Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 5, Hammond, Lake County, 22 June 1907 — Page 3

Saturday, June 22, 1907.

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The LJoys and Girls will appreciate these most If they are the Bastar & McQarry Quality 175 South Hohman Street, HAJV1MOIND

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If I Mlioald prove to you tLnt I will actually do till wouldn't you be i interested? Could the bank. make you incli an OKFKIU If you buy a lot in our subdivision on payments which amounts to $100 each year, and, If the lot which you buy increases iu value ut rate of $100 cuch year while you are paying for It, isn't this really rIvIuk you one dollar for every dollar you save? Isn't itf If any reasonably Intelligent person, while standlnK upon oar property, .cannot see that each lot of ours will lncreae in value faster than we require him to pay for It WE WO XT ASK HIM. TO BUY! Our Subdivision is less than 1000 feet from the Hammond Court House.

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Sewers, Sidewalks, Gas and all Improvements going In now. Choice 30 foot building lots at $400 and upward. Money loaned to build. HOMES FOR SAL13. We will show you our property In ten minutes. E. A, KMKABE9XEeh 110 First National Bank Bldg. HAMMOND.

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By Louis Tracy. Author of "Wings of the Morning." The Pillar of Light." Etc.

COPYRIGHT. 1904. By (Continued from ealcriiu).) Judd and the restaurant keeper were the only men in the locality who could claim actual acquaintance with the boy whose strange proceedings as reported by the newspapers made London gape Indeed, both men lfad been interviewed by police and reporters many times. They were living links with the marvelous, a pedestal of common stone for an aerial phantasy. And now here he was back again, dressed like a young gentleman and hailing Judd as a valued friend. No wonder the greengrocer lost his breath and his power of speech. But Philip was smiling at him and talking. 'You were the one man out of many, Mr. Judd, who believed in me and even stuck up for me when you saw me led through the street by a policeman to be imprisoned on a false charge. I did net know until a n u ivii no that I was indebted to j-ou for an abundance of excellent food while I was remanded in prison. I will not offer to refund you the money you spent. My gratitude will take another form, which you will learn in a few days. Iut I do want to pay you the ninepence I borrowed. Would you mind asking the proprietor of the restaurant to step in here for a moment? Don't say I am present. I wisl to avoid a crowd, you know." Judd had time to collect his scattered Ideas during this long speech. "Blow the ninepence!" he cried. "Vot's ninepence for the treat I've 'ad? People I never set eyes on In 1113- life afore kem 'ere an bought cabbiges or taters or mebbe a few plums, an' then they'd stawt, 'Mr. Judd, wasn't it you as stood a dinner to the boy king of diamonds?' That's wot they christened yer. sir. Or It's: 'Mr. Judd, cahn't yer tell r.s w'ere that young Morland lives? Surely yer know summat abaht Mm or yer wouldn't hev paid 'is bill.' Oh, it 'as bin a beano! Hasn't it, Eliza?" "But we never let on a word," put In Mrs. Judd. "We was close as wax. We told none of 'em as how Mr. Judd ivent to 'Olloway that night, did we, Willyum?" "Not us. Ye see, I took a fancy to ye. If ahr little Johnnie 'ad lived, 'e'd ha' bin just your ige. Fifteen, aren't ye?" At last Thilip got him persuaded to summon his neighbor. Judd did so with an air of mystery that caused the baldhended restaurateur to believe that a burglar was bottled up In the greengrocer's cellar. Once inside the shop, however, Mr. Judd's maimer changed. "Wot did I tell yer. Tomkins?" he cried elatedly. "Wot. price me as a judge of karakter! 'Ere's Mr. Morland come back to p'y me Eh. Tomklns! 'Oo's that ninepence. right now, old cock?" Philip solemnly counted out the money, which ho handed to his delighted backer. "There was a bet, too." he said. "Ra-ther:" roared Judd. "Two bob, wMch I've pide. Out wi' four bob, Tomkins. Lord lumme. I'll stand treat at the George for this'." "There's something funny In the kise," growled Tomkins as he unwillingly produced a couple of florins. "I was sure you would see the joke at once," said Philip. "Goodby, Mr. Judd. Goodby. ma'am. You will hear from me without fail within a fortnight." He was gone before they realized his Intention. They saw him skip rapidly up the steps leading into Holborn, and London had swallowed him forever so far as they were concerned. Ten days later a firm of solicitors wrote to the greengrocer to inform him that a client of theirs had acquired the freehold of his house and shop, which property during the life of either himself or his wife would be tenantable free of rent, rates or taxes. So Mr. Judd's Investment of nlnepence plus the amount expended on ' eatables at the Royal Star hotel seI cured to hlra and his wife an annual j' revenue of 175. ! And Tomkins never heard the last of it. CHAPTER XII. EFOBE retiring to rest Philip as certained Mr. Abingdon's Eondon address and wrote asking : for an appointment the follow- ' lng evening. He also Interviewed the manager. j "I want the help of a thoroughly re- i liable solicitor," he said. "I wish to I purchase some property not valuable propertv. but of importance to me. 1 1 - . , t Can you give me the aduress of some one known to you?" M Foret named a reputable firm in

tne locaiuj. we stated that the site was required for "They may refer to you," added j a philanthropic purpose, but the latter Philip "Of course I do not ask you to ; stipulation is insisted on. The price asked , t nm ctiviti.-r iiom ls 2. COO. which we consider excessive, say more than tuat I am staying hert, , there beJng a very jnadeqtjat) approach. but the point is I do not Wish you to : Moreover, we wish to point out that mention my age." 'O'Brien's shop does not adjoin the mews, "Will vou not see them, then?" and k wou1'3 be nscessar' to purchase rtiiljouiioiuicai. ui , . .. Jwo other houses to make the entire "No. I will endeavor to conduct the j propertr a compact one. whole business by post." However, adhering to the letter cf your

The rTmp-er hn''0-J "You certainly are the coolest young gentleman I ever met. However, Mr. Anson. It mar please you to know that yonr bank gave you the best of recoramendations. I will say so to anybody.

EDWARD J. CLODE. So Philip first drafted and then copied the following letter: Dear Sirs M. Foret, of this hotel, has given me your names as a firm likely to transact certain negotiations for me. I want to purchase a small property In the Mile End roaJ, known as Johnson's Mews, also a shop near the entrance to the mows, tenanted by a marine stre dealer named O'Brien. The mews Is own-d by the Cardiff and Havre Coal com pany, limited. I do not know who owns the shop. I wish to acquire these properties for a philanthropic purpose, but I am most desirous that my name should not figure in the transaction. I propose, therefore, when you have ascertained the I price, which should be at the earliest I possible moment, to pay to your credit the. requisite amount. You can have the properties transferred to any nominee I you choose and again transferred to me. Kindly add your costs, etc., to the purchase price. My movements are somewhat uncertain, r.o please snd all communications by lettt-r. It will be an obligation and lead to future business If you attend to this matter tomorrow inorning. Yours faithfully. TIHLIP ANSON. lie did not compose this letter without considerable trouble. The "philanthropic purpose" he had already decided upon, but he thought it was rather clever to refer to the possibilities oi "future business." As for the double transfer, he distinctly remembered copying letters dealing with several such transactions at the time of the coal company's conversion into a limited liability concern. lie was early to bed, and his rest was not disturbed by dreams. He rose long before the ordinary residents. Deferring his breakfast, he walked to Pleet street and purchased copies of morning and evening papers for the whole of the week. lie could thus enjoy the rare luxury of seeing himself as others saw him. He read the perfervld descriptions of the scene in court and found himself variously described as "pert," "masterful," "imperious," "highly intelligent," "endowed with a thin veneer of education'' and "affected." Philip could afford to laugh at the unfavorable epithets. Up to the age of thirteen he had been trained in a first rate lycee, and his work was supervised by his mother, a woman of very great culture. He spoke French as well as English and spoke both admirably. He knew some Greek and Latin, waa well advanced In arithmetic and had a special penchant for history and' geography. It was in the glowing articles which appeared during his imprisonment that he took the keenest interest. Oddly enough, one ingenious correspondent blundered on to a clew. Gifted with an analytical mind, he had reasoned that the diamond laden meteor fell during the extraordinary storm of the 10th, and the meteorological department in I Victoria street helped him by describ ing the center of the disturbance as situated somewhat to the east of the Loudon hospital. The writer had actually interviewed a member of the staff of that institution who amused himself by noting barometrical vagaries. His Instrument recorded an extraordinary increase of pressure soon after 10 o'clock on the night of the storm. "Alas," said the scribe, "it did not Indicate where the meteor fell, and not a policeman, bus driver or railway official can be found who observed anything beyond a phenomenal electrical display and a violent downpour of rain." That was too close to be pleasant, and Philip was glad to hear from M. Foret that the solicitors after telephoning to ask for some particulars concern ing Mr. Anson were giving prompt attention to his instructions. "What did you tell them?" asked Philip. "I said that you impressed me as the kind of young gentleman who would pay well for services given unsparingly." "Did that satisfy them?" t'Perfectly. Such clients do not abound In these hard times." Three hours later a letter came for Philip Anson, Esq., by hand. It was from the solicitors and read: We are in receipt of your estee-med instructions. Although Saturday is a day on which it is difficult to do business, we lost no time in inspecting the premises in the Mile End road, accompanied by a surveyor. We found that the mews stand approximately on an area of 2.200 superficial feet, while the ehop tenanted by O'Brien has a frontage on the main road of eighteen feet, with a probable depth of thirty or thirty-five feet. The owner cf tills shop is a resident in the neighborhood, and he will accept iZQ for the freehold. We were fortunate in finding the managing director of the Cardiff and Havre , Caul company, limited, at his office. Alhou,f,h the company require the mews toT the purpose of a depot, thev are not j unwii;ing to sen, with a stipulation that the premises shall not be used by any I competing company during a period cf ; twenty years from the date of transfer. i Instructions, we have pleasure in informlngr you that the two properties can be acquired, with very little delay, for 2,CS0. The lepal and other charges will not exceed 130. We trust, etc. Pbilip immediately -wrote: I am greatly oblisei by your promptitude la the matter of Johnson's Xlewa

and the shop. I inclose cht-ck herewitn for 2.800. The purchase of the other howsea can stand over for a few days. This he dispatched by special messenger, and in a few minutes he held a formal receipt, A telegram came for Llm. It was from Mr. Abingdon. Can see you after 6 at my house. Then Thilip enjoyed his first real breathing space during hours of daylight. He went by train to the cemetery in which his mother was buried, carrying with him a beautiful wreath. It was a remarkable fact that this was the first visit he had paid to her grave. During the days of misery and partial madness which followed her death he never lost the delusion that her spirit abided with him in the poor dwelling they called "home." Hence the narrow resting place beneath the green turf in no way appealed to him. But now that a succession of extraordinary external events had restored the balance of his mind he realized that she was really dead and buried; that what he revered as her spirit was in truth a fragrant memory;

that he would be nearest to her mortal remains when standing in the remote corner of the burial ground allotted to the poorest of the poor those removed by one degree from pauperdom and a parish grave. It happened by mere chance that since Mrs. Anson's funeral no one had been interred on one side of the small space purchased for her. There were three vacant plots here, and a surprised ollicial told Philip there would be no difficulty iu acquiring these for the purpose of erecting a suitable monument. The boy filled In the necessary foms there and then. It was some consola tion to know that he could perpetuate her memory in this way, though ho had formulated another project which should keep her name revered through the ages. On the site of Johnson's Mews should arise the Mary Anson Home For Destitute Boys. He would build a place where those who were willing to work and learn would be given a chance and not driven, starving and desperate, to pick up an existence in the gutter. He was too young to devise all the details of such a splendid institution, but he had got the idea and would possess the money. He would leave the practical part of the undertaking to older heads. The one essential feature was that generations yet unborn should learn to love and honor the name of Mary Anson. Provided that were achieved, he knew- the work would be successful. Soon after leaving the cemetery he came face to face with Bradley, the policeman, who was in plain clothes and walking with a lady, obviously Mrs. Bradley, judging by the matronly manner in which she wheeled a perambulator containing a chubby infant. "Well, I'm blowed!" cried the policeman. "Who would have thought of meeting you? I looked In at the mews last night, but you had gone. Some one is looking after you pretty well, eh?" He cast a patronizing eye over Philip's garments, which were, of course, considerably smarter in appearance than those in which the constable had seen him on Thursday evening. "Yes," said PhlMp. "I am in good hands now." "They haven't given you a watch?" This anxiously. "No. I am watchless." "That's right. You'll have one soon. The Inspector has your address. By the way, he wants to know your Christian name." "Philip." "Thanks. I won't forget" Philip raised his hat and took the quickest route westward. He did not count on being recognied so easily. Mr. Abingdon received him with some degree of reserve. The magis"Some one is looking after you pretty well, chf" trate could not understand the receipt of a letter bearing the address of the Tall Mall hotel, a place where he had been entertained at dinner occasionally by one of his wealthy friends, but which was far removed from the limit imposed on the pocket of any man whose resources depended on the exercise of an ordinary profession. But Thilip still figured in his mind as a ragged urchin. Not even the skilled police magistrate could picture him as the actual owner of millions of pounds worth of portable property: hence. the boy's appearance now told in his favor. Cursory impressions soon yielded to positive bewilderment when Thilip began to relate his story faithfully from beginning to end, neither exaggerating or suppressing any salient detail save the actual locality where his astounding adventures found their center and genesis.

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