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b... ment m her usual son wua slight tremor of excitement 1 her voice. Poodles. Pm even metal gazing balls. seemed very, m away in face of this tangible. tabu- “You are not Jack Chilcote.” she said very slowly. “You are wearing his clothes and speaking in his voice, but you are not Jack Chilcote." Her tone quickened with a touch of excitement “You needn‘t keep silent and look at me." she said. "I know quite well what I am suing, though I don’t understand it. though I have no real proof’â€" She paused. momentarily discounted by. her compsnion's silent and steady, mandinthepansescm'loossnd drab teamwo‘ cheeks. “Whyaoyoumfhatf'm asked. Heflfbedhuhead. Witheachmo- men: he felt more cabin of himself. “Because thatismy atfltnde,”hasflfl- “As amanladmkeyour imagination. wuamltantorollowyourrea- swing. The words andflthq‘tone both stun: .- non-LL ' not'Jackf' _ 32;?! am an admit 1.1.0211“- 1 null ate: my congratulations. "me same postnatalâ€"your 41388138‘ " fimwmpodhertoot. when”!!! n, .g- â€"_-M in amid Baton Mingle Whats-moment; flowing down at her. fl‘conclndt,” he began quietly, “that yourideahmspreadthbwfliim probablelstoryâ€"to all people to believe {that John m whom they see be- m them, is not John Chncote, but somebodyuu. flow, you'll m £1113 9 to give. at? to m; public 01;: improved $1.? 55%;? srwrrma SCHOOL "3; “Stamford, Dntvio. Canada. LEARN DRESS-MAKING want you dgadmitâ€"Lto- martini Tingfin'thit '1 Mm? .m MAIL In Your Spare Time at Home near here. 1906. um circle. towuflngflnsl! Yourown mum' unattended by any “mm “'3‘ “7““ those rings on! his finger bears a. scar belonging to another man! No: on close examlnntlon I scarcely Imagine that your case would hold.” He stop- pod, firedby his own logic. m future might be Chilcote’s. but the Draw mumdthlspreloht withltstm- mountable possibilities. had been ree- cued from catastrophe. “No." 11° “A“ qua. “When you get your proof W upswe'nhaveanotherhlhbntfln fâ€" v sunny mm or men own'eyeslgnt. We are all Journalists nowadaysâ€"m all wanttacm. The firstthlngyonwlllbe asked for is your proof. And what does III‘. - .l-mâ€"A B] when society expects, even et- acts, much. He dined. not through bravado and .not through cow- ardice, but because it seemed the ob- vious, the only thing’to do. Tohun a scene of any description was distentio- tuL Townenitwuunknown. In her world people loved or hated. were spiteful or foolish. were even quotlc or dkhonornble, but they-seldom made , __'. LAM.- tor anxiously. It was written in F‘ralde’s own clear..somewhat old fash- Ioiwd writing and opened with skim!- 13’ mxmwmdmw ”99-9mm sine! peased. E‘fievbnent, watchful servants who waited on them were given no food for comment The fact that Lo- relief. held only an individual signifi- cance and therefore did‘not count. On reaching Chiioote's house he pess- ed‘at once to the study and dismissed Greening for the night. But scamly had he taken advantage of his solitude by settling into an armchair and light- ing a cigar than Benwick. displaying an unusual amount of haste and im- portance. entered the room, carrying a ‘Seelng Loder, he came forward at once. “Mr. Fralde’s man brought this, air," he explained. “He was most par- ticular to give it into my hands. mak- Lode rose and took the letter. a quick thrill of speculation and interest' springing across his mind. During his: time of banishment he had followed the political situation with feverish at- tention, insupportably chafed by the desire to share in it, apprehensively‘ chilled at the thoum of Chllcote's pos- sible behavior. He knew that in the Mt had risen no set of. aggression; ind marked the Russian occupation of} Hand. but he also knew that Frame! and his followers looked askance at! that great powet’s amiable attitude, ; and atsight of his leader’s message his ‘ intuition stirred. mug to the nearest lamp. he tore the er‘rv‘elopeopen and scanneqfhe let' 13.37335 ‘tEonld reach yéu. He’s walt- Ing 191' an answer, 83:2»: liar"? 9‘ Brothers We live in me day of his speech; then immediate- U and with chancmrlstic cleanest It opened up the subject nearest the writ- er’s mind. " iuâ€"-Iâ€" TM" “9,â€"â€" Very slowly and attentively Lode: read the letter, and. with the extreme hnlet that with him lnvulably covered emotion, he moved to the desk, wrote “Renwlck.” he said sharply, “when you’ve given that letter to Mr. Fralde's servant ask Mrs. Chucote 1: she can we me five minute-1’ â€"‘ “‘- 5-1 Ana and 9m r0033, mm lawn-u 35¢;th the “Wt changed- F?" m been 810171118 in “I saved situation: In with its moral! 3‘3 had become a matt tunes. Ens Irmr occurred 9. outside Mashed. Th8 tomato It." For a momentEve waited. She look- edatMmmsflencgl-ndlnflntflnm hereadlnhereyestherenacflnot mown express)“. ---____.--‘ :1th and.y:u'i'7[he asked In a M ed voice. “What answer did you WIIWI. nunâ€"u And it was with this conviction that he entered on the vital period of his dual career. The Imminent crisis and his own share in it absorbed him ab- solutely. In the weeks that followed his answer to Fraide's proposal he gave himself nngrudgingly to his work. He wrote, read and planned with tireless energy. He frequently forgot to est and slept only through sheer exhaus- tion. In the fullest sense of the word he lived for the culininating hour that .wastobringhim failure or success. He seldom left Grosvenor square in relaxation even, lay in his work and what pertained to it. His strength was like a solid wall. his intelligence was sharp and keen as steel. The moment of hill! pressure. When a man touches 'the core of his capacities, puts his best iinto the work that in his eyes stands paramount. there is little place for and no need of woman. She comes before â€"â€"and after. She Inspires, compensates or completes; but the achievement, the creation, is man's alone. And all true women understand and yield to this unspoken precept. Eve watched the progress of his la- bor. and in the depth of her own heart the watching came nearer to actual living than any activity she had known. She was an onlookerâ€"but an onlooker who stood. as it were, on the steps of the arena. who, by a single forward movement, could feel the sand under her feet. me breath of the battle on her face. and in this knowledge she "_‘, _ - .77- but on those occasions she smiled in her serene wayâ€"and went on waiting. She knew that each day before the aft- ornoon had passed he would come into his sitting room. his two thoughtful, huhandsmnotboonorpamm dropping into one at the comtomme, studioushchurs. woulduk hconioally forms. Thiswthermomentottri- 114129. and ”999% £133me “.---..--- Sine has asked me r tanglbl nut-w“ _.--_ 1,. With each day that bionght the at“. of Frank'- scheme nearer his ac- tivity increasedâ€"4nd with It in inten- 81.0 to eliminate the ides that gun 1t existence- mum». within! mammaencemdherephmfl Interest. pvehlmnoredm but Chflcota and Chfleota's potable himself together with an added touch otdecmonuhepuudoutlntothl mannanduhewmeddowmum mwnufleoawortwodh'mspm mgtune. In the morning room he was 9.!- maywuunx. snelooxeduneolored and mueduhe entered. Berna looked very trash and young. cud aha mamottheumopfleblm mtshohadwomonhudutcom‘. Shelookodup‘zromunopeglyturu glanced at Eve. he acknowledsed the afirothlsfeellnz. buthemldeno attempt to define 1:: cause. He could no more have given reason to: his sensations than he could have told the precise date upon which. cominz downstaln at 8 o'clock. he had 31'“ found her waiting breakfast for him. The time when all such incidents were ”standouteachtoanlcetylnmtp' pointnd place, had not yet arrived. For the moment his youth had m ‘30 and passing to the W um; then, while his eyes still rested con- tentediyontbepleauntmaydchina and silver, while his senses were still alive to the fresh, earthly scent of Eve's violets. the blow so long dreaded -eo slow in comingâ€"teiiwith accumu- lated force. 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