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Show THE BELUCE Bg DAVID GHA1IAM PHILLIPS, Author '"77IFCQS2rMe CHAPTER XXV Continued. "It )OII Kill SttVU llll' I continued "I will transfer in oii in n block It til) Coal holdlmit They will be worth double in) total liabilities with In three months art Miun aa th re organisation In announced I leave It ititlrel) to your hw at Justice whether I hull have my part uf them Lack when IliU Miirm blows urcr" "Why tlldiil )tm go In ltnebiiek" tin asked without looking up "Ih-causo II li ha that stuck the fcnlfe Into me" "Wh) r "I itoii't know I suspect the Man-npiali Man-npiali properties, which I hroiiKhi Into the combine, havo vomit value, which no onn hut Itoehuck. and perhaps per-haps langdo. known about and that ! In Mnn wa waa dangerous to them through that fact They haven't Riven Riv-en me time to look Into It." A Hrlm amllo flitted over Ihe face "You've been too hnay getting mar rlnl, I'll!" "Kxactly," said I 'It's annlhor rase of unbuckling for Iho wedding feast nuil getting aaaaaalnatoil an a pen nit). IK) you wlah in to expliln anything any-thing on that list do you want any details of the eonililuo of tho Coal Hooka thmi'T "Not neoessary." ho replied. A I had thought, wllli that enormous ma chine of lili tor drawing In Information, Informa-tion, nml with that enormous memory mem-ory of hi for details, tin prolialil) knew more about the combine ami lla proirtfea than I illtl "You liavn heard of the lockout?" I Inquired for I wished Mm to know t bad no Intention of deceiving him ni to the present market ralu of ttlOM Stocks "Itoehuck has been commanded by hi doil," lie aalil. "to eject tho free American lalnir from Iho coal regions anil to mibstltuto Importations of coollo Hun nml Hohetiilan tint, tho wicked American l.ilwrcra will he chastened for trying to get higher wages nml cut down n plum man' -llvldends; anil the downtrodden cool p-nwaHMiMKMllihiMBtbntualijtawliMraMlhvjrcan ! enjoy tho bleislngk of liberty and or (the preaching of Ilocbuck's million nrlcs " . I laiiRlici), though ho had not lulled, but had okeii ai If stating color leu fact. "And righteousness and I Ilocbuck will prevail," mid I Ho frowned sliRlitl), n sardonic grin breaking the straight, lliln, cruel line of hit lip llo 0cned bis lahlo'a ono shallow drnwer. and took out a pud and a encll Ho wroto a few wonli on tho lowest part of the lop ihect. folded II, tore off the part ho had scribbled on, returiiiHl the pad and wmcll to lliu drawer, handed tha ttcrnp of paper to mo "I will do II." ho Mid "Olvo thl to Mr rurquhnr, fecond door to the teft (looil morning" And In that atmosphere of nit nffalrn npeedll) dispatched hi coment without with-out argument seemed, and was, tho nialterot course I bow oil Though he had not caved mo as n favor to mo, hut became It filled In with hi plana, whutnvur the) were, in) e)e dimmed. "I han't forget this," said I, my voice not quite blond)' "I knuw It," unlit ho curtly. "I Vnow )ou." I saw that hi mind had already turned mu out I said no more, ami withdrew When I left Iho room It was precliel) m It had been when I (tutored It except Him bit of istper torn from tho pad Hut what n ill'-forenco ill'-forenco to me, to the llinuaaiid, Die hundred of thouaand directly mid ilmllreclly luteroited In the Coal rem Lino and It Htrlko nml Iim products, wu lepreii'iiled b) IIiimo few. almost t lllcKlblo scrawllm-i on that scrap or j paper Not until I hnd gone over the iltu ntlon with Karquhur. and we had BlRned and exchanged tho ueceasur) papers, did I Iwgln to relax froni the slrnln liuw great that strnln wui I . realized n few weikn luter, when the gray npwared Ihlck at in) temple nml there was In my crown what was, ' for such a ihock as mine, a lliln pot "I am snviil'" said I to myself, en I turlng u long hreiith, as I stood on the i stops of ilnllown)' mtnlilliliment whvro hiitirl) was iramaeted buslnesi vltnll) iiffecllug the welfam of scores of millions uf human beluga, with James (lullown)'s ieroiml Interest u the sole guiding principle "Haveil! I repealed, and not until then did It , flaih boforo me, 'I must hau palu a frlKhtful price He would never li:uo! consenteil to Interfere with Itoehuck I as rocii a I asked him to do It, unless un-less theru had been some Hwerful mntlo If I had hud in) wlta iiIkjiu , mo, I could hae made far better tonus " Wh) hadn't I my wlia about I mo? "Anita" ni my lnlunt nnawer to my own questlVn ' Anita ngalu I had a bad attack of famll) man'H panic" Am thus It camo about that I went back in in) nt!) Co. feeling as If I had suffered u severe dvfeut, In stead of Jubilant out my narrow ea cape Joo followed nm Into my den "What luck' asked be In the tono ( of a tnollii r w.nlnilliK ihe doctor an I hi Inniten from ihe sli k room Luck snhl t, unilng blankly at him I You'ie seen the laleit quotation haven t nu?" In his nenouanesa Ills li ui-r waa on a line edge 'No." replied I Indlfferentl) I sat 1 down at my desk and began to busy j mi-self Then I added ' We're out I of the Coal combine lie tranaferred our hohllnga Usjk after thetw things please ' And I gave hint the checks note and memoranda of agreement llalloway' ' he exclaimed Aid I then Ida eye fell on the tnlala of Ihei stoik I hail been carrying ' (loud (lod. Malt'" ho gained ' Itulned'" And he aat down, mid hurled his face and cried like a child It waa then that I measured the full depth of tho chaam I had eacaied I made ' I no such exhibition of myself, but when I I tried to relight my elaar my hand I trembled so that the Panic scorched , my Him i I "Itulned"' I said to Joe, easily enough. "Not at all We're baeg In I 1 the iimiiI, going smoothly ahead only, at a bit leu stiff a paoa. Think l Joo, of all thuao oor deills down In the mining districts. They're out clear out ami thousands of 'em don't know where their families wilt get bread And though they hawm't found It out Ji't, the) 'v got to louvo Iho place where the)'e lived nil their Hon, and their futliera before them hae got to go wandering ubout In a world that's us strange to them as tho surl:e of the moon, and ua barn for Ihem us Ihe Kiihnru deserl ' That's so," said Joo -li hard luck." Hut I saw ho was thinking only ot himself and his narruw escape from having to Rhe up his big house and all thu rest of It, that, sort hearted und generous though ho was, to those poor chaps and their whos and children he wasn't giving u thought "Vnu'ie done a grand two hours work," said Joe Orandor than Jim think," replied I "I've set the tiger on to light the bull " '(lallowa) and Roebuck'" "Just that," said I And I laughed, started up, sat down again ' No, I'll put oil the pleasure," said I ' I'll let Itoehuck Hud out when the claws catch In that tough old hide of his" XXVI A CONSPIRACY AGAINST ANITA, On about the holiest afternoon ot that summer I had Ihe )acht take me down thu Sound In u iolnt on Ihe Con nictlcut shore within sight of Dawn llll, but leu'ii miles farther from New York I landed at the private pier of Howard Forrester tin only brother of Anita's mother As 1 slipped upon Ihe pier I saw a line j looking old man In Ihe pailllon over banning Ihe water He wis dreaaiit ' 1 all In white except aky l.i ie tie that harmonlaed with the color of hla ees He was neither fal nor lean, and hla smooth skin was protest log rnddll agulnsl the age proclaimed b) his wool white hair He rose as I camo toward him. and. while I wns still seeral yards awa). showed unmlstak-nidi unmlstak-nidi that he knew who I waa and that he was n thing but glad to see me Mr rNirrester" I asked He giew purple lo Ihe lino of his thick while hair ' It Is. Mr. Illnek- ' lock, said he "I hae the honor to wish )mi good da. air" And with that he turned his back on me and gated nut toward Uing Island ' I ha come In ask a fin or of you, sir." said I, as iollle to that hostile bark as If t had lieen addressing u cordial face And I waited He wheeled round, looked at me from head to foot I withstood the Inspection calmly, when It was ended I nnled that III spite of himself he was somewhat relaxed from Ihe opln Ion of mo he had tor noil upon what he had heard and read Hill he suld ' I do not know nii, sir, and 1 do not wish to know you ' iim hae made me painfully aware of that." replied I ' Hut I hale learned not to take snap Judgments tlw svrtnual) I neer go to a man unless I have something In sa) to him, ami I neter leave until 1 have said It" ' I perceive, sir." letnrted he, "yon have Ihe thick skin necessary lo llv lug up to thai rale" And tbc twinkle In his eyes betrayed the man who delights de-lights to exercise a real "or Imaginary talent for eaustlr wll Hnrh niep are like nellies dangeriuia only In the timid touch "On Ihe contrary," replied I. eaay In mind now, though I did not anger hi hi by ahowlng It, "I am most sen Hive to Inaulta lnaults In myself Hut you are not-Insulting mo You are Insulting a purely Imaginary, hearsay ieron who It, I ventnie lo A ) --a -- i "TUHNKI) HIS HACK ON MB AND O ZI1D OUT TOWARD I.ONO ISLAND IS-LAND " j assure j tin, utterly unlike me, and who doubt less desert e to be Instilled In-stilled ' , Ills purplo had now faded In u fur different tone he suld: "If )our business In any wny lelulea to the i family Into which )ou luno marrleil. I do not wish to hear It. Hare in) IHilienee nml )our limn, sir" 'It does not," wns my answer 'It relates lo in) own fundi) to my wife und no self As you imt limu heard. I she I no longer n member of Iho j I'llnrsley fumll) And I hao come j to jou chletly beonuse I haipeneil to know jour sentiment toward the I I'llorslojs" "I bine no sentiment toward them, sir'" ho exclaimed 'They nro lion existent, sir nonexistent! Your wife's mother censed lo be a Torresler whon she married that scoundrel Your wife la still less u Forrester" "True," uld I "Hho Is n lllack-lock lllack-lock " He winced, und It reminded me of the night of my marriage and Anita's expiesslon when Iho preacher nulled her by hor new name lint 1 held his guxe, ami we looked each ut the I other fixedly for, It must have been, I full half a minute Then ho suld cour tenuily: "What do you wish'" I went straight lo tho point My color may have been high, but my vol co did not hesltute as I explained ' I wish to make my wlfo financially Independent I wish In settle on hor , an ImAiinu that will i nnblo hur to live m1 as the l li i m accustomed I know i she ws'liii take It from me Ho I hnv ' in uik yon to prelenl in giT It Is i i of course, giving It tO )U I0fi Again Uiknl full and Hxedu each Its .. I . i Come te Hi--house, I last , to- said at lasl in a tone I U thi s.iblleal of nun plltnents I . linked hi arm In mine sVi to the rambling atnu house. ttr In lis lines, yet flne and homtUki tin im ir resembling lis own er, ns house always ahoul.l ho stttS"i t owe tnu an apologi said Vn i all mv experience ni this work , r i nvi and malice i . sliouM ' neognlsed the man evei In hi! cnrton ire of his enemies Anc ymi bfi'tgli the best possible ere dentil's -you are well haled To b well halat lo the human race and by i Iho rt-Mittt s mounteil on Ha bark Is ' a dlitlnctt-in sir It Is the crown ol the tnt Mi us of this world" We itb I ourselves on Iho irme ernnda: k had ihampagne and wa tor brnutV nml cigars, and we pro-reeilell pro-reeilell tog. i m uusluteil nothing pn mbtes conli tilt x and aytnpaihy like an Initial rah uiilerstanillng ll was n gnod hs i.e-oie ih klndbettrtett, Imnl-so't. 1 1. al old fashioned New Kngltndtr tutrd to the suhjecl of my visit utd he ' And now )nnng mull, n If I m i line lo aak some ex-tremel) ex-tremel) tSMoiiiil iiuestlons"' "It 'at i In iiiualanoes ' replleil I, "'yira lw the Jaht to know everything- I did mu eonie to yon without rlrtt niaVlng sure what manner of man I to And" Al Ihla lie Mutkeil. pleased as a girl at her Mrtt bumfs Ann conipllmenl "And you, Mr. FniK'ter inn not be expected to embark In ihe Utile adventure I pro pone, utlll yen have satisfied your-self." your-self." ' "Hrs, the why of your plan" "I art In mtlve business," replleil I, "nd I shall he still more active. Thai Itt-ius financial uncertainly." Hit (ssplilnn of ma started up from lit tom and rubbed lis eye. "Ah1 You w lih in Insure ynqrsnll " "Yea, wns my answer, "but not In the w ynu hint It takes away t man's firng" ilm( Hil(, ho needs It uiott to fei I that his family Is In vol HI In his venture ' "Wlit do miu not make the settlement settle-ment jirecr he asked, partly rota sure!. "H-Mtiise I wish her to feel that It, la htr twn. that I have no right over It whatever' lis thought about Ihla. Ills ees wers H"en as he said, "Is that our teal isbsoii"' I -i I must be iinreserveil with j him. Tart of It." I replleil '1 ne I rest Is she would not take It from me ' 'Ihe old man smiled cynically. Have you tried?' ho Inquired l If I h-litrlid,aiidifMlledvsbMwould have, belli oBTthe alcrffor an Indirect "ttiipf I Tr her, young man," said ho, I InnfilHK "In this dny thoro aro few I pee-do nny where who'd rcfusn sny I sum irom anybody for uuytblng. And n woman and a iVw etk woman and a Now Yoik fash-I fash-I lonililo woman and a daughter of I old I'llcrsly she'll tako It as a baby -nkw tho breast." Sic would not take It," said I My tone, though I strovo to keep angry protest out ot It, bccuuiu I nee d him, caused lilm to draw Imck IitiBlmtly. "I beg jour lmrdon, said he '1 forgot for tha inouunt that I w n talking to u man young enough I still to have joulh's delusions about I woikii You'll learn that they're hit-i hit-i in in. Hint It's from them we men In-; In-; In i h our weaknesses However, let's nhH-aie that iho won't take It Why won't iho tnko jour money What Is (tire nbout It that rexds llllersly'i ilaihttr, brought up In the sewers of htthlonublo Now York the sew era, sir" odocs not lovo mo," I answered I liovo hurt )oii," ho wild quickly, In groat distress at having coniwl!ed melotxuoHO m seeret wound Ttn Mound does not nche Iho woitf," Mild I, "for my showing It to n" At.' that was tho truth I loottd over toward Dawn Hill whoso lower could just be seen "We llvo there I iHilnted She la like a gui it In my hoiiM-" Wtien I Klniicod at him again, his fan botrnjed n feeling of which I ilonU If any one had thought him ere ml4r In many n year I see thai you low Im r,' ho said, gently as n mother ' Y " 1 replied And presently I went on "The Idea of any one ' love Man-- dependent on me In a sorilkt wny Is modi distasteful lo ma And lines she does mil love me, dims mil nen like me. It Is doiibl) necos-snrv necos-snrv I hat she he lndoiendiit " ' Iconffras I do not quite follow you," sal.l le ' How can she acoept anylhlng from me If she should Unally ho coin-iml coin-iml i by necessity to do It; what how could I Imvo of her ever feeling toward to-ward lot ns it wife should feel toward to-ward htr husband' At tills explanation of mine his e) luUd with anger- and I oniild not but isict Hint he had at one tlino In hli lift been faced with g problem like a) Int. and hud settled It the other oth-er My siiaplclon waa not weakened weak-ened wlitu iiu went on lo say "llo. lah motlvea again' Iheyshow you if Dot know women Don't bo dwelled V,y ,r j, ri0 exterior, liy their prttimawa of super reltni nu-nt They MhsI lo he whsl passion ue ludci ut Into thinking them Hut Diet 're tjay, sir, Just clay, and far less i"ihiIvb than we men Dont you tee rUuug man I hat by muklng her iwli-Esndent ou re throwing away youi tesJ chance of winning her? Women a, nK() ,IIKa m ,un, tr! 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