THE HEALDTON HERALD
MONEY TO BURN
©by Peter B Kyno
THE STORY
Hiram Butterworth miser de-
ckles to leave his fortune to KI-
mer Clarke a poor younj? neph-
ew He tells Absolom McPeake
his lawyer of a deal forty years
ao in which he swindled a man
out of $10000 and arranges for
payment with Interest
CHAPTER I — Continued
— 2—
Old Rutterworth noihlpd nnd handed
Mm a fut envelope “This contains
nil the Information” he explained
“Anything else?”
“Nothing Absolom except that —
well I reckon It's usual to have the
executor give a bond so you’d better
stipulate In my will that the customary
bond shall be filed with the couyt by
the executor"
“Old Safety First” McPeake re-
peated “I'll have your will ready In
an hour Stay where you are”
Within tlie hour Hiram Rutterworth
had signed his last will and testament
He carried a copy of the document
awnj with 1dm and left the original
with Ids lawyer On the first of the
following month lie received from Ab-
solom McPeake a bill for fifty dollars
for professional services drawing will
“Tlie dirty cheap two-for-a-cent
legal Jackal" he raved to his man
Hunker “Sending me a bill for draw-
ing my will after all I’ve done for
him” He telephoned Immediately to
Absolom McPeake and told the latter
In lurid Inngunge exnctly what he
thought of him
“You’re a dirty robber!” the old
man shrieked “I'll change my will
this very day I'll learn you — ”
He was terribly angry — so nngry In
fact that he quite forgot the advice
for which he had paid so heavily to
six heart specialists He mumbled
Incoherently Into the transmitter then
let It fall with a crash which was not
lost on the lawyer at his end of the
line Then very faintly MePenke
heard him say: “O God! Forgive
me! I’m dying — dv — ”
When MePenke reached his client’s
place of business he found Illram
Rutterworth stretched out on tlie
grimy nncarpeted floor of his private
office He was quite dead- Runker a
gray-haired gray-faced meek cowed-
lookfng little man was sitting In a
chair across the room watching the
dead man
He looked up ns McPeake entered
and a smile illumined his gray face
for he was free at last
“Tlie old man's heart went hack on
liim" Ranker explained "He’s dead
nnd although I’ve worked for him near-
ly thirty years I can’t say I’m sorry”
“You ought to he glad Runker In
fact you will he glad when I tell you
flint ids will which I drew two weeks
ngo provides a specific bequest to
you of ton thousand dollars”
“Ten thousand! Ten thousand!”
the old clerk repeated in crescendo
“Why he — lie — lie promised me for
years t hue he'd leave me a hundred
thousand I'o devoted my life to that
man ami all I ever got for it was
abuse and a bare living And now
lie — lie’s betrayed me!"
I’Uiiker’s form quivered and two
tears coursed slowly down Ids lined
(hocks "My wife will feel badly
about this” lie quavered “She was
sort of figuring on it Well wliat
can't he cured must lie endured I
jsiuipnsp"
Md’cike went hack to ids office
Tv o hnUi-s la'er in Pilareitos Calif
J ! I liter Claike received the following
telcurit i :
“Muscatine Iowa
"August 1 111124
“Your tmnle llirant lliilterwurth
died suddenly here today Please wire
'disposition of body I was your uncle's
attorney during ids lifetime and am
named exeeitjor of his estate
“A MePenke Federal Trust Rldg”
Tills Information was received by
Flnier Clarke half an hour before ids
departure for tlie home of ids heart's
desire whom lie planned to escort that
evening to tlie municipal build concert
in tlie plaza To tills young lady El-
mcr disclosed tlie contents of tlie
telegram
“Wliut disposition lire you going to
make of tlie body Elmer?" she In-
quired “I feel like wiring MePenke to send
tlie oM mail’s carcass to a medical col-
lege for dissection in order that lit
tlie finish it mlgtit lie said of him that
once lie accomplished something con
Ktruothe something fur tlie hem-tit
of the world in which lie had his
being"
"Oh please don't do Hint FInier!"
“Oil of course uot Nellie He was
my mother's brother even if lie was a
heartless old skinflint I suppose lie
died penniless for all Ids miserly thrift
or ills lawyer would not have wired
me ns lie did I’ll send McPeake a
night letter and instruct him to give
the old man a pluin decent Christian
burial tlie expense of which shall imt
exceed one hundred nnd fifty dollars
and to draw on me at sight for tlie
j same For mother's snke I can't have
the old man burled In Potter’s field”
Nellie patted' Elmer Clarke's hnnd
“I'm glad you’re going to do the right
BY PETER B KYNE
o 4
thing by him even If he didn't de-
serve It”
They went to the band concert nnd
when they parted at Nellie’s front
gate Elmer held her hand longer than
seemed necessary
“Nellie my dear you’re a great com-
fort to mo” lie said very seriously
apropos of nothing “I like to think
that some day when my ship comes
in — ’’ He checked himself nnd after
a pause added: “Rut then it will
never come In until I snll In It so
what’s the use dreaming until I know
my dreams can come true?”
“Elmer" the girl replied “within a
week your ship Is going to come In I
feel It In my bones — somewhat after
the fnsliion of old mea who have
“I’d Get Into Business for Myself of
Course ” Ho Replied
rheumatic twinges Just before the first
rains Wouldn’t it be wonderful El-
mer if your Uncle Hiram died with
just scads of money and left It all to
you? You have never met him have
you Elmer?”
“No and I have never desired to”
“Elmer if the unexpected should
happen and you should receive a sub-
stantial sum from your uncle's estate
what would you do?”
He looked down at her very soberly
and seemed about to answer her ques-
tion without the hesitation which al-
most Instantly he developed He bit
his lip and sighed
“I’d get Into business for myself of
course” he replied
The girl nodded soberly and he had
a vague suspicion that bis answer had
been a disappointment for she with-
drew her hand and said good night
CHAPTER II
Sirs Matilda Rruy familiarly known
In Pilareitos as Old Lady Rray who
came on duty at seven o’clock a m
to handle tlie night letters arriving at
tlie Pilareitos telegraph office closed
her key snt hack and read with in-
terest the message she had Just re-
ceived for Elmer Clarke
"Will wonders never cense!” the
good soul murmured — nnd reached for
tlie telephone When It responded
she asked to have Miss Nellie Cnth-
cart called to the telephone A long
wait then Miss Nellie said “Hello”
"Nellie! What do you suppose has
happened? This Is Mrs Rray of the
telegraph ollice speaking Elmer
Clarke's uncle Hiram Rutterworth
died bark in Iowa yesterday You
knew that didn't you?"
“Yes Mrs Rray”
“Well just this minute I took a
night letter from a lawyer directed to
Elmer of course nnd Uncle Hiram's
will lias I opened nnd Elmer's been
left n million dollars! Mo you hear
me Nellie? A million dollars! Isn't
It wonderful Nellie?"
“I'm very happy at Elmer’s good
fortune Mrs Rray"
“Elmer's good fortune!” Old Lady
Rray practically shrieked tlie words
“What about your good fortune?”
“Have you just received the mes-
sage over tne wire Mrs Rray?” Nellie
Cutheart's voice was calm
"Tills very minute!”
“Well then Mrs Rray why not
semi tlie telegram to Elmer Immedi-
ately and permit him to be tlie one
to tell tlie world of ills good fortune?"
"Rut I thought--why — I — I thought
you’d want to know It first — "
“I fear yon think too much about
other people's business dear Mrs
Rray’’ Tlie telephone clicked Nellie
Cat heart had hung up
“Miserable ungrateful little cat"
snarled Old Lady Rray nnd lmme
dlntely called Itev Mr Claude Good-
follow pastor of the First Christian
church of which Elmer Clarke’s moth-
er — now deceased — had been a mem-
ber To Mr Goodfellow Old Lady
Iirnv — in confidence tills time — related
the news of wliat she termed Elmer
Clarke's windfall Mr Goodfellow
promised to respect her confidence nnd
Immediately returned to the breakfast
table nnd told his wife nnd eldest
daughter
Five minutes later his eldest daugh-
ter Alice telephoned Ansel Moody
president and sole owner of the
Pilareitos Commercial Trust A Sav-
ings bank Mr Mood was the treas
WNU Service
urer of her father's church and as a
banker he would naturally be Inter-
ested In the prospect of a new ac-
count of such magnitude Moreover
Miss Alice was Ansel Moody’s house-
keeper nnd was aware that some
months previous Elmer Clarke had
approached her employer with a propo-
sition to lend hint five thousand dol-
lars on his house and lot In G street
At the time old Ansel had turned a
cold enr to the request and Elmer had
left tlie bank disappointed nnd angry
Now old Ansel told Alice she was
a sharp girl and as she hung up the
receiver she was aflutter with the pros-
pect of a salary raise
Immediately upon hearing from
Alice Goodfellow Ansel Moody tele-
phoned to Old Lady Bray and or-
dered her to withhold delivery of the
telegram to Elmer Clarke for one hour
The banker was the telegraph com-
pany’s principal customer and Old
Lady Bray would have trembled for
her position had she failed to obey his
order
At half past seven o’clock that
morning Elmer Clarke left his home
and set forth to the locus of hts labors
In Sam Haskins Smoke Shoppe nt tlie
corner of Main and F streets Elmer
Clarke was Sam Haskins’ principal
assistant and for his services drew a
stipend of forty dollars a week — a sum
regarded In Pilareitos as truly princely
At the corner of C and Main streets
Elmer paused before a vacant store
Above the portal a faded blue and
gold sign Informed whoever might
have been Interested sufficiently to
wonder what local Industry had on
this spot taken root withered and
died that once upon a time H YVns-
servogel had here dispensed Choice
Stall-Fed Meats
Every morning of his life en route
to the Smoke Shoppe Elmer Clarke
was wont to pause before this dusty
and forlorn arena of HWasservogel's
despair and In his mind's eye make
It over Into Elmer Clarke’s Smokerie
the rilarcltos Sanitary Barber Shop
and the Nonpariel Billiard and Pool
Tartor Elmer knew to the last ten-
penny nail exactly how It could be
done provided he could borrow five
thousand dollars on the lot and bunga-
low he had Inherited from his mother
Five thousand together with his sav-
ings would enable him to transform
the deserted butcher shop Into some-
thing that would draw trade from Sam
Haskins’ Smoke Shoppe so fast that
within a year the latter place would
resemble the ruins of one of those
Maya cities in the Jungles of Yucatan
“The trouble with H Wasservogel"
Elmer ruminated “was that he had
too much overhead He could have
got along with half the space and sub-
leased the other half If I — ”
“Morning Elmer" a cheerful voice
hailed
He turned and gazed Into a counte-
nance that somehow appeared vaguely
familiar After the second look he
recognized Ansel Moody whom lie hud
seen every day for five years
“Why I didn't recognize you
Moody” Elmer replied flippantly and
disrespectfully to the banker He hnd
been tlie first man In Pllnrcitos to call
old Ansel to Ills face anything but
Mr Moody “No sir I didn't recog-
nize you nt first You were smiling!”
“Iln-lin! Ha! Ila-ha!” old Ansel
barked mirthlessly “Still boldin' your
little grudge eh Elmer?”
“I still feel the old pain” Elmer re-
plied candidly “You’re a pawnbroker
not a banker Most bankers lend some
money on ubility and Integrity but
you want collateral worth fully 50 per
cent more than tlie loan nnd even
then you require a responsible indorse-
ment” “Well-1 y'know Elmer us bankers
ain't got nil the sny ’bout that" old
Ansel soothed him “We got to be
careful However I been thlnkin’
your proposition over since you was
in the hank last an' I've about come to
the conclusion I'll take a chance on
you Elmer”
“Why Mr Moody!"
It
Many Ways of Keeping
In the fur-olT days there were nei-
ther clocks nor watches by which tlie
passing time might be measured Tlie
sundial was the only Instrument of
service In this respect It appears In
tlie Bible nnd wns most likely Invent-
ed by the Egyptians Tlie Ilomans
were the means of Introducing It to
tlie western nations ot Europe B(“
fore the Homans obtained knowledge
of tlie Instrument however they reck-
oned time by the dropping of water
much in the same way that we time
an egg by a sand glass and it was tlie
duty of a slave to attend nnd make a
sound nt the recurrence of a certain
number of drops
Sundials by day nnd water droppers
Mula Has Long Ufa
The average age of a horse Is six-
teen years Mules and Jackasses live to
be of great age although the average
length of life Is approximately sixteen
years There have been records of
mules having lived 85 to 40 years
The great man rumbled on “I’ve
come to the conclusion that If you was
to get set up In a swell place of your
own Sam Haskins’ trade would fol-
low you Elmer like drunkards to a
wrecked rum ship Whenever you’re
ready Elmer come down to the bank
an’ see me I’ll give you a loan of
five thousand on your property In O
street an'— er — ” Old Ansel's face
took on a harried questing look "You
pretty sure you can git by on five
thousand Elmer? I wouldn’t bite oft
more'n I could -chew If I was you
startin' out but — er — "
“Well I really ought to have ten
thousand I have twenty-five hun-
dred In your savings department”
“If you’ll put that twenty-five hun-
dred Into the venture by gravy that'll
show confidence In your enterprise
Elmer an' I’ll give you an open credit
of twenty-five hundred more That’s
fair ain't it?”
“More than fair Mr Moody I’m
afraid I was a little hns- with yon
that day nnd this morning but then — ’’
Old Ansel raised a deprecating hnnd
“Don’t mention It Elmer A feller’s
bound to make mlstnkes I’ve mnde
’em myself Come see me when you’re
ready to shoot” nnd with a friendly
wave of his hand he was off to open ‘
his little red-brick bank for the busi-
ness of the day
At the corner of Main and D streets
Rev Claude Goodfellow met Elmer
with a broad smile of brotherly love
and appreciation
lie cut around Reverend Goodfellow
and continued on Ills way Before he
hnd reached E street he had been
accosted by four men and two women
with whom he was not particularly
well acquainted — certainly not friend-
ly And he could not help noticing
that they had gone out of their way
to speak to him kindly and shake
hands They had never done that be-
fore so Elmer wondered what he had
that they wanted and eventually came
to the conclusion that it must be his
lawn mower Elmer was the only
householder In his block who owned
a lawn mower which was kept In ex-
cellent running order
CHAPTER III -
Elmer reached the Smoke Shoppe
fifteen minutes late Heretofore Sam
Haskins had never failed to mark bis
assistant’s rarely committed crime of
tardiness On such occasions Mr Has-
kins wns wont to cough loudly and
look at Elmer Then he would look
nt the clock cough again and look
back at Elmer This morning how-
ever he varied his custom by crying
Joyously :
“Well how’a tricks with the old sol-
dier this morning? Sleep well last
night? Must have or you wouldn’t
be fifteen minutes late Well reckon
you earn It Elmer if anybody does”
And he dealt Elmer a hearty and af-
fectionate blow between the shoulder
blades
Elmer sighed He wished that Sam
Haskins had not done that He had
planned to sny:
“Well Sam take a good long satis-
fying look because It's the last In your
repertoire I'm giving you two weeks’
notice Sam I’m going Into this busi-
ness for myself If you will
kindly step aside Sam I’ll phone for
the ambulance”
“I'm sorry Mr Haskins that I'm
late” he mumbled confusedly "I
started In time but all the people In
town that never come to the Smoke
Shoppe had to stop me and talk a
minute Anything new?”
“Not a tiling” Mr nasklns lied
blithely
From under tlie cigar counter El-
mer produced n bundle of clenn cheese-
cloth one by one he took boxes of
cigars from tlie shelves dusted them
carefully nnd replaced them pausing
from time to time to greet a customer
anil serve him Presently looking up
from ids tusk he saw Nellie Catlicart
standing on tlie edge of the sidewalk
In front of the Smoke Shoppe looking
In at him In n in nner that brought a
warm comfortable glow to his heart
lie came out of the Smoke Shoppe
and greeted her with a cheery :
“Hello Nellie old dear llow are
you tills morning? Y'ou look won-
derful" Nellie Cut heart was a golden lilond
— a real blond if you know wliat Is
meant liy that — and she had very dark
eyebrows and wide beautiful dark
blue eyes beneath a wide beautiful
white brow overlooking a sweetly wist-
ful patrician face Her fine even teeth
were exposed us she carelessly favored
Elmer with a mllllon-dollar smile
(TO EC CONTINUED)
Track of Passing Time
by night nnd In cloudy weutlier were
the only means of measuring time
It is tlie monks of tlie Middle ages
to whom we me Indebted for tlie In-
vention of timekeepers by wheels and
other mechanism The early Instru-
ments were very primitive affairs but
invention succeeded Invention until
we have today the most perfect and
delicate instruments for telling time
Short Testament
The will of Chief Justice White con-
tained hut 51 words It rends: “Tills
is my Inst will I give beqiionth und
devise to my wife 1-eltn M White
In complete and perfect ownership
all my rights nnd property of every
kind und nature whether real per-
sonal or mixed wherever situated ap-
pointing her executrix of my estate
without bond and giving her seisin
thereof"
la a Nutshell
Fear has Its place but It must be
kept In Its place
TIME OPPORTUNE TO CONSIDER
STARTING ON FAMILY SEWING
HERE'S hoping that the first weeks
of the new year will be profit-
ably spent In getting the family sew-
ing in motion Of course the pro-
logue to this annual Sewlng-fest Is go-
ing to be a matter of looking up new
mnterlals and studying the latest pat-
terns and attending to the numerous
details which have to do with map-
ping out a successful dressmaking
campaign
Usually It Is the Ilttte folks whose
needs are considered first by home-
sewing mothers nnd the spring fabric
collections are apt to be studied from
CUNNING JACKET COSTUME
the viewpoint of what’s prettiest for
little daughter’s school and playtime
frocks Just now for practical and
immediate wear crepes both printed
and plain also piques attract con-
siderable attention and the outstand-
ing note about them Is their high col-
orings und the fact that they are used
together in striking contrast such as
brown with yellow pink with blue
green with white and so on One of
the discoveries In the fnbric realm Is
that of a new weave which the sales-
person will tell you Is called satin
Jersey It Is made of bemberg which
means that It Is woven of a synthetic
yarn which Is neither silk cotton wool
or linen but Is one of the man-created
fibers which have so successfully
worked their way into the good -graces
of modern weavers
The cunning youngster In the pic-
ture Is wenrlng a Jacket costume made
of peacli-cnlofled bemberg satin Jer-
sey The blouse is of the same mate-
rial In white The fnct that this smnrt
little model is styled with a pleated
skirt a short jacket and a blouse Is
GORGEOUS VELVET EVENING WRAP
something mothers should Jot down In
their notebooks for reference when
they go to limit up latest patterns
'TIs said that tlie trend in little girls’
styles is decidedly In tlie direction of
three-piece effects of tills character
the skirt flaring either because of
pleats or being circular cut and tlie
blouse featuring color contrast
Velvet With Fur
Fashion is setting no limit as to
the amount of fur that may be lav-
ished on the coat the suit or the
dress The sentiment for trimming
with fur Is Increasing One really must
have at least A touch of It about the
costume somewhere Even the sheer-
est of evening frocks ’are apt to be
embellished with fur Winter resort
fashions are going so far as to trim
the new gny-prlnt chiffons with bor-
ders and bows of dainty peltry
The program of velvet with fur as
designers are presenting It for mid-
winter Is a luxurious one It Is not
only that the furs themselves are ex-
traordinary but their treatment In n
trimming way Is most unusual
The unique arrangement of the
handsome blue fox which trims the
gorgeous ruby velvet evening wrap
pictured below tells a story of the un-
usual and It Is true all tbe way
through wherever fur Is employed as
trimming there Is almost sure to be
an element of novelty In Its manipula-
tion The designful manner in which fur
trims are handled applies to both the
showy long-haired type and to tbe
thin fnbrlclike kinds Perfectly stun-
ning are the midwinter ahort-Jacket
suits which are mnde of velvet and
which are richly embellished with fur
These resolv themselves Into two
classes those which make a spectacu-
lar display such as gray tweed trimmed
with long-haired gray fur or perhaps
a rich red suit elaborated with lynx
or wolf or black fox the collars cuffs
and borderlngs being massive in their
treatment
Contrasting these bizarre effects are
the salts and coats of handsome ma-
terials frequently of broadcloth or of
velvet which are enhanced with trim-
mings of flat fabriclike fur manipu-
lated so Ingenuously their novelty
makes them outstnming An argu-
ment In favor of suits of tills type Is
that they are not only timely for Im-
mediate wear hut when the severity
of midwinter Is over the jacket and
skirt costume with lightweight fur
will be found wearable In fact for
mtdseuson and until spring actually
sets In two piece suits which are In-
genuously detailed with astrakhun
persiun lamb dyed lapln and any pel-
try that admits of being treated like
fabric the suit will take first place
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