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‘v' hand was umply grasping the pillow. while the other hung out over the side of the bed. His face, pale. almost arm in hue, might'have been a mask save for the slight convulsive spasms thatcroeled it fmmtime to time and ‘ DAL _Ll..Au-‘nn ._._-, WW - save for the slight convulsive spasms that crossed it from time to time and Wnded with the taint. shivering can: that passed at intervals over his ~whole body. To complete his repellent appearance, a lock of hair had fallen 1mm and lay black and damp across 166w and lay black and Lode: stood fox-.9. Spac spellbound ‘by the Sight. It was not the moment for nicetles. and his gesture was rough. At his first touch Chllcote made no mangeâ€"his brain, dulled by indulo tram the light. “It'sâ€"it's all right. Lode! If! :11 fight! It's only that 1â€"0:: I had a yak touch of 1;}: old irritability. ‘ ;__1_ A- 5‘”. “rows Bria? ER"! He had seen him moody, restless, nerv- ously exdted, but never before had be seen him entirely demorallzed. With a dull feeling of impotence and disgust he stood by the closed window, looking meelngly at the roofs of the opposite 11011809. ‘ BntChflcote had followed hlanove- 2 TRAGIO SUICIDE. ‘7: . """ " ”wading Finory. ‘! ”New York, April 3.â€"-Mary. Green aged22,thodauahtero£formers‘ea captain, living] in East Ninety-Fifth street, attired melt in :11 the fin . ahehsd lannedtowearuherw - ’dingat time,a.ndthenoomâ€" mined suicide by gas asphyxiation yesterday. She was “’83" to many William (lâ€"eidâ€" whén discovered. 5119 1m 8. note to her fiancee begins his 1°“ giveness, ,but giving no reason for LEARN DRESS-MAKING BY MAIL mama; i E 2% E am s learn that we gnu- mee to w 8500 to myonewe cannot tench. These 5 teach how to cut. fl; and Epic togethernuy pm: from the lamest ‘ _ waist sawthemostehboxnte £155. Than: 8 5 8 5 g.- E 3 over 7.000. Beware o! inflation. as some have been know tocopymn' advs. and even chimed.wa fizzy were not known_to be 93° inventor of {has cause. (1 without our Saul-09 W. ‘ Wrisc'tqr_9§3.9:... mm; SCHOOL c.”,]‘h‘. "05¢ 311‘} isuiéide. jet to her mouth_ am} in every home in s. sqbave decided 3‘.“- mpmved $15 dxnz our Ladies’ 1905. by an," seemed 100‘ L0- Auc I m A the true, the um i had had me lthem aside. embung hewledse, h¢ “It was hot-rib , went on. “There was no tire and brim- stone, but there was something worse. It was a great ironic scheme of pun- ishment by which every man was chained to his own viceâ€"by which the thing he had gone to pieces over, in- stead or being denied him. was made compulsory. You can't imagine it." He shivered nervously and his voice rose. “Fancy being satiated beyond the lim- it of satiety, being driven and dogged bythethingyouhadrunatteranyour He paused excitedly. and in the pause Loder round resolution. He shut his ears to the We in Chiicote’s voice, h closed his consciousness to the sight ¢his shaken face. With a surge of de termination he rallied his theories. Art- -‘ Llâ€" A“ 'n- wswâ€"v_ 7 , erathehadhimseltandhisownin- teresis to claim his thought; At the mo- ment Chilcote was a wreck, with no de- sire toward rehabilitation. but there was no guarantee that in an hour or two he might not have regained con- trol over himself and with it the incli- nation that had prompted his letter of thedaybefore. No;hehadhimse1tto the true, the only principle. Chilcote had had intellect, education, opportu- nity. and Chilcote had deliberately cast them aside. Fortityinz himself in the knowledge, he turned tram the window and moved slowly back to the bed. “Look here." he began. 1700 wrote formelastnight." His voioewsshsrd. He had come to tight. Chilcote glanced up quickly. ‘ His monthwasdrawnand therewasanew ‘7â€"“' ‘A 4", anxiety in his eyes- "14008“ W c" claimed quickly. “Loder. come here! Come nearer!" Beluctantly Loder obeyed. Steppinz closertothoddootththebent nerves, you now"- With a quick. involuntary disgust Lode: drew back. “Don't you think we might shove that aside?" he naked. ‘ But Chflcote’e gaze had wandered from his tnce and-strayed to the dress. 1113 table; there it moved feverishly from one object to another. ___. _-- “Leda-3; be exclaimed, “do you see -can you see if there’s a tube of tab- dresslng table?” He lifted himself nervously on his elbow, and Ms eyes wandered uneasily about the room. “I â€"I had a. beastly night; my nerves are horribly jarred, and I thoughtâ€"I think”â€" He stopped With Ids increasing consciousness his nervous collapse became more marked. At the first moment of waklng the re- llet of. an unexpected presence had sur- mounted everything else, but now, as Llâ€" one by one his Laculties, Bdrm ms wretched condition became patent. With a new sense of perturbation Loder made his next attack. “Chilcote,” he began sternly. But again Chilcote caught his arm, plucking at the coat sleeve. “Where is it?" he said. “Where is the tube or tabloidsâ€"the sedative? I’mâ€"I’m obligo ed to take something when my nerves go .wrong." In his weakness and ner- vous tremor he forgot that Loder was the sharer of his secret. Even in his extremity his fear of detection clung ,1L- v-.. vâ€" ., __ to him nmplyâ€"the lies that had be- come second nature slipped from him without eflort. Then suddenly g fresh panic seized him, his fingers tightened spasmodic’aliy, his eyes ceased to rove about the room and settled on his companion’s face. “Can you see it. Loder?” he cried. “I can’t; the light’s in my eyes. Can you see it? Can you see the tube?” He fitted himself higher, an agony of apprehension in see the tube?” He fitted nunseu: higher, an agony of apprehension in his face. Loder pushed him back upon the pillow. He was striving hard to keep his. own mind ml. to steer his own course straight through the chaos the: confronted him. “Chucote,” he began once more, “you sent for me last night, and I came the first thing this morn- mg to tell you"-â€" But there he stopped short. ‘- ‘ '~_L 1.1-.â€" ”VI: 5 With an excitement that lent him strength, Chilcote pushed aside his hands. “God," he said suddenly, “sup- pose ’twns lostâ€"suppose ’twas gone!” The imaginary possibility gripped him. He 'sat up, his face livid, drops of perspiration showing on his forehead, his whole shattered system trembling before hiLt-Elonsht. and now as he watch- ot excitement crossed Loder,” he said 888111. 0 see you! I dreamed I. horrible hell. W0?” Brother! a, we ”at under set ms ups. tube is on the mantelshelf." ’1 In a cold. abmp‘f ”ice- . - _,‘I A-.. N In I m nunâ€"r- .v--- A groan or toilet tell from Chucooe. end the muscles or his face relued. For a moment he lay back with closed eyes. then the desire that tortured him stirred afresh. He lifted his eyelids and looked at his companion. "Hand 11: to me,” he said quickly. “le‘9 it to me. Give it to me, Loder. quick :3 you can! There’s a gins on the table and some whisky and water. The tabloids dissolve, you know"â€" In big new excltement_he held out his hand. - _-..-_.,_.- w. he had livedâ€"tho hour that wan to satisfy all labor, all endeavor. all am. bluon. W'lth dogged persistence he made one more essay. “Chflcote. you wrote last night to re- 7 * ‘â€" ‘-- Mun-ll, Ill-u. vuv â€"v.. --_7 “Chflcote. you wrote mt night to ma- eell me”-â€" Once again he penned. checked by a new interruption. Sit- ting up again. Chilcote struck out and- denly with his left hand in a rub a: his old irritability. “Dâ€"0 you!" he cried suddenly. Again Chileote’e lips parted. “Lo- der.” he said faintlyâ€"“Leda. I must-â€" I must have it. It's inperative." Once more he nttempted to lift himself‘ but the eflort was futile. Again Lode: turned away. He droppedthe five tabloids one after another into the am e ed‘on hlm. “Good heave'ns, man'rhe began. Then nnacconntably his voice changed. The suggestion that had been hovering in his mind took und- den and definite shape. “All right!" he Al A II .I-hf' said in a lower voice. “All right: Stay as you are.” ' He crossed to where the empty tum- bler stood and hastily mixed the whis- key and water, then crossing to the mantelpiece where lay the small glass tube containing the tightly packed tabloids h‘e paused and' glanced once more toward the bed. “How many?” Chilcote lifted his head. His face was pitiably drawn. but the feverish bright- ness in his eyes had increased. “live." he said sharply. "Five. Do you hear. Loder?’ “Five?” Involuntanily Lode: lowered thehand thatheidthetuhe. nonpre- each tabloid and realised that five tab- loids. if not an absolutely dangerous was at least an excessive dose. "even for one accustomed to the drug. For a ‘ moment his resolution failed. Then the , dominant note of his natureâ€"the un- i conscious, fundamental egotlsm on ‘ which his character was basedâ€"assert- . ,,I_A g_ memwâ€" ------ ed itself beyond denial. It might be reprehensible, it might even be crimi- nal to accede to such a request made by a man in such a condition of body and mind; yet the laws or the universe demanded self assertionâ€"prompted ev- ery human mind to desire, to grasp and to hold. With a perception swirter than any he had experienced he realized the certain respite to be gained by yielding to his impulse. He looked at Chncote .with his haggard. anxious expression, his eager. restless eyes, and a vision of himself followed sharp upon his glance. A vision of the until-ins labor of the past ten days, oi! the slowly kindling ambition, of the supremacy all but gained. Then. as the picture completed ltself.henttedhishandwitnanah- rupt movement and dropped the five ’ lulu Gian w-"_-- __V_ 7 l 3 ‘aghg hurried forward the natunal CHAPTER XXV. AVING taken a definite step in i any direction. it was not in Loder’s nature to wish it re. traced. His face was set, but set with determination. when he closed the outer door or his own rooms and passed quietly down the stairs and out into the silent court. The thought or Chilcote, his pitlable condition, his sor- did environments, were things that reâ€" quired a firm will to drive into the background of the imagination. but‘ a whole inferno of such visions would not have daunted Loder on that mom- in: as. unobserved by any eyes, he left the little courtyard with its grass. its trees. its pavementâ€"ail so distasteruuy familiarâ€"and passed down the Strand toward life and action. , As he walked his steps increased in speed and vigor. Now, for the first time, he tally appreciated the great mental strain that he had undergone in the past ten days-the unnatural ten- ~_sion; the suppressed but perpetual ;‘sense of impending recall; the conse- quently high pressure at which work i and even existence had been'csrried on. - at _ -‘L-c-fi‘ h closed The moment for which he ind uncono [red him Iciomiy lived ever nince Chiicoca's first i eyelid! memorable proposition was within “Hand reach at int. antagonist! by his own We it to l won. -nlnb .- $33“ Grocvenor sqnm was long enough to dupe! an: excitement that h!- inter- viewhsdeandlons beforethe well known home came into View he salt minclcntly braced mentally and physically to tech Eve In the mornlng g _ 1â€"..Al-Au" hilt .he the e that had no nearly threat! end rain. with the mm or p that always shed him. action, no shadow of doubt. rose to trouble his mind. Bis feelings on the matter were quite simple. He had in- ty. One factor had arisen to dehar that opportunity. and he, claiminc the right of mm. had set the barrier aside. In the simplicity of the reaaonlng lay its powet to convince. and were a tonic needed to brace him for his task he was provided with one in the master- tui sense of a dimcnlty set at naught. ‘A__t.‘ -“A m“. For thaman ‘ E3 he open form‘s (lemme emu st the evening sitting. And Mm with ; that he retired to the study imme- : diately he hsd breektuted and settled ' to a final revision of his speech before ; an enriy party conference should com- | pel him to leave the house. But here ' again circumstances were destined to change his programme. Scarcely had he sorted his notes and drawn his chair ‘ to Chilcoie’s desk than Benwick enter- ,edtheroomwiththessmenir of im- iportsnthestethnthehsdshownons one occnsion. “A letter from Mr. Fraide. sir. But there's no answer.” he said, with uno usual brevity. - - - 0,“ AI.- (mudnmhlgh. anditwuupon the pivot of this incident that WI attackwutotnrn. t .umeleyvu fond of remarking, “In the scales of , I vs.._Il-hâ€"-n Jim 0! special and very vim nevi tram Muhedâ€"unofllcld, but none the (on you more explduy when we meat“ Yours mummy. 1 MEET ME. The letter. worded with Frulde‘u m , a! ng._made a atmnz lmogulonl “I. u»..vvâ€"â€"â€" -_ 7,, reeling on the deals. hia taco bet-ween his hands, stirred hy the education that here might he a greater opportu- nity than any he had anticipated. sun moved by this new suggestion, he attended the party conclave that Fraide had convened and afterward lunchad with and accompanied his leader to the home. They spoke very little as they drove to Westminster, for each was messed by his own thoughts. Only once did Fraide allude to the incident that was paramount ,in both their minds Then. turning to' Loder with a mile of encouragement. he laldhiadngersroraninatanton his arm. “Chllcote,” he had said, “when the time cornea. remember you have all my confidence." often wondered at the calmneaa with which he bore the nncertalnty. To lit apparently unmoved and wait without u 7; ‘14.. .hdnm {1qu "vans-”vâ€" __ (which he bore the uncertainty. To sit apparently unmoved and wait without emotion for news that might change the whole tenor of one's action would have tried the stoicisrn of the most experienced: to the novice it was well nigh unendurable. And it was under these conditions and fighting against these odds that he sat through the long afternoon in Chilcote’s place. obeying the dictates of his chief. But it the day was fraught with diniculties tor hin; it was fraught with dullness and disappointment for others, for the un- dercurrent of interest that had stirred at the Easter adjournment and risen with added force on this flrlt day of the new session was gradually but surely threatened with extinction an hour after hour passed brinm no ‘quxesflon of the battle that had on made no sign. was Frnldfl W the attack or was he playan a with: game? Again and gain the question arose, fillins the air with a pas-in: flicker of interest, but each time it ierwééu'iéed tm he had left the :then he tore the letter open. He Deu- Chllcota â€" Lake!” I-wEOâ€"fnfi ’touzht and con- obstacle reels mac ‘0 mun: {clan to nae. Lode. um rigidly m Chileope's .phce. ”W vaâ€" wâ€"-. . flan, acting nude} mdl nae-non. m nam- mu undead the pro- gramme at postponement. 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