Короли и капуста
Two Recalls
TheaddressthechiefwrotefromwasdownintheWallStreetdistrict.
"WhenIgotthereIfoundhiminaprivateofficewithalotofdirectorswhowerelookingprettyfuzzy.Theystatedthecase.ThepresidentoftheRepublicInsuranceCompanyhadskippedwithaboutatenthofamilliondollarsincash.Thedirectorswantedhimbackprettybad,buttheywantedthemoneyworse.Theysaidtheyneededit.Theyhadtracedtheoldgent’smovementstowhereheboardedatrampfruitsteamerboundforSouthAmericathatsamemorningwithhisdaughterandabiggripsack—allthefamilyhehad.
"Oneofthedirectorshadhissteamyachtcoaledandwithsteamup,readyforthetrip;andheturnedherovertome,cartblongsh.InfourhoursIwasonboardofher,andhotonthetrailofthefruittub.IhadaprettygoodideawhereoldWahrfield—thatwashisname,J.ChurchillWahrfield—wouldheadfor.AtthattimewehadatreatywithabouteveryforeigncountryexceptBelgiumandthatbananarepublic,Anchuria.Therewasn’taphotoofoldWahrfieldtobehadinNewYork—hehadbeenfoxythere—butIhadhisdescription.Andbesides,theladywithhimwouldbeadead-give-awayanywhere.Shewasoneofthehigh-flyersinSociety—notthekindthathavetheirpicturesintheSundaypapers—buttherealsortthatopenchrysanthemumshowsandchristenbattleships.
"Well,sir,wenevergotasightofthatfruittubontheroad.Theoceanisaprettybigplace;andIguesswetookdifferentpathsacrossit.
