Show 0 7 t to braai A imam you cant can t miss what you hae ila i never had 11 ad mild maid rimer charte when hen asked how he would feet feel if he learned tha if the story 1 r bout ills 1 11 hr h r iti a 1 I lion d dollars 0 allars were aa all a myth pretty good basis I 1 in n that for a 1 pallo philosophy 1 I to lo 11 meet 1 1 et the u dpn and d d n 11 1 I V of life it if of one his him dealt 1 1 ald loses lose it the t 1 1 ng to d do Is I 1 to a forget flint one ile ver ever pad ind it afore easily amity ald aid than lne ai mid that flint fact P ha as give I 1 H ivine t alio llio lie central dua d u to or r one e or 0 ili ahn inest 1 I rightly etli and lid joyous f th anny I 1 liter ter 11 II un icy knit clover clever 10 laurx lie has a t turned rl ed out for the relight delight of if verl ders urner ivas a a cigar store blerk in III a small email town in Cali califern furn a lie he wits was young ind and much it a human like lie wirt wire tint that anyone with ith half un 1 lye eye could see pee h he 0 mas ivas not distilled destined for foi long 1001 tn bhend his time hail handing ding out 1 I lopen IBS and chib 1 i ua t iut u t smoking Lobi lobisco leco to a cl bentele llen telo none too if bliner lnier stayed K niad in I 1 the lie ga I 1 tic in ili fill I 1 it wi would wild ld be to own ills owl on imil in and it 11 would lie be no hll hick affair lini but ut in the a latest cliv stil unit tind it to tn the town lit in the nature of f these e ambitions wu aas ab about ut to fig worked I 1 out lal nes e Ws came ame of the death of a relative and FIm erH being foods sort heir beir 0 1 o 11 tin arill llon lion do bollara I 1 ars something A as s I 1 ost lost I 1 to economics mid and 1 gre fr for I 1 11 ria tural hustler now found Idin self with no incentive to lo hustle YOU ou nay my till think lic it Is the old story 0 of f the new rich or of IL timins on 1 i 0 r bliek but it our 1 liner ir nan ats ft quite levelheaded level imel headed biti n with lah plinty of avy navy and a that flint aus us b built I 1 it for cal i crying burdens all niad ulmo acting as ab nn an 1 I iet power station for tit tha 1 I f rent r aaion of cour courage but bill with ith all these qualities ho he would bubl erta bily have slipped limit hail not it a man nger suddenly arken to tala ii him n in liand find and guide ili bilm ni frodi aiom ali alio llio pitfalls which his money mone 1 blinded I 1 ded e eca y es fa led to lo bee I 1 it was a girl of course but bill what a manager and what hat adroitness she to put tier her into effect ph fhe e iad had 1 heen n blust s t officer ili tho tha towns hink I 1 ari and d from 1 til ind tier her wicket tin had en more nor of f the it f ile of W life and hid absorbed more mor c III linture than ilmer iliner had coni coma into contact with dir ani ng his wh while ca imece reer she hod hid ft a strong liand even een it it were we encased I 1 in a delt ate soft bott gloved love hut but to no I 1 stiff arr firmed ame d methods for her no nin 1 vou ou will have to acain how ll 11 w die iia worked it blit by irling ir ling tin story thyi otie te of the happiest r p t efflo f of one of the lie nations last a t a atory I 1 0 r Y tellers r CHAPTER I 1 mr Alit olom secretary C anne line into tier her employers employ 01 s office till nil unpleasant announcement mr butterworth was waiting lit in the 11 outer fr ter office and auml desirous of seeing him keep lilii him waiting uniting linof finif un till hour lie lawyer answered 1 I kinait lin Ait tin in islieb reading the morning imper and it half bialt hour leour wait will have fr n good psychological effect on oil tint that old razorback it will ft arild to illy importance arid and diminish ills mellenee Mc Mel lenKe finished reading tile lie paper und find lighted a cigar when alien tile lie cigar was lie opened the hie door loading to tho general office ollace arid and bowed butterworth in ili with a cheery good morning find and a 11 polite inquiry as to the state of the butterworth health im rione done for ills visitor replied agitatedly and sank bank heavily eally li into ito tile the over overstuffed stuffed arin chair which abdom Mel melleane leake reserved for tits his clients yes McP dono loep for 1 I say that mr butterworth soothed soot lied him you are always pessimistic try li being op oil for a change cli anse hiram butterworth flared in sudden r ireful i impatience why yo son if say it lie he growled and ans answered iverel file lie question himself Hec you dont know anything about tt it why and I 1 do I 1 ought to ive ie pit paid id out enough good lash cash money mone to find out ive ie heen been to six sit specialists in sli six titles cities and have received six sl identical verdicts erdlets im dune for I 1 tell you and dont you ou try tn to tell nip me im I 1 m not I 1 guess I 1 know whon lien ini im done for cost me file enough to find out ile he shuffled tits feet and Mc glancing town down observed that nutter butter shoes were old cheap and worn and the thin threadbare suit stilt cheap arid and ready made old lid find coupled with the saw edged collar and tire the plain black ready to avenel benr nock Ittle tle still further heightened the atmosphere of misery find neblett which tills old man mail radiated malenke Mc lenke replied without irritation 1 im I rn very sorry to hear this disturbing report sir air butterworth what did the doctors say was the matter with you hardening of the arteries nr ind find heart disease tile old man barked balked three years ears ago I 1 found myself getting at a pain ill ili my chest so I 1 called on doe doc stelter to cure it stelter told me what was what find six sl others have since conformed tits his ile he bored into I 1 Mc lealie with tits ills gimlet eyes ees im liable to die at tiny any moment lie said then in a low sid sad voice so ive some to set my house in ili order alel Mt maleike epke leike frowned but kept ills his temper you will retail recall pardon me for reminding you iou that for twenty years I 1 have been urging you to nuke make it a will mr butterworth I 1 right right the miser complained youre one of those I 1 told you so follows fellows for two cents ill have another lawyer draw up my will that would please tire me gr greatly eRtly absolom Ab Melle malenke Mc lenke rike replied serenely tor for less than that id I 1 d decline to draw your our will ills peevish client subsided instantly tut aut tut lot absolom youre too quick on the trigger you know mighty well its too late for me to quarrel with my lily lawyer now arid besides you ou know more about my affairs than anybody else the lawyer glared at him for a half minute then drew a pad of legal size yellow jellow scratch paper toward film and iab Q by peter 13 kyrie kyna service t prepared rt to place Butter house U lit in order older to thoin to von alii ani to bequeath lour state entitle lie he queried iiii hed ills lips well ive only lily rot got one bit blond relative I 1 I 1 care to if ave it to 1110 flints iii LIA ii lute it e sisters on ion i iriner duller wort h rite ILI iou have other find nir mr butterworth yes rs lily ini alster sl ilar lial lios two girls find lo 10 ans s lin alid them highly well all lidd lit but fill ant nent id nike thy tin got vo colilli loii liui lillI or lie diey d 1 il fl ex tra anga ill lit let ein in lir air if ilvina liow imn allo 1110 I 1 did catch me file ell id 1 il lie dla alil III t according to 0 o li it dottori ildi dov tins tori erdlets you inn probably will binl ilc anier clai liiko lii heli kr well it in the ilava aln I 1 th alum lit awre or u iiller ilian olly little member 0 lily bainny slip site bothered nn au with her why eliy tier llor husband was MIS dall 1 awl M NV MIH 1114 ha fore I 1 iward of if it II ww she never abed ii lei ine file for fir if collir find I 1 ncr dav m livie it dollar dol lii I 1 lout dont 4 o wild wp il written a 4 9 I 1 7 to I 1 t V A A to whom do you wish to Bs bi your Cs tate lie he queried to each other for twenty years ii irs before mabel died on oil account 0 if ili HIP not thinking of tier her huband hubn ind nd good enough enoi iRli cuss but no alt up on nn go to t him the old wretch clinch led ilet ably as lie recalled ills futile brother inlaw in law never kepr laid eyes on ii liner lie went liali n never keier treat front film lit in my life and know hill front from adams oil off ox ov if I 1 soon seen ills his photograph absolomn Ab lies lieb tite dead spit of its his uncle lie ile handed the lawyer a I 1 photos raph Mel melleane leake studied it a moment find gave it hack hach you latter flatter yourself jourse lr he remarked cebre acidly that boy lescin acs ics you iou as much ns lis lie he resembles it wart bog but so go on ile he resembles me when I 1 was his age the miser persisted arid and I 1 know till all about him ha ha I 1 you bet never neier made a move in my life until I 1 knew just why I 1 was making it yes sir lie ile fumbled in tits his pocket and hi ought brought fortl forth some envelope ene lopp absolom Hel hellhake leake opened the one his client handed banded him and drew out a shear of typewritten pages the first page was a carbon copy of a letter muscatine lona iowa july 10 1321 1021 gentlemen A valued customer of this bunk bank Is 13 desirous of ascertaining in fit the lie strictest confidence the mental physical social and moral status of ills his nep liew elmer butterworth clarice of your jour city any information you iou can gle give us its ns as to ills his character habits occil occupation pa the ile degier g ree of application lip lie pt ex hibits in his pursuit of a living how he Is regarded by ills his associates and lint lilly any other oilier information you may ni ay iy consider will enable our customer to forin a lold picture of elmer clarke ill be appreciated and reel reciprocated brocat ed whenever possible I 1 lease ilease bill 1111 us for tiny in expense incurred in ng tl alx e information desired thanking you ou in advance we ave nrc fire yours avry d truly trull fiirst III sail Nat binl itsik of sc ielne atille ti fly gen io 0 dald bler tile linci grillini d IK il cutuli in sv ending am it kedit croul ii if di tl ti ahe va when your banker will d ilo 0 it im fill within nothing lie ills I 1 letter d is tile 11 I 1 sport I 1 like hike it giuin in hi ii r sir we r him hav rr n r MUI teller of the 11 kiili lit lust last re lull 1 I 1 ur c tit ag that III it wi we ii mill will etli n hilll fill belill ml 1111 mi ir aimer lut mn lerm ill 1111 i lull lache p nf if tills tin illy mi I 1 lilii ii 11 clarke 1 ill e is will i II 11 arid and 1 kawl 10 I 1 US 1111 1 has 11 11 been fa 1 i tin till years urns tha 1 l in real Iti giter if r vill otiis r nf if tills county in ill tin ins lit tint that mr air clarice ke Is it litno 11 in lint bawa he i october 10 1813 lii in selina litsko county tills lal ellb Is 11 illo olfay till or fit the into I 1 lt bror 1 clarke UK tit lilt allitt e r 1 I rth clarice chirk lal vas it graduate nf if of california and MM viry vi ir ry P lit in tile hed fled of nf 1 ills rv eadeh i ircle work con tri tributes buted n of tre value milne t tr tic IN fruit of f tills 1 I Is stole sl lie ife 11 of 11 fuel fever c con in wille lilac in brazil Iii ill stud studying sIng tile life fire and 1 I ii ilits babits of a pest known ns as tile lin aillinn ily ih billil Vil lIl jill lind in ILL alm territory id alloi of ills 1119 alre tied of pneumonia us jig it sequel ID 10 I drall ln ahe cepl or of 11 allt it 3 19 1 slie she was flis if of intelligence ut ltv and force of chI aCter till nd III like e tid he r husband was tt is held in id in the highest esteem here we uc cloo it photograph of I 1 eiringer butterworth clarice e which we e succeeded lid lit in securing from froin n local photographer ipher tit nt a lost cost of 30 for fo r which we e would be plinked to imp have your lour remittance I 1 liner eliner clarice e was twelve years old oil when ills fit fifth c r died As is the hie case w ti I 1 anost professors and alid particularly those in ill federal employ I 1 professor ro fessor claries clarice sillary was never neer bommen imen quinte with tits ills ability also lie was as ca cameles reles in the HIP m matter itter of providing life insurance fur for tits dependents with the result flint tile the carp care of ills his adow widow fell immediately lately upon elmer at twelve years lenra of age ace therefore elmer clarice played placed ills his last kaine game of ball and became the sole find and efficient support of ills his mother a burden licht ened somewhat by bv renson reason of tile the fact tint that professor Iro fessor clarice had left ills I 1 dow a comfortable six sit room bungalow lo 10 on a lot of feet frontage Cionta oO on C street of tills city timer elmer clarl clarice e graduated from the union high school here stythe nt the age of sixteen find was as no 1 on the lionor honor list of ten pupils ile he immediately went to work in a n loial local fruit cannery where here the remuneration of employees employee 8 Is regulated by their industry when tile the canning cinnlt cin season beison be ison closet closed lie he tin biad three bundled dollars in tile the saying sang depart meat of tills this bank the following sea son soil he bought fruit on oil commission for various pricking packing houses and proved himself an uncanny judge pt of fruit values allies arid euid crop tonnage ton nap realizing the th c drawbacks of 11 seasonal season il occupation and faced with the necessity of insuring the care of ills his mother lie he learned telegraphy tele raph in ili tits his spare moments arid and secured a position as assistant station agent in the local office of the southern ila il cefic railroad ile he had just fust be been n pro to station agent at the out break of the world orld war ile he enlisted tit at onee once arid and solved served with the rainbow division dt llon its as it radio sergeant until oe oc tuber of 1018 when lie was F imbed 1 nad if a second lieutenant lie ile wis was wounded twice and slightly gassed tor for the three years following ills his discharge aig front the service mr Cl claries arkes health due to its his wounds lind find tile gassing already referred to was too precarious pi editions to permit of ills his acceptance of nf lit ills old posit position tort as station agent at Illar eltos ile he therefore accepted a po position atlon of if less responsibility and duties us its assistant to the proprietor of a n local anil and pool lint with a u elgar staff in connection with little up lip tills gradually recovered tits ills health heil th and tit last 1111 time thile the writer spoke 1 ke 10 him hill on tills this subject lip lie stated hint flint in he was now ns well its lie lid lial e CUT vr been mr laike lai Kp Is it 11 very lory ambitious young oung tian in n never satisfied fied with what lie ile lin fit eways SL se berning for something better brt lir ito II 11 Is well lint anil very favorably known in this city fly As commander of if the file local hwal post of the american le glim jim ili lip ii I 1 i if strong for for better enship lit in our f 11 he e is 0 1117 lattrel interested ted to in politics but I 1 diio I 1 shrewd all and fur siring seeing si ring to desire a III Q mr 1 r clarice 11 Is find there me fire nu no prospects or ir thi this 3 status being belli changed lie he pays cash for find lins if savings iRS tic nc fit in I 1 ills bunk bank of henty five bl hundred indred dollars 10 lars at aln time if Is 19 endeavoring to negotiate with alli us its it 11 lonii liin on oil lil lit lils s 0 property tits ills object being to in business foi fill himself ho 1 Is it 11 irn niber nf r till the notary club chil the life ell finh b tile tie fl undred iler cent dub club ti alie 01 op Il mists tile llie advertising ell chil 1 fill ani president of our loval f kainber 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