The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, February 15, 1907, Page 3, Image 3
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There was a strange, distant note In
CJhllcote's voice, but the other did not
pretend to hear It. lie pressed the
^ hand he wns holding, though the cold
B dampness of It repelled him.
^ "Good night," lie sold again.
"Good night."
rr?t * - -
a uwjr siocmi ror a moment awkwardly
looking at each other, then Loder quietly
disengaged his hand, crossed the
room and passed through the door.
Chllcote, left standing alone In the
middle of the room, listened while the
last sound of the other's footsteps was
audible on the uncarpeted stairs. Then,
"With a furt>gV hurried gesture, he
caught up tb "jfreen shnded lamp and
passed Into ^Oder's bedroom.
CHAPTER VIII. j
mO all men come portentous moments,
difficult moments, trt- |
umphant moments. Loder had
lmd his examples of all three,
hut no moment In his career ever
equaled In strangeness of sensation
tliat In which, dressed In another man's
clothes, he fltte<l the latchkey for the
first time Into the door of the other
man's house.
The net was quietly done. The key
fitted the lock smoothly, and his On- j
gers turned It without hesitation,
though his heart, usually extremely I
steady, beat sharply for a second. The |
hall loomed massive and somber, despite
the modernity of electric lights. !
It was darkly and expensively decorated
In black and brown; a frieze
of wrought bronze, representing peacocks
with outspread tails, ornamented
the walls; the banisters were of
heavy ironwork, and the somewhat
formidable llreplace was of the same
dark metal.
Loder looked about him, then advanced,
his heart again beating quickly
as his hand touched the cold ban- I
Ister and he began his ascent of the j
stairs. Rut at each step his confl- j
donee strengthened, his feet became
more firm until, at the bead of the
stairs, as If to disprove his usBurance,
his pulses played him false once more.
this time to a more serious tone. From
the farther ond of a well lighted corridor
a maid was coming straight In
his direction.
For one short second all things
\ seemed to whiz about him; the certainty
of detection overpowered his
tnlnd. The Indisputable knowledge
that he was John Loder and no other,
despite all armor of effrontery and
dress, so dominated him that all other
considerations shrank before It. It
wanted but one word, one simple word
of denunciation, and the whole scheme
was shattered. In the dismay of the
moment he almost wished that the
word might be spoken and the suspense
ended.
But the maid came on In silence, and
so Incredible was the silence that
Ix>der moved onward too. He came
within a yard of her, and still she did
not speak. Then, as he passed her,
she drew back respectfully against
the wall.
* The strain, so astonishingly short,
had been Immense, but with Its slackening
came a strong reaction. The expected
humiliation seethed suddenly
to a dealnp tn d?ro
?v V ?MVV? M. UUOIil^
<julrkly, he turned and called the woman
back.
The spot where he had halted was
vividly bright, the celling light being
JLoder bore his scrutiny xcitlunitflinching.
directly above his head, and as she
came toward hlui he raised his face de j
llberately and waited.
She looked at him without surprise
w interest. "ies, sir /" an? said.
"Is your mistress In?" he asked. He
Ik, could think of 110 other question, but It
served his purpose as a test of his
olee. i
8U11 the woman showed no surprise.
"She's not in, sir," she answered. "But
she's expected in half an hour."
"In half an hour? All right. That's
all I wanted." With a movement of
decision Loder walked back to the stair
tiead, turned to the right and opened
-\he door of Chllcote's rooms.
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CECIL THURSTON.
b? Clrci.," Etc.
Harper fc? Brother*
The door opened on n short, wide passage
On ono side stood tho study, on
the other the bed, bath and dressing
rooms. With a blind sense of knowledge
and unfamlllarlty, bred of much
description on Chllcote's part, he put
his band on the study door and, still
exalted by the omen of his first success,
turned the handle.
Inside the room there was firelight
and lamplight and a studious air of
peace. The realization of this and a
slow Incredulity at Chllcote's voluntary
renunclutlon were his first Impressions.
Then his attention was needed for more
Imminent things.
As he enterod the new secretary was
returning a volume to Its place on the
book shelves. At sight of him he pushed
It hastily Into position and turned
round.
"I was muklug a few notes on the
political posltlou of Khorasau." he said,
glancing with slight approhenslveness
at the other's face. lie was a small,
shy man, with few social attainments,
but an extraordinary amount of learning?the
antithesis of the alert BlessIngton,
whom he had replaced.
Ixxler bore his scrutiny without
flinching. Indeed, It struck him suddenly
that there wns a fund of interest,
nlmost of excitement. In the en:
countering of each new pair of eyes.
| At the thought he moved forward to
the desk.
"Thank you. Greening," he said. "A
very useful bit of work."
The secretary glanced up, slightly
puzzled. Ills endurance had been severely
taxed In the fourteen days that
he had filled Ills new post.
"I'm glad you think so, sir," he said,
hesitatingly. "You rather poohpoohed
the matter tills mornlnc. If vou romem.
I bcr."
I Loder wns taking off his coat, but
stopped In the operation.
"This morning?" he said. "Oh. did
1? Did I?" Then struck by the opportunity
the words gave him he turned
toward the secretary. "You've got
to get used to me, Greening," he said.
"You haven't quite grasped nie yet, I
can see. I'm a man of moods, you
know. Up to the present you've seen
my slack side, my Jarred side, but I
have quite another when I care to
show It. I'm a sort of Jckyll and Ilyde
affair." Again he laughed, and Greenlug
echoed the sound diffidently. ClillCOtO
had evidently ilUcouragod familiarity.
Loder eyed him with abrupt understanding.
He recognized the loneliness
in the anxious, conciliatory manner.
"You're tired," he said kindly. "Go
to bed. I've got some thinking to do.
Good night" He held out his hand.
| Greening took it still half distrustful
of this fresh side to so complex a
man.
"Good night sir," he said. 'Tomorrow,
If you approve, I shall go on with
I my notes. I hope you will have a
restful night."
Por a second Loder's eyebrows went
up, but he recovered himself instantly.
"Ah, thanks, Greening," he said.
"Thanks. I think your hope will be
fulfilled."
He watched the little secretary move
softly and apologetically to the door,
then he walked to the fire and, rest
lag his elbows on the mantelpiece, be
took his face In bis bauds.
For a space he stood absolutely
quiet, then bis bands dropped to bis
sides, and he turned slowly round. In
that short space be had balanced
things and found bis bearings. The
slight nervousness shown In bis
brusque sentences and overconfident
manner fadod out, and be faced facts
steadily.
With the return of bis calmness be
took a long survey of the room. His
glance brightened appreciatively as it
traveled from the walls lined with well
bound books to the lamps modulated to
the proper light; from the lamps to the
desk fitted with every requirement.
Nothing was lacking. All he had once
possessed, all be bad since dreamed of.
was here, but on a greater scale. To
enjoy the luxuries of life a man must
go long without them. Coder had lived
severely?so severely that until three
weeks ago be had believed himself exempt
from the temptations of humanity.
Then the voice of the world
had spoken, and within him another
voice had answered with a tone so
clamorous and Insistent that It bad
outcried his surprised and Incredulous
| wonder at its existence and Its claims.
! That had been the voice of suppressed
| ambition, and now as he stood in the
i new atmosphere a newer voice lifted
Itself. The Joy of material things rose
suddenly, overbalancing the last remnant
of the philosophy he had reared.
He saw all things in a fresh light?
I the soft carpets, the soft lights, the
! numberless pleasant. unnecessary
I things that color the passing landscape
and oil the wheels of life. This
wus power?power made manifest. The
I choice bindings of one's books, the
quiet harmony of one's surroundings,
! the gratifying deference of one's de'
pendents?these were the visible, the
; outward signs, the thing she had forgotten.
Crossing the room slowly, he lifted
and looked at the different papers on
the desk. They had a substantial feel'
lng, an Importance, an air of value.
; parieu to express question or surprise,
then closed again without comment.
More than uuy spoken words the incident
showed him the gulf that separated
husband and wife.
"Well," he said again, "what about
' Fralde?"
At his words she sat straighter and
looked at him more directly, as if bracing
herself to a task.
"Mr. Fraide Is?is as interested as
'ever in you," she began.
"Or In you?" Loder made the Interruption
precisely as he felt Chilcote
would have made It. Then instantly he
j wished the words V?nck.
[to be continued.]
Forest irht.
"He Is entertained constantly."
"I suppose he has a host of friends."
"Not that so much, but he's careful
to be a friend of hosts."?New York
I Times. .
' ' \
1 They were like the solemn keys to to
many vexed problems. Beside the papers
were a heap of letters neatly arranged
and as yet unopened. He turned
thorn over one by one. They were
all thick nnd Interesting to look at.
He smiled ns he recalled his own
scanty mall?envelopes long and bulky
or narrow and thin, unwelcome manuscripts
or very welcome checks. Having
sortod the letters, he hesitated. It
was his Ufo task to open them, but he
had never In his life opened an envelope
addressed to another man. ?. *
He stood uncertain, weighing them
In his hand. Then all at once a look
of attention and surprise crossed his
face, and he raised his head. Some
one had unmistakably paused outside
the door which Greening bad left ajar.
There was a moment of apparent
doubt, then a stir of skirts, a quick,
uncertain knock, and the Intruder entered.
For a couple of seconds she stood In
the doorway; then as Loder made no
effort to speak she moved Into the
room. Bhe had apparently but just returned
frqin some entertainment, for,
though she had drawn off her long
glovee, she was still wearing an evening
cloak of lace and fur.
That she was Cbllcote's wife Loder
Instinctively realized the moment she
entered the room. But a disconcerting
confusion of Ideas was all that followed
the knowledge. He stood by the
desk, silent nnd awkward, trying to fit'
his expectations to his knowle<|jo.N
Then, faced by the hopolessuess of the
task, he turned abruptly nnd looked it
her again.
She had taken off her cloak and was
standing by the fire. The compulsion
of moving through life alone had set
Its seal upon her In a certain self pos:
nvnsiuii, u certain confidence or pose,
yet ber figure as Loder then saw It,
backgrounded by the dark books and
gowned In pale blue, had a suggestion
of youtbfulness that seemed a contradiction.
The remembrance of Chllcote'8
epithets "cold" and "unsympathetic"
came back to him with something
like astonishment lie felt no
uncertainty, no dread of discovery and
humiliation In her presence as he had
felt In the maid's, yet there was something
In her face that made him infinitely
more uncomfortable, a look he
could find no name for, a friendliness
that studiously covered another feeling,
whether question, distrust or actual
dislike he could not say. With a
strange sensation of awkwardness he
sorted Cliileote's letters, waiting for
her to speak.
As If divining his thought she turned
toward hint. "I'm afraid I rather
| Intrude," she said. "If you are busy"?
Ills sense of courtesy was touched. ;
! lie had begun life with a high opinion
! of women, and the words shook up an
echo of the old seutlment
"Don't think that," he said hastily. |
"I was only looking through?ray let- I
ters. You mustn't rate yourself below
letters." He was conscious that his
tone was hurried, that his words were
a little Insured, but Bv? ma *?ot nmwnr
to notice. Unlike Greening, she took
the new manner without surprise. She
I had known Uhllcote for six years.
; "I dined with the Frnides tonight,"
she said. "Mr. Fralde sent you a message."
Unconsciously Loder smiled. There
1 was humor In the thought of a message
to him from the great Fralde. To
hide his amusement he wheeled one of
; the big lounge chairs forward.
I "Indeed," he said. "Won't you sit
down?"
They were near together now, and
: he saw her face more fully. Again he
was taken aback. Chllcote had spoken
! of her as successful and Intelligent,
; but never as beautiful. Yet her beauty
was a rare aud uncommon fact. Her
hair was black?not a glossy black, but
the dusky black that is softer than any
I brown?her eyes were large and of a
i peculiarly pure blue, and her eyelashes
i were black, beautifully curved and of
{ remarkable thickness.
"Won't you sit down?" he said again,
cutting short his thoughts with some
i confusion.
I "Thank you." She gravely accepted
the proffered chair. But he saw that
j without any ostentation she drew her
i skirts aside as she passed him. The
! action displeased liim unaccountably.
"Well," he said shortly, "what had
Fraide to say?" He walked to the
mantelpiece with his customary moveI
meut and stood watching her. The instinct
toward hiding his face had left
him. Her Instant and uninterested ac,
ceptance of him almost nettled hint,
i His own half contemptuous impressfou
; of Chllcote came to him unpleasantly
! and with It the first desire to assert his
I own individuality. Stung by the conI
dieting emotions, he felt In Chllcote's
pockets for something to smoke.
I Eve saw and interpreted the netiou.
j "Are these your cigarettes?" She leaned
toward a small table and took up a
box made of lizard skin.
"Thanks." He took the box from
her, and as It passed from one to the
other he saw her glance at his rings.
! The glance was momentary. Her lips
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Schedule in effect January 13, 1907.
Between Union and Buffalo.
Morning.
No. 1 leaves Union 7:30 a. m., arrive ? ?
at Buffalo 7:j: " " ?
\u .j iUnion 12:30 p. m., arrlvcs'at
Buffalo 12:45 P- niNo.
5 leaves Union 3:45 p. m., arrives
at Buffalo 4:00 p. in.
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arrives at Union 9:00 a. m.
Evening.
No. 4 leaves Buffalo at 1:30 p.
arrives at Union 1:45 p. 111.
No. 6 leaves Buffalo at 4:45 p. m..
arrives at Union 5:00 p. 111.
Between Union and Pride.
Morning.
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leaves Gregory's 9:45; leaves Medors
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Red Point 10:15; arrives at Pride 10:25
a. m.
33 leaves Pride 10:55; leaves
Red Point 11:05; leaves Neal Shoals
11:15; leaves Medors 11:25; leaves
Gregory's 11:30; leaves Crawfords
11:35: leaves Monarch 11:40; arrives at
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Evening.
No. 52 leaves Union 5:15; leaves
Monarch 5:20; leaves Crawfords 5:25;
leaves Gregory's 5:30; leaves Medors
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Red Point 6:00; arrives at Pride 6:10
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No. 31 leaves Pride 6:40; leaves Red
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leaves Medors 7:10; leaves Gtpgory's
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Monarch 7:25; arrives at Union 7:35
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M. B. SUMMER, G. P. A.
Final Discharge.
Notice is hereby given that Mrs. E.
F. Bailev. Administratrix with th#? will
annexed, of the Estate of J. M. Plaxico,
deceased, has applied to W. W.
Johnson, Judge of Probate in and for
the county of Union, for a final discharge
a> such administratrix.
It is ordered, that the 25th day of
February A. D. 1907. be fixed for hearing
of petition, and a final settlement of
said estate.
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Prolate Judge Union County.
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