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CHAPTER IX.—Continued.
—13—
These were busy days for Fitznugh,
days lilted with suspense and excite
ment. and acute money fever. By the
end of the year his entire capital was
tied up in spring wheat, which was
lurching and plunging like a sinking
ship; and every downward swoop
drove his fortune upward. Though
Fitzhugh’s money was all on paper he
was growing rich with galloping leaps,
and already he was planning a deal to
follow that might send his fortune
soaring toward the million mark.
It was in the beginning of March,
while the Metropolitan Opera com
pany was playing n two weeks’ en
gagement at the Auditorium, that he
received (through Artie) at ids club
an invitation to a box party given by
Mrs. Otis.
“Well, well, tel! us how you man
aged it.”
“1 told Iter.” sputtered Artie, chok
ing with mirth, “I told her I had a
frightfully aristocratic fellow putting
up at my place who was all tin; talk
of Lunnon. Mondays and Wednesdays
are her opera nights, don’tc-her know,
and she'd just been telling me that a
chap who was to have rounded out her
party tonight had failed her at the
last moment, and then I mentioned
this frightfully aristocratic fellow,
and I saw her prick up her ears, and
before I left she told me to bring him
along. She doesn’t know, don’tcher
know, it's you, and she’ll be dread
fully—”
“Her daughter will be there?”
“Oh, yes, indeed. She was in the
room at the time. She’ll be dreadfully
surprised, loo.”
“No doubt. Sparkle, you’ve got the
brain of a Napoleon. Going home?
Then I'll take you out in my car.”
They left the Union league club to
gether and entered Fitzhugh’s new
90-horse power automobile glistening
at the curb.
Tlii* perennial favorite, “La Ro
heiue,” was sung that evening. In
spite of Mrs. Otis (who had borne
Artie’s “surprise” with commendable
coni])osure, sending only one terrify
ing glance at that rash joker), Fltz
liugh contrived to sit near Kathleen,
and by the time “Rodolfo" and “Mimi"
had chorused “Amore” he was subtly
making love to her, saying little by
word of mouth but speaking volumes
with eye and mien.
It was near the end of act two, and
he did not know whether "Mimi” was
making merry with the Bohemians in
the Quartier Latin or dying of starva
tion in “Rodolfo’s” attic, and he did
not know whether Mrs. Otis was
watching him or discussing with the
lady next her a corset display in j
Michigan avenue, that his hand found
Kathleen's and smothered it in a i
burning pressure.
“I have loved you,” murmured he,
very close to her car, “for three years, j
Today, in fact, 1m the anniversary— j
the second of March. Three years |
ago today I found this”—from under ;
ids cull! he slipped a dainty handker
chief of exquisite lace' and dropped it
in her lap. “1 loved its owner then.
1 love her now. I have always loved
her. 1 always shall love her. Every
thing I have 1 owe to her.”
She picked up the hit. of lace, bent
her eyes on it. Tint warm color had
crept from her cheeks, leaving them,
if lie could have seen, as white as
her arms and shoulders—an exquisite,
line-grained white as pure and its
beautiful as the- petals of a milk-white
rose.
The act was nearing its close. The
ocean of melody had touched high tide.
"I atn waiting for my answer,” he
whispered.
She made no sign that sue nearu.
“If there’s any hope, if I’ve a ghost
of a chance, smile when you look at
me again. Von needn’t speak. Only
smile.”
Some friends of Mrs. Otis, making
an entr’-acte call, had peeped in her
box to say “how’do," and Mrs. Otis,
dimpling and gracious and stout (and
watching her daughter from the cor
ner of one eye) stood gossiping with
them a few moments in the corridor
entrance.
As the lights came on Kathleen had
leaned hack in her chair, pressed her
lovely shoulders against the cushions
and breathed deeply. Now she very
deliberately walked to the seat her
mother had vacated, and. with her
back partly toward Fitzhugh, she en
gaged herself in airy conversation
with Artie Sparkle and the third man
of the party, a middle-aged bachelor
named Ch'ckering. Not once had she
glanced I'itzhugh’s way. Not once did
she notice Ida existence.
There is one thing at which even
tin' most determined of lovers will
stop. an<i that thing is indifference.
Indifference raises a wall there is no
scaling.
‘1 "ol; . , Fool that I was ever
to imagine she cared! . . . A girl
like her —what idiocy !”
lie determined that when the act
ended h« would excuse himself on
^oiiie pretext and rush into the streets,
and walk and walk, as he had walked
on this same night three years ago.
He did not look very far beyond
that. Only he repeated to himself
that for him everything was over. All
his ambitions, all his dreams and aspi
rations had gone for naught. He
thought of Esther.
But all at once he sat up very
straight, and his deep-brooding mel
ancholy slipped away from him. Ilis
sinewy lingers spread, then clenched
quickly—his familiar battle sign. Was
he, Daniel Randolph Fitzhugh, to be
lashed into oblivion by a girl’s indif
ference?
He was not aware act three had
closed until the roar of hand-clapping
apprised him of it. Automatically he
joined in. As the lights came on he
heard Artie’s voice:
“I say, Miss Otis, won’t you come
for a stroll in the corridor? It’s
frightfully warm heah."
“I really prefer staying here, thank
you, Mr. Sparkle, but you go.”
When he knew Artie had gone Fitz
hugh walked over to say goodby.
But as he drew near she rose hur
riedly and hastened toward the cur
tains at the rear of the box. leaving
him with her mother, who, with her
lorgnette to her eyes, was placidly
and studiously ignoring him. Kath
leen vanished into the corridor, and,
turning, drew thevcurtains together so
that her face and neck and shoulders
were framed In the aperture. And for
a long moment her soft pansy eyes
gazed into his leaping black ones.
And the smile on her lips was heav
enly. And the light in her eyes, afraid
yet glad, spoke with an eloquent
tongue.
Then the curtains fell together, and
he was alone with Mrs. Otis.
CHAPTER X.
The following October Fitzhugh
bought a seat on the Board of Trade.
His Golden Goddess, Luck, ever
beamed upon him, and this, no less
than his breadth of grasp on the mar
ket, and all its wealth of tentacles,
swelled his fortune with tremendous
booms. His speculations in May and
“i nave «_uveu You,” Murmured He,
Very Close to Her Ear.
July wheat hail alone netted him two
hundred thousand dollars. Winter
wheat had increased his capital by
two more similar notches. It was now
well past seven hundred thousand dol
lars. and was rushing on toward the
million mark.
All this within four years! Yet
whenever he caught himself being
awed by the magic he had wrought
he would quell his rising ego by severe
self-admonition: “Don’t get too con
fident. Kemember it’s all gambling.
Once your luck changes it will go as
fast as it came—maybe faster. You’re
liable to lose the whole pile in one
swoop.”
Esther and the thought of her gave
him bad moments. Directly she left
the hospital she had come again to
him, iind he had been forced to the
ignominy of lying to placate her. This
angered him. Soon afterward she had
cone to Paterson. N. J., where from
time to time lie heard from her. He
tried repeatedly to give her money,
but always unsuccessfully. She re
pulsed every effort he made. Her un
spoken reproach, her silent refusal
of his checks, for she returned them
without a word, worried him more
than anything else she could have
done.
Wliat Fitzhngh could not understand
was Otis’ unrelenting bitterness. He
never planned a venture, never made
a move, but some bidden band was
against it. He was not slow to dis
cover whose hand it was. Nor was he
long in discerning that Its owner had
nothing save enmity for him. Since
Kathleen's return from abroad he had
taken eagei advantage of every op
-A
portunity to he with her. And here,
too, he had encountered that same op
posing force. At first iie never sus
pected Otis. He had thought Otis a
man who disdained society ns a fri
volity only for women to amuse them
selves with. He was soon to learn,
however, that it is often those who
jeer the loudest at smart society who
secretly revere it most. Hypocritically
a snob, the flinty old capitalist was as
well versed in all those little tricks
and artifices and petty subterfuges of
socially disparaging a person as the
most sophisticated dowager.
Fit/.lnigh's perplexity became a tor
ment. One evening (it was at a
charity hall) lie reminded Kathleen of
tlie “La Boheme” evening one year
before.
“I shouldn’t bring it up,” lie ended,
“only this is our ■anniversary,’ and an
niversaries are always the time for
recalling things.”
Sin' lowered her eyes to the cluster
of violets on her corsage. They were
his violets. lie had long ago learned
her passion for the flower and seldom
the day passed but he showered her
with them.
“You do care a little? Don’t you—
Kathleen?”
“I—you know I like you.”
He said tensely: “I don’t want you
to like me.”
“I’m sorry.”
“I want you to love me. You know
I love you. Can’t you—don’t you love
me. Kathleen?”
The violin sobbed with its delicious
melody. She began toying with the
violets. Her lingers were unsteady.
The violets fell to the floor.
“Don’t you?” lie insisted, as he re
covered and returned them.
“Don’t I what?”—pinning the flow
ers to her corsage.
“Love me.”
Having finally arranged the bou
quet and stilled her trembling fingers,
she permitted her arms to rest beside
her on the chair. Instantly she felt
his hand close upon hers. The sob
bing of the violin increased. It was
some wild thing of "Mozart’s.
“Kathleen! Kathleen!"
She was overpoweringly conscious
of his nearness. The flesh of iiis hand
seemed to burn into hers. Every
nerve in her body throbbed to its pres- •
sure. All the restraint of years of
breeding and tradition, which thus
far had lieid her back, were now snap
ping asunder; and she felt, herself "be
ing swept on toward that which site
feared yet longed to attain. She
could no longer resist. She gave her
self utterly to the lialf-frighteued de
liciousness of surrender.
“Ah ... I love you. . . .
do love you . . .”
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They were snugly ensconced behind
Ihe shielding palm. The violinist was
in n poetic frenzy. The attention of
all was held by hitn. Nobody saw
them. The shadows of the March
afternoon were thickening, and the
room was in semi-darkness.
After a while he spoke, very softly.
“So we are engaged,” he said, and
in spite of him his voice trembled.
“Yes,” she murmured, unclosing her
eyes. Still leaning against him, she
asked wistfully: “And are you very,
very happy?”
He held her close.
“I never dreamed,” said he, “that
any man could ho so divinely happy,
least of all myself.”
Presently she sat up, with a start,
and removed his encircling arm.
“You must remember,” she said
hastily, “it is only between ourselves.
\Ye mustn’t announce it yet.”
He detected a strange note in her
voice.
“I understand,” he answered quietly.
“You see, if I promise to marry
you—”
“‘if.’ you promise?”
“I mean when we announce our en
gagement. I shall have to oppose fa
Iher and mother. I’ve never breathed
a word to them, you know. When I
found you had said nothing to mother
that night I—I thought it best, all
round, to wait a little while. So I’ve
never spoken. But now ... I shall
have to light for you. I shall have to
defend yon, You must help me all you
can. and always remember if I seem
severe or exacting it is because I care
for you so.”
“Once,” he mused, looking down at
her with the unutterable joy of posses
sion, “you spoke rather strongly of
my egotism. I think, sometimes, I
have a right to be egotistical.”
“Indeed, you have!” she exclaimed,
purposely misunderstanding him.
“Your success is tlie most wonderful
thing in the world.”
“I didn't mean exactly that,” he
smiled. “But go on: tell me I’ve ac
complished wonders.”
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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(Copyright, 1920. Western Newspaper Union)
LESSON FOR APRIL 18
THE VICTORY OF GIDEON’S BAND.
BESSON TEXT—Judges 7.
GOLDEN TEXT—There Is no restraint
to the Lord to save by many or by few.—
I Sam., 14:6.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL — Judges
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JUNIOR TOPIC—How Gideon Won a
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INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
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YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
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So grievous wns Israel’s affliction
tliat they liid in dens, caves and
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again lie heard them and sent deliver
ance. The angel of the Lord appeared
to Gideon while at the post of dtityi
God always calls men who are doing
something. Gideon’s hesitancy when
called was not due to unbelief, but to
modesty and cautiousness. When once
lie was convinced of duty he was
courageous and enthusiastic.
I. The Opposing Army (v. 1).
Gideon and his army arose early on
that eventful day and encamped by
the spring of Harod. Over against
them was the host of the Midianites in
battle array. His army was insignifi
cant in comparison with the Mic'iun
ites.
II. The Sifting of Gideon’s Army
(vv. 2-8).
At Gideon’s call 32,000 men respond
ed. ready for the struggle. This
seemed a small army to g? against the
Midianite army, 135,000 strong, hilt
God said this was too many lest they
he led to boasting aim self-confidence.
Their real danger was not in their
small army, but in their pride. All
that were faint-hearted were allowed
to go hack, leaving only 10,000. There
were 22,000 cowards in that group of
men, and, worst of all, they were not
ashamed to confess it. Still this was
too many. When God was through with
his sifting process only 300 remained.
The 10,000 were brave men, but not of
proper quality and litness. Those who
lapped the water showed alertness
and watchfulness. This test revealed
the quality and fitness of the men
whom God would use to win victory.
III. God Gives Encouragement to
Gideon (vv. 9-15.)
God hade Gideon go down to the
Midianite camp, where he would hear
something which would cheer his
heart and strengthen his hands. When
he came near he heard a man tell a
dream, which was that of a barley cake
tumbling into the camp and smiting it.
He also heard the interpretation given
to that dream, which made Gidecn to
he that cake. This greatly cheered
his heart and strengthened him for his
work, and caused ills heart to buret
forth in praise to God. A barley cake
is a very insignificant thing, a very
cheap affair in itself, hut with the
hand of God upon it. it would lie suffi
cient to spread consternation upon the
Midianites and bring destruction upon
their armies.
IV. God Givcc Victory to Gideon
(vv. 16-23).
His .army was very insignificant and
his weapons most worthless. His at
tack was unicpie. The whole matter
was of faith (Ileb. 11:32). The ground
of Iiis faith was God’s word and the
token which lie had given him. God
does not ask us to go forward without
good ground upon which to rest our
faith. Gideon with his 300 men formed
into three companies, each man being
provided with a trumpet and with a
lamp concealed within a pitcher. Thus
armed, they surrounded tin* camps o*
the Midianites. They were ail instruct
ed to keep their eyes upon their leader
anil imitate him. We, too, are to keep
our eyes on our leader, Ghrist, and to
ever do as ho does. At the proper mo
ment they blew their trumpets and
broke their pitchers, giving opportun
ity for their lights to shine out. This
awful crash of breaking pitchers, fol
lowing the sound of trumpets, accom
panied by the shout, “The sword of
the Lord and of Gideon,” threw the
Midianites into a panic, causing them
to fight among themselves. One hun
dred and twenty thousand were thus
slain, leaving but 15,000 of that mighty
army (Judges 8:10).
In making the application- to our
selves in this age, we can think of the
sounding of the trumpets as represent
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torciies, as the light of the gospel; the
pitchers, our human nature; and the
whole, as this treasure in earthen ves
sels. Only as the pitchers were broken
to allow the light to shine forth, and as
we sound loud and long the trumpet of
prayer can we expect victory.
Doing the Will of God.
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for the maximum achievement of aoy
man's life, after it is all over, is to
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