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Show H'u, . handed back the jcllow slip with a suppressed, -That, what I jjra f j,, wiggled Martin. LTimi n bUe" h" " '" your"'lf' We al Nped, jou knovt-l ,, .It tm in my tlme-nnd wo nil know It's all right If you alnt founl ""nut this l uch n "hJl0 0f a "t0ry tl"11 Inc11 X ma'' " mistake. Go 1 tour dek N". ll(,e ut ,0.un, lh0 t0n " see what tho ta dealers ,lc"d uWr think of the discovery." leted ' l lns "UIC ot Mmc,hlnB l0 cat ,or a k t leant. Mac look the ,t and w nt to work Ho commenttd mentally on the fact tnat he 'Ton the hoteK nn.l was hugely gl id of It. "' r,t thing Ik W as t0 makc ,h0 round t hl friend- and borrow all 1 he could--', a vast num. considering his financial credit To this '"111 seven moro of his own, to make It an eten ISO. Then he walked ' t W Droves", room on Locust street. '"no mannhl 0l("c" lmfl Bono homq aloomy n" a "rooky fog Inside, ho I an air of cheerfulness as lie pulled off his overcoat and tossed It on his '"mm the hid '"e n llollmV eoush' Ho.trlK kid" he Joked, .w.llfnouh wheezed n thin olce. Mm In II' thlrd nct ot Rlc,mrrt m- now" When i fellow evres nbout e iie he dun t care If ho can t be nut on the street-he has a world all his "."' ,rc lt one It Is. too. Hut w hy home so early? ' "Vh nwnci i M honest to the core, even with tho sick, when deceptions Jvimelln 3 hne been kindness lie snt down on tho edge ot Jim's bil 1 told the ' k boy tho brutnl truth; then dropped his head In his hands "'rnl'knows what 1m going to do, Jlmmle." he mused blttcrlj 'Fisher ihsie me under tho same root with him This tea Btory Is too big a deal k tor! Im I"'11"0'1 'or K00cl 'n tno newspaper business In bt Louis iii-snt K "a tor ""T1" ono ",U5t ,ako cn, ot ou ln a frM hospital imurdei jnii kid I've got to quit tho ncwspiper deal" j thin white claw -hand reached for tho powerful brown one Bob jou the Inst brother In tho woild Let me so to the Chirltj hos- "' so IlT ' ""' """ s,ur1' fo'low bit Into the oath and It neer cimo ill B t " l,,,lln'? dishes or drlv lng ti street car first e stand togeth- " Ai ling I i1" swing a shovel oi shoot biscuit jou can hate everything ,in cite JU kl 1 Butt taurnnts wouldn't hnvo ou. cither. Hob. for you cant make i- Ml r ' 0,cr nl" own dismal Joke, the boy fell to coughing again. tnurrH"' bltternesss, droves forced a laugh. -nils wet moke they call air here, kid, would rust the lungs of a mule nit ton nee' '" f"'1 "lr ll0a ttl1' fu" ot ,alt cnouBn t0 P'ckle jou. No If i on , i ist I cl get a Job before the mast. Come In." rroves P'c' to ,lic lockC1' cIoor nl11' ns It wide open In stepped ,,' Nodding rordlnll to Orovis, ho stepped oter to the bed ' And how's the t h k I Jotlnlly, ns he gently shook tho waxy lingers , Never b it r 1 II bo out soon " Good Purr sou will. You're looking better." Hut Mae lied He knew It 4 Gntes k ictt It. but OrovcB wan grateful, for It was n lie of the utmost "Groves o'l man, I'm sorry jou're outs but It's a part of the game, jou , I know r w It Is mjsolf nnd and jou've got this convalescent hem to l, care of I thought I'd stoke jou to this Here's 130 until jou get on itoln ease jou re short mis was rather sudden, you know ' but there was hardening n (Irnets cjos that stopped Mac right where he was Then he lusht of th eleven lone dollats In his packet, looked at tho sick boy and ttchfd out Ids hnnd for the loan Hut the pale faco on the pillow turned hectic. No thank ou Mnr, we don't need It," coughed the slek bo : and tho older ther lnstniillj (hinged the direction of his grasp toward the tablo and picked i his pipe Hut Mac had noted tho mote, nnd understood hell, toss fllnd you don't, but sou know where to come If lou do Must tie along or Mirtln will be llrlng mo again cerI'te got to mike a long j out in Forest l'ark this aftornoon, so must hurry. (Jood luck." And ho Oroiea sitngelj locked tho door, stepped to the bed, nnd the eyes of tho xhtn me I wool t hate started first for mjself but for jou, Jim, I would hate kin It eten from him " And I as lllsh. Hob, I forgot what It metnt to jou. How much humllln-iiwl humllln-iiwl trouble those thirty dirty dollars would hate sated you till jou can ork worthy of jou." But the ol ler brother said not a word. Sitting humped oter on the bed, his .are Jans loiked In his open palms, his elbows on his knees, ho stared at ono the Mm in the dull carpet till It became a wet blur. But the long white, blue-lit Id hand, a tlollnlst hand It was, caressed his .rulth the touch of a girl nnd those Iron Jaws hardened l.ool1 Hob' flood1 You II win out yet Henicmber Cortez at Otamba." isas their battle cry. They had read Prescott aloud together, and when Mjreeame the memory of thnt Iron Spaniard always put new courage Into m That slogan bad kept the sick one allto for months, Its ringing Import i nd only to the older brother's care "Remember Cortex at Otamba," repeated the sick boj", ThfnOrott3 armed himself with fresh determination und stoutly put on his trcoal "The old he wolf will go out on the hunt, my cub, and hell bring down a I before he omes back. So jou go to sleep You'ro more help to mo as jou Mlian If jou were on your feet, for jou keep me straight, and jou keep join " Oiling a mock growl the older hrotner went tnrougn mo cioor anomcr man. hour before he hud drugged home; but now ho was going forth again al-:st al-:st Usht hearted Right on the corner n hearty slap caught Clrntes across the btck. Hello, ol 1 man Heard you were out. That's rank Not jour fault. Hut ill know ri-hei Here you may need these. Take jour time about return-l return-l them Adlo- I to got to Jump this car. See jou later" Before Oroict could recover, the speaker, his chum Dan, was on the car. looked ai the two pieces of metal In his hand two 120 gold pieces. Cod la gcil after all," he murmured 'Orlt und square dealing will win i In the end and lt netcr lacks friends, ctcn If It can't make tea," he mused, aejtirel at the jellow Joy In his hand But there was one thing about It all that he did not know. Ten minutes be- three fourthi of that money had been handed to Dan by Mac. To Mao a cted 30 I) n had added 110. a bank tellei had ch-inged It Into two eagles to llltate rnpld handling, nnd the two had laid the plot und ambushed droves. Din role up the street on tho enr and waed back at tho astonished nn dumb on the corner, Mac stood looking on through tho glass doors of the -more a a the stieet Fingering In his pocket he surprised a quarter ha tot know h- hnd Promptly buying a ten-cent cigar, he sharpened his lead ell ard wm away on the hunt for another story Alihouch drotes found no work, nor eten encouragement that daj there "huge r High, subdued, rejoicing- In the sick room that night. Dan was led to h klcs w lilcli to the sick boy was an eight-foot, cracked, smoky "S uhlle Mac wiN roundly scored. Hut such Is the way of the world, and rlke on- s friends amid the darkness Is ono of the hardship of mankind The next neon when Mae walked Into tho Itecord local rooms ho found ftln talking with Kllborn of Cnlcuttn. Martin Inlioduced them: "Mr Kill- ri this Is the gentleman who Intert letted jou Doubtless jou 'thaie to t.o reminded of that, however, for of course jou remember him" ' gleam of intelligence between the raBt Indian nnd the reporter was lost Martin Mr Martin I wnnt to say right here that this gentleman Is one of the best "rarer m n In the world He Is an honor to jour paper. AMU jou hato Uhm" he added to Mac. , . tow Ma heing a tj pleat reporter, was alwaja emptj-, and he accepted witn It) Out thej went together. In Caesar's cafe, oter a meal that Mao still "orea nil nthtis by, Kllboin talked long and freelj h) S ng mnn, that story of jours coined of whole cloth as It was, not d of n mal truth In It, has set me to thinking When I read It there In Founder house In riltsburg. with all those other reporters standing around, "Mon me that here wns the chance for a fortune. Thnt's why I confirmed "or) nt 1 did I hato tea Interests In India! that, because r thli article Ih'adi mslng It has glten me, I can develop Into eomcth' , wonderful "h hlK1.li coloicd article jou tomance so cleterly about, but a really 'aie ne kind of tea. I'm Interested In shipbuilding only In a small way, h,w an) i in let that go If I can detelop the tea Idea Now I want an en-V en-V A- rienn jottng fellow to help me push It. Will you take the Job; ''"a tr une In It" Jgcilom nt the "5-cent cigar the waiter handed him mi h capital have jou?" he asked cautlouslj-. "How much Is tnero i 'or m" ntart with," Nlf n j practically nothlng-onlj jour expenses I hato tho tea. that Is "J the i for it and tho new variety, but llttlo or no cash. I want jou "dtlmt mo heie-lhe copltal'i , . ... , MacUu ) oulilKht at tho Idea of him, the alwajs-broke of the force, rats-'Mtal rats-'Mtal tu introduce u large lei plantttlnn In India to the Western world, "any th hM Mi Kllborn, but I'm not jour mnn I m no business man M , r reporter. Tho two nro different. If this 'pipe' story has madn r'ortun- n the futuie, In ten, It has mado mine In tho present In the news-f news-f buslnr i vo had twenty orfers since Inst night, here In St. Louis and by 'The 1 orJ rtoumofl my alary last night. Next "V'l ?r h,"I lnr e , gn011 , .., Martin takes his place, and I lake Martli s fetl i ' Hut I know Just the man jou want. He worka at penc 1-l1"" 1-l1"" " a mrlci. but he If Just tho man jou want! has the car and the or ttholo St. Louis Innklnjt ciowd. wns the Tlmci busmen and J""1" ' iritl f0, two jenrs-eten If ho did get w locked on the hotcls-'" hotcls-'" lui . i capital In your scho.ne If any one can Hesldj.. ho docsut fandi honest bejond fiuestlon. Ills name Is droves V, alt! ''80n'a (nr ' for him Ho Is only threo blocks nwaj, nnd I know Just til.ero l thh i , pom pu ,hnt box for n messenger, will jou7 A" '"" n uned ten jears ago Today Mao Is city editor of the Times un Ffr -, r,ng e, I or. J! . ti tho same old Mac Jeslerday ho borrowed '" '" ' Moser. his best reporter, and thon sent him down to the Union ft' r Mi Kl bom. senior member of the multi-million dolHr tea hou.o W'Oorn t. q,lci nrogi Calcutta, San Francisco and New orl( Mr. ?? r,-lnK '"i-uBh St. Louis in his prltato car. the '. P"Bm''. jLn' ,n,t' oitimii Intert lew and a picture. 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