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Show I ; THE DELUGE' Dn DAVID GRAHAM P1DLLIPS, Autlior of "7XFCQSZWC ctyva&nr sees tvef jiasso-taxxitz: mtam? ( HUM I 11 WVI unmmied I'llHhlhl) .iil, kiiIi n ,ii-m' alllon In minimi tlewa IihkimI mi I knew nut what painful expi'ilcim-"llui expi'ilcim-"llui I ilinii inn- rnr that sort or Ilk lug frinii h woman or rrniii R dog "Its tin' nl kind Mitt II net, re torted he, trlng t iimtnil hi ug Itntlou ' I'm an ul.l man I know human nature that wh) I live alone i You'll take ilmt hi in! (if liking, or do I wllhotit " I "Tliell I'll ill! Without,' Mllil '(lite 1it mi Income uml shell go I H It all Youvc rhillcrcd her Min , Ity li) showing nur loto for her -thut'a llto way with women Thi no oraiy Hbotit themselves, anil target all aboui tln i.an (lite her an in cuiiw and ah'II go ' i "I iloiilit II." aahl I. "Ami on J would, If im knew her Hill, even so, I ahall haw her In any event For. ( unices she la made Indetietidoiit. aho II j cerlelnl) bo Willi Uu last of the Hi- tie inone) aho liaa, lli remnant of a I small loguc) " 'llm olil man argued villi mo, Iho more tlgi.inusl), I ttsiect, because lie fomiil mo roaotitlv When he ooulil think (i no n' wn of stating Ilia I oaau hla case against Anlla lio aalil. "You are a fool, young man that clear. I wonder audi n fool ever ! able In got together aa iniicli roe rly aa repott credits ou with. Hut ', you're the kind of fool I like " "Then oh'II Indulge my folly?' . Mitt I. amnio-. Up throw ii hla nrma In a gesture ', of mock dcapalr. ' If yun will liavn it 1 ho," he replied "I am eurlima about this niece of mini 1 want to see. lior 1 I want to am tin- woman who hii IB resist oii ' "llr tnlml and Iht lnart are closed against ma," aald I "Ami It Is my Vu fault I closed tliiint " 'Tut hw out of your hem." lie ad-xlsed. ad-xlsed. "No woman la worth a serious man's white." i "1 hate few- wants, few puriioses,' aald I, "Hut those tow I piirauo to the I'm). liton though alio wero not I worth ulill", eten though I wholl) i lost hnpo, allll I'd not glto her up. 'Z 1 couldn'tHint's in) nntitro.' Hut alio la worth while" And I could sco Iter, slim mid graceful, Iho curves in her fnco and figure Hint mado my licart leap, Iho uiuro sheen iim her petal like akin, tho tnjator) of tho soul ItirltiK from her o)os After wn had nrrniiged tho hindniiaa or, rather, nrrutigoil to limn It nr rntigcd Ihinugli our l.iwjora fie walked iloun to tho pier with mo At tho gnngwii) ho gate in another bunching look from head lo foot-but foot-but tnatl) different from tho Inapec-tlon Inapec-tlon with which our Inlortlew hud begun You nro u dotlllali handsome yotuiK follow." valil ho. "Your plo turoa don't do Jim Jimtln1 And I ahouliln't hao hitlinod nn in.m could oHrcoiiio In ono hrlef alllltiK audi a lirojudlco an I hml naulnat ou On Kfcoinl ihoiiKlit, I dim t euro lo anther. ant-her. Mho mint ho otu holnw tho ner-ukc" ner-ukc" "Or far iibon II," 1 miKKenleil '1 aupioo I'll limn lo imk her iner to Ylilt mi'," ho wi'iit on "A lino hyicrlio I'll ful" "You can niako It ouo of tho con-dltlona con-dltlona of )our Klfl Hint ahn la not to Ihiink )ou or aH'tik of II," anld I "I four our fnro uuuld hettii) im, it aho iiwr did " 'n oxct'llont Idea'" ho exdulnuM Thou, na ho ahook Itnnda with mo In fnreudl ' ?im will win her el-It el-It jou care to" As I atoiilind up tho Sound, I win teniiteil to put In ill Dawn Hill a tin r tor 'I hroimh m glnaa I coulil ki-o Anlln nnd Aha uml mnenil otlierH. i men und women, IiiuIiik teu on tho I lawn under n roil and white iiwiiIiik I I could aio her druaa u Inlet ault with a hi Unlet hut to match 1 know Hint coatiime I.Ike ecrthlnK aho wore. It wna IhiIIi heaulKiil m It-J nclf nnd moat liecomlnK to tier I could wo her face, could nlmoat lnuke ! out Ha I'XpreanInn did I we. or mil I I imuiilni', u cruel contruat to what I olwajH auw whin alio know I waa looking? 1 glued until tho tree hid Inwn nnd ga nwuliiK, and Hint lUely compiiu) nnd her In my hllternemi I was full . of roaoiitiueut agalnat her, full of aelf-l pit) I iiilto forgot, for Hint mo , meat, her aide of tho story XXVII DLACKLOCK SEES A UOHT 1 was next day. 1 think, thut I mot Mow bra) Kaugdou aud Ills hrnther Tom In tho entrance of the Textile llulldliig Mowhruy waa hack onl) n week irom hla aumuior uliroad, hut Tom I hail soon and nodded to eory day, often oerul time In tho day, ns ho went lo and fro about Ida re-IH-cinble' till ty work for the Hotbtick-'.ingilon Hotbtick-'.ingilon clique Ho woa one of their inoat frpqiienll) used stool plKon ill rectors In hanks and Inunr.inco com-Iiunles com-Iiunles whoso funds the) staked In their big gambling oiieratlons, thay taking almost all the prollu and the dupoaltora and iwllo) holders taking utmost all the risk It had inner oacu occarreil to me to have an) teel mi. i urn klml loin mi in ,m wa in take htm into nn ml, illations as to nil ii He was to my o)i-s too oo I, mult ii pali unibratiidi of hla now- ful and litNctiiiiilng hiother When tei I ihiuiKht of him aa Iho man MillH rum led she lined I iut It aside Inatantl) The klml of man u woman wom-an rail) rales for ' I would aa to no-self, no-self, la the measure ol her true self Hut not the kind of man she Imagine she carea for " Tom went on, Mow lira v slopped We shook handa, and exchanged coin nioniilace In Hie friendliest way I waa harlairlug no resentment Mgainst llllll. and I wished hi in to realise that Ida assault had laithereil me no more than the Imulng and battering of a summer III I e Ih-oii. trlng lo get lit to aee oii," aald he 'I wanted lo explain bout that unfortunate 'lex-, 'lex-, tile deal ' This, when the assault on me had I burst out with fresh energy the day I after lie lauded from hurope! I could acarcol) believe thai Ida unity, I Ids nihlhlouco In Ids own skill at underground un-derground work could so delude hi in 'Don t lioihor," said I. "All that's undent un-dent history." Hut he nnd thought out some Ilea he reganled as particularly creditable ! " HUT I 1IAVK.VTTIIH Hf.KlllTHHT INTHUHHT IN CHOOKIID UNTIIH- i l'ltisna now.1" to hla Innenull). ho wna not to be deprhtd of tho plensuro of telling them So I wan compi'lfci! to llslin; nnd, being In tin Indulgent mood, I did not shiII his pleasure h) letting him ' see or KIlHpert III) itnbellet If ho could lumi hKiked Into in) mind, as I stood Iheie In an ntllludo of patient pa-tient attention, 1 think even IiIh self. torn phirenie would huMi been put out of countenance With his llrst full stop, I aald ' I understand perfect!), l.iinKdnn Hut I huwm'l the allglitest Interest In crooked crook-ed enterprises now I'm clear out of till )ou fellows' Blocks l'o reinvest el til) proper!) so that not eiu a panic would trouble mo' 'That's g I," ho drawled 1 saw he did not belleio me which was mil mill, us he knew nothing of my ar rniiKeiiient with (lulloway and as sumod I wus luborlng in hem) weulh or. with a had cargo of Coal stocks and contracts Come to lunch with' me I'm got Home Interesting tilings I to tell Jou uhout in) trip A few months before 1 shouli! have accepted with alacrll) lint I hail Inst I Interest In him He had mil changed, , If nnlhlng, ho was more diuilng I than oter In the wu)s that hud ouco daisied me It waa I that hail changed I my ideals, m point of view. I had I no desire to feed my new-sprung contempt con-tempt by watching him pump In vain lor Information to be used In Ills secret se-cret campaign against me "No, I thanks Another da),' I replied, audi left him Willi a curt nod I nolo,! that he had failed to speuk of lny mar rluue though he hud not seen mo since 'A sore subject with n'l me l.angdotis ' thought I It in no ho J ery sore Indeed, to mane ,i mini who Is all manners, neglect them '1 am strong and struro said I to in mm If as I strode through tin wonderful ian)on of Hrcariwa) whose walls are those might) palates of flniiuie and tommerce from which Iiiixiikki nn-ii bate been ousted ly iriiioiuni i upturns of Industry." I inni! iim, in streuglli How coulil 1 Iixim use It than h) tlullrltig tlie,- mil iii-h on theli roosts, nnd nilin hi liming down a bird or two? I ih, lib tl howeter that It waa better bet-ter I,, wall until the) had stopped iiiitllug their beaks and clawa on my shell In futile attack ".Meanwhile," I reasoned carefull)," 1 can be getting get-ting good and ready " Their llrst new mine, after my little lit-tle talk with Ijiiigdon, waa Intended aa a mortal blow to my credit Mel vllle reipiesteil me to withdraw mine and lilaiklock and I'onnwn) a ac counts from the National Industrial Hank and Hie fact that this huge and ! powerful Institution had thus branded line was slh ghen to the llnnnclnt J reirler of Hie iiewapaiors r"ar and I wide It was published, and the public I was expected to htllcte that this wus one mine and drastic measiiie In I the ramiuilsu of the honorable men of rtnsnre to clean the Mlgeau Htables j of Wall rttrit-t M) dall) letter to lnealois next morning led ort with ' this paragraph the Hrat not Ice I had I taken public!) of their atlarka on me In the effort In discredit the onl) remaining uncontrolled source of financial truth, the big bandlla have oidered m accoiinta out of their chief I gambling house I have transferred the accoiinta lo the Discount and iw Ksll National, wheio lsmblaa 'I horn It atanda guard against the few or iter that seeks to make business a I st mint to for crime' Thoinlet was of the t)pn that was doiiilimni In our commercial life be fore the ' financiers latue Just ns song birds were common In our trees until the nols), bruwllng, thletlng spatrowa drove them out Ills oldisit son was about lo marry Joe a duugli lor ltn Man) a Kutiduy I hate spent at his plum near Morrlslown a charming combltintlon of city com fort with inrm frtednm and fresh nlr I remember, one Hiinduy, saying to him, after ho had seen Ills wife and diiugliters off lo church "W'h) haven't )ou looktd out for ostnbllsh lug those ht)s und girls of jours" 'I dun t want my glils to be aouglil for mime)," anld he, I don t want my bo)s to rely on ninne) I'erhuiw I'te si-eu too much of wealth, nnd hate (omo to hato u prejudice against It. Then, too, l'o netcr had tlio chance to get rich " I show nil that I thought that he wns slmpln Jesting I moan II," said lie, looking at mu with eyiM as strnlglit ns a well brought up girls "How could my mind be Judicial If I wero personnll) Interested In the entei prises people look to me for mil Ice about" And not mil) did lie keep himself clear unit Ills mind Judicial hut also he was like all icall) good people, exreedlngl) slow to believe others guilt) of the things he would ns soon ' hate thought of doing as ho would hate thought of slipping Into tho teller's cage during Hie lunch hour and pocketing a package of bank j notes He gate mo Ida mono a cu rlous one 'llellete In everybody, ' trust In nobody ' , 'Only 8 thief wishes lo be trusted," i he explained, 'and onl) a fount trusts 1 let no une 1 1 natt me I trust no on Hut I l l etc evfl tl1"'" Men v, h-ii In has been fcr "1 I see Itis iiiltlantli g clr.-umfflf0' How Thornle) li ,,' ty mi-' tint I,, no niioilr' HI t It wn aa iii, i-' for ' fiir uu,l just as in i ath ' I nm 1 1 In i en's il the aJJH"), ciiit.l lilm to it . it roe-W" Wii) n iii .no I Mm ngf, ' ' "'"' when Hi.iMuk hl1" im- sunk holder In the banf''nj, ,t,r ur einill.li i sonallyJP' ' hln in' throw in, oter. W "C1 I "isd fasti) I If Mr lllackh " Ve u dilating false alow "t- , i'u clal enterprises, IJ,' " " ' se, tho ienal cisle 'lil in step him llul aa loK Imi, hi thu head of this bang mi (s, KlM It for tierstmnl " n i charteretl i-ubllc iM'Ulii n I mi hato iiitinl rlghtl 1 ''" -t I would lend monefle m,ui l nil If he came for It !' Be pni. i eurlly I would rtfneeai I. , , i,.,, If ho could not five -, n. The funds of n bank rc tMKi f ind, and til) tint) Is to ees thai tin nre em plojeil lo the best aiHsntiue if u wish other la-lnrtpea , .tail here. )ou must git atitli'Tri alili nl That seitle.1 H.Noint hi pnn lateil more kit nl) tlwa dN It,,, i.uck that character la ns JfKnajein, il Ii In IM place as Is crnfl wla iln liiuillnn demands craft stl t lai Inn ,b r Ic get I shall not relate lle' ol that ram IMlgn against naw Ifuthd not so much Ihhu use I was tnm. m iHi-nust It was weak, l'elksps If KiHbiira and Ijingdoti taSltltste itiiecli-d i In person, or kstl sM tin Mine adtlse with tti anl bifore ua after each mn4 Ittab'bi hnvn alto I ceetlod Ihey slslaol linte let et aggornlloti dona'aatt It and tennm show tiMin Its III aW tin) would not hato liegheds follow up ad tantages. woulj Ml ban- crslsted I In lines of ntlftjfk tslt ereuied pulillo i sympathy for aw They would net hate ao erudell oxjsXIod my iinciiu- tentlonul martnd inj tlnanclal relatlona with l Ikrsl) Hut ihey iluriil not go njsir Iho battle llebl; lift had to trusi laMtenla whom their ordi rs and iugN'lsis reached by the moat rouiidalaSt Ml)a. and they were busier wtll Uu-lr enterprises Hint Invnlveil haiasltalo and great k-iilti or haw of motUr When HnlloaH) lletl, Iher learneil Hint the Coal rtixk with which Ihey bought I waakwtVI down wero taut of hla estate. Tky sallsttiil Hiem-aeltes Hiem-aeltes that I sasjn fact as Impregnable Impreg-nable as I had wnnsri ltngdoii 'I hoy leteraed tactlca; leebuck tried lo make It up with a. ' If he wauls In see me," wm in Invariable answer io the IntlmatloM of his enilaaarlea, let him come toiiy ofllce, Just ns 1 would so to bls,1f I wished lo ica Mm " ij Do Is n llg nag a dangerous big man," rnutA1n'Tl J. "Hlg ) nut groug only nga'ns' Ida own kind," repli-d I "One moitsa can make a heie herd of elephants aiUMl for lasrcy "It Isn't prsdunt. It lin't nriident ." perslsleil Joe "It Is not," renlleil I "Thank ti, I'm at Inst In the position I to hem tolling to achieve. I don't lime to bo prudent I can say and do what I plenatf, without fear of tho conso-quences. conso-quences. I can freely Indulge In tho luxury of Mai a man. 1 hat's costly. cost-ly. Joe, but lis worth nil It could cost" Joe didn't uasersUnd mo ho rarely did. "I'm a but. You'ro an eagle," said ho, ciiArrnit xxvni. A HOUIEWARMINQ. Joe's dnuKhtir, slajlng on nnd on at IHwn mil, hi chief lleulcnanl, If not principal. In my consplincy to drift Anlln dny by is further and further Into tho rout I in if Iho new life Yet neither of us Is I shown by word or lisik Hint a t ough understanding existed belweii s. .My jmrt wns ta be unohstrisltt friendly, nellher Indifferent In-different nor csr, nnd I held to It by taking care i ,tr to bo left alono with Anlla Mr ( part wns to lie herself her-self simple anl salurnl and sensible, full of life ami lugliter, mocking at those moods lis bctrny us Into tin ubsiirdlty of tat ig ouraeltes Inn s lloualy, I wus geltln(t-ady n new house In town us n surprt ' to Anlla, and I took Alia Into mt t. "I wish Anita's part of the lmu In bo exarll) to her liking." said 1. "Can't )ou set her to dreaming all what kind of place she would like t live In. wh.it alio would llku In I in her e)ea on In Hie morning at t surroundings she'd like to dross la md rend In and all Hint?" Altn had mi :fllcully In larolng out the auggi lf Is And by harass Ing Wostluki hr laantly, I simeedeil In renllilng h( jeirt of Anita's dream to the Hct shade of the draperies and H Ilk that entered the walls, Ily piiahlilgthe work, 1 got the house done hiatal Alia was warning me that she msllnot remain longer nt Dawn Hill tuut K home and get read) fin Klfw mldlng When I went down m irjfnge with her the last details of frprlse who should mint mo at ttnitlGlon but Anita herself her-self I took one ganco at her serious fare and, mm It tluletd seated myself my-self besldi hei liilhe Utile trap In aloud of ful Im, Is Who usual route to the house she ii4 her horse Into the ba)shore iOS l "Keterul dan ajo," h began, aa the bnd hid tkt jatlon, I got a letter let-ter from soma Imjers saying that uu uncle of mint d given me a large sum of moneyiijwry large sum I hato been InqulrfsJ umi it, and find It Is mine abaiilut." (To 1 Coiuli ted J |