Masquerader
By KATHERINE CECIL THUR5TON ••
Author of "The Circle,” Etc.
Copyright.
100«.
by
Harper
tc
Brother*
i.oder had followed closely. Agaia
her aloofness seemed a challenge.
."Will you always disbelieve in me?” be
repeated.
At last she looked up at him slowly.
“Have you ever given me cause to
believe?” she asked in a quiet tone.
To this truth be found no answer,
though the subdued incredulity nettled
him afresh.
Prompted to a further effort, be spoke
again. "Patience is necessary with
every ¡>ersoii and every circumstance,"
he said. "We’ve all got to wait and
see.”
She did not lower her gaze as be
spoke, and there seemed to him some
thing disconcerting in the clear, candid
blue of her eyas. With a su
i dread
of her next words, he moved forward
and laid his hand beside hers on the
parapet
"Patience is needed for every one," he
repeated quickly. “Sometimes a man
is like n bit of wreckage. He drifts
till some force stronger than himself
gets in his way aud stops biin.” He
looked again al her face. He scarcely
knew what he was saying. He only
felt that be was a man in an egregious
ly falsa position, trying stupidly to Jus
tify blraself. "Don't you believe that
flotsam can sometimes lie washed
ashore ?" he asked.
High ab ove them Big Beu chimed the
hour.
Eve raised her bead. It almost seem-
e<l to him that he could see her answer
trembling on her lips, Then tiie voice
of Lady Sarah Fraide came cheerfully
from Itchlntl them.
“Ere!” the called. "Eve! We must
fly. It's absolutely 3 o’clock!"
ally open to a perilous onrush of fed
Ing Believing that they know them
selves, they walk l>oldly forward to
ward the highroad and pitfaii alike.
These bad been Loder's disconnected
ideas and speculations ou tbe first day
of his uew life. At 4 o’clock on tbe
ninth day he was pacing with quiet
confidence up and down Chileote'»
study, his mind pleasantly busy and
his cigar comfortably alight, when he
paused In bis walk and frowned, inter
rupted by the entrance of a servant.
Tbe man came softly into the room,
drew a small table toward tbe fire aud
proceeded to lay au extremely fine and
unserviceable looking «loth.
Loder watched him In silence. He
bad grown to find silence a very useful
commodity. To wait and let things
develop was the attitude be ofteuest
assumed, but ou this occasion be was
perplexed. He bad not rung for tea,
and lu any case a cup on a salver sat
isfied his wants. He looked critically
at the fragile cloth.
Presently the servant departed and
solemnly re-entered carrying a* silver
tray, with cups, a teapot and cakes.
Having adjusted them to his satisfac
tion, he turned to Loder.
“Mrs. Chileote will be with you In
five minutes, sir,” lie s_'d.
He waited for some response, but
Loder gave none. Again lie had found
tbe advantages of silence, but this time
it was silence of a compulsory kind.
He had nothing to say.
The man, finding him Irresponsive,
retired, and, left to himself, Loder i
stared at the array of feminine trifles; ■
then, turning’ abruptly be moved to i
the center of the room.
Since the day they had talked ou the .
terrace he had seen Eve only thrice
and always fu tbe presence of others.
Since the night of his first coming she
bud not Invaded his domain, and be
wondered what this new departure
mlgtit mean.
His thought of her had been less
vivid in the last few days, for, though
still using steady discretion, he had
been drawn gradually nearer the fas
cinating whirlpool of new interest»
and uew work. Shut his eyes as he
might, there was no denying that this
moment, so personally vital to him
was politically vital to the whole coun
try and that by a curious coincidence
t'hilcote’s position well nigh forced
him to take an active Interest tn the
situation. Again nnd again the sug
gest on had arisen that should the
smoldering fire In Persia break Into a
flame ('hilcote's commercial interests
would facilitate — would practically
conqiel—Ills standing in In the cam
paign against the government.
The little Incident of the tea table,
recalling the social side of his obiiga
tlons. had aroused the realization of
greater things. A» he stood meditative
ly iu the middle of the room he saw
suddenly bow absorbed he had become
“8hall we take another breath of it
before settling dowu?” He took Lo
der’s arm and drew him forward, ts
me little man showed instant, a« they passed through the doorway the
most ridiculous, relief. “Good mor«» pressure of his fingers tightened, "I
ahull reckon today among my pleasant- j
Ing, sir.” lie said. "You, too. are earl.
est memories. Chileote,” he said grave-
I rather feared your nerves troubl«
you after I left last nlglit. for I fount ljrk 'I can't explain the feeling, but 1
seem to have touched Eve's bus baud.
your letters still unopened this m >;•
Ing But I am glad to see you look » th«1 real you, more closely this morning
than I ever did before. It has been a
well.”
genuine happiness." He looked up with
Loder promptly turned his back t
the light
“Oh. last night’s letters!' tbe «'yes that through all his years of
he said "To tell you the truth. Green action and responsibility hud remain«?«!
Ing. my wife" bls hesitation was very so bright.
But Loder paled suddenly, and his
■light-"my wife looked nm up after
you left, and we gossiped. I dean for glance turned to the river—wide, mys
got the post.” He smiled In an ex terlous, secret. Unconsciously Fraide
planatory way as lie moved to the lia<l stripped the Illusion. It was not.
John Loder who walked here; It was
desk nnd picked up the letters.
With Greeniug's eyes upon him then Chileote— < '111Icote w ith bis position, bis ,
was no time for scruples. With very constituency—hU wife. He half extrl
creditable <-<«>lness he begun openlnf Ml ted bis arm, but Frulde held It.
“No," he said. "Don't draw away ;
the envelopes one by one The letters
w. re unimportant, nnd he passed then from me. You have always been ton
•ne after another to the secretary, ex ready to do that. It Is uot often I have
perfencing n slight thrill of authority a pleasant truth to tell. I won't be de
CHAPTER X.
a» each left his hand Again the fad prl ved of the enjoyment.”
“Can the truth ever be pleasant, sir?" ffl
thnt power Is visible In little thing«
N tlie days that followed l’raide ■
Involuntarily Loder echoe«J Chileote.
came to bls mind.
marked adoptlou of blui I Aider
Frulde looked up. He was half n
“Give me my engagement book
behaved with a discretion that
Greening," he said when the letten head shorter than bls companion,
spoke well for his qualities.
though hla dignity concealed the fact.
hail been disposed of.
Many a man placed In the same re
“
Chileote,"
he
said
seriously,
“
give
up
The book that Greening handed him
sponsible and yet strau rely Irresponsi
wns neat In shape nml bound, like Chlk cynicism! It is the trademark of fail ble position might have been excused If.
ure. and I do not like It in my—
COte's clgnrette case, In lizard skin.
for the time at least he gave himself
As Usler took It the gold monogrars friends.”
a loose rein. But Loder kept free of
Loder
Mid
nothing.
The
quiet
In
“J C.” winked at him In the brighi
the temptation.
sight of the reproof, Its mitigating
I.lke all other experiments, his show
moruing light. Tlie Incident moved his kindness, touched blm sharply.
Iu1
sense of humor. He and the book wers that moment he auw the rails down ed unlookcd for features when put to a
co oissrutors In the fraud, it seemed, which he had sent Ills little car of ex working test. Its expected difficulties
lie felt an Inclination to wink back. lstence s^inulug, ami the sight daunt«?«) I smootlasl themselves away, whlleothsrs
Nevertheless he opened it with proper him. The truck was steeper, the gauge siareely anticipated, came into proml
nonce. Most notable of all, the physical
gravity and skimmed the pages.
narrower, than he hud guessed; there
Tbe page «levoted to the day was al were curves and sidings upon which likeness between himself and Chileote,
most full. On every other line were he had uot reckoned. He turned his the bedrock of the whole scheme, which
had been counted on to offer most dan
Jottings In (’hilcote's irregular band, head nml met Fraide'» glance.
ger. worked without a hitch. lie stood
aud twice among tbe entries appeared
"Don't count too much on me. sir."
a prominent cross lu blue penciling. he »aid slowly. “I might disappoint literally amazed before the sweeping
Loder* luterest quickened as his eye you again.” Ills voice broke off on credulity ttiat met him on every hand.
caught the mark. It had been agreed the last word, for the souud of other Men who had known Chileote from his
between them that only engagements voices nnd of laughter citnio to them youth, servant» who had been In his
essential to Chileote’» public life need ■crosii the terrace r.s a group of two employment for years. Joined Issue In
be carried through during his absence, women anti three men passed through the unquestioning acceptance. At times
end tt
iisloa were the open door. At a glance he realize«! the ease of deception liewildered him.
There were moments when he realized
In I le pen . The rest, I
to be pros
for the m
social c aims. were that the slighter of tbe two women
that,
should circumstances force him to
to be left
tud Loder's was Eve.
IBCiiUStoiC
Seeing them, she disengaged herself 1 declaration of the truth, be would u these greater things—how, In the
'hilcote's
tic memory
always a>, ruining for
breaking of from her party and came quickly for not be believed. Human nature pre swing of congenial Interests, he had
trivial p i|T. IHt- ■.
ward. He saw her cheeks flush and fers its own eyesight to the testimony been borne insensibly forward, his ca
pacities expanding, liis Intelligence as
her
eyes brighten pleasantly as they st any man.
Bui I
energy was
But In face of this astonishing sue
serting itself. He had so undeniably
anxious tor obligations, The <les Ire for rested on his companion, but he noticed
fresh aiid greater tests grew with In- also that after her first cursory glauce i-ess lie steered a steady course. In the found his sphere that the idea of usur
first exhilaration of Ftalde's favor, In pation bad receded gently as by natu
duigenre. lie scanned the two Hues she avoided his own direction.
As sli>t came toward them Frahle the tlrst egotistical wish to break down ral laws until his own personality had
with eagerness. Tbe tlrst was an in
terview with Cresham. one of I'bil- drew away his hand In readiness to Eve’s skepticism, he might p isalbly begun to color the day's work.
have plunged into a vortex of action,
As this knoxvledge came he wondered
cote's supporters In Wark; the other au greet her.
"Here comes my godchild!” he said. let h be In what direction It might; quickly if it held a solution of the
engngemcin to lunch with Fraide. At
the Idea of the former Ills Interest "I otieu wish, Chileote, that 1 could Imt. fortunately for himself, for Chil present little comedy; if Eve had seen
quickened, but nt thought of the hitter do away with the prefix.’ He udded eote and for their scheme, lie was liable what others, be knew, bad obs.?rveJ—
It quailed momentarily Had tbe entry the last words in an undertone us he to strenuous a«*oond thoughts—thooa that Chileote was showing a gr.isp of
bee» a royal command It would have reached them, then he responded wise and necessary curbs that go fur things that he had not exhibited for
the" to the steadying of the universe years. Then, as a sound of skirts came
affe< t«»l him Infinitely less. For a warmly to her smile.
"What!” lie said. "Turning the ter- than the universe guesses. Sitting In softly down the corridor, he squared
■pace Ins assurance faltered. Then by
Cofocldence the recollection o'' Eve nml raw into the garden of Eden hi Jan the quiet of the house on the same day his shoulders with his habitual abrupt
that he had spok«*ii with Eve ou the gesture and threw his cigar Into the
Eve's words of Inst night came back to nary! We cunnot allow this.”
Eve laughed. “Blame Lady Sarah!" terrace be bud weighed possibilities tire.
him. and his mind was filled with a
Eve entered the room much as she
she said, "We met at lunch, and she slowly and cautiously. Impressed to
new sensation.
NeedleM to say 1 the full by the atmosphere of the plnce had done on her former visit, but with
Hecause of t'liilcole he was despise 1 carried me off.
ttiat in tils eyes could never lack char one difference—in passing Loder she
by <'hilcote's wife! There was no de hadn't to ask where."
They IsUh laughed, aud Loder joined, acter. however dull I is momentary busl quietly held out her hand.
nylng that lu all th«1 pleasant excite
He took It as quietly. "Why am I so
ment of the adventure that knowledge a little un<-ertainly. He had yet to ness. however prosy the voice that fill
had rankled. It came to him now link l-'iirn th.it th* devotion of Fraide anti ed it. he had sifted impulse from ex honored?” he asked.
She laughed a little and looked across
<s! with remembrauce of the light, re bls wife was a long standing Jest In pedience ns only a man who Ims lived
within himself ci mi sift and distinguish. at the tire. “How like a man!
luctant touch of her tinge s. the faintly their particular set.
At the sound of Ills only laugh Eve ntid at the close ■ of that first day his
«vaslve dislike underlying her glance
It was a trivial tiling, but it touched turued to him. "I hope i didn't rob you programme had been formed, There
his pride as n mau. That was how he of all sleep last night." she said. "I must lie nr rush, no headlong plunge,
put It 'o himself. It "’Hsii't that he caught him In his den.” she explained, he had deckled. Things must work
It was his first expedition
i nlmsl this woman’s opinion any wo turning to Fraide. "and Invaded It most around.
man's opinion It was msrely that It courageously. 1 believe we talked Into the new country, and It lay with
fa te to say whether It would be his
touchetl his pride. II«' turned again to ill! 2."
«
Again Loder noticed bow quickly she last.
the window and gazed out, the engage
ment b<M>k still between his hands looked from him to Fraide. Tlie know I
lie had been leaning hack In his seat,
Wliat If he compelled her respect? edge roused his self as. rtion.
i his ev< s on the ministers opposite, his
T had an excellent night.” he said. arms folded In Imitation of Chileote'»
U lust if by hl* own personality cloak
e«i under ('hilcote's Identity he fqn cd “Do 1 look as if I hadn't slept?"
most natural attitude, when this final
Somewhat slowly a.ul reluctantly speculation had come to him. and as It
her to idmlt Ids capability? It war n
Ere lookct’ back "No." she said tril h came his lips had tigbten -d for a mo
matter of pride, alter all scarcely «•«
fully and with a faint surprise that to meat and ills face becon > hard and
of pride; «elf resp’M’t was a bet
Loder seemed the first genuine emot ou Cold, it Is an unideasaui thing when
Word
Satisfied by his own ri>asonlug, he slie had shown regarding him. "No, I a man first unconsciously reckons ou
don’t think I eve ■ saw you look so the weakness of another, and the look
turned back Into th«* too
he well.” She was quite unconscious and that expi a esses the Ide.l is not good to
"Bis- to th >se letters.
very charming as she made the nil m is see. He 1 had stirred uneasily, then his
Mid.
lii for t be res)
Ing's work you might go on with your ■ion. It struck Ixsler that her color ng l.ps hail closed again, lie was tena
Khurasan notes. I believe we'll all of hair aud eyes gained by daylight , clous by ’ nature, and by nature Intel-
want every Im h of know letige we can were brightened and vivified by their erant of ' weakness. At the first sug
reckoning U|sm Chiteote'a
<
get In that quarter before we re much setting of somber rher aud somber gestlou of
lai >ses his mind had drawn, back In
older. 1’11 -<-e you again later.” With stone.
I'rslde smiled ut her •ffcctlomitely. disgust, but as 'he thought catne again
» reassuring nisi be cr<»«ed ih«< room
then looked at Loder. "Chileote has the disgust had lessened
■ nd ps.«»e«l through tlie ««sir.
in a week two weeks, perbape—Chil
He Innchcd with Fraide at his club got a new lease of nerves, Eve." he
ami afterward walk si with him to said quietly. "And I- I>eIleve— I have eote would reclaim his place. Then
Westminster
Tbe walk and luuch got a uew hcuelimau. But 1 se«' my would begin the routine of the affair.
were tiotb memorable In that hour be wife beckoning to me. 1 must have a Chileote. fresh from Indulgence and
learned many things that bad been word with her before sbe dits away, freedom, would find his obligations a
Sealed to him I si tor. He tasted bls May I be excused?“ lie made a cour thousand times more irksome than be-
first draft of real elution, bis first drop te ■us gesture of apology then auiiied ' fore, he would struggle for a time
I then—
of real discomfiture. He saw for ths • t Eve.
••Why
•o honored r
She looked after hint as he moved
A shadowy smile had touched I<o
first time bow a great man liay cun
descend—bow unostentatiously, how ■ way, “I sometimes wonder what I dor's lips as the id« s formin’ itself
always want to begin with reasons.
Then would c»me the Inevitable re Let'» have tea first and explanations
fully, bow dellghtfnlly. lie felt wbat •hould do if anything were to happen
tact snd kindness perfectly combined to the Fraide»." »lie said, a little w ist call; then In earnest ho might venture after.” She moved forward toward the
Biay accomplish, and be burned In fully. Then almost at once she laugh to put his hand to the plow. He never table, and he followed. As be did so
wardly with a s«n>M of duplicity that ed. as If regretting her Ui.pulsl' eucss. Indulge«! lu «.ay dreams, but something It struck him that her dress seemed in
crushed aud elated blm alternately. “You heard what be Mid,” sbe went ou In the nature of a vision had flashed peculiar harmony with the day and the
tn a different voice. “Am I really to over his mind In that Instant, de had room, though beyond that be could not
He was John Loiler, friendless, penn
soon himself st.audlug In that same follow its details. As she paused be-
jess, with no present aud uo future, yet congratulate you?"
The change of tone »tung I.oder un building, seen the row» of faces first alde the table be drew forward a chair
be walked dowu Whitehall m the full
light of day with one of the greatest accountably "Will you always disbe bored, then hesitatingly transfortn«?d with a faint touch of awkwardness.
lieve la me " be asked. -
under his psrsoual domination, under
stxtMUK U England has known.
She thanked him and sat down
Without answering, »he walked »low- the one treat power he knew himself
Sene strangers were beiug shown
He watched her In stlence as she
•ver tbe terrace w beu be aud Frahle ly ■cross the deserted terrace aud. to possess— the power of eloquem-e. poured out the tea. a^y the thought
fearbed tbe houas. aud. noticing the pausing by the parapet, laid her band Tbe strength of the suggeetlon h.ul crossed his mind that It was incred
on the stonework. Sull in silence, sbe been almost patnf tl
Men who have ibly long since he bad seen a woman
eves door, tbe old man paused.
"I never re fuse fresh air,” be said looked out acrons tbe river.
attained self repression sre occasion pres de over a
The deftwesa of
CHAPTER IX
(Continued.)
I
ser fingers filled him with an unramn-
iar, half inquisitive wonder. So inter
esting was the sensation that when
■be held his cup toward him he didn't
Immediately see It.
"Don't you want any?" She smiled |
a little.
He started, embarrassed by bis own
tardiness. “I'm afraid I'm dull,” he
Mid "I’ve been so”—
“So keen a worker in the last week ?”
For a moment lie felt relieved. Then,
a» a fr«?sb silence fell, his sense of
awkwardness returned. He sipped his
tea and ate a biscuit. He found him
self wlshlug, for almost the first time,
for some of the small society talk that
came so pleasantly to other men. He
felt that the position was ridiculous
He glanced at Eve's averted head and
laid his empty cup upon the table.
Almost at once she turned, and their
eyes met.
"John,” she said, "do you guess at
all why I wanted to have tea with
you ?”
He’looked down at her. "No,” he
said honestly and without embellisb-
ment.
Tbe curtness of the answer might
have displeased another woman, Eve
seemt'd to take no offense.
“I had a talk with the Fraides to |
day.” she said, “a long talk. Mr
Fraide said great things of you, things
I wouldn’t have believed from anybody
but Mr. Fraide.” She altered her posi
tion and looked from Loder’s face back
Into the fire.
He took a step forward. "What
things?” he said.
Ue was almost
ashamed of the sudden, inordinate
satisfaction that welled up at her
words.
"Oh. I mustn’t tell you!” She laughed
a little. "But you have surprised him."
She paused, sipped her tea. then looked j
up again with a change of expression.
“John,” she said more seriously,
“there Is one ¡»oliit that sticks a little
Will this great change last?" Her
voice was direct and even, wonder
fully direct for a woman, Ixxler
thought. It came to him with a cer
tain force that beneath her remarkable
charm might possibly lie a remarkable
character. It. was not a possibility1
that had occurred to him before, and
It caused him to look'at her a second :
time. In the new light he saw her
beauty differently, and it Interested 1
him differently. Heretofore he had i
liecn Inclined to class women under I
three heads—Idols, amusements and .
Incumbrances.
Now it crossed bls
mind that a woman might possibly fill
another place—the place of a com- ,
panion.
"You are very skeptical.” he said,
«till looking down at her.
She did not return his glance. "I !
think I have been made skeptical,” she ]
■aid.
As she spoke the Image of Chileote |
«hot through his mind — Chileote. ir- I
Tltable, vicious, unstable— and a quick
compassion for this woman so inev
itably shackled to him followed IL
Eve. unconscious of what was pa sa
ng in his mind, went on with her sub
ject.
"When we were married." she said
-ently. “I had such a great Interest in
hlngs. such a great belief In life. I
ind lived In politics, and 1 was marry
ng one of the coming men—everybody
■aid you were one of the coming men.
scarcely felt there was anything left
o ask for. You didn't make very ar
ent love." she smiled, "out 1 think
! had forgotten about love. 1 wanted
lothiug so much as to Is* like Lady
arah married to a great man." She
'mused, then went on more hurriedly
For awhile things went right; then
slowly things went wrong. You got
your—your nerves.”
Ixxler changed ills position with
something of abruptness.
She misconstrued the action.
“Please don't think 1 want to be
disagreeable." she said hastily
"I
don't. I'm only trying to make you
understand why— why I lost heart.”
'T think I know. ” Loder's voice broke
In involuntarily, "Things got worse,
then still worse, You found Interfer
etice useless. At last you ceased to
have a husband."
"Until a week ago." She glanced up
quickly. Absorbed In her own feel
Ings, she had seen nothing extraor
dinary in his words.
But at hers Loder changed color.
"It's tlie most incredible tliing^iii the
world." she said. "It's quite incred
ible. and yet I can't deny It. Against
all my reason, all my experience, all
tny inclination. I seem to feel in the
last week something of what I felt at
first." She stopped with an einbar
ras-ed laugh "It seems that, as if by
magic, life has been picked up where 1
dropped it six years ago." Aga'n she
stopped and laughed.
Loder was keenly uncomfortable, but
ha could think of nothing to say.
Continued next week
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Steubet ville, Ohio, Dec. 24.—Fire
tn a bakery partly burned the up
be filled with new furniture, rugs, stair» here today and three persons,
lace curtains, etc. It will extend back Mrs. Ira Hillman, proprietor of th?
fifty feet.
bakery. Katherine Dillman and Elit-
CHAMBERS' HARDWARE
abeth McCoy were suffocated.
GEORGE W. KINSEY
General Auctioneer
Residence 1*4 E. lOtb. $«•
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