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I 11 11 I I I I I II II I I I n THE STORY Hiram Butterworth miser de decides de- de s t to leave his fortune to El Elmer Elnier m- m mer nier Clarke a poor young neph neph- ew cw Ho tells Absolom his lawyer of a deal forty years ago In which ho he swindled a a aman man out of at and arranges for payment pa with Interest erest Butterworth Butter Butter- worth dies suddenly Through a gossiping telegraph opera operator tor the town of at hears of EImers EImer's El Elmer's Elmers Elmers El- El mers mer's fortune before he does cines Nellie Cathcart Elmers Elmer's sweetheart sweetheart sweet sweet- heart tells him his Inheritance Inheritances Is s more than a l million CHAPTER III Ill Ill-Conti Ill Continued Continued 4 Elmer laug laughed e-d. e Well Veil kiss me once more he pleaded plead Unless a n fellow can take tale a sporting chance he might as ns well be dead so Ill I'll take one sporting sport sport- Ing ng chance hanc and tell you that I love you Nellie 1 Im I'm crazy about you ou and andI I have been leen for years I I-I- I I Ive ule susI suspected 1 this Elmer Nellies Nellie's face fac was uplifted l to him again And AndI I dont don't see see ar any reason why youve you've kept it t a secret from me when everybody else In town knew It I You old dear I Im I'm m so happy about you I could cry cry cry- and I will If 11 you dont don't let me go lie ile let her go but go-but but not until he had heard leard from her sweet lips an admission admission sion slon that she loved lo him better than an anything or an anybody body In the whole wide ide worl world d. d Leng Lang after Elmer Clarke despite the Uie strain and excitement of that momentous momentous mo mo- day had had fallen into his customary customary customary cus cus- tomary gentle slumber ber Nellie Cathcart sat before re her dressing table median median- cally brushing her hair hair and and thinking For Nellie could think Alth Although ugh beautiful she was brainy the brainy the t type pe of woman oman whom the Creator occasionally occasionally occasionally occasion occasion- ally fashions seemingly for the express ss purpose of f demonstrating to egotistic man that the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world Just N Nellie was wis thinking that I although nobody not even cven Elmer would ever know it unless sh she should tell which telI-which v she slie would not do she do-she she Nellie Cathcart was really responsible for Elmer Clarke legacy legac When the First National Bank Danl of Muscatine Iowa had written for a report report re re- re- re port on Elmer Elmer- Clarke and old Ausel Ansel with a grin had handed her the letter with the suggestion that she had better better better bet bet- ter answer It since she knew more about Elmer Clarke than any girl In town Nellie had thrilled at the tue opportunity opportunity opportunity to write a report calculated to present Elmer in a a light which could CoUlL not possibly fall fail to Impress the valued customer of ot the Muscatine 1 bank banI who sought the Information Old Ansel hadn't the slightest suspicion suspicion suspicion sus sus- that this customer was Elmers Elmer's queer uncle but Nellie who had learned from Elmer all that the latt hatt latter lat hat t ter r knew about his cra crabbed bed relative was convinced Instantly that Uncle Hiram was about to develop a lon long long- dela delayed ed interest In his nephew With the adroitness of a clever ever woman she resolved instantly to foster that budding budding bud hud ding Interest by forwarding a a report calculated to appeal particularly to the sort of man she believed Uncle Hiram Butterworth to be That she had succeeded beyond h r wildest expectations she now realized wherefore hers was now the quiet Joy which comes of a consciousness of a worth-while worth task put through to a happy and profitable conclusion I do hope It doesn't spoil Elmer Nellie NeIlle soliloquized Theres so much that's fine In Elmer and so little that Isn't all man Still the receipt of a million dollars by a young man who has never known anything but hard work and sacrifice is apt to to cause a mental reflex Oh dear I If Elmer should prove silly my heart would break But hell he'll not I know hell he'll not Wouldn't Wouldn't It be awful if I ruined Elmer She resolved to marry as quickly quick quick- ly as possible because she loved him tenderly and md It was her duty to protect protect protect pro pro- him from the pitfalls which she could see but which he did not even suspect Like all women who devotedly devoted devoted- ly love a n man she regarded Elmer as asa asa asa a particularly helpless Innocent lovable lovable lov lov- able boy bor but little removed from lom the stage wherein he might reasonably be suspected of a tendency to neglect washing his neck and ears I Eventually she had a good cr cry over nothing worth weeping about and fell Into tuto a troubled slumber r CHAPTER IV When Elmer Clarke strolled down downtown downtown town townS the following morning he found Sam Sanu Haskins struggling alone with the Smoke and looking very sad and disconcerted A nights night's rest and he the knowledge that he lie was not longer dependent upon Mr Haskins had hall erased all the Irritability which Elmer had bad felt and manifested the day previous pre pre- He was congenitally Incapable of ot holding a n grudge ills His heart went out now to Sam Good morning Sam he cried cheerfully and swung sung In behind the cigar count counter r u Ive vc been thinking about our silly little tilt tiff y yesterday and have come to the conclusion that I cant can't let you down without notice I II I haven't been u n millionaire Ion long enough to be hard and the tue feelings of folks so get t out of my way and let I Ime me tal take e. e charge chare while you OU goforth jO go o forth Into the hl highways II s 's and h byways and hr hire m mj my fo Sams Sam's harassed cj countenance nun tenn lighted up UI I like ke the Grand il canyon un of elf If Arizona at sunset I lie Ic I thrust out nut hi hl hand lie ne was embarrassed Guess I 1 was a u amite mite hasty m Elmer he Iw ad Ild nd- nd Well Vell we both hoth feel better bettor now Elmer declared Throughout the morning trade was vas brisk due It to the fact that news s had spread d around t town yn that the new millionaire mil ml- was US still on dut duty at the Smoke moke QI J He Hasn't Got the Million Yet Carlo Cailo Darling arll apparently none the worse worse for w wear ar Consequently the citizenry naively curious congregated to study Elmer with new Interest Amo Among lg them was the Ue Clarion reporter Charley Chancy Terrill Ter- Ter rill nh who considered this manifestation of democracy of such news value that he sent In a wire stor story to the United Press association The Los Angeles Record printed It ItIn ItIn itin In faced bold type boxed on the thc front page where it was seen and rea read th that t very lay day by y th the promoters and bunco who had overlooked the stor story the da day previous Among the latter was one known to the room clerk of the New ew Biltmore ore hotel as Mr Tames lames p P. P Hutton a a. a coal baron from Penns Pennsyl Ivania I vania To the police however Mr 11 Hutton was known as Colorado Charley Upon the Instant that he read that stor story Colorado Charley's Charleys harle s e eyebrows ebro ebros s 's ci elevated automatically call which was al ways says a sure Indication that he had had struck a a lead worth following For two tire weeks he lie llad lind had been living Ing In luxury luxury lux lux- ury at the New Biltmore In the thel hope of working an an elaborately conceived real estate swindle on a local bank However w while ilIe he had by no means abandoned this enterprise he had been disturbed of late by an apprehension common to all predatory animals He believed belle that ho he was being watched by a plain man who haunted ed the hotel lobby and read the same newspaper r too long and too thoroughly It would be well therefore Colorado Colorado Col Cot 1 orado harley Charley concluded In view of his rapidly disappearing fund of ready mone money to branch out In some sonic other line of endea endeavor one endeavor one or one that promised speedy action and equally equall speedy re lC re- re turns In the recently creat created d millionaire millionaire mil mit- cigar clerk and pool hall manager manager manager man man- ager of he saw a golden prospect and acted Immediately In Iii response to a telephone message there appeared at his suite within the hour the companion of Colorado Charley's Charleys Char Char- Ics ley's lighter moments moments-a a gorgeous brunette female of ot perhaps twel t twenty five fi e summers Bummers Well old thin thing she queried Her voice olce low and sweet filled the room like dike a chord from flOm a violoncello Theres game afoot Mae the thc theman theman man answered In businesslike e tones and handed hande-d her the r. r Los s Angeles Record Record Rec Rec- ord with a well manicured thumb nail Indicating the boxed story J 1 The woman read it and smiled lazily He lie hasn't got the million yet et Carlo darling she reminded him Why waste vaste your little girl girt friends friend's fragrance ance on the desert air According to this press stor story hes he's going to get H fl it and when he lie does well we'll take It away awa from him Nothing r could be simpler Mae As the proposition unfolds unfold Itself to me your our job jub is Js to go up to tomorrow You will call upon upon Elmer Clarke at his home Introduce yourself as us a u Sunday supplement supple supple- mont ment news writer come to Interview Intel him so you OU can write a feature story for an Eastern paper say paper say the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York American AmerIcan entitled entitled How It Peels Feels to Be De Poor Today loday and a u Millionaire Tomorrow lIe He will be flattered fluttered Do Donot Donot Donot not confine yourself to a mere Interview interview Inter inter- view with him Ua Have ve a nice little visit and do u your stuff sturt Mae If you cant can't land this poor fish out In the grass there Isn't another woman in Ill inthe the world who can Suppose hes he's alrea already y married Colorado Charleys Charley's white handsome teeth flashed In a R gay smile So much the better for our purposes Mae The most pitiful thin thing thine I know of or Is It a town smalltown married man In the coils colls of ut a lady wl who o threatens trouble If fr he lie doesn't divorce orce the wife wire of his l bosom and marry rry her In such situations situa the settlement Is always s 's larger and easier to collect coiled The rhe man mm is usually the first to suggest a a amone monetary mone mone- tary hahn balm J The he pair hair r stared d at each carh other for a n minute You YO will be the co coy sweet t sh shy trusting little thing Just break- break 1 Ins 11 In iii as as' lS' lS a n newspaper ne woman an and 1 the success success of or this Interview Inter Is going to th mean so much to you rou Colorado Charley wont nt on glibly If he lie sh should uld take l you to luncheon a and d offer olTer you yon a n cocktail dont don't take tale it If he proffers a cigarette look hook horrified If he su sug suggests tig- tig a ride In his new automobile mention the lie desirability of a chaperon And for the Lords Lord's sake sale dress s for forthe the part and act It Youve You've done It before A After fter youve you've won him get et 1 hint him lm to write to you ou hut but fight his hits advances because se you yon dont don't want him to think think youre you're after his his money But I 1 cant can't hang around 3 Indr Indefinitely f to pull off OIT a play like that Carlo Ill I'll have hae to return here after Ive I've Interviewed him Naturally Meanwhile Ill I'll have rented a n modest furnished bungalow here Ill I'll he be your brother You and I Iare Iare Iare are orphans living JI on a It modest Income I Lure ure him down here Invite him to the house for dinner inner and the rest will be beas beas beas as easy ens as itS hitting an elephant with witha a handful of bird shot I hope he wont won't turn out to be a tightwad ht ad Carlo lie He wont Boobs bobs who have learned t to caress a dollar bill before they spend It always s 's put on the do dog with the flint million that's left them them The only money that means menns an anything thing to am body is money that's tolled toiled for and accumulated dollar ollar by dollar That's why hy mone money means menns nothing in our young oung lives l Mae ne Sometimes J I think ve we vOl work hard enough noUh for what we get get the girl st sighed hed Oh but we do not get et It dollar by dollar he reminded her tier SIt It rome conies to to us us in chunks when hen when it comes cornes So does tr trouble Carlo Well this does look 1001 like llIe an easy job Ill I'll tackle it Colorado Charley rewarded ell her with witha a a grateful smile smite alI and a hug hug-ami hu an l ln a n hundred dollars for expense mone money At noon Elmer Clarke call called ed at at Ansel Ansel Ansell An An- sel sell Moodys Moody's Well Vell hows how's my credit this bright summer day he hazarded nonchalantly A I Elmer an going up Bank nank In l sa says s their attorneys have hae read the will an there aint a Chinaman's Chinaman's China China- mans man's chance to bust it of a little money Elmer WhY yes es if you dont don't mind Mr Moody Id I'd like ike to have twenty thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand dollars for say a year ear It ma may maybe maybe be that long before the estate is distributed distributed distributed dis dis- and Ill I'll have to be In Muscatine Muscatine Mus Mus- catine and traveling back and forth considerably I dare lare say Naturally naturally Elmer I un un- un- un The banker pressed a butt button button but but- t ton n and Mr 11 Crittenden entered Take rake Elmers Elmer's promissory note for twenty thousand at well at-well well lets let's see sec now El El- mer mer The banks bank's gittin as hl high h as 10 per cent on chattel mortgages es an nn an 0 per Iler cent on farm farm- m mortgages Iti nl nfl an S Sper S' S Sper per cent on call loans I r reckon we can let you ou have this for eight an au an a ah h half lf Quite sa satisfactory Mr Ir Moody It wasn't really because Elmer knew h he was about to be exploited successfully successfully success success- full fully for the first time but hut bein being a am m millionaire he concluded not to worry about an extra per cent or 01 two Mr Critten Crittenden en made out t th Uh Dote note Elmer signed It and Mr Ir Crittenden credited the twenty thousand dollars to his account in the bank entered the deposit In a pass b book ok and with a fl flourish handed Elmer pass book bouk and pocket check bool book Elmer thanked Ml Mr Moody and Mr Ir Crittenden and on hr lila his way out of or the hank bank was captured captured captured cap cap- by Nellie Cathcart who carrIed carried car car- ried him thin off to luncheon at the Palace grill Well Velh Elmer said Nellie when they found themselves themselves' In the quasi privacy of a booth how does docs it feel the day after Are you OU finding your riches a burden I am not dear hut but a great m many miny ny people are A hundred well wishers advisers nd and salesmen have visited me methis methis methis this m morning By the wa way Ive I've gone back to tOl to he help p Sam out until we can break In a n new w man Nellie beamed upon him B By the way ray I 1 have been the recipient |