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By
ROUERT W.
CHAMBERS.
tVrrt.-lit. I. K.-bcrt CoaJnhcra.
'.in, clllfii." n1irUSU I aUellU.V
-llim It occurred to yon that what ,
you have said about thla boy touches
iMipulleutlj. 'I've rtiTiikfi-MtfJ. ""
rknl 111) arene about a man boa
hnblt ar not the ligbtiMit concern of
! mine. Itesldoa (bat.
..i..ih..rlnir mul ah allot a
1 1 v lll n w'ljui" .
at a riled, loqulrlug rlauoe at the islrl
toe-'!l her.
You you mean the matter of hered
Ity. S)llar
Yea. I think my uncle, Major
eiher, chose you an hi allium mouih-
m . .A. ..Laikll Alt flta it it ft
aT a 1 at. ttiu llltltllaf
avrn of heredity tbe danger or win me y. u., ... ... -
I're neglected
8!ie was alk-
!ni! slowly, her thiuwhta tiutatrippmir
her errant feet, t.iit It wfiiwl that
icllher her thoughts nor her ate
,. li-iii'tntf her toward the neglected
viilleiiian within, for presently alt
found herself at the liiwiy veranda
,-....r In l.liirf ruiUer Bxcdly at the stars.
The star, uhlulna; Impartially upon
...r Mmmln what women ot
Biy race had dono-before ! came into
the world they found so amusing."
"I told you several thins." returned
Mr. Kerrall composedly. r'Tour uncle
thought it beat for you to know."
Yea. There wan. If I understood
yon. enoiiRh of divorce, of general In
!.,.tinn ii ml Irreirularltr to seriously
complicate any family tree imd coat of i
arms I might care to claim
Sylvia V I
The girl lifted ber pretty bnre shoul
der. "I'm aorry, but could 1 help It j
Very well: all I caa do U to prove a j
flcoent exception. Very well; I'm do-
li.- It, am I not-praetlrally scared Into I
the first aolldly aultable marriage of- j
fered, sensing the unfortunate How- j
ard with both hands for fear he'd (let
away and leae me alone with only a
n iwr famliT record for company? !
Very well! Now. then, I want to ask
jon why everybody In my case didn't
go about with a aanctlmonloua face
and a doloroua mien repeating: 'Her
f -andmother eloped! Her mother ran
away! Poor child; she's doomed.
:.Kmed!'
"Sylvia, I"
"Yea; why didn't theyt Tbat'a the
way they talk about that boy out
there." She awept a rounded arm to
ward the veranda.
"Yea, but he baa already broken
loose, while you"
So did I nearly. Had It not been
for you, you know well enough I
might have run away with that dread
ful Englishman at Newport, for I
adored him-I did, I did. and you
know It And look at my endless es
capes from compromising myself! Can
you count them? All thoce Indiscre
tions when mere living seemed to In
toxicate me that first winter, and only
mr uncle and you to break me in!"
'in Mhr words." said Mrs. Ferrall
slowly, ''you don't think Mr. Siward is i
gctiug what is known as u sqaaie
deal?"
"No, I don't Major BelwetUer "Uaa
already hinted no, not even that, but
has somehow managed to dampen my
pleasure in Mr. Siward."
Mrs. Ft rrall considered tbe girl be
side her. now very lovely and flushed
in her suppressed excitement.
"After all," she said, "you are golug
to marry someliody else. So why be
come quite so animated about , a man
you may never again see?"
"I shall see him if I desire to."
"Oh!"
"I am not taking the black veil, am
1 ?" asked the girl hotly.
"Only the wedding veil, dear. But.
after all. your hushni:1 ought to hnve
something to suggest concerning a
common vbiting llst"-
"He m,-T :-'.:K.?est. certainly, iu the
meantime l shall be loyal to my own
friends and after waul, too." she mur
mured to herself as her hostess rose,
calmly dropping care like a mautle
from her shoulders;
"Go and be good to this poor young
man. then I adore rows and you'll
have a few on your hands. I'll war
rant. Let me remind you that your
un-U- can make It unpleasant for you
j : and th;tt your amiable fianr-e a
will of his own under his poiupuuour
and silky beard."
"What a pity to have it dash with
mine!" said the gili serenely.
Mrs Ft-"nil looked at her. "Mercy
5 1.1
us: Howards pompauour wumu
ap straight with horror if he
could hear you. Don't be silly; don t
for an Impulse, for a caprice, break off
anything desirable on account of a
for whom you really care nouirag.
Ve amiable exterior and prospec
misfortune merely enlist a very
natural and generous sympatny m
Illuminated
the iH-nmu of Slwanl, who aat alone,
rati er limply, one knee cronned ubove
the other. He looked tip by chime
mid. seelii her Mar uuxlim hi the door
way, straightened out and rose to hU
ftft.
A ware of him apparently for tbe first
time, she stepixtl across the threshold.
miH-tlug his advance halfway.
Would voil care to go down to the
J rocks?" be asked. "The aurf is ter
j rltlo."
No- 1 don't thluk I care"-
They stood llsteulng a moment to the
i stujiendous roar.
j "A storm Mimewhere at aw," he
I concluded.
I "la It very tine the aurf?"
' "Very fitie-and very relentless." be
j laughed. "It la an unfrieudly crea-
Inn ! BOH. VOU kUOW."
She had Igun to move toward the
cliffs. He fell Into step tieslde ber.
They spoke little, a word now and
tu the et ml.lm ut a pit a for sw.vl
n. ud lltthl and a'tujdi Ihliiu-tliat
hi lvrtii.ui!oi; found vol Itt t! tin
teru.l i tnuii oi .
tif count juu dldu l You'll kuowu
me for alKiut thit" burnt-liter ou the
i lilt" -"Itut
t,HiHrrUT"--
t)ver bis )itutUful fii aulleu shad
ow hut frtllt'it lilfkviiiitf. not yel
t etl He o!M not for iiiiytliiittf on
earth have talked frwly la the woiuau
doHtlued lo I gcairlft' wife. He
had talked loo mmli au way. Some
Ihtittf In her. tiomi't'iliK about Iter, had
Imuteiiisl hi toiiKue. He had mitde a
plain a of himself, that all
garruloua asa. And truly It neemed
that tbe girl Wlde him, even lu tbe
starlight, could follow and divine what
he had Hcunfl) eivsael to bluielf.
or her Inatlttots bud taketi a shorter
cut M foreatull his own conclusion.
"Itou't think the Ibluga yu are
tUltikltic! she wild tu a fierce little
voice, leaning toward hlm
"What do you meaur b ankinl,
tukeu aback.
"You know! Pon't! It la unfair-It
la-la faithless to we. I am yr
friend. Why not? Inies it make any
dlH.-reuce to you whom 1 marry? if
aucb a friendship a oum la to In-come
worth auythlng to you-to me-why
should It trouble you that I know and
am tbluklmr of things that inueern
you? Ia It be-ause the contlden.-e Is
one sldisl? U It U-catiw you have
given and 1 have listened and given
nothing In return I" balam-e the '
count? 1 do give Interest-deep Inter
est, sympathy If Ju ask it; 1 give
confidence In return If you desire It."
"What can a girl like you need of
ayuipalhv?" be said, smiling.
"You don't kuow. you don't know'
If heredity Is rk vista and If you
must stare through It all your life,
sword lu hand, alwaya ou your guard,
do you think you are the only one?"
-Are you-one?" be said Incredu
lously. "Yes," with an Involuntary shudder,
"not that way. It is easier for me. I
tbiuk it is. I know it is. But there
are things to combat-impulses.
recklessness, jwrbapa something al
What else I do not
theu.
Tbe perfume of the mouutlug sea sat
urated the night with wild fragrance. f bare neyer eIp,.rl(.nwi
rin,.- lav hiHvr on the lawns. She. . .'. ., ,r!uv.r
lifted ber skirts enough to clear the
... .... ... i
grass, heedless tnat ner sua iuuu '
were now soaking. Theu at the cliffs'
edge, as she looked down into the
white fury of the surf, the stunning
crush of tbe oceau saluted ber.
For a long while they watched in si
lence. Once she leaned a trifle too far
over the starlit gulf and, recoiling, iu
vo:untarlly steadied herself ou bis
arm.
"I suppose." she said, "no swimmer
could endure that battering."
"Not long."
"Would there be no chance?"
"Not one."
She bent farther outward, fascinat
ed, stirred, by the splendid frenzy ot
the breakers.
"I-think"- he began quietly: then
a firm liauu ren over un - -
and
Two
wa
Sm: tounii liemelr
drawn bach.
PI'
slick
Hit
ti.
you.
"Do you suppose that I shall endure
interference from anybody from my
nncle, from Howard?"
"Dear, you are making a mountain
out of a molehill. Don't be emotional;
don't let loose impulses that you and I
Inow about, knew about in our school
years, know all about now and which
vou and I have decided must be elimi
nated"
"You mean subdued. They'll always
be there."
"Very well. Who cares as long as
you have them in leash?"
Looking at one another, the excited
color cooling In the younger girl's
cheeks, they laughed, one with relief.
the other a little ashamed.
hull' encir
cled by his arm.
she found her
self drawn back.
Neither :;po!:e.
things she
i-oolly :iv.r..-e
of that, urged,
dravi u by some
thing subtly ir
resistible, she
hud leaned too
far o-it from the
cliff and would
have leaned far
ther bad be not
taken matters in
to hi -. own keep
ing without apol
ogy. Was I in any
actual d inger?" she asked curiously.
"I think uot. But It was too much
responsibility for me."
"I see. Any time I wish to break
my neck I urn to please do it alone in
future."
"Exactly if you don't mind, he
said, smiling.
They turned, shoulder to fhoukler,
walking back through the drenched
herbage.
"ThnV she said Impulsively, "is not
what 1 said a lew moments ago to a
woman."
"What did you say a few moments
ago to a woman?"
-i si::.!. Kkvu.-d, tli.it 1 would
not leave a-a certain man to go to
the devil alone 1"
Do yon know any man who is go-
ing to tbe devil?"
-no you?" sine asked, letting herselt
' go swinging out upon a tide of Intima-
cy she had never dreamed of risking,
1 nor had she the slightest idea whither
i the current would carry her.
Tbcv had stopped on the lawn, ankle
! deep in wet grass, the stars overhead
! sparkling magnificently and In their
ears the outcrash of the sea.
"You mean me." he concluded.
i He looked up into the lovely face.
Her eves were very sweet, very clear
' ,,. ,-m. oveiti'mcnt but very friendly.
! "Let us sit here on the steps a little j
while, will you?" she asked.
1 so be found a place beside her one
1 step lower, and she leaned forward,
' elbows on knees, rounded white chin
in her palms, the stariigni gmuS
bare arms and sh mlders a marble lus
ter and tinting her eyes a deeper
amethyst.
And now. innocently uutethered. mis
violent emotions of any sort-never
even deep emotion."
"You are in love!"
"Yes, thoroughly," she added, with
conviction, "but uot violently. !"
She hesitated, stopped short, leaning
forward, peering at blm through the
dusk, and, "Mr. Siward, are you
laughing?" She rose, and he stood up
Instantly.
There was lightning in ber dark eyes
now; in his something that glimmered
and danced. She watched it. fascinat
ed Then of a sudden the storm broke,
and thev were both laughing convul
sively, face to face, there uuder tbe
stars.
"Mr. Siward," she breathed, "I don t
kuow what I am laughing at, do you?
Y(mjou Infer that I am either not
lu love or Incapable or u or too iu
ruut of it to know what I'm talking
about. That. Mr. Siward. la what you
have done to me tonight."
"I I'm sorry"
"Are you?"
"I ought to le anyway," he said.
It was unfortunate. An utterly in
excusable laughter seemed to bewitch
them, hovering always close to his lips
and hers. ,
"How can you laugh!" she said.
..it-.- An-., -.ou! I dou't cr.re for you
nearly as violently as I did. Mr. 81-wa'-d
A friendship between us would
not be at nil good for me. Things pass
too sr.lftly-too Intimately. There Is
too m ach mockery iu you"- She ceas
ed suddenly, watching tbe Bomber al
teration of his face, and, "Have I hurt
you?" she asked penitently.
"Have I, Mr. Siward? I did not
mean It." The attitude, the words,
slackening to a trailing sweetness, and
then the moment's silence stirred him.
"I'm rather ignorant myself of vio
lent emotion. I suspect normal people
are As for our friendship, we'll do
the bcht we can for it, uo matter what
occurs," he added, thinking of Quar
rier and, thinking of hlui. glanced up
to see blm within earshot and moving
straight toward them from the verau-
'Kemp will be
must cut In." said Mrs. Ferrall. hastily
turning toward the gunroom. Miss
Laud is looked after her, subdued,
.i 1-r.mitMnt. the consciousness
dawuiu,' upon her that she had prob-
atilv J 1 1 v- ' '
bout aothins.
"It's been so all day," she thought
suaiiieo. .
furious. I simply sion and all, she laid her beait quite
There was a short silence, a tenta
tive civil word from Siward, then
Miss Landls took command of somo-
j-; .; ir; : a KroteK(u'e resem
blance to a situation. A few minutes
l"ter thev returned slowly to the
house, the girt walking serenely be
tween Siward and her preoccupied affi
anced. "If your shoes are as wet as my
skirts and slippers you had better
change, Mr. Siward," she said, paus
ing at the foot of the staircase.
So he took his congee, leaving her
standing the:-e with Quarrier and
mounted to his room.
In the corridor he passed Ferrall,
who had finished his business corre
spondence and was returning to the
eardroom.
"Here's a letter that Grace wants
in K(.e " he said. "Bead it before
you turn in. Stephen."
"All right, but I'll be down later,
replied Siward, passing on. the letter
in his hand. Kuteriug his room, he
kicked off bis wet pumps and found
dry ones; then moved about, whistling
a gay air from some recent vaudeville,
l.usv with rough towels and silken
footgear, until, reshod and dry. he was
readv to descend once more.
The encounter, the suddenly inform
al acquaintance with this young gin
1. ft-T T ftftmer r- - 'T -the
temporary Inertia of Hie nppo.m.
ult, U.e laii-iil capacity of an unform
ed character for all ihim aud any
thing Add lo the her few Ji-ara,
her Ifauty hu,I tin- wholesome Igno
rance o cifinlt'lltlr acknowledged,
what mau could remain uiuMiuvruiil.
uiilut-rtiHt. lu th- develop ueiit f
au.it KtKlbllltl.n? Not Hward. amus
ed by Iter sitcmioim and ImpuMve
prudence, orlillliie and lnnm-viice lu
accepting Quarrier mul touched by her
inlllle. frank and unworldly friend
line for himself.
Not thai he objected lo ber marry
litir tjuarrler. He rather admired Iter
for iH'Ing able in do It. considering the
general scramble for Quarrier. But
let that lake care of ltlf. Mean
while their auddau and capricious lu
tlutaey bad aroused him from the mor
bid reaction consequent upon Ibe cheap
notoriety which be had brought upon
himself. I'l blm sponge his "late
ele;iu and begin again a better record,
fluttered by the aollcltude ahe had so
prettily displayed.
Whistling under hla hreath tbe same
iy. empty melody, he onl the top
iiuwer of hla dresser, iiroppeu in ion
. ... 1 I !.!... l.u ,1 m u'a.l
uioiner a letter auu. hk-ui -
iKK-keted the key. lie would have
lime enough to read the letter when
lie went to bed. U did uot ju.i now
feel exactly like skimming through the
torn), foolish aermou which be knew
had leen preached at hlui tlirougu in
inolher'a favorite missionary, inner
i-..,.-.,ii what was the use of drag
ging In tbe sad old question again, of
repeating bl assurance of good
i.avl.ir. of reiterating bl promise of
moderation uud watchfulness, of ex
plaining bl owu self confidence? Met
ier that the letter await hi lied time.
I. u-i.iil.l U the slucerer lit
Ilia I''""- " . n
r...-iu.r the Imnresslou. for he wu old
fashioned euough to say the prayer
that au Immature pulioaopny proven
uperfluou. for. he thought if prayer
la any use It take ouij a io.iu..
to be on the safe side.
So he weut dowustalr leisurely, pre-
... .Hiulce lu any auggestlon
from auybotly, but rather hoping to
iauuter acro Sylvia i-auui im
fore tietng committed.
She wa standing beside the nre with
.-. i... rn.it mi the fender, ap-
yuinici,
parcntly too preoccupied to notice him.
slo he strolled into me guuiwiu,
wu, blue with tobacco smoke and aro
matic with tbe rolaUbj odor from de
canters. There were a few women there, and
the majority of the men, Lord Alder
dene. Major Bel wether and Mortimer,
were at a table by themselve. Stacks
of Ivory chips and flva cards spread In
tbe center of the green explained the
nature of their game, aud Mortimer.
...ii.. hi. heavy Inflamed eyes and
seeing Siward unoccupied, said whee- ,
Uy "Cut out that 'widow aim
Siward bis stack! Anything above
two pairs for a Jack triples the ante.
Come ou. Siward. there's a decent
chap!"
So he seated himself for a sacrifice
... i.ii.i i.,yi.;.-Ks baluuced upon hei
iu lilt; u."1" rw ill
winged wheel, and the euros run u'"
.... i.i.r-, :i ,i slacks dwindled or top
...... i tin. iinir hour, aud Mortl-
uier grew redder and redder, and Ma
jor Bel wether blander auu .u....e.,
aud Alderdeue's face wore a continual
nervous snicker, showing every wu.
hound's tooth, aud tho ice in tbe tall
glasses clinked ceaselessly.
It was late when Quarrier "sat In.
with an expressionless acknowledg
ment of Slward's presence anu au
..,.- rairi iinon bis neighbor a
resources with the first hand dealt H
which be participated wttnoui urg
ing a card.
And always Slwara, eyes "
curds, seemed to see Quarrier before
Uim his overmanlcured fingers caress
ing his silky beard, the symmetrical
pompadour dark aud thick as tbe win
ter fur on a rat. tuftlns bis smooth
blank forehead.
It was very late when Siward first
began to be aware of his increasing
deafness, tbe dilnculty. too, that he
bud in making people hear, the annoy
ing contempt lu Quarter's woman
like eyes. He felt that he was mak
ing a fool of himself, very noiselessly
somehow, but with more racket than
be expected when he mlscaicuiaieu iuc
distance between bis band and a de
eanter. ,
It was time for him to go unless ni
.ut onnrrier for an esnlano
cnoBe - ,1,
tlon of that sneer which be found !i
tasteful. But there was too much
iioii-.e. too much laughter.
Resides, be had n matter to ii '
to-the careful perusal of his n.oU
er's letter to Mrs. Ferrall.
Verv white, he ro:. A!U-r an
termlnate Interval he fo"..ul -
entering bis room.
The letter was 1:1 V. -erul
things seemed to f.M.
but he got the letter. auk do.vu on tL
bed's edge and strove to rea!l-set his
teelh grimly, fondarr 1'.! 1 " ";f
to a focus. But he c.-.:i(l make no.n
ing of It. nor of hla toi!-t elllm:-. nor
or-Ferrall. who came In on his way to
.fi h:ivi:ig uoii-cl the -!er:rl"ii.v stidv
l 'mil glare over the open transom,
and who straightened out matters for
,i ...mi lvlmr face downward
III? nil"."1 " , , M
. i iiw.u a liirtpr
across the lied, uis "" '' "
usbed In his nerveless band.
bare-one chapter ot n. auu. - " .7 ,T , ki. ..hl. leaving a
er women errant who bel eve a the I n u s - euKage.
influence of their sex individually and ad(led a tIuge f n.al
collectively, she began wrong by tell-. ut to Bes,dM ne was
, ber that she had prob- ing liim of her engagement pernapa w " flatte of
'.nsiderabie conversation emphasize ber conce f or him.
1U " ;L'r: weTmost elo- Perhaps, as like recognises n.
OU 11. v tin -
queut most earnestly Insoired-nav.
(To be continued)
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