EIGHT PACES
INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. NOVEMBER 18. 1910.
PAGE THREE
Tlhe 'Fighting
Your Kind of Overcoats
Chance
ROBERT W.
CHAMBERS
Copyright, 190, by tb Curll. Publishing Company.
Coprtiibt, I1, by Robert W. Chanibora. S
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(A. oontlnuod story)
"cry well. Howard." slit auld, rec
ognizing In lilm tho cowardice which
Mll( It till BlwiiyS r"HH-t.lJ to I HI ther.
Hue bade him good night, lit) touch
ed her hand, but itmdo no4ITor to kl
Lit. Klia laughed a little to herself,
watching him striding toward tho U
VBtor. Hho turned lebturely. her slim hard
balanced lightly on ber unrrow hips,
ninl strolled Into tbe Hieond dressing
room, whore Mrs. Vendoimlng ant sul
lenly Indulging In tUat particular spe
cies of solitaire known an "Tho Idiot'
iXdlgllf
Vlir Inquired Mm. Voiidennlng.
looking up ut the tall. alo girl she
was cbuieronlnr. no carefully (luring
their sojourn In town. "What did
Howard Quarrler want?"
"lie knows, I tliluk, but lis busn't yet
lnTonm-d ine.M
"I'll tell you one tblng, Agatha."
aid Mm. Vendennlug, gutberlng l
tbe packs for a now abuine. "(Jrace
Ferrall doesn't funoy Howard' atten
tion to you, and ahe's Ix-rflnulntr to any
so. When you go back to (Shotover
you'd bettor let bliu alone."
"I'm not going back to Shotover."
aald Agatha.
"Wbatr
"No, I don't think no. However, I'll
let you know tomorrow. It all depend
but I don't export to." Sbo turuod
a her maid tapped on tho door. "Ob,
Captain Voucher. Are you at home to
him 7" flipping the pasteboard on to
the table among tho scattered cards.
"Yes," aald Mrs. Vendennlug aggres
ilvely, "unless you expect blui to flop
down on bin kneed toulght Do you?"
"I don't tonight lvrhapg tomor
row. I don't kuow. I can't tell yet."
And to her tnold she nodded tbnt tlioy
were at horueHo Captain Voucher.
Qunrrlor had utet him. too, Just as
be was leaving the hotel lobby. Tbey
exchanged the careful salutation of
men who bad no use for one another.
On tho Englishman's clean cat face a
deettor hue settled as he passed; on
Quarrler's not a trace of emotion, but
when be entered bin motor be sat bolt
upright, stiff backod and stiff necked,
hi long gray gloved lingers moving
restlessly over bis pointed beard.
The nlglit was magnificent Myri
ads of summer stars spangled the
heavens. Flank, driving his big motor
northward through the night, Leila
Mortimer beside him, twice mistook
the glimmer of a firefly for the distant
lamp of a motor, which amused Leila,
and ber clear young laughter floated
back to the enra of Sylvia and Slward,
curled up In their corners of the huge
tonneau. But tbey were too profound
ly occupied with each other to beed
the sudden care free laughter f the
young matron, though In those days
ber laughter was Infrequent enough to
net the more merciless tongues wag
ging when It did sound.
Dunk had never seen fit to speak to
her of her husband's scarcely veiled
menace that day he had encountered
blm In the rotunda of the Algonquin
Trust company. Ills first thought was
to do so to talk It over with her, con
sider the threat aud the possibility of
Its seriousness, and then come to some
loglcul and definite decision as to what
their future relations should be. Again
and again be had been on the point of
doing tills when alone with Leila un
comfortable, even apprehensive, bfif
cause of their frank Intimacy. But he
had never bud tho opportunity to do so
without dellberutoly drauging In the
subject by the curs in all Its ugliness
and Implied reproach for her Impru
dence and seeing th-nt dreadful, va
cant change In Leila's face, which the
mere mention of her husband's name
was sure to bring turn Into horror uu
speakable. A man not prone to fear his fellows,,
he now feared Mortimer, but thut fear
struck hlni only through Leila or had
so reached him until the days of h.'s
closing struggle with Quarrler. . That
threat of Mortimer's to involve Plank
with Leila in one common ruin, that
boast that he was able to do so could
not be ignored as a possible weapon if
Quarrler should by any chance learn of
It. "
i In all his life he had taken Leila
Into his arms but once, had kissed ber
but once. . But that once had been
enough to arm Mortimer with danger
from head to foot. Some prying serv
ant had either listened or seen-perhaps
a glimmer of a mirror had be
trayed them. At all events whoever
had seen or heard had Informed Mor
timer, and now the nuin was equipped,
the one and only man in all the world
who could with truth accuse .Flank,
the ouly man of whom he stood hi
honest fear.
that never for one monii-nt liud It oe
I'Urrvd to bliu that the phi-er fault of
It all lay with I 1 1 1 ; Unit It was her
Imprudence nhmc tlml now threatened
herwelf uud the limn idle lovedthat
llireiiteiied IiIh very muccvhn III life aa
long us .Mortimer cliould live.
All this Flunk, In his thorough, patna
laklng review of the subject bad tak
ifii Into account and be could uot see
how It could possibly bear upon the
luatteia now finally to be adjusted be
tween Quarrler and btuuu-lf, because
Quarrler wan In New York and Mor
timer In Saratoga, aud unless the lat
ter bad already sold bis Information
the former could not strike at hlin
through knowledge of It
And yet a curlmia reluctancy, a lies!
latlon Inexplicable unless overwork
explained it had roiue over bin) when
HI ward bad promised tholr dining to
gether on the very eve of bis complet
wl victory over Quarrler.
It seemed absurd, aud Flank was
Uhj stolid to entertain superstitions,
but he could not even with 11 1 a
laughing there besldo blin, shake off
the dull Instinct that all waa not well;
that Quarrler'a attitude was still the
attitude of a dangerous man; that be
(Flunk! should have bad this evening
in bis room alone to study out the
matters be bud so patiently plodded
through In the long hours while Sl
ward slept
Yet uot for one Instant did be dream
of shifting the responsibility If re
ponstbillty entailed blame on Slward,
who, against Flank's Judgment and
desire, had on the very eve of con
summation drawn him away from that
sleepless vigilance which must forever
be the price of a business man's safety.
Leila, gay and excited aa a school
girl, chattered on ceaselessly to Flank;
all the silence, all the secrecy of the
arid years turning to laughter on ber
red lips, pouring out In broken phrases
of delight worda strung together for
tbe sheer pleasure of speech and the
happiness of ber lot to be with blm
unrestrained.
And would you believe It Bever
ly," she said, "I formed the habit at
Shotover of walking across tbe bound
ary ami strolling Into your greenhouses
and deliberately helping myself. And
every time I did It I was ecrtalnv.one
of your men would march me oa,"
lie laughed, but did not tell ber that
his men bad reported the first episode
and that he bad instructed them that
Mrs. Mortimer and ber friends were
to do exactly as they pleased at the
Fells. However, she know it because
a garrulous gardener, proud of his
service with Tlank, had Informed her.
"Beverly," she said, "you are a dear.
If people only knew what I know!"
lie began to turn red. She could
see It even In the flickering lamp shot
durkness. And she teased him for
awhile, very gently, even tenderly, and
their voices grew lower In a half seri
ous budlnuge that ended with a quiet
Indrawn breath, a sigh and silence.
And now the river swept into view,
a darkly luminous sheet set with re
flected stars. Mirrored lights gleamed
In it Sudden bright yellow flashes
zigzagged Into Its somber depths. The
folluge edged It with a deeper gloom,
over which, on tue neiguts, rwmKiea
the multicolored lights of Riverside
Inn.
Up the broad, gentle grade they Bped,
curving in and out among the clumps
of trees and shrubbery, then on n level,
sweeping in a great circle up to the
steps of the Urn.
Now till about them from the bril
liantly lighted verandas the gay tu
mult broke out like an uproarious wel
come after the swift silence of their
Journey, The stir of jolly people keen
for pleasure, the clutter of crockery,
the coining and going of waiters, of
guests, of hansoms, coupes, victorias
ninl hcoivs of motor curs wheeling und
turning through the blinding -glare of
their own headlights.
Somewhere a gypsy orchestra, full of
fitful crescendoes and throbbing sus
iHitiriions of caprice, furnished resonant
accompaniment to tbe joyous clamor.
The scent of fountain spray and flow
ers was In the air.
"I didn't know you had telephoned
for a table." said Slward as a head
waiter caiffe up smiling and bowing to
Plank. "I confess In tbe new exbite
meut of things I clean forgot it.
Whut a man you are to think of other
people!"
Plank reddened again, muttering
something evasive, and went forward
with Leila.
Sylvia, moving leisurely beside Sl
ward, who was walking slowly, hut
confidently, without crutches, whis
pered to him, "I never really lilted Mr. (
Fin iik before I understood his attitude
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And it was characteristic of Flunk j toward you."