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flewâ€"a Nero! Sink my self respect to the extent of martinis into 1031 tan:- nyr' she exclaimed contemptuous”- “Sever! 1 am going to WWW“ :withoutyouraid. Iamgoinztome my atherulhavetogoonmyknee' to every United States senator. I'll go :no, thank you! No, thank 370°!” 5 blunted by the vehemence of her massionate outburst. Shirley hurried mm the room. leaving Ryder W ;us.sm1ngath1“°n- allow-a vv ___ ___ , nevertheless; for, according to what Stott had said. the aerate was to-take a vote that very night. She looked at the tuneâ€"11 o’clock. She had told Mr. Ryder that the would leave his house at once, but on reflec- tion it was impossible for a girl alone to seek: mom atthat hour. Itvould he midnight before she could get her things packed. No, she would stay an- der this hated too! until morning and thentaketheflrsttzamqum:- .Lg_ vote might be delayed. in which ear she might yet succeed in winning over some or the senators. She began to gather her things together and was thus engaged when she heard a. knock at her door. “Who’s there?’ she called out “It’s I,” replied a familiar voice. Shirley went to the door and opening it found Jeflerson on the threshold. He made no attempt to enter. nor did ghe invite him in. He looked tired and careworn. “01' course, you’re not going to- night?” he asked anxiously. “My r:- lther did not mean tonight.” ( “‘_ALA girl You made a splendid fight." ; “It didn’t do much good." she replied ‘11: a dlsheertened, listless way. ‘fBut it set him thlnldng.” rejomd .Jeflerson. “No one eVer spoke to my {tamer like that before. It dld him . good. He’s still marching up and ,down the library, chewing the cud”â€" ‘ mg Shirley’s tired face and her eyes, wn'n mi black circles under- gneuth, hempped short. m 9193’; do any more nacldnz to- COPYMOHB you. I? Imomam,mrfl fl ' saunas»: counm. morning I'll come up one new you. Good night!" “Good night. Jed.” she smiled. He went do and utter dolns Meantime a soutsry figure remained 1n the library. plans to and to like I lost soul in purgatory. Mrs. Ryder had returned from the play and gone to bed, serenely oblivious of the drum: in real life that hsdheenfienscted It Sui-in; servants locked the house mgsvdthhlstenowman. Itmtfile thathardly adollar of his vast tarmac badbeenhonestlyearned. Itwasu'ne merelyâ€"@iheytearedmm. And Manageâ€"min tamer he hadpeae- and citizen he was! How much more worthy of a child‘s love and of the ca- teem of the world! cansedhimtosufler? Ithehadbbck- ed their game he had doneme what Mammhlsduty,commandedhimm -- '7‘A_ “Am-â€" do. srchv; iii-1'58 Shirley mow :tather. Ah,11hehadhadsuch«a unusum .. --°â€"' â€"" man,ironlytowinllischildfsl’esli'ect and affection. John Ryder 90M long and deeply. and the more he ruminated the monsatbemm grewuponhimtlumtthezil'lwuright edatniswamh. Itmlo'clock- Roberts hadtoldmmthat it wouldbe ana.“nightseasxonmultintawtfie tered Shirley’s room with ner m" (net, and she found its occupant “P and awed. thebedintheinnerroomwmcnaeem- ed scarcely disturbed. “No, Theresa, Iâ€"I couldn’t sleep.” Hasflly pouring out a cup of tea, she added: “I must catch that 9 o’clock train to Washington I didn’t finish packing until nearly 3.” “Can I do anything for you. inquired the mid. Shirley W85 3' popular with the servants as with the rest of the household. in half an hour?” Themaldwasabouttogowhenshe suddenly thought of something she had forgotten. She held out an en- velope which she had left lying on the “bu, miss, Mr. Jorkins said to give youthisandmsberwantedtoseeyou a‘s soon as you had finished your M' Shirley tore open the envelope and took out the contents. It was a. check. payable to her order for $5.000 and signed “JthBEIrkstEBYder.” - ,4 It was 7 o’clock" whegthe .~ .56 toan .thh rwmyonpieusehave‘acabhere “Gommmmtbo no up and WP 70" haven’t been , looking at which seem- her from his home, thought he could throw his gold at her and insolently send her her pay as one settles haughti- 1y with a servant discharged for im- pertinence. She would have none at his moneyâ€"the work she had done she would make him a pruent of. She re- placed the check in the envelope and passed it back to Theresa. . “Give this to Mr. Ryder and tell him . I cannot see him.” “But Mr. Ryder said"â€"- insisted the ' girl. ’ “Please deliver my message as I give it." commanded Shirley with authority. A “I cannot see Mr. Ryder." . . The maid withdrew but she had barelyclooedthedoorwhenitwas opened again and Mrs. Ryder rushed in without mocking. She was all nu- l teredwithexclmmentandinsndia hurrythatlhehadnot evenstopped i replied Shirley arm. “I know. dear, I new. I was thin!- inzotmyself. I‘vegrownsouaedto ”L ,_a n--. set. Mr. Ryder never went to bed at all last night. Jeflenon is golng away, tooâ€"forever. he threatens. It be hudn't come and woke me up to say goodby. I should never have known you Intend- ed to leave us. My boy's solosâ€"you’re coma-every one’u deoertlnx me!" Mrs. Ryder wu not accustomed to Incl: prolonged nights of oratory. and she sent: exhausted on n chalr. her shesdllenterhhedthehopethnther husband would seeltthntwu and thus prevent their son non leaving themuhouueatened. That's not your fault. my dear,” She replied. answering Shirley's 111183011- “You are yourself. that's the mun thing. You mustn't mind what Mr. Ryder any; Business and worry makehImlrrmblenttimeS- 11700 mustgo.oteomeyoumast;yonm tbebestjudge of thatbntJeflex-son mum germ baton you leave.” ShekissedShlflqmmotbeflytuhm already told him. My tether comes first. -I have still a duty to perform.” "that's right. deer." answered Mn Ryder. “You’re a good. noble girl, end Iedmireyonanthemoretorit. I’ll let Jeiteraon be his an advocate. You’ll see him for my sake!" , She gave Shirley gnome: median- ateembneeandlettthemomyhile the girl proceeded with her and prep- arations for departure. Plenum them wasaquick. heevystepinthecorriâ€" dor outside and Jeflerson appeared in the doorway. He stood there waiting for her to invite him in. She looked upmdgreetedhimcordielly,yetit sunny Into the mom. “Mother said she had put em “The victims of human injustice u. ways cuter where their loved ones aretortured. Whynreflnnzluthey listlessly out at the window. looking for the cab that was to carry her away from this house or disappoint- ment. He pleaded with her: “I have tried honorably and tailed. You have tried honorably and failed. Isn’t the sting of impotent tuilum enough to meet without striving against a hopeless love?” He ap- proached her and said softly: “I love you, Shirleyâ€"don’t drive me to des- peration. Must I be punished because you have tailed? It’s unfair. The sins of the fathers should not he visit.- “ upon the children” ‘ ' A ll -AIJ “But they areâ€"it's th Shirley, with mutation. “The law? he echoed. ad Shiney thn uuwunq. A Mr. Ryder." - . withdrew but she had ‘ the debt when It was and Mn. Ryder rushed mung. She was all nu:- I rum: and in such 1 as 1nd. not even stopped fi lg man strode nervously up the room. while she gazed at of the window. looking .5. that m to carry her “man's law, not ’God’l. “I believed in the power soften your father's heart.‘ that with God's help I ”‘1" to see the truth. I believed “that's when our pride ought to be.” retorted Jefferson savagely. He tel: In the humor to say mytmng. no mm .what the consequences. 1 “Somehurernsed mama}? “www.mmsm “Yes,” rejoined Jedenon. with grow-j in: irritation. “She object! to my tunfly. I don’t blune her." mamdermuedgrlmlyuheu- meted: - “Your tamnyingenenlâ€"mempar- when? Igleenedthntmnchwhen ended: “A. curious girl with an invert- ed point or view; see: everything dif- terenttootbera. Iwanttoseeherbe toteshegoes.” He walked overtothedoorandnls- edhuhandnslthewere aboutto knock. Thenhe stopped ulthe had changedmlmlnd.and,turn1nxtowurd hissomhodemanded: Aâ€"A _‘- I.-. :75 and. mm-v"â€" «Doyoumea;iosaymtmm done with you?" “Yes." meted Jena-son bitterly. m. “Yesnbewulnotnstentomowm bel'tnthel'lastill in peril.” There wu an “Pm 09 W amusement. halt admiration. on the financier'staeeuheazflnmw' mrdthedoor. _.- - ,c-L- _â€"b mfieâ€"knoeked boldly at the door. “Who's then?” cried Shirley tron within. “It is Iâ€"Mr. Ryder. I wish to speak to you.” “I mnstbecyontoechseme," came the answer. “I cannot see you.” Jeflerson interfered. “Why do you want to add to the girl’s misery? Don't you think she has suffered enough?" “Do you know what she has done?” said Ryder, with pretended indigna- flou- “Sho has lnsulted me grossly. 1 never was so humiliated In my me. She has returned the check I sent her last night In payment for her work on my biography. I mean to make her take that money. It'l hers. She needs it. Her awe a best“ 35° 1“" takeitback. ,It’sonlynamunxher M“A~ln‘ '1‘- mo‘ m my ”a, m I take it back. .11 contenipt for me won’t permit IL"_ “Idén'ttmnk her that money was” your taco or 411 ‘1 uu lulu“; ‘9ku “It’s like her, just like her.” he mut- “nu useless to ‘Andsosbo 'â€"rorever!" it?" asked 3349’ at“, gijtznfiw my CW flon to no he: and W" 3‘1“” mm the topic. he and. W do you leave u?" .n ,A I- Y Ann» w ’Vu Mvv â€"- “Nowâ€"ct onceâ€"that ts, Iâ€"don‘t know," answered Jefferson. emba- tassed. “The tact 1: my faculties m numbed. I seem to have lost my powâ€" er of thinking. Father," he exclaimed. “you see what a wreck you have maid of our lives!" - ..,. sa.‘ father testfly. “u it your own new in desiring to possess that girl‘ ’Wun't the malnsprmg o: :11 your no: final." Waving his son out of. the u A -IA-A 1 all make her listen mfg”!!! __ I. ‘A‘ -Jev-Ee;aonluredathunfl1auunc tandhowereoutothhmind. “Whatdoyou mean? Anym"â€" b0 ejaculated. 7 , - 9' “.m-nn‘- “Go-g0;leevehertome,"eommuu-1 edthonmder. “sum the dootwhen‘ you go out. and she'll think we’ve bod: gone. Then come up unln presently." The mm succeeded edmlnbly. glimpse of the cab sanding It the curb. She stated on seeing Ryder standing there motlonleu. and she would have retreated had he not later- cepted her. “I wlsh to speak to you. Missâ€"Rose- more." hebenn. “l have nothlnz to any," answered Shirley trlxldfy. “Why dld you do am?" he asked. holding out the check. “Bean-e I do not want your money." O‘“ . .â€"â€"- _--‘ you to help my tuber: Tfie work 1 did was put of the plan. It happened to ullmywny. Itookltugmeunto will be useful." “No." she and scornfully. “I can‘t unmhowlowlsbonldulllnmy own estimation it I took your money. nosey.” she added. with ringing con- tempt. “why, mr- :11 there a to you! It'syonrgod! Shall Innkeyourgod In! and? No. thank you. Ur. Ryder!” “AmluhnduthatT'houked she noticed that he winced. “lone: itself is nothing.” replied the girl. “It's the spirit that gives it. the spirit that receives it. the spirit that earns it, the spirit that spends it. Honey helps to create happiness. It also creates misery. It's an engine 0! desu'ucflon when not properly used. It “Go on," he laughed bitterly. '1 the to hear you." “No, you don't. Mr. Ryder: no you don’t. for deep down in your heart you know that I am speeklng the truth. Money and the power it gives you has drled up the wellsprlngs of your heat." He ultected to be highly amused at her words. but behind the mask or eul- lous ludlflerence the men snflered. Ber word! tented hlm u with a redhot iron. She went on: “In the barbaric uses they fought {a on. but they fought openly. The feudal herons fought for what theyotble. hutltwuatalrflzht. They dldn'tstrikelnthedurk. Atleastthey guveumanuchuncetorhllllfe. But when you modern barons ot lndustry don’t like legislation you deem lt, when you don't llke your judge- you remove them. when a competitor out- hldl you you uqueeu him out of com- menclnl exlstence! You have no heel-u. you are machines. and you ere cow- urds. for you tight unfulrly." -AW,,â€"L__ . I. replied. with Mutant. “It was you”. You earned it." be “It as true.” she Insuted hotly. “A few hours ngo ln cold blood you doom- edmytntbertowhatucertundeath because you dedded It we. a political necessity. In other words. be inter- fered with your person] interests- your financial lnteratoâ€"yon, with so many mllllom you can't count them!" Boot-am”! tho ndded: “Come out into the Bahtâ€"1km in the ooen! At least To ho continued. MMudnflflum ullthemhluhdv dcnt m. wloul salt): nth-o! mm M 8 main. 1cm Dm pm we aflng.Pann .210 SM be. their mm: Wm “WM chant-wins mafir'aimh Liver an equally ‘ «nun; this ”new?“ one mmudwnd uliegulLutbebo ”41:22:97”! :I-t' Hfifié; It is not true," he pm- my: 9.22de he umwtpdoe‘m tom-Lo utter tux: tux-Wag .‘cmpldnt: banana. My their mace. nomad hm than my, mfiuflndthiw little EDI VII.- inzm, ‘1: 1 nutthcy will a the!!!- who all. hub “that BUE.’t£Il-llfluu mi I contaminate cm '1" He spoke uxwy. but ape-11mg the truth. wet it gives you has wings of your heat." 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