Argosy All-Story Weekly, April 18, 1925 — page 75: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

By FRED MacISAAC Author of ‘‘ The Four Goliaths,’’ ‘‘ Nothing But Money,’ etc. WHAT HAS OCCURRED IN PART I! ODERICK McGARRY, twenty-five, Oklahoma farmer, unexpectedly falls heir to a huge for- tune. He has had a college education, working out his tuition, and now with a rugged, six- foot frame and an eager, intelligent mind he intends to travel a bit. He encounters Howard Campbell, a former classmate, who is more dreamer than loafer, but quite enough of both. Howard wishes himself on McGarry as a secretary, cleverly balks the attempt of a designing girl to marry Rod, apd away the two young men rush for Europe, Passengers on the steamship Durania include Mrs. John K. Thomas and her beautiful daughter, Gertrude, from near Boston, and very exclusive. As the ship steams past Bedloe’s Island, McGarry remarks aloud at sight of the noble statue: “ Liberty is a grand old lady, isn’t she?” He discovers that a lovely girl is his only auditor, and she snubs him unmercifully as a masher. His next shock is to see aboard a man he suspects of stealing two thousand two hundred dollars from him. McGarry and Campbell have agreed, mean- while, to pretend that Campbell is the rich man and McGarry is the secretary. CHAPTER IX (Continued ). THE MAN FROM ALBANY. OD McGARRY followed Howard R Campbell with his eyes as he crossed the room and saw a look of pleased surprise on the stranger’s face. He arose, offered his hand, Howard took it, and they sat down together. The little man ordered drinks. So casual was the stranger that Rod felt almost convinced that he had no guilty knowledge of the loss of the contents of his pocketbook. Howard evidently callea his attention to Rod, for he waved to him to come over. Rod joined them rather reluctantly. “This is a pleasure, indeed,” said the little man heartily. “ Your friend told me you were crossing on the Durania, but I did not expect to go at the time and it had since slipped my mind.” “You must have decided to sail very suddenly.” This story began in the Argosy-Allstory Weekly for April 11. DA 225 Gomichboo (E)