| Show i J The e Restoration of Frank z St Stanton ton I t. t I i H mp il H t r I t the North river front Jetting slip and anti came to tu 7 fl the docks of or the K gi ri ocean liners J There Is ts fascinating about and hustle hout shout shouting the docks tho hurry In lug ing oC or orders to LU longshoremen clatter daller of trucks nn and dash of cabs and being helnA I an unfamiliar scene It was vas doubly fasT fascinating fas fas- ii T t to lo me mr t I An Tl Insignificant dialogue uc between a ae avender e vender cn cl of Hags nn and a young woman f. f who was about to sail roil attracted m my attention to lo a n pier from which a U ship hill Iiii was ns about to depart lIa Had T I not b been cn r. r attracted by the energetic cUc fla flag vendor cn cr I J. J J would have o nothing to relate of or this r r strange o experience h which Ich divided hit n my y r. r J life lIro In Iii two courts courses al and bl bid fair fah to in also l roi Vo in individuals l of m The Tue In Incongruity Incongruity In- In j J congruity fo Co attach altach to tu this statement will be nado plain later i The el making ready to slip r from her dock lock was ivus a French liner hull I v 3 know this from the excitement prevailing pre pre- un oil board and ashore and from flom r the time bedlam br breaking loose with th the theL l 1 cu casting lIlI Off oIT of 01 hu hawsers and ral raisin l t 5 o oC or 4 gangplank The Jime French ur ore are um excitable cit cit- i m- m able aulo people afloat anti and a holc I joined the people on Oil the end Ol of or time the duck dock who were shouting an and waving ain Jf q to 0 friends n s aboard an and I T found foun my myself el i S Pj i there was none f those oh On the ship hip to whom I could t 44 wl wish h bUn O voyage cl face nee neI t. t time the saine to nit all ull all strange 8 Seme me I L were smiling wn on om laughing I were ver rc wl willful and sonic some even en wet vet with I tours yet t tic they the WIt were all strange to me mc Tho actions of a 11 all man mall of Qt about t thirty years on tho th forward deck at ati attracted attracted at- at my attention He tie was talking t. i l to lo one o of or the time officers anI and amid pointing toward time tilt dock grew I Iem om- om 0 ph Ih tlc The rue o leet handed him a n palm pair palmr of r which he levelled Ic rhe They again the young man visibly I Ij I JJ timid and then time the officer J issued an aim J A handed him a a n lie which he In turn handed c ti i to lo the tho 1 11 JI pu n ut Then a voice olce f 4 rounded oum c Clearly 0 and anu au l 1 1 Frank J slay la y you ou I 1 arc are until J. oJ come n ashore c i- i Then n tl passenger waved t his megaphone v u emphasize hi his words and anil hurried led toward th the aft U deck C t CI Clearly h a th there Ie 1 ia a bustle a ua d the thc ship 1 t i. i Bu But as to the h hout fl from ru the thc ship ship ship- It astounded C nut ml II It was ia m my mi name numo I culled called and andI that thal the thc paS passenger had out OUI I was enjoined to tu stan aland still oWl until he he- came caine to tu me mc That he lie meant to lue no time was wa l c evident for 01 in a few Cl I J f k minutes he went down own a la ladder cr to thu tho i 4 1 pilot house houEt of 01 the he tU tugboat boat which was helping the st steamer Into the time stream and soon 1 ho ime an and l a boatman were in inthe if the time tu tugs tug's dory JOlT slowly making against 1 tho tIme tide to the dock I I So o unusual un an incident attracted ma no 1 little attention and I 1 wished to tu avoid I if H possible time tile curious people on un tio to dock Accordingly when the stranger F climbed front from the dor dou 1 J walk walked toward to- to to-I to IM I'M t ward the street lie He tu to under under- Mand tan my motive for fOl or ho lie walked leisurely leis Iris I i after me mo evading c per pur- j I sons icons IJ by that he lie ely merely til an or ordre rc to a longshoreman Then hurrying forward olwar he le too took m my 1 arm arm an and I led I me HC towal toward y t cab cali run run- 1 I hesitated hc tc about aboul entering when he ur urged d me mc forward say say- aYIn In lug Ing that lie H would woul male make mutters rs clear cIt j when I to tu 1110 we were Jn Inside J. J i- i I That lint was wali a luck lucky j impulso that U 1 1 I b. b if me moe to lo scan can the faces of the crowd Ii h ho i 1 bt quickly It Jas spared l l S me lime a n useless trip to tu EUl Europe Eure P h. h 1 55 months of or time Iliac I 1 n nr r should have you OU I z In Iii searching lS' for lor me mc imme I Ii i S exclaimed I 1 dont don't understand you ou S Sir Mi 11 Stall ton he lie went on un It ml might ht I. I Interest lena know that father S you rou to lo your I I has already D spent t temi jn thou thousand antl dollars dol- dol doli i lars laroS trying to locate you ruu living or 01 ehe cle I Lm recover your hotly body He thought you j I 1 might ht have gone gomie to Paris you Paris you ou always i fJ S 'S S liked the place an and amid it was to Paris i I cS c'S t that I was wal going to tu 8 search for or you ou j J S1 S My 31 I CU father Ten thuu thousand dollar Ollar dollars I. I I 1 gasped Why h mUll man you ou must be I crazy My J ly father never I r ha had ten len thousand thou thou- J sand dollars at nt one time h in his life I and md he helms lias ilal been dead cad the these c ten years carl i I then ma made a i movement a a. us If Ie to lori lower r i i 1 the out front window Jn ow of ur the cab cah and amI tell j II t. t 4 the driver rl to top stop so O that hut 1 could alight hut bul the I stranger grasped me Inc b by thu arm aria At tIme the same time he lie handed me hl hi his cm card Mechanically I dropped Ij S back bacH Into m my may scat icat eu and looked at ut it Martin Bourke tie Globe Agency gency S. S it rca l. r S. S I dont don't know whay your reasons may It be Air l Stanton fur for remaining l In hj hiding ill for the Ow last Int four l' l weeks continued con con- linued tho the stranger I 1 am ama not comiS concerned con COIl S with them You can perhaps I V S explain matters to your our father futher Cut But I J Ido do 10 U know that thal you ou bare le led me nit a arL rL fL in chase chose and almost almo l caused me nie t to tot t upend lId a month or oi two In Imi I t on 1 a CL s.- s. fruitless errand Perhaps you yon QU will cx- cx S P what al happened to you rou in Iii the u balloon r j lime Hie balloon 0 I 1 replied still In Iii rn- S credulous I 1 dont don't know c. c what that you OU OUI arc j talking about Now see li here here- ere 4 Walt Wait a minute al 1 said Mr 11 Bourke x the detective as us I now knew him Irn to lo toA I A be he Dont DonL hurry lie Ile with exasperating slowness nc 11 refresh your mC memory a u lilt hit t and amid at th the same ume it lime demonstrate that 1 I know Inow what c. c SS' S I am mn talking about an and to lo whom I 1 1 am ama talking You were CIC foolhardy o S. S enough to make the nn first t solitary night t ascent arranged by ur the Aero Atro club Not Noi- ut- ut Hh that the wind witS was too tooS S high for 01 safety you ou went up In the Y clubs club's 1 largest leod balloon The rue gas as hag bag S. S ripped c from rein end cad to cn end i as found In Imi Int t ft JerI the he next day O You were missIng miss miss- Ing und and ho have been since time the night Hight you ou 7 disappeared l In time the cou clouds s. s I confess S that I had mo hopes of Ir finding l ng- ng ngou you ou lis I ing kimg but your mother muther full following a 1 woman's womans intuition maintained that you oU were vei e all alive an and amid in insisted trial a S search be mu made c. c A A. week after the balloon was found oun you Oll were seen In InS S Philadelphia and here you OU a are arc 10 S Bourke cn ending ing lila his cl conversation S which wa was nothing more inure nor nOI 1 less Ies 88 than thana a n straightaway statement of if facts facts s detectives detective's report In lim fact looked almo at al atS atmo S mo 1110 steadily S Clearly here hero was H a vj I range situation S Th Ih Tho defective ha had made a mistake w is IN It im It he hl t I Bonn Bonn- I jone mile who 1 nil nu and v e coincidence bore bore borc b be so same samei i nanu The hl II n. n balloonist t i wt in some Sti sworn S j Ih Mm 11 I 11 staId said smiling 1 I you ou U ate In inn j S Not sat at ut al he lie r replied This I II Ilot Lt L- L I.- I. t I not lot the work I have hun ll done l for 01 your VOU JUI father I Ive I've o u flu ale l invent ll Iga- Iga a- a for tol him anti and have n you yuu in imi liI hb J u io times tImmie j iny father ts 8 Vou ou refer er to Lu tim till the gentleman in I 1 t hu who Is jie lie lieLIe Ie I. I lIe lie J 10 c u wealthy mf h prom I- I to have a u o ot who lA has hs s noth- noth I log ing eke ele to U do lb than ha Hsk 1 his foolish Coolish I neck hm 11 In balloon ascents 1 suJ said I Bourke seemed to be bc talking ln mom momI mono mon mOl j I Cn o than to me when In ha I nm flur t fl I fifties Is one mie f r the f t men in ill r New York 1011 hI li Im liI I r 11 I Say J young man nian ho ht broke IM III I savage tono tone to his iI yO voice Icy you ou might at least have let tet et your mother o or AiH i. i he j i lIn hoar fiK from m you OU Your moth i I Imly believes cs that you Ou C escaped Cale InJury In- In Jury and mid to r remain hl hidden IlI Il probably for fol sensational r lt bin bUl I Mi 1 l i iss j J spoiled lim pretty fan fan- I with grief She hought yoU l. l Why didn't you OU send Kend a n lip tI do tin II anything to end their t r F rI I wouldn't ul nt l blame D t Miss lI s if b h hit Ill tills this row you ou over 1 for I St t here I 1 said raid l indignantly Th iIii I JIltS has gone n far enough nough I tell y you u once and for fOl all that my nani 1 I is Frank Stanton 1 am umu not the sani l' l Frank you rou tire are looking to for 1 I J never nC went I up lam In ina t t balloon balloun I did not not ho hi yr 1 an ami indulgent t r father 1 whO WAS a t million or ol two an and amid I 1 never nc caused any woman 1 li by bv ke keeping e- e her In H. H tuv- tuv rh There Is ho iw character char hili IJ pense lense n r monopoly on acter h by either ither rich or poor pOOl mitI Lilli I J came out well rII enough h to suit sull m me when 01 oh oi right amid and wrong was vas in m my ca cn case o. o Now ow well we'll stop this nonsense non non- f sense ense and Ill I'll I leave vc yon I am ant somi I you yon OU are mistaken un and amid that thOl your departure de d- de- de for fOl lo Europe mo c Is delayed but It It- It 0 no fa fault ll of mine mInt not leave this tills cab clU until it I stands lands before your Yom home rol said Bourke I j I Wont I though I said turning I Ithe the hun handle le I could leap he hc dragged me back and a furious CUllous wrestle I was u In lii I hall hal little knowledge knowl knowl- I edge of Itt but bul somehow In my jimy arms aims seeming to think for or themselves found a grip on his imis neck noc I h began An to hear bear him toward the floor and amid I smiled I with ith exultation not knowing h why a at a. i iI I 1 felt fell his sinewy arms alm relaxing Just Justas j a as I felt him slIpping clipping I heard a hun him dred drell shunts there h lc was wat a U clutter clatter of oC j broken broen glass and the hl cab lifted anI and rocked lJ dizzily JI I hn had one glimpse c of or I tho great automobile that ran ian us Uti j down 1 thou thought ht m my head was waB crushed I Blood Bloo spots Jot swam swain before m my eyes Hi then en came camo darkness and amid I felt fell myself falling failing falling Into nowhere f a 4 9 s sI t I awoke a to hid find m cl in iii be bed In i. i a richly furnished apartment A was as bending over O mo mc A t faced sweet woman vonian and amid a n beautiful girl were rere standing ln at the foot fool of tim the bed Certainly Cem- Cem I must Ima L's Ls seen en thorn before th their h faces were familiar A physician was u-as talking talling to the tho older w oman woman Time The he cub cab accident has saved ved him I heard him say a The Thy shock of r the Injury ha has done more maui was possible PUS pos EI sible sible- blo to tu science S h lint has Imus What happened mother I r a asked kl d weakly I You lou are mt well thank God Gull sIte he replied fervently stroking Ill my 1 brt all and striving to constrain her 1 Her el eyes were iero brimming with tears I 1 placed my mr hand to m my he head Hl won wondering It was wa swathed in l bandages cs It H was several elal days before I Cull fully recovered lii my and amid it thou then as If it I 1 was waH coming coining out of a deep dream disturbed heam sleep My ly Ir recollection tion ISh tC lC ou out t I remembered mal making ln- ln the tho al accent lt c III in the from Clorn ruin the grounds of or the tho Aero ero club I remembered discovering when wh high In InI Inthe I the tie all air that the gas sali 13 bag was Oc O over S c charged e In lii some manner munuel tIme the valve rope rOIe was cau caught hL JI In the 11 rigging and 1 climbed tl to reach It H. g on tie the edge edg-c of the basket I looked down grew lew dizzy an and slipped I 1 grabbed at the thc rigging and fell Cell to the bottom of I time the basket Then fhe I grew faint sick crazed with irith f fear al for on looking ln up imp I F realized that In iii m my all fall I F hud the rip cord tearing tile Hie from apex aile to dome The rhe gas gus flooded out and alid I 1 shot toward to c earth JUte like a 0 b burned burned- t tout out meteor meter The roaring in my cars J Increased until 1 I. expect d d 1 I my fly head to burst Then m my speed I. I slackened Blackened lacle an and looking up I 1 saw that I tile the the gas gas sas l bag nS' nS hn had tangled in iii the rigging and had spread like a u parachute Something seemed to t snap in him m my 11 brain rain an and I T laughed an and amid cried in turn tUI as us I sailed a zigzag course Then I I knew nfl more In a it month of after tel tho cab accident I 1 Iwas Iwas was outdoors outdoors- again It had all 1 boon C n explained to me that me-that that is 11 OK w- wn n near a as medical knowledge an and ded deduction td could coul eXl explain it The full rull ha had unseated un un- seated m my reason le fu I If Is a double ego lO III in very elY man maim my may physician said and amid It Is IN possible un I certain peculiar 1 liti- liti t l' cond conditions for fol one omme m ill mind I to forget nr all previous existence and amid r I only OilY a a dual t existence 01 or Imaginary y past liast M My only 1011 retention of memory was my amy lIU name t I T had hod wUll wandered hem hen hell i. i and aHl there thele thinking I 1 ha hud had lately arrived ar ar- rived In Now Nev uw York front from St St. t. t Louis in which city 1 h had Imd tJ imagined I ha had l been coll brought up r I hart had mono money enough h to live upon but thought I had Imad saved sU from earnings a tinsmith My f disordered crl brain urain hai mo inc with remembrances ce o or vr d i fictitious past which I accepted as real Upon re regaining re- re gaining m my senses I knew little of or tile the workings of oC my Il mind but I do It know Inlow that the tho shock of the accident 1 met with In Imi ti the te c cab W was wasa l ln a n providential tIming tiling an and thai lint It li set me right Bourke I am uni happy i t tco say U iY I was as not severely hurl He lie ed eLl ed eLla eda 1 a asli on hi his hiI head hud The Inc Incidents Ivl- Ivl 1 I the balloon I recall mow a as a vague ngUe distant dream And Anti I J know that I am amO imo no O longo Ione i enthusiast and that 1 Lam am I the lu I happiest ilo In III the thc world This I F loll my may mother my mimy father un and amid Je Jess I 11 1 sun lIn |
