The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, September 13, 1914, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
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(Copyright. 3*>3.*. b7 ithala Joseph
Vance.)
t-*-THE MESSAGE O.F THE HOSE.
I.upped d -op In Hie Ica'hcr-hnii'id
it.- in v of on iiTupio lounge-chair,
'wallen apart from tHo world by tho
vOUfel tillie solitude of the library of
London's most exclusive club. Mr.
Alan Law uprawlod (largely on thc
i::>M'' o Hie neck) ami squintinc dis
contentedly down his nose, admitted
that he was exhaustively bored.
Now the chair ho filled io graec
Icsly stood hy an open Window, porno
twenty feet below which.lay a sizable
walled garden, an old English garden
In full flower. And through Gie win.
dow. now and then, a- half-hearted
breeze wafted gusts of warm ntr,
snave and enervating with tho heavy
fragrance of English roecs. *
Mr.. Law drank" deep ot lt. and In
Bpite of his spiritual unrest, sighed
slightly and ,;hut his eyes.
< Au unspoken word . troubled thc
depth of Ids consciousness, so that old
memories stirred and struggled to
Hs surface. Th e.word'was "Hof?e" ami
for thc time seemed to be the name
neither ol a woman nor of a flower,
but oddly of both, as though tho two
tilings were one. Hi* mental vision,
bringing thc gap. of a year, conjured
up Hie vihi jn of a lithe, sweet sil
houette in whltCf with red roses at her
belt, posed on a terrace of the Hivicra
ngainst thc burning Mediterranean
biuc. . - ,..-.>
Mr. Law was dully conscious that
he ought to be sorry about something.
But he was really very drowsy In
deed; and so, drinking dcop o? w?-ii
secnt or r?sese he fell gently asleep.
The clock was striking four when
lia awoke .ind before closing hi eyes
lie had noticed that its hands Indi
cated ten minutes to four. So bc could j
not mave slept very long.
For tome few seconds Alan did not
-nove, hut rested as he was, incredu
lously regarding a ro.u' which hod ma- '
terinlized mysteriously upon the little'
table-at his elbow. He was quito sure!
lt, had not been there when bc closed
his eyes, and almost as sure tbat it
waa. not real. |
?niT'tn ? that Instant of awakening
tbe'mbgir- Tra'gr?n?o' of ."thc rose-gar."
don teemed to be ovon moro ti?TOUR
??'il living : weet than OV?T.
Thon lin put out a gingerly hand an !
diivov.crcd that it waa real beyond all
n.itcstion. A warm rod rove, treslic*;
rj'eltMi, il rc pu of water trembling and
spar .lin:: Uko tiny dian |udfl ntl thu
: .'-.ri of its fleshly pelais. And when
?I.ipui-..\.<iv in- took it hv til? pteni, hu
, ditjuvyrcd ? HUH? imiifpittahln tiiorn
which dUl ; ervlie Tor the traditional
jitich,
I << nvlncud (hat lt? wasn't dreaming.
I Alan transferred the rone to kio Ljund
I hiind. anil meditatively Buckled Wu
thumb. Then lio jumped np rrom Ibu
;hnir and dared. ampiciauWy around
the room ll was true that a practical
Joke in that solemn atmosphere were
a thing unthinkable, nilli, there wa3
j thJ rose.
Tlirre was no one but. himself lu
the library.
Perplexed to exar.peratiou. Alan'
fled the club, only pausing on tho way
out to annex the envelope ho found
addressed lo him In th? l?ttor-ra?k.
It wis *a blank white envelope of
good quality, thc addrosa typewritten,
tho stamp English, ann boto a Loudon
postmark half Illegible.
Alon tore the envelope open In ab
sent-minded fajhjan-and started as
if stung. The enclosure was a simple
play lu g. card-a trey of hearts! . . .
, \a for Alan Law, he wandered
homewards in a str.te of stupefaction.
He could* read quite well thc message
? of the rose. He could not ?con forgot
that year-old parting with the Rose of
the Riviera: "You say you love mc bul
may not marry mc-and we must part.
Then promise thia, that If ever you
change your mind, you'll send for me."
And her promise: "I will aend you a
rose."
But the year had lapsed with never
a sign from her so that he had grown
accustomed to the unflattering belief
that she had forgotten him.
And now tho sign had come-hut
what thc deuce did thc Trey of Heurts
mean?
When morning cante l?out?ou had
tuc* Alan Law. No man of his ac
quaintance nor any woman-had re
ceived thc least warning of his dis
appearance. He wau simply and Bufll
cieutly removed from English k.-n.
II-THE S OF THE THREE.
Out-of-doo ;~h brazen noon, a
doy in :;prin. clamorous life ,of
New York mum 'a'fluent as quick
silver through Its . .il liant,st roots.
V.'ithin-doors, neither sound nor
r.unbeam disturbed a perennial quiet
that was yet not peace.
Thc room was a. wide', deep well of
night, tho hanni oj teeming shadows
and sinister alienees.,
r ..."Jr-\ 1.?.....
CTHearts ?yLou?s Jose
"AND THEN. IT CAME TO PASS THAT WE BOTH LOVED ONE WOMAN
Little, Indeed, was visible beyond tho
ponely shapo that brooded over it, thc
?ii;ure of an old man motionless in a
.reat, leather-bound < hair.
His hair was a3 white as his heart
fas black. The rack of his bones,
clothed in a thick black dressing-gown
rith waist-cord of erringen silk, from
the thighs down was covered by a
T)lack woolen rug. He stured unblink
ing at nothing: a man seven-eights
?dead, completely paralyzed but for his
? head and hi's left arm.
1 lYesontly a faint clicking signal dis
Uurbed the stllluec:?. Seneca Trine put
forth his- left.htihd and touched ono of
a row of criuiiicn but/Loua embedded in
the desk. Spra.ejfllng el io clicked-thl?
ifiuf a lat?h? 'i-heve was the faultest
ppaaibic noise o', n dosing door, ami
a smallish man stoic noiselessly into
thc ligiit, pair ed beside the desk and
wailed respectfully for leave lo speak.
..Well?"
"A telegram, slr-from England,
"(?ivo it inc!"
Thc old mon rei/.cd the Blie?l of . i
low paiwrr scanned it hungrily, and
crushed it in bis tremulous claw with
a gesture of uncontrollable emotion.
"Send my daughter Judith hore!"
Two minutes later u yoting woman
in street dress waa admitted to the
chamber of shadows.
"You tient Tor me, father?"
"?"it di-.?;!."
Sliv found ned plated a rhnlr ut. the
desk, and Qbodjiently settled herself in
it..' ; . ts ?. ite?
-" ' ?--- -
i!h Yance
- -?
_,_ BE
"Judith-toll wc-what day ls tM?fa
I "My li rth?ay. I aiu tweuty-oue." ?
j "Ami y ouf Hinter's birthday: Rq$c,
Icu, la I ?-.?.lity-utu.-."
? "Yea.*'
I "Von ppukj have fo.|;otton that," tho
Old mau pm ned almost mockingly.
"Ito you n ally dirlikc your twit eistef
ao Intyneely?''
The ulrl'i voice trrmhlcd. "You
know." she enid, "WP have nothing lu
common - hcyoit? parentage and ihre
at.niipiiaMe renemblawce. Our natures
differ a Hrdil from darkness."
"And which would you s?.y was
light?" .. ?fyi
"Hardly my own; I'm no hypocrite,
ilo. e 1B everything that they toll ino
my ?'other wa?, while I"-thc girl
am) I strangely- "I think-I am m.';: :
jct daughter than my mother's."
A nod of (he white head confirmed
tho suggestion, "lt ls true, i have
watched you closely, Judith, perhaps
moro closely than oven you know, Re
fur'fl 1 WUH brought to this"-tho wast-"
cd hand mude a significant gesture
"I was a man af strong passions. Your
mother never loved, but rather feared
mc. And Rose is thc mirror of her
! mother's nature, gentle, unselfish*)
sympathetic Rut you, Judith, you axe
Uko a second self to mc." I fir's
Au occxuit of profound satisfaction
Informed his voice.'Tho girl waited in
a silence that was tensely expectant*..,
"Thon, ir on this your 'birthday T
I were to oak s service of you thst mtfh't
Injuriously effect -#10 happiness"^
your sister-?"
1'lie girl laughed briefly: "Only ask
If" ., ,.
"And how far would you go to do
my will?"
. Where would you stop in thc sur
Vico of one you loved?" ,
Seneca Trine nodded gravely. And
aler n brief pause, "Rose ls in love,"
he announced.
"Oh. I know -I hnow!" tho lather
affirmed with a faint ring of satisfac
tion. "I em old. a cripple, prisoner ?f
Uilii living lomb; but all things
uhould know-somehow-I como to
know tn courso of time!"
"It's, true-that Englishman she
erajied acquaintance with OD thc
Riviere Inat year-what's his nsmewS'"
Law. Alan Law" j?5P
In tho main," the tither correctjRfc ?
mildly, "you aro right. Only, he's not
English. Ills .father, was WclllngQto
L-.w.-oY'Law & Son."
Rho knew' better than to Interrupt,
but her fleeming patience waS bolled by *
the whitening Knuckles of a hand that '
law within tho pool' of blood-red
light.
And presently tho deep voici) rotted
nti: "Law and I were once friendo;
tbcn^lt--ckc^'jf?'J^^
qne wbmah'. your mother. I won,lier
(Continued tit?Vi?aSoven I '
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