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CAPN WARREN’S ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK CAUSES SOME
' CONSTERNATION ' .
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Atwood Graves, New York lawyer, goes to South Densboro, Cape
Cod, to s^e Captain Elisha Warren. Caught In a terrific storm while
on the way, he meets Cap’n Warpn by accident and goes with the lat
ter to his home. The lawyer Informs Cap’n Warren that his brother,
whom he had not seen for eighteen years, has died and named him as
guardian of his two children, Caroline hged twenty, and Stephen, aged
nineteen. The captain tells Graves he will go to New, York and look
over the situation before deciding whether he 'will accept the trust
CHAP^R III.
Thd Ndw York Warrona.
‘TT’S a box of* a place, though, Isn’t
^ it?” declared Mr. Stephen Warreif,
contemptuously glancing about the
library of the apartment “A box, by
George! I think.it’s a blooming shame
that we have to put up with it sis.”
Mr. Warren sprawled in the most
comfortable chair in the room, was
looking out through the window, across
the wind swept width of Central Park
West, over the knolls and valleys of the
phrk itself, now bare of foliage and
sprinkled with patches of snow.
His sister, Caroline, sat opposite to
him, also looking out at the December
landscape. . She, too, was discontented
and unhappy, though she tried not to'
show it
“1 maintain that we don’t have to
live like this,” Steve went on. “We
aren’t paupers, even though father
wasn’t no well fixed as every one
thought With management and care
we* could have stayed in the old bouse,
I believe, and kept np appearances, at
least What’s the use Of advertising
that we’re brdie?”
“But, Stevd, you know Mr. Graves
said”—
“Oh, yes, I know! You . swallowed
every word Oraves said, Caro, as if he
was the whol^}ook of Proverbs, ^y
George, I don^^’nf from Missouri.”^
Mr. Warren, being in the sophomore
class at Yale, was of the age when one
is constitutionally “from Missouri”
Probably King Solomon at sixty had
doubts concerning the scope and depth
of' his wisdom; at eighteen he would
have Admitted its all eihbracing infalli
bility without a blush.
“I tell you,” continued Stephen,
“there’s no sense in it, sis. You an^
know plenty of people whose in^mes
are no larger than ours. Do they ^on-
omlze,’ as Graves is cdntlnually preach
ing? Tb^ do not, puWicly at least.”
“Yes, but every one knows they are—
bluffing, as you call It.”
“What of it? They don’t really know;
they only suspect. And I met Jim
Blalsdell yesterday, nnd he shook my
band after I bad held it in front of
his eyes where he couldn’t help seeing
It and had the nerve to tell me he
hoped things weren’t as bad with us
as he had heard.”
“I never liked the Blalsdells,” de
clared Caroline indignantly. “Mrs.
Corcoran Dunn told me'that every one
was-talking abont them "and wonder
ing how long they could keep It np.
And the newspapers have been prhit-
Ing all sorts of things and hinting that
“WhaYs the ua* of aidvartiaing that wa
j si;a...bi‘eka7!!
young Mr. Blalsdell’s appointment as
dlrectdr after his father wrecked the
bank was a scandal - At leasL 'wa
haven’t that to bear up under. Fa
ther was honest, if :^e wasn’t rich.”
“'lYbat makes meT fMl the worst
about all this is that Stock Exchange
seat of father’s. If 1 were only of age,
so that 1 could go down there on the
floor, I. tell you it wouldn’t be long be
fore you and I were back wh^te we
belong, sis. But, no ; I’m a'kid,, qo
Graves fliilnks, in charge of a guardian
—a guardian, by gad!”
He snorted in manly Indignation.
Caroline, her pretty, face troubled, rose
ad walked slowly across the room.
Oh, dear,” sighed the girl; “I do
hope Mr. Graves vrlll be well enough
to call today. Me expected to. Except
for the telephone message telling us
that, that man at Denboro”—
“Our dear Uncle Elisha,” put In
Stephen, with sarcasm. “Uncle ‘Llsh!’
Heavens, what a name!”
“Hush! He can’t help bis name.
And father’s was worse yet—Abijab.
Think of it!”
“I don’t want to think of it. Neither
did the governor. That’s why he drop
ped it, I suppose. Jiist what did Grates
iSay? Give me his exact words.”
“His partner, Mr. Kuhn, telephoned
that everything was satisfactory. This
Captain Warren—a ship captain, I sup
pose he is—would in all probability re
fuse to accept the guardianship and
the rest of it”—
“Refuse? I should think so. Tm
J-vt as certain father was insane when
be made that will as r am that I’m
alive. If he wasn’t, do you suppose
he would have jut us and the estate
in the care of a^own east Jay? It’s
inconceivable! I^ ridiculous! Think
of it! Suppose this uncle of ours had
accepted. 'Suppose he had come to
town here and any of our friends had
met him. ‘This 1^ our guardian. Cap
tain Warren of Pnnkln Centre.’
‘Pleased to meet ye,’ says Uncl$
‘How’s taters ?’ Horrors!' 'Say,*' Caro,
ycu haven’t told any one, Malcolm or
his mother or any one, have you?” .
“Of course noL Steve. You know’I
wouldn’t.”
“Well, don’t They needn’t know it
now or alJ^any other time. Graves will
probaby get himself appointed, an^
he’s respectable if he is an qld fogy.
We’U worry along till I’m twenty-one,
and then—well, then I’ll handle our
business myself.”
He was on his way to the telephone
when the doorbell buzzed.
“Gad, there’s Graves now!” he ex
claimed. “Now I suppose I’ll have to
stay. We’ll hear about dear Uncle
Llsb, won’t we? Oh, joy!”
But the staid butler when he en
tered the Ubrary did not announce the
lawyer’s name.
“Mrs. Corcoran Dunn and Mr. Mal
colm,” he said. “Will you see them.
Miss Caroline?”
The young lady’s face lit up.
“^ertalnly, Edwards,” she said.
“Show them-r-oh, Mrs. Dunn, I’m so
glad to see you! It was ever so good
of you to come. And Malcolm.”
“My dear child,” she cried, “how
could I stay away? We have spoken
of you and Stephen so often this inorn-
ing. We know how lonely you must
be, ‘ and Malcolm and I decided we
must run in on' you after lunch.. Didn’t
we. Malcolm?”
Malcolm Corcoran Dunn, her son,
was a blond young man 'with a rather
Indolent manner.
“Sure, mater!” he said calmly.
“How d’ye do, Caroline? ’Lo, Steve!”
The quartet shook hands. Mrs.
Dunn sank creaklngly into a chair and
gazed about the room.
“My dear,” said Mrs. Dunn, address
ing Caroline, “how are you getting on?
How are your nerves? Is all the
dreadful ‘settling’ over?”
“Very nearly, thank goodness!”
“That’s a mercy. I'should certainly
have been here yesterday to' help you
In superintending and arranging and
so on, but I was suffering from one of
my ‘hearts/ and you know what they
are.”.
Her son turned from the window.'
‘T^ay, mother,”’ he declared wearily,
‘ttao wish you wouldn’t speak of your
vital orgr-ns in the plural Any. onF
would Imagine you were a sort'of
freak', like the two headed boy at the
circus. It's positively fllstresslng.” '
Stephen laughed. He admired young
Dunn immensely. Mrs. Dunn sighed.
“Don’t, Malcolm, dear,” she pleaded.
“You sound so unfeeling. One not ac
quainted 'With your real kindness of
heart”— '
“Oh, drop it,” interrupted Malcolm.
“Let’s omit the heart interest. This
Isn’t a clinic. I say, Steve, how do you
like the new flat? It is a flat, isn’t ItV’
Stephen’ turned red. His sister col
ored and bit her lip. Mrs. Dunn hasten
ed to the rescue.
“Horrors!” she exclaimed. “Mal
colm, you reaUy a're Insufferable. Flatl
Caroline, dear, you mustn’t mind him
He wlll lis^ hisjoka. Malcolm, apolo
gue!”' *_
The command .was. sharp, and her
son obeyed itl .
“Caroline is tired ont, I’m sure,” said
Mrs. Dunn.. “A little fresh, air win do
her good. I whs going to suggest that
Malcolm and she and Stephen go few a
short ride. Our car is at the door, it’s
not at all a bad afternoon and the out
ing win be Just what you need."
“Thank you; Mrs. Dnnn,” said Caro
line gratefnUy. “I should Uke to. In
deed, I shonld. But we have been ex
pecting a business call from Mr. Graves,
father’s lawyer, and—” .
“Oh, come on, sis!” Interrripted Ste
phen. “Fm dying to get out of this
Jail. Let old Graves wait if Ihe comes.
We won’t be long, and, besldS, it’s not
certain that be is coming today. Come
on I”
“Fm afraid I ought not, Steve. Mr.
Graves may come and—and it seems
too bad to trouble our friends”—
“It’s not trouble, it’s pleasure,” urged
Mrs. Dunn. “Malcolm wiU be deUght-
ed. It was his idea.”
When Caroline and her brother had
gone for their wraps Mrs,. Dunn laid a
hand on her son’s arm. '
“Now mind," she whispered, “see'lf
you can find out anything during the
ride. Something more explicit about
the size of their estate and who the
guatdlan is to be. There are all sorts
of stories, you know, and.^ mpsf learn
the truth very soon. cu
rious, but merely friendly. You un
derstand?”
“Sure, mater," was the careless reply.
“I’ll pump."
The two departed, leaving their lady
visitor ensconced in the comfortable
chair. She remained in it for perhaps
five minutes. Then she rose and saun
tered about the room.
Her reverie was Interrupted by
voices in the passage* .She listened,
but could bear nothing understandable.
Evidently the butler was having an
argument with some one. It could
not be Graves.
Edwards reappeared, looking trou
bled. ''
’’It’s a—a gentleman to see Miss Car
oline,” be said. “He won’t give his
name, ma’am, but says sbe’s expecting
him.”
“"What sort of a' person is' he, Ed
wards?” . ' • . ■
The butler’s face twitched for an in
stant with a troubled smile; then it re
sumed its customary respectful calm,
“I hardly know, ma’am. He’s an
oldish man. He—I think he’s from the
country.”
From behind him came a quiet
chuckle.
“You’re right, commodore,” said a
man’s voice; “I’m from the conn;
You guessed it"
Edwards Jumped, startled out of bis
respectable wits. Mrs. Dunn rose in
dignity from her chair. /
“I beg your pardon, ma’am,said
the intmder,v appearing in the door
way. “Yon znnstn’t think I’m Iforcin’
my way where I ain’t wanted.\ Bat
it seemed to take so long to make the
admiral here understand that F was
goin’ to wait until Caroline came \back
that I thought I’d save time and
breath by provln’ -it to him. I didn’t
know there was any company. Ex
cuse me, ma’am. I won't bother you.
I’ll Just come to anchor out here in
tbe entry. Don’t mind me.”
“Why,” Mrs. Dunn exclaimed in an
alarmed vrhisper-“why, I never beard
of such brazen impertinence in my life.
He must be insane. He is a luna'tic,
isn’t he, Edwards?”
The butler shook hi's head. “I—I
don’t know, ma’am,” he stammered.
“I believe he Is.” Mrs. Dunn’s pres
ence of mind was returning and with
it hen courage. Her florid cheeks
flamed^a more vivid red, and her eyes
snapped. “But, whethef he is or not,
he shan’t bulldoze me.”
She strode m’hl^H^lly to the door.
The visitor wapttetfted in the hall,
calmly reading a newspaper. Hat and
suit case were on the floor beside him.
“'What do youNmean by this?” de
manded the lady. are ypu? If
you have any busing here state i^,«t
once.”
The man glanced at
spectacles, rose and stood looking down
at her. His expression was pleasant,
and he was remarkably cool.
“Yes, ma’am,” he said gravely,. “I’ll
be glad to tell you who I am if you’d
like to ha've me. I haven’t made any
mistake, have 1? I understood your
steward—the feller with the brass but
tons—to say that Abljah Warren’s
children lived here. That’s so, ain’t it?
If not, theft I am mistaken."
Mrs. Dunn regarded him with indig
nation. “You are,” she said coldly.
“The family of the late Mr. Rodgers
Warren lives here. I presume the
slight resemblance in names misled
yon. Edwards, show the gentleman
out”
“Just one moment more, ma’am. It
was Rodgers Warren’s children I was
lookin’ for. A, Rodgers Warren he
called himself, didn’t he? Yes. Well,
the A stood for Abljah; that was his
Christian name. And he left two chil
dren, Caroline and Stephen? Good! I
thought^for a Jiffy I’d blundered in
where I bad no business, but it’s all
I’m their un
cle from Sontfi Denboro, Mass. My
name is Elisha Warren.” .
Mrs. Dunn gasped. Edwards, 'peer
ing; over her shoulder, breathed heav-
iry-'
' “You are—their under repeated the
“Yes, ma’am. I’m Blje’s brother.'
Oh, don’t worry; it’s all right And
don’t fret yourself about me either.
I’ll set right down, out here and. read
my paper and wdt till Caroline or
Stephen get home.' They’re expectin’
me. Mr. Graves, the lawyer, told ’enf
I was cornin’.”
He calmly seated himself and ad
justed his spectacles. Mrs. Dunn'step
ped back into .thd library and walked
the window. She beckoned with
Rn agitated, finger to the butler, wbo
Joined her. - :s..
“Edwards,” she whU^red, “did you
hear what he said? Is it ‘true?’
“l' don’t know, ma’am.”
“Did Mr. Warren have a brother?”
“I didn’t know that he had, ma’am.*’
“Do you—do you thluk it likely that
he . would have a brother like—like
thatr
„“I don’t know, ma’ana.”
“Was Miss Caroline expecting him?"
‘1 rdon’t know, ma’am. She”—
“Oh, you don’t know anything!
You’re impossible. Go away!”
“Yes, ma’am,” said Edwards thank
fully, and went
Mrs. Corcoran Dunn stood for some
minutes by the window, thinking, or
trying to think, a way to the truth of
this astounding development Finally
she creaklngly crossed the room and
spoke,
“Mr. Warren,” she said, “I feel
guilty in keeping you out there. Won’t
you come in to the library?’’ |
“Why, thank you, ma’am, Fm all
right Don’t trouble about me. Go
right on with your readln’ or sewin’
or kulttin’ or whatever you was doin’
.and”—
“So you are the late Mr, Warren’s
brother?” asked the lady, making her
first lead in the game.
“Yes, ma’am. His older^ brother.
BiJe was ten years youn^^’n I am,
Mrs.—er”—
“Dunn. I am an old^riend of the
family,"
“That’s good. I’m glad to hear
they’ve got friends. 'When you’re in
“What do you moan by thia?” demand-
ad tha lady. “Who aro yqu7”
sickness or trouble or sorrer, friend
ship counts for conslderible. How are
the young folks—Caroline and Stephen
—pretty smart, hey?”
“Smart? Why, they are intelligent,
naturally. I”— v>
“No, no. I mean are they pretty
welir’ • '
“Very well. Indeed, considering the
shock of their recent bereavement”
“Yes, yes. Gf course; \And they’ve
moved, too. Movin’s anXawful Job.
They say three movin’s are as bad as
a fire, but I cal’late I’d rather bum
up a set of carpets than pull ’em up,
’specially if they was Insured. ’Taln’t
half so much strain on your religion.
I remember the last time we took up
our carpets at home, Abble—she’s my
second' cousin, keepln’ house for mer-
sald if gettin’ down on my knees has
that effect on me she’d never ask me
to go to prayer meetin’ ‘ again. Ho,
ho!”
He chuckled. Mrs. Dunn elevated
her nose and looked out of the win
dow. Then she led another small
trump.
“You say that Miss Caroline and her
brother expect you,” she said. “You
surprise me. Are you sure?”
“Oh, yes, m^m; I’m sure. 'I^en
'Mr.JGraves came down to see •me, last
week 'twas, I told him to sky I’d be
up pretty soon to look thq ground over.
This is a pretty fine place the young
folks have got here,” he added, gazing
admiringly at the paintings and book
cases.
“Yes,” assented the lady condescend
ingly.,,“For an apartment it is really
quite livable.”
"Mr. Graves came to see you at your
home, did he?”
“Yes, ma’am; At South Denboro.
And he certainly did have a rough
passage. Ho, bo! Probably you heard
about it, bein’ so friendly with the
family.”
“Ahem! Doubtless he would have
mentioned it, but be ha^been ill I
hope Mr. Graves’ errand was success
ful” .
“Well sort of so so.”
“Yes. He came to see you in con
nection with .your brother’s estate>-
some legacy perhaps?”
She did not look at the captain When
she asked this question. Therefore
she did i>(if notice the glance which ho
gave her.
-"Um-hm. SometUn* ~of“tiiat kJndi
Mrs. Dunn. I can’t-help thlnkln’,'’ be
went on, “how nice it Is tha^ Caroline
and Steve have sneh a good friend as
you to help ’em. Your husband and
BlJe was chums, I s’pose?”
‘.‘No, not exactly. The friendship
was on my side of the family.”
Cap’n Warren gets a cold re
ception from his young wardsi
but in spite of this he Ihnounoes
that he will stay with them for
a few days.
J’’
BE CONTINUED.)
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