| Show paul vinton won both ways j 8 11 by it IRVING KING K i 46 4 by mccau N PAUL VINTON had made the rash 5 statement tat ernen 1 that lie he was not dependent on the fortune ills his father had left alln him that he would be able to make his own living ile ho made this st statement at the club and GIfford Briggs and sam burke laughed at him just what could jau you do now asked sam to earn your bread and putter butter 1 I can drive a machine said paul and im pretty good at mechanics generally I 1 can repair almost any sort of car if the trouble serious toot Llo oft cried gifford you aro are a fair r amateur ill admit hut but as a professional fess ional I 1 ill bet you son ae hundred you could not get a job oft off your year a own bat as ii at chauffeur and keep it tl three re months done said paul and thereafter for sometime some tima ills his place at the club was vacant soon after pauls disappearance front from hla his accustomed haunts a young man presented himself before mrs airs richard Ill chard Charter ls of beacon street boston and applied for the he post of chauffeur in that ladys estabI w which itch lie understood had become vacant mrs mia charteris Charter ls looked him over and questioned him sir Charter charteris ls did the same as did their daughters penelope and barbara ile he was asked for a recommendation from his last employer e p oyer and presented a most laudatory one paul had written it himself and signed his own name to it the name ho gave to his employers was one which he had chosen after much worried cognition it was john snooks 1 I dear met me I 1 what an awful name cried mrs charteris Charter ls we generally call our chauffeur by his last name but snooks beverl never suppose we call cali you harrison barbara the younger of the charteris girls regarded paul with a suspicious look father said eald she do you know anything of this paul vinton from whom this person professes to bring a recommendation oil oh yes replied mr charteris Charter ls 1 I 1 know of him hes old hard pine Vin tons son lie ile inherited heaps of money 1 I rather think ive heard of him said barbara lies iles a dissipated youth I 1 understand not over bright do you think a recommendation from him Is of any value paul tried not to glare at barbara while she was traducing his character W was a that really his reputation lie he did ld not believe tt it the girl was just spite spiteful fui evidently one of those people who n never speak well of anybody if they can help it all the file family liked Il larrison as they insisted upon calling him except harbora barbara and for some reason which he fie could not compre comprehend liend himself darbara barbara was the one person lie laid himself out to please for two lis paul stuck to ills his jo job b one month more ho fie meditated an and a t then hen im going to stage a dramatic climax to my little adventure lie he pictured himself disclosing his real identity before the whole family and demanding of barbara who would ol of course be overwhelmed with astonishment lier her authority for the aspersions she had casi cast upon his character and then why then having convinced barbara of his worthiness he would ampro approach ch the young lady from another angle angle then one day when because 0 of f thinking too much of barbara lie he had d been guilty of some little dereliction barbara said to him coldly your training with that rather disreputable mr air vinton has evidently e not fitted you y ou for the position of chauffeur in a family such as ours paul lost his licad head and began an ell energetic defense of its hla late employer really neally said barbara 1 I had no idea that mr vinton was such a paragon your able defense of him would lend lead one to believe almost that you were mr air vinton himself paul looked at her with a start and an express expression lot on his face that wa was a confession barbara broke into a peal of laughter oh you guileless youth said she 1 I have known who you were all along when you applied for the position of chauffeur I 1 saw nt at once w what hat that you were no professional and that little recommend commend le you presented was a trifle too flattering natt ering I 1 suspected some mystery and made my attack upon mr hir Vin tons character as a c hance chance shot the way you looked at me confirmed my suspicions I 1 wrote to my cos cousin tom herberton Per berton in new york asking him if he fie knew one paul vinton ile he replied that he knew you well belonged to your club end and had heard beard about bet you made the mystery was was cleared up but I 1 determined ter mined to make you really earn your five hundred it was such fun if you really want to stay on an another month I 1 think I 1 can keep your secret just about that much longer 1 I do want to stay on replied paul paul paid won his five hundred and about two months later put the aboney money into a wedding present for his bride whose name was barbara |
