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W THE SALT LAKE TltfBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1910. ' " jAg
jK. jjsi, b Charles Scnoncr's
RijM, 1313' h' thc McClurc cws-
jl)'G LATIMER stood on one of
fm'&t lower steps of the hall stairs,
Mk'itanlns with one hand on the
Sto3 ralliner and smiling down at
'jjmafollowed him from Che drawlng
Sisd had stopped at the entrance.
Sr the curtains behind her. and
nKnoconsclous'ly, a dark background
'BIWl and figure. He thought he
Brtr feen her look more beautiful,
.-HjlcoM. fine air of thorough breed -:jKj
her which was her greatest
'19 Win. more strongly In evidence.
Ml fir," she said, "why don't you
'Ayjied nh position slightly and
iWnore couiforlably upon the rall
idB'timig'i he Intended to discuss il
at same length.
A'cu I go," he said, argumenta
MJft?lili J'ou standing there look-
iBLly believe." the girl said, slow
bW! be Is afraid; yes, he Is afraid,
jfcfl dlffays fald," she added, turning
iH'Tou nere to brave."
tX;I am sure I never said that,"
timtti the young man, calmly. "I
M brave, in fact I am quite brave,
HBMrer fald I was. Some one must
HH I; afraid. ' she said, nodding
( to the tall clock across the
H?- Is temporizing and trying to
pt And afraid of a man. too,
fltoasoou man who would not. hurt
tknow a bishop Is always a very
tori of a person.' be said, "and
W happens to be your lather, the
HM!on Is ju.it a bit awful. Isn't 11
Acd especially when one means to
f for his daugnter. Vou know it
IjtiEklnj him to let one smoke in
WvWd a girl,' she said, shaking
HKd and Fmlllng up at hiin. "I
it he afraid of the whole world;
,fot they say In books, isn't it?
Mb be so bold and happy."
Sbrel!, I'm bold enough." said the
wd, easily; "if I had not been.
J-vouid have asked you to marrv
VBtd Im happy enough that's bc
Io!d ask yon. Dm what If he
m continued the youth; "what
had greater ambitions for
Hr-J, 45 they sny in bocka. too?
'mm you do? Will you run awuv
I can borrow a coach Just as
to do. nnrl wo can drive off
W '! Pk and be married on cur
HM" a"ou,u" overtake us on
"" wifl the giij, decidcdlw "is
MtF'-.1"1 soln? l'' Jcavc you. I
JBir-el1 to marry a man who
MA?"!f,,,lced at the very first.
Tth olfappolnted."
MiMrp', 1?JC,: ''"0 tJo drawmg
Hit 'U"II:J t!le curUiins to behind
intn opened them asraln and
PJcaae don't be long." and
Mwted. smiling, to sec if she
jr?.?0 another appearance, but
Kr A; aiJd Ilc ncrd her touch the
Wartl pIano at tl' other end of
K ?;ro,om- . so, still smll-
Hwa . r !flst words sounding
i7r T.'0, walked slowly up the
HloSj Cked al lhe door of the
Wshops rooni waa n0, ecclcsias.
racier, it looked much like
mht ii. iny ,I1,an of ilIlv calling who
Wttia Wt and 10 1,avc Pictures
HtlhJ"'1 cople8 of beautiful
Veto-?? P.nI" travels. There
Hit wJ Mthe V,rs'" cu,d the Child,
fKttr t aml lhere wcro etchings
of bciS , nP'K lhere werc hun-
m P'aqucu on the top of the
In.fh tf0rc ,Is writing table,
tnd shading his eyen rrom the
vSi ??1 laml)- nn(1 looked
pleasantly ad nodded as
iuntcrfd- He lad a very
a ful SVJ,1 a J'ountr man for
anv J?,thlnC8' could talk
cm' and, could Interest them
ii,; 2nd force l''elr respect
said v hc wns vor' Pod. a,ld
Sid "80lnfn,ch trouble,
mar, interrupted you," said
UhL ,nt,"upted myself." re
to & ,l,dan'1 8cem to mako
atX?tt' he said, touching
" rout of him. "and so I very
s viBam f,olnfr t0 ""o 11 clear
..iI,?W0Ver'" 1,0 added,
no puRi,C(j the manuscript to
V,not ""'"ff to tails about
nal flavc you to tell mc that
e blffl s'aced HP quickly at
Jim llop B.!aCB lowed that his
iDtcLi0 ""nrio'- meaning, and
th no,Uing more serious to
bo in?eplP. of the clubs or a
nViS1 Mucal nght in which
t wif eirfKtcd- r on their mis
,2 side, nut it seemed an
to uatlmcr.
!lymeLns nov-' to tell you," ho
' oin n wlth Ms Rves turned
open (l re. "and I don't know
hott.ct.,y' 1 mef,n 1 lon't
IJtbMt" 8 ecncr,',,lv dono or
fockJt!'1 'eancd forwavd, vtHth
tC '5.(r?nt f him. his
K frfo&i neps. Hn was not
mttn5ht.c"p', Tho blnhop hod
. 1b iMtrn,,Be Dorics, to mnny
tnu n" WHie study, and had
ttonii em as matter of
' youM,?.0"16"11" In thc man
ntasli ,naJl heforo him ma do
i thft ;nd ho waited for htm
tlenee. 1 of hlf) vlalt "tv,th
...tan rrt . iyou j rather
Bt3 hat ? """w who my people
Wt? ho L5n; ,d,,,np here In New
Sf nwuJ?y ,fIlcnd" ar,e. ad what
StdMl 'f10, Tflu have let mc
yair JnnJ you nTld 1 have ap
Min S Tm"?,0. Vor' much: to fo
KP't. i heen of Kreat hen-
ymg i know that better than any
BVuSh csl.,,,,r un,SQ ''nl hnd
iKnl ImnnJ'1,"05 't would have
IPftd n?l . s to Hav now. But you
V- vou nU rft;rc l,.orc froouenlly,
H' w nnd talk vjih voti here In
your study, and to see even more of your
daughter. Of course, sir, you did not sup
pose that I crime here only to see you. I
caine here because I found that if I did
not sec Mlse Ellen for a day. that day
was wasted, and timt r spent It uneasily
and discontentedly, and the necessity of
seeing her even more frequently has
grown so groat that 1 cannot come here
as oflon as 1 geem to want to comt- un
less 1 am engaged to her, unless 1 come
as her husband that is to be." The young
man had been speaking very slowly and
picking his words, but now ho raised his
head and inn on quickly.
"I have spoken to her and told hot
how I love her. and she has told mc
that she loves mo, and that If you will
not oppose us. will marry me. That
Is the news 1 have to tell vou. sir. 1
don't know but that I might have told
it differently, but that Is It. I need not
urge on you my position and all that,
because I do not think that weighs with
you: but I do tell you that I love Ellen
so dearly that, though I am not worthy
of her, or course, 1 have no other pleas
ure than to give her pleasure and to
try to make her happy. I have the
power to do It; but what Is much more.
I have thc wish to do it: It is all I
think of now. and all that I can ever
think of. What she thinks of mc you
must ask her; but what she is to me
neither she can tell you nor do I be
lieve that I myself could make you un
derstand." Thc young man's face was flushed and
eascr. and as he finished speaking he
raised his head and watched tnc
bishop s countenance anxiously. But the
older man's face wns hidden by his hand
as he leaned with hla elbow on his writ
ing tabic. Ills other hand was playing
with a pen. and when he began to speak,
which he did after a long pause, hc still
turned It between his lingers and looked
down at It.
"I suppose," he said, as eoftly as though
ho were speaking to himself, "that I
should have known this; 1 suppose mat
I should have been better prepared to
hear It. But It Is ono of those things
which men put off I mean those men
who have children, put off as they do
making their wills, as something that is
In thc future and that may be shirked
until It comes. We seem to think that
our daughters will live with us always,
just as we expect to live on ourselves
until death comes ono day and startles
us and finds us unprepared."
He took down his hand and smiled
gravel v at the younger man with an evi
dent effort, and said, "I did not mean
to speak so gloomily, but you sec my
point of view must bo different from
yours. And she says she loves you, docs
she?" he added, gently.
Youmr Latimer bowed his head ana
murmured something Inarticulately In
replv. and then held his head erect
again and waited, still vatchlug the
bishop's face.
"I think she might have told me." said
the older man; "but then I suppose this
is the belter way. 1 am young enough
to understand that the old order changes,
that tin; customs of my father's time dif
fer Trom those of today. And there is
no alternative, I suppose." he said, shak
ing hli- head. "I am stopped and told to
deliver, and have no choice. I will get
used to It In time." he w-ent on, "but it
seems very hard now. Fathers are self
ish. 1 Imagine, but she is all I have. '
Voting Latimer looked gravely Into thc
tiro and wondered how long U would last.
Hr. could just hear thc piano from below,
and he was anxious to return to her. And
at the same time he was drawn toward
the older man before him. and felt rather
guilty, as though ho really were robbing
him. But at the bishop's next words ho
gav up any thought of a epecdy release,
and settled himself In his chair.
"We are still to have a long talk, said
the bishop. "There are many things i
must know, rind of which I am euro you
will Inform me freely. I believe there are
soma who consider me hard, and even
narrow on different points, but I do not
think vou will find me so. at least let uu
hope riot. I must confess that for a mo
ment I almost hoped that you might not
bo able to answer the questions I must
ask you but it was only for a moment. I
am onlv too sure you will not bo found
wanting, and that the conclusion of our
talk will satisfy us both. Yes, I am con
fident of that."
His manner changed, nevertheless and
Latimer saw that he was now facing a
Judge and not a plaintiff, who had been
robbed, and that he was hi turn thc de
fendant. And still he was in no way
frightened.
"I like vou," tho bishop said, "i ime you
vry much. As you say yoursell. I nave
seen a- great deal of you. because 1 have
enjoyed vour society, and your views and
talk were good and young and fresh, and
did mo good. You have served to keep me
in touch with the outside world, a world
of which I used to know at one time a
great deal. I know your people and I
know you. I think, and many people have
spoken to me of you. I see why now.
They, no doubt, understood what was
coming better than myself, and were
meaning to reaesuro mo concerning lou.
And they said nothing but what was pood
of you. But there are certain things of
which no one can know but yourself, and
concerning which no other person, avc
myself, haB a right to question you.
'Ymi have promised very fairly for my
daughter's fulure; you have susses .ed
more than you have said, but I under
wood. You can give her many nlewurcG
which I have not been able to a"ord,
she can get from you the means of see
fg re of thia world in which she Ives,
of meeting moro people, and of Indulging
In her charities, or in her extravagances,
fSr that matter,' ao she wishes. I have no
fear of her bodily comfort; her lire, a
fa? a that Is concerned, will bo easier
and broader, and with more power for
good. Her future. J I say. as you sny
Shio In assured; hut I want to oMc you
thhN the : bishop leaned forward and
w-itHicJ the young man anxiously, "you
can protect fior In the future, but can
you assure me that you can protect her
Young Latfmer rained his eyes calmly
and said, I- don't think I quite under-
Bt"?ll'have perfect confidence. T say,"
returned the bishop. "In you as far an
your "treatment of Ellen is concerned n
lhe future. You lovo her and you would
do anything to malto tho life of tho, wo
?nan "?ou "ova a happy one; but this la It:
C-uV you assure mo that there is nothing
in the pa Bt that may reach forward later
and touch my daughter through yoti-no
ueiy story, no oats1 that have neen sown,
and no boomerang that you havu thrown
wantonlv and that tins not returned
but which may return'
"I think I understand you new. air,'
paid the young man. quietly. "I have
lived,'' he began, "ns other men of my
Kort have lived. You know what that is,
orynu m Bt have scon it about you at
college" nnd after that brfore you entered
EJ church. I Judge so from your frlenda
who wwe your blends then. I understand
You know how they lived. I never went
In for dissipation. If you mean that, be,
raufic it never attracted mo. T am afro Id
T lu nt out of it not no much out of ro
snpc for others an for rpcel for my
Mf T found my pel f-ref poet was a very
good thing to keep, and 7 mther preferred.
"What right have you to judge me?" he began.
keeping It and losing several pleasures
that other men managed to enjoy, appar
ently with free consciences. I confess I
used to rather envy them. It is no par
ticular virtue on my part; the tiling
struck mo as rather more vulgar than
wicked, and so I have had no wild oats
to speak of; and no woman, If that Is
what you mean, can write an anonymous
letter, and no man can icll you a story
about nie that ho could not tell In my
presence."
There was something In thc way the
young man spoke which would have am
ply satisfied tlie outsider had ho been pres
ent; but thc bishop's eyes, were still tin
relaxed and anxious, lie made an Im
patient motion with his hand.
"I know you too well, I hope," hc said,
"to think of doubting your attitude In
that particular. I .know you are a gen
tleman, that Is enough for that; but
there is something beyond these more
common evils. You sec, I am terribly In
earnest over this you may think unjustly
so, considering how well I know you. but
this child Is my only child. If her mother
had lived, my responsibility would have
been less great; but. as It is, God has
left her here alone to me in my hands. I
do not think Mc intended my duty
should end when I had fed and clothed
her, and taught her to read and write.
I do not think Ho meant that I should
nly act as her guardian until the first
man she fancied fancied her. 1 must, look
to her happiness, not only now when
she is with inc. but I must assure myself
of it when she leaves my roof.
"These common sins of youth T acquit
you of. Such things are beneath you, I
believe, and I did not even consider them.
But there are other tolls In which men
become Involved, other evils or misfor
tunes which exist, and which threaten all
men who are young and free and attrac
tive in many ways to women, as well as
men. You have reached a place in your
profession when you can afford to rest
and marry and assumo thc responsibilities
of marriage. You look forward to a life
of content and peace and honorablo ambi
tion a life, with your wife at your side,
which 1b to last forty or firty years. You
consider where you will be twenty years
! from now, at what point of your career
you may become a Judge or give up prac
tice; your pcrspecttvo Is unlimited; you
even, think of tho college to which you
may Bend your son. It Is a long, quiet
future that you are looking forward to,
and you choose my daughter as thc com
panion for that future, as the one woman
with whom you could live content for that
length of time. And it is in that spirit
that you come to mo tonight and that
you ask mc for my daughter,
"Now I am going to ask you one ques
tion, and as you answer that I will toll
vou whether or not you can have Ellen
for your wife. You look forward, as I
say, to many years of life, und you have
chosen her ax best suited to live that
porlod with you: but I ask you this, and
I demand that you answer nie truth
fully, and that you remember that you are
Kpcuklng to her father. Imagine that 1
had the power to tell you, or rathor
that some superhuman agent could con
vince you. that j'ou had but a month
to live, and that for what you did In
that month you would not be held re
sponsible cllher by any moral law, or a in
law made by mun, and that your life
hereafter would not be Influenced by your
condupt in that month, would you i-pond
It, I ask you and on your answer dc
ponds mine would you .ipend those thirty
days, with death at tho end, with my
daughter, or with some other woman of
whom I know nothing?"
Latimer Hat for somo time silent, until
indeed, bin silence ursumcd such a signi
ficance that lie raised IiIh head Impatient
lv and said with a motion of lluj hand,
,!I mean to answer you In a mluutu; 1
want to be sure that I understand."
The bishop bowed his head In assent,
and for a still longer period tho mou
eat motionless. Tho clock In tho cor
nor seomed to tick moro loudly, and
tho dad coals dropping In the grate
had a sharp, aggressive sound. Tho notca
of tho piano that had risen from the
room below had ceased,
"If I understand you. ' said Latimer,
finally, and hlfi voice and his face as
he raised It were hard and acKresjilve.
"you arc stating a purely hypothetical
rase. You wish to try me by conditions
which do not 'Xlnt, which cannot exist.
What justice Is there. ' what right Is
there. In asking me to say how I would
act under thc circumstances which arc
Impossible, which Ho beyond the limit
of human experience?
"You cannot judge a man bv what
he would Uu if In; were suddenly
robbed of all his mental and morul train
ing and of the habit of years. 1 am not
admitting, understand me. that n the
conditions which you suggest did exist
I would do one whit differently
from what 1 will oo if they remain as
they are. I am merely denying your
right to put such a question to me at
all. You might just as well judge the
shipwrecked sailors on a raft who eat
each other's flesh a-s you would judge
a sane, healthy man who did such a
thing In his own home. Are you going
lo condomn men who aro ice-locked at
the north pole, or burled In the heart of
Africa, and who have given up all thought
of return and aro half mad and wholly
without hope, as you would Judge our
selves? Are thoy to be weighed and bal
anced as you and I are. sitting here
within thc sound of tho cubs outside and
with u bake shop around thc corner?
"What vou propose could not exist,
could never happen. I could never be
placed whore 1 should have lo make
such a choice, and you hnvc no right
lo nek me what I would do or how I
would act under conditions that are su
perhuman you used the word yourself
where nil that I have held to be good
and just and true would bo obliterated.
I would be unworthy of myself, I would
be unworthy of your daughter. If I con
sidered such a state of things for a mo
ment, or If I placed my hopes of marry
ing her on the outcome of such u test,
and 60, sir." said thc young man. throw
ing back his head, "I must refuse to
answer you."
The bishop lowered his hand from be
fore his eyes and sank back wearily into
his chair. "You have answered mc," hc
i said.
"You have no light to sny that." cried
the young man. springing to his feet.
"You have no right to suppose anything
or to draw any conclusions. I have not
answered you.' Tie stood with his head
and shoulders thrown back, and with his
hands reatlnc on his hips and with the
llngcrH working nervously at his waist.
"What you have said," replied tho
bishop. In a voice that had changed
1 strangely, and which was Inexpressibly
sad and gentle. "Is merely a curtain of
words to cover up your true fueling.
It would have been so eap.v to have said,
M-'or thirty days or for life Ellen is tho
only woman who has the power to make
me happy.' You see that would have
answered mc and satisfied me. But you
did not say that," ho ridded, quickly, as
the young man made a movement as If
to spr-ak.
"Well, and suppose this other woman
did 'Xlst. whnt then?" demanded Lati
mer. "The conditions you suggest are
Impossible: you must, you will surely,
sir. admit that." , , . , ,
"I do not know." replied thc bishop,
fadly; 'F do not know. II may happen
thai whatever obstacle there has been
which has kept you from her may be
removed. It may be that she has mar
ried. It mav be that she has fallen ho
low that, you cannot marry her. But
If vou have loved her once, you may
Im-o her analn: whatever It wi5 that
sonarntrd you In the pest, that sepa
rates vou now, that makes you prefer
mv daughter to her may come to ail
end when you ore married, when It will
be too lattf, and when onlv trouble ran
comn of It, and Ellon would hear- that
troiiblo. Can I risk that?"
"Hut T tell you it is impossible, erlod
tho voung man. "The woman Is beyond
the love of any man, at least such a
man as I am or try to bo."
"Do you mean." asked the bishop, rcii
tly. and with an eager look of hope,
"that she is dead?"
Latimer faced tho father for some sec
onds In silence. Then he raised hla
head slowly. "No." ha said. "T do not
mean that she 1ft dead. No. she is not
dend." . ,,
Again the bishop moved back wearily
into his chair. 'lYou mean then." ho
said, "perhaps that Hho is a married
woman?" Latimer pressed his lips to
ccther at first a3 though ho would not
answer, and then raised his eyes coldly.
"TVrhnpH." he said.
The older man hud held up his hand
as If to signify that what he was about
to say should be listened to without in
terruption, when a sharp turning of thc
lock of tho door caused both father and
the suitor to stnrl. Then they turned
and looked at each other with anxious
inquiry and with much concern, for thev
recognized for the fire I time that their
voices had been loud. The older man
stepped quickly across, thc floor, but be
fore hc reached the middle of the room
tho door opened from the outside, and
his daughter stood In the doorway, with
her head held down and her eyes look
ing at the lloor.
"Ellen!" exclaimed lhe father, In a
voice of pain and the deepest pity.
Thc girl moved toward the piaec rrom
where his voice came, without raising
her eyes, and when alio reached him put
her arms about him and hid her face on
his shoulder. She moved as though she
were tired, as though she were exhaust
ed by Home heavy work.
"My child." said the bishop, gently,
"were you listening?" There was no
reproach In his voice; it was eimply full
of pity and cuiiccrn.
"I thought," whispered the girl, broken
ly, "that he would be frightened; 1 want
ed to hear what he would say. f thought
I could laugh at him for It afterward.
I did It for a Joke. I thought" she
stopped with a little gasping sob that
she tried to hide, and for a moment held
herself erect and then sank back again
Into her father's arms with her head
upon his breast.
Latimer started forward, holding out
his arms to her. "Ellon." ho said, "sure
ly. Ellen, you are not against me. You
see how preposterous It is, how unjust
It Is to me. Vou cannot mean"
The girl raised her head snid shrugged
her shoulders slightly us though hc were
cold. "Father,"' she said, wearily, "ask
him to go away. Why doc3 he stay? Ask
him to go awoy."
Latimer stopped and took a ttcp back
as thoush some one had struck him, and
Ihen stood silent with his face flushed
and his eyes flashing. It was not In
answer to anything that they said that
he spoke, but to their attitude and what
it suggestod.
"You stand there. he began, "you
two stand thurc as though I were some
thing unclean, as though I had commit
ted sonic crime. You look at mc as
though 1 were on trial for murder or
worse. Both of you together against
mc. What have I done? What, differ
ence .is there? You loved me a half
hour ago, Ellen; you ald you did. 1
know you loved mc; and yon, sir." he
added, moro quietly, "treated mc like a
frictid. Has anything come since then
la change mc or you? Bo fair to me.
bo sensible. What Is the use of this?
It la a silly, needless, horrible mistake.
You know I love you, Ellen: love you
better than all thc world. I don't, have
lo tell you that; von know H, you can
see and feel It, It docs not need to be
said; words can't lnaku St any truer.
You have confused yourselves und stultl
thid yourselves with this trick, this lest
by hypothetical conditions, by consider
ing what Is not real or possible, it Is
simple enough; It Is plain enough. You
know I love you. Ellen, and you only,
and that Is all there la to It. unci all
that there hi of any consequence in the
world to me- The matter stops there,
that Is all there la for you to consider.!
Answer me, Ellon, sneak to mc Tell
mc that you .believe me."
Mo stopped and moved a step toward
1ipi but an he did so. the trlrl. still with
out looking up, drew herself nfurcr to
her father and shrank more ctoselv Into
hlo arms: but the father's face was trou
bled and doubtful and ho regarded the
younger man with a look of the most
anxious scrutiny. Latimer did not regard
this. Their hundrj were raised agalnrt
him as far as he rould undorstann, and
hn broke forth again proudly, and with
a defiant indignation:
"What right havo you to judge mV"
he began; "'what do you know of what
I have suffered, and endured, and over
come? How can yon know what I hav
had to give up and put nway from me?
It's easy enough for you to draw your
skirts around you. but what can a woman'
bred au you have been bred know of
what I've had to fight agalnut and keep
undtir and cut away? Tt wun an oaay.
I
beautiful Idyl to you; your love came
to you only when 11 should have come,
and for a man who was good and worthy,
and distinctly eligible I don't mean that;
forgive me. Ellen, but you drive mc be
side myself. But he is good and he be
lieves himself worthy, and 1 say that
myself before you both. But I am only
worthy and only good because of that
other love that I put away when It be
came Impossible.
"Do you know what It cost mc? Bo
you know what It meant to me. and
what I went through, und how I suf
. fered? Do you know who this other
woman is whom yqu are Insulting
with your doubts and guesses In thc
dark? Can't you spare her? Am I not
enough? Perhaps It was easy for her,
too: perhaps her silence cost her noth
ing: perhaps she did not suffer and
, has nothing but happiness and content
j to look forward to for the rest of her
j life: and I tell you that It Is because
I we did put It away, and kill It. and not
i give way to It that 1 am whatever I, am
I today: whatever good there Is In mc Is
due to that temptation and to the fact
J that I beat It and overcame it and kept
. myself honest and clean. And when I
met you and learned to know yon I be
lieved In my heart that God had sent
you to mo that 1 might know what It was
to love a woman whom I could marry
and who could be my wife; that you
were the reward for my having over
come temptation and the sign that I
had done well. And now you throw
me over and put me aside as though I
were something low and unworthy, be
causo of this temptation, because of
this very thing that has made mo know
myself and my own strength and that
hai? kept mo up for you."
I As the young man had been speak
ing, the bishop's eyes had never left
his face, and as he finished, the faco of
' thc priest grew clearer and decided,
; and calmly exultant. And as Latimer
ceased hc bent his head abovo his
) daughter's, and said In a voice that
. seemed to speak with more than hu-
man Inspiration. "My child." he said.
"If God had given me a son I should
have been proud If he could have
spoken as this young man has done."
But the woman only said: "Let him
go to her."
"Ellen, oh. Ellen:" cried thc father.
He drew back from the girl In his
arms and looked anxiously and feelingly
at her lover. "How could you, Ellon," he
said, "how could you?"
He was watching the young man's face
with eyes full of sympathy and concern.
"How little you know him," he said,
"how little you understand. He will not
do that," he added quickly, but looking
qucstloningly at Latimer and speaking in
a tone almost of command. "He will not
undo all that he has done: T know him
better than thai."
But Latimer made no answer, and for
a moment the two men stood watching
each other and questioning each other
with their eyes. Then Latimer turned,
and without again so much as glancing
at the girl w.-ilked steadily to the door
and left the room. He passed on slowly
I down thc stairs and out Into the night
'and paused upon the top of the steps
j leading lo thc street. Below him luy the
avenue with Its double line of lighta
stretching off In tvu long perspectives.
The lamps of hundreds of cabs and car
riages Hashed as they advanced toward
him and shone for a moment at the
turnings of thc cross-streets, and from
cither Kldc came thc ceaseless rush and IH
murmur, and over all hung the strange IM
mystery that covers a great city al MB!
Latimer's room3 lay lo the south, but. H
hc stood looking toward a spot to the H
north with a reckless, harassed look lu BH
his faco that had not been there for H
many months. He stood so for a minute. IH
and then gave a short shrug of dis;,ust MJ
at lils momentary doubt, and ran quickly HH
down the steps. "No," hc said, "If it HJ
were for a month, yes; but it la to bo for Hi
many years, many more long ycara."
And turning his back resolutely to the HJ
j north he went slowly home. HJ
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