THE DAILX COOS BAY TIMifS, MARSnFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1007. M r The Manager Of the B. Q A, By VAUGHAN Copyright, 1001. by u (Continued from Tuesday.) pretty. For her part Miss Emory saw merely a tall young fellow, rather good look ing than otherwise, who was feeling nervously for his cuffs. Beyond this thero was not much to be said In his favor, but she was willing to be amused. She Dad been absent from AntlocU four years. Thesa years had been spent In tho cast and In travel abroad with a widowed and childless sister of her father's. She was, on the whole, glad to be home again. As yet she was not disturbed by any thoughts of the future. She looked on the world with serene eyes. They were a limpid blue and veiled by long dark lashes. ' She possessed the poise and uushaken self confidence that come of position and experience. Her father and mother ''""were not so weir satisfied with the situation; they' already recognized that It held tho elements of a tragedy. In their desire to give her every oppor tunity they had overreached them selves. She had outgrown Antloch as surely as she had outgrown her child hood, and it was as Impossible to take her back to the one as to the other. The doctor patted Oakley on the shoulder. "I am glad you've dropped In. I hope, now you have made a beginning, we , shall see more of you." He was a portly man of fifty, with kindly eyes and an easy, gracious man ner. Mrs. Emory was sedate and placid, a handsome, well kept woman, who administered her husband's affairs with a steadiness and economy that had made It possible for"blm to amass a comfortable fortuno from his strag gling country practice. Constance soon decided that Oakley was not at nil like the young men of Antloch us she' recalled them, nor was he like the men she had known while under her aunt's tutelage the leisurely Idlers who drifted with the social tide, apparently without responsibility or care. He proyed hopelessly dense on those matters with which they had been per fectly familiar. It seemed to her that pleasure and accomplishment, as she understood them, had found no place In his life. Tho practical quality in his mind showed at every turn of the conversation. He appeared to hunger nfter hard facts, and the harder these 'facts were the better he liked them. " But ho offended In more glaring ways. Ho was too intense, and his speech tpo careful and precise, as If he were uncertain as to his grammar, ns, in deed, ho was. Poor Oakley was vaguely aware that he was not getting on, ana tho, strain told. It slowly dawned upon him that ho was not her "sort, that' where he was concerned she was 'quite alien, quite foreign, with interests ho could not comprehend, but which gave him a rankling sense of inferiority. ,Ho had been moderately well satis fled with himself, as, Indeed, he had good reason to be, but her manner was calculated , to rob him of undue pride. Ho was not accustomed to being treat ed with mixed indifferenco and patron age. Ho asked himself resentfully how it happened that ho had never before met such a girl. She fascinated him. The charm of her presence seem ed to suddenly create and satisfy a lovo for tho beautiful. With generous enthusiasm he set to work to bo en tertaining. Then a realization of the awful mental poverty in which he dwelt burst upon him for the first time. Hoi longed for some light nnd graceful talent with which to bridge the wide gaps between the stubborn heights of his professional erudition. He was profoundly versed on rates, grades, ballast, motive power and roll ing stock, but this solid Information was of no avail. He could on occasion talk to a swearing section boss with a grievance and a brogue in a way to make that man his friend for life. He also possessed tho happy gift of in spiring his subordinates with a zealous sense of duty, but his social reiponsl bllitles numbed his faculties and left him a bankrupt for words. The others gave him no assistance. Mrs. Emory, smiling and good humor ed, but silent, bent above her sewing. She was not an acute person, and the .situation was lost upon her, while tho doctor took only tho most casual part f n the conversation. Oakley was wondering how he could make his escape when tho doorbell rang. The doctor slipped from the par lor. When ho returned he was not nlone. Ho was preceded by a dark young man of one or two and thirty. Jhls was Griffith Ryder, tho owner of tho Antloch Herald. "My dear," said he, "Mr. Ryder." Ryder shook hands with tho two ladles nnd nodded carelessly to Oakley. Then, with an easy, cureless compliment, he lounged down in the chair at Miss Emory's side. Constance bad turned from the strenuous Oakley to the newcomer with a senso of unmistakable relief. Hor mothor, too, brightened visibly. She did not entirely upprove of Ryder, but he was always entertaining In a lazy, Indifferent fashion of his own. "I see, Griff," the doctor said, "that you are going to support Kenyon. I derlaro Jt shakes mv confidence In KESTER. Harper t Brother you," nnd ho drew forwnrd his chair. Like most Americans, the physician was something of n politician, and, as Is also true of most Americans not professionally concerned In the hunt for office, this Interest fluctuated be tween the two extremes of party en thusiasm before and nonpartisan dis gust after elections. Rjder smiled faintly. "Yes. wo know Just how much of a rascal Ken yon Is, and we know nothing at all about 'the other fellow except that he wants the nomination, which Is n bad sign. Suppose ho should turn out a greater scampi 'Really It's too much of n risk," he drawled, with an affecta tion of contempt. "Your politics always were a shock to your friends, but this serves to ex plain them," remarked the doctor, with latent combatlveness. But Ryder wns not to bo beguiled Into aigumcnt. He turned again to Miss Emory. v "Your father Is not a practical poli tician or he would realize that it is only common thrift to send Kenyon back, for I take it he has served his country not without profit to himself. Besides, he is clamorous and persist ent, and there seems no other wny to dispose of him. It's either that or tho penitentiary." Coustanco laughed softly. "And so you think he can afford to be honest now? What shocking ethics I" "That is my theory. Anyhow I don't see why your father should wish me to forego the mild excitement of nsslstlng to re-elect my more or less dlsreputablo friend. Antloch has had very little to offer one until you came," he added, with gentle deference. Miss Emory accepted tho compliment with the ut most composure. Once she had been rather flattered by his attentions, but four years make a great difference. Either he had lost In cleverness or sho had gained in knowledge. He was a very tired young man. At one time he had possessed some ex pectations and numerous pretensions. Tho expectation had faded out of his life, but the pretense remained In the absence of any vital achievement. Ho was college bred and had gone In for "I am lad you've dropped in." literature From literature he had drifted into Journalism and had ended In Antloch as proprietor of the local paper, which he contrived to edit with a lively Irresponsibility that won him few friends, though It did gain him some small reputation as a humorist. His original idea bad been that the management of a country weekly would afford him opportunity for tho serious work which ho believed he could do, but he had not done this seri ous work and was not likely to do It Ho derived a fair lncomo from the Herald, and be allowed his ambitions to sink Into abeyance In spite of his cherished conviction that ho was cut out for bigger. Oakley had known Ryder only since the occasion of the doctor's dinner, and felt that ho could never bo more than an acquired taste. If at all. Tho editor took tho floor, figuratively speaking, for Miss Emory's presence made the effort seem worth his while. He promptly relieved Oakley of the necessity to do more than listen, an act of charity for which tho latter was hardly as grateful as ho should have been. Ho was no fool, but there were wldo realms of enlightenment where ho wns an absolute stronger, so when Constance and Ryder came to talk of books and music, as they did finally, his, only refuge was In silence nnd ho went into a bort of Intellectual quaran tine. His reading had been strictly limited to scientific works and to the half dozen trade and technical Journals to which be subscribed and from which ho drew the larger part of his mental sustenance. As for music, he was fa miliar with tho airs from tho latest popular operas, but tho masterpieces Wr utterly unknown. exceDt such as S taxed had been brought to his notlco Dy Hav ing sleeping cars named In their honor, a practice he considered very compli mentary and possessing valuo ns a strong commercial Indorsement. Ho felt more nnd moro lonely and aloof as the evening wore on, nnd It was n relief when tho doctor took him into the library to examine speci mens of iron ore he had picked up west of Antloch. where there were undevel oped mineral lands for which ho was trying to secure capital. This was n matter Oakley was Interested In, since It might mean business for the road. He promptly forgot about Miss Emory nnd tho objectionable Ryder and In ten minutes gavo the doctor a better comprehension of tho mode of proce dure necessary to success than that gentleman had been able to lenrn in ten years of unfruitful attempting. Ho also supplied him with a few dcflnlto facts and figures in lieu of the multi tude of glittering generalities on which he had been pinning his f tilth as a means of getting money into tho, scheme. When at last they returned to tho parlor they found another caller had arrived during their nbscnee; n small, shabbily dressed man, with n high, bald head and weak, nearsighted eyes. It was Turner Joyce. Oakloy know him Just as he was beginning to know every other man, woman nnd child In the town. Joyce rose hastily, or, rather, stum bled to his feet as tho doctor and Oak ley entered the room. "I told you I wns coming up, doc tor." ho said apologetically. "Miss Con stance has been very kind. She ha been telling me of the galleries and studios. What u glorious experlencel" A cynical smile parted Ryder's thin lips. "Mr. Joyce feels the Isolation of his art here." Tho little man blinked doubtfully at the speaker and then said, with a gen tle, deprecatory gesture, "I don't call It art." "You are far too modest I have heard my foreman speak in the most complimentary terms of the portrait you did of his wife. He was especially pleased with the frame. You must know, Miss Constance, that Mr. Joyce usually furnishes the frames, and his pictures go home ready to the wire to hang on tho wall." Mr. Joyce continued to blink doubt fully at Ryder. He scarcely knew how to take the allusion to tho frames. It was a soro point with him. Constance turned with a displeased air from Ryder to the little artist. Thero was a faint, wistful smile on her lips. Ho was a rather pathetic fig ure to her, and she could not under stand how Ryder dared or had tho heart to make fun. "I shall enjoy seeing all that you have done, Mr. Joyce, and of course I wish to see Ruth. Why didn't sho come with you tonight?" "Her cousin, Lou Bcntlck's wife, Is dead, and she has been over at his house all day. Sho was quite worn out, but she sent you her lovo." Ryder glanced again at Miss Emory and said, with hard cynicism: "Tho notlco will appear In Saturday's Herald, with a tribute from her pastor. I nev er icfuse his verse. It invariably con tnlns some scathing comment on the uncertainty of the Baptist faith as a means of salvation." But this was wasted on Joyce Ry der rose, with a sigh. "Well, we tollers must think of tho morrow." Oakley accepted this as a sign that It was time to go. Joyce, too, stum bled across tho room to the door, and the three men took their leavo togeth er. As they stood on the steps tho doctor said cordially, "I hope you will both come again soon, and you, too, Turner," he added kindly. Ryder moved off quickly with Oak ley. Joyco would have dropped behind, but the latter made room for blm at his side. No one spoke until Ryder, halting on a street corner, said, "Sor ry, but It's out of my way to go any farther unless you'll play a game of billiards with mo at the hotel, Oakley." "Thanks," curtly. "I don't play bil liards." "No? Well, It ls.a waste of time, I suppose. Good night!" And ho turned down the side street, whispering softly. "A very extraordinary young man," murmured Joyce, rubbing the tip of his noso meditatively with a painty forefinger. "And with quite an ex traordinary opinion of himself." A sudden feeling of friendliness prompted Oakley to tuck his hand through tho little artist's arm. "How Is Bentlck bearing the loss of his wife?" ho asked. "You said sho was your cousin." "No, not mine; my wife's. Poor fellow! no feels It keenly. They had not been married long, you know." (To be continued.) DISCUSS NATIONAL AFFAIRS. Washington, April 23. A critical review of the recent developments In international affairs wero in dulged In at a speech making session of the American society of interna tional law which concluded Its first annual meeting here. Richard Onley was perhaps the most caustic in his review of the policy of the United States regarding San Domingo and tho acquiring of the Panama canal zone without compensation to Co lumbia. W. F, Foster announced as a fact that Presldont Koosovelt had proved to somo of tho leading nations of the world that we, f'At least mako limitations on tho slz0 of vessels of war that shall bo built in tho future." 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