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CHAPTER XII (Continued)
It was a curious little household,
the menage being conducted on en-
eirely unconventional linea, and the
:ttnno �pl;ere .belug free and easy, but
entre enough, It possessed an odd
attraction for Lionel Maurice, and
he spent a good deal oe iris time
there and— incidentally — a fair
,amount of his money also, but he
was nothing more than a friend to.
Its initiates, nevertheless, : He had
11ad,lhis affairs with women of their
-clasee but, so far, his: relations
witii the Vandom household had
been simply , friendly. He was very
kind• to them in a sort of furtive,
;spasm t is 'way, and they 'never had
any scruples about taking his money
or the things that his money could
buy At least [Dolly had not. flee
^theory was that; money being made
to roll the more of it that ceuld ear
ties to roll in her particular direc-
tien the better, • She now that i%iau-
x'ice, vas a rich man, or at any rate
that he,,.was engaged iii financial op-
erations •in which it was possible to
grow rich e and :that probably . he
worilcl not 6111'0 reach the desired
goal. And slid'luid found him a very
good fellow—always ready to help a
3)51 'in distress. The1'e never had
been any love -making 'between them
---he was .simply a pal, •
Tee mother, who had boen on the
'variety stage herself and knew all
its dangers and its lures, looked well
after her girls and gave them plenty
of good advice. Often anxious, she
was .nevertheless, ,very happy with
them, and, so .far, ;they had been
very good girls with ;no more than
,nn cordinary love for ;frolic and fun.
-,She had been very by of Lionel
Mahrice at the beginning ..of their
'elequ,aintanceslrip; but finding hint
einParently harmless and not even in-
clined to make love to either of the
,girls, she'"..had grltdually permitted
3tirn
the intimacy `Of the house tin -
til be now Caine land went as he
pleased. He had often assisted her
in hard times too, and he had shar-
•.ed' her anxiety about. the frail
lie,alth of .the younger girl, who was
at Vince the sweeter and the cleyerer
of the two.
Inns{tely refined, she hacl. sensit-
ively shrunk at 'first from the en-
vironmenf;, o which, indeed, she had
neyel quite': got accustomed. "Baby".
'te"e's her apinej�:tti YS';'biigfhilly :gi4 "
en- leer •on-.nccteMet °o•f- her ehrinkilig
n dnner and Ines a.ppZaling eyes. The
mance, being singularly aplpropriate,
had stuck.
Maueece smoked on contentedly,
listeni,ig ,to Dolly's, chatter and. acl-
m4ing her, fine filatures, her brill -
alit colour; and het' sharp, amusing
tongue,'
;`You haven't••told us yet what
top you .back to Scotland, Lionel.
Is ;nium to be the word?"
"'Whatever it was 3t didn't come
.off, ane that will do you, Dolly. • I
came roisnd ,to -night to tell you that
I have got . a new churn to sharp my
crib."
"Has he conic from Setitland too?'
intuired Daily 'witch interest. "And
,what is he
"Yes, he's from Scotland—never
been. out of it. I took. him round to
the Empire just as, Otero cane on,
and yO1. should have seen his eYes."
"Ole the cherub! Tell us more
about him. I do like cherubs --they're
so' re.f/Tel/ag "
"Ire is certainly fresh. Doily, and
X thought we :might make a little
g)a'rty at the Stal'•and Garter on Sue -
day, weather permitting. I can ber-
vo}v Fred Walkley's motor, I think.
of not, I can hire one.'.'
.pb, that would be ripping. hear
t l`at Baby. You must hi:cry ep and
get. we11 for Sunday.
30,by smiled, and Maurice leaned
,flown 'And patted her fi:lge.rs.
:.".A spin in the country wotid do
good, Baby. If it's fine we'll per -
]naps go as'far as 'Maiden head."
"I should like that. Bet this is
only. Wednesdays .Lione`. and there
are tlu'ee more rehear eIe. besides
'Me performances or. S.,tn.',Liy. Per-
1nf! s I shan't live til: Sunday"
"Ndnesense, Baby. 'Yet: want noise
liielelee up, that's w:':. Yeat ih'1uld
et eon/el/DO to see her. Mee. Van.
Glom, Thert's a very goo•i•ei 3°a come
to' the corner' of Sitaesesbery Avenue
I hear—. Burt's malt with a •`i1lerdl.d
s xecord,"
"Whitt has hi costa !t:w., f"r? tt
1si't exactly high cls y estict!ee thet
she'll get there"
".Perhaps ho watte to ,es life.,
:Dolle-. Shall I send lash: i h r-n-r?:arrow
1f1 Vanilo.in?
"Alt the doetore flay flus !fame
tliing4 Aft Maurice, Ripe t, rest, every-
body egys' rest, and +°t can't 'take it
voter clii]d; without • giving urn a Ul
Iter cliances."
"That's its but don't •.pipa.'y'our•
eye about 'it,' Till tt;li kntwwhi!..it, i;?,.
x,iolhel. Xt's, Moseley t:1at'g getting,
,on ]ler nerves. See iifOeelelt, and tett
ialnnn to• keep off bele .e.ted.. she'll •bttelr,
tip like nnythitig, Mee. a beast."
"Oh, is tliat`..it?" 'sant ° 4Taurice
,ea:sillY, VI see hink, to-ntorrow, r,". 'X'ni
41 living man."
"And what if you etre c dead un?'
asked Dolly with a ,shrug. "Don't be
so dismal, Let me show Yon the new
step."
Se pulled the table back anti gave
.a small exhibition of her art, so-call-
ed, wllicll met wall Maurice's .dual-
ified approbation.
"You're improving, Doll—not so
lumpy."
"Lumpy! Ilow darn you? rear
him, mother! Lumpy? Just You Walt
and see if I don't get in at the Em-
pire one of these days and put that
Otero's eye out. We know what
makes 'em go to see her,"
She spoke with great vindictive-
ness.
"Do sit- down, child, and rest a
bit," said Mrs. Vandom reprovingly.
"Look at the time! You would think
now that she would be tired and
glad to be quiet, wouldn't you, Mr:
Maurice?"
"I have never seen Dolly quiet,
Mi's; Vandom. If she were there
Would be something • the matter with
her, wouldn't there?"
"Right you are," cried Dolly, pir-
ouetting round the table. "A short
life -and a merry one for wile. Look
at Baby. Anyone would think elle
was fifty or sixty to look at her long
face."
. "Baby ain't well," said the mother
reaching out to pat the girl's slim
hand hanging so listlessly over the
side of the couch,
"She wants to get away for a few
days, Mrs. Vandom," said (Maurice,
sitting forward in his chair. "Mar-
gate for a long week -end would set
her up."
"She can't get off. Besides the
money will not rani to it. Tivies are
jolly hard just now," remarked
Dolly ruefully.
"Never mind. We'll have a day in
the open on Sunday, Baby. :Cry and
get well before then, but I'll hop in-
to the new doctor to -morrow and
tend him along. -Now, Dolly, prom-
ise to be on your very best behavior
on Sunday."
"So as not to scare the cherub?
Al] right."
"I want you to make an impres-
sion on him, but not to scare shim.
See?"
"I twig."
Do11y put her head on one side
with a knowing nod, .and winked
comprehensively.
,.., ePerhapeeeel ebriiig hi1n„re tied .,ber-
1'or'e'tlien—T`ll see how the land lies.
He's a regular swell, you know,
Dolly—ancestors and all that,"
"Any 'oof?"
"He will have plenty by and bye,
when he conies into the estate."
"Well, I'll be like a sucking dove
to hint. Seo if I don't. Nice boy with
.it all?"
"Cherubic."
"He alight suit Baby better?"
"Not he. I'll look after Baby my-
self."
There was a quite genuine com-
passion in Maurice's eyes as he rose
to •say good -night. He .had been a
good and, it is right to say, a per-
fectly disinterested friend to these
solitary and hard-working women,
and the mother at least was grateful
"I'hn afraid Baby will fall into a
decline, Mr. Maurice," she said as
she saw hint to the door. "Her sister
Florrie .that, was the flower of the
flock just went like her. The life is
cruel „hard for girls, and Moseley
seemsl'to have takena sort of spite
at her."
"I'll square Moseley to -morrow,
Mrs. Vandom. and don't you worry
too much. We'll do what we can to
pull. Baby through." •
CHAPTER 'XIil
The 'First 1)ny
Next morning, awakened by the
chamber -maid, Harry Ieerr had a
confused feeling, and for the first
moment he could not locate his sur-
roundings. But immediately full
cOnsciOusnees came to him, and he
became alert in every fibre. of his
being. Reviewing the incidents 'of
the past evening while he was dres-
sing he felt somewhat perplexed,
and he had even the disposition to
attribute some ulterion motive. to
the man whose personality had as
suddenly seemed to change for the
better.
The difficulty was to discover
;vttat that motive might be, Before
he left Scotland the one thorn in ty
cushion had .been the thought of
daily intercourse With Lionel Maur-
ice, .who had now voluntarily const-
ituted.' himself his guide, philosol)ller
and friend. He deterininecl to be
very wary, to watch carefully, and
at the first sign of anything ennepie-
ions to Withdraw into his .shell.
Meatltt•hile, however, it was un-
commonly pleasant to fuel that lie
Wed soluebocty+, et, his Back, a sort
of cicerane iui tiie intricate ways of
city life to wlnieli he Was wholly a
stranger. There Was tiff doubt as tt
the absolute t'ottlfort'of the house hi
.yder Street. 'l'lse bedroom appoint-
merits were such a.s one .finds hi, a
well = ordered peivate house, the
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water was at the bailIalg point In the
sllisaing brass pitcher, his well -pol-
ished .boots stood on the inat .out-
side the door,
He descended to the sitting -room
to find Maurice already there glanc-
ing at the newspaper by the glow of
a cheerful fire, It was still quite
dark outside, and the Poona eves il-
luminated by a flanging lamp above
the table,
"I hope you don't find •eight too
early. I like to get to Cornhill by a
quarter Past ninth at the latest, An
hour in the morning is worth two
at any other part of the day."
"I'm used to early hours at home.
I was often In the fields by seven;
but I slept vory soundly last night.
I don't think that I stirred till the
knock came,
"Pleasant dreams?" saki Maurice
casually.
"I don't remember any dreams,
pleasant or unpleasant. This seems
to be an ideal sort of place—not the
kind of London 'digs' that one reads
about and hears af."
"It took some finding. Well, what
do you think of giving it a trial for
a month? The trouble is that there
isn't another private sitting room,
but you could have your room ar-
ranged as a bed sitting -room, and,
of coores, you could breakfast and
dine here with nee. We shan't get'
into each other's way very much, I
fancy. And. after all, in London an
arrangement of this IOW Is termin-
able at n moment's notice. I think
you might do worse."
"If You don't mind, I shall be
only too glad," saidHarry g
u
ileleq
s-
ly. "Of .course, it's .a great thing for
me to be received like this. I was
picturing to myself a dreary hunt
round for a place after business
hours."
"You won't do much to-da,y-•--only
make the acquaintance of the rest
of us. Then you can go back to Due -
ton and fetch your traps. All, here
COMPS breakfast."
Maurice ate very little, Harry not-
iced, and he felt moved to apologise
for his own Healthy appetite.
"It's a good sign, but I think.
you'll find big breakfasts and Lon-
don don't agree. There's something
deadening in the atmosphere—it
hasn't the wine of your moorland
air, of course. But I like to see you
eat. Pray, don't mind me. I'm int-
erested in a case here and ,of course
two chaps living together don't .need
to stand on ceremony,"
He spoke so easily and naturally
that Harry felt more and more at
home and more and more disposed
to congratulate himself on his good
fortune.'
About half -past eight they left the
house together, after the arrange-
ments regarding the upper room hod
been finally settled with Mrs. Bris-
,coe,
"It's .a fine ltrornlhrg. l)o you naafi
half 8411 flour's bus ride? I Prefer 11
when I don't walk, I never ge 11y the
]Jndcrground,
r feeling • ndo
, Barry, feel rag that t i las Lu u
life had made 4 moat auspicious be.
ginning, was in the hood to agree
to anything. At the corner of St.
James's Street, therefore, they as-
cended to the top •of .a city omnibus
and moved off toward the Sttrand.
Maurice talked amiably most of the
way, and when Harry showed signs.
of nervousness as they approached
Carnllill he reassured him.
"There's only my governor that
you need to be afraid of. He's a
corker ---I mean that he'll keep your
nose to the grindstone, if you let
him. But, after all, you're a protege
of Uncle Bentley's and needn't mind
the governor. If you keep spare
with rue, I guess that will be about
all that you need mind,"
"There won't be much difficluty
about that if you are going to ire•
as civil to me as you have been since
you arrived."
"Civil? Oh, there was nbthing in
that! It's as cheap to be civil as to
be the other thing, and it pays a lot
better. I• may as well say Just here
that I was sorry I made suck an ass
-of myself at Bellenden. I happened
to be 'tipped that morning about
something else, and my cousin
Blanche had been- rather aggrava-
ting."
Harry's t,oitllar ghy., at 11184
unerclhected rnchttionsli0ftl#ilsueroseke Car*"
rington's name, and he died not find
a ready response.
Presently .they •carne to Blandfield:
House—au imposing new block of
business lhrelnises, the greater part
of which were occupied by the firkin.
of Carringtgns, Limited, Thpt Wats
the oialy nan1e npala elle urge hrasS
Mete at the door, dud it indicated
to Harry Ii.err who hp•d been the
founder of the concern, The Prom—
isee were thorougihlY well appointed-.
Tiley passed through the two
waiting -rooms and into the Outer
office, where clerks and stebOgral/h-
ers were already at work, •and carne
to a narrow passage wltlt glass
screens running the entire length of
it and doors opening from it on both.
sides. Each one bore a different
natne, and at the end there was one
marked Directors' Room. .
Maurice took him into a shall
cloak room and directed him where
to leave his hat and coat, and then
asked flim to carne wit 11i11a,
Outside the door marked Mr.
Maurice, Sr., he 'paused. "I don't
suppose that my father will be here
yet, but you may as well make your-
self familiar with the whole interior
'h his is This private office—next to
Mr; Carrington's, which is generally
locked up when he le out, of town."
(To be continued)
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