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Show ! THE DELUGE Dj, DAVID GRAI IAM Pl-HLLIRS, Autar of "nKCOSZWc , CHAPTER III Continued. "Wl II IIX II II J. I IK I MIlUklcKk I Mill he "All rluht Hnltl Anil from that mlnuti- I was alumni -nt II wns something In her tunc anil manner tltal silenced me I suddenly realised that I Kami t miking an good in lm-picssliin lm-picssliin as I hail been flattering in) Mir. ' When a man nan money ami la willing will-ing to spend It, he can readily fool lilntMlf Into Imagining li gela on trrandly with women. Hut I hail bet ler grounds than that for thinking i myself not unattractive to I hem. aa a rale. Women had liked me when 1 'bad nothing: women had liked me 'when they didn't know who I waa l I felt that Uila woman ildl not like ne. And el, h the wa ahe looked me In spite nf her efforts not to do to, I putrid tell that I had some anrl Of Ultnenal Interest for her. Why ,dldit't ahe like me 8 he inadu me feel the reason I didn't belong to her world My way a Hint my looka offend-td offend-td her. She illallkud mo a xooil dual; lie feared me a little She would have felt infer If aha had Iwn grail J !rlng her rnrloalty, gating In at me I through Hi.' Iiara of a cage. Bum not without heallatlon, na I reca9.nl afterward left me Willi her, alien I tent hi ill to bring her brough-im brough-im up lo the llroadwn entranco. Aa ibn and I were ataniling there alone., .-ailing In alienee, I turned on her liiddeiilv. and hlurtwl out: "Von ilon'l tile me" Hhe reddened a Utile amlled alight-ly alight-ly ' What a quaint lemath!" aald the I looked straight at her. "Hut you Ihall " Our eyea met. Her chin came out 8 a Utile, her eiehroue lifted Then, In worn of heraelf aa well na of me, she lucked herself In lielilml n frozen liaughtlneaa that Ignorcil me. "Ah, hero la the carriage, alio aald I fol lowed her to the curb, alio Jiut , touched my hand, Jiut nodded bar lancinating little head. ;1 "See you Saturda). old man." colled her brother frlcndllly. My lowering J face hnd nlarmed him. 'j "That party Is off," aald I. curtly, t And 1 lifted m' lint and atrodo awny - An I bad formed be habit of dls- JJ lulaalng the dlaagreeable, t soon put m. Iter out of my mind Hut alio took 'Willi her my Joy In the taato of thlnga. I couldn't ifet Hick tny former keen I Katlsfartlnti lu all I had done and I was doing The luxury, iho tangible. I ildeur,-n ojn) achievement, no long ! r g.ivo nif pleaaiire; tbe seemed lo , add to in Irrllntlon I worked ni)telf up, or rather, down, to audi a mood that when my omen boy told me Mr tangdnn would like I mo to come to 111 olllce at noon na i It waa convenient. I snapped nut "The boll be does' Tell Mr l-angdim I'll be glad lo ee him here whenever ' lie calla" That waa itupldlt). a pro- 1 mature assertion of my rlpht to Jie treated aa an equal. I bad ulwaja gone to Ijingilnii. and to any oilier of the rulen of finance, whenever I bad got r aummona I'or. while I win rlcb and powerful. I held both I "wealth and iHiwer. In u sense, on stif- feranco. I knew Hint, an long na I hail no absolute control of any great department of Induttry, theso rulera could deatroy mo ahnubl they decide that Ibey needed my boldlnga or wero not satisfied with my nun of my ljwer. I waa surprised when Lang- t1 lnu appealed lu my ofllco a few inlu- ulea laier. He wat a talllsh. allm man, care-' care-' fully dretted, Willi n bored, weary look and a alow, bored way of talking talk-ing 1 had always -said that If I had lint been myself I thntild hate wltbed to lie Ijtngdon. ' Ilia expression, aa be came litn my office, waa one of cynical amusement, ua If be were anylng to hlmaelf: "Our I friend Hiacklock haa caught the iwoll- i ell head at laat ' Nut a auggeatlon , ? of 111 humor, of resemnont at my lm- J pertlneuce for. In the circumstances, j I had been guilt) of an lnieitlnence. I, J tint languid, amuaed patience wllh the frailly of a friend. "I aee," aald I lie. "that on have got Textile up lu ' SB." He waa (be head of the Textile , trust, which had beau built by bla 1 brother lu law and ban fallen to lilin 1 lu the eonfualon following hit broth- I er lu-luw'a doulh. Aa be waa Juab then W needing aome money for bli ahare In the National Coal undertaking, he bad ,. dlteetsd me to puab Textile up towaad s par gnd unload tiliu of two or thiee liundred thouaand iharea he, of oourae, til repurchaaa the almret after lie had taken proflta and Textile had dropped buck to lta normal 60. "I'll hate It up to SI8 by the middle of nest mouth." aald I "Aud there 1 think We'd bolter atop." "Stop II about 90," aald b. "That will give me all I find I'll need for i IhU Coal bualnata. I don't want to be bothered with hunting up an loveat- inent." I ahook my head, "I mutt put It up to wlthht a point or two of par," I declared de-clared "In my public latter I've been ' anu It t-ohM go above 9, tnd I new i ,'. w . i H'lilli ' He mulled m v n. .11. in of honetty ii I a m uniiimd hi m A ou please.' lie said, with u shriiK Then 1 Aw a I m-rluiia look Juat a fleeting dash of wurnlng behind hla amlling maak: and he added earelesily "lie careful about your own iwraonal play. I doubt If Textile can be put any higher." It mutt have been my mood that prevented thote words from making iho Imprwslon oti me they altoiild hare made. Inttead of appreciating at once and at lta full value tbla characteristic char-acteristic and ahiaalngly friendly signal sig-nal of caution, I showed how atiipldly Inattentive I waa by saying: "flome-l "flome-l thing doing? Something now T' ' I Hut he bad already gone further i than his notion of friendship war- rallied. Bo be replied: "Oh, no. Simply that everything's uncertain nouadaya" .My iiiIikI bad been all tbla time on those Mnnaaquale mining properties. I now aald, "Haa Itoelmck tukl you that I bail to buy thine inltiea on my own account?" "Vea," be aald. He hesitated, nnd again he gae me n liKik whose inenn-Ing inenn-Ing came to me only when It waa too late. "I think, Illncklock. you'd better bet-ter turn them oer to me." "I can't." 1 answered. "I gate my word." "Aa you please," aald he Apparently the matter didn't Inter eat him. He began to talk of the er fornlancea of my little twoyearold Heachcomber; and alter 30 minutes TlTir not'" I asked "Oh I don i know You see the inrt 'e-well the) re a lot of old f"le up then You don't want to hither wlfli that push. .Malt Take int idMi IKi tumineas with them, hut atiihl Mieni aoclall) " I m In tf lu there,' I Insisted I Iiim m own reasons You put in. up I nil mmi tt'd be no use." ha rs pl I In ii nine that Implied he wishes! ii b n nn more of the matter. ii i nt me up," I repeated. "And if in i .In )our best, I'll gel In all right. I m u lots of friends there Ami mmi ti Kin three relative In the com-iii'ti.. com-iii'ti.. mi membership" M this l.e gave me a queer, sharp Klime-a Utile fright In It I lunthed. "You see, I've been look-Iiik look-Iiik Into It Sam I never take a Jump, till I ve measured It." i You do better wilt a few year, 'until-" he began, then supped and liirniHl red I'ntll what?" said 1. "I want you to siek frankly." "Well, you've got lot of enemies a lot of fellows who've lost money In deals you've engineered. And theyil say all sorts of things." "I'll take care of that," said I, quite easy In mind "Mowbray iJitirlon's president, lan't he? Well, he's my closest friend ' I spoke quite InM-estly InM-estly It shows how simple mlndad I waa In certain aa that 1 had never once noted the Important circumstance circum-stance that thla "closest friend" had never Invited me to hie house, or anywhere any-where where I'd meet Ills tip-town associates as-sociates at Introducing distance. Sam looked surprised, "Oh, In that case," lie said, "I'll see what can be done." Hut bis lone was not qulto cor dial enough to satlafy me. To stimulate lilm and to gttn htm an earnest of what 1 Intended to do for him, when our little social deal had been put through, I showed him how he could win JIO.OOO In the next three days. "And you needn't liotbsr about putting up margins," sail I, as I often had before. "I'll take on re of I that." I He stammered a refusal nnd went I nut. but lie came back within an hour, and, In a strained sort of way accept-I accept-I ed my Up and offer "That's sensible.' aald I. "When "lOD'Ui: H0U.NL) TO KIN AMI I or so, hq drlfleil nwny, "I envy ou )our enthusiasm," be aald, pausing In my doorway. "Wliereter I urn. 1 wish I I wero somewhere else. Whatever I I'm doing, I wish. I were doing some thlug else. Whore, do you get all this Joy or the light? What the devil ure you fighting for?" Ho didn't wait for n reply. I thought over my situation steadily for several days. 1 went down to my country Place I looked everywhere among all my belnnglntra, aeuichlng, searching, reatleaa. Impatient At last I I knew what ailed me whl the lack waa that yawned so ghMtnlb from everything I had once thofftht beautl I fill, had once found auffli hjht I waa In the midst of the splenitis, lerracod pansy beds my gardeners had Juat aet out : I stopped short and Mapped my thigh. "A woman!" 1 exclaimed "That's what I need A wjiniun the right sort of woman a wit)!" IV A CANDIDATE FOR "RESPECTABILITY,"' "RESPECTA-BILITY,"' , To handle this new business properly proper-ly 1 must put myaelf In position, ,( look the whole field over. I niusi gqt In line and In touch with "respeota- hlllty." Whan 8sm Bllersly came In for his "rations," I said: ""Sam. I want you to put me up at, the Travelers Trav-elers CtuO." ( 'the Travelers!" echoed ho, with a blank look. I "Thg Travelers." saM 1. t about Iho best Of -the big' rluba. lan't It?' And It has as members most of the men I .do business with and most of "hnao I want to cet Into touch with" He lag-lii I It i i i t In done." I'M. 8l5w THAT YOL' IIO.VT IA8K." ' wilt you iUend to the matter ,at te l'ravulars? I want to be wpnied as I can, pull my own set of wires -In cot cert." "I'll let you know," ho ouwi rod, hanging hla bead. I tllim;t underatand Ills q'qr action ac-tion thV). Though t wat p( irt 111 fliMtHw, I lutdu't )et iiisde a tNdr Pfihat oilier game die j game oil njlitfleuUMi." 'Ami I illduti know ho--eflousty Hw frsHuls hnd fakir) who play It take It and themselves. I attributed his confusion to a rldlca-lous rldlca-lous mock modest) he had sliout as, ceptlng favors, It struck me as Ix-lng particularly silly on thla occasion b cuuse for once he wna lo gite as wfl as to take. He didn't cull or hki jnotlts. ht wrote asking me t6 mglf hrjii tat ''hejkur Ihum. I did so, pjutlng M theavei, with It ' IkUo g W his memory on. Vfte club matter didn't se blni again' for nearl) month, and tliunub I searched net sent. I ouublh't gel his trail. On oies In day at Morris I'ark, I waa going along the passage bbhlnd the hnxM lg tb grand slU)d, ot my way to ilis pmldwU, I wanted' lo, see ruy hnra (hat waa about -tu-run for the HaK itiagnndl Swuepatakea, and to tell 'iiy Jockey that I'd give 4ilm 11(1.000 Id-ttcud Id-ttcud nt 10 000, r he Won -for I hid put quite a bunch down In one of the boxes I spied my shy friend, Sammy He waa looking letter let-ter than, I Jiad over seen him. ! heavy-eyed, lets pallid and pasty. h like a ma who had been shirking bed and keeping up on cocktails and cold balba. Ho yiut ui th- rear of the box. Inlkliv with u hi and a gcntlemau T gpH - k i n. I . tl,! i,l 1 Uuc , B ' " ' l ' hH i.i , mm,,. at ' '" u ' ssi i -i I ml r, nl inn -' ' 1 'i a', n, , evi r since that t ' ' ' ' u'lliig loom irom ' '' ' "i all It- woiiiin, i IJ ""' en except two or m e .1 I i I who Were good fel V " I'lreiivb i -plte of their ' " ' ' ' " 'I crossing H ' ' i "ii Hmateni " " "'"I ii"!. --'mil I leaned Vrtjil t.1,,.,1 Ma ,1, , i 'i, ahoul ' llii . I i ml , ,i ' , he saw K n. i .I'll,,,,. loiieaman B hd ( i i hi litm tu ii,,. act. Ijllifrd) .- nn said I "It's been '2 "'"" ' "" yon that I jJWdfl i it the temptation to In f"y"J H"i" viir fiiend'll exenao 1 Bowd do .Miss Kllerslyr nd hlitoiit mi kaml WW UKik it reluctantly. She was Irlni me ierv unpleasant look UJ If she m.m. .R, BO( somebody, t (tine 11,1,1)1 ,i,e didn't care to see, If ware si , hi iiinhing at all I liked i l.xik I liked the woman who o ! In he. to aiie It. She made 9 loel that ,1. was dlOlcult and renfore w.irti, while, and 'hat's hat all we hiuniii Mngs are In busl- ( for to make each other feel t we're . nh while "Jim a niiuiu-nt " said Sam, red as cji,berr unl stuttering And he K a mot,on to come out of the box I Join me M the same time Miss nil ami tho other fellow began to itfawiij lt 1 was not the man to be cheated i Jam fashion I wanted to see her. n 1 1 compelled her to aee It ami to "of It ' Hon t let me take' you from friends." said I to Sammy, "lr- they'd like to come wllh yon n4 me down to look at my horse. 0 cm give )ou a good tip he's Ixnlliil o vln. I've hsd my boys out nn tb Wt even inntnlng at the trials of all llhsolher posslbllliies. None of 'em's Bn I wllh Mowghll." 1 Iowghll!" said the young lady ah had begun to turn toward me as Km aa I simke the magic word "tip." TMre may he men who can resist thi word "lip" at the race track, but thee never was a woman. MowKhll!' Ml'l Miss Kllorsljr. "Yt a quaint name!" II) trainer gave It," said I. "I've got a second son of one nf those hrsVrndown Kngllsh noblemen at the hitl of my stables. He's trying to getmnncY enouah together In lie able to show up at Newport and take a ahf al an heiress " t this the fellow who waa fourth tutor part), and who had lieeu glr-liiitne glr-liiitne a nasty, glassy stare, got at re" as was Hanitii). Then I noticed tint he wat nn Kngllshman, and I all hi chuckled with delight. However, I nld. "No offense Intended," and clipped him on the tboulder with a nti'lly imllf. "lie's a good fellow, Inrj man Mfinson, ami know it a lot about horses." Miss Kllorsly bit her lip and colored, col-ored, but I noticed alto that her eyes were dancing. Sam Introduced tho Kngllahman In me lird Hoinebody-or-other, I forget what, na I never saw him again. I I turned llkn a bulldog from a toy terrier ter-rier and n at Miss I'Hersly again "tat me Jt a Utile something tin Mowghll for you," said I ' You're bound to win and I'll see that you don't lose. 1 know how you laillei hate lo lose" That was a bit stiff, aa I know well enough now. Indeed, my Instinct would have told me lietler then, If 1 hadn't been so used to the sort ol women that Jump at such an offer, and If I hadn't been casting about c desperately and In such condition fm some way to please her. At any rato, i hardly deserved her ttxlilen frozen look. "I beg iiarton," I atammerod, and I tbln my look at her mutt have been very humble for mo. The others In the box were atarlng round at ua. "Come on," cried Ham, dragging at my arm, "left go." "Won't you comer' I said to his sitter. sit-ter. I shouldn't have been able to keer my stale of mind out of my voice, It 1 had tried. And I didn't try. Trust the right sort of woman la see the right sort of thing In a man through any and all klndt of barrier of caate and manners and breeding J ler voice waa much softer aa aha aald "I think I must stay here Thank you. Juat the ssme " , A soon hi Sam and 1 were alone, I apologised. "I hope you'll tell yout Mister I'm sorry for that b'eak," said I. "Oh, that's all right," he answered, oaty again, now that wo ware away from the others. "You meant well iand motive's tbe thing." j "Mollve bell!" cried I In my auger tat myself. "Nobody but a man's Ood know hla motives; be doesn't even know them himself I Judge other by what they do, and I expect to im Judged lu tbe ssme way. I see I've got a lot to learn" Then I suddenly remembered tbe Travelers Club, anil asked him what he'd done about " I, " I've been thinking It ovor," takl be. "Are you sun you want tc ua the risk of an ugly cropper, fMtr , t turned him round ao that are wero racing twoh other "Do you want tc Uo me that favor, or don't your I Uomsttded. ! "I'll do whatever you say," b replied, re-plied, "I'm thinking only of your n lergeu. . "Let me take care of them," said 1 j You put m up at that club to-nioi-hiw. ril send you tho name of i. kQ0ndr net U)te than noon. ' "Up" yoar aao,'' lu? said, ; But IJoo't blame me fur tbe conn aueaces." (To lm t'liiilnieil ) If. |