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John Doe- momi, the housekeeper, down to the voiceleee but eloquent decanter of port. tint stood between them. first on the Inn of one choir. then the other. The! vote very old mm; they c'ould eolilo- Gill“ without in the least duturblns one): other. An obeerver would say. during theee period- ol’ nbetrectlon. that their remuke were manned to‘ the «center and thet the poor decen- ter ind something to any in return. But, for ell that. their eye. seldom left the bleed. blue envelope thet had lain the elnee halt-put eight. ‘l‘lq in" that It an. directly or mummowwno-my owed thou ore-ant eondlttoa oz can. Ian I“ security nttor but a century at mum-n; than the nun who“ Motley-unvdmthanom In than. old. mt dun when contou- m no tow on they DIM without The lounge From the Deep. The two old men not in the library eyeing the unresponsive blue envelope tint In! on the end at the long table nearest the flreplnce. where a merry hut unnoticed bed or coals crackled fiercely in the vein eitort to cry down the nhrieh oi the bleak December wind that vhlntled about the corners of the home. There was something mddenins in the [not that the envelope would hnve to remain unopened until young Fred- erick Brood came home (or the night. The! (noun themselves wondering it by any chnnoe he would fail to come in It ell. Their hour {or retiring wee ten o'clock. day in, day out. 4 “hymn- m of Hindu tor E. Gum. h. as." the ”Junk-cod”! lute, dmmyqo‘. CHAPTER I. ma, younger this got! Joseph mm, Motrin- GEORGE BARR’ McCUTCl-IEON ILLUSTRATIONS by RAY WALTERS their and. of valor to V mammanuum; mmtumauforuhl- mm ..m newthemuhneunfoodmd m wife 1mm. and they km that the former lml no love In Ml hem forthcyouthvbobotehhneue. Mllpemeeeeled. Gammon: ell other'nbiecu, they were u silent “momentum. 1119.90qu mmflnefitummm. Home wuoummmumoum. In; their petition _In the household: manMmMnom. Qm a hazard wreck for months thereafter. He ltd “ramped this boom-I Wane-e. Ho could not wreak vengeance upon a dud woman; homflnolhntondeum. Ha Ind shun loved her. A low yarn attain mum to New York he brought her son but to the house In lover Hm: omuo not! tried, with ulnar-coo In his oouL to «adore the word “father” a u tell from Inn to ”not a. term m um stance. moflm.m'houtbythe fire on ma whine” night and wuted for the youth of twentrtwo to whom tho bin. Inn-Ive m Indra-ted. lu In hm the ha been mmmmmgmmmm go whither she would but never to re- Th. MIMI Inflof. J00... H“ ”8‘. ". that on would longer (at um mmuhmthuhrh-nmu I. Nolan “nub bin. that Ian pou- mumuummnmm. plan. He “IO-10M the cum I. I moo when to con“ not he found. “a rut Mo on my. [duly main 1m to m null. In pay! an. Old when M cu cult you: old. without having not My min cur an Mk1 but with. m- fur a this amp” child '1. coo mod. When has cut out tho mother In I“ bl. hand heavily upon hot n:- tun. Mugâ€"oven foolingâ€"mo In- form! comm; that (bl- and m not hi: on. ho planned I“. mhnmua Instinct to mm her to the "In“ or m powtu ad to an and o! w an. Than Md boon dollbmlo purpose In the methods at June. Blood in no Brood'u [on wu fifteen you! of no helm he know. even by ’sight. the m whom he called tuber. Up to the “no of tho death of his mother. In tho homo of her “than. be had been hp! ll ucluuon. \ Ten years passed before June: Brood put his foot on the so“ of his native land. Then he came back to the home 0! his fathom to the home that had been demented. and with him came the two old men who now at In his huge library before the crackling are. He could so on wlth me. but they were no longer In (or In cruel hard-hips. HI: home became chain. They were to dig them when tho “no mo. ‘ John Desmond. gay, handsome and still young as men of his kind :0. met the fate that brooks no intervention. He was the first to drop out of the ranks. In Cairo. during a curious pe- riod of inactivity some ten months utter the advent of James Brood. he met the woman who conquered his ven- turesome spiritâ€"s slim, aim. pretty English governess in the employ of s British admirers family. They were married inside of six months. Ho took her home to the little Maryland town that had not seen him in years. a 11an ledge upon which he lay un- conscious after a misstep in the night. More than onceâ€"aye. more than 5 dozen timesâ€"one or the other of then loyal iriends stood between him and death, and times without number: he. too. turned the grim reaper aside for them. mmmmmm. (OopyfllM. MI. by Dom. um i Goa-pony) A“! " ‘ nomu Glow: Imn'rm‘.’ moms onovn. m. n M bitter axocritlon fell from his lip. sad the Inner crumpled In his land. Without another word. he ntrodo to the We ma toned It ammonia. animators!”- ol'd and an m up an chum). I manual-7m“. ‘memmm The young men run his finger under the hp end delibontely drew out the meme. There ensued another pie tore. As he read In: eyes widened and then contacted; Ml am yonnt in! became net end rigid. Suddenly "he‘- boar the worn. ruddy." said Mr. Rim. addressed to him. "no. father. I dare sey.” he went on. n fine line ep- peering between his eyebrows. The old men leaned forward, fixing their bless eyes upon the missus. “Oh.” and young Brood. era-1n; lloviy to the table. He picked I, the canton. Ind looked u the incl-1y flan. "0h." said he min. In quite a aileron tons on seeing that it was “Somewhat Inter than uni. I no.” In mid. ml the glove an. of with n jerk “What'- tho utter. Joan? Ro- helium?" “No. sir. It's the Virgina. sir.” “Violent” “Bmy deep." Ink! Mr. Dam and] pointing. Frederic Brood appeared In the door. stopping “on In: Inside the navy and... “on m a m hry Monro. net u a stun dim would in. unused. H- m um wearing in mi hat m top-ecu. Ind one (love had been man In the m of anon]. Young Brood mutmmnolthmnfnnl lure of amusement. A crooked mile came to m. lm. "It’s worm uniting ID for,” ma Ir. Rm "Abs'huly." an his much Mend. “Now we‘ll and mu m I- tel. mm on May deep.“ nld In. Dawes. 0mm his legs a limo [mm ummme-m front. not'oold-en-adolcomnut 1M0 elm w and met. but Io ef- fort to ma I'm. The, linked am. and flood amulet to shoulder. ‘SIov In. In." and Ir. Rim mu- uncanny. 1M cut 3 «mm. nervous glue. over in shoulder. "I'm rum to 1mm Hr. Mark no you "in this.“ to ma, Mllu his lip. ”Ho mm I! no.” The In" from door «and v“) I In; u that lam: an "no sound of footstep- can. I’m- !» lull-o quiet. in: Ina! uni Ind «cum I- M. "W (In Govâ€"Moâ€"u no you. 09"?" mm Ir. In»... running It Rm: .- I! to In on" I... III: baton "You In both drunk: on“ Juno. amtmty. Rm: Italy. 'llo‘l mu M‘lnd uurly uncle. II a (In. an (MA. Tn. Mn dong.“ the mu. m. Davao mod Ion“: In his chair nd «and (ti-gunman No In a “on. very III on ma. "In an. you won in Md." 9» gaunt-Id Jones. at!“ It. Dawn by Run 00ml}. "don't you an to touch that 001810. at. lat ll aloud" “Jonu.” aid Dunhury mien. with mt dignity M u: on um do- ulud hlm to Inch a dung that In could not (or the life of him and". mud why Jona- wu «mam all) h pun. "Jones. you ought to b. tnâ€" hbâ€"bodJâ€"«n youâ€"both at you. WM’ you mu. air. by comm libâ€"Moâ€" hen mm. an. 0' null! aha-cw ”But It In nearly midnight.” uto- tented Jone- lrrlubly. with n (lane. u the almost empty counter. The patient butler. Jones. had nude no lea than four mm to the library sine. ton o'clock to uukdn them sud not them on to bed. Each time In hnd been ordered away, once via: the Joint admonition to ”mind In: on bunlnm." The cold reserve that extended to the young man did not carry beyond him in relation to any other member or the household so tar as James Brood was concerned. The unhappy boy, surly In their acquaintnnce. came to realize that there was little in com- mon between him and the man he called lather. Alter I while the eager light died out of his own eyes and he no longer strove to encourage the in- ‘tlmnte reletlone he had counted upon an I put of the recompense for so many years of separation and lonell-‘ ness. it required but little alert on his part to meet his father‘s indiflerk once with n coldness quite us pro- nounced; he had never known the meaning or tilinl love; he had been tought by word or mouth to love the men he but never seen. and he had lenrnod as one learns utronomywb! cdcnlntlon. He hated the two old men hecnuse his mum- loved them. ‘1‘... Mn to M. INC.“ I‘M Ir. there was nothing also left for him to do. But. for all that, ho dunked themâ€"justifiably so. no doubt. I! one bean in mind the (not that they sign!- fled more to James Brood nun did his long-neglected s’on. "You harm.) Innate." Not. In In whims; ho endured them beau” At am he held htmeelt that from the Demands; he was slow to nt- render. He suspected then: of the name motlvee thet hed been the heels *of all prevlone etteehnenu. When at lest he reellsed that they were not like the others, hle cup of Joy. long en empty vessel. was filled to the hrlm and hle hnpptneee wee without hounds. They were emued by the trefilfoma- tlon. The rather enllen, “approach- ehle led heceme at once so rrlendly.‘ eo dependent, that hed they not been maimed with the dense- behind the‘ old late of reticenee. his very Joy might hue made e nnlunce of hlm. He followed Mn. Maud ehout In very much the eeme Iplrl‘t thet ln- Iplree e hnnm dog: he wetched her with eager. hell-famtehed eyee; he I By nature he we. plot to renpond Tio the «iv-nee. oi others; his llie ind ‘laeen not that nvnriee accounted for all that he received iron miner- in the shape of respect Ind mutation. He m prone to discount e friendly nimude for the simple reuon the! in hie experience nil friendships were marred by the inc: tint their sincerity rented entirely upon the generoeity oi the men who peid for themâ€"his in- iher. No one an loved him for him- self; no one bed given him on nine!!- Isl: thought in all the years of his] Lydla'u romn. udjolnlng her moth- er's. in on the thlrd floor It the foot of the small uulrwu leading up to the proscribed rotrut n the top of the house. 11mg was I small Imlng- roo- ofl (no two bed chamborz. given over entirely to In Desmond nd her daughter. In (Me little room. Frederic ‘ Brood Ive-t many a quiet. happy hour. The Desmoudo. mother and daughter. undcritood Ind yield the lonely boy whommmmhmmmn they were men-elven installed. m. bout. which had my pores, expudâ€"i ed and slave! In the numb of their kindnes- ud nloctlou; the plane of “Manama. um m M. by m “on an. my before this unexpected kindness. not immediately, It In true. but completely In the end. Brood. on hauiu of tho IIIII'I Oath. insect-tat] audio lnquirir! m «ruin; the tradition In whlrh ho hnd loft hi. Vito and child. with tho malt that Mn. Mancini in. tart-lied u hounhoopor in the Nov York hone m the daughter given awry minn- un In (ha way of «intention. Doo- mond h“ ktt nothing in ihn shape 0! rich.- umvt nndimini-hod ion tor his vita and I diary heat during those portions dun baton he met and war- ried her. This diary nu Ming incor- pontod in the history of have. limni'n nave-tum. hr mum at the widow. and In to hut-ah for liromi in word. he mid not with modnty utter for him". in the” men John Desmond run to tn" his own story. in his own way. for “find“. love for his friend rm broad enough even to ad- lilt of that. "O 'u to ahnra hi! lite in retrospect with Desmond and the two old men n he had shared It with them in reality. Hh scent-r7 And muons!- wu Lyel- banana. Ibo Manna-yum“ hamlet of M- moan. «nonunion um Mend. the late John Desmond. when an“ occumd when m [M II. barely um nan o! no. Worlds separated the upper md lower region. or that one old hon-o: I slngle step took one from the sedlto Occident Into the very heart of the Orient; 1 narrow threshold was the line between the rugged West Ind the salt. humorous. seductive But. In this part of the house. June- Brood. when It home tor one or his brlet nun. uncut many or his hour- tu no- =cluslon. shut on from the mt o! the ambit-lament in completely .- l! he were the Inhabltdnt at another world. Attended by ht- Hlndu servant. o Illant man named RIDIID. Ind on oc- eulonn by M- secretory. he on but llttlo o! the nun-lulu: member. of his rather tutu-Ive household. For mml nan he tad Mn canned tn the tut of writing his woman'sâ€"~00 oiled-4|: to far on they related to bl. experience. and vwchn or the put twenty nan. At the top of the house were the room! which no one entered except by the gracious will or the master. Here James Brood had stored the quaint. pticelees treasures of his own peculiar fancyâ€"exquisite, curious (hinge from the mystic Best, thinks that are not to be bought and sold but come only to the hand or him who searchel in lands where peril is the price. James Brood’s home was a remark- able one. That portion of the house which rightly may be described as "public" in order to distinguish it from other parts where privacy was enforced, was not unlike any of the richly furnished, old fashioned places in the lower part of the city. where there are still traces left of the Knick- erbockers and their times. This was not the home or men who had beeni merely rich; it was not wealth alone that stood behind these stately invest- ments. “Steady. gentlemen," and Jana. “Lem on me, please." Variou- Wayl of Receiving a Blow. “I never wan no lnuulted In myâ€"-’ been: Joseph Rizal. leebly. Mummmntunmtlewtt tolurntheeontentuotthetmdertul thing (tom the I“. he whirled on Me heel Ind left the room. One might hue noticed that hle up: were drum In I mlrthleu, IndonIo smile and tint his eyes were mm. “0h. hardy!" sighed ”1|!er Devon. blinking. end was on the point e! sitting down abruptly. The em: of Jones prevented. CHAPTER II. " 'Put the house In order for flu na' mistress: " In “most mrlod. “Thu mango m a dellbonto Inuit to ma. Lydian-c mu. rotten nu In the ace. [man the It» It was worded. Just u I! 1: m1 and: that I. in "Oh. I know I'm 3 tool to speak of it. but lâ€"I mn'tteip feeling u I do. You’ve seen enough to know that I'm not to Meme for it either. What do you think he he: done? Can you geese 'hnt he he done to all of he?" She did not Answer. "Well. I'll tell you Just that he llld in that wireless. it wee from the Lueitenin. twelve hnn- dred mile- oi! Sandy Hookâ€"releyed. I Inppoee, eo thet the whole world ‘might knowâ€"eel“ a tour this after- noon. I remember every word of the cursed thing, although I merely glmced et it 'Send the car to meet hm. Brood end me It the Cunard pier Thursday. Here hire. Desmond put the hone in order for it: new mie- trees. By the 1711. you might inform her that I m married lent Wednee- day in Pnrle.’ It was signed 'Jnmee Brood.’ not even 'fether.’ What do you think of that for n thunderbolt?” "llerried‘r' the paved. "Your 1e- ther married?” “Hush! A mu: does not hue Ma non. I've tried for year. to drive am only notion out or your mind. Youâ€"" "To everyone alas, yet. But to me? Why, Lydh. Iâ€"-l believe he hate- as. You know tintâ€"J' "He Is a strange mu." the In”. "He Is a good man. Frederic.” She [at her finger to her lips. I outed look stealing into her dark eyes. Jones was conducting the two oldmeltothelrrmonthefloor below. A Coor cloned softly. The mm died tn]. "Hnwn't l we chlm lo lulu con‘ aldmtlon? ls ll lnlr that I should be Ignored in everything. In every w”? I won’: put In with It. Lydhl I'll: not : child. I'm I man and I am Ms non. Gad. I might a well be u do; In the streetjor Q" the thought he give. to "He never fives no a thought." he slid. compressing tm "VI- "He thinks of no one but hlnulf. God. what a father!” In". slender gm. Her eyn were almost on . level '1"! Mn o'n. "Dun you can! 10 tell me. dear?“ He looked may aullenly. “Oh. It's rally nothing. I aumaoae. Just. an un- expected jolt. thu‘l III. l was tasty {or - momentâ€"“ “You In mu angry.” also aid. lu- lu; be: hand on his um. She urn a "Freddy. dour! Yon must not “Tell me what has happened? It cnu‘t be that your father In Illâ€"or In danger. You are angry. Frederic; so It can't be that. What In 1!?" t “I'mâ€"I'm sorry. dearestâ€"F he be- gan. his first desire being to'lccount for his oversight. On this night. however. he passed her door without knocking. His duh, ‘handsome i'ace .was flushed. and his teeth were set In sullen anger. With his hand on the knob of his own door. he suddenly remembered that he had failed Lydia {or the first time. and stopped. A pang of shame shot through him. For a moment he hesi~ tated and then started guiltily toward the forgotten door. Even as he raised his hand to sound the loving signal. the door was opened and Lydia. i'uny dressed, confronted him. For n mom ment they regarded esch other in silence, she intently, he with astonish- ment not quite free from contusion. For the past three months or more he had been privileged to hold her close in hie arms end to kiss her good- night at put-ting! They were lover! now. The slow [use of passion had reached its end and the flame was alive and shining with a. radiance that enveloped both of them. at the other end of the long hull. Usually, however. he was at home long before her bedtime, and they spent the evenings together. That she was his father's secretary w or no moment. To him she was 14511â€"111- Lydia. "Tull Mo WM! Mu Happened." Lydia. he adored her. Ill- heln II.- untorlhenntumetollngwnh the Joy of youth. nnd the «mutton wu n‘ novel one. u Ind seemed to him um he could never be nnylhlnt but In old man. It was me custom. on coming home M the night. no mutter whet the hon! may hnve been. to pause before Lad- ln'n door on the way to In- own room rude! It doun't It?” "By acorn, In. Desmond. they no mu They no man, bl. that hurts. Sonata-flu you! on and all! Myanmnnmluf‘irtm He had no footing of tantrum court! the old man for their (Mum. of him. Instead, his eye- glow“ with n honest Idmlnflon. ”The deuce! 1â€"! hope it 'nn't on account of anything I my have In“ to them last night.” he cried. in (en.- ine contrition. She smiled. “No. The! land their own theory nbout the meme. The storm strengthened it. They were positive that your father was in grant peril. They were determined to em ternveeneiotmenortudmrtol in all this biimrd to numb the Inn for Mr. Brood. 0h, aren't they was aerial?" “I am eavedslly sorry for Mr. Dunn md Mr. Riggs.” aha aid. “or vole. was steady ma full of acme-men. "p0 they know?" “The, were up and about u lu- brul. poor souls. Do you hov. Freddy. they van muting on In this human! when I met them In the lull!" '1 how in: how you tool. not lay. Don't try to explain. I hov.‘ "You dun "Garland." I. n“. lowering his eyes. “Not shun.” an. all quietly. ”Well. It's going to play hob m everything.” he I‘M. jamming in. hand. deep Into his pockets. Bl. uhoulden seemed to lunch forum and to contract. "Rather cumulus. Isn't an. In. with u my smile. In spite o! Minoan be "(choc he (no with anon II- (when. “Rabat.” the nu Many. 'l nppooo ya: 0011': two of 00 "y l--" ”I'm not worrying,“ ho a“ e. fondly. '1.de has told you tho-â€" the news?” "She Is a lunch chip. Frederic.” .0 n“. vmmm my other form at mot lug. “She will be late butâ€"0m? fully nothing to tony about.” Nv Ioolml up (m- the mm. In. Dmmond was comma toward Mm. I one" mm mile on her lips. 8b. "a a tall. “I! woman, In mm type. and null 4!aner ham Hm van an banal Manly that Id nofnrdm "a plctod up (I. morning uni. "II syn "around “o from no up my. Then rm rom- o! turf-l vuthn a: an. The Imam-u In mound lawn Maw mum on! Old I. the Man of Ibo hum“ (It. would be A day his. no mu mu-lchn. But on. emu; rm tuber. coming in numb. ban! "a. all," n In. hurl-cu. For a moment In flood manna h [In doorway watching tho um. d- mou lnnplrrd taco of the lad. Ill (Mn. halo u a shoot. nob "my rub- out dint-"blag Mm. Eur-nu lo I". Prom-rte wu phytn; - 6mm] vain of Zia-Mari. . "Ill am Nu m but plnyod when (to honeymoon 'u tn "to full. Tho Rollovlu 611 lb. Mano vu Ilium away by a m company. The- boy no"? know v” M was remand. The next morning be cut. dov- enrllcr than wu hla custom. HI. night had Mon 3 troubled on. For getting his own woosâ€"or “In!!!" them-41¢ no thought only of m: um no" Iron the so; would noon to (be do" woman he loud to to". No one in In tho “bury. but u hm an um blulu. A bun-rd m ru- m; ontoldoon. Once upon 3 u... when he an! an. to the house. I Mono but mood to tho fluvial-non. m. joy at that “no how no bond-5' ho loved music. IN! bl- ynn lo cu “Freddy!" the cried. land over Ml mouth. She kissed him swiftly. Her chock lay {or a second union Ill. own And then. with u. stifled good-night. Iho broke away from him. An lam! Intor lino was gone; hor door nu “But why couldn't be have. don the fine, sensible thing. Lydluf Why couldn't be haveâ€"Ann (anon In low. withâ€"with your moths"? Why not. have married her It ho had to In"! someone Ihâ€"" "You must not uy such things." the murmured, stroking m. check with cold. trembling angers. His eyes filled with tears. Ho sailed her fin his arms and held her close. “It's a beastly. beastly shame. darling. Oh. Lord. what a tool a man can make of blame!!!" “Don't speak no loudly. dearâ€"please. please! she I: asleep. 0! course. weâ€"we shan’t stay on, Freddy. We'll have to so as soon 33â€"” T He stopped short. “No! And the! wulted up to see If they could be of filly alumnae to him in on hour of per“! What u joke! Poor old he!- gara! he never felt sorry for them before, but. on my soul, I do now. What um me do to the poor old chaps? I shuddw to think of It. And she'll make abort work at everything else she doesn’t like around here. too. Your mother, Lydiaâ€"why. God help us, you know what will just hove to happen In her case. It'sâ€"" mo and mid m M III” girl or a mu. tom-or or ht". howlâ€"J "may! You no beside mural!- Yonr tuber would not mm 3 ““9 thaw girl. You know tint. And "I! mun not forget am Your mother m a foreign." HI: on: (on. "I'm luff! l and that." ho exclaimed. hound]. Lydia. 1min; ‘ rather haw!!! mnthom.lwbtohlmh‘ low. annou- voice. "mu you (all My. mum and In. Riggs?" non-min