| Show ant h e t G aft burm t aft M an copyright Co pyrlE channing pollock polled by CHAN CHANNING D I 1 NG 1 W POLLOCK POLLO CEf SYNOPSIS a pleasant likable youth duke irk the ty iv three jobless and broke en of t awen unoccupied summer home in n tera inton to seeking shelter from a rain sto storm rm lie he makes himself terrific L six years ago his father had bad a thorne h china leaving the lad barry gilbert 4 e a in t to fight ht his way ba bacat ck t 0 the G ile he did not recollect eve ever r hav states mother dozing at the 11 fire ire bad hada mis mig a ing lf be startled by the arrival of a fide elde a chauffeur evans a 11 L and ad a maid ile he learns that the COOR of n the owner of the house jack lw eon whom hom the servants had never bidder K is expected he decides to bluff n tee fee out ills his supposed ased parents h have ave left it germany next morning he is given letter tor for his Is mother he OP opens ens it it from the real jack nil d finds a message e flying he could not come and returning 1 hundred bundred dollar bill the boys fattier father had pe pensioned ns lon c 1 b him im into obscurity ear bar pok dockets t s t the b oncy money intending to return ry turo it later lie he orders evans to take him to montauk intending to disappear there CHAPTER I 1 continued 3 I anin days bays golf club replied the gentleman its only about three miles UP dp this road well the duke suggested 1 I if f youre in a hurry why dont you let me lne take you yon there then evans and I 1 can come back and have another try at this it if evans cant do anything ill send a mechanic from the village tillage very kind of you but ive a 1 tetter better idea you say youre hungry too why dont you lunch with us TO and leave your man to do the rest swell Swe lIl 1 said the duke evans drive us to the twin bays G golf 01 f club and then come back to this job you tou know what to do bates he be continued to his man come on lets get in P barry turned round to look for the girl in the green dress she was wh ahls Is berbig to evans the other side of the stalled car As they strolled up the road youre toure mr air ridder arent you the girl asked and before barry could reply ab she e went vent on your man told me I 1 thought I 1 recognized the car john ridders bidders son 11 exclaimed claimed es the white haired gentleman well I 1 am surprised I 1 so youve made it up with your father have you you must have heard beard him speak of me im judge Ilam hambidge bidge 11 for a moment barry considered disclaiming his bogus identity but what was the te use ile he could see evans I 1 listening ears through the half open window between them and the drivers seat beat and he wanted to get to montauk point not judge curtis hambidge he said omitting to add that he be bad seen the name in yesterdays newspaper the same replied the judge tour lour father and I 1 are well weve known each other since he came down to southampton three years ago this Is 8 my daughter patricia pat for A tort rt though it takes courage to call her that ile he laughed patricia looked str straight alOit ahead I VIlere Is your father on his way to bad nauheim Nau helm that heart of his eh eb always tola TO him it would cut up again some aay W 1 be leaned forward and wound UP ethe the window behind evans ears vell ell im glad you two got together at last ast its been killing your mother elie we spoke to me about it privately put land and I 1 are the only people in south who know that john got it son ile he mention it 14 and it u let anyone else mention I 1 tried 1 I act that way to 0 a boy of mine I 1 said no matter mattei abat he did flat elat on his uppers apers benm somewhere me where in florida and you in a big 6 empty house on long island I 1 1 suppose e youre going to spend the awu kwu leas on here now I 1 dont duke kno w yet answered the veil I 1 would this ls Is your chance art 8 good 6 and the old mabll be tack taa of 01 himself when en he comes 0 have YOU got a job anywhere said eald 11 bet he dances aces wonderfully the girl the she had b been een taking S him in I 1 out it of corner 0 of her and she taia daid eye now hi him lm this s tco 11 that compliment with a quiet tunie was as subtle as her per observed had the a job duke a few 16 months ago ing inea opened PPe ned with a disarm forkl did they y want you to I 1 iry youre th cm j judge being S very rude my dear ee admonished the truth Is that patriciaa Patri cias rather fed up on our young men and ashes beard a few pretty wild stories about you they had reached cached the club now get an judge car running fn the ouke duke instructed ts and then hed you and bates ba get evans something here yo to eat and bring both cars back not later than two sald the th judge edg A moment afterward he was writing sy john clarke ridder jr in the guest book youve got me all wrong barry told the girl in the green dress im not exactly a rich mans son jo no said the girl irl nice she was rude and extremely beau ufus hard ard boiled thought the D duk duke u ke e theres one lady id like to tame together they strolled through the wide colonial foyer of the bluh club and into its white and deserted dining dinin room early yet commented the judge southampton get going before the end ena of june pleasant club thou though h were opening our house next nest week just ran down today to have the water turned on and all that sort of thing hows your place still got willetts Wll letts yes 91 good servant willetts Wll letts your sour father lays him off all winter and goes to live in a hotel but willetts Wll letts comes back every spring how about a little salmon salad mr air ridder salmon salad with mayonnaise please ile he smiled remembering yesterdays hot dog at huntington rather a coincidence meeting you here he be said id just seen your name in the globe the judges brow clouded yes your fathers newspaper they say im a tammany judge robbing the 11 11 its always easy to work up excitement cit elt ement about the underdog under dog patricia cut in As though it really mattered mattere cl what happened to the underdog you dont like rich mens sons the duke remarked and you dont like under dogs just whom do you like miss hambidge people who make their way cant you feel sorry tor for people who dont not very she admitted frankly nobody does most alost of us pretend to I 1 dont know why merely the brake on civilization they dont count civilization does the hard bard boiled minx I 1 1 I suppose be keeping bachelors bachelor lor s hall most of the summer suggested the judge the nauheim treatment is eight weeks I 1 believe well have to make yourself at home with us im a widower and away a good part of the time so you and patricia can fight things out on the tennis court he glanced at his watch well be down for good the first of next week how about dining with us thursday please do amii smiled ed the girl 61 1 I should be delighted said the duke at eight dont dress diess we wear flannels most of the time out here 11 ri flannels lanneIs it Is said tile the duke purring softly as t though bough nothing had ever been wrong with its vitals the judges car drew up to the steps until thursday then and thank you for the lift im in mighty glad to have met john rid ridders ders boy im glad too added patricia givin giving ing him her band maybe ill learn to like rich mens sons or under dogs to that sounds a little more improbable said the girl they drove away evans humor seemed to have improved with luncheon montauk point he be asked holding bolding the car door pen open no it tile the duke anaw answered cred ive I 1 about montauk mind changed my pont point some other day I 1 think well go home now DOW CHAPTER II 11 resolutions resolution sl 1 mad well of all the wind up in prison VI to m going oln to reflected reflect the duke and as a good goo have done 0 on n ac many wiser men count of a girl that I 1 at A snip of a girl lie HP grinned at he that 9 g to get flan ass where was clean shirt how a nels or eve n away with this coul id be hope ry to get lets thin k it whole w ka eek for a mama are I 1 safe and out lul etly auk papa probably for a aff bad nauheim N couple of months the real john ridder isn t coming to southampton stop at the railway station he instructed the chauffeur ive got to see about my bag aasve but oddly enough the bag arrived d A bg bl tan leather suit case easel echoed the bagg baggage a ge master youre eo in ing to have a hard time fline locating it unless you can find your check must have dropped it from my pocket when I 1 pulled out my railway ticket on the train his grace told willetts W billetts at dinner willetts had bad been very apologetic about sending the master away for lunch its cook sir ashes new and what with the kitchen all upside down P don t worry interrupted the duke 1 I had a capital time but what are we going to do about clothes willetts well the butler responded theres your fathers tailor sir crowell on fifty first street just east of the avenue you could start an account sir and sir mr ridder senior gets his haberdashery at bartletts bartletta Bart letts and his shoes at kennedys Kenn edys all that takes time barry objected and im going out to dinner next nest thursday and thursdays five days oft off I 1 a shirt to my back willetts or anything else but my fathers purple pyjamas pajamas py jamas willetts face brightened if you can wear those sir I 1 don dont t see why you cant wear mr air linen in an emergency sir theres a whole highboy high boy full of it in your closet sir and hes got a dozen summer suits in that cedar chest flannels too oh plenty of flannels answered willetts and golf trousers sure to fit both men sl smiled wonderful what a smile would do his own broad grin undoubtedly explained the friendliness of the butler and he himself had fallen victim to the same upturning of a pair of carminea car mined lips lie he hid had resented patricia hambidge wholeheartedly whole heartedly until she smiled ile he still resented her but he knew exactly how many days it was to thursday the case against evans was that he never smiled the matter with evans asked the duke using his fork on a morsel morse of sweetbread sous cloche matter sir lie he seems morose said the duke the fact Is evans wife Is very ill III sir in patchogue yes sir we left her there what made us late last night go on about all sir mrs evans has been ill III some time its a kind of anemia sir evans want to leave her when he found he was coming out here only yesterday sir he asked mr air ridder if he could bring mrs evans theres quite a big room over the garage and mr ridder said wo no iles hes well hes firm mr ridder Is I 1 guess you know that sir and then E evans vans decided to put her up in the village for a few days but she was taken bad at patchogue sir and we had bad to leave her at a hotel evans was a good deal upset only been married a few months 01 1 I see said the duke he thou thought bt about the matter all through dinner As he was quitting the table willetts he be said 1 I think better tell evans to go back to patchogue and an d get his wife tonight if ashes fit to travel or tomorrow morning my father wont know anything about it and it seems a pity to waste that room over the gara garage ge 11 yes les sir said willetts thank you sir anything else I 1 can do for you sir about it before he H e went on thinking the fire houses without people and people without houses bouses funny world I 1 olf if I 1 belonged here the duke repeated to himself the ahe trouble wl with th people like my father h he ruminated rumina ted and pat Is that they ont dont d know what it Is not to have elou enough gli never known forgotten we experienced or perien ced things to ba have ve any feeling about them if you yo see a m man shot youre horrified bor rifled but if you read about uty fifty thousand men killed in battle it mean much to you my father and suddenly he be realized that when he be said my ly father he be was thinking of john clarke ridder twentieth time since the beginning for the te of this astonishing adventure I 1 VM service his mouth spread itself into that broad g seln r 1 ri it if I 1 stayed here a month he reflected fl ted id tie be calling the old man pad dad already im callin calling the girl pat making myself at home ho m what I 1 am better clear clea r out after dinner next thursday or after breakfast friday im simply ruining my appetite for baked beans willetts interrupted his meditations evans would like to know it if see him sir of course tell him to come up uil lie ile had bad an embarrassing ten minutes with the alie chauffeur embarrassing but very heart warming the S surly url v E evans v a na was transformed barry never had seen anyone else so grateful you must have thought I 1 was pretty grouchy this morning morning sir but 1 I was worried sick I 1 he kept pt thinking liow how the looked when I 1 left her last night I 1 dare quit on her account if been just nice me ildie starved to be with her theres likely to be an awful row when my father gets home warned the duke we can clear out before then brans hesitated the ought to be all ail right in a few weeks its wonderful this sea air when do you want to go for her 1 11 I telephoned from the village and the doctor thinks shed be all right to make the trip in the morning sir tell you what well do old said the tha duke ive got to go to town to get some clothes and things ill r ride ide wl with th you to patchogue and take the train there you can bring mrs evans evana home and ill take another train out from new york evans tried to speak but without success all now you can figure what train I 1 get from patchogue and tell willetts good ril night gh t at the door evans turned ill get square with you for this some day he said and gulped liard bard and left the room gosh mused the duke id stay a month if I 1 thought I 1 cc could uld do a few more things like that mr air crowell was most obliging ing though a bit suspicious at first john clarke ridder seniors blue summer suit clung to his bis bogus son almost comically and john clarke ridder bidder seniors shirt was choking him you made these togs for my father the duke remarked and I 1 put lern em on this morning because ive just come up from florida and lost my baggage en route ive got to have a suit nutt by next nest thursday can call it be done im afraid not can you make a pair of flann ti trousers by then 11 1 1 I 1 think so go to it said the duke TO BE CONTINUED |
