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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1922
!T WORLD OUTSIDE
i By HAROLD MacGRATH
Thrilling or? of " " or 7000000 and a beautiful glrVi love
by the author of "The Man en the Bex," "Luck of the lri$h," etc.
CemrtiM, tttt, tv Hareld MacOrath
m.iiu trtffl l Till: HTIIIl V
if Bft!'' .;,.,;,. recluse uhe dltd I
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WW ";);.M (i alrl e (He (icafm,
fijSMOH a croefe in Stuearfa cmvleu.
nitirak WMutAx! e the "Advtnturt
haii '" .".v .:::. .
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gfiirn cii.iii "" ' ""' snow.
ttmi (He "id.r llmicrett had uncxelalned
iiallnet. He no n"'"""""1"
Seeing the Bright Lights
. ..... mi. i ....,.1.., Ml
VOU tCt III COniC. ill llimimm: ..
X let me off nflrr three. I'm worth n
Inndrcd a week t' thnt dame, an slic's
... T Imve a wny of makln' the hus-
hmM amiable. She wants t' put me in
lbttrle. but I Rave her th' nix en thnt.
I'm net shewin' my legs nnywlierc but
Mdnil th' lights. He thnt guy Is from
If. Jliintrv Well, believe me. It must
Unm "village. Veu should have heard
llm "peutln- semctbln about 'Jenny
H?Xn drinking?"
"That bev? Net with these red checks
clear eves. There you go! When
Z 2" SU 1'eter you'll sniff. en , have
Knnfc th ntuff an' nhviij-H will. Did I
Smu H.m" Buy is cailln It Prh
I..J u-ih th ncecnt en th bosh
tot, don't nil ef 'cm Ret squiffy
A bt in dear el' Lunnen. A s
as
the y in lcnr el I'Unnen. A souse
"., ;!( (htni! in th' world te E't
rid of; you get up nn' walk uwny. If
teu don't wnnt t re you sny, 'Hire n
lll' That quiets 'era down. There s a
hundred vnyn e squelchin' 'ein. Oee,
ild. old Daddy Bewman stuffed your
bead with a let e' junk. Loek nt mc.
I e evervwhere nn' hnve geed times,
uC ain't headed for th' reformatory
none. Of reiirse, there's a 'et e' hard
boiled eggs; but you Mmply give i 'etn
th gnte after th first round. Say,l
iln't heard tli' jewel song lately."
Nancy trewneu aim ieukcu uwuj. x
laven't had the heart," Blie snld.
'Teu ve made mc lese some 01 my ran-
"nce.
Aw, kid, I'm serry: i mun t wani
t' hurt you, but you was givin up
irerythin' for semcthin' you wnsn't
Hire et. unenun yeurscii euiu goon
times, nn' nil that. Your Daddy Bow Bew
man was n geed seeut ; but whnt'd he
knew nbeut n girl's heart?"
"He only wanted te save me from
Mhapnlnesfl."
"An piled it en t you a mile ingii :'
Xanc.v turned upon her friend with a
mecies of fury se new and unexpected
teat Jenny wns dumfounded.
"De you wnnt te knew? I nm whnt
I am by sheer force f will. Every drop
ef bleed in mc cries out for geed times
and mere geed times! That is why I
hare buried myself in study, study. I nm
alraid of myself. Wne nm 17 1 don't
knew. My name isn't Bewman. Only
Ged knows what it Is! And the knowl
edge sometimes fills me with the wildest
recklessness; nnd if I ever let myself
go in these moments l dare net picture
the end. Tent is why I net like a snob
tad n prude!"
She flung herself into Jenny's arms,
lad Jenny held her close, with infinite
tenderness nnd understanding, until the
aterm passed.
Bancroft, tingling with unaccustomed
motions, returned te his room. Here,
hi this house his house! A mirncle
had happened. Here wns Nancy Bow Bew
fan, the splendid, whom he had
followed in his dreams and nlghtmnres.
and about whom in the daytime he had
woven glamoureus adventure. Here,
across the hall : no longer the moon,
wit a human being like himself.
At 10 o'clock Bancroft had n visitor.
This vWter wns n man of mldd'e age,
lth the address of n prosperous mer
ehant. Bancroft greeted hint seriously
tad ofTered a chair.
IOU llAVP Mtnm infnrmnllnn fr
Be?"
')es, Mr. Bancroft."
'('olllngsweod. please."
erv vnll u I h ...... ..-..in !..
wrmntlen; hut whether it's whnt you
n or net I am nimble te sny."
pll ulirtnf l.iu r... Ti-ii
tT. i! "" W"D "t-u'K" iieiiiniiii.
ii i umi inuggeii or linger printed.
be jar as I can, find out he's en the
leel. He's been Jiving quietly at the
MM fop kPvnrnl ,,.l,u f..l.. .1:.
M leturned from n world tour. His
mis ure nnid regularly and he seems
te have pH-nty of money. Net much
ftiV ,h?n ou Qre. xoed looking und
urely that I, brisk nnd nmlnble in his
X. 1 . ' S011"-'' from somewhere in
vA.i ' "" .leiucu iruiu .new
JL iins ,,le" from ,n,t et town often
. He Is waiting for his fiancee, who
Sk.. ns.,t0,h',n from ,CT01- t'1 I'aclhV.
"Ti" II'eul11 'K I about him."
(1i " mi j wanted te knew."
'0W. the Unllvlni, V,,.,.i.i r...
& ltcr&' T'.'P. """ . nbieve-
Jf betwen forty ami fifty thousand a
eM. wc" wlt" ,lle OUStOlllH
JJf u' ''hk'1' ,n('ans H'nt there is mi
U il K n.rtc ""Ilvlnn office is In
Btewart."
"Uunlel Stewart,"
weuebtfuiiv.
Bent i rbi',aml Uvcs ,n n npnrt
aWCC"( .,htt"J1 bookshops. II, lives
ir... 'I""" servants. Walks th,
' r.,. . iu,jniiy, out has
- itiuui.tinu i.'i.....ii..
I return. Any en-di left ever from the
letter of credit te he applied against the
alarv, which you can held for me until
I in bnck in this pert."
"I agree te that."
"All right," said the mnn hunter, his
a.c roving nbeut tlia room nnd com
paring the meagerncss of the furnishing
With the reVIlllU'SM nf hln Mm. Mnnie-
thing like seven ll'eiisand, nnd yet this
oey iiniin t batted nn eye. Bancreft:
he would consult old man Knell te sec
where the youngster get his money,
"flip deal's en. New, whnt is It you
wnnt me te nnd out down there7"
"All the names of the former owners,
down te tliu present, of the Bolivian
r.mernid i einpany ; nnd if you come
across Kennedy nmeng these nnincs you
can start for home. The important
peinc is Hint Uitiiiel Mtcwurt slmll linvi
no knowledge of this enterprise."
"I see, sir. Supposing we go te your
bnnk nt once and have the letter of
credit iiiudc out? The sooner I stnrt,
the better. Kennedy; and initln's?"
"I (mispect that if any they will be
"The author of the book?"
"I Jiave only n suspicion."
"Well, somebody must hnve owned
the mine before Daniel Stewart. Ne
physical rKks in this, is there? I'm
net shying; en'y I wnnt te be heeled."
"If you cnii manage te keep Daniel
Stewart in the daik there will be no
risks."
"I'll keep him in the dark. I can
go te Snn FrimcNci) and sail from there.
When we lenve the bank you can hand
me a phony cheek. I'll leek it ever,
lhen we'll shake hands nnd part."
"Why that?"
"Because you may be followed. Yeu
never can te. The (heck business will
make It leek iih If you had paid me off.
0 11 net be seen together again. This
job is Important or you wouldn't be
sending me thousands of utiles away.
New, some one might net enre te huvc
veu dig up what you nre hunting for.
Logical deductions, they call that."
It never entered into Bancroft's head
net te trust the man. Snell had rec
ommended him as a man who hsul served
with the Department of Justice during
the war. If there wns any speculative
thought nt all regarding the detective
it was based upon envy. Frem New
Yerk te La I'nz was a tremendous ad
venture; nnd he would have liked the
job for himself.
"If you find Kennedy's nnmc. cnble
Yes; if it appears nowhere, cable Ne.
I don't wnnt any letters or cables that
will explain anything. Remember
thnt."
"Yes, sir; geed iden. New, I'll be
honest with you, Mr. Collingswood.
The thing could be solved right here in
town."
'Attended by a dozen risks of having
your business known. The least rumor,
nnd I may find myself blocked. I am
In a blind alley, the same as you are.
I want an indisputable, undebatable
fact; and I stand leady te spend several
thousand dollars te ucquiru this fact."
"Fer a young man, sir. you seem te
knew your mind," said the detective,
admiringly.
r "Perhaps I was educated te knew it.
Ne doubt you are mystified ns te what
I really want."
';Se doubt whatever. But my hus
ncss begins and ends with carrying out
jour instructions."
"Precisely."
That Bancroft wns the young man's
name, rather than that en his ticket
of lodgment, was sufficient te excite
censldeiab.e interest in the detective's
mind. 11 had already built up n ense.
Either Kennedy hud sold out te Stewart
und vanished, for reasons best known
le himself, or he had been done uwny
with.
Bancroft pondered considerably. Wa
he sheeting nt the moon? The cmeral
r. i.i 1.::,' -. "' 1 "'
h r, i' "T.sel'cr' w"' nyN Stewart
In'ti, , Vt, .. '"'" " srcat traveler
BQthii, im , ,l,t "fl'l" antecedents.
WuldL n","11 " '''formation I
'lnm'1!'l.0,t l",.,,mt lwetleii."
0 anU ,r,n,vle'- "ew f,,J,,ut tl,e l,00,t
BuhlM ' ,s,.u!erc- a grain.
- -- ..iii- 111 HI r till frit
th. ., .. !"!!" ' iliwl n
With b,,.i "'" ,s ew ass
2iS..""0,l,er pub ishing house
;ratVLr.ee,,l '' b"k. but C. J. K
itreu, . ' ''.'VS0 Iw'H. .The lire de-
IJluer .1, ,V ""' lM" Uternry ad
""'.""it him was the enlv ,u,i. wl.n
C e'lse?'!1""11 Ullt'y ,,"','e Hir' A,,y
&vrUftH ''' i""',1 nPPrnncbcrf n
Hi tti,l,,,,B U"' "ft! the r!t
nt. -"
as
Id
cenpany was an honorable concern.
Bellman, en the fnce of his affairs, was
an idle jeung man with money nnd n
tnste for travel; but whether he had
gene through the remarkable exploits
attributed te him In the prospectus
was something te be proved. Over
against these apparencies steed the pre
posterous (Ireat Adventure Company,
the mysterious visitor te his father, his
father himself, and that emphasized line
"Paid Kennedy in full," nil in a be-
wlldering penumbra. The failure te
disclose the identity of C. J. K. through
the publishing business wns a blew of
force. That deer was new closed for
ever. Daniel Stewart since that was his
official name would knew that C. .1.
Bancroft was no feel. Unused te the
world he might be. in fact but net In
theory ; and day by day theory was
resolving into fact. Stewart had known
that he was no feel long before that
singular visit in the storm. Why, even
an uneducated boy would have shied nt
such rlgmnrele ns n plotted adventure
for snie. Education would hnve mocked
the notion ; und education hnd. Stew
nrt hnd net pursued him; he had adroit
ly let him be. Why? Te sharpen
the edge of curiosity, which was exactly
what had happened.
At 2 o'clock Bancroft called by tele
phone te ascertain if Mr. Bellman was
In his room. Mr. Bellman was. Very
geed. Would Mr. Belmaln give n little
of his time say half an hour te Mr.
Jeremiah Collingswood? Mr. Bellman
would give Mr. Collingswood cxnctlv
half nn hour if Mr. Collingswood would
state his business.
"Itenl estate."
"Beg pardon?"
"Heal estate."
Bellman frowned into the transmitter.
Heal estnte? He did net quite get
no clubs t tint. i lint kind or a game was tills
though, with! henven-hern hick purposing? Bell
man thought rapidly, ami suddenly
smiled. The boy wanted a leek -see,
first. A little suspicious, eh? If
(Jeorge Bellman acquitted hini--elf fav
orably, Bancroft would udiult of the
masquerade and open up en the (treat
Adventure Company. Ne mistaking it.
That I the professor was a magiciuu. He had
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ntef n, ' ,,"l'"y ever sem you
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IrlPte ilT'1, w, 01' cherice te take
A .!? "ilivlu te I.(, lnz?"
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for It?" "lc Jeu lf '11" are well paid
$ Hut It will take a big roll,
"1 . .)'.". y notion hew much?'
U P Hm'al,1! I05" .,l,rl"U,, 0e,n" t0
..""ertH, und 110 SpanlHi, te speak
' t..a price."
01 tttik TZ fiT th5""n'l n n Utter
( "wt and a hundred a week until
would come, nnd here
he said Inte the trnns-
I MUll DUIIUIUIl
lie wns.
"Come up,'
milter.
New. llellman had the gift. He could
make friends anywhere ; he possessed
personality, misdirected, no doubt, but
none the less vital. He had the air and
the manner of a gentleman born, lie
smiled (iff ably ns he opened the deer for
ills victim. He took the proffered card
J. Collingswood, 1e.1l estate and
smiled Inwardly ns the ink blurred
under his thumb; hadn't been off the
press mere than a couple of hours.
"Take a chair. What gave you the
Idea that I might want le rent or buy?"
"Accidentally heaid your name men
tioned und that jeii were shortly te be
married."
llellman nodded, net nt this stnte
incut, but nt the recollection of the
Window's earnest entreaties net te un
derestimnte tills young Hancreft. The
hey were his clothes well, moved his
body cnslly, and appeared te knew
exactly what te de with his hands and
feet. Thest) points did net devetnll
nicely with the hey's history. Pedi
greed, llellman had been forced by
necessity te develop one tnlent beyond
nil ethers, nnd thnt wns te distinguish
the natural gentleman from the nrtili
clnl. Here was a diamond, nnd net
even in the rough,
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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