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Show THE LEW SUN, LEIII, UTAH PAGE SEVEN i STORY FROM THE START From th comfortable financial situation to which he had been born, Peter Mllman, American gentleman of the oltl school, and last of hi family, Is practically reduced to penury through the misfortune of a friend, Hazen Brewer, whom he had unwisely trusted. Learning of Brewer's suicide, sui-cide, which means the destruction of his lust hope, Mllman engages a French butler, Achllle Lutry, who speaks no English, and is to replace Sneed, servant of long standing. By Lutry, Mllman sends letters to Prof. Fleming Bradney, Floyd Malet and Nee-land Nee-land Barnes, men whom the world has classified as failures, once of high position. In response, the three call on him at his home. RAM J CHAPTER IllContinued ' By degrees Bradney found himself listening to Barnes' anecdotes with a less critical attitude. Barnes had humor. hu-mor. A handsome man, Bradney decided, de-cided, courageous, popular with men nd women alike and not burdened with sufficient mental power to enable Mm to feel he had a mission in life. He lived, no doubt, as his wealthy class does, simply for the moment t In truth, Neeland Barnes had forgotten for-gotten Lippsky entirely. The dinner was excellent. A fellow-countryman of Achille's had seen to that. The wines were superb. Barnes adopted ; en air of exquisite but lofty courtesy toward his fellow-guests. They said very little, but their table manners were reassuring. When the dinner mould be finished, Barnes determined to lean back in his chair, survey Mil-man Mil-man with a smile that had world-Vnowledge world-Vnowledge and kindly cynicism in , it. r,o demand to know for what reason he was brought from Peekskill retirement. retire-ment. As one old New Yorker to another, an-other, Peter Mllman would give his reasons. "That's" a very fine oil-painting over your head, Mr. Mllman," said Floyd Malet, disturbing the train of Barnes' i metes. "A relative of mine," Milman answered, an-swered, "Cnpt. Oliver Mllman. That was painted In Holland when he was a young soldier in England's wars with France. It Is by .Tordaens, the lirilliaiit fellow-sludent of Rubens. He Joined his brother in Plymouth county, coun-ty, Massachusetts, Just after that picture pic-ture was painted. Later he fought in 'King Philip's war.' He was killed fighting for England against France in I ennsylvania. Historians know It as 'King William's war.' His brother disowned him for his godless ways of l'fv. In revenge Captain Oliver bequeathed be-queathed him his entire fortune, which rescued the stern and righteous brother from beggary. But for Oliver Milman we might have become obscure ob-scure farmers on Cape Cod. What the Milmans had, they owe to him." Neeland Barnes launched into a bitter bit-ter invective against righteous relatives. rela-tives. "Take It from one who knows," he concluded, "It Is .the black sheep who'll do a man a good turn when he needs It. I've found that my righteous relatives always gave me good advice and the shadier sort slipped me the coin." "Some day a great lawlessness will sweep over the world," Malet declared. "I don't mean as a concerted action on the part of any Socialist or Syndicalist, Syn-dicalist, but an expression of human unrest. We have been tied down too long. We have endured too much the oppressions of those In authority." "Well stampede, you mean?" said Barnes. "I'll be there." "Do you think," Peter Milman ked, "that there is any Justification for the human herd stampeding because be-cause it 13 dissatisfied with Its masters?" mas-ters?" "Certainly," Floyd Malet said. "Sometimes It Is Just to take the law In one's hands." "The law," scoffed Bradney, recalling recall-ing certain earlier passages of his life. "The law. Now I'm a typical law-ahiding law-ahiding citizen, but I cannot regard anv man-made statutes as sacrosanct What Is law? A rule of civic conduct con-duct prescribed by the supreme power and prohibiting what Is wrong. That's Blackstone's definition." Neeland Barnes looked instinctively over the table to his host. It was his experience that all rich men supported support-ed ttiosv laws which kept the masses In order In his own days of wealth be had doue the same. But there was no frown on Peter Milman's face. "This Is a discussion which interests me more than you cun Imagine," said Peter Milman. His guests noticed that h turnel his head and glanced Fwiftly rtt Captain Oliver. "I usually nave coffee and liqueurs served in th,? garden.'' le rose. "Think you tuny cefer it there " -4 garden?" Fiord Malet crl?. "A garden tn Lcwr Fl'fh avenue" "Yac hatl se " said Mllman FIFTH AWMl IK HIS?, b IWYNDHAM MARTYN They followed their host through library and corridor to what seemed a blank wall. A door, cleverly concealed con-cealed by moldings, swung open. Not for twnty years had strangers been offered the chance to gaze upon Peter Milman's Japanese' garden. "This Is Japan," Malet exclaimed. "I have seen this in Nagasaki." "I modeled It on a part of the gardens gar-dens In 'The .Teahouse of the Indescribable Inde-scribable Butterflies' In Nagasaki, with a suggestion, here and there, from the Fukawaga garden." Neeland Barnes knew nothing about Japanese gardens, but the thing took his fancy amazingly. Quaint bridges, little streams, with brilliant goldfish, garden-lanterns, strangely set stones, made this back yard of seventy feet long by half as much wide the most entrancing garden he had seen on this Avenue where he, too, had been born. At the other end of It was a sort of platform on which comfortable seats were arranged. Immediately below It was a lily-pool. Twenty feet above was a framework .of steel mesh to which mosquito netting was attached. "This Is exquisite," Malet murmured. mur-mured. "No wonder you do not move. By Degrees Bradney Found Himself Listening to Barnes' Anecdotes. Your taste seems to me to be perfect I have never been In a more harmonious harmoni-ous and beautifully furnished house." While Aehille was bringing coffee and liqueurs, Milman. explained how, by the use of glass where now was netting, he could regulate the temperature tem-perature and keep his garden beautiful beauti-ful when snowstorms raged and frost bit viciously. It was when Aehille had gone that Neeland Barnes found himself sighing. sigh-ing. He had abandoned the Idea of h!$ man-of-the-world questioning of his host. He was content that this pleasant pleas-ant atmosphere remain unchanged. He did not want to think of going back to Lippsky and the rent question. The wine and the green Chartreuse Induced a pleasant lassitude. Neeland Barnes stretched his long legs and felt at peace. "You have been very patient, gentlemen," gen-tlemen," Milman began, "in not asking ask-ing me ere this for what reason I Invited In-vited you. And you have been very courteous to come when my letter XXXXXXXXXXXXXIXXXXX'XXX4X'X'X':'X Veteran Opera Goers Startled by Tamagno Caruso, In his prime, possessed the most powerful voice most people ever heard, but there lived before him the great tenor Tamagno, whose voice possessed pos-sessed even greater volume. On his first appearance in Moscow he was announced to sing "Othello." When he appeared on the stage his tremendous tremen-dous height and breadth astonished the audience, but It did not prepare them for the thunder of his first note. Its strength so astounded them that. It Is said, they surged backward as though they were warding off an assault as-sault The second note was more powerful still, and by the time he had sung his fourth note his voice had such colossal volume that the people lost their self-control. Leaping Leap-ing from their seats, they rushed about commenting to each other on the most extraordinary voice they had ever heard in their lives, while Petals Turn Back A rather remarkable trait of the nibiscus. says the Nature Magazine. Is 1 1 1 t often, after It has been plucked, the petals will turn back, gradually returning again to normal several hours Inter. A silei't 'protest. It wouid 1 aeem. agiiirst jvloliatlon might have been construed In an of fenslve light." Neeland Barnes pei ruined himself to smile at being In suited by a gift of a hundred dollars "I have never met any of you personally per-sonally before, although I hava heard Mr. Bradney lecture and have seep some of Mr. Malet's work. I also was thrilled many years ago by Mr Barnes' horsemanship." "Very handsome of you to say so," said Neeland Barnes. "I flatter myself my-self I could ride In those days." "What I am going to say may seem nothing whatever to do with me at first, h may even be that you will consider me guilty of some breach of good form when I mention certain matters in the past life of all three of you. If so, I beg you to believe I shall say nothing Idly. I have a definite plan In asking you to meet, and I must tell my story in my own way.' Peter Milman looked from one to the other of them a little anxiously. He was meticulous In matters of personal per-sonal conduct, and he feared he might be exceeding his rights. "So far as I am concerned," said Fleming Bradney, "you have nothing to fear. I have done nothing to be ashamed cf, although I cannot expect the world to believe that." "My reputation," said MfUet, "Ms o trifle besmirched, but I have long since ceased applying whitewash. Juvenal says that to be poor is to h ridiculous. Well, Mr. Milman, I can plead guilty to that count." Peter Milman turned courteously to the third guest. "Don't mind me," said Barnes genially. "I am used to it If yon had had all the d n silly relations I've had, you'd have no sensitive spots left. I have been worthless since birth." He chuckled. "But I've had a d n good run for my money, even If this Juvenal person has my number up and the race lost. Rub It in, if It helps you. My wool Is black, and I know It." "I'm afraid you don't exactly understand." un-derstand." Peter Mllman smiled. "I am neither schoolmaster nor reprov ing relative. I merely wish to ask your pardon If I talk of things In your lives that may stir up unhappy memories." Floyd thought of his lonely room, his uncongenial work, and looked about him and sighed. He liked this unknown Peter Mllman, with his charming manner and a dignity that had something forgotten and Victorian about It. Life had not given Malet what It had promised, and the disappointment disap-pointment had embittered him; but there was nothing disgraceful in what had brought him low. "Go ahead, Mr. Milman," he said. "You can talk for days If you like." "Let me begin with Mr. Fleming Bradney," said Mllman. "I have said I once heard him lecture. It was because be-cause I read an article of his In the North American Review on radioactivity. radioac-tivity. What I read and afterward, heard him say stirred up my Imagination Imagina-tion powerfully, and I understood that a man may have a passion for knowledge knowl-edge which la a burning hunger." Fleming Bradney nodded, his head. "Yes," he Commented, "thafs a good description of It It is a passion that recognizes no limits of time or labor expended. It Is a passion that has knowledge as Its goal and not fame or money. Yes, I had It once." "The circumstances which led Mr. Bradney to give up his life-work and drop out of his world have never been told In their entirety," Peter Milman said, after a pause. "I am going to tell you now. I may say that up to the moment of his retirement we have never had a physicist who gave such promiue as he. It is to the honor of a great university in this state that he was elected professor of etherlc physics and asked to erect the most superb laboratory for his work that could be built It was to exceed In equipment that of Cambridge university. univer-sity. He was allowed to design It. I think such a chance has rarely been given to one so young." Bradney nodded his head. "It was the greatest opportunity ever offered a man." "And he lost it," Milman's quiet, precise voice went on. "He lost It, and with it the chance of making a career of supreme service to mankind. I wonder if Mr. Bradney would mind telling us how." (TO BE CONTINUED.) the orchestra stopped playing and the stage became a scene of confusion A few moments later, the realization had come to them that not only had Tamagno a glorious voice, but that he knew how to use It as an artist, and then their applause shook the theater Montreal Family Herald. Left Name in History King-Maker was the name given to Richard Neville, earl of Warwick, one of the most powerful nobles of the Middle ages. He took a prominent part in the Wars of the loses. He raised an army of 30.000 and placed the duke of York on the throne. Then he turned to the house of Lancaster, deposed Edward of York and rcstorel Henry VI. The restoration lasted only a few months, for the Yorkists won the bloody battle ot Burnet in April, 14T4, in which Warwick was slain. The duke of YorR was restored as King Edward IV. Lvttons tilstor leal romance, "The Lst of th Barons," is based on the career of Warwick, the Kins-Miiker. Mum real Family Herald. 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