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T r l-A l Re r A VV UP P TO D THE Copyright light ht b by James Elverson Eherson S IR In JASPER sat at alone In his Ills armchair armchair arm arm- armchair chair b by the library fire By his side stood a small carved car oak ta table table ta- ta ble set with glasses for tOT two a n. decanter of at wino a a. brier pipe and a aI I J ills tobacco box nc custom t- t a and and do every matches C night fht touch Such after t t J dinner din was I nor ncr old John who had served 1 v 0 Jl Alin boy boJ and man as a a. Progeny has hast t vcr r od 1 a Go Donzil u used o 7 to light the la ti library candles nn and J SIr air to 0 rU It scat li beside fild the lire fire placing tho the table handy to his 8 side Then ho would draw a largo lanG armchair to the to thor ether silo of the place fire as aa though In ex ox ex- ex ti of oC a visitor and closing thedoor the thedoor thedoor f door would leave Sir SIl Jasper to his thoughts I There Sir Jasper Denzil sat alone I I brooding over o the past till tho the clock on onI on I the the struck ten Then ho I I poured out ont the wIno and roso rose with glass Klaes ln uplifted I f c toward Rt tho empty empty- chair Many happy returns of the day my ins' J dear bo boy ho he said with fth a stately bow to the tho chaIr Gentlemen n ho Jio continued contin co ue 1 with a n. twerp ve of or nh I pealed to tho the long rows row of portraits 0 HI bf dead gone and Dentils that lined II tho the paneled oak oak panelled walls walls gentlemen gentlemen all all I give you a n. toast Heres Here's to to- tho the health r of my dear son son the heir of ot Mount Noun Rojal Fifteen years yearn ago aCo they thc had parted parte d In anger and Sir Jasper had never nave neverseen neverseen r seen or heard of or hit his boy beyond that he hind had died In California of oC starvation and fever Ho Iio had refused to believe tho the report leport and every ery night John Tro Tre- Jon gong R his butler would In lay the glassand glass gloss and the pipe and place the tho chair fo for tor r Master who nover never came camo IIo will como come Such had been the tho burden of or Jasper life liCe for years s to the tho of or tho the faithful John and tho the chagrin I as of Rufus Denzil Sir Jaspers Jasper's nephew and his next heir hell Rufus RuCus could not bear an any reference to Harr Harry Denzil's Denzil s fate for tor his mind min Jot was uneasy concerning certain reports report which ho he had caused to bo be Inserted in a California paper and certain certifIcates which ho he had obtained under falso Enloe pretenses from a n. trusting justice o of ot tho the State of ot California Tonight ho he felt restless and uneasy as ns he viciously cannoned the tha balls on the billiard table What If It he should not be dead after atter all an all ho murmured Great Scott how it blows blows' ho he added as as a Q violent gust goat gustI I of pt wind shrieked with a 0 rattle of ot rain across acron the skylight He Ire was glad Iad when Trego-ny Trego entered I with a and spirits for thero there were no visitors In the house and tho the of ot the billiard room oppressed oppress oppress- ed him I From the sea sounded tho the deep voice of or the tho wet westerly gale gala mingled with I the tho th distant crash of ot tho the great reat waves as they fell tell with a n. thundering boom I on the black rocky tacky lodges ledges of or Mount Royal Ba Hwy Bay I Its It's a bad night John remarked Rufus RuCus to the old retainer I Ay Ay n ay sir Its It's a n black nl ni night ht and therell there'll be some fat tat wrecks along the coast b by the morning said John Trejo Tre Tre- jo gony gany shaking his head less leas in sorrow than In n anticipation for tor John came of ot I an nn old Cornish stock and found round It hard lIard to regard a wreck otherwise than as a 0 gift gill from the sea I You wouldn't mind if It t there was vas as a wreck eh wreck eh John John queried Rufus DenzIL DenI Den- Den zIL Not a a tha t sir air replied I I John slowly but If It there is a wreck well there It Is Is s and Its It's no use des a p eln what a blessed P Providence ma may I M send In tho the way of ot salvage Us dont don't p put the tho ship ashore anwa anyway Then John hn ny left tho the room II I whilst Rufus Denzil seated himself to drink c deep and to ponder over his af af- fairs He Ho was heels head in debt and 45 his I creditors were becoming clamorous clamor clamor- I ous An Income of ot hoe flue hundred pounds per annum oven when eked out by a first class hand at whist and an un tin un- erring cue coo at nt billiards he had found Insufficient to satisfy tastes that were hardly to be Indulged d In by those whose rent rolls represented five tl f figI fig fig- 11 I ures urea l' l He turned uneasily In n his seat sent as na he I 1 thought of at the old man In the library who was so long a dying He lIe called caned to mind how Sir Jasper I had sent him the next heir to Call Call- forma fornia In search of ot the prodigal son I and how the old baronet had lend paid s without a murmur tho the tremendous bill billot of ot costs costa of ot his two years years' riotous extravagance extravagance ex- ex In tho states Ho He had bad located Harry Denzil to together to- to gether with his wife wICe the tho penniless daughter of ot tho the Methodist parson of ot Mount Royal and tho the Innocent cause caus of ot tho rupture between father and son Worse Vorse still ho he had found that Harry Denzil had a baby son soil sori who though tho the father was dying and In straitened circumstances was a 0 thriving and healthy health child and likely to grow up to continue continuo tho succession to Mount I Royal Roal Denzil's illness had suggested th the first thought of ot evil en and Rufus surrendered surrendered sur sur- rendered tendered to temptation He destroyed cd the letter Jetter of ot forgiveness that Sir Jasper Jasper Jasper Jas- Jas per had entrusted to him and sought no Interview with his son so sa that Harr Harry Denzil starved on Ignorant of or the fact that the tho youn young Englishman who for tor a a. night or two land hind cut such sucha a 0 dash at tho Piazza hotel was his own 1 kith and kin About this time one of at his boon companions a a man without name namo or nationality nationalitY died died In a Do small mining mining- camp The dead man was unknown In the place and Rufus with an eye to the future had re registered his death under the name namo of Harr Harry Denzil With a no copy of ot tho certificate and a n COP copy of ot a Sacramento Journal In which he had inserted a notice of ot the tho d death nth he returned to Sir Jasper arguing within himself that as Harry Den Den 11 11 was probably dead there would be n no o harm In assisting at his burial In this fashion As for tor tho the next heir Sir Jaspers Jasper s grandson ho ml might ht possibly turn 1 JP p to contest tho Inheritance In ht years cars to come ome but an anyhow how possession was nine ninepoints e points of or the law and and n a few yours years possession of or tho ilD Denzil would 4 put an nn end to all an his financial trou trou- bl Thus l Is did Rufus Denzil salvo h his s con conscience In tho the meantime aa as JI bu but t of or tho Mount Royal Ho al pro property port Wa was ho hoo p paid court t to t o Sir Jasper with tho hope of ot getting him to make a n will win In his favor Hut But tho old baronet mistrusted him and partly with tho the object of ot balking g I his expectations partly with the d desperation desperation des des- s- s of those who hope against hope clung to tho idea that his son soil still lived Then Rufus would curse curso his lack Jack of ot courage In that he had never dared test his powers ers of lying so far as to tell Sir Jasper that he was present nt ot the death of oC the so called Harry In default of ot the ne necessary essar will ho he had drawn up a document of his own account dUl duly signed with an excellent Imitation of ot Sir Jaspers Jasper's signature and attested b by the tho forged signatures natures of or kindred spirits whom on ono one occasion he tic had brought down to visit Sir Jasper gasper asper Truly Rufus Denzil had plenty to think of ot as ns ho sat In tho the billiard room of ot Mount lount Royal Hoyal and listened to the thera ra raging of ot the tho storm without Doom Boom I He Ho started from his chair and tore toro back the curtains From the blackness over o the tho sea a n thin red line lino of ot fire crawled up to the sk sky Groat Great Heavens Heavens' A ship on the Han Hanger cr he ho whispered to himself Doom Boom The Tho crash of ot a second signal gun rolled down on the wind Rufus Den ll's knees knocked to to- to gether Ho lIe was not greatly concerned for the people on the tho ship but his nerves were out of ot order and the Idea I of ot the near neighborhood of ot a catastrophe catastrophe catas catas- Jarred upon his system sst m Ho He gulped down a glass of oC raw spirits then rushed out Into the tho hall Sir Jasper was working his wa way Into his o overcoat notwithstanding the en entreaties en- en treaties of or John Let him have haio his own way Tre Tre- gear gony said Rufus who had a n. lingering g hope that Sir Jasper Jasp-er might at la last t catch his death of or cold But he lie noticed with dismay that Sir Sl Jasper ran like a young man as the they raced through h tho grounds towards toward s tho the lifeboat house on the beach Its a n liner Uner ashore on tho Hanger shouted someone God help them cried the walling g voice olce of ot a n woman Now thee the e go Tom Tom on o then thee e go 50 out tonight nl 1 gOTI The Fhe life boatmen n ff hesitated sl teJ The They y knew tho the hull hell of or waters that boiled belled o on yn n tho the Hanger only too well for tor It ha had d claimed toll on tho the lives of or tho the bravo bray o Jn is o of Mount Royal of every cery genera s-enera- tion lion within tho the memory of or man Besides It was hard to contemplate S death wot wet and cold with three women n hanging around them thorn Now boys bors said the butler coolly pulling Bulling on a 0 suit of ot oilskins over his black coat tall and anil white expanse of ot shirt front who's a a for tor a n sail lIall with John Single men first please and all speak at oncel Then eleven fishermen whose names began egan with Tro uTro elected to faco face death deathy b by y drowning rather than to allow themselves beaten eaten by a Q better man even If It he ho were a Sir Jasper wanted to go too but two six-foot six fishermen took him gently and with many apologies by tho the collar colar colar col- col lar ar of ot his coat and thrust him Into the shelter of ot the boathouse Noa noa Sir Jasper let the youngsters youngsters young young- have a chance o o 0 distinguish hey el cs said they In tones that betrayed their pride In their brave old lord ord The lifeboat slid out Into the white mist of or the sea and was gone Cone Half an hour elapsed while the women women wo- wo woi men wept quietly under the lea of ot the tho Bathhouse There was wasa a mighty roar of ot Joy from tho the crowd as as all the massive brow of ot the tho lifeboat plunged out of ot tho the darkness and ground upon the beach Ono One by one the forms torms of ot women and children were wore handed up Bring Dring them 1111 to the tho house added Sir Jasper picking up tho the insensible body of or a small boy and striding of off ott f through his shrubberies Notwithstanding his age he lie distanced distance d every everyone one and with a n limp figure i In his arms strode up tho the steps Into th the e hall haJJ lIe Ho laid the tho boy on the table then the n started back with a cry My Mr boy My boy Come home a at t last Then the older servants servant saw that tha t the white face tace upon the table was that tha t of the Master Harry who had reigned d tyrant absolute of oC Mount Royal thirty y years cars ago Presently Pl tho the boy sat at up Ho Io expressed no surprise at nt tho the of old d gentleman who was crying and nd kissing kissin dg g his hands Ho said that his name namo was wa s Jasper Donzil Denzil and that his papa a amama am nd mama were vero In the lifeboat Ho Ha guessed that the they had had a mighty narrow escape Tho The namo nama of ot f the tho ship watho wa was the tho Empire State ate and ho he suo guessed that tho his hi bicycle was a n total loss lose since th the Bh ship was piled up on the tho recite 1 Who Is to your our r papal papa 1 naked Jasper 1 In a 0 shaky haky voce vorce voice as ns he fondly stroked tho the boys boy's fair curl curia hero Horo ho Is Is with with ma mat mal said cald tho the bo boy cheerfully a ll as two white eager faces appeared In tho the doorway HI HI pop popl ho cried Hero Horo I am good and bully I OIl know knew you ou would come Harry I h have have v waited these thene fifteen years year for Jor youl Sir Jasper said simply as no he put his hands bands lovingly upon his son eons eon's 3 broad road shoulders shoulder And this thin IB le your my wife my daughter daugh daugh- torT ter ho he added aa as he be stooped looped and kissed the little woman who was holdIna hold hold- log lag Inathe the boy tightly 1 In n her arms By Dy the early morning morning- train Rufus Denzil loft lett for tor London on urgent busi bus ness |