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Ha la ahooknt l.y lha rnnrtrmnllnn nf hla anaplcl'ina lhal har fnthnr la lha hand nnrl hnokhona r.f lha nninrlnua traction rompany which ha I atlamptlnff In nvarthrow. CHAPTER XI" Contlnutd. - "And jrou you will do you think" I In HopiM!. "No," he laid, "I ahull atop there, with thla moment, with thla atntameiit. I Mk nothing, I ex-pert ex-pert nnthlnK, and ao far aa a man can cruah down hla own feellnira, 1 hnX for nnthlnK. I Juat want you to know the fart." "I know It." waa the anawer. "Now, you mum lot me aay aomethlnit. I am, at li'fint I brlleve myaelf to be. aliao-lntnly aliao-lntnly heart fme. 8imtliiua I hare thnunht that what you have aald mlxht bo true, with regard to your fvellnga 1 mean; hut 1 have tried to put It out of my mind. Your declaration, declara-tion, therefore, cornea to me with a certain meaaure of aurprlao. You have nut aaked me anything, nnd It la Juat aa well that you have not. I think I can aay hnneatly and truthfully that I do not car for you now la the way you aeetn to cnre fur me." "Seoin to care for you," cried the nmn Impulalvely. "The way you do care, for me then," rotiirni'd the woman. "Thafa better." "And whether I could care In that way, I don't know; but at leaat I care for no one elae. And whllo I hold myaelf aa free aa the air, when you apeak to nin again on thla aubject, I ahull at leant bo ready to hear you." "That la all that I can ak." "Meanwhile I want to aay over and over ngaln how I reaped you. how I admire you. The fino life you have livid, the aplendld atnnd you have tnken for public right, the crowning nf your long and honnrnhle and tin-bleiiilHlied tin-bleiiilHlied career with the aueceaa which I think I aee before you and wlili the great opportunity for aurvlee, lllla me with pride." "Mlaa llaldane," aald Oormly, "what you aay to me la aweeter and more prerloua than the acclaim, the applause, ap-plause, the Indorsement of all the reat of the people of Now York. Aa I aald, I began thla to make myaelf worthy of you: but I would not be worthy of you. 1 would not be worth conildor-Ing conildor-Ing In' any light. If I did not auy to you now that I am carrying It on for the work and for the pomillillltlee that It preaenta, aa well aa for you." "I bollove you." aald the woman, "and 1 am glad to have you any that." "Although there la nothing In myj life 1 ao covet aa you. Mlaa Hiildane," j went on the mnn with the blunt honesty hon-esty that somehow appealed to thej woman much more powerfully than mure graceful and romantic wooing, "yet If I had to choose now betweeu you and thla great opportunity for service to the people " "You would cIiooho the opportunity : for service." Interposed the woman lulckly. "1 should have to do ao. And yet ou atlll remain my Inaplratlon," aald the man. "Your approbation means more to me than anthing or every thing elai'. 1 dnn't know what fnte liaa In store fur me; but I douht If I ahull have another opiHirttinlty of the tiuiiciilttiili. of that I have enjoyrd to-nli-ht, and Unit you were there cum pli-tra my aiitlHfartlon." Mine, too" "Yet, thin- la another thing that I onvht to aay," roniltitieil (ioriuly, and thin was the harileat thing he had ever nit. mpti'il, he thoiiKht. "You have nKiki'ii of my nnrfi-r. of my long and honoraMe renin!, of my uiitili'iiilnhi',1 ri-piitatlon. I have to confeaa to my ahaine that I am not iilt.gth-r worthy of your coniiiii.nre." "What do you mean?" "river altice I have benn In New York. tli. re la nn act of my life that I roiilil not till you myself: but before that " ' You were a boy then." aald tlio woman quickly. "Hut I mingled with life In an ugly way " "That rldn In the snow'" she wills pored, staring at Dim In turn. It did not occur to him to lay any cmphaala upon or draw any Inference from the fact that she had remem tiered hla retnarka of several montha before. "And that other woman, waa It ahe for whom you rode?" alio wont on. "Yes," anld ho. "I lid you do anything that makes you unworthy the respect of" anri-rtrjn i- J n at i f I over the propoa.-l granting to the (iothaiii Freight Traction company of i the New York Htrevt Tar company fran.hlae wna atlll at Itn height. Mr and Mfa llahlatie and their daughter, after waiting sometime for the arrival of Livingstone llnhlnne, sat down to luncheon without him. It waa Kb anor who otiened the con versntlon. after the luncheon hod been served and the aervanta had with drawn. "Km her," she aald. "1 have been' thinking for siune ilnya now that I ouKhl to tell you something that nap-potictl nap-potictl the other night." "What night, KlianorT" "The nlKht Mr Oormly made hla fatuous spi ech In the cliy hall eiuaro. You know ljvlng-toue and laiulae and I were down there In the car and aaw nml heard It all " "Yen." said her father, aoinewhat bitter. "It waa told to me the neit morning that llormly hnd spoken from your brother's car and that after It waa nil oer he had rlilileu away with you two young women." "Told to you?" virlaliueil hla daughter daugh-ter "Why should you be Interested In Mr floriuly's movements?" Ilalil.ine anw that he had made a nilatiike "I mean." he aald quickly, "that I beard nf all thla from aome of those who were present." "Kleanor. I am surprised." began Mrs llalilnne In her loftiest and most Impressive manner, "that you should allow yourself to he' mined up with this Inerrable person In any way. It la bad enough to have Livingston eaHiiisltig his cause; but to have you I aasoclnted with him In the public eye. or out of It, la simply prepoatorous!" "Mother!" aald Miss llaldane mildly; mild-ly; but the elder woman waa not to be atopped. "The family haa never been allied with trnde since It haa been aettlod nn Manhattan Island. I am a flve-barrod flve-barrod t'olonlal Ilnme; your father'! people aro nearly aa old; and I aay frankly that 1 do not Ilka your lull mnry with this person, of course. I.lv H Bant Ovar and Kissed it Ftrvsntly. "Not anything dishonorable In one sense," answered Oormly. "And what, ever It waa, I have repented of It long since and would have made amends If I could have done ao; but Well, If 1 ever ahould come to you with that question about being my wife, I will tell you all about II. Aa It la, I don't want even th faintest shadow of a protense about myself where you are concerned." "You were only a boy, a you aay. Mr. CJormly," aald Mlaa llalilane after a long pause. "I don't know what It Is, nor do 1 wish to, now. I know what you are, the world knowa what you have been since you havt, been here, and I " She extended her hand to him. "I trust you, I would trust you with anything." The man took It In both hla own. They were stretching out beyond the city. No one waa near. Tha two In front were busy about their own con. cerns. He bent over and kissed It fervently. "i thnnk you for that," ba aald aim-ply, aim-ply, aa be released It. BOOK III. THE CRUCIAL MOMENTS. CHAPTER XII. Mr. Haldan la Surprised. Tha llaldane family uaunlly partook of luncheon together. Ilreakfast waa an Irregular meal taken at different times by different members of tha houaehold, and dinner usually brought many engagement! which widely separated sep-arated them. A few daya after the automobile au-tomobile ride, while the excitement Ingstane being a man, II does not make ao much difference; but you ahould ba more careful." "I think It proper," aald Mlaa Hal dane at thla Juncture, "to Inform you that Mr. Gormly told me that lie-that lie-that ho cared very much for me." "What!" exclaimed both Mr. and Mra. llaldane at the saino moment and with ono voice. The Intimation, howover, and the feeling expressed In both cases were decidedly different. Iloth were aur prlaed: but Mra. llaldanes surprise waa lost In Indignation. In Hulduno amaiement, there waa a shudo of re lief. A poHslblllty Instantly louped Into In-to his mind, a possibility that ho dared not formulate or give utterance to. It rendered him less emphatic, there fore. In hla disapproval. Nothing restrained re-strained Mra. llaldane. "The impudence, the Insolence of that man!" ahe cried. "It waa bad enuugh to have him aspire to be mayor of Now York; but that he ahould have the audacity, the presumption pre-sumption to raise hla eyes to you. Eleanor llaldane, la Inconceivable! I trust that you reduced him to hla proper poalllon Instantly. Kor one thing, 1 am glad that ha did declare himself; for now tha acquaintance will be absolutely ended." "He did not ask me to be hla wife," returned the daughter quietly. "Wljy, good gracious! you don't mean to auy that ho " "Ellia," Interpoaod llaldane, "don't be foolish. 1 have no doubt that Mr. (lormly s remarka were entirely proper." prop-er." "Mother!" exclaimed the girl Indignantly. Indig-nantly. "Of cuurse Uey were." " I'" ' i'i'- r i " ' II. urn aahi yourself ha (, not net vr.n i,, marry him." I...' wna the hesitating nn-wer. "B a he said he Intended to do so" 'I ih he would do It then, and hi' ii ..ht with." v dear wife." said llaldane. hi;., of course such an nlllntire In net to be th,, nxht of. et Mr tiortnly. a tar as I know, has done no dla honor to I'l.nnor by hla remark, aid 'Hum. you taken have of your etiw", liei kinali HaMiine'" cried his win. Sin h a proposition aa that alouM he iiiki-wod ef at once, and 1 rtlai I inn si.rrv that I he man heal tiled. I, r whatever rca-mi I ran t llll n"", " that the affair might have lt iMicluslvely settled " "I am not at all anre. mother," an awn, d MI'S llalilnne. "Ihat It would liars l i . ii conclusively s. itl. ,1 In the way nt least y,.ii s. eiu to think the onlf Way possible, If he lia.l asked me ts be hM wife " "tl, iiior. ou could not (sisslbly lavs tlo- man!" '1 .ml, I do so; hut I certainly dr nntli'Ve him now. I certainly reaped and a In. ire Mm. I think he ts the lead lilll.i of New York loday. If lit In tin- .lection and goes on na hi sli, ml, I, iijcro Is no reason why he ahould not lie president of the t'nllej Hilt.-. I toilet,, it would be euslel tP kc elected to that ollll e Ihall to bo octte mayor. And while I do not fee toward him aa I should townrd tin sou I will some day marry, yet thert art tnany other things In the proa eel that allure." ' "But you are a llaldane, you are a ftXrvesaul, you are " "I know, mother, all that my an Utters were. As for myself, I am Just in American girl, who likes Amerl (hi men and American Institutions inl who la glad to aeo people dc thligs " ! 1 presume." said llaldnne. who ha MM llttla hut had thought deeply that such a proposition. If definitely tiMe. would be made to me." ' "Well then, of course," anld hla wife "you will give but one anawer." 'And what would you auggeat thai Ihould be?" asked llaldane. i To show him the door." 1 hardly think," returned her hue bud, "that I should be guilty of thai dlireiiriesy." There Is no use," Interposed hoi duithter, "to discuss the mutter an) further; for ho hasn't asked me, 1 hnen't accepted him. I don't know wtfther he ever will ask me or not Bid until he does why trouble about itr "Well, what doea he mean then by tailng you that he lovee youT Uivee!' asered the 'older woman disdain fair. YYee." aald her father, "It seems c rie a rather remarkable couree for man to address woman In that way and yet not complete hla proposition. , "He aald that something waa Im pending which made him feel that II aa proper to tell me thla now." ("Something Impending r' Some aort of dlarloaure, I Inferred," inswercd tha girl, "that might affect ,1m or poaalbly me." llaldane atarted. "Well," he aald. "I do not qulti gree with your mother. There la nc Insult In the honest affection of am boneat man. Hut If he approaches yoc upon the subject, I wish that yot ould refer him to ma." "Father!" "Ilcekman!" exclaimed the nldei woman, greatly surprised. "You don't mean " "Now, 1 don't mean anything, ex rpl Juat what 1 aay," auawered Hal da no declalvely. "It la proper that such a proposition should be made tc me; and In abort 1 very greatly dealn to be allowed to discuss tha matter, II II goes any further, with Mr. Uorml) personally. " llaldane spoke aternly, and hla wlft it once subsided, aa ahe Invariably did when he assumed that mood Kleanor, however, waa not ao easily silenced. "Of course, In any event you wouie ba conaulted, faiher," ahe aald firmly; "but so fur as the disposition of ml hand goes, that la a mutter that con carna my heart, and It la one which although 1 should be very glad of youi counsel and your approvul, I shall bive to decide myaelf." "Quite ao, quite so." suld Huldane ""uther." he suld abruptly. "I want to see you alone for a moment or twr pk-aael" "What haa happened?" began Hal dann, rising. "Why, Mr. (lormly Hut I would rather aee you ulone." "Has he made a propoaltlon to you for your alsler'a hand?" questioned Mrs. llaldane. "What!" exclaimed her ann. "Eleanor." explained hla mother "baa juat stnti d that Mr. (ioriuly took advantuge of your kindness to him the other night, after that dlagrareful epl sodo In the city hall, to make, love tc tier In the tonneau of the ar." "You don't aay!" exclaimed the young man. apparently neither ahock ed nor aurprlsed. "Well, lie s a good one What did you say to him. sis?" "It la very unpleasant to mo to have these matters discussed In thla way," aniwered Eleanor, her faco blushing. "A I have explained to father and mother, Mr. Oormly did me the honor to say that he cared a great deal for m. He did not ask me to be hla wife, although he expreaaed his Intention of lining ao. He euld that certuln things hul made Jilra anticipate hla purpose and ataie hla feelings toward mo now without wultlng, aa ho had expected to do, until the end of the election." "What things?" asked young Hal-date. Hal-date. "Things that concerned him, or" (TO U CONTINUED.) |