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• "■ ■ N AND
THE MOUSE.
By CHARLES KLEIN.
A Story of American Lift Novelized From the Play by
ARTHUR HORNBLOW.
COPYRIGHT.
1906.
BY
G.
W.
DILLINGHAM
COMPANY.
you grindiug away ut home doing m-
erary stunts for the governor.” He more to me tnan i urea med a woman
grinned ami then added: "Come for a could ever be. I realize It more forci
drive. I want to talk to you.”
bly every day. There 1 b no use fight
Shirley demurred. No; «he could not lug against it. Without you my work,
spare the time. Yet, she thought to my life, means nothing.”
herself, why was not this a good op
Shirley shook her bead and averted
portunity to explain to Jefferson bow her eyes.
he came to find her in his father's 11- ( “Don’t let us speak of that, Jeff,”
brary masquerading under another she pleaded gently. “I told you I did
name and also to ask him to seeure the not belong to myself while my father
letters for her? While she pondered was in peril.”
Jefferson Insisted, and a few minutes
“But I must speak of IL” be inter
later she found herself sitting beside rupted. "Shirley, you do yourself an
him In the cab. They started off at a ! injustice as well as me. You are not
brisk pace, Shirley sitting with her I indifferent to me—I feel that. Then
head buck, enjoying the strong breeze why wilse this barrier between us?”
caused by the rapid motion.
A soft light stole into the girl's eyes.
“Now tell me,” he said, “what does Ah, it was good to feel there was some
it all mean? I wus so startled at see one to whom she was everything in the
ing you lu the library the other day world!
that I almost betrayed you. How did
"Don’t ask me to betray my trusL
you come to call on father?”
Jeff,” she faltered. “You know I am
Briefly Shirley explained everything. not indifferent to you—far from It.
She told him how Mr. Ryder had writ But I”-
ten to her asking her to call and see
Ile came doser until his face nearly
him and how she had eagerly seized at touched hers.
this last straw In the hope of helping
“I love you—I want yon,” he mur
her father. She told him about the let mured feverishly. “Give me the right
tern, explaining how necessary they to claim you before all the world as my
were for her father’s defense and how future wife!” *
she had discovered them. Mr. Ryder,
Every note of his rich, manly voice,
she said, had seemed to take a fancy vibrating with impetuous passion,
to her and had asked her to remain in sounded in Shirley's ear like a soft
the house as his guest while she was caress. She closed her eyes. A strange
compiling his biography, and she had feeling of languor was stealing over
accepted the offer not so much for the lier; a mysterious thrill passed through
amount of money involved as for the her whole body. The eternal, lnevlfa-
splendid opportunity it afforded her to mg tex instinct was disturbing for the
gain possession of the letters.
first time a woman whose life had
“So that is the mysterious work you been singularly free from such influ
sjioke of, to get those letters?” said enc<% putting to flight all the calcula
Jefferson.
tions and resolves her cooler Judgment
“Yes; that is my mission. It was a had made. The sensuous charm of the
secret. I couldn't tell you. I couldn’t place—the distant splash of the water,
tell any one. Only Judge Stott knows. the singing of the birds, the fragrance
He Is aware I have found them and Is of the trees and grass- all these sym
hourly expecting to receive them from bols of the Joy of life conspired to
me. And now,” she said, “I want your arouse the love hunger of the woman.
help”
Why, after all, should she not know
His only answer was to grasp tighter happiness like other women? Rhe had
the hand Bhe had laid in his. Rhe a sacred duty to perform, it was true,
knew that she would not have to ex but would it be less well done because
plain the nature of the service she she declined to stifle the natural lean
wanted. He understood.
Ings of her womanhood? Both her soul
“Where are the letters?” he demand- and her ixsly called ouL "Let this man
ed.
love you; give yourself to htm; he is
“In the left hand drawer of your fa worthy of your love."
ther’s desk,” she answered.
Half unconsciously she listened to
He was silent for a few moments, his ardent wooing, her eyes shuL as he
and then he said simply:
spoke quickly, passionately, bls breath
“I will get them."
warm upon her cheek:
The cab by this time had got as far
"Rhlrley, I offer you all the devotion
as Claremont, and from the hill sum a man can give a woman. Say the one
mit they iiad a splendid view of the word that will make me the happiest
broad sweep of the majestic Hudson or the most wretched of men. Yes or
and the towering walls of the blue no! Only think well before you wreck
palisades. The day was so beautiful I
and the air so invigorating that Jeffer
son suggested n ramble along the
banks of the river. They could leave
the cab at Claremont and drive back '
to the city later. Shirley was too
grateful to him for bls promise of co- j
operation to make any further opposi
tion, and soon they were far away
from beaten highways, down on the
banks of the historic stream, picking
flowers and laughing merrily like two
truant children t<ent on a self made
holiday. The place they had reached
was just outside the northern bound
aries of Harlem, a sylvan spot still un
spoiled by the rude invasion of the flat
house builder The land, thickly wood
ed, sloped down sharply to the wa
ter, and the perfect quiet was broken
only by the washing of the tiny surf
against the river bank and the shrill
notes of the birds In the trees.
Although it was late in October, the
day was ¡warm, and Rhlrley soon tired
of climbing over bramble entangled
verdure. The rich grass underfoot
looked cool and inviting, and the nat
"Say you will be my wife I’’
ural slope of the ground affording an
my
life.
I love you—I love you! I will
Ideal resting place she sat there, with
Jefferson stretched out at her feet, both wait for you If need be until the crack
watching idly the dancing waters of of doom. Say—say you will be my
the broad Hudson, spangled with wife!”
Rhe opened her eyes. His face was
gleams of light, as they swept swiftly
bent close over hers. Their lips almost
by on their Journey to the sea.
“Shirley,” said Jefferson suddenly, touched.
"Yes, Jefferson,” she murmured, "I
“I suppose you saw that ridiculous
story about my alleged engagement to do love you!”
Ills lips met hers In a long, passion
Miss Roberts. I hope you understood
that it was done without my consent.” ate kiss. Her eyes closed, and an
"If I did not guess IL Jeff,” she an ecstatic thrill seemed to convulse her
swered. "your assurance would be auf- entire being. The birds in the trees
fleient. Besides," she added, "what overhead sang in more Joyful chorus
In celebration of the betrothal.
right have I to object?"
"Rut I want you to have the right,”
CHAPTER XIV.
he replied earnestly
"I’m going to
stop thia Roberts nonsense In a way
was nearly 7 o’clock when Shir
my father hardly anticipates I'm Just
ley got back to Seventy fourth
waiting a qjjance to talk to him. I’ll ■
street. No one saw her come In,
show him the absurdity of annountjpg I
and she went direct to her room
me engaged to a girl who Is about to and after a hasty dinner worked until
elope with hla private secretary!"
late Into the night on her book to make
“Elope with tlte secretary!" exclaim up for lost time. The events of the
ed Shirley.
afternoon caused her considerable un
•fefferson told ail alsmt the letter be easiness Rhe reproached herself for
had found on the staircase and the her Weakness and for having yielded
Hon. Fitxroy Bagley's plans for a run so readily to the Impulse of the mo
away marriage with the senator’s ment. Rhe had said only what was
the truth when she admitted she loved
wealthy daughter.
“It’s a godsend to me,” he said glee Jefferson, but what right had she to
fully
“Their plan is to get married dispose of her future while her father’s
next Wednesday. 1'11 see my father an fate was still uncertain? Her con
TiiwKuy. I'll put the evidence In his science troubled her, and when she
hands, and I don't think," ho added came to reason It out calmly the more
grimly, "he'll bother me any more lm|>oss1ble seemed their union from ev
ery point of view. How could she be
about Miss Roberts.”
"So you’re not going away now?” come the daughter in-law of the man
who had ruined her own father? The
said Shirley, smiling down at him.
He sat tip and loaned over toward Idea was preposterous, and hard as
the sacrifice would be Jefferson must
her
“1 can't, Shirley, 1 simply can't,” be | be made to see it in that light Their
•anlled hie voice trembling "Yon are engngementwas the greatest folly. It
bound each of them w hen nothing but
unhapptnass could possibly come of it.
Bhe was sure now that she loved Jef in and you can get them at Lowe's
ferson. It would be hard to give him Drug Store.
up. but there are times and cirrum
stances when duty and principle must
prevail over all other considerations,
Finhermen, Attention! We have
and this she felt was one of them.
a full line of oars. The best money
The following morning she received
a letter from Stott. He was delighted can buy. See them at the Bandon
to hear the good new« regarding her
important discovery, and he urged her
to lose no time in securing the letters
ami forwarding them to Massapequa,
when he would immediately go to
Washington and lay them before the
senate. Documentary evldeuce of that
conclusive nature, be went on to say.
would prove of the very highest value
In clearing her father's name. He
added that the Judge and her mother
were as well as circumstances would
permit and that they were not in the
least worried about her protracted ab
sence. Her Aunt MUly had already
returned to Europe, and Eudoxia was
still threatening to leave daily.
Shirley needed no urging. She quite
realized the importance of acting
quickly, but it was not easy to get
at the letters. The library was usu
ally kept locked when the great man
wus away, and on the few occasions
when access to It was possible the lynx
eyed Mr. Bagley was always on gugrd.
Abort as had been her stay in the Ry
der household Rhlrley already shared
Jefferson’s antipathy to the English
secretary, whose manner grew more
supercilious und overbearing as he
drew nearer the date when be expect
ed to run off with one of the richest
estches of the season. He had not
sought the acquaintance of bls em
ployer’« biographer since her arrival
and, with the exception of a rude stare,
had not deigned to notice her, which
attitude of haughty indifference was
all the more remarkable in view of the
fact that the Hon. Fltzsoy usually left
nothing unturned to cultivate a flirta
tious Intimacy with every attractive
female he met The truth was that
what with Mr. Ryder’s demands upon
his services and bls own preparations
for bls coinlng-*matrimonlal venture, in
which he had>a*much at stake, he had
neither time oat inclination to Indulge
his customary amorous diversions.
Miss Roberts had called at the house
several times, ostensibly to see Mrs.
Ryder, and when Introduced to Shirley
she bad condescended to give the lat
ter a supercilious nod. Her conversa
tion was generally of the silly, vacu
ous sort, concerning chiefly new dresses
or bonnets, and Rhlrley at once read
her character—frivolous, amusement
loving, empty beaded. Irresponsible—
Just the kind of girl to do something
foolish without weighing the conse
quences. After chatting a few mo
ments with Mrs. Ryder she would usu
ally vanish, and one day after one of
these mysterious disappearances Shir- 1
ley happened to pass the library and
caught sight of her and Mr. Bagley ■
conversing in subdued and eager tones. !
It was very evident that the elopement
scheme was fast maturing. If the
scandal was to be prevented, Jefferson
ought to see his father and acquaint
him with the facts without delay. It
was probable that at the same time he
would make an effort to secure the let
ters. Meantime she must be patient.
Too much hurry might spoil every
thing.
Ro the days passed, Shirley devoting
almost all her time to the history she i
had undertaken. She saw nothing of ;
Ryder senior, but a good deal of his '
wife, to whom she soon became much
attached. She found her an amiable,
good natured woman, entirely free
from that offensive arrogance and pat
ronizing condescension which usually |
mark the parvenu as distinct from 1
the thoroughbred. Mrs. Ryder had no
claims to distinguished lineage; on the
contrary, she was the daughter of a
country grocer when the then rising oil
man married her, and of educational i
advantages she bad had little or none. '
It was purely by accident that she was j
the wife of the richest man In the *
world, and. while she enjoyed the pres- •
(Continued next week.]
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