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Show The Recluse of Fifth Avenue Whats the From th comfortable Anahclal situation to which ha had been horn, Peter Mllman, American gentlemen of the old school, and last of his family, la practically reduced to penury through the misfortune of a friend unwisely trusted. Learning of Brewer's suicide, which means the destiuetion of his last hope, Alilman engages a French butler, Achille Lutry who speaks no English, and is to replace Sneed, servant of long standing. Mllman By Lutry, sends letters to Prof. Fleming Bradney, Floyd Malet and d Barnes, men whom the world lias classified as failures, once of high position. In response, the three call on him at his home. After dinner each relates the circumstances that wrecked their careers. Mllman convinces them that their misfortunes were all due to one man, Paul Raxon. Nee-lan- CHAPTER IV "Brewer committed suicide because, Ooprritbt In Ui tJnltad SMm he had plunged Into penury a man WHO Barrie who was near and dear to him. This was a man unused to finance, whs ashore. I never knew his name, and trusted Brewer with his fortune and I never saw the blonde mortgaged his home In a vain effort again." The man you threw Into the water to save his friend. Brewer felt diswas the man who arranged matters so graced. I think this emotion was fat that yon should be compelled to give more potent than the fact of his finanup racing." There was a trace of cial collapse. He did not know that triumph in Mr. Mllmans manner. his friend harbored no hard thoughts "You will never be able to prove It, of him and would have made no comso don't try." plaints. After all, the friends loss And I hoped he didnt drown," said was very little compared with his Barnes, looking about for sympathy. downfall. "Whats his name?" Barnes did not Fleming Bradney, perhapB the closdoubt his hosts sincerity for a mo- est observer of Milmnns guests, was ment. becoming possessed with a vast ImAll in good time," said Mllman; patience to know for what reason he "first let me show you his photograph." had been summoned. Bradney had the He unlocked a drawer and took the analytical mind of the scientist There picture from an envelope. Is that were several things in Mllmans narhe? rative which needed elucidation. As I remember Why, he asked suddenly, did you said it, yes, g Barnes; but Its years a go, and there subscribe to a agency and put a detective on Raxons might be a possibility of error. Milman passed the photograph to track? "Because I had learned through a Floyd Malet. Do you recognize him? source entirely confidential that It was There was excitement In the sculp- Raxon who hud ruined Mr. Malet. I tors voire. Its the man with the was Interested In Mr. Malet. I think that marble group proves It. And I have said I was Interested In your work too. If It had been possible to clear you, I should like to have done so. I am not sure there was not something of childish vanity In It. I liked to sit here In my lenely, unvisited house and feel I was learning day by day, hour by hour, more about a man who believed nlmself above the law and building up this knowledge Into a weapon against him. But I found he was so secure as to be able to boast of things that no legal evidence could charge him with. Neeland Barnes, for example. A few hundreds spent In bribery, or a few promises dropped as to future patronage, and the thing was accomplished. said Bradney, . "AH you have done, who was suddenly assailed with doubts as to Mllmaus ultimate purpose, "is to get us here and show us what failures we are. That Is not kind, unless you have a remedy. Dont you see It puts us In a very poor light? A man may fall and still have left. I decline to consider myself a black sheep. You tell me Raxon ruined my career. I shall make a point of seeing the editors of all the great New York papers and telling them what you have said. Too long a certain type of man has ruled our fur coat who came to my studio that cities In the name of democracy. There was no doubt now about Penight. This Is the man. Ill pwear. ter Whats his name? Mllmans uneasiness as he listened. t That Is the man to whom you all --J'l thought you understood, he said owe your misfortunes Paul Raxon. that this conversation was quietly, It was a thin, narrow face that privileged. If you go to your editors stared back at them, but It was not you will do two things: One will be the face of a fool. Few men without to convince them that you have broodthe early advantage of financial train- ed so long on your troubles that you ing had Impressed themselves on Wall are mad. The other will be to disStreet as he had done. . The collapse close the confidences a dead man gave of International Motors and the fail- me. ure of the Hazen Brewer crowd to But you want me to give up the break him made Raxon for the mo- only chance I may ever have of clearment the most spectacular figure in ing my name, Bradney complained. New York. And yet none of Mllmans You can never clear It that way. guests had ever before seen a photo- I dont think you can ever hope to graph of him. He had a knack of out- defeat Paul Raxon that way. His Tell me this witting the newspaper photographers. tone changed a little. He had smashed many cameras. It Mr. Bradney. Which counts more had come to be understood that to at- with you: the clearing of your name tempt to photograph him was to In- of suspicion of dishonesty not actual cur the enmity of a man who never conviction of It, remember, for your forgave or forgot. case never came before a court of That he broke Professor Bradney law or the opportunity to devote was a precautionary measure and not your life to your chosen science? born of any personal malice. No doubt The latter, of course, Bradney his subordinates had found the pro- cried. It Is only If I establish my and fessor was not rich supposed him Innocence that I can hope to get anSuch work as ripe for the fall. There Is hardly a other appointment doubt that he has made enormous mine Is very costly. I must have large amounts by these methods, always funds at my disposal and elaborate covering himself with hopelessly com- equipment And you? Milman said, turning to promised lesser men who dared say nothing. As to Mr. Malet, that was the sculptor. merely bad luck and not in the first If enough mud Is thrown at a man, design. I dont suppose Raxon had no matter how Innocent he Is, some of anything personal against him, hut he it will stick. I have long since abanrecognized the opportunity to escape doned any hope of being whitewashed. from a troublesome position. The only In a sense, the equipment of the sculppurely personal spite was in the case tor Is expensive. If I were a painter. of Mr. Neeland Barnes. Raxon was It would be a different thing. There intending to buy a big house at Nar- Is no institution to endow broken, middle-ageragansett and entertain arely. men. I dont remember the unie there, "It Is for that reason I asked you said Barnes. all to come here, Milman answered. Milman anHe left the pier, You dont understand? Gentlemen, Raxon Is curiously sensi- I am a broken middle-ageswered. man. In not could remain He ridicule. tive to Hazen Brewers failure my entire forto be pointed out as the man Neeland tune went. I mortgaged this house tossed to Barnes had contemptuously help him. Out of the wreck 1 mny Into the ocean. It took him several save enough to live In a couple of years to get his revenge, but It was a humble rooms for the rest of my life. He boasts that he We are all In the same complete one. boat, all four never lets up, and ascribes Indian an- of us victims to Paul Raxons whims. cestry to this unamiable quality. His You, Neeland Barnes cried. You most spectacular hatred was that my had all sorts of money, I thought. (TO BE CONTINUED.) poor friend Hazen Brewer Incurred. Questions No. 7 1 How Is divorce obtained In So vlet Russia? 2 Who aald: "Liberty and Union now and forever, one and Inseparable I? 8 Who wrote "The Virginian? 4 In what countries do the Andes mountains originate? 8 To what two brothers and then sister la the Invention of oil painting commonly attributed; what was their nation and country? 6 Who Is the Intercollegiate tennis champion?. What makes a stick seem to bend in water? 8 Why are they called dog daysl 8 What was the name of the ves7 sel In which Henry Hudson sailed up the Hudson river? 10 Who laid the corner stone of the national capitol and when? 11 what President was elected by the house of representatives? 12 Where did the United States flag first fly In the face of an enemy and when? 13 What causes a lump In a per, press-clippin- When midnight was passed and the four men very comfortably seated about the fire, Neeland Barnes began to think there was to be no unmasking of his past. In a sense he was glad. These two men whom he had begun by despising seemed, after all, to have cut considerable figures once. Barnes was a shrewd Judge of men. He thought that they had spoken only the truth. The big man with the. eager, gray eyes was most certainly no grafter. And as to the other, Barnes recalled his case well now It was brought to his notice. He had sneered at the sculptors odd defense and believed It with roost men about town a very poor excuse. But now he believed absolutely in Floyd Malets InNeeland In comparison, tegrity. Barnes, professional felt rather a poor specimen. We now come," said Milman, breaking In on his reflections, "to the case of Mr. Neeland Barnes." Mr. Neeland Barnes groaned InExteriorly he was urbane wardly. and gracious. 1 "Shearing the black sheep, Tie said. 'A lesson to all young men. How not to live." "Mr. Barnes," said Peter Mllman, "Is not so complex a type as his -guests. He aimed at physical attributes rather than Intellectual or artistic achievements. And he succeeded Just as they did. I doubt if there Is an American living who excelled In certalnl phases of sport as Mr. Barnes did. He was a man who might have his .passed, a money lasted. Thfefe cai&j S ' time when his relatives would! not ' help and his horses could not .win races. FInallyj he was accused of some trickery at Saratoga and found his racing career at an end. Since then he has been living insecurely on what his few remaining relatives choose to give him." Barnes said, and Mr. Mllman, there was a certain dignity In his bearing, "I have been almost every sort of a fool In my day. I have thrown away fortunes and gambled and drunk like a madman, but I never pulled any dirty tricks on a race track. I was always out to win and never. betted against my own horses. Im not what you might call a reliable man, and Ive done things Im heartily ashamed of now, but I did not do what the Saratoga stewards believed of me." What did they believe? Bradney demanded. He know nothing of racing. "My trainer gave evidence before Viem that I instructed him to dope my entry for the Saratoga cup so that I might bet on another horse. It did go Mine was the favorite. to the post full of brom'de, and the horse I was reputed to have be', on won at long odds. I hid the trainer against me and the bi ikmaker, and, because I was known 'p he in monetary difllcufties, I was disbelieved. Not that I blame the stewards. They did their duty as they saw '.t. Somebody fixed my trainer and the I was forced out of the racing game, and found I hadnt a friend In the world. My wife would have believed me, but she was dead. I used what money I could get hold of to fight the thing, but the man, or men, who framed me had more money. I shall never know who It was. "I know," said Peter Mllman quiet"You were not framed, as you ly. term It, by any crooked owner of thoroughbreds. None of them was big enough to pull down a man of your sort, You had traditions and a name behind you. Your downfall came because you threw a man from the pier at Narragansett Into the Atlantic -:ocean. Do you remember?" :I said think Barnes slowly, "Yes, I do. There was a woman mixed up in it, but I forget her name now. She was one of those little fluffy blondes Little Red Riding Hood was a real that were fashionable that season. Ah, but her history has been altered girl, star. I have It. She was a down to modern nurA man came up and tried to make a In Its Journey of Chluna, a knight Abraham series. was who most scene. My Aunt Sarah, who claimed Seventh century, particular, was coming toward us. of the named Mary as his niece, walled a disgirl most been have The thing would In a solitary cell as a monk astrous because I had turned over v himself up his mind at the altar changing after u new leaf the previous evening and Mary used to don matrimony. codicil was to be added to her will. about each hood red day and carry her man struck at me, Fortunately, the to her uncle, butter and milk boiled and I thought the simplest way out of the one win him to It through In sea. him passing Aunt the It was t drop The former cell. knight his of short-sightedow did not Sarah, being a monk whose visited was by also Mr. him Barnes sen even disappear." Wolf nl whose character, mused on the thing for a few moments. name was to ancient historians, quite according never saw him I Most extraordinary He used to the appellation. Justified again. 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