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GIVE US A TRIAL. MONEY TO LOAN. I am prepared to negotiate loans ongood real estate security, on rea snuable terms. R. 0. PURDY, Surfiter, S. C. Rring your Job Work to The Tiwnes office X.01 ylw o o a o o $FBy IEf M. SELD0N, Author of "in Iis Steps," "Robert Hardy's Seven Day Copyright, 1 oI. by Chari" -V. Shedon wol CHAPTER X. nd Nfl'. uno teni spo ove blul ter ".is use, W01 Doi ano - his ove tsan ller Boi; thr< Grc ove frol I a clos M Andrews pael her eh? fingrs on his arm HATEVER else Tom- hir my Randall lacked, me. he did not lack the sull most absolute confi- one dence in his position wit s boss of Ward 18. As he came up B the little group of which Miss An- pas rews was the central figure not even w" r thorough knowledge of the man's WO eculiarly insidious hold on the situa- nes ion was sufficient to give her a real in- the Ight into the motIve which prompted he Im to face her and John Gordon at a coh :ment when he knew their indigna- trel Ion against him was at its highest son He took off his hat as he bowed.. - "How do, Miss Andrews? I've got for me good news for you, and thought Ral iybe you wouldn't object to my low ringing it. Lots 17, 19 and 21 back rea f the settlement have charged hands " ince the fire. Maybe you didn't know wal ; but I've had my eye on those lots val r some time. Now, I don't mind tell- "] 2g you that I admire your pluck. wh >u've been doing good here, and I five ant to help in a small way. So I've hou ecided to give the settlement those dou :s. I understand you've been want- he!, ig more room to build on a new hall. 1is will give you a chance." 31 He stopped very suddenly and his Wu ifty gray eyes, still fastened on "Miss ladi idrews, had a look of such malignant sile atisfaction in them that John Gordon hi= -Inted to strike him across the mouth. "2 e did not do that, but he did-say, as not stepped in front of Miss Andrews, la~ -ectly between her and Randall: wa: "When we want any donations from wh< u, we will let you know it Better goiJ ie your gifts where they're better " preciated." wr~ he man gave Gordon one evil look. to~ Am I talking to you? My offer was her tde to the head of the house. If you as eauthorized"- on Miss Andrews is not going to enter of to any conversation with you." Gor- hit an spoke with a rising tide of wrath obs him that was nearer to actual v~io- Chl( ce that he had ever been. But the sne n in front of him was a visible rep- RaU ;entative of the most corrupt, vi.. roll us, damnable political system that" as directly responsible for practically wor ery dwarfed child, every ruined girl, con 'ry debauched soul in the district. um] ere was no room left in John Gor- wh2 n's heart for anything but over- der elming indignation toward the man iv o stood for all that monstrous "1 ong. He wanted to strike some- "YC g. His soul was bursting with but npassion for the hundreds of help- brix s lives in that hell of misery and this 'th supreme anger against the man the ho got his living out of It. Oh, Mr. Gordon!" Miss Andrews goo oke almost timidly. Luella, watch- "I] ; every tone and gesture, noted her left parent willingness to let John Gor- sers n have his way. And Indeed, with ma< e exception of those three words ad- you ressed to him, Miss Andrews did not "( peak again during the whole of the Wh rage encounter. the By your leave, Miss Andrews, I "1 ti do the talkirig, and unless you say "i herwise I will take the whole respon- writ: bility of refusing any gifts Mr. Ran- ") all may, for his own reasons, make Mrs e settlement. We know perfectly swe tell how lots 17, 19 and 21 changed ", ands. We do not care to be receivers call stolen goods." tric e said the words looking straight nes: to Tommy Randall's' face. Tommy was tndall knew as he tried to return the "' d hat here was one man who was a v t afraid of him, come what might. l'ir vertheless the boss of Ward 18 had cul *en ruler so long, he had grown so ac- clu ustomed to regard the methods by i'ich he extorted revenue from his o ubjects as a legitimate part of the ex- a ting political system, that Gordon's w nost brutally frank denunciation aused him only a feeling of contempt. the Just as you say," he answered cool enough. "Lots in Hope House block re not given away every day. I know lenty of men who will buy them. I uppose, seeing you are so particular A bout the lots, you will be overparticu- hac e about who gets them."ha He said it with a deliberate sugges- ble veness so full of possible evil that gre ordon was again tempted to knock tn Ir down. Nothing but the knowl- as dge of Miss Andrews' presence pre- go; ented him. Tommy Randall felt his dre r power and went a step further. o Perhaps you would be interested to Bes ok at my plans." The suggestion he s so profoundly insolent that no one to aid a word. Tommy Randall unrolled - he blue print and spread it out before to hem. With the same degree of fas- Ral aution that they might have felt in ma: :king at a battlefield during the pla: aghter J!ohn Gordon and Grace An- he rews followed the grimy hand of the hel] oss as he described his plan. Mrs. e enrose, Archie and Luella looked on 2 *sinterested spectators, but to them, Ho specally to Lueclia, the main interest a ifthe occasion lay not in the dirty ext due print, but in the expression and M tiltude of the settlement workers. the "Here." saId Tommy, indicating with k much soiled thumb the spot where hi ev Lad Gordon had bccn standing when. diss Anadrews and her visitors came the )ut, "is my tirst b~uilding. It is a model Go enement, five stories, brick with terratr otta front. all modern -improvements. 3 )ver here on this corner is to be a sa- s t R11: i4_4 s,"Etc. ~4 -kingmnen -need recreation. No one i erstands that so well as you do, x s Andrews. Two blocks west is i ther tenement Apartments in these r =ments, by the way, are already all r ken for. Corner lot 71, northeast, r here, is to be occupied by another i %n and vaudeville. Give the people .ty of amusement. Another tene- I it over here; same style and size as t one. Over there"-he shifted the print a little and brought the cen- E of the drawing into plainer view- 1 going to be a hall which will be 1 as headquarters for the ward -kers, office, restaurant, etc. We 9 I some accommodation of that sort. I vn here, southwest corner district, t ther tenement, and Avitzen puts up saloon here on this corner. Then 3 e here another tenement, same size, e style. These tenements will re- t e the congestion now found around ren street I have in contemplation V !c, four, five, six, possibly seven. E und will be broke for the first one 1 e there"-he pointed to the block C a which he had come-"ttmorrow. 0 m planning to get everything in- e ed before winter. Pretty good plan, I t iss Andrews' blue eyes gazed at b with their profound look of un- 1 sured sadness. So might an un ied angel of light have looked upon 0 who had denied his fellowship U t the shining hosts of heaven. t at John Gordon had no history of J t defeats and long accumulated 9 ings to keep him silent like this 3 nan who knew the utter useless- r s of threat or appeal. He was at 0 white heat of passion, and, while n held himself in check and spoke c Ily enough outwardly, he was really C abling, and Luella began to fear o tragic end to the scene. n laying out your measurements the double decker over there, Mr. idall, you have not made any al- 4 ance for space between front and of lot" Co," said Randall coolly. "We don't a it to waste any ground. It's too a iable." ut how about the city ordinance a ch provides for a space of twenty- s feet between front and rear f ses? I understand your proposed t ble decker will be four stories in ;ht The law distinctly says" Che law be"- t r. Tommy Randall did not say s .t the law might be on account of 1 es being present, but his abrupt 0 ace was no less expressive. He a self broke it with a coarse laugh. u oung man, you must be very young c to k-now that Tommy Randall Is a l for himself in Ward 1S. If he t: its to put up a tenement on the y 1e lot, he does it, and the law ain't ig to make any difference." ou miserable"- John Gordon's d .t flowed over, and he took a step ard the boss. Miss Andrews placed s fingers on his arm as gently and 3 momentarily as he had placed his t hers, and he stopped as if a bar p teel had been flung up In front of a Luella, watching everything with a ~rvant eyes, saw it all. So did Ar- s Penrose, and his face expressed a -a ~ring sort of pleasuare. Tommy dall held his ground and began to d up his blie print ell, I must get along back to my t k," he said as he gave the whole *y pany a comprehensive look of tri- z h. "If you want to buy any lots, c , you know where to come. I un ~tand you've got a little money toa >ok here!" Gordon stopped him. 1 u say you don't care for the law, ~ I give you warning that I will tg to bear every process known in g city to prevent your violation of ie building ordinances." -1 bo ahead, young man," said Tommy C I naturedly. "I wish you success." t4 f there is any such thing as justIce ~ in an American city, I will have it ' ed on you. I will set the whole ~ hinery of the law in motion against b )h, you make me tired, young fellow. at is the law to me? Do you own courts?" o; do you?" some of 'em." The answer came 2 absolute effrontery. Iow about Justice Chambers?' a .Penrose asked the question in a et voice that startled everybody. b ustice Chambers? I-I-don't re -ah, yes, the new justice In Dis t 9." There was a note of uneasi Sin Tommy's voice that Gordon quick to detect. r. Chambers is a cousin of mine ery brilliant, rising young lawyer." ;Periuse again spoke in her sweet. ured voice, and again every one, In lng the boss, stared at her. :t makes no difference." The voice Tommy Randall rose again rough assertive. "Law or no law, I know it I am doing. Good day, Miss An ws. Sorry you don't see fit to take lots. I admire your grit." And he oubtedly did.. e turned and walked back to the -kmen engaged in making measure its, and John Gordon turned to Miss rews, exclaiming bitterly: "If this occurred in fiction, wouldn't we e laughed at it as wildly improba ?Yet here It occurs In one of the test cities on the Amnerican con tnt, and we are obliged to accept it a part of our municipal system of ernent. Before God, Miss An ws, can we do less than vow war all that such a creature represents? r me witness," he exclaimed, and was one of the last men in the world esort to dramatic poses or heroics., will exhaust every resource known aan in an attempt to have Tommy dall obey the laws of this city. He y have robbed us of our proposed a for parks and playgrounds, but shall not murder little children and >less women in these hells of double' kers."1 'hey all walked silently back to pe House and went into the library. [ dont think any one knows the full et of Tommy Randall's power," 3s Andrews said quietly. "I ught once, a few years ago, that I w, but I don't. Nobody does, not i himself." Of course you have tried to have se building ordinances obeyed?" rdon spoke it looking at her in great uble. 1ss Andrews smiled her patient ile that told the story of countless +ies of co+1tle dmeeats of ham.+. ick' failure to arouse 'a - civic coi cience. of corrupt courts and packed uries, and the whole city lying in a a .oitemptuous apathy that owned no e :od but Mammon and felt no indigna- I Ion except that of wrath over the fall if stocks or the thwarting of personal I chemes for glory. t "What can be done?" Gordon asked t, but had no answer. "Of what use r s our gift from Mrs. Effingham? Even ' E Randall would sell the lots he has ought he would demand outrageous r rices that we could not pay. It is addening to think that he has so cho- 1. en the places for his tenements, his a aloons and vaudeville halls that even C f we owned all the rest of the district 7e could do comparatively little to car- 3 y out our plan. The ward clubhouse i: acans, of course, the intrenchment of 1 ommy Randall in the heart of his ter itory. Can you think of anything ex- - opt a spider who has artfully spun his b veb and sits waiting in it for victims? r ) God of the children, is there no way c n all this great so called municipality I hat these wrongs can be righted?" r le had never expressed himself so " trongly, and Luella, looking at him, o ad never felt so much real emotion. s he was sitting by the window, and as t ;ordon finished and. slowly turned 1 way from 'Miss Andrews, to whom he 11 ad put the question, Luella also I urned and glanced out the window. t: "Why don't you put the law on him?" r Irs. Penrose exclaimed impatiently. I There must be some way of executing t de ordinances of this city!" s "I have used every method.within my i ower during the last twelve years to revent the violation of these city ordi- e ances relating to the tenement house T nstruction. In every instance, with- I t one exception, we have been thwart- I f when the case came into court. Mrs. v 'enrose, you have no conception of the I emendous political and social power s ack of Tommy Randall. It is an abso- .x ate dictatorship. It is true, as he un- r lushingly says, he or the powers back E him own courts, judges, juries, at- I rneys. All our appeals to the people d emselves have been in vain. As the ears have gone on my work has I rown to be that of some alleviation of tisery; it is not a contribution to the moval of causes. The misery flows v . The best we can do seems to be to d ake life a little more bearable for bldren, to put a little light and good I heer into these darkened, saddened f ves, to alleviate ever so little their retchedness. Sometimes I have N iought this was all we ever shall do." I [iss Andrews spoke with her usu 1: uiet intensity. There was no whining, tot even complaint; simply indomita- f le patience in the face of everlasting ad unrelieved defeat of purposes by power so grimly fortified with money nd social entanglements and vice and q ppeals to all human passions that it I emed hopeless even -o expect relief om its dominating grip on the situa- s .on. "Do you know Julius Chambers?" Irs. Penrose asked after a moment of oughtfulness. During that moment lie noted with a gleam of quiet satis iction that John Gordon had gone, -er by the window and was talking in low tone to Luella, while Archie, who nfortunately had seated himself the ther side of Miss Andrews, had the agth of the room and the big library ble between him and the two at the rindow. "I have begun to hear about him, as I iost of us have done here," Miss An rews answered. "Let Mr. Gordon see him. There is ame hope in that direction, I believe. 'lus was a peculiar fellow in college ad law school He has got into his resent position, as you know, through very unusual set of circumstances,a nd it would be just like him to do t omething. At any ra~te he has the 6 blity to do remarkable things." h "It is worth considering." Miss An rews looked thoughtfully at this wo man who had apparently come downe >Hope House, like scores of other fineb isitors, just to look at a social expert icat, but with no deeper or more seri us purpose. Would Mrs. Penrose go i ay further than that? Would she use B inence and social place to put a 0 verage under a wrong and help over. irn it? - Mrs. Penrose slowly and carelessly t at up and said: "Archie and I would t ke to look over the house, Miss An rews, if you can show us. Can you? ~ ome, Archie. Oh, Miss Marsh seems >be interested in her discussion with 1 r. Gordon. He can bring her along ~ 'ith him when they are through. What delightful. old fashioned hall you ave here! I remember hearing my Lther speak of the time when the Ross imily built this mansion. Very inter sting." She preceded Miss Andrews into the all and beckoned to the disgusted rhie, who did not dare disobey. She Lowly Inspected the new coffee room ad then asked to be shown the recent provements in the people's assembly all at the top of the building. She lin- ~ t t ~1 Hi~uWMIEwR\\!R. ,93 S~ K IIR tWM CA a mainiEWBMEANW i 1 i4i IE M E ~ S Lcl Can~ you~ not see that I-that you-are thc one I lo'vc?" erd. over everything that Miss A&n Irews had to describe, and it was all t f twenty minutes before she entered he library again, the wretched ArchieI carcely concealing his jealousy and measiness. In twenty minutes a good~ deal can e said to affect the future of two peo >le who for various reasons have not ~ully understood each other and are till conscious of an interest in each I >ther that separation seems to inten dfy. "What will you do with the money hat has been given you if you do not ucceed in stopping Mr. Randall's )uilding his tenements?" Luella hadI sked when Gordon had first stepped I p to the window near her. "We esal succeed in stopping him." "Howr' "I don't know. But if there is a God, .nd if there is a conscience in this city nd I am spared to do the work God Las called me to do, Tommy Randall ,hall not go on defying all heaven, as te has done these many :ears. Does hat sound like boasting, Luella?" Ile used her name so naturally that teither gave it any significance at frst .hen slowly Luella blushed and looked town. She had never admired Gordon's nanhood more than right then. "No, I don't think it's boasting. I ike to hear you-I mean I like to hear ny man speak as if he expected to do reat things." John Gordon bent over a little nearer. Irs. Penrose had risen and was lead ag the way with Miss Andrews and rchle out into the hall. "Luella, is it too late? I have thought -I might possibly have frightened you 'y too sudden a test"- He spoke hur ledly, then, as he saw the room was mpty of any but Luella and himself, Lt spoke with more reserve, but with aore freedom as well-"Luella I can c.t give you up. You see something of ur great problem here. It's a gigantic truggle; it is apparently hopeless. But ,link of the children, Luella, whose [yes are at stake. Isn't it worth a life ke yours? I never meant to speak Ike this to you, least of all here. But be sight of four dear face in. the sur oundings has told me again how much need you. God surely did not wish us o go on our ways alone. The fight is o hard, Luella, alone. I need compan Dship." He laid his fingers gently on her arm s he finished. Luella was leaning to rard him. Their faces almost touched. ut his action at once brought up to ,uella the incident out in Bowen street rhen he had placed his fingers on Miss Lndrews' arm. Was it that or was It ome caprice that dangerously dallied rith your own happiness, Luella, that ande you say: "Companionship? You seem to be retty good friends with Miss An rews!" John Gordon spoke slowly and as if te did not understand. "Miss An trews? Luella, do you" He was angry with her. And she ras apparently determined not to un terstand the reason for it. "She seems to accept your leadership tere. You are evidently not alone so ar as companionship goes." She spoke lightly, but her jealousy ras apparent. John Gordon smiled. juella cared for him. His anger van hed. "Miss -Andrews and I are good riends. She is a noble woman. There i not a nobler in the city. But" "But you are blind not to see that he cares for you"- Luella spoke nickly. Afterward she regretted that [ttle sentence more than any other. "Cares for me?" Gordon asked lowly. "Yes. Any strarger can see It." "I think you are mistaken. It Is Im Mssible." "Nothing is impossible when people re in love." "I refuse to discuss the matter. It is ot right toward Miss Andrews." Luella was silent. John Gordon was madjusting his basis of appeal to her. hat she had said about Miss An rews disturbed him tremendously. "Luella! Can you not see that I--that ou-are the one I love? This Is the tst time I shall speak." Luella looked out of the window. 'he most desolate sight she had ever een was out there. The background r the horrible piles of rubbish was e dismal row of tenements with the ack yard staircases like external eletons proclaiming the degradation l the tenement dwellers In the tat red clothing hung out to dry. The reariness of it all smote Luella like a orror. To live in an eternal conflict 'Ith evil like that represented by Tom iy Randall; to miss the bright, pretty, amfortable life into which she had een born; to spend her days and ights in trying to intve disagreeable, ngrateful humanity-all this seemed ke a nightmare to her. Yet there ood the man she loved more than any ther; she could not refuse to believe his nobility, his courage, his unself ihness. Her heart hungered when she ought of all he was compared with 2e other men she knew. If only he ere not living here! If only he would o his work in some other place where aey would not always be obliged to >ok at all this human misery! John ordon was speaking again. "Once more, Luella. Will you be my rife? Will you join me in a lifelong attle for human rights?" "Do you mean, as you did before, 2at I must live here?" "Yes." The answer came without esitation. "I don't think I can do It, John. Oh. rhy do you exact that! You know I. we you, John, but I can't, I can't live ere." "Do you love me?" John Gordcon aid it gently. "Then can you not rust me-trust all to me? We must Ee here in order to do the work In be best way." "Must live here?" Luella did John ordon injustice again In misinter reting his emphasis. It was the only ime she was ever guilty of such an t, but that did not make it any less erious. And again her insane jealousy f Miss Andrews disturbed her vision f the clear eyed love of the man who e knew well enough loved herself nd her alone. "It does not seem to me possible to earn the people's needs anywhere so rell as here. That does not mean that re must remain here all our lives, but .t least for some years." "I cannot do it," Luella said slowly. There was a moment of silence. hen the steps of Miss Andrews and Irs. Penrose and Archie were heard oming through the hall toward the [brary. John Gordon did not reply e'ven by a ord. He bowed gravely and turned oward the others as they entered the Mrs. Penrose glanced quickly toward -uella. "Don't you want to go over the ouse? It Is very interesting." "I don't believe I care about it to. Lay. It is getting late and Miss An .rews is busy. I will come down some ,ther time." "I shall be glad to welcome you any le," Miss Andrews said in her calm annuer. She went to the door with hem and said goodby as they entered he carriage. As they drove away the st look Luclla had of the place raed Miss Andrews and John Gor ton standing side by side under the .rchway. Both face~s were serious, .nd John Gordon's had the look of a aan who has entered on a new expe lence of which he is in doubt. but oncerning which, like all brave souls, te has no fear. "Well. I'm mighty glad I got out of t," said Archie as the carriage turned nto one of the paved streets and the orses hurried on towa~rd Park avenue. Luella said nothing, and Mrs. Pen the time. like Miss Andrews and Mr. Gordon "Catch me. One day is enough, don't you think, Miss Marsh?" "I don't see how they stand It," Lu ella managed to murmur. "Stand it! I want to wash out my mouth with perfumes for a week," said Arehie, with an air of disgust. "I feel as if I had breathed in all sorts of dis eases." "It would be healthier for you to keep your mouth shut more of the time, Archie," said his aunt; "that is, healthier for other people." She spoke with a savage disregard of any one's feelings that did not take account of any results to herself. It was that that made Archie fear her. The carriage rolled along, and no one spoke for several minutes. Luella was dumb. She looked out of the win dow on her side, and Archie fidgeted in his corner opposite. "That's a remarkable situation down there." Mrs. Penrose spoke contem platively. "Two hundred thousand dol lars to spend and checkmated by Tom my Randall. It looks like a hopeless case for them. Of course he won't sell his lots, or if he does it will be at ruinous prices. The devil seems to be on top all around at Hope House. The only chance is that Gordon can in some way bring Randall to time on the rdinance violation. Do you think he will do it?" "I know he will try," Luella man aged to say. "Try! But will he succeed?" "He will if any one can." "It isn't fair to ask him to face all that horror alone. He needs compan Ionship." Luella started. Mrs. Penrose saw it, but went on. "He ought to have a wife. Miss Andrews and he seem mfde for each other, don't you think?" Luella coldly returned Mrs. Penrose's smile and then looked out of the win dow again. "Miss Andrews is only eight or ten years older than Gordon, I should say. But that's no obstacle. Pe always held that the woman ought to be older and more experienced at the beginning of marriage. Then the man can catch up, not in age, but in everything else. Don't you think so, Luella?" "I'm not a judge," Luella answered in an icy tone. If the carriage had not been going so fast she would have opened the door and stepped out Archie broke in with his drawling note. "It's easy enough to see that they are good friends. I should say it would make a good match." Luella was enraged at them both. Mrs. Penrose, whatever her reason for saying what she did, saw that she could not safely go on. "There's Cousin Julius. I believe Gor don can get help there, If he could only bring a case against Randall in Cham bers' court. Julius doesn't fear man or devil. It is worth considering." The carriage drew up at the Penrose mansion. Luella lived three blocks farther-down the avenue. "I'll see Miss Marsh honie," said Archie. Mrs. Penrose hesitated a mo ment. as the carriage waited. "Very well," she said, and with a nod to Luella she left the carriage, and Luella and Archie went on. Luella did not say a word to Archie, but stared straight out of the window. When the house was reached, she said mechanically. "Will you come in?" '"Thank you, I will be glad to," Archie repliedwlth alacrity. When they were in the drawing room, he gathered up courage to say, "Miss Marsh, will you give me a few minutes to-to make a few remarks?" He did not mean to say that at all. For the first time In his life he was as near being in love as It was possible for him to be, and In so.-far as the ex perience was new to him he was enno bled by it. Between the two unusual events in his life he presented a curi ous combination of bashfulness and @ffrontery. He had chosen the time for telling Luella of his feelings with sin gular misfortune to himself. He sup posed she was smarting from a quar rel of some kind with Gordon. His shallow reason led him to believe that her feelings would be soothed by the devotion of another suitor, and so he blindly went on, gaining confidence as Luella sat perfectly still, her hands in her lap, apparently listening to him, "Miss Marsh-Luella-it Is no secret to you, I am sure, that I have long adored you"-he was nearer the truth than was usual for him-"but my de votion will surely count in my favor. Will you-will you .entertain the thought of me as a-a-suitor? Will you permit me, Luella, to have some hope of some time winning your affec tions? I love you truly." He spoke in a sincere manner, for he felt what he said. "Don't say no to me. Think It over. Give me some hope, Luella" He was astonished to see her slowly rise and without even looking at him, without so much as a gesture of any kind, walk out of the room, leaving him sitting there on the edge of his chair, with his hands clasped in an appealing manner. He sat back in the chair and waited At the end of five minutes of blank silence he rose and went out into the hall. "Please tell Miss Marsh I will call again," he said, with a ghastly smile, to the footman who was lounging there. He went out and walked as fast as he was ever known to go to his aunt's. She was in the library and received -im good naturedly. "'Well, young man, what did you think"-- She stopped as she saw the expression on his face. "You promised not to get in my way with Miss Marsh! Dlut all your talk in the carriage was arranged to set her against me. I see it! You roused her jealousy by talking about Miss An drews and all that" "What-'are you saying? You are ab solutely unintelligible. Say what you mean'" Mrs. Penrose exclaimed with disdain. "I am saying what I mean!" Archie traveled up and down the library in a rage, but it was the rage of a disap pointed child rather than the anger of a grownup man. "Oh! I see. You have been talking to Luella. Young man, you couldn't have picked out a more inappropriate oc .casion. Why, couldn't you see, man, that she was feeling terribly over something that happened between her and 'Gordon while they were in the library?2" "And you aggravated It by all you said afterward." Archie wailed. Mrs. Penrose smiled sweetly. "So you actually proposed this after noon, Archie. Tell me about It. What did she say? Ho0w did she receive your remarks?" "Shie didn't say anything. She in sulted mec by leaving the room." "But it was kind of her to leave you the room, Archie. You must have felt the need of something pretty bad." "You're a fool," said Archie, and he sat down sulkily in a deep chair and looked defiantly at his aunt. Mrs. Penrose got up and pointed to the dor. "Young man, you either apologize at once for that remark or you leave this house and you do not come back into it!" Archie gathered himself up quickly and stammered: "I-I, forgive me. Aunt Constance! I did not mean that!" "Of course not. You got your pro nouns mixed. What you meant to use was the first personal. With that un derstanding I accept your apology." Archie sank back into the chair and Mrs. renrose at once rec'ovei'ed~Er equanimity. "Tell me what you said. Archie. So she never gave you any answer at all. Do you think it is a case of silence gives consent?" "Hardly," Archie groaned. "I asked her to hear me, to take time to think it over. I did not press the matter. I simply wanted her to consider me as a possible suitor." "Maybe that's what she left you so suddenly for." "Why?" asked Archie suspiciously. "Maybe shel wanted time to think it over." "Oh, I'm a" "That's right-a fool, Archie! Didn't I warn you? You never had any chance. Luella is deeply in love now with John Gordon." "Why doesn't she marry him, then?" Archie asked with directness. "I don't know," Mrs. Penrose replied thoughtfully. . "I would go. anywhere with Luella," Archie groaned. "Even into Hope House?" "Yes, I would; even there." "Then you must be very much in love. Poor Archie!" Mrs. Penrose spoke with a touch of compassion. "It's no use." "Ent I tell you, aunt, I mean to mar ry Luella Marsh. I don't give up just Yor one rebuff." "No? She's never really given you an answer yet, Archie. Make her say no, at least." "She will say yes at last," said Ar chie doggedly. His aunt looked at him half contemptuously, half wondering ly. "Not so long as you are Archie Pen rose," she said finally. "You'll see," Archie said as he rose and went away. Mrs. Penrose thought fully sat and mused until dinner was announced. "I have known stranger events to be," she muttered to herself. "But Luella Marsh is a million times too good for him. Why does she not mar ry John Gordon if she loves him? She will miss heaven, here and heieafter, if she doesn't." John Gordon and Miss Andrews had turned back into the library after the yisitors had gone. "That Mrs. Penrose is quite a re markable woman, Mr. Gordon. Did I understand that she was a relative of yours?" "No; she was an intimate friend of my mother. She has always taken a good deal of interest in me. It would not be surprising if she came to our assistance. She has abundant means and leisure; lives in a palaci of a house on Park avenue; is a widow with no nearer relatives than that Ar chie Penrose. Her mention of Junus Chambers was encouraging. Oh,_if Mrs. Penrose would only use her in fuence it might move something!" Gor don uttered a groan. "But these so ciety women have no hearts except when they feel remorse. That's her trouble. She may he enthusiastic over a fad like Hope House, as she calls it, but it won't last Her old social ambi tions are too strong to be broken or changed into new ones." "Judge Chambers Is a new factor." Miss Andrews spoke softly. "I won der what he will prove to be. That first act of his when he was seated was encouraging. How would It do to bring a case against Tommy Randall is his court?" "Just the thing! I don't believe Tom my owns him. We have got to do something and do it hard. If Tommy Randall puts up those double 'deckers, contrary to the city ordinances, have we got to confess that there is no such thing as justice in a city like this, in a country like ours, after twenty cen / "D yu si l (e'ss0rs? oyou tiat oe in tahepo?"? She turned her blue eyes toward him. and they were glistening with tears. Whatever her feeling was toward him, she was one of those great souls who can carry in their hearts a love for one being and the multitude as well. All true love with her must have been of the highest exaltation. "I believe in the people at last. If all else fails, we will appeal to them. These wrongs cannot go on forever. I cannot believe that God will permit it. Child life must be too precious in his sight." "And yet think of all these years, of all you have done and suffered, of the thousands of innocent lives that have been smothered and buried alive in these places of horror. Do you lose your faith; do you" "No my friend!" she answered, smil ing. "God is not dead. When I lose faith, I shall die. Meanwhile" "Meanwr~hle we are powerless, with all this money in our hands, unless we can stop Randall in -some way. Of course he will never sell us the lots. Our only use for the money would be to purchase some of the unburned terri tory and tear down. But it would be enormously expensive. The city ought to condemn and buy up all this district and put up municipal tenements. Of course I know you believe in all that, but a city government that produces and nourishes men like Tommy Ran dall would as soon be espected to open its council meetings with prayer as to put up city tenemencIts. Our only hope lies in stopping the erection of those double deckers in violation of the ordi nance." - Mis Andrews silently looked out ofI tbewindow Overat the extreme end of the burned area Tommy Randall with the little group of men was still at work laying out measurements for the contemplated tenement. It -was growing late in the afternoon, and the men would soon be going away. Over at th'e other end of the library Miss Eammon een busy at work over one of the lectu rogr mes.. She went out as Gordon-74!g speaking about the tenements. Miss Andrews calmly sat look ni 't* the scene from the window, and John Gordon, seated a little back from her, where, however, he commanded a view f her face as the fading light from the large window fell upon it, suddenly made a resolve that in itself was not really as sudden as it seemed. Some times a swift action has ripened under a slow process. "Miss Andrews." "Yes." "Will you allow me to confide in you -something I feel impelled to say to you especially?" There was a short silence; then her voice answered quietly: "Yes." Gordon went on a little hurriedly, as if he feared the loss of the impulse that had prompted him to speak. "You saw- Miss Marsh. You know from the newspaper accounts my for mer relation to her?" "I remember." "I asked her again this afternoon to be my wife and come to live with me here. She refused. Do you thin a man in my position, with the life I have chosen to live, ought to ask a wo man to come and live with me here, to share all these troubles, to bear all these burdens? Is the test I made for her too severe?" There was silence. It was broken by the quiet voice. "Do you still love Miss Marsh?" "No," answered John Gordon slowlr. He was seated and had put his hand over his face. The group of men over at the end of the view from the window separated-. - and went away. One of the residents came into the library and started to light the candles which were placed in an old fashioned silver candlestick which always stood in the center of the table. It was one of ' Miss An drews' fancies. Candlelight, she used to say, was more literary than elec tricity. "Please do not light the candles yet, Miss Farwell," the voice in the win dow quietly called. Miss Farwelt went out, and In the dark John Gordon could feel his heart beat heavily. [TO BE CONTINUED.] AN ARCTIC MEAL Getting Supper For Men sad Dogs on the Polar Ice Sheet. Dogs were unhitched and fastened, as usual, and then each of the Eskbnos climbed over the ice foot with his snow knife and disappeared behind the para pet, where the other two were already cutting snow blocks. I fastened my dogs, got out their ration of pemmican, cut it up and fed them, standing by. with whip in hand to see that there was no bullying, and that each dog got his share. Then I unpacked the cooker; oil can and kitchen boxr, passing them up the ice foot~as high as I could reach. I did not wait for the completion of the Igloo to commenc' my preparations for supper, but with a few strokes of the spade excavated a niche in the snow- * - bank, put the cooker in out of the wind, Cled the lamp with oil and the boiler with ice, placed a few snow blocks around It for still better shelter .and lighted up. By the time the igloo was completed I had -enough water melted for our tea, and supper was entirely. ready by the time my men had fed the dogs, and they lost no time in freeing. their clothing- of snow and joining me in the igloo. Still less time was con sumed in putting away the tea and bis cuit and pemmican, and less again in faingoff to dreamless slumber.-Com mander Robert E. Peary in Outing. Speed of the Pulse. The rate of pulsation depends- entire ly on the movements of the heart, each beat representing a contraction of the left ventricle. The normal pulse of the adult male varies from sixtl to eighty beats in 'the minute. The range of the Individual variation is, however, very great. The range in females is even greater, some having a. pulse rate of over eighty, others less than sixty, the majority showing a higher rate than males. In children the rate is more frequent: At birth, 128 to 1-44; first year, 120 to 130; at sixteen years, ninety. In old age the pulse Is usually above seventy two, but often also between fifty and sixty. The pulse rate Is higher in ahort than talf persons a'nd also varies somue what with the time of day, ilndependent of meals and movement, diminising in the forenoon, rising in the afternoon, sinking during the night and rising in the morning. Habitual pulse rates be low fifty-six and as low as forty-six have been observed in liealthy adults, but they are rare exceptions. We know of no case on record of a healthy pulse so low as thirty. His Hot Bath. "I had a law partner once in Missis sippi," said a southern lawyer, "who began to feel the effects of long years of hard work at his profession, and he was advised by his physician to go to the Arkansas hot springs and take the baths. The day of his arrival an at tendnt shut him up in a bathroom and, giving him a thermometer, told him to let the hot water run until it had reached a certain 'temperature and then to shut it off. "The old fellow had more clear grit than any man I ever knew. When the attendant went back an hour later, my partner was standing up in a tub of boiling hot water. The skin was fair ly cooked off his feet, but he vowed he wouldn't get out until the specified temperature had been registered. He was holding the thermometer up in front of his face instead of putting It in the water." Plants That Wear Overcoats. Plants have developed almost as many dodges for perpetuating their existence as animals, only we don't so easily rec ognize them. Did it ever strike you that every seed, bulb or tuber is not merely a reserveir of material for the plant that is to grow out of it, but also a mass of fuel for supplying heat nec essary to the sprouting seedlet? More than this. If you look at the- early spring buds and flowers, you will notice that those which are likely to be ex posed to frost, such as catkins or wil low and hazel, are well protected by a thick covering of soft material, a reg ular plant overcoat. .nere -at 3:fome Day." The Lady-Did any one call while I was out? The Maid-No, ma'am. "That's very strange. I wonder what people think I have an 'at home day'.