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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1913-10-9, Page 6t?li,> Valles XII.-(C.ontinued), opened, :inti Sara entered. Lady Edith Clive walked slowly down Parliament etarte t and !oohed up 'tvitlt ' a frew'it. Street, the old mans verde hauntingWhat le it; Stern,?" she demanded,, with hitti; Far Irctrd Staudon h<td a oksu the ill-coneeeled uupatienoe, truths gate man who married Iperd Ches- tetrleieh'e daughter, with her vast wo ltlt and tae great family Interest. would find his political 'rout smoothed for ltiin, email And the hath of his ambition careens with rases instead of the flints Flitch .lie so thickly on the erually tough road to fame and power. Perhaps ekte thought wee atilt with him whenhewent up the stairs of the great house in Grosvenor Square, fes he was grltve aria preoeoupie le Bet Lady Edith greeted hint brightly, and tppea:r- ed, to be iu the happiest of moods, "How tired you look!" she roma-aired. thought you looked as if you detect want to be bothered with the talk and chatter; and I have told them that I am not at !tome to any one else; so that You ran rest, and drink your tea in sileece. if you like," it a'd "'Th t was v kin o Yen?" e i ery d f y h a gratefully. ""But I want to talk."' When you have had another cup of tea,' she said. And . now, if you mutat talk, tali me about --oh, anything that you are doing,'.' She leant forward, her eyes fixed on his face with so evident an interest that Clive responded at ones, "I'm steel :pursuing the ;uneven tenor of my way,' he said, ""I think we shall be able to do something with the Housing question." :tie told her in a few words -there was no need for a lengthy explanation, for she had the whole matter at .her finger ends- of the proposal of the Government; and she listened intently, putting in a word, asking a question, none and again, and leading him on as a clever woman can lead a man 'by talking of the sub jeot nearest hie heart. "Yes; it is better than nothing," she said. "Bat you will get all you want in time; you are `one of the men who always succeed sooner or later-" He laughed That's a rather too flat- tering 'estimate of my .pgor powers," he said, "But, tell me., You' were kind enough to say you could get some more pupate for my friend?" "Yes; I have another one, I thank;' -she said brightly. And he deserves all we can do; for he is really ; very clever, and is a capital teacher-" . Olive thanked her again. "I can't tell you how grateful I am to yyou," he said war,nty, so warmly that the color rose to her face, and her eyes became doer_ owned him.. cunt" then ,rhe raised them, and glance!. Her face wail pale. ,and there wast a a.t him swiftly, ronlbled expression in the grey eyes as It is .£,who should be grateful to you,he gave him°her hand. she said in a low voice. lanti1.I--I knew "I am late,"he said in a. low voice, her eyes a ;voiding .his. el -I did not mean to coma ' Not mean to .come? Why?" lie asked, though he foresaw, with a .,sinhiug of the Stases, her reply. • "Nee' she said; meeting his eyes with an effort, but steadily. II thought it. over after 1 lett yon. I knew Tibby I 'wouldbe angry, and-a.nd I did not tell here ' have not told her that 1 was at the meeting the other night.'And--end-- no:. I did not mean to come. But I I oonld not keep away. It seemed so un- grateful not to come and tell you why." "I understand," he said in a voice- as low as. hers. 'You -think it . is-wroug, Mina? She inclined her head. there were no tea=s in her eyes, but .ie sinew that nee 11 was afraid lest there should b'". "Yee; I --II suppose it 'ie. Tibhyy 'would know. I did net think of it uutilI'dis- epooeer that I did not want to tell her. She would. lenoty. And yetis it wrong?" ehe asked almost piteously.. Clive stood, battling with his.conscienee. Her presence was as sweet as myrrh1ato Mian. There was an irresistible faseine- tion in her innocence, her half -uncoil - scions alesire to avoid evil. What should he gay? "Perhaps Tihby is .right,"' lie said at last; but even as be eaoke he rebelled against the scruples iwhieh weredividing them. "But all the a tame, I am glad you have come. Mina. Will you stay .five - ten minutes now you are here? She looked round wistfully, then up at tarn doubtfully. Five minutes, then," she faltered with a sigh. There -there is one of the pic- to, ee I want to see again." "Tell me which it to we will go and e ,01 S went p a large part, of the leek at it together," he said.. 'She 'went straight to one of the rooms, audience were on their feet•, there wee a and they stood :before Waterhouse's ni tg- rush for the platform. Some of the men niiieent` and Bathetic "Lady of 3halott had sticks in their hands, as if they had Thie is it,"' ' she said in a low voice, her come provided with weapons, others eyes fixed on tete picture. "It is so beau- caught un chairs; and the sticks • and filch -so-so real,'that I`conld net get it ti the crowd pressed forward. were three -tellingly assiwhether it be the passion of fear, of affection; or of hate -moves quickly, lyarne fiercely. in a snob, large or •small, especially in a mob composed of suoh elements as this one was composed .of. It does not mean. to do murder; but it is too apt to do it uniuteetioually. All it is conscious of is the desire to break, to crush: and here was something this one could satisfy its desire on. It was not the first time Clive had faced an angry audience; but hitherto it had been in the open air. where there was room for the evil spirit to spend itself. Here, in thie hot, stifling room, the fury of the audience acted andreacted; and there grew that hideous, hyeterical desire to maim and destroy which is alwayS.ly, ing dormant in suoh men as those who threatened Olive. "Is there a• back way?" he shouted to the -ebeirman, a .weak-minded man who, 'white and trembling,had ehrunk back against the well, 'Iso, ge,t out, of It: quickly. 1'11 keep them till you're clear." As he spoke, one ,of Koehki's friends close ed the Front door and bolted it, and ran to -weeds ,the one at the back. Cliveturn• ed to bid the chairman hurry up, but the raging_ crowd. thinking that Clive Medi- tated flight, yelled furiously, as if they 'were about to be baulked' of their prey; tnvo or three of them leapt on the plat - Toren, and one man raised a chair , to strike him. Clive caught the ;chair, •and. nuttitrg.out :hie leg, tripped the man up;•but in dosing so he laid hun.self open to other attaeke, and several blows were dealt him by sticks. He was still calm, even emlling, and lie struck oat right and left, flooring two of hisaaeellants; but another blew, on the aide of the .head, this time, made him stagger, and he was afraid that he should fall. To fall would, he knew, be a serious matter„ for the rash wee taieken ing, and he would be 'trampled wider foot, by the men, who were, indeed, at that anoment more like wild beasts than human beings. " Ae he ,pulled ;himself begether. and -,aught the blowe which showered on him, he was aware of a cry, a rtier"ine heart- rending gore am that rose ..above, the din; an& looking in the direct'ian of. the cry, he . sarn-Mica-•The eight of iter, white face, her eyes axed on him with terror, etvpeflc:d him for a momente cud he call- ed to her --'of course. inaudibly-'"1V1ina4" She sew :his lips move, and, with v elidk- iarg sob, file pressed forward, Then, as este moved, Clive caught eiglit of ribby beetle -leer. Vole • the, fleet time he thought, of the Pelee: would they arrive fn tame to sa bet? Hie eyes were chained to here, ate tried to shout to her -loud enough to be heard -to keep back; but he could not maks !'tie voice pierce the .awful chin; and he c elcl only wave his bands, signing to her to keep away from the pia -dorm, Bat, with agony, he saw thea' ;the, wee dere- gardine Iiia signalled injettctiona, and Sara had stopped Bast within the room, n al- most : n e malign, a and had allot a serift l,t, c , most threatening, at Clive; but with a gesture of apology he bent tor head 10'w, and put out her seined hands in au Ori- ental salaaan, "Pardon, any lady," -she murmured. ''I did not know -I tbougbt the room was ten ty. Pardon, sahib!" Sate had gone, !Lad glided out in a nec- ment; but her enhance had broken tate spell, and. Clive 'rose with a feeling of re- lief, oh -'wee it escape? "I take you at your word; VII aeeept your kind offer, Lady Edith," he said, gravely. "If I need any help 1 -adult 'you eau give me foe some of my poor people, I well calve to you. I am very grateful, '" • She gave him her hand in silence, her eyes down:met, her face now pale; and forsome minutes atter he had gone she sat breathingainfully, and gazing et the ohatr in which he had Sat, As Olive went down the e'taire and into the street, he too breathedainfully, and again . Lord +Staudon's 'words came back to him. 1E5 lived in a world in which so many marriages without love ate made, Lit 'which the marriage of convenieuee as frequent as Any other act of exchange and barter, that he was not startled by the idea suggestedBut ; by the old gossip: he recoiled from it with a eeoee of dis- taste, of resentment,wallet arose from something .within tun that lay deeper than the mere surface abjection to a lovelees union. She 'was very boaut'lfal; the advantage! of such a match were as great, as un- deniable, as Lard Standen had pointed out; but -No; he could not do it; though by doing it she should gain: all that he was striving for. And yet e few weeks. ago :would he have shrunk from the idea of marreiug. Lady . Edith as he shrank now Why had he 'become so scrupulous? 'What had happened to make' him so un- worldly? As if in answer to his question, Mina's face rose before him, bit he thrust it aside; he would not accept the mute an - When he entered the Tate Gallery the next afternoon and looked round eagerly,, he was conscious of a pang of disappoint- ment; for she was not there. He waived quickly through, the rooms.:. devoured .be -suspense; and presently, with a sense of 'diet and gladness, he saw her •coming you, I eared for nothing -t mean" -quick ly, her color deepening -"that nothing in- terested me, that I was quite indifferent about •things, everything. Life seemed euve a wearisome -burins-se, so many din- ner., eo many balls, so many receptions; and I w.se terribly tired of them•all. But I know new why 'you -and men like you -keep on trying. to do good, despite all sorts; of -disappointments and discourage - menta." She paused for a moment; then went en again Tine little thing d give done for you -- you can't tell how much eleasu_a it baa given me. I suppose it is beoausc I have been et some use in the world; perhaps because I have been of some little use to 'ate friend of uhe People.' W 11 you let me be of more use to you? Len's there iiomething else S can do? Something big- ger, that will give me real tianble: thea was none. There now! I am settee I am forgetting that you are tired, and want to rest: and I am plaguing you. - Ivo you .shall net Humor my whims and fee(' es ,ex;ill -not 'talk. Lean back and raze 'won t yen? S e tee* a cushion from the long divan, and put it at the tack of .his ebair with :t halfapologetic laugh, bat with an ap- peal in her eyes. Clive put out his hand to -refuse the cushion, end their kande met. The blood rushed to her face at the contact, and her eyes grew soft and melting. Embarrassed, with a •strange sense of foreboding, Clive let his ;hand fall, and looked at her now downcast face with a troubled regard. It incvan awkward moment; but before either of them eould speak the door RUN A--411tig -000SEtIvkl:°Pai '41 COLD .0 .6 out of my mind; : though I clop t know ®what it means.' " It is one of Tennyson's moms." he said. "'I will send it to you?' stilt "No, no!" she eafd. I can borrow it a " from the school library. How lovely she looke, and hew unhappy 1 I -I wish a could forget it. 110 "Come end look at some of the others," sir he They in -mice undt came andlilshe gazed at the pictures, bat with le✓eeued isa interest, and when they reached -the door she Started slightly and stopped. -I will go now, she said. -I-I am glad II came, that I have seen.the picture once more." ton can came again," he said, etill with Iwbored votes 'You can come alone, Mina. le She shook' her head, her face averted. "No; I stall not come again." elle Said almoet inaudibly."Don't-don't come with me, please. I 'would rat -her you did not." Her -voice 'broke an•d her lips quiv- ered. "Oh, how ungrateful you must think me! But I'm not, Im not!" She raised, her eyed to his face, and lie saw the tears in them now. But I --I could not tell Ti+bby." The tears threatened to fall, and she turned aside and put her hand to her eyes with a swift movement that wrung Clive'e heart. "Good-bye." , He heldliaa hand a moment, his own closing over here l=ightly, then she settle drew it £itera his grasp, and before he could realize that ebe had. gone, she had passed out, Ile stood looking at the door like, a a cath of tth�bteath,ieRe turned. after her; but when rte had .reacted the en - :ranee he stopped short, hitiii lila lips: his face pate and strained, his heart heating heavily: for with the passing of thatsligt, gireleh figure something seemed to 'have paasecl out of :his life. But she was right --the irtetiuct horn of her purity, her innate goodness, her child-lfke shrinking , teem an unknown. evil, was right: he must see Tier oo snore. Yes; eometltia bad gave out of tie life, e gleam of brigntncse, a vague ]tatrtaiuees; and lie telt the leas no aquteli that voice and ananner • -prod aimed t t plainlye ate went about his Perllamentary duties ae `usual, but. in a listless, perfunctory ,way. ale was to have enokenon the'tbird night' atter their .prartingt but the made c. an, exense, totheWhip, and sat urnb `and inert in his place. It was with something like a shock that, Writing over tie en- gagement book a week later, be ems that he +wap engaged to rpe',k :it ilio "Work• B men's ali again. The 11111. far the Huns - lug of the Poor had been .brought al by Government; it:' was absolutely' ne•. the t 1te reecaary That hit steals, t:o,-uowvn fin t Ball Mid explain it to tits Bond of •,e hood- ' io lair B .w. f. Ito made some' atotea-fo'Neinf; hintt?t into a sombla.nee of interest lit the tau:ii- ieCti--arfd est tha .tight appointed wOliti donvn to the hallet was crewatel; lint alto that ate nottced that lie anpeernttc'e Wil atot was ew;n esg nearer and neatyrer. _ greeteet with the uynel aliltlanse; rho . ite weyl50 engroeiced'y' his apaprehan- e was a'bsolately got for er eafe y at , arsrr - '++ '."'�•' ^^""' I forgot? at of hie own: and erasentee e blow from. a pieta of wood whish•• hall b!'ett torn ficin one of the Benches -foil on the side of his bead the lights leapt In his ayes,the ese ofs siottobettenaoa''�i cs Itrecbed i;Mn hie ears a„ A yell, e Mae. vo'!i of SeVeedo 4riuutph, • rase from itis nseaii•tnte, and taro mart 1 who had. reefed him ea feed thelate . of t weed to %strike .him assns; het Ilio hilae; fell, short, ler he woe eltnuet see o, and to tato ata:i2etnattt of tate malt' wise-5tirirod. ?mai1. the proafrnid 01 an, a slight, gfrlien ligens steed over him, With halide oidia us The G arani teed OCttE DYE for' MI Ki>f ids of Cloth. Cina, Shoos, No. Chance of Mistakes, TRY IT! Send for Prue color card and alooictet, Tho Jotueon•nt4hat'Ltaua Co. F intitedt Montrerl greeting laeked the warmth and anon• taneity which were generally accorded him. But he was almost indifferent, and, as lie passed et to the ylatfornl, he felt ae if it were the semblance, the mare gut - wand ellen, of Himself which stood there. Be notieed that it large proportion of audience ar to a foreigners, the nate ce apps ed � aliens, and that theee were occupying naefa near the platform; and that. in the first rows were sitting Koehki and his !anarchist friends, The slight cheering soon ceaeed, and 'Olive began his addtese. Me kn w that his manner and hie tone were iifieleae, and that hip audience must think hint 'lukewarm.; bet he could not rise to the occasion. No cheers puiictuat- ed his silencea,.and: -when 'he had finished, the .applause was so faint that Clive knew that he had lost ,]kis power over them, He sat down with a sense of fail- ure and weariness. Rosbki rose, a,nd the cheep which: bad been denied to Clive, or rendered grudgingly, , greeted the Pole with a' kind of suppressed significance. "I vant to ask M,r. Harvey a .question, von question only, said Koehhi in his guttural voice. And 1--ve all-vant a Straight, answer. This is it: Does' he or dose' not mean to oppose the Bill he has been. telling vet - of He eat down, his small eyes fixed on Clive, his -tongue moietentng his coarse lips. Cifve rose. "ley answer needs a fore- going word of explanation—" he begun; but Kaehki rose, extending a dirty hand,. and almost shakingit at him. -"Ve cant a yes' or'no.'" ' he- shouted. "No," said Clive quietly. Eoskki. turned to the rest of the audi- ence with alaugh and a sneer; and a murmur which rapidly grew to a groan rose and filled the room. "You eeel" he seed "You see, my bruz- zers! what ve vere told is true. Zis man,. zis fine shentleman, zer 'Frent of the P le' "--lie laughed scornfully -"ie a traitor!" Clive had sat down, but he serene up, his blood roused, hie eyes flaehitg; but his words could not be heard above the din, the snarls, the yells which rose from nearly all sides, especially from the aliens in the front Beate. "A traitor!" repeated leosbki, hie Mee purple, his::eyee gleaming. 'Zat is what I call him, vhat ve all call him. He has 'betrayed us, my bruzzers! Be is it sham and a fraud.' He has sold us; sold us who vere fools enough to trust him. Fools, yea; ve vera fools to put our trust :in an accursed aristocrat."' of - ' The Yells the angry men drowned his voice for a . moment, but he held up his grubby hand and got a hearing again. 'S said zat I would ask him voe ques- tion: but you shall ask Slim anozer., A.e'k. him vhat are. Se going to. he paid for sell- ing its;: ask him:' Clive wenn slowly dawn to the edge. of the platform and looked down at the angry +crowd oainily, though his eyes were flashing and his hands °leeched 'ae- hind him; he opened Inc' lipsbut the up- roar was too great to permit of his be- ing heard, and with a shrug of the ehoul- de he laughed.tt- 'this wee $oeliki's cue. Shaking • both flats at Clive, he soared: "He laughs at its; laughs! He treatsus like dirt, like dogs!: It is Slow he treated me ze ozer night vixen I implored, viz tears, my' bruzzere, implored like a bane- zer eat he would not vote for zis Bill!' Clive'a' face grew red, bathe kept him- self well in hand. "That is a lie, Herr Koshki," he said. "He gives us ze lie!" snarled Koshki, his eyes glancing athis -friends and cora patriots near him. 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