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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SVNDAY, JUNE 1, 1001.
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Being" An Episode In a Story of An Ancient House.
IJV ANTHONY HOPE.
(Copyright, 1D00, by A. II. Hawkins.)
9ri'll rrecetHnic Chniter.
Adelaide, wife of Sir Randolph Edge of
Tilent Hall, eloped with Cnptnln FlUhubert.
81r Randolph dies In liuxula, presumably In
tune for Lady Edge and Kltahubert to
marry nnd bo make their son, Harry, legiti
mate. They lenrn Inter, however, that tho
date of Bit Randolph's death has been
Riven Incorrectly and Harry Is not the
rightful heir They keep the. matter secret
and eventually Mm. Fltzhubert ouccccds to
the barony of Tilstrnm of Went nnd re
Ides with Hnrry at Went Hall. Unknown
to Lady Tristram Madnm ZuhrUku, and
Mr. Jcnklnson Nceld, are also In possession
of the secret and Mndam Znbriska, with
her uncle, Major Duplay. come to reside at
Merrlon Iodgo, near Went Hall. Hurry
learns from his mother that ho li not tho
rightful heir to Went, .but they determine
to hold tho title for htm at any coat. To
further his causo ho decides to marry
Janlo Iver, heiress to Falrholmc, but tlnda
two rivals In Hob Droadlcy nnd Major
, Duplny. The latter learns of Harry's unfor
tunate birth from Mlna Zabriska. Ho In
forms him that ho Intends to tell Iver
nnd they quarrel, Harry winning In a brisk
tussle. Neeld becomei the guest of Iver
at Falrholmc. Madam Zabriska meets
Nceld and thoy form a compact to protect
Harry's Interests and maintain secrecy.
lAdy Tristram dies nfter exacting from
her son a promise that Cecily Gainsborough,
rightful heiress of Went, sh.ill be Invited to
.the funeral. Cecily nnd her father foina
to Went, but Harry foils to receive them.
Later he comes suddenly upon Cecily In
'the garden and realizes that she Is a Trls-
'tram, tho Image of his mother. Tho en
gagement of Harry and Janlo Iver Is an
nounced, and Duplay announces his deter
mination to exposo the falso position of his
future son-in-law to Iver. Harry uncon
sciously fnlls In love with Cecily and with
out telling her this acknowledges that ho
Is not tho legal heir, but sho Is I.ady
Tristram of Went. Then ho steals away
from Went by night, stopping to udvlM
Bob nroadloy to woo and win Jatile, lie
goes to London, where political friends 01
his mother Interest themselves In his cine.
Cecily, unhappy in her new possessions,
follows him to ,cg him to take back Went.
Harry Joins Sloyd In n real estate deal and
becomes a competitor of Ivor. Cecily asks
Harry to marry her so that ho may return
to Went. Ho refuses, nnd then suddenly
realizes that he loves her. Hnrry bests
Iver In a business deal nnd Is offered a
viscounty by political friends. He scorns
the Idea of accepting n viscounty. Cecily
returns to Went determined to begin life
'over and forget Harry
CIIAI'THH Will (Continued).
Well poor Mlna understood! All that tho
enomy thought was legible to her; all this
misery that keen perceptions can some
times bring wb suro to be hers. Sho had
spent tho moat notable evening of her
ltfo nnd she got Into her cab a miserable
woman.
When sho reached homo there was noth
ing to chnngo her mood. Sho found Cecily
In a melancholy so sympathetic ns to In
vito an Immediate outpouring of tho heart.
Cecily was beautiful that evening In her
black frock, with tier fair hntr, her pale
face nnd her eyes full of tragedy. She had
been writing. It nppenred: Ink and paper
were on tho table. Sho was very quiet, but,
Mlna thought, with tho stillness that fol
lows n storm. Unasked, tho Imp sketched
tho dinner party, especially Harry's share
In It. Her despair was laced with vitriol
and she avoided a kind word about any
body. "Those peoplo havo got hold of him.
We've lost him. That's the cnJ of It," sho
cried.
Cecily had nothing to say; she leaned
back lu a slack dreariness whllo Mlna
expatiated on this doleful text. Lacking
the reinforcement of discussion the stream
of Mlna'c lamentation began to run dry.
''Oh, It's no use talking," she ended.
"There It Is."
"I'm going back to Went tomorrow," said
Cecily, suddenly.
It was no moro than Mlna had expected.
"Yes, wo may as well," sho assented, dis
mally. Cecily rose and began to walk about. Her
air caught Mlna's attention again; on this,
tho evening before sho returned to Blent,
she bad something of that suppressed pas
sion which had marked hor manner on thr
night when sho determined to leave It.
She came to a stand opposite Mlna.
"I've made up my mind. From this
moment, Minn, Went Is mine. Up to now
I've held it for Harry. Now it's mine.
I shall go back and begin everything thcro
tomorrow."
Mlna felt the tragedy; tho Inevitable was
being accepted.
"I'vo written to Cousin Hnrry. I'vo told
him what I moan to do. Ho must think It
right; It's the only thing he's left mo to do.
But f'vo told him I can do it. only on one
condition. He'll hnvo my lottor tomorrow."
"On one condition? Whot?"
"I said to him that ho gave me Went
bocause 1 wns thoro. becauso he saw me
there in the middle of it all. Thattn true.
If I'd stayed here, would he over hnvo tnM
his secret? Neverl He wouldn't so much
as como to sco me; he'd novor havo thought
of mo, ho'd havo forgotten all about me.
Ie was seeing me there."
"Well, seeing you anyhow."
"Seeing me there thoro at Blent," she
insisted, now almost angrily. "So he'll un
derstand what I mean by tho thing I've
asked of him. And he must oboy." Her
voice became Imperious. "I've told him
that I'm going bark, going to stay there,
nnd Uvo there, but that ho must novcr.
never come there."
Mlna started, her eyes wldo open In sur
prise at tins heroic measure.
"Never see him! Never hnvo him at
Blent!" Mlna was trying to sort out tho
state of things which would result, It was
pretty plain what had happened; Cecily
had felt the nood of doing something; here
It was. Mlna's sympathies, quick to move,
darted out to Harry. "Think what It'll
mean to htm never to see Ulont!" sho cried.
"To him? Nothing, nothing! Why, you
yourself came homo Just now, saying that
we were nothing to hlml Blent's nothing
to him now. It's for my own sake that I've
said he mustn't come."
"You've bogged him not to qoroo?"
"I'vn told htm not to come," said Cecily
haughtily. "If It's his let hlra,tako It. If
It's mlno 1 can choose who shall como
there. Don't you see, don't you soo? How
can I ever cheat myself Into thinking It's
mine by right If I aco Harry there?" Sho
paused a momont "And If. you'd thrown
yourself at a mnn's head and he'd refused
you, would you want to havo him about?"
"N-no," said Mlna, but rather hesita
tingly. "So I've ended It; I've ended ovorythlng.
I posted my letter Just before you came In
and he'll got It tomorrow. And, now, Mlna,
I'm going back to Went." Sun throw her
self Into an armchair, leaning back In a
sudden weariness after the excited emotion
with which sho had doclared hor resolve.
Mlna sat on the other stile of tho tablo
looking ut her, and nfter n moment's look
ing suddenly began to sob.
"It's too miserable," she declared In
wrathful woe. "Why couldn't wo have said
nothing about It and Just married you? 0,
I bate It all, because I love you both, I
know peoplo think I'm In love with him, but
I'm not. It's both of you, It's the whole
. L. I .
mm; mm now ii never, never can go
straight. It he got back to Blent now by
a mirneio. it would be Just as bad. And I
believe ho s fond of you."
A scornful smile was Cecily's only but
umclent answer.
"And you love him." Mlna's sorrow
windo her forgot all her fear. She said In
this moment what eho had nover before
dared to say. O, of roursd you do, or you'd
never have told htm he muin't como to
P Tm4 J
rvr h em.
Blent. But he won't understand that and
It would make no difference If ho did, I
suppose! 0, you Trlslrams!"
"Yes, I lovo him," said Cecily. "That
evening In the long gallery tho evening
when ho gave mo Blent do you know what
I thought?" Sho Bpoko low and quickly,
lying back quite still, In the attitude that
Addlo Tristram had onco made her own.
"I watched hlra nnd I saw that he hnd
something to say, nnd yet wouldn't say It.
I saw ho was struggling. And I watched,
how I watched! He was engnged to Janlo
Iver he had told me that. But ho didn't
lovo her yes, ho told mo that, too. But
thero was something else. I saw It I had
como to lovo him then already O, I think
as soon as I saw him at Blent. And I
wnlted for It. Did you ever do that, Mlna
do yo'i remember?"
Minn was silent; her memories gave her
no such thing as that.
"I waited, waited. I couldn't believe
Ah, yes, but I did bolleve. I thought ho
felt bound In honor nnd I hoped yes, I
hoped he would break his word and throw
away his honor. I iaw It coming and my
heart seemed to burst as I waited for It.
You'd know, If It had ever happened to
you Ilko that. And at last I saw he would
spenk I saw ho must speak. Ho came
and stood by me. Suddenly he cried, 'I
can't do It.' Then my heart leaped, becauso
I thought ho meant he couldn't marry
Janlo Iver. I looked up at him and I sup-
"WETIE GOINO TO ARBITRATE
GOINO OUT FOR US. HE
TRUST, WULL YOU GO?"
poso I said something. He caught me by
tho arm. I thought he was going to klBj
me, Mlna. And then then ho told me thnt
Blent was mine not himself but Blent
that I was Lady Tristram and ho Harry
Nothing," ho said, 'Harry Nothlng-at-all.'
"
"O, If you'd told him that!" cried Mlna.
"Toll him!" Sho smiled In superb scorn.
"I'd dlo before I told him. I could go and
offer myself to him Just because ho didn't
know. And he'll novcr know now. Only
now, you can understand that Blent Is
Ah, that It's all bitterness to mo! And
you know now why ho must nover come.
Yes, It all ends now."
Mlna camo and knelt down by her, caress
ing her hand. Cecily shivered a llttlo and
moved with a vaguo air of discomfort.
"But I bellevo he cares for you," Mlna
whispered.
"Ho might havo cored for me, perhaps.
But Blent's between."
Blent was between. Tho difficulty seemed
Insuperable nt least where you wers deal
ing with Trlstrams. Mlna could not but
acknowledge that. For Harry, having
nothing to give, would take nothing. And
Cecily, having much, was thereby debarred
from giving anything.
Yet at this moment Mlna could not cry,
"Oh, you Trlstrams!" any more. Her sor
row was too great nnd Cecily too beautiful.
Sho seemed again to see Addle, nnd neither
she nor nnybody else could havo been hard
to Addlo. Sho covered Cecily's hands with
kisses ns, sho knolt by her side.
"Yes,, this Is tho end," said Cecily. "Now,
Mlna, for Blent and her ladyship!" She
gavo a bitter llttlo laugh. "And goodby to
Cousin Hnrryl"
"Oh, Cecily!"
"No; he shall never come to Blent."
Cn.VPTEIfcXMV.
After the End of AH.
"My dear cousin I shall faithfully obey
your commands. Yours very truly, H. A.
F. Tristram." And below very formally
"Tho .Lady Tristram of Blent."
To wrlto It took him moro than a mo
menteven though ho wroto first, "The
commands of tho head of the house," and
destroyed thnt, ashamed of the sting and
niallco In it. To send It to tho post It was
tho work of another moment. The third
found him back at tbo Bltnkhampton plins
nnd elevations, Cecily's letter lying neg
lected on tho table by him. After half an
hour's work bo stopped suddenly, reachel
for the letter, tore It Into small fragments
and Sung tho scraps Into his waste paper
basket. Just about tho same time Cecily
and Mlna wcro getting Into the train to
return to Went.
This return to Blent was epidemic; not
so strange, perhaps, slnco mid-August wns
come and only tho people stayed In town
who had to. Harry met Duplay over at
Bltnkhampton. Duplay was to Join his
niece nt Merrlon In about ten days. He
ran agnlnst Iver In tho street; Iver wai
off to Fnlrholmo by tho afternoon train.
Mr. Nceld, ho mentioned, was coming to
stny with him for a couplo of weeks on
Friday. Even Southend, whom Harry en
countered In WhItchRll, very hot and ex
hausted, cursed London nnd talked of a
run down to Iver's Merrlon they all meant
Blont. Cecily had gono and Mlna; the rest
wero Rolng there everybody except the
man who three months ago hnd looked to
spend his life there as Its master.
And business will grow slack when nu
tumn arrives; It Is Increasingly dimcult for
a, man to bury himself In deeds, or plans,
or elevations, or calculations when every
body writes that he Is taking his vacation
and that the matter shall have lmmedlnte
attention on his return, Harry grew ter
ribly tired of that polite formula. Ho
wanted to build Rllnkhsmpton out of hand
In tho months of August and September,
The work would havo done him good serv
ice. Ho was seeking a narcotic.
For he wns In pain. It came on about a
week after h- hnd sent his curt acknowl
edgmont of Cecily's letter, laying hold of
him, ho told himself, Just becauso every
body wan taking his hollduy, and Blink
hampton would not get Itself bought nnd
sold and contracted for and planned nnd
laid out and built. "I mutt take n holiday
myself," said Hnrry, In a moment of seem
ing Inspiration. Where, where, where? Ho
Biifferod under tho sensation of having no
whore whither ho would naturally go no
home, no place to which, he could return
as to his own. He found himself wishing
that he had not torn up Cecily's letter. Ho
retnombered Its general effect so well that
ha wanted to read the very words ngnln,
In the secret hope that thrv would r"'"
and soften his memory. His own answer
met and destroyed the hope. Ho kueu .u-i
ho would have responded to anything
friendly had it been there.
Yet what did the letter mean? Ho Inter
preted It as Cecily hnd declared ho would.
She could not feel mistress of Blent while
he was there.
And Indeed ho had not meant to go. He
told Iver that In perfect good faith. It
would havo been In bad taste for htm to
think of going or going anything like so
soon as this. Whence then came this now
feeling of desolation nnd of hurt? It was
partly that he was forbidden to go. It was
hard to renllze that ho could see Blent only
by another's will or suffcrnnce. He could
almost sny with Mlna and with Cecily her
self, "This Is tho end of It."
What then of the Impressions Mlna had
gathered from Mr. Disney's dinner party7
It can only be snld thnt when peoplo of Im
pressionable natures study others of like
tempcrnmcnt they should not generalize
from their conduct nt . parties. In
society dinners- nro eaten In dis
guise, sometimes Intentional, some
limes unconscious, but ns a rulo qulto Im
penetrable. If Hnrry hnd been unconscious,
If the mood hnd played tho man, the de
ception wns tho more complete.
He went to soo Lady Evenswood one day;
sho sent, expressing her desire for a talk
before she fled to tho country. Sho had
much that was pleasant to say, much of the
prospects of hU success.
"And If you do, you'll be nblo to think
now thnt you'vo dono It all off your own
bat," she added.
"You've found out my weaknesses, I see,"
he laughed.
THIS BARIHLAND QUESTION." SAID DISNEY. "LORD MURCHISON'S
ASKED ME TO RECOMMEND A SECRETARY AND I WANT ONE I CAN
"Oh, I doubt If there's nny such thing as
an absolute strongth or nn nbsoluto wenk
ness. They're relative, What's an advan
tage In ono thing Is n disadvantage In an
other." "I understand," ho smiled. "My con
founded conceit may help mo on In tho
world, but It doesn't make me a grateful
friend or n pleasant companion."
"I believe George Southend agrees as far
as the grateful friend part of It Is con
cerned. And I'm told Lord Hovo does as
to the rest. But, then, It was only Flora
Disney herself who said so."
"And what do you say?"
"Oh, pride's tolerable In anybody, except
n lovor," ehe declared.
Well, I've known lovers too humble. I
told one so once; ho believed me, went In
nnd won."
You gave him cournge, not pride, Mr.
Trtstrnm."
"Perhaps that's true. He's very llkoly
got the prldo by now." Ho smiled nt his
thoughts of Bob Brondloy.
And you'vo settled down In tho new
groove?" she asked.
Ho hesitated a moment. "Oh, nearly.
Possibly there's still a touch of tho 'Desdl-
chodo' nbout me. His would bo tho only
shield I could carry, you soo."
"Stop! Well, I forglvo you. You're not
often bitter about that. But you'ro very
bitter about something, Mr. Tristram."
"I want to work, nnd nobody will In Au
gust."
"Oh, go down nnd stay at Blent. No. I'm
serious. You say you're proud. There's a
good way of showing good pride. Go nnd
stuy in tho vory house. If you do thnt, I
shall think well of you and oven better
than I think now of tho prospects',"
"I've not been invited."
"Poor girl, she's nfrnld to Invltovyoul
Wrlto nnd Bay you'ro coming."
"She'd go away. Yes, sho would. She
consents to Uvo thero only on condition
that I never come. She's told mo so."
"I'm too old a woman to know your
family! You upset the wisdom of ages
nnd I haven't time to learn anything
now."
I'm not tho least surprised. If I were
In her place I should hate to havo her
thoro."
"Nonsonse. In a month or two"
"If anything's certnln, It's that I shall
nevor go to Blont ns long nn my cousin
owns It,"
"I cnll It downright wicked."
"We shnro tho crime, sho nnd I. She
lnys down tho law, I willingly obey."
"Willingly?"
"My reason Is convinced. Maybe I'm
a little homesick. But your month or two
will servo tho purposo there."
"Thcro's a great denL moro In this thnn
you'ro telling mo, Mr. Tristram."
'Put everything you enn Imagine Into
It nnd the result's the same."
Sho sighed nnd sat for n moment In pen-
Blvo silence, Hnrry seemed to ponder, too.
"I'm going to think of nothing but my
work," ho announced,
"So many ynung men In tholr early
twenties succeed In that," sho murmured
mockingly. '"What does llttlo Mlno Za
briska sny?"
"0, everything that comes Into her
head, I suppose, and very volubly."
"I like her," eald tho old lady with em
phasis. "Is thero such n thing ns nn absolute ilk
lng, Lady Evenswood. What's pleasant at
ono tlmo is abomlnajilo at nnothrr. And
I'vo known Mme. Zabriska at tho other
time."
"You were probably at tho other time
yourself."
"I thought we -should ngree nbout the
relatively,"
"There may always be a substratum of
friendship," Bho argued, "You'll soy It's
something very sub! Ah, well you'ro
human In tho end. You're absslutoly for
gcttlpg Blent and you spend your time
with an old woman becauso sho can talk
to you abouj. It! Go away and arrange your
lire, and como bock and tell me nil about
It. And If you're discontented with life,
remember that you, too, will reach the stage
of being Just told about it some day."
Things will come homo to a man at last,
strlvo ho over so desperately against them
If the things are. truo nnd tho man
over honest with himself. It Was one night,
a little while after this conversation, that
the truth camo to Harry Tristram and
found acceptance, or at least surrender.
His mind had wandered back to that scene
In tho Long Gallnrv and ho had fallen to
questioning about his own action. There
was a new light on It and the now light
showed him truth. "I must faco it; It's
not Blent," ho said aloud. If It were
Blent, It was now Blent only as a scene, a
frame, a bnckground. When ho pictured
Blent Cecily was there; If he thought of
her elsewhere tho picture of Blent van
ished. He was In lovo with her, then, nnd
what wns tho quality Lady Kvcnswood had
praised In a lover? Let him culttvato II
how ho would and tho culture would bo
dimcult yot It would not servo hero. If
he went to Blent against Cecily's com
mands nnd his own promise he could meet
with nothing but rebuff. Yes, ho wns In
love, nnd ho recognized tho Impasse as
fully as Mlna herself, although with moro
self-restraint. But he was glnd to know
the truth; it strengthened him nnd It freed
him from n scorn of himself with which hn
had become afflicted, It wns Intolerable
that a man should bo lovesick for n house;
It was somo solaco to find that tho house,
In order to hold his affections, must hold
a woman, too,
"Now I know wbero I nm," said Harry.
Ho know what he had to moot now; ho
thought he knew how ho would treat him
self. An unexpected ally came to his assist
.anco. He received a sudden summons from
Mr. Disney. Ho found him at work, rather
weary nnd dishevelled. Ho turned to Harry
and said, without preface:
"We're going to arbitrate this Barllllnnd
question, on behalf of tho company, you
know, as well as ourselves. Another In
stance of my weakness! Lord Murchlson's
going out for us. He stnrts In a fortnight.
Ho asked me to recommend him n secre
tary. And I wnnt to havo ono In whoso
letters I can place somo trust. Will
you go?"
Hero was help In avoiding Cecily. But
what about Bltnkhampton? Harry hesi
tated a moment,
"I should llko it, but I've contracted cer
tain obligations of a business kind nt
home," he snld.
"Well, If you're bound keep your word
and do tho work. If you find you'ro not, I
should advlso you to tako this. It's a good
beginning. This Is Tuesday. Tell mo on
Saturday. Goodby." Ho rang a hand boll
on tho tablo and, as his secretory entered,
said, "The Canadian papers, please."
"I'm very grateful to you, anyhow."
"That's all right. Tristram. Goodby."
Thero was no doubt what would bo tho
practical way of showing gratitude. Harry
went out.
He left Mr. Disney's prcsenco determined
to nccept the offer If Iver could sparo his
services for tho time.
Ho went homo and wrote to Ivor; tho let
ter wclghod all considerations snvo tho ono
which really weighed with him; he. put
himself fairly In Iver's hands, but did not
conceal his own wish; ho know that If Iver
wcro against tho Idea on solid business
ground ho would not be affected by Harry's
personal preference. But tho business
rensons when examined did not seem very
serious and Hnrry thought that ho would
get leave to go. Ho rose from his writing
with n long sigh. If ho received tho an
swer he expected ho was at tho parting of
the ways and ho had chosen the path that
led directly and Anally away from Blent.
An evening paper was brought to him. A
tremendous headline caught his notice
"Resignation of Lord Hove! Ho will not
arbitrate about Darillland. Will tho gov
ernment break up7" Probably not, thought
Harry; and It was odd to reflect that, If
Lord Hovo hud got his ways Harry would
havo lost his heroic remedy. So great
things and small touch and Interest ono
another.
It was his last struggle; he had no doubt
that ho could win, but tho fight was very
fierce. Impatient of his quiet rooms, ho
went out into the crowded streets.
At first he found himself envying
everybody he passed, tho tnbman on
his box, the rough young fellows es
caped from the factory, the man who
sold matches and had no cores beyond
food and a bed. But presently ho forgot
them all and walked among shadows, Ho
was at Went In spirit, sometimes with
Addlo Tristram, sometimes with Cecily.
Half afraid of himself, ho turned round
and mado for home agnln; ho could not be
suro of his self-control. But ngnln ho
mastered that, nnd ngaln paced the streets,
now in n grim resolution to tiro out mind
nnd body so thnt theso visions should havo
nothing to work on, nnd finding blank, un
responsive weariness, should go tholr ways
and leavo him In on Inscnslblo fatigue.
The remedy worked well. At 8 o'clock
ho found himself very tired, very hungry,
parauoxicniiy composed, ne turned Into a
little restaurant to dine. Tho place was
crowded, ond, rather shamefacedly (ns Is
tho national way), he sat down nt n small
tnblo opposite a girl in n light blouse and
a very big hat, who wns cntlng risotto and
drinking lager beer. She assumed an nlr
of exaggerated primness nnd gentility,
keeping her eyes down townrd her plato
nnd putting very small quantities Into her
mouth nt a time. Glad of distraction Harry
wntched with amusement. At last sho
glanced up stealthily.
"A tine evonlng," he snld, as he started
on his chop,
"Very seasonable," she began, In a
mincing tone, but suddenly sho hroko off,
to exclaim In n voice nnd accent moro
natural nnd strenuous, "Good gracious, I've
seen you before, hnvon't I?"
"I'm not nwnro that I ever had the
honor," sold Harry.
"Well, I know your face, anyhow." She
was looking at him and searching her mem
ory, "You'ro not at the holls, aro you?"
"No, I'm not nt the halls,"
"Well, I do know your face. Why, yes,
I've seen your faco In tho papers. I shall
get It In a minute, now. Don't you tell
me. Sho studied him with dctormlnntlon.
Harry ato awny In contented amusement.
"Yes, you'ro tho man who why, yes,
you're Tristram!"
"That's right. I'm Tristram."
"Well, to think of thnt! Meeting you!
Well, I shnll have something to tell the
girls. Why, a friend of mine wrote down to
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"That must havo proved n disappoint
ment, I'm nfrnld. Tho romnnco was better
than' tho hero."
"You may sny romance," sho concluded
henrtlly. "To bo n lord and " Sho leaned
forward. "I say, how do you get your liv
ing now?"
"Gono Into tho building trade," ho nn
swered. "You surprise mo!" Tho observntlon wns
evidently mennt to bo extremely civil.
"But there, It Isn't so much what your Job
Is ns hnvlng somo Job. Thnt's what I say."
"I wish I nlwnys said and thought things
as sensible," nnd ho took courngo to offer
her nnother glass of Inger. Sho accepted
with n slight recrudweenco of primness,
but her eyes did not leavo him now. "I
never did," ho henrd her murmur, ns eho
raised her glass. "Well, here's luck to you,
sir! (Ho had been n lord, oven If ho wcro
now n builder.) You did tho straight thtug
in the end."
"Whnt?" nsked Hnrry, n llttlo startled.
"Well, eonio did say, as you'd known It
all along. Oh, I don't toy so. Somo did,"
Harry began to laugh. "It doesn't mat
ter, docs It, If I did tho straight thing In
the end?"
"I'm sure as I shouldn't blamo you If you
had been n bit tempted. I know whnt that
Is. Well, sir, I'll say good evening."
"Good evening, miss, nnd thank you very
much," said Hnrry, rising ns sho rose. His
manner had Its old touch of lordliness. Ills
friends criticised thnt sometimes; this
young lady evidently npproved.
"You'vo no causo to" thank me," oald she
with nn ndmlring look.
"Yes, I havo. As It happened, I bellevo
I wonted somebody to remind mo that I
had dono the straight thing In tho end, nnd
I'm much obliged to you for doing It."
'Well, I shnll havo something to tell tho
girls!" sho said ngaln In wondering tones,
ns sho nodded to him nnd turned slowly
nwny.
Hnrry wns comforted. Tho stress of his
pain was past. Ho at on over his slmplo
meal In n leisurely, comfortable fashion.
Ho gained his rooms. A letter lny wnlt-
Ing for him on tho tnble. Ho opened It nnd
found thnt It wns from Mlna ZabrlBkn.
'Wo nro back hero," sho wroto. "I nm
stnylng nt Blent till my undo comes down.
I must wrlto nnd sny goodby to you. I
daresay wo shall novcr meet ngntn, or
merely by chance. I nm very unhappy
nbout It nil, but with two peoplo llko Cecily
nnd you nothing olso could havo happened.
I seo that now, nnd I'm not going to try to
lntcrfcro nny more. I shnn't usk you to
forglvo mo for Interfering, becauso you'vo
made tho results qulto enough punishment
for nnythlng I did wrong. And now Cecily
goes nbout looking Just llko you hard and
proud nnd grim; nnd she's begun to movo
things nbout and niter arrnngmeuts ut
Blent. That's what brings it homo to mo
most of all. ('And to me,' Interposed
Harry, as ho rend). If I was tho sort of
woman you think me, I should go on writ
ing to you. But I shan't write again. I
nm going to stny nt Merrlon through tho
winter, nnd Binco you won't como here, this
Is tho last of mo for n long time, anyhow.
0, you Trlstrams! Goodby,
"MINA ZABRISKA."
'Toor llttlo Imp!" t,a!d Harry. "Sho's a
very good sort. And hn noems nbout
right. It's tho end of everything." He
pnused nnd looked round. "Except of '.hoso
rooms and my work and, well, llfo at
largo, you know." Ho laughed In tho sud
den realization of how much was left nfter
thoro wns nn end of nil llfo to bo lived,
work to bo dono, enjoyments to bo won.
"But I don't believe," ho said to himself,
slowly smiling, "that I should over havo
como to understand that or to fulfil It un
less I had what did tho girl sny? dono tho
straight thing In tho ond and como out of
Blont. Well, old Blent, goodby." Ho crum
pled up Mlna's letter and flung It Into tho
grnte, 1
Tho maid servant opened tho door. "Two
gcntlomen to seo you, sir," sho said.
"0, soy I'm busy ho began.
'Wo must flee you, please," Insisted Mr,
Jenklnson Nceld with unusual firmness. Ho
turned to tho man with him, saying: "Hero
is Mr. Tristram, Colonol Edge."
CHAl'THH XXV.
There' tlip I.Hdy, Ton.
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built, trim man, but his trlmnoss wns not
distinctively military. Ho might havo
been nnythlng save that Just now tho tan
on his faco witnessed to on out-of-door
life. Ills manner was cold, his method of
speech leisurely nnd methodical. At first
sight Horry sow nothing In him to modify
tho belief In which ho had grown up
that tho Edges wns nn unnttractlvo race,
unnblo to nppreclnto Trlstrams. much lens
worthy to mato with thorn. Ho gavo tho
colonol n chair rather grudgingly nnd
turned to old Mr. Nceld for nn oxplanntlon
of the visit.
Neeld had fussed himself Into n sent al
ready nnd had drnwn somo sheds of paper
covered with typewriting from his pockot.
Ho spread them out, smoothed them down,
cleared his throat and answered Horry's
look by n glnncn nt Edgo. Mr. Neeld was
In a fidget, a fldgot of Importance nnd ex
pectancy, "You will know," sold Edgo gravely,
"thnt no ordinary matter has led mo to
call on you, Mr. Tristram. You must eon
nldor this Interview purely as ono of n
business kind. I have Just returned to
England, Kor two months I have been out
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night I nrrlvcd only thin morning and
dined lu Neeld's company. Ab It chnnced,
wo Epoko of you nnd I learned what had
happened slnco I left England. I havo
lost no tlmo in calling on you "
Nceld was listening nnd fidgeting with
his sheets of paper. Tho colonel's pro-
nmblo excited llttlo Interest in Hnrry; tho
renctlon of his Btrugglo wns on him; ho
was courteously but not keenly attentive.
"It Is not ngrccablo to mo to speak of my
brother to you, Mr. Tristram. Doubtless
wo should differ If wo discussed Mb char
acter and conduct. It Is not necessary.
"Is Sir Randolph Edgo concerned In what
you hnvo to sny to me?" nsked Hnrry.
"Yes, I nm Borry to say ho 1b. Another
person Is concerned, nlso."
"Ono moment. You nro, of course, nwnro
that I no longer represent my family?
I.egnlly, I'm not oven n member of
It. It Is possible that you ought to
address yoursolf to Lady Tristram my
cousin or to hor lnwyers.
"I bnvo to spenk to you. Is tho nnme
of Comtcsso d'Albrovlllo known to you,
Mr. Trletrara?"
"Yes, I'vo heard my mother spenk of
meeting her In Pnrls."
"You nro nwnro thnt later nfter ho
pnrted from Lady Tristram my brother
went to Russia, whero ho hnd business In
terests?" "I hnvo very good reason to know that."
Harry smiled nt Mr. Neeld, who hnd np
pnrcntly got nil ho could out of his pnpers
and was sitting quiet nnd upright In nn
eacnr attention.
"What I am about to say 3 known, I bo
llovc, to mysolf nlont ami to Noeld hero,
to whom I told It tonight. Whllo my
brother wns In Russln ho v,a Joined by tho
comtesse. Sho paid him a visit secretly. I
need hardly add. Sho passed under tl)o
namo of Mme. Vnlller and sho resided in
tho houso ndjolnlng Rnndolph's. When ho
foil 111 ho had Jufct completed tho sale, of
ono of Ills Russian properties. Sho was a
brilliant woinun she dlod, by tho wny, two
or three years ugo but extravagant nnd
fond of money. Sho prevailed on my
brother tq promlso her tho prlcn of this
property ns n gift. Tho sum wns consider
ableabout 7,000,"
Horry nodded. Hero aeemcd to bn somo
posslblo light on tho rensons for tho Inter
view. "This money wns to bo paid In gold on
n certain day. I speak now from Informa
tion Imparted to mo subsequently by tho
comtoaao herself. It wns glvon under 11
promlso of Bccrccy, which I hnvo kept
hitherto, but now And mysolf compelled In
honesty to break."
"Thero can be no question of what Is
your duty, Edgo," Mr. Neeld put In.
"I think nono. My brother during his
Illness discussed tho mnttor with tho com
tesso. Tho money was payable In Peters
burg. Ho could not hopo to bo well enough
to go thero. At her suggestion ho signed
n pnpor, authorizing payment to bo mado to
nor or to an ngent appointed by hor. The
money being destined for her ultimately,
this naturally seemed tho best nrrnngemont.
Sho could go nnd recclvo the money or Hond
for it ns a fact eho went In person whon
the tlmo enmo and nil would bo sottled."
"Quito fo. Arid tho transaction would
not appear on tho faco of Sir Randolph's
nccount3 or bankbook," Horry suggosted.
"It's possible thnt weight was glvon to
that consideration, too, but It Is not very
motorlul. Tho comtesse, then, wns In pos
session of this authority. My brother's III
ncBB took n turn for tho worse. To bo brlof
ho died boforo tho day enmo on which tho
monoy wns to bo paid."
"And sho presented tho authority nil tho
bmiio?" nsked Harry. "And got tho monoy,
did sho?"
"Thnt Is precisely tho course sho
adopted," assented Colonol Edge.
Harry took n wnlk up nnd down Iho
room nnd returned to tho henrlhrug.
"I'm very sensible of your kindness In
coming hero today," ho said, "aud your
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conduct Is thnt of n man of honor. But at
this point I'll stop you, plense. I'm nwnro
thnt prima fnelo tho lnw would pronounce
mo to bo Sir Rnndolph's son. That baa al
ways been disclaimed on our pldo and could
easily bo disproved on yours. I havo noth
ing to do with Sir Rnndolph Edgo or his
property."
Tho colonel llstoncd unmoved.
"In nny enso you would havo nothing to
do with my brother's property," he re
marked. "Ho left n will by which I was
constituted solo legatee."
"Then If sho robbed nnybody sho robbed
you?"
"Certnlnly; nnd three years later she
camo nnd told mo so."
"Then how In tho world docs It concern
mo?" cried Harry Impatiently.
"You put your finger on tho spot, Mr.
Tristram, but you took It off again. You
wild sho presented tho authority all the
hanie."
"Well, yes. Tho authority would bo re
voked by his death. At least I suppose
thcre'B no question of that. Did she get at
them beforo thoy heard of tho denth?"
"This monoy wns payable on Juno 22
tho 10th nn It's reckoned In Russia but we
needn't troublo nbout thnt. As you and
Nceld nro both nwnro, on tho 18th my
brother foil Into n collapso which wns mis
taken for denth."
"Yes, tho ISth," murmured Neeld, re
ferring to tho paper before him, aud read
ing Jofllah Cholderton'B nccount of what
Mine, do Krlea hod told him at Heidelberg.
"From that attack ho rallied temporarily,
but not until his death had been reportod."
"I nm not tho man to forget that clrcuui
stance," snld Horry.
"Tho report of his death was, of course,
contradicted Immediately. Tho doctor at
tending him snw to thnt."
"Naturally; nnd I nupposo the comterso
would seo to It, too."
"And tho only lmportnncn that tho occur
rence of tho 18th hns for us at present li
thnt, orcordlng to the comtcsso's story, It
suggested to the doctor tho course which
bhi', nn his prompting, ns eho declared, and
certainly with his connivance, afterward
adopted. My brother, having rallied from
bin first collapso, kept up tho right a little
whllo longer. It wns, however, plain to tho
doctor that ho could live hut n vory short
time. Tho comtntKo know this. My brother
wns not In 11 condition to transact business
nnd was Inrnpabto of e:urlng to her nny
benefit by testamentary disposition, even
If ho hnd wished to do so. Her only chance
was tho money for the property. This sho
saw her way to srcurlng with tho doctor's
help, oven although my brother should dlo
iKiforo It fell duo, nnd tho nuthorlty Bhe
hold should thereby loso Its legal vnlldlty."
"You moan that they determined to carry
out n fraud If nocosary?"
"Precisely. I must remind you that my
brother know nothing of this. He was al
together paBt understanding nnythlng about
It. I may bo vory brlof now, but I am still
anxious that you should fully understand.
All Hint I'm snylng to you Is beyond qucs
Hon nnd tan bo proved nt any tlmo by tak
ing ovldenco on the spot; It Is easily avail
able." (To Bo Continued.)
