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EVENING ETJBLIO LEDGER-PHIIiADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY; OCTOBER 11, 1922
THE WORLD OUTSIDE
By HAROLD MacGRATH
n.llUnt tery or a fight for $7,000,006 and a beautiful girTu lev
Tbthi """" cf "Th Ma? en h Bex" "Luch of thm lrith"
Copyright, lUt, hv Hareit UaeOreth
etighly but quietly Mr. Jehnsen's sus
picions. The result Is we are exactly
where we started from. If your father
had an enemy, violently Inclined, we
found no trnre of him. i
My opinion Is this: That some
crank, who could net pet his business
te your father through the regular
channels, Bought the window via the
lire escape plntferm. The shock of see
ing him enter was tee much for your
father's heart. Dut that the stranger
was seme one aware of your father's
delicate condition and vengefully fright
cued him te death strikes me as bosh.
Tour father had been warned te avoid
any shock, net te run after street earn
or te enter crowded trains.
Mere than twenty years age he went
through n severe siege of pneumonia,
and his heart had been in a precarious
condition ever Blnce. Ills town physl
elan here net long age declared te me
that Silas Bancroft wan a marvel te
medical science. Logically he should
have died ycar3 age.
He hnd his office In ours for mahy
years, and by se delnir kent out of
the turmoil, though always within im
mediate touch. Only bin broker knew
ins telephone number, which was ours.
He was as Inaccessible as the Matter
horn. Se excitement eddied around but
never touched him. Hence his pro
longation in the affairs of men.
Your father came in that morning
with his usual abstract nlr. He went
directly Inte his office, which was his
Invariable custom. Only upon our
signal was the deer ever opened before
the lunch hour. Your father was with
out fear, and the locked deer was te
firevrnt such intruders as might be
ucky in passing the barrier from an
noying him.
The waUebaskct wan filled with
crumpled and tern wraps of paper. AVe
found nothing which would Indicate a
threat, however. But the date en his
desk calendar was circled heavily, ns
if something momentous was te take
place. Uut that might have been
Mime nnlver6ary.
Jehnsen was alone In the main office
at neon. Suddenly he heard high
voices In your father's office. A pro
longed All! then silence. Jehnsen ran
te the deer nnd signaled. There wns
no answer. Th-n he ran outside te the
fire-escape and get into your father's
office through the opened window. Your
father lay sprnwled ever his desk, dead.
New, Jehnsen may linve been mla
tnken. The velcen may hnvc come from
the alley, for all the outside windows
were up, the wcplher being mild. Thcre
were trucl'inen and stevedores In the
warehouse nlley. Nene of them had
heard voices or seen anybody en the fire
escape. Net even Jehnsen. And there
you are. If they had net been John John Jehn
eon en the fire-escape It is credible that
n stronger might have come and gene
without being observed.
Even if Jehnsen's suspicions have
any foundation, there Is nothing te be
done in law. If your father had an
enemy of the violent tjpe it Is strange
that in nil these yeara I had never
heard of it. Of eeurhc, with n hilent
man like your father, you never can
tell. We shall always wonder why your
father emphasized the date en his cal
endar. It may have been the windtip
of some deal, or some nnniernry. He
was totally out of the market at this
time; se his death could net possibly
benefit any ene but you.
Come Inte town as seen as you pos
sibly can and we'll talk it ever. Be
sides, the banks will be minting your
signatures. Itespectfully jeuis,
GEOItGE D. SNELI,.
The Mallvelcnt Stranger
Bancroft slipped the letter under the
blotter and went back menially In re
view. Never, se far 111 hu could recall,
had there been evidence en his father's
part of perturbation or anxiety. He
himself had alwnjs belted the doers
nnd windows nt night, i.ever his father.
Se then, if thcre had been an enemy,
his father had geno about his affairs
unufinid. Off t New Yerk at 0 In the
morning and buck nt 0 In the evening,
regularly as clockwork, never staying
In town ever night,
lie was inclined toward Snell's
theory, that the head clerk s ears hed
tricked him. Among his father's papers
he found no' lead of any distinction,
one that would point te a pergenal
enemy. Se far he had discovered
nothing but results, no beginnings, no
data as te hew this or that deal had
had its inception, only the censum
matien thoreer.
There wes one slip of paper, un
dated, that rather puzzled him: "Paid
Kennedy In full." This was heavily
underscored, ns if his father had been
in an emphatic mood at the time. But
in all the papers that alone was the one
sign of emphaslB. AVhat had provoked
this eraphe Ms anger or satisfaction?
At any rate, whoever Kennedy was,
he had been paid In full. Still, he
would take the slip into town; 8nell
might recollect this man Kennedy.
There was a queer angle te the whole
business ; his father, living In this cheap
old hetibc, in e village which despised
him, when he might have lived like
a prince; the office within an office,
ns if he were hiding. A miser. And
yet, as lie recalled his father's coun
tenance. It wns net the pinched, thin
lipped visage of the miser, the accepted
type; it had been pale and thin but
jerenc. A quiet man, who spoke but
little, who hnd no loves, no fads, no
friendships.
What was the meaning of all these
lenuimi noens, tuese lovely vases i
thcte. this table nt u-liir!i im nt'. ii,. '
had never been his father touch a book
or handle a vase. What, then, were
these tlilnes delnir In tills linncn. uMli
threatened te tumldc apart whenever
ii aiurm nuireieil It 'Lhen wim unine
wm1. as l,e should have done', be iik 'nann1eF ,of rtdtlle. but. no visible thread
tlnu. 7 "ur. Instcud, his nir. "' J,,ulu unravel it.
r and imraedlate sensation wns1 nilt ne.nrly 'even millions, all his
ettenT'!0fi.,w- Net Impending
nut of the Storm
Tup man en the wrong side of the
"fnd0W-and te be en the wrong
ii of cozy windows wns this man's
wlferccd the umbrella down against
U head nnd shoulders te prevent It
ii being blown out of his hand, for
m.Xnal gole wns full of uncx
tbii" lulls nnd rages. Under his left
M a "atber portfolio, snugly
!H5 Prem time te time he teetered
i i kiisncfd himself against some extra
! Malt. The covering of the um
IrtllJ iav '"rth a ,ew' contlnueus
"m'itoed at the side, at the very
j2 of the square of yellow light, shot
"!!' Jnatkllng rain, that poured into
5"V,PknewV brightly as It passed the
"mIw Sill! but filtering quickly Inte
fXtm mist above a dull green
H"lL& through which the tres-
luiwf pecred-nnd lip was a trespasser,
K for the present, he preferred the
SSwrte the deer-was in a mean
S,,ii en a mean street in a mean vll-
C a village which was moribund,
lice, a .T1" ?...., .- .ii. -.. .!
. Li.it vartivnfi lit him. nub ul el.iv.
KSr The clapboards of this pnr
ttrVe were dingy gray. The
h i roepcu lerwuni, imu ..,
SkeuTdera of a man tick of ife. unc
ticket fence might easily nave uci
taken for the teeth of some prehistoric
Kemter that nail iivcu net wuiy um
tee well, w full et gaps and raggedness
wi It The giccn blinds alone re
tained seme cf their pristine freshness.
It might have been Hint the rain had
temporarily varnished them.
The trespasser could sce clearly every
mve every expression of the young
pin en the cozy side of the windew:
ind beyond him, Miclt upon , bhelf of
Lks, and above these, ancient Ming,
Green Kagu, Marl and cloisenne. Hie
louse wns like a human wreck, filled
dh wonderful memories; something
like hlmbelf. Memories! Memories that
ntHn could smother, neither time, nor
pltce, nor nctlen.
His sudden convulsive grip of fury.
combined with n blast from the tempest
Itrenger thun uny preceding, broke the
bate 01 tae iiiuureua wiicm u cmcira
the handle. The blnck canopy whirled
aloft and away, drunkenly, nnd vnn
Isbed like some evil bat out of Bracken.
Jt seemed incredible that the young
tjn nitliin. uhcre nil was se cheerful
irith lamp light and Are light, wns in
nowise disturbed by the fire of the inn inn
Irteleney that burned mi tierce In the
trefpiiMer's ejes. The gift of pre
vimee was net this jeuns man's, liew-
i?fr, for lie was utterly linn'vnie of the
uLer's prcbciue or that the nlr was
electrically ehnrged with miilevelency.
Oil; the troubled conscience knows
night of occult forces or fears them.
Tha man outside presently became
ttnslble te the fact that he was being
foundry pmnmelcd by the rain ; te he
lurried te the perch nnd pulled the
doerbeU. Hew lung had he been peer
ing Inte the w inrlew? Twenty minutes,
pernipa. uui'uimei-uiuie uui m't't'ttsiuj ,
lisce the opportunity freely te btudy
the young man wub one net lightly te
beigoercd. And what hnd he icarned?
Tilt the boy had a mobile countenance
lid, when ulenc. permitted his thoughts
te print themselves distinctly upon It.
But would tne countennuce be mobile
eider the observation of strange cye7
That remained te be learned.
Tie reung man Nit rcudlne at a flat-
tee desk, cnen which steed a student's
limp, its nickel oil container tarnished
Mjend redemption. The upper half of
bis face r.is nnrtlnllv masked in
iladew, but easily remarked; his chin
and mouth, in the free light, were no
ticeable for the bquarencMi of the one
and the wlilmticnl tendemeug of the
ether. He rend from typewritten sheets
which lay lint upon the desk. Some
times he would prep his elbows and
rest his jaws upon his palms: or he
wuld slump In the chnlr, his arms
angling, stare into n darkened cor cer
ttr, and upon this Itcmbrandt back
ground paint a dream, u pugeant In
Klrk-t. LCrlmns. or nnn In uilvni. nt.,1
geld.
Outside the wind howled nnd rain
ashed. Uut it was waun and cheerful
a thli room. Legs burned briskly in
the firenlhrfv SiliMi'nu nn.l Llnl.nL. nt
kks lined the four walls : books with
ira ducks una blue, hand tooled in eiher
id geld, whole calf nnd limp me-
FQCCOImnilrfwlfc. .if ttiam A ..... .1.-
njaest shelf were a dezeu exquisite
naei, ancient China and Japan. The
w, a heavy nutwoed, was beautifully
. , ! I'.w.wun a- iuiuiiiiim.
. i j .e ?0UnK man- ee thoroughly ab-
jreed in his typewritten sheets, neither
m. . ?,or the PQttery bigniiled any
"ag te his mind beyond the fact that
i always gathered a mysterious pleas
we In beholding them. Thnt these ob-
Jttll 0r mir rt nln in t,t u
lnatnctlvely knew, but he could net
m told why he knew. The lloe.r. was
wed with an ordinary rng carpet,
JSRfJf tllctllrc8llel(l8 U1"l under the
ii i V,M pftper wus elJ nnd faded,
Kf if cerPcr? ; the woodwork that
"' the oak shelves waa dull white
m with broken blisters.
uH.Len, "!iUi","sl" the 'eun8 man
it. ' '"J ,l",t t0,le et suppressed
chl. i,0",'1'10 '" cntheilriilB, where
jctee lie m wnlt te confound us If
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Wi m , iS rer ,nenths he had
in 1.itLh?d.n?t troubled him te
Inte th. Tet.'..? . ha nnd ceme
r" tug nctUQl nnucnn .1 .n
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says she's getting te be quite a
book collector and hopes some time
te get a few original nendescripts.
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PETEYLefa Figure This Up
SCHOOL DAYS
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nVi" ??ws seven nillllenR nn,i l tee elusive.
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rr the rip,.,.. .nnUjr' ' 0 nut
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The iaiiellni? nt til wlreH rlnnrhslt
broke In upon thene cogitations. He
rose, hurried into the hall, and opened
the deer.
''Mr. Bnncreft?" asked ths ylelter.
Yes."
"May I have half an hour of your
time?"
"Hang your hat and raincoat en
the pcy and come In by the Are," said
Bancroft, hospitably.
The visitor divested himself of his
hat end rulnenat and followed his host
into the library. IIh stepped up te the
me and dried his hands.
"A geed deal of weather, I should
say."
"And mighty dark nt ft o'clock,"
was Bancroft's comment. "I Imagine
It's n big storm off the coast, as the
blew cempH from the southeast. Dry
out nnd take a chair. Selling some
thing?' he added, returning te his chair.
"Yes." The visitor, who had re
cently bepn the trespasser, exposed a
shoe te the flames. When this began
te steam, he repented the operation ,
with the ether idiee. Then he wnlked 1
te the chair oimeslte the desk, deposited
I the portfolio at the hide of the chnlr,
and Kit down. "Yes. 1 have semethlii,;
te sell. Hut whether I Mill It or net
depends upon jour Imagination.
"Ah!" -The young man neither
smiled nor frewneil ; his expression was
pleasantly neutral. "Imagination, eh?
Well, I'll lUtaa."
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