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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-11-10, Page 2EveryMan For Himself Nieraileicaoar By I-IOPKINS MOORHOUSE (Copyrigbt by Musson Company) CHAPTER V. The ran Satchel. Ordinarily Hugh Pod -more, secre- tary to the President of the Canadian Lake Shores Railway, took a keen in-°. terest in his work. If anything, he appaued himself more lindhistriousaty during the many absences of has thief than when President Wade was there to observe and commend, a zeal -which might or might not have been a tribute to his eon scientiousness. But to -clay Mr. Podmore, although dress- ed with that care which habitually imparted to his well proportioned figure something of the beau brum- m•el,—to-d+ay he was not quite his cus- tomary wry polite self. Things irritated him which ordinarily he would net have noticed, and the morning had dragged for him in quite an unusual way. He had spent much time 'gazing absently out of the office window at the traffic in the street below, with many futile glances at his watch. The first shop whistle that led the noonday medley found him pulling down the lid' of his roll-top desk` and he was reaching for his raincoat when his stenographer 'entered to in- fo= him that there was a gentleman outside who would not take "No" for an answer. In 'no very gracious mood he snatched the card from the gir'l's 'nand; hut the name meant nothing to him and he flung aside his gloves in resentment of the interruption. "Show'm in,," he growled, unlocking the desk and shoving back the lid with a 'bang. The big young man who entered in answer to the summons enquired for the President. Everybody who came into that anteroom begarf the same way and Podnnore tilted back his chair and appraised the other coldly, noting two things particuaarly--the young mien's athletic build and the very marked discoloration of his left eye. Another job- iunter! "State your business, please." "You will excuse me," said Ken- drick, "but the matter is entirely per- sonal between Mr. Wade and myself: is he in?" It was a little thing. to arouse Pod- morre's ire. Ordinarily Hugh Pod- more od more was an excellent secretary; but the caller's refusal to state his busi- nese or produce his credentials for inspection angered than. He was used to this extreme anxiety of visitors to see the Chief in person; it was a char- acteristic of the job hunting crowd. "The President's out of town," he said irritably. "Besides, he wouldn't see you until you 'had told me your business anyway. What do you think he keeps a secretary for?" • "To be civil to the public," said Kendrick evenly. "When do you ex- pect him back?" and. there was a di- rectness in his look which Po•dsnrore found unexpectedly_ disconcerting. "Hard to say. He's on the go con- tinua7tly. If your business is im- portant—" "It is important" " Ten; if you'll give me particu- lars—," suggested Podnvore, reaching for his memorandum pad. "Be good enough to answer my question, please. When will Mr. Wade be in his office?" "Sorry, but it's impossible to say, M•r."--'he glanced' at the card de- liberately—"Kendrick. If you are looking for a job—" "I want to see Mr. Wade personally and as soon as possible;" repeated Kendrick, keeping his temper with difficulty, "When will he be avail:- a'ble ?" "He's gone on a trip—to the Hot Springs," snapped Podinore. "Come back in a month or six weeks and per- haps you can see him then. Good day, sir. , Pox •a few minutes after the big young man had bowed; himself out with mock humility, Mr. Podmore stood fingering the card and frown- ing at the window. It was an engrav- ed card, his fingers told him. He did not like feeling that he had made a mistake in any -way; but than is pre- cisely how he did feel. Yet he was sure he had never met this young man before, in •spite of a certain familiar- ity- of fa•oe that haunted him. Not being a regular reader i2 the sMport- lsa&.sr No. 45--'xzr 1 • i few blocks requires s,M this 'fuss,' as r You call rt,but why take •eha ceps just to save a li't{rle trotelele? Ways toplay' ,afe every time, J. C. Whatabout that cleteetiye, Alderson?" "Oh, that fell:er's on, the job. Here, you can see'm standin' out there on the, corner, watitin' fen our mann.: to show up." Thelma* followed AMer.• ' son to the window. "Naw, over there to the eight—beside the post. Moat he. a good' half 'hour since his offiiee phoned he was leavin'. Sea, file's leolcin' up here. I'll give 'm the high sign now." "Well, 1 guess . everything's O.K, them, Call in your meeSen'ger -and get a move on, I'm due at the depot soon to meet tbe Chief." Podmore drio+pped. into a chair and lighted a cigarette with a look of satisfaction on his face. Alderson leaned over and ieressed'a button. The no'ung man who res- ponded was James Stiller, 'bolokkeepier, and general office clerk. As he stood in the doorway. respectful enquiry in his 'Whole attitude, teen in hand, linen office jacket sagging at the pockets,' forealma encased inblack sateen sleeve -Protectors and a. daub of ink en his fingers, there was little to distin- guish him from hundreds of his type to be seen in modern offices. He had. rather a pleasant faee, Poore thought, a little dull perhaps in its ingenuousness. He was not much more "than a boy. "Jimmy," instructed Alderson brisk ly, "drop whattever you're at. and take thissatchel over tor sa ve M . Fer nt s office in the Brokers' Bank Building. It's got some mighty impenitent legal papers inside an' I want you to be sure an' Mand it personally to Mr. Ferguson himself. I told' him I'd send 'em over right after lunch; so you don't need to say. nothin'—just hand it to Mr. Ferguson y'unldtertstanda Blatchford Ferguson, the lawy"'erg• you know where his office is." "Yee, six. k for a receipt ? Want meto receipt?" "Uh? No, never mind a receipt. It'dt1 be all right." The young bookkeeper picked up the satchel, nodding respectfully to the President of the Interprovincial Loan & Savings Company as he quiet- ly closed the door behind him. He had been formerly employed at the Inter- provincial; in fact, it eras to Nielcle- by's personal recommendation that he owed his present position with the coxrs't7uction +company. The departure of Stiles with the satchel, of whose precious contents he had been kept in ignorance, was: a signal for the •separation of t'he'trio in Alderson's office. With a wave of the hand Podmore hurried off towards the Union Station, and presently J. Cuthbert Nickleby made his way more leisurely to this waiting automobile. On the corner opposite the building in which the Aldenson Construction Company had its down -town offices the man from the Brady Detective Agency was lighting a fresh cigar.. He sauntered, around the corner, then quickened his pace to get closer. ` to the briskly waidcing young man with the taia c 1. s t hte He continued to fol. low the bookkeeper.. at a convenient distance. It was the season when those who have the misfortune to be •confined • indoor tasks Chafe -most in tbeeleseh- a beautiful: May day of blue.. -sky a'n'd sunshine and • balmy air that called insisttenay to open places of ' green grass and the luxury of idleness and vagrant dreaming. Young . Jimmy Stiles felt the' call and he skipped along with carefree enjoyment of his brief'. respite. He laughed gaily at a pair of - dogs who .seemed inclined' to question *each other's veracity and sent them scampering with a- whoop, swinging the satchel around his head. He pulled down' his vest, felt his the and winked boldly as he passed a pretty girl. He broke into a whistle presently, practicing the latest rag tine air with an earnestness which found no ennui in repetition of tune, and it was while thus •absorbed that he went by the Jessup Grill. He was well beyond the entrance before he realized that his name was being called and' that somebody had darted out from the doorway to overtake him. (To be continued.) _tea' ing pages, he was at a loss to account for this, as he prided himself own his memory far faces. With .a shrug in dismissals of the inconsequential Mr. Podmore went to quarters h comfortablle lunch. He had at the Queen's Hotel, just a block from the Union Station, and after a light lunch in the big dinning -room ha idled about. the rambling old rotunda for an hour or more, smoking mangy cigarettes and' attempting to read a magazine. The solicitous anxiety.of his waiter during luncheon had earned that surprised individual a rebuke and cost hurl the usual tip; the friendly advances of a hotel guest, which ordi- erily would, have been met by equal geniality, finally sent Podmore up in the .01a -fashioned: elevator to his room, where he leaked the door aald began pacing restlessly back •and forth. Not until a sixth glance at has watch indi- cated the approach of 2 o'clock dad his unusual fidgetiness begin to disap- pear; but when at last he walked briskly out of the hotel Mr. Podmore, to all intents, had regained' his normal self-possession. He went etraight to the down -town offices of the Alderson Construction Company, arriving punctual to the minute of his appointment. Both Nickleby and Alderson were already there. "Well, we're all .here, Alderson. Are you waiting for siomebody to open with prayer?" complained' J. Cnthlbert Nickleby with an impatient glance at his watch after the greetings were over. I don't see why the devil you needed me here at all, Pod. Why an the ceremony?" The President of the Interprovincial Loan & Saving Com -1 pany was .a thin,, sallow man with al thin, • tight line of a mouth. The cynic- ism of his expression was chronic. "Be -cause you'd be the first to hol- ler if anything went wrong," retorted Podmore, eyeing him pointedly as he tilted his hat to the back of his head and proceedled calmly' to skin the glove from his left hand. "We're all in this together, J' C., and that's why I in- sisted. can you `bedr g here—to" vee that everything is according to Hoyle." w "Ain't ,getting cold feet already. are you ?" An easy laugh was Mr. Pod'enore's only rejoinder to this insult. They both watched Alderss'on, who had swung open the door of the safe and was reaching •into its depths. The contractor was stout ,and floitid, and his face was flushed -as he rose jerk- ingly from his knee and tossed a package of 'crisp bail.. notes to the table. '"Well, there 'tis, just as it conte from the Interprovincial this morn - in'," he remarked, and picked up hid cigar from the edge of the safe. "Look at the way he tosses it around, wound you!" chuckled Pod' - mare. "You. could, buy a .bunch of peanuts with that package, Franic,— a minion bags at a nickel a bag." This was a hit at Alderson's fondness for munching peanuts, and Alderson's tenor laugh led the trio. Podmore pecked up the package and riffled. the bins carelessly. "Counted' it, J. C.?" "Fifty tbhousand," nodded Nickleby. "That satairel come, Alderson'? Thanks." Podmore held it up—an ordinary cheap satchel of inediuln size, tan in -color, imitation leather and imitation brass catches. "I bought this, J. C., so that we'd have one that hadn't been tampered with and- that couldn't be identified as ibelongiang to any of us, you understand. Aga right, Frank, seal her up." Alderson placed the package of bills in a large, strong blue linen en- velope which he had ready to hand, and carefully gummed down the flap. Under the amused eye of Niekleby he proceeded to hold a stick of •gray seal- ing -wax in the flame of a match and to daub this additional precaution upon the flap. The envelope was then placed in the . new tan satchel, the catches •snapped and the setae lock- ed by Podmore, who thereupon walk- ed over to the President of the Inter- provincial Loan & Savings Conpamy and handed him the key. "'that stays in your pocket till you get to Match Ferguson's office, Nickleby. You hand it to Ferguson personally," and again Podmore eyed the banker keenly. "Let hini de the opening himself. All you're therefor is bo seem that he actually gates this money, and that ends the transaction so far as we're eoncer'ned." He win'k- ed', and both' the gentlemen' laughed as if much humor underlay the re- mar+k. 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