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THE LAPSE OF
ENOCH W NTWORTH
By 1SAPlaL GORDON CURTIS,
Author of `4 The Woman from Wolvertons"
goes and comes without a word beingf self-respect begins to lose it, he usua-
spoken to him by anyone in the house.' ally faces two alternatives; that is,
You understand ?" unless he has a .solid anchor in his
"Yassir," home,O"
"I wish to have that sort of service :nCh lit a cigar and began to
in my home until—your mistress re- make-.
turns. If it is necessary, engage an- "Evidently ib is useless to talk.
other servant to look after your du--„ What passes nay understanding is how
ties. I want you to wait on me ex- any span can turn out a woman like
acbly as I have explained. You can your sister to give shelter to Zille
do it, .Jason? Paget, I hate to say it, Wentworth,
"I'll be mightiy glad to do it, Marse you will set nae down as a cad, but I
Enoch." prefer to have a separate office. I ani
Wentworth returned to the theatre willing to take the little back room,
and took up his duties as if nothing or you can, One suits me as well as
had happened. His associates greet.; the other,"
ed him with their usual courtesy; still "Certainly." Wentworth. leaped to
he felt as if a drop curtain had fallen his feet alertly. "I'll change at once,
between him and the world where his I'd hate to thrust my society upon
daily labor lay. Women and a fewanyone who does not care for it"
men shrank away from hint even while "It is not your society I paean whol,,.
they seemed trying to be polite, some-'. ly. I object to Miss Paget dropping
times kind. in here as she did to -day, Don't hurry,
Zilia Paget made no secret o her I did not mean that-"
change of residence. She flaunted the ;`I don't "care what you meant. I
news of it abroad and Wentworth's can snake the change at once."
lapse from the conventionalities of lifeEnoch': voice was churlish. He be -
made a. nine -days gossip in theatrical gan to drag volumes frons, the book--
circle.
ook-circle. It even agitated moralities ease beside him and heap them upon
which had been esteemed lenient. The the top of his desk, "You made emir -
reason back of the intensity of feel- self tolerably plain, don's spoil it with
ing was not, in every case, shocked, politeness,"
Virtue, but Dorcas was, loved, while: He pulled the papers from pigeon -
the Englishwoman was held in unive! holes in his desk and tossed them
ersai contempt and hated, about in loose piles, dropping some
Curiosity threw out its dragnet in the waste basket and bundling oth-
among the people in the company, who ex's together with rubber bands.
watched Wentworth go and come; Oswald's pen was traveling slowly
among them day after day, treating across a sheet of paper when some
Miss Paget with an aversion which one tapped softly at the door. Merry
was Bolder than anything doled out to; entered, Enoohdid not turn his head,
her by the players at the Gotham. I The actor sc.;ted himself beside Os -
9 1r tell you, it's a pose with Went- weld's desk,
---- s worth,' said John Breen, the man who "I could not show up this morning
CHA,PTER X.X1I, ; mercifully buffeted by one tempest played the janitor. I when you 'phoned," he explained, "I
after another. Each one had done:; "Pose, nothing," answered his wife have been arranging for a funeral.
Enoch had never been a drinking'
i
man. The sight of dr:inkemiess had ts work so ruthlessly that he was a • scornfully, "Wentworth hates Paget, :It's one of those funerals which: have
fro uent]y aroused in him a species' human derelict left swamped and scut -I worse than any of us do, and that is' no great string o£ carriages."
q tied. The phrase "a human derelict going some. I've watched thein to -1 "Who's dead?"
of stomachic revolt; therefore there stuck obstinately in his brain; it de-' gether. She knows he hates her, even "George -Volk,"
pheseieal repulsion had done much to; scribe hien vividly, Already he had` if she is living alone with him under; Oswald laid down his pen and stared
keep him tram one form of debauch had more than his deserts, The ven. the same roof, He's afraid of her.' at Merry. "George Volk! When did
halm a that Durkee followedths dthedays
s his della- -
` geanec of Zilla Paget nvas the last I've seen it in his eyes when he didn't he drift back to America V'
straw. The woman's image flashed know anybody was watching. If Ii l4
Nobody seems to know anything
parture he turned to whiskey as the - before his eyes; he heard her satanic" don't miss xny guess there's blaarnaii about .hint. It's a mercy though; it
sufferer from insomnia seeks relief in: laugh and saw a fleeting. vision of his or something like that back of it' sets Alice free."
an opiate. Ir did not bring ease, how-.
picturesque golden -haired lovliness as. She's fit for it. Wentworth's a goat" "How did she take it?" asked the
OA er, either of body or mind. He went he had slammed the dr and left his in some way that we're not on to." Englishman quickly,
about in a dull' half -sickened stupor,: he doer It was several days after his return! "I haven't told her yet,"
home.
hating himself and the world. One
to business before Enoch met his sis- '''here did he die? The last time
night, in a lonely room of the hotel; Wentworth gritted his teeth savage- ter: He heard in a casual way that you heard of him was in England,
where he had tal.en refuge, he sat in ly, then he looked at his watch. It
she had rented an apartment and had wasn't it?"
the darknees for hears thinking; then; was close to midnight, He went
taken Alice Volk with the two chit "I:es. This mor in I Baine 'to the
like a flash he saw himself It seemed; downstairs, paid his bill, ordered a dren to live with her. Their first en -,theatre to get a letter I left in my
to him that for a second a shutter--; carriage, and drove to the Waverly•' counter was an ordeal to each one.. dressing -roam and ran into a police -
somewhere, perhaps in some remote! Place house. As he stood fitting theThey came face to face in bhe foyer., man wo was looking for AlicValk.
lobe of his brain—had flashed open' key noiselessly into the lock his heart, Enoch said "Gooding morning" and I askew him what he wanted. They
and he saw not only his present con- I beat tumultuously for a second or , held out his hand. The girl held it for . found a letter addressed to her on a
clition, but his future. It was not a, two.. Ile opened the door stealthily; a second, looking up into his face with man who was killed last night down
pleasant phantom. I and passed through the vestibule. The eager wistfulness. The ghost of a, near the bridge. I've been with the
A half -empty bottle of whiskey f house was still and a lamp burned smile broke over Enoch's haggard officer since 10 o'clock."
inIfors left
d at his a minute elbow.
w with a scowl, e stared
as if it t s it until his mastein the rs returned. Hs Jason e hung F face, sthen
doorhbee behind himbackward
siammec}Band " the No there I e laoke after everything. anything I can "
, his hat on the rack, stole upstairs to •But
nausea crept over hiwere an actual m., He lifte. A. d t his own room, switched on the elec- Z11He turet nedcame
brusqueIyrustling
an entered hat do youwant think of not tellingour admit on one oint.
lter
tarried it to the wash -bowl, and pour- tricity, and glanced about. He locked his office. The jaded lt,ak in his eyes --till he is buried?"
]guar dons the drain -pipe, I the door and undressed swibfly. Ten had changed to shuddering hate. Dor-"It's the best plan. I supposed he
Bas passed out to join the throng on had fallen pretty low."
Broadway, She felt chilled and lone- "Low!" Merry shrugged his shoul-
ly. She did not realize that the sun ders. "I did not know such dives ex -
was shining. isted as the place where I found him.
Be had been Iying there soaked to the
ea the t minutes later he was sleeping the
Then he laid the empty bottle one death -like sleep which follows com-
tray and set it outside the door. He i fete exhaustion of brain and body.
tilled his pipe with tobacco, pulled a p
chair to the window, sat down, and! He did not wake till noon. Jason
stared at the lights of the city. He i answered his ring. The old negro en -
fell into one of his introspective: tered with hesitating steps.
moods. He began to trace backward' "Good morning," said bis master,
every step he 'had taken since the day! "Jason, do you know how a guest lives
he exacted the forfeit of Merry's bond.' in a hotel when he wants to be alone,
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CHAPTER ZIII. point or insensibility for two weeks. - `r
He was too horrible a sight for bhe r -
"All I have left to say, Wentworth, eyes of any woman."
is this—we have come to a crossroad "What an end!" exclaimed Oswald.
He felt like a vessel which had slip- absolutely alone? He eats in his own and you must choose between two "The man once stand on a pinnacle
iced its moorings and had been un-; room, his mail is brought to him, he paths: either cut that woman out of
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There was a look of discomfort and
that many an actor would give half a
lifetime to win. He had—"
The Englishman and Merry both i
looked up quickly. Wentworth had
anxiety in Grant Oswald's pale, high- dropped an armful of books noisily
bred face while he spoke, although on his desk. He opened the door
his voice was emphatic. Enoch did which led to the inner office, passed
not answer. He moved restlessly in through then slammed it sharply be -
his chair cnce or twice, lifter a pro- hind him.
gram that lay on his desk, and ran (To be continued).
his eyes through its pages. Oswald
paused as if waiting for a reply. :
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tion, Wentworth," he went on; "the Concrete walls are easily construct -
woman degenerates every day of her ed and at a low cost. These walls
Iife. God ;mows," a bitter tone crept are especially suitable for farm en -
into his voice, I feel culpable for trances orenclosures about farm build -
even bringing her across the ocean. ing:. Where merely serving the pur-
Then I ought to have let her go when pose of an enclosure, such as a barn-
yard or poultry yard, it is not neces-
She was bound to do mischief, only 1 sary to construct the wall more than
never dreamed that you would fall in- 6 inches thick. " Simple methods of
to her clutches. I warned you." construction are as follows:
Enoch sat in sullen stillness, with The most important consideration in
his eyes fixed on a. calendar which the construction of any wall is a firm.
hung above bhe desk. foundation, sufficiently deep to prevent
"I wish.". Oswald's tone was almost heaving by frost. In most localities
wistful, "that you would at least talk this distance is 3 to 4 feet. When
it over. I think I can deal with the the earth is firm and the sides of an
woman if anyone can. I have always excavationwill stand up vertically, it
treated her with a certain stand-off- is unnecessary to use wooden forms
ishness that she resents. She has for the portion of wall beneath the
tried, more than. once, to cross the ground level. A trench of the re-
line I drew. She didn't 'succeed, and
it galls her. I never put into words
what I think of her. She under-
stands, however, that I recognize her
value dramatically, while personally be at least 12 inches. Where sandy
—to me—she is offensive. If she has or crumbly earth is encountered, it is �
you in her power, won't you tell me? best to use wooden forms below
It would never go beyond these walls. ground level. In depositing the con -
She knows
on-SShe.knows that I know her story,. Low trete in the foundation trench see that
as she has sunk, she realizes that ib no dirt falls into it as this would weak-
is
eakis not what the world would call a en the wall.. The prosier proporbions
creditable, story. I . can handle her for walls below ground are 1 bag of
easily.'' Portland ; cement to 2% cubic feet of
A gleam of relief and hope drifted sand to 5 cubic feet of crushed rock or,
for a moment across Wentworth's pebbleb, When the. trench is filled
face. Then he laughed nervously and with concrete to ground level, a simple
the sullen frown returned to his eyea form, is set in place. The surface of
lie rose and began to place the office the foundation at ground level must be.
floor with nervous footstep& entirely free from dirt, chips or other
"Won't you trust, me?" pleaded Os- foreign substazices and the concrete
weld. "I have a real regard, Went- roughened before ,;depositing upon it
worth, for you as well as for your the above -ground portionor wail pro -
genius. I would do it for your sis- per. The minimum thickness of walls
ter, if for no .other •reason. Thereis for very light structures may be, 4
time enough yet to pull away, bat," inches, although it is very, difficult to
he spoke abruptly, "it won't be long. deposit concrete in a wall this thin.
The woman has dragged more than A thickness. of 6 inches is better for
one man to' the gutter or to—suicide." most purposes. The proportion of
Wentworthlaughed disagreeably. walls above ground should, be 1 bag
"Well, it won't be suicide," he an. of Portland cement to 2 cubic feet of
mend harshly. . sand to 4 cubic feet of crushed rock
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who has always had a fair amount of used if the pebbles are separated from
quired width is dug, taking care that
the sides of the trench are straight,
vertical and fairly smooth. The width
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