THE LEDGER fEIefven ' -, all BRINGING DOWN FATHER Prize Story ARDEN PANGBORN Edgar Wallace was forcibly ejected from the office of Osmond Garth for two reasons. The first was that he was an only son, rich, and con- scious of it. The second was that he wished to change the name of a prominent Garth to Wallace. Not that Osmond's daughter Genevieve was not for marriage, for her father was perfectly willing that she become wed, when he could sanction her choice. This he did not choose to do in the case of Wallace, as Wallace had just so clearly found Ollf. Osmond had a particular aversion to ready-rich young men, traceable perhaps to his own life. He had begun with but little money and worked his way into a secure position on Wall Street. Wallace had begun with a horde of money and worked himself into an insecure position in a couple of fashionable country clubs-no more. Now as Edgar stood outside the office door from whence he had just come, he rubbed his chin rue- fully and ruminated upon the malediction he had just received. You aren't fit to have any girl for your wife. You might spend what money you have on her, but in case of accident you couldn't secure another cent by hook nor crook. Your name isn't worth the amount of lead it would take to write it down. lt's your money that has social standing, not you-and you didn't earn a cent of it! Edgar rubbed his chin again, and was tempted to open the door just to give a parting shot. He thought better of it, however, and instead withdrew one of his nicely engraved cards from his case and wrote on the back of it: Dear Sir: It will give me the greatest pleasure to show you that you err in your opinion. I trust I shall have the honor of proving your asser- tions apocryphal. And then- He slipped it under the door. V He paused for a moment, undecided as to exactly what he should do next. In a fraction of a second the card was shoved out again. He picked it up curiously, and found on the other side in bold, black strokes: BAH! He puzzled to think of a suitable rejoinder, and unable to do so he started to replace' the card under the door as a memento of the occasion. No sooner had he bent over, however, than his actions were cut short by the swift opening of the door. No more of this tomfoolery. Get out. Edgar dropped the card, hustled down the hall, and slid into an elevator that had stopped to ac- commodate another passenger on the floor. With a sigh of relief he sank into the depths of the huge building.
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