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THE YALE EXPOSITOR FRIDAY, NOV. 1, 1900. e delude DAVID GRAHAM PUTT, LIBS, .vifor cV "TEFCQS&fc (CZ? 73 ZZY7 JSCS' iyt'j Q333'!Prri. COTZ&lNK) CHAPTER III. Continued. "We ll lix it up later, lilac k lock," Aid be. "All right." said I. And from that mlnuto I was almost silent. It was something In her tone and manner that silenced me. I suddenly realized that I wasn't making as grod an Im pression as I had been flattering my elf. When a man has money and Is will ing to spend It, he can readily fool hlmaelf Into imagining he gets on grandly with women. Hut I had bet ter grounds than that for thinking myself not unattractive to them, as a rule. Women had liked me when I had nothing; women had liked me when they didn't know who I was. I felt that this woman did not like me. And yet, by the way she looked at me In spite of her efforts not to do so, I could tell that I had some sort of unusual Interest for her. Why lldnt she liko me? She made me feel the reason. I didn't belong to her world. My ways and my looks offend ed her. She disliked me a good deal; he feared me a little. She would have felt safer If she had been grati fying her curiosity, gazing In at mo through the bars cf a cage. Sam not without hesitation, as I recalled afterward left me with her, when I sent him to bring her brough am up to the Broadway entrance. As she and I were standing there alone, waiting In silence, I turned on her suddenly, and blurted out: "You don't Mko mo." She reddened a little, smiled slight ly. "What a quaint remark!" said she. I looked straight at her. "But you shall." Our eyes met. Ilcr chin came out a little, hr eyebrows lifted. Then. In scorn of herself as well as of me. she looked herself In behind a frozen haughtiness that Ignored me. "Ah, hero i the carriage," she said. T fol lowed her to the curb; he just touched my hand, just nodded her fascinating little head. "See you Saturday, old man." called her brother frleodlily. My lowering faro had alarmed him. "That party Is off," said I, curtly. And I lifted my hat and strode away. As I had formed the habit of dis missing the disagreeable. I soon put her out of my mind. Hut she took with her my Joy in the taste of things. I couldn't get bark my former keen satisfaction In all I had done and wan doing. The luxury, the tangible evidences of my achievement, no long er gave me pleasure; they seemed to add to my Irritation. 1 worked myself up. or rather, down, to such a mood that when my oflioe boy told me Mr. Lnngdon would like mo to come to his office as soon as If w:is convenient, I snapped out: "The hell he does! Tell Mr. Langdon I'll be glad to see him hero whenever he calls." That was stupidity, a pre mature assertion of my rlcht to be treated as an equal. I had always gone to Langdon, nod to r.ny other of the rulers of finance, whenever I had got a summons. For, whilo I was rich and powerful, I held both wealth and power. In a een?e, on suf. ferance; I knew that, so long as I had no absolute control of any great department of Industry, these rulers could destroy me should they decide that they needed my holdings or were rot satisfied with my use of my power. I was surprised when Lang don appeared In my office a few min utes later. He was a talllsh, slim man, care fully dressed, with a bored, weary (ook and . a slow, bored way of talk ing. I had always said that If I bad not been myself I should have wished to be Langdon. Ills expression, as he came Into my office, was one of cynical amusement, as If ho were saying to himself "Our rlend Hlacklock has caught the swoll en head at last.' Not a suggestion of 111 humor, of resentment at ray Im pertinence for, In the circumstances, I had been guilty of an Impertinence. Just languid, amused patience with the frailty of a friend. "I see," said he, "that you have got Textile up to 45." He was the head of the Textile trust, which had been built by his brother-in-law and hau fallen to him In the confusion following his brother-In law's death. As he was Just then needing some money for his share In - the National Coal undertaking, he had directed mo to push Textile up toward par and unload him of two or three hundred thousand shares he, of course, to repurchase the shares after he had taken profits and Textile had dropped back to Us normal 60. Til have It up to 93 by tho middle of next month," said I. "And there I think we'd better stop." "Stop at about 0,M said he. "That will give mo all I find I'll need for this Coal business. I don't want to bo bothered with bunting up an Invest- meat." I shook my head. "I must put it up to within a point or two of par," I de clared. "In my public letter I've been saying It, would go above 93, and I aever deceive my pnM'c" He smiled my notion of honesty always amused him. "A3 you please," he said, with a shrug. Then I saw a serious look Just a fleeting flash of warning behind his smiling ma3k; and he added carelessly: "Be careful about your own personal play. I doubt if Textile can be put any higher." It must have been my mood that prevented thoso words from making the Impression on mo they should have made. Instead of appreciating at once and at Its full value this char acteristic and amazingly friendly sig nal of caution, I showed how stupidly Inattentive I was by saying: "Some thing doing? Something new?" But he had already gone further than his notion of friendship war ranted. So he replied: "Oh, no. Simply that everything' uncertain nowadays." My mind had been all this time on those Manasquale mining properties. I now said: "Has Roebuck told you that I had to buy those mines on my own account?" "Yes." he said. He hesitated, and again he gave me a look whose mean ing came to me only when It was too late. "I think, Blacklock. you'd bet ter turn them over to me." "I can't," I answered. "I gave my word." "As you please," said he. Apparently the matter didn't Inter est him. He began to talk of the per formances of my little two-year-old Beachcomber; and after 20 minutes im J u i: 1 1' mm mliMt if? VOU'RK LOUND TO WIN AND or so, he drifted away. "I envy you your enthusiasm," ho said, pausing In my doorway. "Wherever I am, I wish I wore somewhere else Whatever I'm doing, I wish I wero doing some thing else. Where do you get all this Joy of the fight? What the devil are you fighting for?" He didn't wait for a reply. I thought over my situation steadily for several days. I went down to my country place. I looked everywhere among all my belongings, searching, searching, restless. Impatient. At last I knew what ailed me what the lack was that yawned so gloomily from everything I had once thought beauti ful, had once found sufficient. I was In the midst of the splendid, terraced pansy beds my gardeners had just set out; I stopped short and slapped my thigh. "A woman!" I exclaimed. "That's what I need. A woman the right sort of woman a wife!" IV. A CANDIDATE FOR "RESPECTA BILITY." To handle this new business proper ly I mu3t put myself in position to look the whole field over. I must get In line and In touch with "respecta bility." When Sam Ellersly came In for bis "rations," I said: "Sam. I want you to put me up at the Trav eler Club." 'The Travelers!" echoed ho, with a blank look. "The Travelers," said I. "It's about the best of the big clubs, isn't it? And It has as members most of the men I do business with and most of those I want to get into touch with." lie laughed. "It can't be done." "Why not?" I asked. "Oh I don't know. You see the fact Is well, they'ie a lot of old fogies up there. You don't want to bother with that push. Matt. Take my advice. Do business with them, but avoid them seclally." "I want to go in there," I insisted. "I have my own reasons. You put mo up." "I tell you, lt'd be no use." he re plied, In a tone that Implied he wished to hear no more of the matter. "You put me up," I repeated. "And if you do your be3t, I'll get In all right. I've got lots of friends there And you've got three relatives in the com mittee on membership." At thl3 he gave me a queer, sharp glance a little fright In it. I laughed. "You see, I've been look ing Into It, Sam. I never take a Jump till I've measured it." "You'do better wait a few years, until " he began, then stepped and turned red. "Until what?" said I. "I want you to speak frankly." "Well, you've got a lot of enemies a lot of fellows who've lost money In deals you've engineered. And they'd say all sorts of things." "I'll take care of tbat," said I, quite easy in mind. "Mowbray Langdon's president, Isn't he? Well, he's my closest friend." I spoke quite hon estly. It shows how simple-minded I was In certain ways that I had never once noted the Important circum stance that this "closest friend" had never invited me to his house, or any where where I'd meet his up-town as sociates at introducing distance. Sam looked surprised. "Oh, in that case," he said, "I'll see what can be done." But his tone was not quite cor dial enough to satisfy me. To stimulate him and to give him an earnest of what I intended to do for b'.m, when our little social deal had been put through, I showed hlro how he could win 110.000 In the next three days. "And you needn't bother about putting up margins." said I, as I often had before. "I'll take care of that." He stammered a refusal and went out; but he came back within an hour, and. In a strained sort of way, accept ed my tip and offer. "That's sensible," said I. "When I'LL SEE THAT YOU DON'T LOSE.' will you attend to the matter at the Travelers? I want to be warned so I can pull my own set of wires in con cert." "I'll let you know," he answered, hanging his head. I didn't understand his queer ac tions then. Though I was an expert in finance, I hadn't yet lane a study of that other game the game of "gentleman." And I didn't know how seriously the frauds and fakirs who play it take it and themselves. I attributed his confusion to a ridicu lous mock modesty he had about ac cepting favors; It struck me as being particularly silly on this occasion, be cause for once he was to give as well as to take. He didn't call for his profits, but wrote asking me to mall him the check for them. I did so, putting In the envelop wlh it a little jog to his memory on the club matter. I didn't see him again for nearly month; and though I searched and sent, I couldn't get his trail. On open ing day at Morris Park, I was going along the passage behind the boxes In the grand stand, on my way to the paddock. I wanted to see my horse that was about to run for tho Sal magundi Sweepstakes, and to tell my Jockey that I'd give him $15,000, In stead of 110.000, if he won for I had put quite a bunch down. ' In one of tho boxes I spied my shy friend, Sammy. He was looking bet ter than I had ever seen him. Less heavy-eyed, less pallid and pasty, less like a man who had been shirking bod and keeping up on cocktails and cold baths. He was at the rear of the box, talking wlt. a ady and a gentleman As soon as I saw that lady, I kner ! what it was that had been hiding t 'he bottom of my mind and rankling there. uckily I as alone; ever since that lunch I hai been cutting loose from the old crowd from all its women, ind from all its men except two or three real friends who were good fel lows straight through, in spite of their having made the mistake of crossing the dead line between amateur "sport" and professional. I leaned over and tapped Sammy on tho shoul der. He glanced round, and when he saw me, looked as if I were a policeman who had caught him In the act. "Howdy, Sam?" said I. "It's been so long since I've seen you that I couldn't resist the temptation to In terrupt. Hop your friend'll excuse me. Howdy do, Miss Ellersly?" And I put out my hand. She took It reluctantly. She was giving me a very unpleasant look as if Bhe were seeing, not somebody, but some thing she didn't care to see, or were seeing nothing at all. I liked that look; I liked the woman who had It in her to give it. She made me feel that she was difficult and therefore worth while, and Jhat's what all we human beings are In busi ness for to make each other feel that we're worth while. "Just a moment," said Sam, red as a cranberry and stuttering. And he made a motion to come out of the box and Join me. At the same time Miss Anita and the other fellow began to turn away. But I was not the man to be cheated In that fashion. I wanted to see her, and I compelled her to see It and to feel It. "Don't let me take you from your friends," said I to Sammy. "Per haps they'd like to come with you and me down to look at my horse. I can give you a good tip he's bound to win. I've had my boys out on the rails every morning at the trials of all tho other possibilities. None of 'em's in It with Mowghll." "Mowghll!" said the young lady she had begun to turn toward me as soon as I spoke the magic word "tip." There may be men who can resist that word "tip" at the race track, but there never was a woman. "Mowghll!" said Miss Ellersly. "What a quaint name!" "My trainer gave It," said I. "I've got a second son of one of those broken-down English noblemen at the head of my stables. He's trying to get money enough together to bo able to show up at Newport and take a shy at an heiress." At thl3 the fellow who was fourth In our party, and who had been giv Ing me a nasty, glassy stare, got as red as was Sammy. Then I noticed that he was an Englishman, and I all but chuckled with delight. However, I said: "No offense Intended," and clapped him on the shoulder with a friendly smile. "He's a good fellow, my man Monson, and knows a lot about horses." Miss Ellersly bit her lip and col ored, but I noticed also that her eyes were dancing. Sam introduced the Englishman to me Lord Somebody-or-other, I forget what, as I never saw him again. I turned like a bulldog from a toy ter rier and was at Miss Ellersly again. "Let mo iMt a little something on Mowghll for you." said I. "You're bound to win and I'll see that you don't lose. I know how you ladies hate to lose." That was a bit stiff, as I know well enough now. Indeed, my instinct would have told me better then. If I hadn't been so used to the sort of women that jump at such an offer, and If I hadn't been casting about so desperately and in such confusion for some way to please her. At any rate, a hardly deserved her sudden frozen look. "I beg pardon." I stammered, And I think my look at her must have been very humble for me. The others In the box wero staring round at us. "Come on," cried Sam, dragging at my arm. "let's go." "Won't you come?" I said to his sis ter. I shouldn't have been able to keep my state of mind out of my voice, if I had tried. And I didn't try. Trust the right sort of woman to see the right sort of thing in a man through any and all kinds of barriers of caste and manners and breeding. Her voice was much softer as she said: "I think I must stay here. Thank you, just the same." As soon as Sam and I were alone, I apologized. "I hope you'll tell your sister I'm sorry for that break," said I. "Oh, that's all right," he. answered, easy again, now that we were away from the others. "You meant well and motive's the thing." "Motive hell!" cried I in my anger at myself. "Nobody but a man's God knows his motives; he doesn't even know them himself. I Judge others by what they do, and I expect to bo judged In the same way. I see I've got a lot to learn." Then I suddenly remembered the Travelers Club, and asked him what he'd done about it. "I I've been thinking It over," said he. "Are you sure you want to run the risk of an ugly cropper. Matt?" I turned him round so that we wero facing each other. "Do you want to do mo that favor, or don't you?" I demanded. "I'll do whatever you say," he re plied. "I'm thinking only of your in terests." "Let me take care of them," said L "tou put me up at that club to-morrow. I'll send you the name of a seconder not later than noon." "Up goes your name," he said. "But don't blame me for the conse quences." (To be Continued.) 8 JESUS BEFORE CAIAPHAS Sunday School Lesson lor Nor. 18, 1906 Specially Prepared for This Piiter. LESSON TEXT. Matt. 2G::7-S. Mem ory versus, C7. . (OLDEN TEXT. "H I despised and re.1cti of men." Inalalt M:3. TIME. The lesson cover a period of several lioura, from Mime tlrmi between one and two o'clock Friday r.i rnii)g till r'ter Hiinrlsn April 7, A. D. 3i. PLACK. The fialace of tho hifch priest aid the hall of tho Sanhedrln at Jvru baiem. Comment and Suggestive Thought. V. 57. "They that had laid hold." 'lie Roman soldiers, who still had thfc arrested man In charge. "Led him to Calaphas." To the apartment of the acting high-priest where, instead of la its usual hall, a hastily called meet ing of the Sanhedrim was held. "Scribes and elders were assembled." Chief priests also were there, as Mark mentions (14:53). V. 58. "Peter followed him afar off." Tcter's trouble came through his fol lowing afar off. "Sat with the serv ants" (or officers). Stood or sat among them as they clustered about the fire In the open court, whence they could see what was going ou In tho council chamber. V. 59. "Chief priests . . . sought false witness." It was tho religious leaders of the people who were prime movers in the trial of Jesus. But what they sought was "witness against Jesus to put him to death," and they had to seek far for witness against One who ever "went about doing good." Then, as now, only those who knew hira not could say anything against him. V. CO. "Found none." It was no easy matter to agree upon a charge against the blameless One. "Many false witnesses came." Unscrupulous persons, by threats or money, could be brought to give such testimony as the judges sought. But the trouble was, the accounts of such men did not agree with one another. Jewish law required that at least two witnesses must agree, before one could be con victed of capital offense (Deut. 17: C), V. 61. "Said, I am able to destroy." etc. Read what Jesus had said early la his ministry (John 2:19-21), and note how Its whole, spirit was altered by this report. V. C2. "The high prlc3t arose." Thus far every effort had utterly failed to bring to light anything against Jesus. Calaphas, forgetting his official dignity, and leaving his of ficial seat, stepped toward tho Ac cused, exasperated by his silence, and determined to mako him criminate himself. "Answerest thou nothing?' Jesus had maintained unbroken si lence. He "endured the contradiction of sinners against himself" without one word of self-defense. Hero, as elsewhere, he is our great example. V. C3. "Jesus held his peace." For perhaps an hour he listened In si lence, fulfilling Isa. 53:7. "The high priest answered." He responded to tho situation Into which he was forced by tho persistent silence of Jegu3. "I adjure thee by the living God." This was the ordinary formula of adminis tering an oath. The action was Illegal and Jesus at first protested against It (Luke 22:07-70). "Tell uj whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God." Tho high priest asked Jesus undet fiath to testify concerning his claims, first, as to his Messianic vocation, and second, as to his peculiar relation to the heavenly Father. V. 64. "Thou hast said." That is, Tou have stated the truth. This was equivalent to saying, as Mark renders It, "I am." "Nevertheless." More than this, "Hereafter shall ye see," etc. This would call to mind a well known prophecy concerning the Mes siah (Dan. 7:13, 14). V. 65. "Rent his clothes." This had been originally an Involuntary expres sion of grief, but It had now become a formal act, when one was found guilty of blasphemy. V. C6. "What think ye?" Calaphas appeals to the assembled Sanhedrim for a verdict. "He Is guilty of death." The verdict "guilty" was unanimous. He was guilty of blasphemy, hence worthy of death (Lev. 24:16). Tho council thpn adjourned to meet at day break. During the Interim Jesus was delivered to the care of soldiers and servants of the Sanhedrim, who sub jected him to every form of indignity which their brutal instincts could de vise. Vs. 67. C8. "Buffeted him." Struck him with their fists. "Prophesy unto U3." They first blindfolded him (Luke 22:64), then called upon hira to dis play his supernatural power by nam Ing the man who struck him. Practical Points. V. 5P. We run into danger as soon as we permit the slightest separation between ourselves and Jesus. John 15:4, 5. V. 59. The world to-day 6eeks wit ness of Jesus In the lives of his pro fessed followers. Acts 1:8. V. 62. A righteous character Is tho unimpeachable answer to calumny. 1 I'eL 3:16. V. 63. Let us look to Christ for grace to bear . reproach In silence. Heb. 12:3. V. 61. There come times when to remain silent would be treaiwn to thi truth. 1 Pet 3:15. "America" In Many Tongues. At the Fourth of July celebration in Manila, "America" was sung (some times in their own language) by Fili pinos, Japanese, Chinese, Indians, Germans, French, Hpanlsh, English, Italians, Australians and Americana. I FOR CATARRH OF THE Head throat I LUK0S.ST0MACH i tfi..... ..urn HnjuriUSkBLADUUH AND PELVIC AM AM f, The Circulation Stimulated i '-, v v n i if 3 J 1 vwf jl Sloan's ffi Aress ENGLISH SHOES GO UNSHINED. London Observer Admits Truth of American Indictment. An English reporter, fired with pat rlotlsm on seeing the assertion made by an American visitor that London ers polished their boots less frequent ly than the people of any other coun try In the world, set out to disprove the charge. He visited a number of well-known shoeblacks at important points In London, but what he learned all tend ed to confirm the allegation made by the American. One shoeblack said he had custom ers who look like millionaires but get only one shine week. 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