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wanted elsewhere, ' Or it may .ouly
have been that Jocelyn was nblez to
soothe him sooner, because there IS aa
unwritten law. that thoSe who 10,0 US
best are not always the best nurses
for us,
When at last sleep came to the child
it was in Jocelyn's arms that be lay
with- that utter abandonment of pose
which makes a sleeping infant and a
sleeping kitten more graceftd than any
living thing. Marie leaned over Nes-
torius until her dusky cheek almost
'touched Jocelyn's fair English one.
"He is asleep," she whispered.
And her great dark eyes probed
jocelyn'S face as if wondering whether
her arms,. bearing that burden, told
her that this was the iast sleep.
locelyn nodded gravely, and con-
tinued the. gentle' swaying, motion 43f -c •
fected bywomen under such eircum-
stances.
Nestorius, eontinued to sleep,: and at
last Marie, overcome by. FileeP herself,
leydown on her bed.
Thus it came about that the dawn
found Jocelyn moving softly in the
roon31 with Nestorius asleep in her
arms. A,- pink light came creeping ,
through the tree. presently turning to
a golden yelloW, and, behold, it was
• light! It was a little cooler, for "the
sea breeze had Set in. - The cool' air
from the surface of the Water was
rushing inland to supply the place or
the heated atmosphere rising toward
the sun. With the breeie came the
• inereased murtuhr of the distant surf:
The dull continuous sound seemed to
live amid the summits of the trees fir
. above the low built house. It rose and
fell with a long drawn rhythmic swing.
Already the sounds of Lie were min-
gling with it -the low of a cow, the
crowing of the cocks, the bum of the
noisier daylight insect life.
Jocelyn moved to the window, and
her heart suddenly leaped to her
' throat. ,•
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• house witoermeet:motemiye7nGstretched side by
side as • If other hands 'lied laid them.
there dead. One man was much bigger
than the other. Be was of exceptional
stature, Jocelyn recognized thew al-
most
•Joseph. They had arrived during the
night and, not wishing. to disturb the•
sleeping • household, : bed lain. them
down in the front garden to sleep with
: a quiet conseieinee beneath the stars.
,The action Was :So startlingly charac-
teristic, so suggestive 9f the -primeval,
simple .nlan -whore Oscard represented
• .RS nee hOrn out of time,' that • jocelyn
• laUglied suddenly. •— , • .. •
, •• While she was still at the window
. Marie rose' acid ceine to her side. Nes-
torlus was still sleeping. Following
• the direction of: her mistress! eyes;
'.Marie saw the two men.. Joseph' was
sleeping on his face,• after the ' manner
• of Themes • Atkins; all the World over.
• GuY. ()scald lay on his side, with his . . .
head n
' • . " • • • In the greater sorrow she seemed to .
*, . "That is. so like -Quy-Oscard," said have forgotten,. ,ber child,: .whO • was .
-Marie, With her patient smile; "so like, staring open eyed'at.'the. ceiling, The
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to like. 'It could be no .other man, -.to • tw.eotherst the boy and girl, were play.
'de a thing like that" - .. ...., ... ,. .• IQg on Ille doorstep With' Some. uneon-•
Jocelyn gave Nestorius back. to his . sidered tr .es , from ., .: ' •
'Mother `.aug " e •tWe •.s.,,vernen "strood for , 'after the . Manner of , children': all * the Matter that
a mom nt looking out at the sleepers,. Ivo . • • . • - • •
lit* knowing whatthe advent of these : "He: was not a good .man," • said.
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two. Men brought With it . for one of. • • Marie, ' timing TO Jocelyn, its If : 'she
theni. Then the • Englishwoman went alone of all present' would under -
:to change. her dress. :awaking her stand: "He was not a good husband,
brother as she passed his room. • ..,. but" -she shrugged her shoulders wii# .
' It was not long before Maurice Gor- . one • of 'hen patient, shadowy smiles- •
don had : hosidtably aWakeried the "itmakes so. little differenceyes?" . •
travelers and • brought them. in to ...Jocelyn, said tething. 'None of "Ea
change. their tern. and ragged clothes ' • • .., '• ' ••
Clinton Plowa.litecord
"An4 1 ao afraid I have seme test 1 Preeently his eyee VW 00 Gity000ard,'S
IIMICIA for you. Vietor Dereeyes veer rage, and, again his own errutil features
expanded into a smile.
"Yee. Tell qiiiCklyl" I "Bad eager he said, 'and, turning
fine is dew, we hurled wre et over, he wietled dewn tato the pillow,
Maala. Ile died In WY *rpm" 1 and he bad the answer to the ntanY
At this Moment Joevph gave a little I 411040040 that Pnasied hie email brain.
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gasVaint turned away to the window, • * * * * * * *
'Where- be eteeti wItb' bis breed beck. '• As tilt.Qulibnaaunt9aPeirlra, AlorUWIliretilligehrhinYthellnl's
teward them. Maurice Gordon, as ' °I one„._4°P3
white as death, was leaning 46400 i4noreoyouluthe,restrrointtligs aindmomaiona0040 naonted„ 4111
the tahlei He ' Otte forgot himself. I again in OM age. But it le alwaye
His lips were apart,. hie jaw had drop-
hroetubgeramsolfdt tibnittlxneptsgene :1111
ped. Re oliwearwcyttosnbeaintgwin9grdb,reathlessly en i
ptheerrelod's"o4r wet
"Ile died of -the sieePing eicknees o clang Of the PerlheliOn, ilt dOnlinate0
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Said °Sean/. 44We had cOme dowa to alWaYa and gives its tone to the whole
MElftla before him--Josep13 and X. X life':
broke up the partnership, and We left I ••• The doMinant tone of Sir John Mere.
hint In possession Qf the aralacine l' dith'S existence bad been the high. Clear
him. rot. some reason his
plateau. But 10 men turned against note, of battle. He had always found
outuorit7 I something or Some one to fight from
over them faded. He wee' obliged 0 1 tbe very beginning, and now, in hie old
make a dash for Mule, and be reached age, he Was fighting still. His had
it tint the sickness was open. him." • neyer been .the din and crash of War
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Maurice Gordon drew a sharp sigh of fare by sword and cannon but the
relief which was almost a sob. Marie subtler, deeper combat or the pen. 14
his active days he had got through a
was standing .with her two bands on
•the pillow where Nestorius lay. Her • vast amount of work; that unchronicled
work of the foreign office Whieh never
deep eyes were fixed, on. the English.
rnan'esunhurnV strongly gentle tgeo. comes through the cheap newspapers to
"Did be send a message for Wel the voracious maw of a chattering pub -
lie. His name was better known on the
banks of the Neva, the Seine, the Boa -
porus, or the swift rolling Iser, than by
the •Tharnes, and grim Sir lolin was
content to have It so,
Yes?" she said softly.
"No," answered Oseard. '91e -there
'Was no tithe."
Joseph at the wicidoW' had turned half
- Counde+,?rri.„._- •• •
"He wls .my swibehd,,, said mail° His face had never been nubile Prop'. .
erty; the. comle papers had never used
In. her clear, deep tones, "the father
his personality as a peg upon which to
of this little one which you call Nes-
torius." hang their ever changing politleal prin.
I Oscard bowed his head without sur:- But he had always been
there, as he himself vaguely put it
64 al
' prise, Jocelyn was standing still as a
That is to say, he had always been at
statue, with her hand on the dying in.
the back -one of those invisible powers
fant's cheek. No one dared to look at
her.'• of the stage by whose command the
"It is all right," said. Marie bluntly. scene is shifted, the lights are lowered
"We were married at Sierra Leone 'by '
on the buffoon. Sir John bad no itYin..
for the tragedy or the gay music plays
the English chaplain. My father, Whe
withy with, a generation of men • and
Is dead,. kept a hotel at Sierra Leone,
and he knew the ways of pe half r women who woUld rather be lalighed
castes: He said that the Protestant at and deSpised. than unnoticed. He
belonged to an age wIxereln it was -
'enough
at 'Sierra Leone Was • good
held better to be a gentleman than the
'enough for him, and we were married
there. And then Victor brought me 1 object of .a ' cheap and evanescent
notoriety, and he was at once the
away from my people fo this place and
, to Msala. Then he got tired of me; despair and the dread of nerstiaper
interviewers, enterprising' publishers
he cared no thore. He said I was ugly."
and tuft hunters. . • -
She pronounced It "ogly," and
He was so little known out of his
seemed to think that the story finished
own select circle that the porters in
there. At all events, she added noth-
Easton station asked each other in vain
hi to it But joseph thought fit to
tontribute a post scriptum. I who the old swell waiting for the 4
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"You'd better tell 'em,lnistress," ke o'clock "up" from Liverpool Could be.
said, "that he tried to starve yer • am The 4 o'clock was, moreover, not the
them kids. that he wanted to leave yer • first express which Sir John had tnet
at nude to be massacred by the tribes,
only Mr. Oscard sent yer down -'ere.'
Yeu'd better tell 'em ,that" • . ,7 -
"No." she replied, with a • faint smile.
"Nd, because he was my husband"
Guy Oscard was looking very hardindulged in a grave promenade •upon
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• s nee eommandin silence. •and down there
at Joseph, and: catching his eye, madir the He
that day. • His stately ,carriage and
pair had pushecl its way into the crowd
94 ...Smeller. and bumbler yehlcular fry
'earlier in tne.: afternoon, end on that
occasien also the . old gentleman had ,
Be didnot want him to say too much. , !IOW, w s an n e sma , o
, Joseph turned away . again to the back, where of. late he bad been aware
of a constant aching pain. He was
and, stood thus apart till the':
• end. • 1,Very upright.: hoWever, and supremely
. "I have no doubt"- said Oseard to 'unconscious Of the 'curiosity aroused by
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his presence in the mind of the station...
Marie, "that he would have sent some
message to you had he been able, but. His lips were rathbr more .
he was very ill -he was dying -when troublesome ,than usual, and his keen
eyes twinkled witha suppressed ex- .
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citIennaeformer 'days . there had been no-.
one equal to bhp In certain: diplomatic*
• Marie' raised her Shoulders with . .crises, where, it was a question of .
pathetic gesture of resignation. • browbeating, suavely the uppish. rep-
resentative of some foreign state. ,No
. "The sleeping sickness," ••she.••sald,
man could then rival bim" In the !use -
"what will You? There is no remedy.
lently aristocratic school of diplomacy.
He always said he would die of. that
He feared it" • • . "widen Eagland has •made her own •
• i3ut• la his moat datigerons Criais be had
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"How are your: replied ilby Olalard•
really glad. to 00 him.
"You are a good raan for a crowd. • I
wait I will tallow in your Wake," laid
Sir John. "A nuniber of People, of the
beset eerte Got Wy carriage here time -
%here. Fool of a men looking for me
in the wrong place no doubt. Where
are you going? May 1 offer you a Ilft?
Thie way. Here, •Jebll, take Mr, Pie
card's parcele."
He could not have, done It better 14
his keenest dap. Guy Otleard 'Wee
• he reached Msala. ,,It -was wonderful
that he got there at all. We did what,
• we could for hlin, but it was hope..
less." . ' • .
never been restless, apprehensive, pes-
simiStic, as he was at this: Intiment.
And, after ,all, it was a very. siMple
brought:bun here, 'It
was merely: e queslien of meeting 1
man as if by accident, and .tlien I dow. neeg., 4. loo ed out of the win-,
deeply interested in a dispitte• be. •
ward making that' man do certain
74:6.12 chaittebnei:i very successful"
said 'Oscard. "How, your son now?
When I last saw hina be yvas'in a :yeti,
...bad: way, Indeed, rhardlY expected to
:see him again.". • '• .• '
Sir John was., still Interested in the
• disPlite which wis• not yet settled: • •
*,•• •"112.• is :thank you. Yon know:
thie1sgilniTolernarria"." •
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"He -told me that he was engaged,"
replied Oscard, ,"but did not knew
that anything definite Was fixed."
"The most defielte thbag Of : all is
"fixed -the date.. It isithmorkew." • •
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• „TomorroW?" • "• '
"Yes. haye not much itime to
Prepare your Wedding garments"
replied Oseard, with .0; laugh,
"I have not been bidden." ' •
14I expect the inyltation is .awaiting
you at your house. No doubt_m-y--son---
--,W111-,--wantfinie present -they
Weald both like you •, to be ...there no..
doubt , But come with. me now.; -we,
will call and see Jack. know Where
to find him. In fitct, I have an appoint.
.tnent With him at a quarter to 5,"
It may seem' strange that. guy Os•
card should not have asked the iidhie
.4 his friend's : prospective bride, but ,
Sir loln Wait ready for that, Ile gave
his convent= no time. Whenever he
, Opened **-his lips Sir Sohn turned Os-
•eard's thoughts aside. . . •
,What had told him Wail strictly
true. He had 'an appointment • with.
Zack -4W appointrderit of hieown
Mg.
• "Tea" .he said, tit pnrsuanee of his.
policy 0f -choking qUeStions, "he is,
Wonderfully well; as yen will see for ,
"Outt:tirtd." subWitted 'this
high handed arrangement. Ile had
not known Sir John Well Indeed, •
all his intercourse with him las Oben,.
noted in thetie pave. He Wai rather
Surprised to find WM so talkative and
'so. very .friendly. But any, °Ward
Cis very anirpireinl. Wes"'
eublitnely indifferetit to the long
drawn motive. Ile presumed that Sir
johtt made friends elf his Sonia friends,
and his straightforward acceptance -
of ?Acts he wrfe pettedly well aware
that by his. timely rescue he had saved
Jack 1VIeredith hetet the hands of the.
Whet. The:prestimPtion Weis that Sir
johia knew ef this, 'and it was only
natural teat 'he should be sOinewhat
exceptionally gracious to the men whn.
had saved his son's life.
for something more presentable, It had aught to, say to her, 'for each In
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would appear :that. Nestorius vrat3 not that room could lay a separate sin -at
particular. He did not mind dying oa, 'Vletor Durnovo's door. • Be was gone
the kitchen...table :If need were. His ,beyond reach or human justice to the
mother deposited bitn, on this table on .3igher cotirt where the extenuating dr
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a Dillow, .while she prepared the break, etunstance is fully. Understood. The
. fast with, that . patient resignation . , generosity . of that Silence. was infec-
which seemed. teematnate from .havitag .. thins.. and tbey told Iter 'nothing. lad
tasted of the worst that the world has they spoken she, would perforce have
to give believed:them, but then, as she herself
Joseph was ready the first and he said, it would bave made ' so little 'tilt--
• promptly repaired to the kitchen„Where , ference. So Victor Durnovo reeves
he set to work to. help Marie with hie' 'these pages, and all we can do Is to re -
customary energy, . .. .: . 'member the , Writing . on the ground.
• It was, Marie who first percelied a Who among 0 dares to •withhold the'
differenee In Nestoriaa, .1118 dusky ;itextenuatingr m t ?
. c reu a ance. - is
Who -
tie face : was shining with a sudden, ' seedy to leave this woricl!c_vithout-ther--
crutch to I an-nponr--GFmn a mixed
weakening perspiration, hie ilinbs lay
lifelessly,. -with a lack 9S2..their-us
eomfortab aloOking-grace...
or she said quickly. "Fetch Miss
In remitting, please do So by Express*: Order or
Postal Note„and- address.
VV& it'IMTCHELL,'
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Clinton, Oat
ble -,-ev.11 black with evil* white---aud
What tan the result be but evil?. Given
the climate* of • western Africa and the
mental irritation thereof, •added to a
-9-P.Trodeenblm” .eame , and Mitur'rcannd.&y lack -�t edueation and the natural vice
Oscard; 'for they had been togelther in
the dialog reom when Joseph delivered
Marie's message ' • •
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Nestorius was wide • -awake now.
When he nit/ Oseard his mean face
Suddenly expanded into a !militant srin„.•
"Bad easel" be said. • •
, It was rather startling, until Marie
poke.
' "He 'thinks you are Meredith,"
she said. "Mr. Meredith taught lxim
to say 'bad case'" •
Nestorlus looked from one to the
other with gravely speculative eyes,
which presently closed.
"He ladylng-yes!" said the Mothgr,"
looking at Jocelyn.
Ostitrd knew more of title matter
than any tit thew. He went forward
And leaned over the table. Marie re,
:moved a piece of salted bacon that was
lying on the table, near to the pillow.
With the untonsciousheis of long habit
she swept some crumbs aWay, with her
apron; Oscard Was tryleg to find the
Puled in the tiny WrItit, but there *as
not much to MA, '
"It am afraid he le very ill," he said.
At title momentthe kettle boiled irret •
and Marie bad to ttitn away to attend
to he duties.-
oicies on his toes, or perhaps a sloping
eartbargot-upd-waikedirway mum --
• annoyed. Alai now that he Was at last
at this dizty height be was sorry to find
that he was too tired to awl about
end explore the vast poesibilities of it,
Lte was rather toe tired to convey his
forefleger to his mouth, and was forded
to work out mental preblette withotit
that ald to thought.
Inherent in man, and you have -Victor
DurnOvo.• • 4
out little bare limbs and turned
• Net;rius-the sharoelese-Stretehed
half over on his side. He looked from
ona face to, the other .with the grave
wonder that was his, He had never_
been taken much notice of. His short
walk in life had been very near the
ground, where trifles look very large,
and from whence those larger stum-
bling blocks which. occupy our attezition
are 'quite invisible, He had been the
.third -the solitary third child who
usuaily Maketi his own interest in• life,
and is lett, by or leaves the rest of his
.,
It was not quite clear to him why he
was the center of inuch attention.
His mind did not :ran to the compre-
!tension of the fact that he vas the
wearer of 'borrowed phimes-the Sable
plumes of King Death. -
Ile had always wanted to get an 'to
the kitchen table. There Was mach
there that interested him and supplied
hini with food for thought IleItad
risked his life on more than one wet-
slon hi attempts to scale that height
with the assistanee of it saueepari that
timed over and poured eulinar3r delt•
---When---she--eartie-baek ,08Card-WitElk
looking, not at Nestorius, but at her,
"We spent fottr days Msala," he
Kidd In a tone that meant that he had
more to tell her, .
"Yes?
"The plaee is in ruin% as yeti knew,"
She nodded With a peculiar little
tWist of the lips as if be were hurting
her.
Mt` eV 700 Atr140, affatrf‘' 'bra
Imagine jack °wee more to your pigeig:
and promptnees than' bs ys410410,,
pired. I gathered Ai POO treat .040
two conversation*. I bad silth WIC
Gerde4 When 00 Wie. In Englitigl• I!
Ma one Of. )110 Gordoleill WADY
wirers."
"And I ow another," said 00404'
frankly'.
"AK =ten you :are heppy enetighl
to be the nbleet of a 'reciprocal I•1
Ing which tor myself 1 etalld
expect. She "peke of YOU In no Mel*:
tired. lengnage.. 1 gathered .freln .heri
that if you bad not acted with graati
Pretnntitnile the--er-happY event oti
toworro'w could not have takeitkPla..„-W".
• The old man'peused, and.Guy 00040
wbo looked sontexehat distreeted
distinctly uncomfortable, could find 40
graceful way of changing the conVer-
sation. •' •
"In a word," went on Sir jehrt .111 114
very siVerk tone, "I, owe you a greati
debt. Yon salted my hoy'S We."
"Yes, but you eee," arfnled Oacard.
finding his tongue at last, "colt therel ,
things like that don't count for er,i,
much." -
"Oh,. don't they?". There Was the •
suggestiofl of a smile beneath Sir John's -
grim eyebrows.
"NO.," returned Oscard, rather lamely.
"It is a sort ot thing•that happens every
day out there." •
Sir John turned•tuddeely;-- and with
the courtliness thotwas ever.his he in -
(Bilged in a rare exhibition of feeling:. : •
fle laid his band on Guy Osearcrs stab...... -
wart
•
wart knee. fit
.
"My dear Oscard," he said, and when.
be ebese be could iender his voice very
soft and ciffeetionate,.• "none of these
arguments apply to we beeause I am
• not out there. I like you for trying to
make little Of your exploit. ,Such con-
duct is worthy of you, worthy of a
gentleman; but Y'Su cannot disguise the
fact thitt jack owes his, life to you and
I owe you tbe same, i'vhich. between
you and me I% may. mentiou. is more
valuable to me theft my own: I want
you to remember rdWays that' r tim
your debtor, aud• cheamtstanCes
should ever seem to indicate. that -the
feeling I have Or yen is anything but
friendly and kind, do Me the • hotter of
dlsbelleving those:thdications. Yon -un;
derstand?" : • .
"Yea," repliedOscard untruthfully. ..•
• • •
. .. • • ., . . •
•
'Here we are at Lady Cantourne's,* •
contimied.Sir John, "where, as .it hap- •
'"Ah -Mr. Oscard-luni Wye do?"
seated in the huge, roomy carriage be.
fore he had realized what bad happened
to him" • • • '
"Your man will look after your traps,
• I suppose?" said Sir John, • hotipitably
drawing the fur rug from theopposite
seat.
"Yes," replied Guy; "although .be is
not my' man. He Is jack's man Jo-
seph." •
• "Ah, of course! *111xCellent servant
too. jacli: told he had left him
with you." - • •
, Sir: John. leaned out of the window
and asked. the footman whether he•
Knew his colleague Joseph, and upon pens, I expect to meet Jack. Iler
receiving .an answer in the.neirmative ship is naturally intereSted In the affair
of tomorrow, and had kindly under-
taken to keep us up to date in our be- ,
lavior. You will come in -with me?"
• Oscard remembered afterward that
he was rather puzzled, that there Was )11,
perhaps in 'his simple ,mind thefaintest
tinge of suspicion. At the moment,
he gave orders, acting as Guy's mOefis
piece, that the..,Iiiggage.was to be con-
veyed to Russell square.: Willie Nose.
orders . were, .beIng executed, the.• two •
then sat waiting in the carirlage, and •
Sir John lost no time.
"I-allite-strid. "to., ha -
• o ever, ere was no me o any -
opportunity thanking Y°11 Or: all, thing but follow. The Matt ha.d'alreadY
your kindness to ley sell In this *lie •
• 3xnedition cif yours "
. 4•Tes,", replied Oscerd; WIth rt. trans-
parent. reserve which rather, puzzled• took his eyes from Sir John -Meredith's
Sir John • ' , , • ,
. • face, as:iton the alert for an unspoken
.; 'Ton must excuse ele," said the. old qrder.
•.gentleman, sitting. rather stiffly,. "If .1
appear to take a .scimewhat ,linilted in Guy ()Board followed. his compaiden '
lute the .. hall, . and. the .' very scent of 4" .....,
terest in this great almiacine, discovery, the house -for each house speaks to •
of which there has, been considerable more senses than one -made his heart '
talk •in some circles. The • limit to my
. interest' is' drawn . by a lamentable as •if ' Millicenthi :presence was In the .
leap 'in his 'broad. breast .It seemed
Ignorance. I •am afraid the • businese . very air ' This was more than be
detalla,are rather unintelligible to me.. could have. hoped. He had not in
My ion bas endeavored, Bowel -hat cur- . tended to Call this afternoon; although
sorily perhaps, to eiplcila the matter • the vita was only to have been. post -
to. me, but 1. have 'never mastered the .poned for -twenty-four hours. ,.• - • k
--er-,--commereial technicalitiee. . How- .Sir john Meredith's face was a tiler- .
ever; I understand that you have made Vel to see: Ii, was quite 'steady. Be
quite a mint of. money, which .is the ' was 'Upright and alert, ,with all the in- ..
• chief consideratioe-towadays.". -. . . , trepiclity of his ,mind up in arms. There •
„
• 11 . drew the 'ru . More closely round was •a light in •his .eyeil, a• gleam of '
*light from other days not yet burned
• rung the bell and Lady Cantourne's •
butler was bolding the door open There
was something in bis attitude vaguely •
suggestive of expectation. • He never '
%things. required: of him': Moreover; the-
, than was only. Gay, .0scard, learned, if:.
you Will, in forest craft, but a mere,
child in the hands of so -old a dipionia- •
tist as Sir John Meredith.• .
• That whieli made SieJohn so uneasy
• was the abiding knowledge that Jack's
'Wedding „day _would dawn in Ov.eve
lion& The Weir:in- iirts iamb ..to4
small, thrOugh, however, no fault of Sir
JOhn'S. The west African steamer had
been delaYed, tineccountably, two days,
.A third Say lost In . the Atlantie wohld
have overthrown Sir John Meredith's
plan. Ile had often cut things fine be,
fore': but somehow now -not that he
was getting old, oh; nor-buf somehow.:
the. suspense' was too mil& for his -
'nerves, le soon became irritated and
• distritstful. -Besideo, the pain In his ,
becic wearied Um and interfered 'with
the clear sequence of his thoughtti.
The owners -of the est-A-friair.
steanier,Jutd--te graphed that the Pas-
sengers • had left for London -in two
separate trains. Guy Oseard was not
In the first -there was no positive rea-
son ;why he Amid be in .tha often&
More. depended upon hlir being in this
second expreee than Sir john.oared' to
•'poniewplate.
The -course of his .' peregrinationS
breu'ght him into the vicinity Of an hi-.
specter whose attitude -betokened re-
spect While presence, raised hone.
-"IA tnere any reason to suppose • that
your train is' coming?", he inquired 'of
thaofficial, ' -• • • .
• "Signaled new, my lord," replied the'•'
inspector, teaching his cap. • :
• "And what doe that mean?" Uncoth-
• protiiishigly Ignorant Of technical par-
lance.. . • •
• "It will be in in'one .minute, my
Sir john's hand was over his lips. as
he 'Walked back to the earriage, cast-
ing as it were the eommander's eye
oVer the field.. . •'; •
"When the crowd le round the trate
you. tome and look for 'me," he said to
the footroart, who tOtiehed his cockaded
..hat In ellenee. •
At -that nienietit. the train intithered
In, the engine wearing that inanely
sett intportant eh' affected by, locomo.
titres' of the larger build. Front all
4tierters an :army'. of porter* besieged
..the platfortni and in a foe seconds Sit •
jobn Was IA the tenter .of ab agitated
eroWd. There Was one other calm Man
156t.
Re laid aside his geld' headed cane
and threw back his shOulders. •
"Is•Mr. Meredith upstairs?" he said
te the . butler,
"Yes, sir." •• ' • .
The man moved toward the stairs.
"You need not eocnel'i saki Sir Jelin,
liolding up 10 hand..
.The butierdtocteside and Sir John.
led SirWaY •up "IO the drawing heti.
At the doer he paused Per inealeat.
GOY (Ward was at his heels. Then he •
opened the door rather. slowly and mo- •
tioned,grecefully with his left hand to
Oseard to pass in before tim.
Oscard stepped •Torward. When .he.
had, creased 'the 'threshold Sir John
closed the door sharply behind him and .
• turned'a go doWnstairs.
SCAlD.st�o&- for •
ment on 'the. threshold. He
beard the door closed behind :
7 him, and he took two . Steps
• farther forward. .
Jack Meredith and Millicent were at
the fireplace.: There was a:heap of
dittordered paper and string upoe the
tabie,"and a few wedding: presents
standing in the midst of their 'pecking.
Millicent's pretty fee° was • quite
'white. She looked from Meredith to. .
Oseard with a sudden horror in her •
eyes. For the first* tittle in her • lite .
she was.at it loss, quite taken 'aback,
"Oh -hl" she whispered. and thakwas
all. • . ,
The silence thht followed- was tense,'
as if aorttethitig in the atmesPhere Was
about to snaiw, 'and In the widit Of it
.the wheels 'of Sir slohtearetreatinktar- '
liege came ;to the ears Of the three 'pet --
twain thegrawing room. t
was 'only for a taii-ment, but in
that moment the tWo men. saw clearly.
:It WAS as if the veil from the girl's
mind had, fallen -leaving her thoughts
confessed, bare before, them. In the
same instatitiltel both Saw -they both
PPed beck in tin:eight to their first Meet- s
log, to the hundred links Of the chain
that brOught thein to the Present
mon:tent-they knew; andliallicent telt
that they . •
"Are you going to be Married tomer.
yew?" asked Guy Oseard deliberately.
He never wail h.rean 'to whom a suc-
cotsitil appeal ter the Slightest tititiga-
Hoe of justiee eotild haVe been made.
His dealings bed ever been With men,
wi that platform -another matt with from whom be had exaeted as serupu-
no Oftraels• :WilontlIO 444 sought to tin"'1 it Wald stern that Sir Sohnle did ions an „how& A$3
divined:-
and -616)10-, theseilibilghts,- for lii3 VresentlY SPoke
,)161)01„glyo.• d
know" that' svomen are different--
cropped heed towered above a sea of I of them, • that honor is not their arm* point.
agitated bonnets.' Sir John, whose I HOWing to An unfortunate differ; Millicent did not aesWer. She looked
Walk hi life had been through erowdai/w
, ee of opinion With my son We halte, te Meredith to answer for her, but
elbowed his way forward and delibers not been very eommtmleative lately," Meredith Was looking at Oseard, add '
Ate'? Walked against Guy Oseardhe saki, with that deliberation Whieh 'hi Ills lazy eyes thereglowed the eingu.
"Haug it!" he ,eXclaiMed, ttirningbadmiration Which lie
round. "Ah-Mr,Oscard-bow d'ye , e knew how to assume when he de. ler affection. rind
do V • , sired to be heard without interrtiptiOn. had bestowed long time before on this
. .theretore almost :entirely igao, simple mamma -his mental btferior,
k • 4 a "raa..!rtata,
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