THE NECESSARY RESOURCES. $
By ANTHONY HOIMJ.
( Copyright. 1SS7 , by A. II. Itnnklns. )
' Tim artalr hud three obvious results ! The
.marriage of I'rlnco Julian , Sir Henry ShumV
baronetcy and llio complete renovation o
I..ady Cralgennich's town houto. Its othe
effects , It any , were more obscure.
Ily accident of birth anil of political events
! Prlnce Julian was ft prctsndci' , oiie of severe
Eont'omen ' who occupied that position In ro
K.ird to the throne of an Important European
country. Ily a necetfitty of their natures
Messrs. Shura & Myers were financiers ; thanlcs
tn a fall In rents and a taslo for speculation
J > ady Cralgcnoch * hard put to It foi
money , and had become a good frltnJ atic
ally of Mr. Shuin's ; sometimes he allowci
her to put a finger lu one of bis plea and
iliaw out a little plum tor herself , llycis ,
henrlnK one day of his partner'n ocfiualntancc
with Lady Cralgennoth , observed : "Shi
might Introduce us to I'rlnce Julian. " SUum
BtUcd no questions , but obeyed : that was
the way to bo comfortabiu and to grow i ich
If : ou were Jlr. llyers" partner. The Intro
duction was duly effected ; the prince won-
aerc-d vaguely , almost ruefully , what thcao
man expected to get out of him. Djcrs
lektd himself quite a& dolefully whether
inythlng could be mada out of an Indolent
irtistlc , lazy young man llko the prince ; pre
tenders such as ho served only to buttress
existing governments.
"Yes , " agreed fahum. "Desldcs he's en
tangled with that wosnac. "
"Is there a woman ? " aeKed Uyers. "I
should llko to know her. "
So , on his second visit to I'rlaco Untc , Mr.
Ujora was Intioduced to the lady who wau
on inmate In I'rincc Jullnu'H.housi ) , but wns
nut received lu society. Lady Cralgcunoch ,
lion ever , opining , Justly enough , that since
elm had no girls sbo might know whom ho
pleanod , had cal cd on the lady and was on
friendly terms with her. The lady was
mimed -Mrs , Klvrs and \vtiK understood to be
a widow. "And surely one needn't ask foi
Ills ilcath certtfUatcl" pleaded Lady Crulgen-
noch. 11era , as ho took : tea In Sirs. Illvors'
boudoir , was quite of the Game mind. Hu
nursed his squat a chin In his loin hand and
lcgardc.1 his hostess with marked uttcntioti.
Binwus handsome th.it fact concerned
Ilycrs very little , eho was also magnificently
Folf-conTclent this ttalt roused his Interest
In a moment. He camu to ueo her moie tlntn
once again ; for now an idea had begun to
shape llsulf In his brain. lie mentioned It
to nobody , least of all to Mm. lllvcrs. Hut
one day she bald to him , with the carcles
contempt that ho admired :
"If I had all your money I should do
something with It , "
"Don't 17" ho asked , half-liking , half-re
senting her manner.
"Oh , you make moio money with It , I
suppose. "
She paused for a moment and then , leanIng -
Ing forward , began to discuss European poli
tics , with especial reference to the condi
tion of affairs In I'rlnco Julian's country.
Ilyors listened In silence ; she told him much
that ho know , a few things which had es
caped him. She told him also one thing
which ho did not believe that 1'rlnco Ju
lian's Indolent airs cove-ed a character of
rare resolution and tenacity. She repeated
thla twice , thereby betraying that she was
not sure her first statement had carried con
viction. Then she showed that the existing
government In the prince's country WP
weak , divided , unpopular and poor ; and then
one ran over the Hat of rival pretonclers un i
proved how deficient all of them were In the
qualities necessary to gain or keep a throne
At this point she stopped and asked Mr
Dyers to take a second cup of tea. He
looked at her with Interest and amusement
In his shrewd eyes ; she had all the genius ,
the natlvo power , with none of the training ,
none of the knowledge- men , Ho read her
so easily ; but there waa a good deal to read.
In ono point , however , ho read her wrongly ;
almost the only mistakes he made were due
to forgetting the possible existence of unselfish -
selfish emotion.
Prince- Julian had plenty of imagination ;
without any difficulty ho imagined himself
regaining his ancestral throne , sitting on It
In majesty and establishing It In power. This
vision Mrs. Rivers called up before his re
ceptive mind by detailing her conversation
with Mr. Dyers. "You want nothing but
money to do It , " she said. And Dyers had
money In great hears ; Shum had It , too , and
Shum was for present purposes Dyers ; so
wcro a number of others persons , all with
money. "I believe the pcop'o are devoted
to mo In tholr hearts. " said I'rlnco Julian ;
then ho caught Mrs. Illvero by both her
hands and cried : "And then you shall bo my
queen. "
"Indeed I won't , " said she ; and sbo added
almost fiercely , "Why do you bring that up
again now ? It would spoil It all. " For ,
contrary to what the world thought Prince
Julian had offered several times to marry
the lady who was not received nor rialtpd
( except , of course , by Lady Cralgennoch ) .
Stranger still.this marriage was the thing
which the prince desired above all things ,
HR IMAGINED HIMSELF REGAINING HIS
ANCESTRAL THRONE.
for falling It ho feared that fcdmo day ( owing
to a conscience nnd other coiiBlderntlons.Mrs.
Rivers would leave him , nnd ho really did
not know what ho should do then. When he
Imagined hliiitelf on his ancestral throne ,
MID. Rivers wan always very near at"hand ;
whether actually on the throne beside him
or Just behind It was a paint ho was prompt
to shirk ; nt any coat , though , she must bo
very near.
As time went on there wcro many meetIngs -
Ings nt I'alaco gate ; the prlnco , Mr. Shum
and Lady Crclgennoch wore present some
times ; Mrs. Rivers and Dyers wcro never
wanting. The prince's Imagination was Im
mense stimulated In those days ; Lady
Oralgcnuoch'ti love for a specula
tion wai splendidly Indulged ; Mr.
Bluim's cautious disposition received
terrible shocks. Mrs. Rivers da- !
cuc cd European politics , the attitude of
the rhureh and the secret quarrels of the
cabinet In I'rlnco Julian's country ; and Dyer *
silently gathered together all the money of
his own and other people's an which ho conic :
lay hands. Ho was meditating a great coup ;
and Just now and ( hen ho felt a queer touch
of remorse when ho reflected that his coup
was so very different from the coup to which
Mrs. Rivers' dUqutelilons and the prince's
vivid Imagination Invited him , Hut hu be-
Itoved In the survival of the fittest , and , al
though Mrs. Rivers wca very fit , he hlmuelf
wai just by a llttlo bit Utter still. Meanwhile
thu government In the prince's country faced
Its many dllllcultles with much boldness ,
und seemed on thu whole uafe enough.
The birth and attributes of rumor have
often engaged the attention of poets ; who
can doubt that their rhetoric would have
been embellished and their metaphors mul
tiplied had they possessed more Intimate
acquaintance with Iho places where money
lu bought and sold ? Fur In respect of
av.-nUeiiliig. , widespread Interest , and affect
ing the happiness of homes , what Is the
character of'any lady , however high born ,
conspicuous or beautiful , compared with the
character of a stock ? Hero , Indeed , Is a
Hold for calumny , for Innuendo , for hlntu
of frailty , for whispers of Intrigue ; for
bcandal mongers have tholr turn to serve ,
nnd the holders are swift to distrust. When
eomubody writes Sheridan's comedy anew ,
| ot him lay the ccnu cf It In a bourse ; be
tween his slandered stock and his slandered
dame , ho may work out a very pretty and
fanciful parallel.
Hero , however , the facts can bo set down
only plainly and prosaically , Ou all thu
exchanges there arose a feeling of uueasloesa
tccpcctlng the stork of the government o
I'rlnco Julian's country ; celling was gain )
on. not lu largo blocks , but cautiously , con
tlmmlly , In unending driblets ; surely on i
8) tcni , and with a purpose ? Then cami
paragraphs In the papers ( llko whispers be
hind tons ) discussing the state of the gov
eminent and the country much In the veil
which had marked Mrs. Rivers' dlsserta
tlons. Ily now the stock was down threi
points ; by pure luck It fell another , It
myMcrlouR sympathy with the Soutl
African mining market. Next there was i
riot In a provincial town In the prlnce'i
country , then n minister resigned and madi
a damaging statement In the chamber
Upon this seemed no more than natura
that attention should bo turned to I'rlnci
Jullau , his habits , his entourage , hh
visitors. And now there were vis
Itois ; nohlctt and gentlemen crossci
the channel to sec htm ; they cam <
t'teaithlly , yet not so rceretly but that then
was a paragraph. Thess great folk hai
heard the rmnotH , nnd hope had revived li
their breasts. They talked to Mrs. Rivera
Mrs. Rivera had talked previously to Mr
Dyers. A day later n weekly paper , whlcl
pnses. Dj < l good nnd claimed universal In
formation , announced that great nctlvlt ;
reigned among I'rlnco Julian's party , ani
that lila ronl highness was considering tin
desirability of Issuing a manifesto. "Cer
tain ulterior steps , " the writer continued
"arc In contemplation , but of those It wouh
bo prcmaturo to speak. " There was not ver :
much In all this , but It made the friends o
the stock r at her uncomfortable ; and the ;
weio no morn happy when a leading artlcli
In a leading paper demonstrated bcyong pos
elblilty of cavil that Prince Julian had n fal
chanro of BUCCCMB , but that , If he rcgalnci
tlo : thiono , ho could look to hold It only b ;
seeking glory In an aggrseslvc attltudi
toward hln neighbors. On the nppcaranci
of this luminous forcca t the poor stock fel
two points more ; tln > : e had been a sauvo qu
pent of thn timid holdcre.
Then actually came the manifesto ; am
It was admitted on all hands to be sucl
nn excellent manifesto as to amount to nr
event ot Importance. Whoever liad draw :
It up nnd thla question was never acttlcc
lie knew l > ow to lay his fingers on all tin
weak spots of the existing government , hou
to touch on the glorleu of Prince Julian' !
liowo , what tone to adopt on vexed qucs
tlona , how tn rouse the enthusiasm of al
the discontented. "Given that the prlnce't
party possess the necessary resources , " oh
served the same leading Journal , "It can *
not bo denied that the situation hae uraumct !
an aspect of gravity. " And the poor stocl <
fell yet a llttlo more ; upon which Mr. Shum
who had a liking for taking a profit when IK
saw It , ventured to ask his partner how lonj
ho meant "to keep It up. "
"Wo'll talk about that tomorrow , " sali !
Mr. Dyers. "I'm going to call In Palace
Oato this afternoon..1' Ho looked verj
thoughtful as ho brushed hl hat and .3cnl
for n hansome. Dut as he drove along hie
brow cleared , nnd he smiled triumphantly ,
If the prince's party had not the necessarj
resources they could do nothing ; If they
did nothing , would not the drooping stock
lift up her brad again ? Now nobody was
In a position to solve that problem about
the necessary resources so surely or sc
swiftly as Mr. Dycis.
A hundred yards from Prince Jullan'e
houeo he saw Lady Cralgennoch walking
along the pavcmont , and got out of his cal
to Join her Pho was full of the visit she
had Just paid , above all of Ellen Rivers.
"Kecause she's the whole thing you know , '
ahe said. "The adherents gcod gracious
what helpless dentures ! I don't wondui
the republicans upset them If that's whai
they're all like. O , they're gentlemen , o
course , nnd you're nat. Dyers ( Mr. Dyen
bowed slightly and smiled acquiescently ) , bul
I'd rather buvc you than 1,000 cf them
And the prlnco , poor dear , is hardly better
Always talking of what he'll do when he'i
there , never thinking how he's going to gel
there ! "
Dyers let her run on ; she was giving hlu
both Instruction and amusement ,
"And then he's afraid 0 , not of the bul <
lets or the guillotine , or whatever It Is be
cause he's a gentleman , too , you know. ( Or
perhaps , you don't know ! I wonder If yoi
do ? Shum doesn't ; perhaps you do. ) Bui
he's afraid of losing her. If he goes , sh (
won't so with him. I don't mean as ai
she Is now , you know. She won't go any
how , not as his wife even. Well , of course
If ho married her he'd wreck the whole thine
Dut one would hardly expect her to sec UMI
- or even to care , If ho did. She's verj
odd , " Lady Cralgennoch paused a moment
"She's fond of him. too , " she added. "She's
a very queer woman. "
"A lady ? " aekcd Mr. Uycia with a toucl
of satire- .
"O , yes , " said Lady Cralgennoch , scornfu
that he needed to ask. "Hut BO odd. Well
you've seen her with him jubt like a mothei
with her pet boy ! How hard she's worked
to be sure ! She- told me how she'd got hlir
to t > isn the whnt'a-its-namo ? He almosl
cried , because he'd have to go without her
you know. Dut she baya it's nil right now
he won't go back now , because he's giver
his word. And she's bhnply triumphant ,
though she's fond of him and though
} he won't go with him. " Again
Lady Cralgennoch paused. "People won'l
call on that woman , you know , " she remarked
after her pause. Then she added , "Of course
that's right , except for a reprobate like mo
But still "
"She's nn Interesting woman , " eald Bjere
In a perfunctory sympathy with his com.
panion's enthusiasm.
Lady Cralgennoch cooled down , and fixed
n cold and penetrating glancn on him.
"Yes , and you'ra nn interesting man , " she
said. "What arc you doing , Air. Dyers ? "
"Vindicating Right Divine. " ho answered ,
Lady Cralgennoch smiled "Well , what
ever It Is , " Blio said , "Shum has promised
that I shall stand In. " Again she paused ,
"Only , " she resumed , "if you're making n
Tool of that woman " She seemed unable
to finish the sentence ; there hud been
senuino indignation In her eyes for a mo
ment ; It faded away ; but there came a Might
fluah "on her check as she added , "Dut that
locsn't matter If It's In the way of buslnets
dors It ? "
"And Shum has promised that you shall
stand In , " Ilycrs reminded her gravely.
Lady Cinlgennoch dug her parasol Into
the streak of earth that showed but ween
pavement and curbstone.
"Anyhow I'm glad I called on her , " she
said. "I'm not much , heaven knows , but
I'm a woman to speak to. "
"To cry to ? " he hazarded.
"How do you know she cried ? Think
what sho'd been through , poor thing ! O ,
> ou won't find her crying , "
" 1 hope not , " said Mr. Dyers with ' a per
fect seriousness In his slightly nasal 'tones ;
nnd when they parted ho said to himself.
'That woman hates having to know me. "
tut there were many people in that position ;
and ho spent much time In Increasing the
lumber ; so the reflection caused him no
> aln , but rnther a sense of self-complacency ;
when people know you who hate having to
tnow you , you nro somebody. The thought
msscd , and the next moment he found him
self being glad that Ellen Rivers had a
woman to speak to or to cry to even
hough It wcro only Lady Cralgennoch.
She was not crying when she received Mr.
lycra. She , was radiant. She told him that
icr part was done ; now he must do his part ;
hen the prlnco would do his ; thus the
; rent enterprise would bo accomplished.
That odd pang struck Dyers again as ho
Istencd ; ho recollected the beginning of
.ady Cralgcnnoch's unfinished sentence , "If
you're making a fool of that woman "
rhitt was Just what he was doing. Ho es
caped from the thought nnd gratified his
curiosity by turning the talk to Mrs. Rivers
icrself.
"Accomplished , eh ? " tald no. "And It's n
crown for the prince ! "
"Yea , and great Influence for you. "
"And you'll be "
"I shall bo nothing. I shall go away. "
she spoke quickly and decisively ; the mo-
utlon was there , but to dwell on it was dan
gerous
"Whcro to ? " he asked.
"Oh , I don't know. Anywhere. "
"Hack to "
your people ?
She looked at him for a moment. He had
allowed blmuo'f to sneer. Her manner , as
she went on without taking any notice of
uU question , proved that Lady Cralgeunoch
had been right In paying that ahc was a
lady.
"My work will bo done , " ho wild. "From
the first moment I know the prlnco I do *
tcrmlncd to use my Influence In this way ,
Ho only he only needed & little encourage *
ment. "
"And a little money ? "
"I gave him one , you're giving him the
other. Wo shall both be , repaid by bis sue *
cess. "
"You're a very strange woman , " ho said.
Probably ho did not know how straight and
hard his eyea were eel on her ; they could
not leave her. What a pity It was that she
would not go with the prince as his wife ,
or even ( to UBO Lady Cralgcnnoch's char
itable evasive phrase ) as she was now. To
set the prince on the scat of his ancestors
was not an exploit that appealed to Mr.
Dyrrs ; but to set this woman on a throne
would bo worth well , how much ? Mr.
rijers detected this question In his own
heart ; he could not help reducing things
to figures. "Why don't you go with him ? "
ho asked bluntly.
"It would prejudice him , " she answered ,
simply , folding her hands In her lap.
Then she stretched out n hand toward
him and said suddenly , with a sudden quaver
In hct' voice"I talk to you llko this , and
all the time I'm wanting to go down on my
knees and ItUs your hands , because you'ro
doing this , "
The loin ; hand held the square Jaw ; the
attitude wau a favorite one with Mr. Dyers ;
and his eyes wcro still on her.
"Yes ; that's what I want to do , " she aald
with n nervous laugh. "It'o no splendid of
you. " Her breath came fast ; her eyes were
very bright , At that moment Mr. Dycto
wished that the quick breath and. the bright
eyes were for him himself , not for the
helper of the prince ; and tor that moment
ho forgot Mrs. Dyers and the bable ? In Port
land I'lacc ; It wan years since ho had had
any such wish about any woman ; he felt
n sympathy with Prince Julian , who had
almost cried when ho signed the manifesto ,
because , If he mounted the throne Ellen
In hcr elf and In Mr. Dyers. Dut the days
, went on. Slowly the ) stock rose , then tn
, went the public witto n rush. The para
graphs and tha nrtlclos dwindled nnd
ceased ; there was A ocmmotlon somewhere
else In Europe ; PMnc&Jullan and his mani
festo were forgottton. What did It mean ?
She wrote n note anklng Mr. Dyers to call.
It was Just at thistlmo alee that Mr.
Henry Shum accepted the Invitation of the
Conservative association of the Hatton gar
den division ot Holborti Dars to contest the
scat at the approaching general election ,
and that Lady Cralgennoch gave orders for
the complete renovation of her town house.
Doth these actions-Involved , of course , some
cxpnec , how inuoli , 11 Is hard to say pre
cisely. The houfc-was rather largo and the
ecat was very safe.
Prince Julian , eat In his library In Palace
Gate , nnd Mrs. Rivers stood beside him ,
her hand resting on the nrm ot his
chair. Now and then the prince glanced up
flt her face rather timidly. They had agreed
that matters showed no progress ; then Mrs.
Rivers had become silent ,
"Has Dyers thrown us over ? " the prince
asked at last.
"Huph , hush , " shs answered , In a low
voice , "Walt till he's been ; he'a coming
today. " Her voice sank lower still as she
" ' have O ho can't ! "
whispered : "Ho can't ; ,
There was silence again. A few mln-
utto passed before the prlnco broke out fret
fully : "I'm sick of the whole thing. I'm
very well as I nm. If they want me , let
them send for me. I can't force myself on
them. "
She looked down for n moment , and touched
his hair with her hand.
"If this has coma to nothing I'll never
try again. I don't like being made a fool of. "
Her hand rested for n moment on ha ! fore
head ; ho looked up emtllng ,
"Wo can be happy together , " he murmured.
"Let's throw up Iho whole tiling and bs
harpy together. " He caught her hand in
his. "You'll stay with me , anyhow ? "
"You want me , still ? "
THEN HE WALKED OVER TO WHERE SHE LAY.
Rlvero would leave him.
"Wo want money now , directly , " she went
on. "Wo want the manifesto In every house.
I can manage the distribution. Aaid we must
pay people bribe them. We must eow seed.
It'll soon come up. And the prlnco will act
at the proper time. "
"How much do you want now ? " ho askel.
"Half a million now , and : another next
month , " eho said ,
"And more before the end ? "
"Yes , most likely. You can gst It , you
know. "
"And shall I ever get It back ? "
"Tho Prince has given his word. " Mr.
Dyers assumed a doubtful air. " 0 , you're
not as stupid as that ; you believe him. "
she added , almost contemptuously. "Do you
mean It's a bpeculatlon ? Of course It Is : I
thought you had courage. "
"So I have , " said Dyers. And he added ,
"I may went It all , too. " What he would
want It for was In his mind , but he did not
tell her.
He thought a great deal about the mat
ter that evening as he sat by the flro oppo-
blto to Mrs. Dyers , who knitted a stockIng -
Ing and said nothing ; she never broke In
upon his thoughts , believing thut n care
less Interruption might cost a million. Mil
lions were in his mind now , and other things
than millions. There was his faith with his
associates ; they were all waiting his word ;
when he gave It , rumors would die away ,
reports bo contradicted , the manifesto pooh-
poohed ; there would be buylngs , the stock
would lift up her head again , confidence
would return ; and the first tn buy , the first
to return to faith In the stock , would be
Mr. Dyers and his associates ; the public
would come In afterward , and when the
public came In he and his associates would
go out again , richer by vast bums. The
money and his good faith his honor among
financiers bound him , and the triumph of
his brains , the beauty of his coup , the ad
miration of his fellows , the unwilling ap
plause of the hard-hit all thcbc allured him
mightily. On the other side , there was
nothing except the necessity of disappoint
ing Mrs. Rivers , of telling her that the
necessary resources were not forthcoming ,
that the agitation and the manifesto had
eerved their turn , that the prlnco had bcen ,
made n fool of. Many such n revelation
had ho made to defeated opponents calmly ,
Jestingly , perhaps between the puffs of his
cigar , not minding what they thought. Why
should ho mind what Mrs. Rivers thought ?
She would no longer wish to kiss that lean ,
strong baud of his ; she might cry ( she had
Lady Cralgennoch to cry to ) . Ho looked
across at his wife , who was knitting ; he
would not have minded telling anything to
her. Dut BO Intensely did IIP mind telling
what ho had to tell to Ellen Rivers that the
millions , his good faith , the Joy of winning
and the beauty of the coup , all hung doubt
ful tn the balance against the look In the
eyes ot the Ir.dy at Prlnco Julian's. "What
nn Infernal fool I am ! " -groaned. . Mrs ,
Dyers glanced up for n moment , smiled
sympathetically , nnd went on with her
knitting ; she suppobed that ( hero miibt be
some temporary hltth nbout thu latest mil
lion , or perhaps Shum had been trouble
some ; that was sometimes what was up
setting Mr. Dyers.
The next morning Mr. Shum was trouble
some ; ho thought that the moment for
action had come ; the poor stock had been
tilown upon again , the process of rchablllta-
lon should begin. Various other gentlemen ,
weighty with money , dropped In with their
liata on the back of their heads and ex
pressed the same views. Dyers fenced with
: hem , discussed the question rather Incon
clusively , tcolt now this side and now that ,
Hesitated , vacillated , shilly-shallied. The
men wondered at him ; they knew they wcro
right ; and , right or wrong , Dyers had been
won't to know his awn mind ; their money
was nt stake ; they looked at one another
uncomfortably. Then the youngest of them ,
a fair boy , great nt dam.cs and ! ate slippers ,
jut with a brain for figures and a cool bold
ness which made him already rich and re
spected In the city , tilted his bhlnlnj ; hat still
a llttlo farther back and drawled out , "If
you've lost your nerve , Dyers , you'd better
ct eomebody else engineer the thing. "
What her fair fame is to a proud woman ,
the prestige of his nerve was to Mr Dyers.
Tlio boy had bpoken the decisive word by
ehnnce. by the unerring Instinct which In
any bphcre of thought Is genius. In half an
lour nil was planned , the government of the
prlnce'u country saved , and the agitation at
in end. The necessary resources would now
)0 ) forthcoming , confidence would return , the
nllllona would bo made , the coup brought
oft the triumph won ,
So In the next fortnight it happened ;
Prince Julian looked on with vague be-
\llderment , reading the articles and para
graphs which told him that he bad aban-
loned all thought of action , had resigned
ilmself to wait for an express recall from
his loving subject * ( which might be ex
pected to asiall hla cars on the Greek
Kalends ) , that In fact ho would no nothing.
Mrs. Rivers read the paragraphs too , and
waited and watted and waited for the com
ing of Mr. Dycra and the peccssary re-
eourccj ; eho smiled at what she read , for
the had confidence lu the cause , or , at least ,
"You'll do what I ask ? " he whispered.
"That would put an end to It Indeed , " she
said , smiling.
"Thank heaven for It , " he exclaimed peev
ishly.
A servant came In and announced that Mr.
Dyers was In the drawing room.
"Shall I come , too ? " nsked the prlnco.
"O , no , " she answered with a strange little
laugh. "What's the , use of bot'aerlne you ?
I'll ECO him. "
"Maka him say omethlng definite , " urged
Prlnco Julian. "Let's have an end of It
one way or the other. "
"Very well. " She bent down nnd kissed
him , and then went off to talk to Mr. Dyers.
The fair boy wijh the business brains
might have been seriously of opinion that
there was something wrong- with Dyers'
ncrvo had ho seen him waiting for Mrs.
Rivers In the drawing room , waiting to
tell her that the necessary resources were
not forthcoming ; he hoped that he need
tell her no more than that ; ho wished that
ho had not come , hut ho could not cnduro
the self-contempt which the thought of run
ning away had brought with It ; ho must
face her ; the woman could do no more than
abuse him. One other thought he had fern
n moment entertained of offering to lot
her stand in , as Mr. Shum had let Lady
Cralgennoch ; there was hardly any sum
which ho w , ° uld not have been glad to give
her. Dut long before he reached the house
ho had ! decided that she would not stand
in. "Dy God , I should think not , " ho said
to himself Indignantly.
Dut he had ono phrase ready for her.
lib reminded her of the paragraphs , the
rumors and the manifesto. "We have by
those means felt the pulse of the public , "
he said. He paused , she said nothing. "The
result Is not er encouraging , " ho went
on. "Tho moment ! s not propitious. "
"You promised the money If. the prlneo
signed the manifesto , " she said.
"Promised ? Oh , well , I said I'd "
"You promised , " said Mrs. Rivers
"What's the difficulty now ? "
"Tho state of public feeling " ho began.
"I know that. Wo want the money to
change it. " She smiled slightly. "If the
feeling had been with us already wo
shouldn't have wanted the money. " She
leaned forward and asked : "Haven't you
got the money ? You said you had. "
"Yes , I've got it or I could get It. "
"Yes. AVell , then ! Why have you
chanced your mind ? "
Ho made no answer , nnd for n while she
sat looking at him thoughtfully. She did
not abuse him , and she did not cry.
'I want to understand , " she said , pres
ently. ' 'Did ' you ever mean to give us the
money ? "
"Yes , upon my honor , I "
"Am you sure ? " She forced him to look
her In thn face ; ho was silm t. She rose ,
took n Japanese fnn from a side table and
tat dovn uialn ; the lower part of her fm-o
wai now hldfon by the fan : Dyers saw
nothing but her eyes. "What did yon
mean ? " she asked. "You've mode us all
theprlnco and hla friends and me look
very silly. How did that help you ? I don't
sco what yon could get out of that ? "
She was looking at him now ns though
she thought him mad ; she could not see
what ho had got out of It : It had not yet
crossed her mind that there had been
money to be got out of It ; so Ignorant wan
she , with all her shrewdness , with all her
resolution.
"And I understood that yon were such
n clever , far-seeing man , " she went on.
"Lady Cralgennoch always told mo so ; she
eald I could trust you in anything. Do
tell tno nbout It , Mr , Dyers. "
"I can't explain It to yon , " ho began ,
"You yon wouldn't "
"Yes , I should understand it If you told
me , " she Insisted ,
If ho told her ho waa a liar and a thief , she
would understand , Probably she would. Dut
he did not think that she would nnderstan.1
the tranrnction If ho need any less plain
language about It. And that language was
not only hard to vee to her , but struck
strangely on his own head and his own
heart. Surely there must be other terras In
which to describe his part In the transac
tion ? There wcro plenty ot ench In the
city ; 'were there none In Palace Gate ?
"It's a matter of business " again ha be
gan ,
She stopped him with an Imperious wave
of the fan. Her ryes grow animated with a
sudden enlightenment ; she looked at him
Tor a moment or two , and then asked , "Have
you been making money out of It somehow ? "
Ho did not answer , "How , pleaeo ? " she
asked.
"What docs that matter ? " Ills voice was
low.
low."I should llko to hear , please. You don't
want to tell me ? Dut I want to know ,
It It'll be useful to me to understand things
like thlv. "
It seemed to Mr. Dyers that he had to tell
her. that this was the ono thing loft that he
could do , the one obligation which he could
r.i erf arm , So ho began to tell her , and as
he told her , naturally ( or curiously , since
natures are curious ) , his pride In the great
coup revived hla profeielonal pride. Ho
went Into it all thoroughly ; she followed
him very Intelligently ; ho made her under
stand what -"option" wa . what "differ-
: nces , " what the "pin" and what the "call , "
Ho pointed out how the Changes In publli
affairs .might mnke welcome changes In prl
vato pockets , and would have her know thn
the secret center of great movements must bi
sought In the bourses , not In the cabinets o
Europe ; perhaps ho exaggerated here n little
as a man will In praising what ho lovce
Finally , carried away by enthusiasm , In
gave her the means ot guessing will
fair accuracy the profit that he and hb
friends had made out of the transaction
Thus ending , ho heaved a sigh of rellet
fcho understood , and there had been m
need of those uncivil terms which lately hai ]
pressed themselves forward to the tip ot hU
tongue so rudely.
"I think I'd better not try to have anything -
thing more to do with politics , " nho said
"I I'm too Ignormit. " There was a litt ; <
break in her tones. Dyers glanced nt hei
sharply nnd apprehensively. Now that lib
story was ended , his enthusiasm died away
ho expected abuse now. Well , ho wouh' '
bear It ; she was entitled to relieve her mind
"What a fool I've 'been ! How you musl
have been laughing at me at my poor prince
nnd me ! " She looked across at him , smllln ;
faintly. Ho sat , twisting hla hat in hl (
hands. Then ehc turned her eyes toward th (
fireplace. Dyers had nothing to say ; ho wnt
wondering whether ho might go now. Glanc
ing nt her for permission , he saw that hci
clear bright eyes had grown dim ; present ! }
n tear formed nnd rolled down her cheek
Then Eho began to eob , softly at first , pres
ently with growing nnd rising passion. Slu
seemed quite forgetful of him , heedless ol
what ho thought , and of how she looked. All
that was In her , the pang of her dead hopm
Iho woo for her poor prince , the bitter shame
ot her own crushed pride and helpless folly ,
came out In her sobs as she abandoned her
self to weeping. Dyers sat by , listening
always looking ( sometimes. Ho tried to de
fend himself to himself ; was It decent of her
wao it becoming , wasn't It characteristic ol
the lack of self-control and eclt-rcfpcct thai
marks the sort of woman she was ? It mlghl
be open to all thceo reproaches. She sccnici !
not to care ; she cried on. He could not heir
looking nt her now ; at last she saw him lookIng -
Ing , and with a little stifled exclamation
whether of apology or Irritation ho could nol
tell she turned sideways and hid her face
In the cushions of the sofa. Dyers rose
slowly , almost unsteadily , to his feet. "My
God ! " he whispered to himself , ns ho stood
for n moment and looked at her. Then ho
walked over to where she lay , her head
burled In the cushions.
"It doesn't make all that difference to you , "
ho said roughly. "You wouldn't have gone
with him. "
She turned her fnco to him for n moment.
She did not look her best ; how could she ?
Dut Mr. Dyers did not notice that.
"I love him ! nnd I wanted to do It. "
Dyers had "wanted to do It" too. nnd
their desires hnd clashed. Dut In his de-
slro there hnd been no alloy of love ; It was
all true metal , true metal of sslf. He stood
over her for n minute without speaking. A
strange feeling seized him then ; ho had felt
It once before with- regard to this woman.
"If It had been for you I'd have dammed
the money and gone abend , " he blurted out
In an Indistinct , Impetuous utterance.
Again she looked up ; there was no mirprlso ,
no ri'sentment In her face , only a heart-
brpaklng plalntlvcncs90 , why couldn't you
bo honest with me ? " she moaned. Dut she
stopped bobbing and sat straight on the sofa
again. "You'll think me still more of a
fool for doing this , " she said.
Was the abuse never coming ? Mr. Dyers
began to long for It. If he were abused
enough ho thought that he might be able to
find somthlng to say for himself.
"You think that because because I live
as I do , I know the world and and so on.
I don't , a bit. It doesn't follow really , you
know. Fancy my thinking I could do any
thing for Julian ! What do I know of busi
ness ? Well , you've told mo now ! "
"If It hadn't been for you I'd have risked
It , and gone ahead , " said Dyers npaln.
"I don't know what you mean by that , "
she murmured , vaguely. Dyers did not try
to describe to her the odd strong Impulse
which had Inspired his speech. "I must go
and tell the prince about It , " she said.
"What are you going to do ? " ho demanded.
"Do ? What Is there to do ? Nothing , I
suppcse. What can wo do ? "
"I wish to God I'd I'd met a woman like
you. Shall you marry him now ? "
She looked up ; a faint smile appeared on
her face.
"Yes , " she said. "It doesn't matter now ;
nnd he'll like It. Yes , I'll marry him
now. "
Two visions ono was of Mrs. Dyers and
the babies In Portland pi rose before
Dyers' thoughts.
"He hasn't lost much , then , " ho said.
"And you ? You'll be Just as happy. "
"It was the whole world to me , " said she ,
and for the lart tlmo she put her handker
chief to her eyes. Then she stowed It nway
In her pocket and looked expectantly at her
visitor ; here waa the permission to go.
"Will you take the money ? " said he.
"What money ? "
"What I'vo made. My share of it. "
"Oh , don't bo silly. What do I care whnt
money you've mndo. "
He spoke lower as ho put his second ques
tion.
tion."Will you forgive mo ? " ho asked.
"Forgive you ? " She laughed a little , yet
locked puzzled. "I didn't think about you
llko that , " she explained. "You'ro not a
man to me. "
"You'ro a woman to mo. What am
to you , then ? "
"I don't Know. Things In general the
world business the truth nbout myself ,
Yes , you're the truth nbout myself to me. "
She laughed again , nervously , tentatively ,
almost nppeallngly , as though she wanted
him to understand how ho seemed to her.
Ho drew In his breath and buttoned his
coat.
coat."And you'ro the truth about mvsolf to
me , " ho said. "And the truth Is that I'm
a d d scoundrel. "
"Are you ? " she asked , as It seemed half
In surprise , half In Indifference. "Oh , I
pupposo you're no worse than other people.
Only I was such a fool. Goodby. Mr.
Dyers. " She held out her hand. He had
not meant to offer his. Dut ho took hern
and pressed It. Ho had a vague dcslro to
tell her that ho was not a typo of all hu
manity , that other men were better than
lie was , that there were unselfish men , true
men , men who did not make fools for
money's sake of women ; yes , of women
whoso shoes they were not worthy to black.
[ Jut ho could not say anything of all this ,
ind ho left her without another word. And
the next morning ho bought the "call" of
i big block of the stock ; for the news of
Prlnco Julian's marriage with Mrs. Rivers
ivould send It up a point or two , Habit
Is very strong.
When ho was none , Mrs. Rivers went up-
italrs to her room and bathed her face. Then
iho rejoined Prince Julian In the library.
Weary of waiting , ho hail gone to oli-ep ; but
10 woke up and was rejoiced to pee- her , He
Istened to her story , called Mr. Dyers an In-
'erntil rogue , and , with an expression of re-
let rn his face , said :
"Thpro'a the end of that ! And now dar
ing ? "
"Yes , I'll marry you now , " she said , "It
lopsn't matter now ? "
Thus , an has boon said , the whole affair
lad only three obvious effects the renovation
> f Lady Cralgennoch'o town house , a bare
ictcy for Sir Henry Shum ( services to the
mrty are a recognized claim on the favor ot
icr majesty ) , and the marriage of Prince
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