Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1926, Page 37

» RASK'S quick eyes surveyed the lounge room of the club and once more met those of Trumbull. The scrutiny was blunt and direct. “You @ldn't ask me up here to look nt the indoor scenery,” sald Trask. “That's'sure. I don’t think much of this mid-Victorlan prop stuff, anyhow. It's bad for vour batting eye. So, “A town in Texas, you know.” “I know it's in Texas. But what about 1t?” “You're going there.” “Who? Me?" Trask sat forward in his chalr, ag- m I going to Galvesta nded. *“Where did notion? What he up there “Money,” answered Trumbull “Whose money Mine.” “What for?” derr that takes vt go myself.” man,” E rveyed his companion for | . then demanded: | the reason you can't go?" | un reason is 1 don’'t want | t untess vou put another one | rt, which is that 1 don’t intend to | Well, T can follow vou up to that | roint weven if you But why does it all?” veplied Trumbull said 2o to Galveston Now Spence and come veston, why Spencer ! and ‘It sometl said, “I'm e ed to a age. 1 n Norden told the oid | man, a1 old man told me. And | vou know dad. If he tells you to go | 1o the North Pole, you go. You don’t | stop off fins “th or other You through cle: me —why smiled Bill,” he sea VOy- like this, any g0 hang! nodded. He knew Trumbull I'm sick.” continued ou pick | me life. BY E. J. RATH. (Copyright, 1926, by G. Howard Watt.) you'll have to play the game until the rt ship starts. “With a half-season’s coat of tan?” Looking Sick. Trumbull waved the objection away. “Lots of fellows get sick, even when they're tanned up. Sunburn isn’t & universal prophylactic. You've had a nervous breakdown, that’s all” “Do I act nervous?” “You don’'t have to. Lots of nerv- ous folks act perfectly natural. Take me, for instance. Do I act like a nervous wreck? Certainly not. But Ia 0Old Van Norden says so, and when he says you're anything, why, you are. At least dad thinks so. | Therefore, it happens I'm a nervous | @erelict.” “I wouldn’t be tco sure that Van Norden isn’t right,” counseled Trask critically. “Take my tip and go to Galveston.” “Don’t you want the thousand?” “Of course I want the thousand.” Trask’s voice was irritable. “I never w so much money at once in my I guess I never will. But that’s ot saying I'll go malingering for it. Besides, how does it let you out? If {you don’t sail for Galveston, how do | you explain?’ “They’ll think I've sailed,” said Trumbull easily. “You sail in my name, with my nurse, who reports everything O. K. as_the ship leaves. Then me for the Adirondacks.” “Is she—nice?"” ked Trask. “Why, she's class!” explained Trumbull, with his first display of THE EVFENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1926 THE GIRL IN THE SECOND CABIN away with it in that case?” demanded Prask, “There won't be; I've looked over the cabin list.” “Suppose vour old man catches you in the mountains?” “He won't. If he does, that's my calamity.” “How about clothes? I'm not ex- actly overburdened with a wardrobe.” “I've had a whole outfit packed. My stuff pretty nearly fits you. It used tg, anyhow.” “And I am supposed—I mean, who- ever does the job for you is sup- posed—to travel under your name?” Trumbull nodded. ‘And play invalid to this. he-nurse, whoever the blazes he is, and also to a string of passengers?’ “You've got it.” ‘All the way to Galveston?” 'And back.” For a thousand?” “Uh-huh. I'd pay you the whole business down, Billy, only I haven't got it right now.” ight,” answered “Oh, that's all Trask indifferently. “You're good for it. A hundred’ll do, so long as every- thing else is paid. . . . All right, Spence; I'll go you.” Spencer Trumbull displayed his first sign of animation. He hauled himself out of his chair and reached for Trask’s hand. “Old_reliable Bill” he exclaimed with enthusiasm. “I knew you'd see me_through.” “You did, eh? Well, I'm always doing foolish things. But this time animation. “I tell you, Bill, I wouldn’t heap and com- sighbrow nerve | he cells, or | Maybe it's neu- | Anyhow, it | folks g0 rope,” com- | mented Trask. “Not me, however,” observed Tru bull. 1 was willing to nd for rope. But the doctor said that | trip with all its excitements | So he | ys the | rest- | my on s ship Gulf Stream is mor on for T don’t the r see \n't—from here,” said Trum- | ie’s in the Adirondac | S0, vou see how it i | . In the first place, 1 hate sex Vo, & > I cond, 1'm not real studied the other young man either,” of hop- not really vou need is You ouzht ta a city block once in a instead of shooting it on Onee in reat while to 2o to bed polite gesture of made L. But it's aside from Couldn't—and won't— | Uveston for five thousand Trask promptly. | hat sand?” I haven't rawn on the | a thou- ove t T've Zot enl | And a nurs | A man nurse, eh? One of hneck orderlies from a D. | nitted | s faithful slave, you're a friend | k sourly. b Besides, uck it your- the nun And the nurse is com » get me and take me to the ahout be b a dir And the do “Rusier tha won't go ne “But when 1} house to et you ke him “He doesn’t Tow ‘He'll vour father?” . n't old wharf anvhow.” He zoes to vour are vou going someb 1se" 2o to the house. He fixed. too. I've » for a month [ 8o to Galveston if th | | re; | tand He's |4 - was YOUTH THAT E ; handed me the town, so long as sh sn't in it. She’s up in the mountains now—and I'm here, hang it! And Reddy Under- wood went up last week. Do vou suppose I'm going to let him beat me to it?” “Trask looked indifferent. He was not thinking about the girl in the mountains. Rather his thoughts were tixed on a thousand $1 bills ' s the way he visualized dollar units. It was the r unit to him. True, he knew omething of fives: occasionally he was on good terms with a ten. But s—too frequently single— sented his most intimate rela- tions with the currency of his native land. The friendship between Trask and Trumbull had been regarded at Har- ard as unique is gr ith the record of student who had through college by e feur for her student Trumbull was from the cit be financial resources of the senior “rumbull behind him and a_certain | nherited from the fam- | Trask_was from, farm, with $20 in his pockets when he reached Cambridge nothing save his own earnings to replenish his treasury. ‘he pair met and became friends. There was nothing of the snob in Trumbrll. He found Trask doing | and errands for de him_ his chauf s for Spenc + Ha to Billy t he wa ur. Driving chauffeur. was an intimate, Not many of undergraduates knew Trask as a paid driver; they put him down as a friend who sat behind the wheel of Trumbull's car, because the latter too indol to drive his own machine. And th s0 was the view of ‘Prumbull himself. He never thought of Trask as his eixploye, he was @ classmate, Back in New York, Trumbull saw little of his former hired man. Trask had gone to work trying to bufld up a career for himself in an electrical concern. But the company had been merged, or reorganized. or otherwise lodged from its foundation, and ki k filled in some idle months at his old trade of chauffeur. He did not go to Trumbull for a job, but they had met one day while Trask was driving a big limousine for a prominent actor, and Trumbull had not lost track of him. Then the actor went on the road, and Trask doffed his uniform and his leather puttees and began to hunt for something new. With the sentence of Galveston passed upon him. Spencer Trumbull | never for an _instant _contemplated aking his medicine. Rather his in- stinet was to hunt for a habeas cor- nus, an alibi or a stay of execution. 111 here with me. He He car. is to 1d ask for say, vou Gal {it she were goi | voyage would ston! He hated the name. Now, ing to Galveston the endurable, be even n education | I'm going to do 'em in your name. i IO “Oh, I'll seem to be sick,” he sald. “I'll give you your money’s worth, Spence. I'll be the sickest young highbrow that ever shipped as a first- class passenger. I suppose it's first- class, isn't it? Sure. I'd forgotten that it had been engaged for you. {T'l play it to the limit, son. Maybe I'll overplay it.” | Trumbull wrinkled his forehead with | a symptom of alarm. * “Oh, T won't overplay it until she sails,”” added Trask reassuringly. “But after that—well, just wait till| the news begins to come home. You're ! liable to hear some sure-enough ; stories about yourself, Spence.” Trask was now finding very keen enjoyment in the prospect. Momen- tarily he had forgotten the thou- sand—and expenses. The sudden shift of viewpoint sur- prised himself even more than it did Trumbull. Why not? He needed a job. Here was a thousand-dollar one. It wasn't permanent, of course; it didn’t establish the foundation of a career; it wasn’t the corner stone of a reputation. But it was better than haunting inhospitable offices, or read- ing want ads, or wondering why the world did not need the services of an electrical engineer, or even a plain jitney driver. “I'l need some scenery,” he said abruptly. “‘Scenery?” “Of course. You see, the less you look a part the more stage stuff you require. I don’t look sick. There- fore, I need an invalid setting. I want a shawl.” “What?” “I said it. A shawl. All invalids r 'em. A nice warm, woolly shawl. I want several steamer rugs—plenty. Oh, I'm going through with this now, { Spence! And I want a wheel chair.” “A wheel chair?” “Cut out the echo, son. I said what WHY, I'M GOING TO MAKE A REPUTATION FOR YOU! PM GOING TO MAKE YOU THE SICKEST ER WENT DOWN TO THE SEA IN A SHIP—FOR A THOUSAND AND EXPENSES. Look out for me, Spence! Suppose get lost at sea? Then you're a dead nan—or worse than that, because if vou ever show up again, I know what our old man’ll do to you. You're taking a longer chance than I am, “I never had a thousand—and ex- penses—and a nurs said Trask significantly. “I never had a chance to cut loose and burn up something. Not that I'm kicking; it was good for me I didn’t. But just turn me loose with a chance, and see what I'm like- ly to do to it!” “Do you call being sick a chance?” “But I'm not.” “You'll have to seem to be. If you don’t your nurse'll be wise to vou.” Trask grinned contentedly. Now that he had crossed his river he was surprisingly satisfied with himself. HOUSE PAINTS, ROOF PAINTS, FINTSHES, ELECTRIC POLISHERS, GOLD, BRONZ SILV jects, colors C. DvEr 734 Thirteenth St. I wanted, T can’t walk, you know.” “But I walk all right!” “Maybe. But when I'm you, why, I don’t. I'm going to play this thing right. It doesn’'t make any difference to me if you can do a hundred in even time.. I can't—not when I'm you. I 't even toddle a yard in a year. I'm not only a wreck; I'm just a remi- ence. I'm the living mummy of a ed young man. I'm the ghost of 1 once ironbound constitution, now sadly undermined by the electrolysis of the White Wa m going aboard that ship on wheels! Spencer Trumbull had sagged back into his leather chair and was staring incredulously. You're not going to get me fim wrong, are you, Bill?” he inquired anxiously. No chance. Why, I'm going to make a reputation for you! I'm go- ing to make vou the sickest youth We Fit Glass Tops to Xmas Tables —Desks, Buffets, etc., protect- ing the beauty of your gift and prolonging its usefulness in- definitely. uses and full-length Door Mir- rors cut to your order. {f For Xmas interior decorating, beautify- ing Furniture, Wicker, Pottery, Art Ob- etc., ,BRUSHING LACQUER. you wait. white and eighteen Glass for all other recommend ROGERS It dries while $1.95 Ot we In black, 7 Transfer Pictiires of All Kinds D. 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