein u one-dollur hill and after it
a card, upon which In- wrote :
"May you have a Merry Christinas
Is the wish of him who bought the
soup and water."
Fitzhugh planned well In maklmj
Artie his "social valet." After that
Monday conference in his broker's
office he had surmised the relations
between himself nnd Otis would
thenceforth be uiinmleuble. Ills sur
misai proved correct when not long
afterward he met Otis and his wife
one Sunday on the drive. He doffed
his silk hat with a Chesterfieldian
gesture—and was rewarded for Ills
courtliness by being Ignored more
pointedly than If lie had been an ut
ter stranger.
Clearly after this there was hut one
way for him to see Kathleen, and that
was by the aid of Artie Sparkle.
Fltzhugh never required a second at
tempt to scale the citadel of any
home, no matter how "exclusive" that
home might be. He Immediately be
came "the sensation" wherever he
went. What with Ills distinguished
appearance, his flnshlug wit, his skill
at repartee, and, above all else, his
gift of adapting lilntself readily to any
role and playing It with avidity, his
popularity was of a wondrous growth.
He never lacked an audience, nor did
he ever fall to keep one hanging on
his every word.
But Fltzhugh had little time to be
a society pivot. Though he was be
come a lion lie seldom went out to
i
Only when lie believed he
roar.
should see Her would lie accept any
of the Invitations.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
All I* fair In love—except brunattaa.
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SCOTIA MAJORITY IS
PLACED AT
30 , 000 .
NOVA
CANADA DIVIDED ON QUESTION
Question Was on Allowing Booze to
Be Shipped In To Them—All
Cities Go Arid—Large
Majority in Alberta.
OTTAWA.—Dry forces won vic
tories Monday in four Canadian prov
inces—Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatche
wan and Nova Scotia—in which a
general plebiscite on the question of
prohibiting importation of liquor from
other provinces was submitted.
As a result of the phebiscite the
four provinces will be virtually "bone
dry," the liquor previously having
been secured through Importation.
Contrary to wet predictions, the in
dustrial centers generally voted dry.
Halifax, N. S.. and Winnipeg. Man.,
voted wet and returns from Regina,
Sask., showed a dry vote of 3508
against a wet vote of 3217.
Incomplete returns indicated dry
majorities in Nova Scotia of 30,000;
Saskatchewan 7000 and Alberta of
more than 15,000. Figures were not
available from Manitoba.
The vote was taken in accordance
with an act of the Canadian parlia
ment which, refusing to interfere
with the rights of the provinces to
manage their owq uifairs, provided
for provincial plebiscites ou the ques
tion of liquor importation.
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UNITED STATES AND JAPS
QUIT TALK OVER LAND
All Communications Off Till After
Elections.—Wait On Decision
of California People.
WASHINGTON.—Conversations be
tween the state department and the
Japanese embassy regarding the pro
posed anti-Japanese land legislation
in California have been temporarily
discontinued and will not he resumed
until after the November elections in
which the California people will vote
on the land legislation.
ly
Sells Walla Walla Farm.
WALLA WALLA.—James C. Cun
ningham and Charles Hussey of Spo
kane have sold the remainder of their
big farm near Clyde, this county, to
Arthur S. Kennedy and sons of Red
wood Falls, Minn. The considera
tion Is 3105,000. The farm consists
of 2850 acres, 200 of which are In
wheat and the remainder pasture
land. The sale includes all equip
ment.
on
Carries Record Grain Cargo.
SEATTLE.—Bound for England
with the greatest grain cargo ever
carried from the Pacific coast, the
Friesland sailed from this port Sat
urday. The cargo includes 15,000 long
tons of grain, valued at more than
$1,100,000, purchased by the British
royal commission. There are 550,000
bushels of rain in the ship's hold.
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Woman Attacked By Sheep.
LEWISTON.—Mrs. W. S. Brown of
the Anatone section was brought here
recently suffering from injuries re
ceived when she was attacked by a
vicious ram while turning a band
of sheep out to pasture. Mrs. Brown
: suffered two broken limbs and other
! severe bruises in the encounter.
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Parties Spent Big Sums.
WSHINGTON—Total disbursements
of the republican national committee
between June 14 and October 18 of
this year were placed at $2,741,503
in an official statement filed recently.
The democratic national committee
had expended $669,071.69 in the same
time.
Ills
ut
at
be
he
his
his
on
be
to
How State* Voted Four Yea
Ago.
States.
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
i 'olorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida ...
Geoncia.
Idaho
IllinoiH
Indiana
Iowa
Kannaa .
Kentucky .
ouisiana ..
Maine
Maryland
Maanach uset t«
Michigan
Minnesota
MiHHiasippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska . . .
Nevada .
I )em,
99,409
33,170
12,148
466.200
178.816
99.786
24,753
P
vn
Ï0,
»
47.148
. 462,395
. 102.308
106,514
26.011
14.611
984
11
195 . 84.5
70,054
950 . 29 »
3:54.06:4
921.699
214,583
969,990
79.875
61.197
138.359
947,885
285,151
179,159
80,429
398,025
101,063
158,827
17.776
43,770
211.615
33.693
759,496
168,383
55,206
604,161
148.113
120,087
521,784
40,394
61.816
59,191
153,282
286.514
84,025
22,708
102,824
183,388
140.403
193,042
28,316
55.368
.t.i
. 341,005
2*0,449
. 277,658
1'
211,854
6.466
60,.506
117.347
268,784
330,007
170,554
I
369.330
66,750
117.267
12,127
43.723
Hampshire
New Jersey.
New Mexico
New' York.
North Carolina . 120,1*88
North Dakota .
Ohio .
Oklahoma ..
Oregon .
Pennsylvania .
Rhode Jsland
South Carolina ....
South Dakota .
Tennessee .
Texas .
irth .
Vermont .
Virginia .
Washington ..
West Virginia .
Wisconsin .
Wyoming ..
N
. 260.352
31,163
869,115
... 53,471
... 614,753
... 97,233
126.813
703,734
44,853
1.550
64,217
116,223
84, »99
54,137
... 40.250
49,358
... 187.244
... 143,124
. 221,323
21.698
he
Total«
8.538,221 9.129,606
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at the Maryland penitentiary nt Baltimore rioted, and the photograph shows
some of the Imvor wrought by them. Guards and policemen fought for hours
and could not subdue the prisoners,
with steel doors from cells, mattresses and springs and tables,
tire department was called out and subdued the prisoners with
streams.
who had barricaded stairs anil doorg
Finally the
powerful
Recent Happening* In Thi* State
Given In Brief Item* for
Busy Reader*.
Killed in Hunting Mishap.
HARRISON.—Harry Bommer, lore
man of an Oregon-Washington Rail
way & Navigation company section
gang, was accidentally killed near
Cataldo, Idaho. Sunday, in a hunting
accident.
Dies in Auto Wreck.
IDAHO FALLS.—William Bram
brick of Boise, member of a survey
ing crew, was instantly killed recent- S
ly when his automobile went over an
embankment near Rigby, 18 miles
from here.
Drops Dead While Driving Team.
PENDLETON, Ore.—With his hands
clutching the reins of a team which
he was driving to his home at Cam
bridge. Idaho, W. W. Eastley, age
57, dropped dead near here Satur
day. In the wagon with Eastley were
his wife and family.
Odd Fellows Set Convention.
LEWISTON.—The local lodge of
Odd Fellows lias received word that
an annual grand encampment for Ida
ho will be held here In October, 1921. .
The Rebekahs will meet at the same :
! a
time. There will be from 800 to 1000
Odd Fellows in attendance at the con
vention.
Farm bureau meetings in Nez
Perce county were completed last
week and County Agent W. W. Skuse
states that this fall's work of the
ganizatlon hud been remarkably
cessful. Organization for work in the
j various communities of the county
during the coming year has been com
pleted, and the annual county farm
bureau meeting will he held
Lewiston November Ü.
Nez Perce Farm Bureau.
or
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Robbed o fHis Life's Savings.
SANDPOINT.—J. P. Herman, a
ZnïïZ t',!wn g r \ b °H ,hr | ee , TT
nssn slnm i 7 SUStan ' !(1 the
mriert hetin ^rrency, treasure
He f-irniprlv H™?"** * 8 ll0US0 ' I
h I, ,n » V , , , an ' where
of monov In°1h \ . ge T* '
nL , ef in r n r, , during the !
panic of 190.. Desiring to enter a
business venture he found himself un
able to secure anything hut cashier's
certificates, which set his plans aside
and caused a determination to have
nothing further to do with the banks.
The $4500 represents his life's
ings, which he was accustomed to pin
about his clothing
trips.
■ay
when going on
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Must Reprint Ail Ballots.
BOISE.—Printing of ballots for the
coming general election In nearly
every county in Idaho, was halted
Saturday, when R. L. Black, attorney
general, ruled that It was contrary
to the election laws to have a circle
printed at the head of the Indepen
dent ticket, thereby enabling the elec
tor to vote a straight ballot,
also unlawful to have
"ticket"
ruled.
of an action tiled In probate court.
The statute provides that where the
candidates were nominated by
tit Ion, as In the case of the Inde
pendents, It Is unlawful to have
circle at the top of tho ballot enab
ling the elector to vote a straight
ticket, according to the opinion.
It is
the word
after
"Independent."
The opinion was the result
he
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A North Idaho Fair.
Secretary O. F. Hendershot of the
Northwest Live Stock
states that the annual show to be
Association
EIGHTY
BILLION MARKS TAX
WILL BE COLLECTED IN
TWO YEARS.
60VERNMENT FEARS PUBLIC
_
S e ' zure of Real Estate and Buildings
Embraced in Secret Bill— Ap
proval Is Assured—Reduc
tion of Time Too Short.
the «»"«try from complete linancial
ruin the German government has de
termined to collect the 80 billion
BERLIN.—As a drastic step to sau
mark "relcssopfer" or "national dis
tress sacrifice" within two years in
stead of 30 years as scheduled up io
this time.
While not a word on this hubject
has appeared in the German press
and probably will not until the cab
. , , „ ... ...
: ine *f ormal !* t , auttlorizeB 1H1 , b ical10 "
! a bill establishing a complete se»
grade scale of taxation has already
been prepared and the government
feels no doubt but what the reachstag
will approve it. However, it is feared
that public resentment against the
announcement will be controlled only
it the matter is handled in an ei
of the hill is the provision for the
state seizure of real estate and build
htgs which virtually amounts to ap
propriation.
tremely cautious manner.
Among the most startling features
What percentage of the poor mam
or rich man's funds are to be con
fiscated under the new scale has no
a
he,d b >' the association November <
'io 11 would far exceed past exhibi
tlona In both 8ize an() qua | ity . "We
' I are swamped with exhibits,'' said Mr
il'MHlcrshot, "and the great problem
' is to find space for them. The sheep
! department alone has Increased 10»
a per cent .. _ , ast year litl d the
' pace allotted t o hoises has been
filled TherB wI „ be 50 per Pent more
Shorthorn cattle on exhibit tills yea r
than last." Plans are now under way
by the directors of the Northwest
Live Stock Association to enlarge the
to In
yet been estimated.
scope of the show next year
elude agricultural and horticultural
exhibits, making It a regular fair
Phosphate In This State.
The Anaconda Copper Mining c 0 " 1
pany will use part of the proceed»
from the sale of the new Is« 116
$2r>,000,000 7 per cent bonds to ex
pand Its phosphate rock huslne»»
the fee
01
Eventually It will also enter
tllizer field. Tho company Im« •£
qulred a phosphate rock deposit -
Idaho which Is estimated to n
of l»lK h
In
is
more than 50,000,000 tens
grade material which can he wor •
through tunnels. The cost of »> lu 1
will be small and profits on shlpn> en
hould M
fertilizer*
of rock at current prices s
substantial. lHunand for 1
from western farmers has been *ro
lng during the last few years,
this, coupled with the requlrej 11
from the far east should result n
opening up of promising ,)<,ss * '
the gradual -expansion <>l i , AI L. rftê t
da's output, say* the Wafi S
Journal. The company has
control of another phosphate ro
posit in Montana about 35 in •' 8 ...
In all probability
deposits will be purchased.
a
for
other
its smelter.

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