THE SMGEHE DAILY GtARD. KBIDAV. AlCl'ST 7, 1908
lane C&ble
Ccpyrlghl. 1906. by
tlow far a man's natural inrti
nation toward evil may carry htm,
despite tha act that his wrong
doing involve the wrecking of
the happiness of his only son, is
well shown in this story of Chi
cago, the Philippines and New
York. The tale is not all one of
evil, however. In it figure also
love and romance, daring and
danger, patriotism and the self
sacrificing if mistaken devotion
tif the Filipino to his country's
cause. Our narrative is essen-,
Ually one of modern times, anil
its characters or their originals
walk tha streets if American
cities today, but their actions and
the story of their loves and hates
recall with distinct force the
scenes and persons depicted by
Dickens. Especially is this true
of Elias Droom, the elderly law
yer's clerk, who is worthy of
comparison with any one to bo
found in the pages of the Eng
lish master.
CHAPTER I.
' st 'Vr wi a bright, clear after-
Ty noun In the la to fall that
II pretty MIm Cabin drove
f I up In her trap and waited
fJJLm I -at the curb for hor father
' to come forth from hl of-
Oca In one of Chicago's (allot biilld
Itigs. The crisp, caressing wind that
rame up the afreet from the lake put
the. pink Into her amooth cheeks, but It
did not dlaturb the brown hulr tlint
crowned her head. Well groomed and
Kraccful, ahe ant atralKht nnd aure upon
the box. her gloved hand graiplng the
llow relua llrmly and cnulldcutly,
Mlaa Cable looked neither to right nor
to left, but at the tip of her thnroiigh
bred'a ears. Hlcndcr nod lull unit very
aristocratic alio appeared, her profile
alone vlslblo to the passcrsby.
After n very few momenta' waiting
In her trap the mart young woman
tiecamo Impatient. A bevero Mule
pucker acltled upon her brow, and uot
once, but many tlmea, her eyes turned
to the broad eutraui-e across the aide
walk. Hhe had telephoned to her fa
ther earlier In the afternoon, and lie
had proiuhied faithfully to lie ready nt
4 o'clock fur u apln up the drive lichlnd
riparian. At three iiiluulea paat 4 the
pucker made Ita drat appearance, nnd
now, aevcral minute Inter, II v us quite,
illatreaalng. Never before had lie kept
her walling like tills. Hhe waa con
scious of the fact that nt leaat a hun
dred men Imd atnred nt her In (ho long
vat ten tuluutea ahe had ever knnwu.
Kniin the bottnui if a very hot heart
he waa beginning to resent thla scru
tlny when a tall young fellow awuug
around a nearby corner and came up
with a amlle ao full of delight that the
dainty pucker left her tmiw na the
ahadow ticca from the sunshine. Ilia
bat waa off and polncd gallantly nbove
his head, hla right hand reaching up to
clasp the warm I III lu tan one out
Irctrhcd to meet II.
"1 knew It waa you long before I saw
you," aald lie warmly.
Truly? How Interesting'" she re
spoudisl. with equal warmth "Some
thing psychic In the atmosphere lo
day "
nib. no "
he until. reluctantly colons
lug her linn. I.
c:in't nee through
' knrtr II n.u jc'M Ioixo In'orr I miii' yvu
these huge building, you know. It a '
IluiKMrithlc to look over their Iul4. I
rimply knew you m here. that i."
"You're romantic, even though iou !
re a bit allly," she cried gajly. 'Tray,
bow could you kuoxx r
"Simplex! thing lu the world. Itlghx !
told the he had aeeu ou and that i,,n
n-enus! to lie In a grenl luge II.' dnivd I
ine to venture Into your prvM'tw-e, and
that' v, by I'm lyre "
"Wh.it a lto'l'i.v coiiiiuoupta.-.. i
puliation! hr did y.. not leave Ine
to think Inst tticrc x:m ready sou,.,
thing Mvchic atut It? Logic it to
I
iff
Vodi. Mead 7ZL Company
: discouraging to one'a conceit. I'm" In n
i rory dlaagreeable humor today." abe
aald. In flue deapalr.
I "I don't believe It," he disputed gra-
cloualy,
"Hut I am," abe Inalited. amlllng
brightly. Hla heart waa leaping high
ao high that It Oiled hla eyea. "Every
thing haa gone wrong with me today.
It'a pretty trying to hare to wait lu
front of a, big ofljee building for flftceu
minutes, livery Inatant 1 expect a po
liceman to come up and order me to
move on. Don't they arreat people for
blocking the street?"
"Ves, and put them in awful, rnt
warming duiigeoua over In Denrlsjni
venue. I'oor Sir. Cable, be abould lx
made to aurrer aeverely for hla wretch
ed conduct. The Idea of
"Iww't you dare to aay anything
mean about dad." ahe warned.
"Mut he'a the cauae of all the trouble.
Ile'a uever done anything to make yon
happy or"
"Htop! I take It all back. I'm In a
IMTfeetly adorable humor. It waa
dreadfully menu of me to lie half an
gry with him, waau't It? He'a lu there
now working hla dear old brain , to
plecea, nnd I'm out here with no brain
at all," ahe anld ruefully.
To the lugeuuoiia youth audi an up.
peul to hla gallantry waa well nigh
Irrealatllile, and fur a moment It acorn
ed na If lie would yield to Hie tempta
tion to eaaay a brilliant contradiction,
but hla wlta came to hla reacue, for.
quickly realizing that not only were
the frowulng rocka of offcuae to be
avoided, but llkewlae the danger of
floundering helplessly about In the lu
vltlng quteknnda of Inanity, lie pre
served alienee, wine yciuug man that
he waa, and truated to hla eyea to ei
preaa an eloquent refutation. At laat,
however, aomethlng aeemed to occur
to him. A amlle broke on hla face.
"You hud atupld time laat night,"
he hazarded.
"What luakea you think ao?"
"I know who took you In to dinner."
The eyea of the girl nnrrowed slight
ly at the rorucra.
"I lid he tell you?"
"No; I have uelther aeen nor heard
from any one present." She opened
her eyea wide now.
"Well, Mr. 8. Ilol:;ica, who wna It?"
"That Imbecile. Medford."
Mlaa Cable ant up very straight In
the trap. Her little chin went up In
the air. She even went an fur lis to
make a pretense of curbing the Impa
tience of her horse.
"Mr. Medford was moat entcrtnlnlng.
He waa (he life of the dinner," she ro
turncd aoinewhat aeverely.
"llu'a a professional."
"An actor!" she cried Incredulously.
"No; a professional diner out. Wasn't
that rich young Jackson there?"
"Why, yea. Hut do tell me how you
knew." The girl waa aofteulug'a lit
tle, her curiosity aroused.
"Of course I will," he anld boyishly,
at ouco pleased with himself und hla
aympathetlc audience. "About 5 HO I
happened to Iw III the club. Medford
waa there and, na usual, entering to
Jackson, when the bitter was called to
the phone. Naturally I put two and
two together." lie paused to more
thoroughly enjoy the look of utter mys
tlllciitlon that hovered on Hie glrl'a
countenance. It waa very apparent
that thla method of deduction through
uildltlou was unsatisfying. "What
Jackson sn Id to Mciirord on Ills re
turn." the young iiniu continued, "1
did not hear, but from the expression
on the listener's face I could have wag
ered Hint an Invitation had la'cn ex
tended and accepted. Oh, we hoys
have got U down line, Harrison Is" -
"And xv ho Is Harrison?"
"Carrlsou Is the head door man at
the club. It's positively iiuiiuiug Hie
llllllllier of telephone calls lu tei-ches
exery llftoi-.H'ii from xxell known so
Cletx xxoincn."
"Wluit shout? ,n, xx Inn's that got
lo do xx Ith Mr. .Medford taking ine lu
to dinner:"
"Jil-1 Hits: Supio-.c Mrs. Uoxxdcu" -
"Mrs. ltoxvdon:" The girl xvns lion
ptUMH.
"Ves -xxants to tliul out xxho's lu Hie
club. She phones llnriisoti llistnut
v. nftx'i- ass. rialiilng xxhleh set. x minc
er or old. Is xx auied. from n sum; I
curd lim xxhleh he has xxiliicn a fen
but choice untiles of chili iiieuilicrs he
slll'llllts a inline to her."
"Itenllx, xoil don't llle:in lo tell llic
(hut such a thing Is actually done:" c
claimed Miss Cable, xx ho as xet xxns
ms-IhIIv so unsophlslh -ileil us o be
lioi-rlllid. "You'ni Joslng, of course!"
"lint nine limes olil of ten." Ignoring
the Interruption. "II Is met xvlili: -lion t
xvant linn!' Am. i her -Makes a bad
xMiul.imitii.il!' A third 'Oh. no. my
dear, inn a dollar to his name hoi-
lesslv Ineligible" Tills Isst exelalna
Hon. tboiigii lutendcxt solely for the vis
Hor al her home, ell. lis from Harrison
a low chuckle of approxal of the ss.k
er's dlscrluilnullou. end presently he
be.n-s. -xosslncsa inc. tlarrlsou, there
inus( Is' some one e'se" 'I'hen. to her
dcMg'it. Is Inforin.sl that Mr Jack
sou h.is lost ism e til. nnd he Is rxiui-(
isl to come lo the phone. Cirrlsou ls
Hi, liismi.s.st with ttiauks and Ihr c
..-. latum of seeing her bullcr In the
u nun g "
H oi s 'f,s i'x di Mi ious'" cam,, from
Ihei I - i in nlunstt blur Mis Udt.
o
George Barr
McCutchecfl
Author of "Beverly
of Grauslark," Etc
I den telling Jarkaon that Ik will be
I (he dcures( boy lu tbe world If be will
dine with her."
"And bring some one with biin, as
sue is one man auon, laugueu uraj"
don. as he wound up lightly: "And bere
la where the professional cornea In.
We're all on to Medford! Why, Garri
son has half a dozeu requesta a night
-all limes Ave 30. Not bad but
then the man's a 'who's wbo' that
never makes mistakes.' 1 won't be
positive that he does uot draw pay
from both ends. For, men like Med
ford, outside of the club, probably tip
blm to give them the preference. It
would lie good business."
There was so much self satisfaction
In the sisMiker'a manner of uttering
these last xvords that It would not have
required the wisdom of one older than
Miss Cable to detect that be waa thor
oughly enjoying hla pose of man of the
world. He wna Indeed young, for he
had yet to learn that not to disillusion
the girl, but to conform as much as
possible to her Idenla, wua the surest
xvay to win her favor, and hla vanity
surely would have received a blow bad
not liavid ('able at that moment come
out of the doorway across the aide
xvnlk. pausing for a moment to con
verse w-llh the mnu who accompanied
htm. The glrl'a face lighted with
pleasure and relief, but the young man,
regarding uneasily the countenance of
the general manager of the Tat-lnc,
I. likes and Atlantic Hallroad company,
aaw that he waa white, tired nnd
drawn. It waa not the keen, alert ex
presalon that had been the admiration
of every one: umethlug vital seemed
to tie missing, although he could not
have told what It waa. A flame aeemed
to have died somewhere lu hla face,
leaving behind a faint suggestion of
"fcllo. Urtiutfori.' fnie nr iouf"
iishe:;. und through the young man's
brain there Hashed the remark uf bla
fair companion: "He's In there now,
working his dear old brain lo plecea."
"I'm sorry to have kept you wait
ing, .lane." said Cable, crossing to the
curb. "Hello, Cray, Ion! Iloxv are yon?"
Ilia voice xvns sharp, crisp mid louder
t tin ii the occasion seemed to deuiand,
but It wua natural with blm. Years of
life In an engine cab do not servo to
niclloxv the lone of (he bumtiii voice,
ami Hie tin hit Is too strong to be over
come. There was no polish to the
tones ns'tlicy Issued from lMivId Ca
ble's lips. He spoke xxilh more (ban
ordinary regard lor Hie queen's r.ng
llsli Inn It xvas because be never h id
iieglis-led It. It xvas characteristic of
the man to do a thine, as nearly right
as he knew Imxv In the Is-gliinliig and
lo do It Hie same xxay iinill a bettor
method presentisl Itself.
"Very xxell. thank you. Mr. Cable,
except that Jane has Is-on abusing
me Is'iailse you xxere not here lo" -
"hon't you believe a xxord be says,
dad." she cried
"Oh, If Hie truth Isn't In nie. I ll sub
side." laughed lllayilon, "Neverlhe
less you'xe kept her xx ailing, mid ICs
only reasonable (hat she should abuse
soiuebisly."
"1 inn glad you xxere hero to receive
It. It saves my gray hairs."
"liilblilsh!" xvas Miss Cable's simple
comment as her father took his place
N'slile her.
"Oh. please drive on. Jane." said the
young man, his adiiilrlna exes on the
girl xx ho gi ass-,t the reins arrcsti and
straightened like a soldier for lnsxv
Hon I must run armmd to the t'nl
versny club and watch the score of (lo.
Yale ll.irxarxl game at Cambridge. It
looks like llarxarxl. hang It all! Ureal
game, thex say"--
"There be g,v on football. We
must U off or It will ts dark before
we get axxay from blm. liosstby!"
crhsl Miss Cable.
"How's your father, tlray? He
wasn't t,s. ii. g the U'st In the world
yesterday." said x'aMe. (m king In the
rotsv
" cae of 'her Mr fable,
right t.slay i;,ssll,v -"
lie s all
As Jan,, and her father whl-led away
the latter b.i x utterance to t remark
o
that broufbt a new brightness to br
eyes and a proud throbbing to her
heart, but he did not observe the ef
feet.
o"Hrlght. clever eb.ip-t!i:.t firaydou
Hansemer." he aald comfortably.
CHAPTER. II.
THE general manager of the
I'adrlc, Lakes and Atlan
tic Railroad system' bad
had a hard struggle of It
He who begins hla career
with a shovel In a loco-
motlx-e cab usually haa aomethlng of
that sort to look back upon. There are
no roses along the pathway he has
traversed. In the end, perhaps, be
wonders If It has been worth while.
David Cable waa a general mannger.
He had been a fireman. It had required
twenty-five years of bard work on bis
part to break through the chrysalis,
racked away In a cheat upstairs In hla
house there was a grimy, greasy, un
wholesome suit of once blue overalls.
The garments were Juat as old as his
railroad career, for he had worn them
on bla first trip with the ahovcl. When
bla wife Implored blm to throw nxvay
the "detestable things" he said, with
characteristic humor, that he thought
he would keep them for a rainy day.
It was much simpler to go from gen
eral manager to fireman than vice
versa, and It might lie that be would
need the suit again. It pleased blm to
hear hla wife sniff contemptuously.
David Cable had been a wayward.
venturesome youth. Hla father and
mother had buHt their hopes high, with
blm as a foundation, and he had proved
decidedly Insecure basis, for one
night lu the winter of 18) a be stole
away froif) his home lu New York.
Before spring he was fighting In the
far southland, a boy of sixteen carry
ing a musket In the service of bis
country.
At the close of tbe civil war Private
Cable, barely el;leen, returned to his
home, only to find that death had de
stroyed Ita happiness. Ills father bad
died, leaving his widowed mother a de
pendent upon him. It w-na then philo
sophically be realized that labor alone
could win for him, and he stuck to It
with rigid Integrity. In turn ho be
came brakeniiin nnd fireman. Finally
hla determination nnd faithfulness won
him a fireman's place on otio of the
fast New York Central "runs." If ever
be xx' a 8 dlssailslled with the work, no
one was tbe wiser.
Railroading lu those days wua not
what It Is in these advnnced times.
Then it meant that one xvas possessed
of all the evil habits that fall to the
lot of man. David fable was more or
less contaminated by contact with hla
rough, ribald compaulous of the rail,
and he glided moderately Into (he bad
hnhlts of hla kind, lie drunk nnd
"gamboled" with tbe rest of the boys:
but, by nature not being vicious and
tow, the Influences were not hopelessly
deadening to the bet(er qunllilcs of his
character. To his mother he xvns al
ways the strong, good hearted, manly
boy, bettor than all the other sous In
the world. .She believed In him. Ho
worshiped her. end It xvas not until he
xvns xxell up lu the txventles (bat he
stopped to think that she xvas uot the
only good woman In the world xvho de
served respect.
I'p In Albany lived the Widow Cole
man and her txvo pretty (laughters.
Mrs. Coleman's husband died on the
battlefield, and she. like many women
lu the north and (he smith, after years
of moderate prosperity xvns compelled
to support herself and her family, she
bad Uen a pretty xvoman, and one
readily could see where her daughters
got their personal attractiveness.
Not many doors from (be boisterous
Utile eating bouse lu xvhlch the rail
road lueu snatched (heir meals as tliev
vveni through, tbe xv idoxv opened a
Iss.k and iiexxs stand. Her home xvas
on the lloor above the stand, an I it
was there sl. brought her little girls
(o womanhood. (Jo.nI looking, haruin
sen rum Dave Cable saxv I'rainvs Cole
man one evening as be dropiisl In to
purchase a newspaper. It xvas at the
end of June. In tSTti. and (he country
was In the throe of excitement oxer
Hie first news of the Custer massacre
on the Little lllg Horn river.
fable xvas deeply Interested, for lie
had seen Custer lighting nt the front
lu Hie sixties. Francos Coleman, the
prettiest girl he had ever seen, sold
him the nexx spiixcr. After that, he
seldom xvent through Alliany xvithont
v isiting the little book shop.
i'eius'stuous, even arrogant lu love,
l alile. oinv oonvtinvd that he cared for
her, lost no time In claiming hor.
whether or no. Ill less than three
mouths after tbe Custer massacre they
xxere married.
Deteat.sl rivals unanimously nnd en
viously ohscrxcxl that the handsomest
flrxMlian on the rxxad had inuquered the
nnvst outrageous little x-.siuette ls
txvorn New York and Hufalo. As a
matter of fact, she had loved him
frxvn the start: the others served ss
thorn with xvhlch he dtiightedly
prtckod Irs heart Into n!J,vti.u
The xo'iin husband settled down, re
nouinv.1 a l of hi nil lesirible habits
and Uv.une a new man w It i such sur
prising suddenness that lis frleu-ls
uurvc'ed and-derldi-d. A year
'6
Ifcapplnesa followed. He grew accu
itomcd to her frivolous ways, oxcr
' looked her merry whimsicalities and
'gave her tbe "full b-ugih of a free
!rope." as be called it. He was coii
1 tented und i-onse.'lclill.v carele-s. S.le
j chafed under the li,.li:f. rence a:.d in her
! resentment believed Hie worst of l.iui.
'Turmoil succeeded ; ea e -mi c.,t'te.it
nient. and lu tbe end D;.vii Cat-ie.
driveii to distract!'. :i. weakly .u.iu
jloned the domestic baulolicld ami tie I
to the far west, giving up borne. g"i
wages and all for the Mike of treeuom.
uch as It was. He Ignored her Ictiers
and entreaties, but In all those mouths
that he xvas away from bee irv never
ceased to regret the Impulse :b:it had
defeated him. Nevertheless be could
not make up bis mind to go back nnd
resume the life of torture ber Jeulousy
had begotten.
Then the unexpected hapieued. A
letter was received containing the com
mand to come borne and care for hla
wife and baby. At once David Cable
called a halt In his demoralizing ca
reer and saw the situation plainly. He
forgot that she had "nagged" him to
the point where endurance rebelled: be
forgot everything but the fact that he
cared for her In spite of all. Sobered
and conscience stricken, he knew only
that she was alone and tolling: that she
had suffered uncomplainingly until the
babe waa some months old before ap
pealing to blm for help. In abject hu
miliation he hastened back to .-e
York, reproaching himself every mile
of the way. Had he but known the
true situation he would bnxe been
spared the pangs of remorse and this
narrative never would haxe been writ
ten.
CHAPTER III.
N the city of New York
there waa practicing at
that time a lawyer by
the name of Bansemer.
Ills office, on tbe top
most floor of a dingy
bulldltig in the lower section of the
, '7 ," ... . ..
city, was not inviting. On leaving the.
, . . " , ,, . .
elevator one wound about through unr-
row balls and finally peered with more
or less uncerlulnty and misgiving ut
" v
the hall obliterated sign wnicb said
that James Bansemer held forth on the
other side of tbe glass panel.
It xxas whispered In certain circles
nnd openly avowed In others that Ban-
semer's business was not tbe kind
xvlilch elevates the law. In plalu
words, bis methods were construed to
debase the good and honest studKes
of the land. Once luslde tbe door of
bis olfice-and a heavy spring always " " "s l",st "'irty-nve wnen lie en
closed It behind one-there was quick fr ed tho 8cho01- at lpast twelve 'enrs
evidence that the lawyer lamentably '-fenlor f Knusemer.
disregarded the virtues of prosperity. . ,8 BPPea"iuce and attire proclaimed
no mailer how they hud been courted hlm, t0 be trom ,ne country, but bis
and won. Although his transactions S0Inlstry. bis knowledge of the world
In and out of the courts of that great a"d hls wonderful insight Into human
city boro the mnrk of dishonor, be
was known to bavo made money dur-
lug tbe ten years of bis career as a
member of the bar.
I'ossibly be kept bis office shabby
and unclean that It might be in touch
with tbe transactions xvhlch had their
morbid birth Inside the grimy walls.
There xvas no spot or corner In the
txvo small rooms that comprised bis
chambers" to which be could polut
xvltb pride. The floors were littered
xxilh papers; (be xvalls were greasy
and bedecked with malodorous uotu-
Hons, documents aud pictures; the win-
dows xxere smoky and useless; the
clerk s desk bore every suggestion ot
dissoluteness.
llut Utile less appalling to one's nes-
(belle sense xvas Hie clerk himself.
Squatting behind his wretched desk.
:iias Droom peered across the littei
of papers and books wit Ii shaky but
polite eyes, almost as inviting as the
spider xxiio vviili wily but insidious
decorum draws (he guileless Into In
web.
If one passed muster in the estlma
11. mi or the Incomprehensible Droom h, I '" i'':ti:niite lie packed up bis
was p.-ritiiiii'd in iliie season to pas- ) Sl'n:!"es and laid them away tempo
throni.ll a second oppressive lookhn; ' n,ril.v- he said. He resorted' to slc'mi
I door ai d i:no ihe lu-ivale ollico
f Mr :
James Itansi'inor. attorney at laxv audi
soliciior. It may be remarked at ibi. !
early since that
or how well o
matter boxv Ion..
may have known
Dr.siin. one seldom linuered to en
lu colllluolllila. es with hlm. Ills .. ..
i the inosi repellent personality lmagl
j liable. When be smiled one xvas con
, scions of a slun k to the nervous sya
! ICUI
xvheu he so far forgot himself 'a
; i" lauxill al l there was a distinct
llliistrailoii of the word "crunching;"
xvheu he spoke one xvas nliuost sorrv
(hat be had ears.
Bansemer knew but little of thi
, fn-akish Individual's hlstorv; no one
I e,'',' had the temerity to inquire (m,
! bis past or to separate it from bis fu
! tare, for that mailer iin.ee Baiisem...
j ronlenlly ask.sl him why be had nYiei
nnrrhsl. It , mllmtf u.tt)
I the oHii-r llftl his eyes from the sheet
, of lc-al cap and by that tltne he. wa
I In ful! control of Ms pas;i,.n.
I ii'l. SI me! Would
''.v Woman
: marry a thin; hi,,.
I hi xxas s:,,, i,, h ,,.rr,.,I(1 (Mr
t"'l"i-s h, t ins,..n,.r t. k ,.:,,v ,.,
; er t., ,r..a. 1, the K,-,s t g:!1
:.- -:,a, Dns.tn, ,,., . ,
; i"l and br.iss
i ...
. m.vi, as nildd V av-ed
, lH,1-v "d cadaverous f:l,,.
It's
structed on principles not generally na
rreditO to uature as It applies to men.
When ere I body sv ved as if it
were a iiubborn reed uetermlned to
maintain its dignity in tbe face of the'
wind. He did not walk; be glided.
1 Ills long, square chin, rarely clean
i shaven, protruded far beyond Its nat
ural orbiL Indeed, tbe attllude of tbe
I chin gave one an luslght to tbe greedy
I character of tbe man. At first glance
I one felt that Droom was reaching forth
with his loxver Jaw to give greeting
with bis teeth Instead of bis hand.
Ills neck was long and thin, and bis
turndown collar was at least two sixes
too large. The nose xvas booked and
of abnormal length, tbe tip coming
down over the short upper lip and
broad mouth. Hla eyes were light blue
and o intense that he was never
known to blink the lashes. Topping
them were deep, wavering black eye
brows that met above the nose, form
ing an ominous, cloudy line across the
base of his thin, high forehead. The
crown of bis bead, covered by long.
1
Droom. grinned diabolically as he re-
sutned the rubbtnq ot his hands.
scant strands of black hair, was of
the type known as "retreating and
pointed." Tbe forehead ran upward
and back from the brows almost to a
point, and down from the pinnacle
hung the veil of hair, Juat as If be had
draped It there with the same care be
might bare used In placing his best
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nnd the. high, nnrrow shou ders were
. , , , , , .
hunched forward eager y. Long arms
. ,, , . .., . ... .,
and ridiculously thin legs with big
h 'da "d fe ! Mtbe story of his
PYtrfimirifiQ U linn ho tvn nn hla r nnt
r, "
pr"u' f more than six feet al : as
" """. ' ' "..,.'; . . ,,
, , , , ,
, """ -' an
ol,st;ure "w sc"001 down 'n I'ennsyl-
;",,m' t,t'ulr ,B"U l00KlnS.
,,l's' ""Vi .
"PI""""-- .. nere ne came
f"1 " 01,e kl'e.w aDd n0 0,le carl.
coutrnuictea nis looks lmmcas-
u,uu'-' v counici or two convinced
u'9 fellow' students that he was more
I tnan a ma,cn for them In stealth and
cunning If not In dress and deport-
""-nr.
Ellas Droom had not succeeded as a
'""Ter- He repelled people, growing
more mm more uir against the world
as ms "ruggics became harder. What
"l0"ey "e bad accumulated beav-
nlone Kncw boxv he enme by It-
dwindled to nothing, and be waa In nc-
t"al 'ltilor when laler Bansemer
fou"d hlm In an attic In Baltimore,
l;vi'" ns llp engaged tbe half starved
B "'"'" t0 become his confidential clerk
tlle lawyer shuddered nnd almost re-
l"'"1 of bis action.
" fcllas Droom xvas worth bis
wlsht In gold to James Bansemer
1 d".v forth. His employer's
""" in " as to get rich and
';'ereby to achieve power. His auibi-
j '" u:,s laudable if one accepts the
I ''ri'''d "f morals, but his methods were
! "ot sojc.iis .worthy. After a year or
I '"" "f s,:lrv-'tin struggles to get ou
piaclice. knavery und all Hi., form ,,r
I'-ackiunil. it was not long lie
f"ri' llis '""k aecotint besnn to xv..n
; in.
I "' ""soicss inrlved. He xvas so .-l.o-.
"'r "l:,t "'" 0!o of bis shadv nrocee.l.
iiil-x reacted. It Is snr i i....
,. '" ..iiniu- inai
" I"''' cent of the people xvho were
'I. ked through bis manipulations pro:-.i-i-e.l
lu tne boat of virtuous wrath to
''M"se him. but be bad le.ni,,.,t m
1 8"lil' '" "wnrity. lie knew that ox-
l';ie for him moant humiliation f.
sft 11
iue niMi.-.itor. and lie contlnmsj t0 rest
easy vvh,;,. 1, worked hard,
"i.'u'rc getting rich at this sort of
i ng. observed Droom oue dav after
the lawyer had closed a paniculnrlv
"'c.,us deal to bis own satisfaction,
"hat are you going to do when
t"C tide turns''"
Ii.-einor. irritated on perceiving that
ii .. ..tner was engaged In his exasper
ating habit of rubbing hi, hands to
M'ther. did not answer, bl,l ,wrelY
''"'"lereil out. "Will you stop that?"
"ere was faint suggestion, of tbe
"ss:b::y f ,ransitl,.u of the hands
" ciaxx, as Dr.Huii abruptly desisted.
1:'-v ""t on: O .
oii'.i. day tl. t(.r shark will get
tie belter of ,. ,, ,.. h.lvc i)()lh
' ran back on. You've tioen build-
i mighty slim foundation.,. There
-nt a sW, f support If the worst
xvn.es totbexv.h" be chucked.
o o
n' - ,
" " 'rge worlH ,
emolover ... 111 Sr,
"And small u'!ro
saying." sa Hlw
a mans ,! " I
lnM "
Droom gr!,mHi,
bauds il.-,, ,i... ..
an oath, an. I cr,
r"c e.t
side ot'-Ice.
where Droi
I-alise .
': es,
l tt.l.i i .
hung outsi.h. .1... j l
utes. as If x,ai,iUw 'I
in nnd tantalise hi... 1
RllllSMMti.n .
the courser in,,:,. .L i
-Wim jQyJ. .
the tweuud look f .
favor. Ue Was thI 1 ;
lint nnL-i.,1 i.i. .'. ur
v" oiuer. Uj,
and dfeply tuarked
tensity. The black erJ
lng In their brliiii,n
cruel, snv.-ii... n.o.. .. .
pitiless lu their ver
7 'Jin:
.iy auer leaving collf-MJ
Hlnvls ho . "1
of a minister. For t.
Influence kept In, '
rtfrbtunna noil, .... .
i".iu. out Qe xtr-i
tha rnb. rt
invert;. Hi,,
because he xvas uuab! ,
wnu more or the lun,r
his selfish xvay he luvrt
........... ,UP ,m ,uri
pered. despite Lcr mi..
lighteu the sliadoxvj ltKJ
uuiiic. .. uen me baj
io mem anu she sujJ
more from the i.nkiiidi.l
James I'.auseiner. b; ujt,J
eor, threw off iw'nuM 1
into the traliie that Mot J
lamouaiy successful
ever, berore tbe tulm ( ,
touched her. aud be. ,
ten tuankrul Hut she t
knnxv the truth.
At this time Iiansumf
fort at oiie of the uildille
lug houses uptown. ini .
Just leaviug the kinder)::
private scboul. Bauwiwr
heart bud one teuder cbii
It dwell the little lad r
bair and gray eyes ef lb,
bad died.
Lnte one November if:
before Bansemer put on t
coat to leave the ofict :
Droom tapped on tbe (i
the door to his private o
tbe clerk communicated t
signal, a Boor button h
could acquaint his dusih
that he might lo kuotv.i:
In the outer office koumJ
wiser. The occasions xriJ
he xvent. so far as to up
Bansemer was puzzled i:
listened for soiimls frnr
aide. Suddenly there cmr
the voices of women, d
Droom's suppressed but
cous tones.
ilnnsemer opened tbe do-j
Into the outer office, he
swaying before txvo xroc-
his bunds and smiting,
women carried a small :
arms. Neither she nor be:
seemed quite at ease in :!
of the lank guardian of UV
CHAPTER
ADY lo I"
neiinced 1'
sliri'ivd.
of the Inner
ed up Q
the prolor-
g:i7.o of his clerk, fiw
fell.
"Confound it. Mas!
quit looking nt me
soinetliing positively
slare of yours!"
"Lady to sc,. you." r.T'
shifting al'J'i: I':"':!-!';
ilig axvav to tal.e Id '"''
the long row of I-"1'
cases. He had 1"'
dozen times a d-ir f 0
v..,.,-s Tbe .iMt khl "
that chains c.n'd
him. It xvas xxii-t -
,.r.,,...f,.i w iv of thom'M
... .i... fun., civinff
ill mi :..,iii. ' " .
ib-it h.. xvas constant.; f-
" Xr.. von Mr. lWa
woman 'with the
he crossed into the -w
,.,M.ai llne-
r..,ii.,l a!.sorll I-
ii,. i, is liiiL-cr n.i
sudden. comiK'CheMl" '
took In the J
and all the s
was no don!
was another
catalogued
"I am." In
,'WSfJ c
in t:f s
iKiterait-'
r,.;,:i.xl
......ii- n..l.. slurt. q-1'1
ji
e The:,'
xy.siiJ
them at best,
lng In tomorrow
the dav."
i I'm
.... .. .... .. ha! I
- II xx in " - - y
sd It would W ver?
et nxv::v rtg.'.n1
young woman
mTriW
prniwi ill il f.l'.
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