Show 5 r rr t r ur I r. r i ti i n j j r f. f X r ft 7 i 7 rt w 1 1 t I t f jJr J t r J b be e eD D' D t ti it 1 iut I L W IJ WA s' s 4 4 TO 0 THE TilE man standing at the open French t window tho the quiet beauty of the tho landscape meant at lit that moment nothing he was wait conscious on only I of the girl mounting the steps tepa from the lawn lan to the veranda front from which In less than a n minute she wo would ld enter tho the room f In other circumstance at another time r doubtless Ronald Sloane would have no noticed no- no tl td and with appreciation the scene without the tennis lawn Jawn the old rose garden beyond with Its quaint sundial the of ot the plain and far fsr away on the horizon the shimmering blur of the s sea n. n Ills His whole consciousness was 18 concentrated solely upon Jo Joyce Joye e a as the she mounted the steps and came toward him r She wits worthy of his attention worthy worth of If the attention Ind Indeed d could Sloane but ut have bare realized it of a n man bigger and more magnanimous than he be wn was or could ever p become Tall and d deep bosomed she carried t herself with 1 a natural grace that spoke rather o of Jon long tramps in the open country e than of ol the tho calculated artifice of the ball baIl room was 5 dark datI brown and wavy y I without persuasion and her neck was magnificently molded But Dut it was ns her facer face r that most provoked pro l admiration the tho features were regular and beautiful but their beauty was as more intense than delicate for her 1 complexion completion w was s browned from her habit of roaming the countryside without a hat she was like a Madonna who had lived Jived long Jong longwith longwith with gipsies Yet Tet she had been wooed and andon won on John Malleson son had bad found it possible to break breakthrough breakthrough through the rampart of ot her bel cold exacting reticence and to enter into the castle of ot her bel s Intimate spirituality Such a wooing while 1 provocative pro in Sloane of oC en envy emy hatred malice and all aU was provocative provocative provocative also abo of a 11 be begrudged measure measure- of ot admiration rl I Good afternoon Sir Mr 11 Sloane Sorry to lie W have hue kept you waiting but we just bad had to urn finish that tha t set Oh that Is quite all right I hope Ibare I bare nave not come at an awkward time but the committee has asked d me to me-to to discuss with you OU one or two points in connection with wilh i ithe ik the meeting on Monday and the sooner they p are settled the better j t Certainly Certainty What are they Won Wont Won't t you J tit lit down 7 R DONALD ONALD SLOANE E was the village villager r schoolmaster a n young roun man of some parts a- a and a pronounced Socialist and the meeting J be he had hod mentioned was to take place in the tho neighboring town when one of the most roost advanced nd leaders of the Socialist Party was ry to be the principal speaker Joyce JOce too was wan an ardent Socialist and a prominent member of ot the local group which had bad arranged the big meeting for the following Monday They were Boon soon absorbed in the discussion of various matters connected with its Incidental tactics That will b be excellent admirable replied Sloane to n R suggestion she had put forward We will leave it at that Miss Y He fIe e rose to take his leave She pressed him to sta stay to teaI tea I SI want to introduce you to Mr Malleson Malle Malle- son Fon on she ahe said He Ha arrived yesterday you r know So 50 I heard The village is all agog I 4 assure you and those who poss possess ss mouth r organs organs are feverishly Ce learning See the Conquering Hero Comes' Comes to play whenever he is unfortunate enough to appear in our one street r He spoke poke bitterly but thought he was speaking generously Joyce divining nothing of ol what was in his mind tossed her head and laughed delightedly He He is out riding at the moment but we c r 6 expect him biro back for tea Come into the tho garden and see moth mother r. r And you know the r 4 fi ri ethers the others the Heuling crowd and the Mannering Man Man- nerin nering twins d F On the veranda he be spoke rather awkwardly awkwardly awk awk- ardlY of of what was foremost in hl his tit a thou thoughts hb the probable effect upon his Iia on ona own t intercourse with Joyce of ot Mallel Malle- Malle l f lions on's return from his amazing adventure in V South America I say flaY Miss Mies Fl wont won't Mr Ir Vallet Malle- Malle t ton lon ion wish you to give i e up socialism socialism socialism-at at tt least your active interest in It it now that he Jle is is' is I at hand to monopolize your attention To ToT T judge from all I have hn heard of his five years f of dictatorship in noma Romario and rio and and I have heard quite a n lot from various arious sources sources sources-I I imagine that he cant can't possibly be in agree agree- agree agree- went m nt with us even in the the- mere matter of ot fundamental democratic principles Mr 11 Malleson has always understood that I am nm a Socialist and knows what to expect t she answered lith a 8 smile The greetings between r Slon Sloane e and Mrs Irs and the tennis votaries were scarcely over tr when hen the maid brought the theS S tea and with the tea tel came ame John Malleson fr erstwhile president dictator-president of the Republic of Romario He was of middle height beight a nd id carried himself with the easy dignity of the diplomat rat rather her than with the brusque smartness of the soldier for in spite of his military victories which had given gl him hint the reputation the world over o of a n miniature 7 4 e Napoleon he was more statesman than general and and as as unmistakably he looked k in his neat riding breeches and khaki shirt open at the neck neck more more prince of men than v either His face was bronzed the face of Caesar but with a n small brown mustache above e the chiseled laconic lips His gray ers ejes es wore ore unfathomably distinctive of the thet t masterful genius that burned burne within him This is my friend Mr Sloane John sir announced Joyce i a Pleased to meet you often heard beard of you said Malleson pleasantly as 8 tho the two men shook hence hands I During the first amenities of teatime the R conversation was as general and parochial and anda n a ither Malleson nor Sloane acquitted himself himself him him- r self el with wilh more than average banality It t. t was obvious ious that the Mannering l twins two girls and the two tiro sons ns and the thc daughter of old man Heuling were in a 11 great taking i at the presence of the man whose name had been for the last few years so m much ch in the tr worlds world's eye and on the worlds world's lips whose I. I t 16 t r r sudden career career as dictator of a n South American Amen Ameri can republic had seemed like some Bome breathless breathless breath breath- less chapter out of a n glorious romance Of course they lied had met him before when he was a nobody merely the son of an old family friend of the But Hut now matters were different and they were not quite quire easy in his company M had bad gone one to Romario on business for his father had halt entered that country countr during of its distressful and periodic revolutions re n It re o revolution that for once had succeeded in so 60 far as anarchy and end a too Indi indiscriminate brotherhood of man men may be called su success ss had exerted himself himself him him- self elf primarily in the protection of the small colony of Americans and Europeans from massacre and and in so 80 doing had discovered in himself the innate rapacity for lor leading lending men It was a n small step from that to obtaining the confidence of the tho law abiding citizens of the capital and it a a still smaller one to be becoming becoming be- be coming by the mere force and logic of events e the breaker brenker of the revolution an anthe and d the of law and order He lie wethen Wl we was x xi then gratefully ele elected President broke th the insurgents who insurgents who had all the while b been bee en pl playing ying with n a peculiarly poisonous for form of bolshevism in in two swift and thorough campaigns and ond been thereupon salu saluted ed i quite in the old Roman noman fashion as dictator by Lr his enthusiastic army Then of course cours Romario's restless and AntI powerful neighbor Tarragon must needs make one of he her habitual raids into n territory She was severely se punished For the first tintin tim tint time in history the Romanians defeated defeated the Tar Tar- Malleson returning from his hla campaigns campaign in triumph had hod devoted himself enthusiastically enthusiastically enthusing to the internal welfare of the c country countr that was now completely his In this tas task ll he lie succeeded admirably and when his ter term m of f office was over and he be returned l to the States he left Romano Romario immeasurably greater and incredibly happier than he had found her To the he had beCome be become be- be come ome n a hero a savior savior- almost a fable lh the e of a new of a new earth if it not quite of a new hea heaven ven They called him him half in awe and and half halfin in affection tion ion I El I Malleson the th the I And now he was seated balancing on on his bis knee his teacup with a large e piece o of chocolate cake in in the saucer saucer and gravely gravel listening to the lie prattle of old Heuling pretty daughter who was mainly desirous o of having hating him learn that her uncles uncle's brother- brother law in-law was a n retired major general lettin letting g it be presupposed by br inference inference that her interests in interests interests in- in therefore were were at J least ast collaterally military Suddenly from the house came Malleson l soldier ex-soldier valet Yes Hayward Yard 1 A A telegraph for for Excellency your you announced announced announced an an- that functionary He banded handed it to his master who who with an apology to M Mrs Me s. s opened and read it Thanks Thanks Hayward Theres There's no answer His nian man bowed respectfully and ond retired He lie liked these little tittle ceremonies and performed performed per per- formed them with a n genial flourish much to the amused tolerance of the shrewd shred shrewd gentleman gentle gentle- man JUan he served Slay May I have lla another mother cup of tea 1 asked John innocently Mrs talking to one one of the twins lid did not hear the request Mother said Joyce His Excellency desires another cup of tea Her Tier voice vibrated with obvious ious italics the lie scorn was unmistakable and taken My DIy Iy dear mildly expostulated Mrs Certainly John Jolln Pass me your cup I 1 hate the obsequiousness of ot that fellow said Mid the downright Joyce No respecting man man would bow end and scrape to another Why should call any man an another another an an- other othereen even even en sir It only shows that tha t men are less independent than women Its It's dreadful to hear it I I Iwonder wonder you allow it John But nut I suppose you had bad so much of c If it i in n Ten I n. n n A. A t 0 o v vy V iU UV without it it I certainly certainty had a n lot Jot of it out there but then they are a florid lot Jot Besides I had a a. a certain official dignity to keep up and a certain amount of discipline to main main- tain But upon my sou soul I think you wrong poor old Hayward he genuinely loves me O you jou know know and and e love is apt to be hyper hyper- Dignity Discipline I dont don't believe in either cither They are only onty other names for conc conceit it and tyranny You were a n tyrant in Romario John yO you know w iou you were ere I 1 frankly admit it dear I had to be But Dut there are tyrants tyrants' and tyrants said Malleson Maeson with a n smile All AH tyranny is Romario certainly is rather conservative conserva conserva- tire tive said Malleson dubiously rubbing his chin But Dut it is the conservatism of the theyo yo young n nation the conservatism of high spirIts spirits spir spin its the conservatism that puts more faith in a gun titan than in a soft word for turning awn awi y 1 wrath In fact bo ho continued with a n twinkle in his eyes your Jour friends tb the revolutionists revolutionists revolutionists revo revo- were the biggest conservatives of all Their conservatism was positively aboriginal The The l Ianne Mannering twins and the Heuling crowd broke into ian mirth It is is' is all very well for you to laugh said laid Joyce whose cheeks were flux lIus flushed d c with an inward anger er scarcely but wit is a self-condemned self argument against truth And the she truth is John she ghe he flashed out looking him bim steadily between the eyes that while you were i In Romario you were the utter per personification of everything in political ideals I most abominate and despise and I dont don't care who knows it Joyce protested Mrs Irs How can you speak like lika that 1 The whole world is ringing with Johns John's Johns John's praises praise 8 Then it is all nIl to the good good that he s should learn that the world isn't unanimous We e Socialists just hate all aU he be has done dont don't we Mr lr Sloane t by I c- c LIKE L T IKE KE I a prince or of knight night errant the ie Dic Dictator ator steps into the quiet scene of home an and d finds his reputation reputation 1 tation has traveled before him Where he hoped to I find friends and love he discovers antagonism and hate until he turns Dictator again t L of of d x I r u ray w 1 I ill I 11 ll t 1 i 1 I rl 1 t 11 Jai v 11 1 t 1 r rJ A J fr rf I r I Ir s 1 y I I 1 1 4 4 1 But Malleson took her violently to in his arms and kissed her lips Sloane n no nodded ded r Yes Yes I Mr c a I Malleson said h he he I I am am sorry but butI I am afraid we do I t When Malleson in his hie imperturbable coolness cool ool ness the ness the coolness which had been w wont nt to judge the psychological moments of battles to fa a nicety nicety considered considered that the tension haileen hall hail had been een sufficiently prolonged prolonged prolonged-hc ho lie drew his cig cigarette arette case cafe from his pocket I These are are arc your favorites Joyce he eaid said and leaned over o Ms his chair hi his hi's open case with its neat double row of white cork- cork tipped cigarettes temptingly in iii his hand Without 11 hesitation s tation she took one and he carefully lighted It for her in silence Then Ihen he be handed his bis case around Finally it cameto camo came cameto to Sloane Thanks said he and took a a gift sift from a aGre Gre Greek milREE days dars later Malleson 1 out riding in inthe the early carly evening met wet with Ronald Sloane upon lIpon a bicycle Hello Sloane Sionne he ho said Bald reining in his hili horse borEe I was coming to tp look lo k you up later on I hear from Crom Miss den that you rou wish to see fee m me Both oth men dismounted Malleson hitched his r reins ns over hits his arm and his Jis bicycle kept pace with him alon along alone tho the honey suckled country road Yes Mr Malleson about the meeting on Monday And what bat has your m meeting on Monday to do with me To be quite candid h he began I 1 have reason to believe that during the meeting a 11 resolution is to be passed protesting against your being invited a to become our prospective candidate for C Congress on the ground that your administration in In Romario was detrimental tp to the cause of dem democracy cracy Who says I am going to stand dand for or Congress Congress Con Con- gress ressi It is s common kno knowledge lede Mr Malleson on that you are to be asked to stand And that I shall accept the invitation in That is the general b belief W Well lI what of it And And how bow does t this VJ n meeting ting affect the matter y Since ince Miss s is to b be present I assumed that such a It resolution would betine be tine one ue she slie would be embarrassed to o hear put Well eJI It need not be he e put Mr Malleson I 1 dont |