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By KATHERINE C
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CavyrUht, 1904, by 1
"Where's Robins?" Ixxler asked t
: again. I
"I don't know. She? I? We did ' j
not hit It off. She's gone?went yesterday."
He shivered and drew the ^
-rug about hltn. ; r
"Chllcote"? Loder began sternly. : j
Then he paused. There was something I
In the other's look and attitude that j
arrested him. A change of expression (
passed over his own face. He turned
about, with an abrupt gesture, pulled |
off his coat and threw It on a clialr;
then, crossing deliberately to the Are- ^
rplace. he began to rake the ashes from ?
the grnte. s
Within a fj?w minutes lie had a flro ,
crackling where the bed of dead cln- ,
tiers had been, and, having finished the
task, he rose slowly froin his knees, ' ,
wiped his hands and crossed to the ta- ' |
ble. On the small spirit stove the kettle
had boiled, and the cover whs lifting
and fulling with a tinkling sound. I
Blowing out the tlame, Loder picked i .
up the teapot and, with hands that f
were evidently accustomed to the task, |
set nboul making the tea. | (
During the whole operation he never |
spoke, though all the while he was
fully conscious of Chllcote's puzzled
gaze. The tea ready, he poured It into !
the cup and carried It across the room. '
"Drink this!" he said laconically. F
"The fire will be up presently." i J!
I Chllcote extended a cold and shaky ,
hand. "You see"? he Itegnn.
But I^oder checked hitu almost sav- ' *
agely. "I do?as well as though I had 1
followed you front Plecadllly last night.
You've been hanging about. God knows |
where, till the small hours of the morn- !l
ing; then you've conte back?slunk B
"back, starving for your Infernal poison fl
and shlvetlng with cold. Vou've settled
the first pert of the btslnesa, but 11
the cold has still to be reckoned with.
Drink the tea. I've somdhlnir tn '
-? to you." He mastered hli vehemence
and, walking to the wfidow, stood
looking down Into the ooift. His eyes e"
were blank, his face bjrd; his ears 8<
heard nothing but the flint sound of ei
Chllcoto's swallowing, tit click of the
cup against his teeth.
Vor a time that peem? Interminable ln
"he stood motionless; tfeo, when he w
judged the tea finish^ he turned
the fire. 'Vie"was obvlouslj braoeJT 1^9 .1
the warmth, and the apatlf that rung A
-nbout him was to seme ertent dispel- I
led. Still moving slowly, f,oder went j
toward him and. relievlnglilm of the IC
empty cup, stood looking d wn at him. I
"Chilcote," he said very niletly,-"T've ; I
come to tell you that the thing'tnust L
end." | ai
After he spoke there was i prolonged j
pause; then, as If shaken with sudden ; b;
1* consciousness, Chilcote rose. The rug , ti
dropped from one shoulder and hung ni
down ludicrously; his hand caught the el
hack of the chair for support; his un- h
shaven face looked absurd and repul- Ii
slve In Its sudden expression of scared n
inquiry. Ixxler Involuntarily turned si
away. h
"I mean it," be said slowly. "It's n
over; we've come to the end." 1'
????? 'T.ut why?" Chilcote articulated a
blankly. "Why? Why?" ln his eonfu- tl
tbIoii he could think of no better word, i v
"Because 1 throw It up. My side of h
the bargain's ofT!" S
Again Chllcote's lips parted stammer- n
Ingly. The apathy caused by physical h
exhaustion and Ills recently administer- <
od drug was passing from liiin; the ti
hopelessly shattered condition of mind
and body was showing through It like f
a skeleton through a thin covering of
flesh. ' *
"But whv?" lie said again. "Whv?" 1 t
Still Loder avoided the frightened *
k surprise of his eyes. "Because I with- ,
^ tlrnw," he answered doggedly. '1
Then suddenly Chllcotc's tongue was s
loosened. "Loder," he cried excitedly, v
"you can't do it! Great heavens, man, R
.you can't do it!" To reassure himself 0
lie laughed?a painfully thin echo of his *
old sarcastic laugh. "If it's a matter '
of greater opportunity." he began, "of j
more money"?
But Loder turned upon him. i '
"Be quiet!" he said so menacingly 1
that the oilier stopped. Then by an ef- '
.fort he conquered himself. "It's not a
matter of money, Chilcote," ho said r
-quietly. "It's a matter of necessity." *
He brought the word out with dlttl- 1
oulty. '
Cbllcote glanced up. "Necessity?" he (
repeated. "IIow? Why'" [ '
The reiteration roused Loder. "Be- I 8
cause there was a great scene In the 1
house Inst night," he began hurriedly, j (
"Because when you go back you'll find '
tbnt ftefbo rough has smashed up over
the assassination of Sir William Brlce- 1
Field at Meshed and that you have
made your mark in a big speech, and '
because"? Abruptly he stopped. The 1
thing ha )'>uJUri|me to say?the H,ln? J" i
u . , . inline or nis . -
Hi. nor niN
ed him, ami for the Insram
as silent and almost as 111 at <y?e as
his companion. Then all at olye h,. I i
j splra^Ion caine to him. In thehgge^.
tlon of a wellnlgh forgotten wtiment
1 by which he might Influenee/hlloote
and save his own self respeot/lt's nil
over, Chlleotc." ho hhUI mopuletly. '
"It has run Itself out." And/? dozen
sentences he sketched the sr of Ljj.
Ilnn Astnjpp. her past rejrns with
i himself, her present susplcr wag I
I " not what be had meant Xa> ? was j
^ / .
erader
ECIL THURSTON,
> Circle." Etc.
Iterpar Brother*
lot what ho had come to say, but It
lerved the purpose?It saved him hunlllntlon.
Chllcote listened to the Inst word,
rhen. as the other finished, he dropped
lervously back Into his chair, "(iood
leaveus, man," he said, "why dldu't
'ou tell me? Why didn't you warn me,
nstead of fllliug my mlcd with your
lollticnl position? Your political poiltion!"
He laughed unsteadily. The
ong spells of indulgence that had
venkenod his already maimed faculties
ihowed in the laugh. In the sudden
lreaking of his voice. "You must do
lomething. I,oder!" he added nervously,
hocking his amusement. "You must
lo something!"
Loder looked down at him. "No," he
laid decisively. "It's your turn now.
ft's you who've got to do something."
Cliilcote's face turned a shade grayer.
'I can't." he said below tils breath.
-vuirw '.mi. yes. you run. \> e can
ill do?anything. It's not too late;
here's Just suttioient tline. Chilcote,"
ic added suddenly, "don'(t you see that
he thine; has been madness all along?
ins been like playing with the most Infernal
explosives? You,, may thank
whatever you have faith \ In that no ody
has been smashed up! You are
:oing baek. Do you uuderstaud me?
i'ou are going buck?now, Unlay, heore
It's too late." There wi^jOC'reat
hange in Lodcr; bis stronf
urbable face was stirred;
uoved iu both voice and . ->y
["line after time he repeated his injuncIon,
reasoning, expostulating, lnslstQg.
It utmost seemed that he fought
oiue strenuous Invisible force rather
hun the shattered muu before him.
Chilcote moved nervously In his seat,
t was the first real clash of personalties.
He felt It?recognised it by In11
net. The sense of domination had
illen on him; he knew himself 1motent
In the other's hands. Wtaatrer
he might attempt in moments of
>lltude be possessed no voice in presses
of this Invincible second self,
or awhile be struggled?be did not
fht, he struggled to resist?then, 11ftg
his eyes, he met Loder's. "And
hat will you do?" he said weakly.
Ixxler returned his questioning gaze,
it almost immediately he turned
ondon."
CHAPTER XXVII.
mUT Loder did not leave London,
aud the hour ... 1 on the day
IB| following his < smissal of
1 Chllcote found him aguin in his
ttlng room.
He sat at the center table surrounded
y a cloud of smoke; a pipe was beveon
his lips and the morning's
ewspapers luy In a heap beside his
[bow. To the student of humanity
Is attitude was lutensely Interesting,
t was the attitude of a man tramjeled
by the knowledge of his
trength. Before blm as he sat smokig
stretched a future of absolute
othlngness, and toward this biank fuure
one portion of his consciousness?
Struggling and as yet scarcely senient
portion?pushed him Inevitably;
,-hlle another?a vigorous, persistent,
uman portion?cried to him to pause,
o actual, so clamorous, was this silent
lental combat that had raged unceusugly
since the moment of his renuniation
that at last iu physical response
o It be pushed back his chuir.
"It's too late," he said aloud. "I'm a
ool. It's too late."
Then abruptly, astonishingly, as
hough In direct response to his spoken
bought, the door opened and t'hilcote
valked Into the room.
Slowly Loder rose and stared at him.
'lie feeling he acknowledged to himelf
was anger, but below the anger a
ery different sensation ran riotously
troug. And It was ill time to this see>nd
feeling. this sudden, lawless joy,
hftt his pulses beat as he turned ? cold
aee on the Intruder.
"Well?" he an Id sternly.
Rut < "Jillcote was Impervious to steruiess.
He was mentally shaken and dlsressed,
though outwardly Irreproacha>le,
even to the violets in the lapel of
lis eoat?the violets that for a week
>ast had been brought eaeh morning
o the door of Roder's rooms by ICve's
nald. For one seeond, as Loder's eyes
ested on the flowers, a sting of ungovernable
Jealousy shot through him;
hen as suddenly It died away, suporleded
by another feeling?a feeling of
tew, spontaneous Joy. Woru by Chll*ote
or by himself, the flowers were a
lymbol!
"Well?" he Bald again In a gentler
roloe.
Chileote had walked to tbf table and
Inld down hi# bat. HI# face wuh white
?nd the muscles of his lln* twjtehed
i' "" *" "* " u" h,s R,ov??''' ' TVianK
heaven, you're here!" he said
shortly. '"Give me something to drink."
In alienee I^oiler brought out the
whisky and set it on the table; then In tlnetlvw
he turned aside. As plainly
as thougl ho snw the action he mentnlly
figged Chll^ote's furtive glance,
the furtte movement of his fingers to
his wnweoat pocket, the hasty dropping
of the tabloids Into the glass.
For nil Instant the sense of his tacit
oonnlynee came to him sharply; the
next,/* Hung It from him. The human,/nner
\olce was whispering Its
old vtchwor^.. The strong man,has
no time to waste over his weaker
brother!
When lie heard Chllcote lay down his
tumbler he looked bark again. "Well, 1
what is It?" he said. "What liava you
come for?" lie strove resolutely to
keep his voice'severe but, try as he
! might, he could not quite subdue the
| eager force that lay behind his words.
Once again, ns on the night of t^elr
, second Interchange, life had beoowfc t|i
phoenix, rising to fresh existence 4Ven
while ho sifted Its ashes. "Weill", he
said once again.
Chllcote had set down his glass. He
was nervously passing bis handlfer:
chief across his Hps. There was Stfoe-.
1 thing In the gesture that attracted Loder.
IiOoklng at him more attentively,
he saw what his own feelings and t?w
other's conventional dress had blinder
him to?the almost piteous panic ant
oxcltemeut In his visitor's eyes.
"Something's gone wrong!" he said,
with abrupt Intuition.
I Chllcote started. "Yes?no?that' Is, 1
yes," he stammered. '
I IxHler moved around the tatrle.
"Something's prone wrong," he repeated,
"and you've come to tell me."
The tone unnerved Chllcote. He suddenly
dropped Into n ehalr. "It?It
wasn't my faujt!" he began. "I?I IkfiV
had a horrible time!" wf
Ixnler's lips tightened. "Yea,"^e
said, "yes, I understand."
The other glanced up with a gleam
of Ills old suspicion. " 'Twas all my
nerves, I.oder"?
"Of course. Yes, of course."
der's interruption was curt.
rhilcote eyed him doubtfully. Then
recollection took the place of (Joubt,
and a change passed over Ills etpres- j
slon. "It wasn't my fault," he began
hastily. "On my soul, it wnxnl! It 1
wus f'rnpliam's beastly fault for Allowing
her Into the morning room"-!'
Loder kept silent. His curiosity had
i flared Into sudd<n? life at tlie ohPf1!-:
words, but he feared to break
tered train of thought / ..V. #'
in the silence
easily. "You see," Itfljn.s about
rTTT'^xjn I was her^p^to. ' :
McKiwiclt. "fI
' 1,,^- n-'~ 1 W
me you felt strong."
"Yes, that's It. While I was here
felt I could do the thing. But when ?
went home?when I went up to my
rooms"? Again he paused, passing his
handkerchief across bis forehead.
"When you went up to your roomsT
j Loder strove bard to keep his control.
! "To my room?? Oh, I?I forgo,
about that. I forget about the night"-.
He hesitated confusedly. "All I rv
member la the coming down to break
faat next morning?this morning? g
i 12 o'clock"?
Loder turned to the table and poured
himself out some whisky. "Yes," be
acquiesced In a very quiet voice. / , t
At the word J
???t His /?* J wa8 oreakrnst on to* t
dent. "Oh. ther^ne downstairs?break- j
fast, with 'flowers and a horrible, dazzling
glare of sun. It was then, Loder,
as I stood nnd looked Into the room,
that the impossibility of it all eame to
me?that I knew I couldn't stand It?
couldn't go on."
Loder swallowed his whisky slowly.
His sense of overpowering curiosity
held him very still, but he made no |
effort to prompt his companion.
Again Clillcote shifted his position j
agltntedly. "It had to be done," he
said disjolntedly. "I had to do It?then j
nnd there. The things were on the bu- j
reau?the pens and ink nnd telegraph
forms. They tempted me."
Loder laid down his glass suddenly.
An exclamation rose to his lips, hut he ,
checked it.
At the slight sound of the tumbler
touching the table Cbilcote turned,.but '
there was no expression on the otter's
face to affright him.
"They tempted me," he repeated hastily.
"They seemed like magnets; hey
seemed to draw me toward them I
sat at the bureuu staring at them for a 1
long time. Then a terrible compulsion ]
seized me?something you could lever '
understand?and 1 caught up the tear- j
est pen and wrote Just what was It my ,
mind. I't wasn't a telegram, proterly
speaking. It was more a lette*. I
wanted you back, nnd I bad to ikake
myself plain. The writing of the message
seemed to steady me; the mere
forming of the words quieted my nlnd.
I wns almost cool when I Rot up from
the bureau and pressed the bell"-*
"The bell?"
, "Yes. I ranR/for a servant. I "aid :
to send the wlrle myself, so I 1mA to
Ret a cab." Ills voire rose to Irrra- j
blllty. "I pressed the bell sev(rnl
times, but the thinp had Rone wrmg;
'twouldn't work. At last I Rave Ifup
and went Into the corridor to cnll slme
one."
"Well?" In the Intense suspend of
the moment the word escaped Ixxlr.
"Oh, I went out of the room, put,
there at the door, l>efore I could pall j
anybody, I knocked up aRainst pat (
?for you, rather?about some beaitly
Wark affnlr. I tried to explain ttat I
wasn't In a state for business. I rled
to shake him ofT, but he was rnrse
than Blesslngtont At last, to l>e ll of
the fellow, I went with him 1| the ,
study"-. . j ' ^ I
f to me eoirmroiD.1
The Vie# Presidency. ' I
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Iv th' (>eople. Th' vice prlsldln f Is
th' nex* highest an' th' lowest. 11 isn't
a crime exactly. Ye can't l>e ?: t to
Jail f'r It. but It's a kind Iv a dlsgf ce."
?"Dissertations by Mr. Dooley." j
Hie Hope Cor Revenge.
Judge (to barb?r sentenced to #atli)
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Morning.
No. 1 leaves Union 7:30 a. m., arrive
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Evening. /
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