Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1928, Page 20

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. AUGUST 20, 1928 Capsrisht by E. P ine Oppenheim "lllIlfllH“Hllu"llllmllI|IlIIIHHIINIIl|Il|l|Il||HIII|l|‘I)|I1|III’IIHIllINl|I"l!|llllIlIlll!llllflllllm!mlflllll Martin Raraas. traveling salesm o admire A eurious AT et “oecomes act: family drama believing he has only a few day Teseat the dnsed Younk man i eheh, Tonce of his a Ihwer IonpeErace nephew up o B SRutation. for. eme org Ard had pledsed himself present to the frst_person whose foot Rarnes, “the Porty disinherited teps pass Pate Wavh his old lite a e Hannin o avory ge ¥ ot wicter Porle. A gust ting d from Yesterday's Star) INSTALLMENT XVT1 Out of the Past. ORD ARDRINGTON wasted v le time after the port piaced upon the table d his but he did no connoisseur’s tha to unburden he besa d myself I cannot t I was a penniless spendthri 2 1 came into contact with al sense as I ¢ <t in adversity paused and. satis made a start. drank ass{ of po His critical appreciatior however, had departed. He seemed (0 drink mechanically and without in- terest We three were living together in s shack amongst the hills about 60 miles inland from San Paulo.” he con- tinued. “We were living on the site of & deserted mine which we had ac- quired in one of the gambling hau of the city. The mine was utterly 0! but we used it as a base for swindling operations. We had just returned from San Paulo, where had made a fairly good haul from some Americans. We wWere supposed to share equally in_ all profits. By the merest chance I discovered that 1 like th oss the table, his chin resting upon his hands hanging ~downward, st touching the ground. Solomon nt had slipped from his chair and lying at full length on the coco-| matting. T approached them ol oc with my gun in my hand, but need not have troubled. They were | logs. 1 emptied their pockets. I} ped muyself to every penny of the| v which should have been hand- o me and every penny of 1 took their guns from | s in case of accidents and them away. I left them there men and. with practically | n the back of my car every doliar_in my pocket, I start- rew i off for San Paule.” “Mar y 2 hall n moved uneasily in hix chair as quite incapable of speech, en- ralled by his companion's simplv n words, which seemed to bring he whole scene before his eyes. was more than 60 miles to San and the road was nothing but track evertheless, I reached 1 bought clean elothes and ec and shaved. and stepped ross the bhorder line into civ- There was no need for me tting away. The nearest ouse to our shack was more s distant. There wasn't as a car to be hought | n those days. and been neither Porle nor nt had a dollar of money re one with or to even procurt I reckoned 1 had two days As it happened, it was lucky T for., after all, I ran the thing clos went and booked my age on a fruit steamship sailing. ! assured me, within 24 hours, and I went to see the woman who kept me human. whom I pitied t any one else in the world. | mother. Victor Porle's wife.™ o exclamation escaped at last Mortin's lips. His host's face rner. Martin waited Iar attempt to glorify onceal ith about Lauriia’ he! e drified into San_ Paulo an opera company from Buenos stayed there and danced every at the place we called the half gambling hell, half danc- ha She was pretty. What might e saved her proved her ruin. Vie tor Porle married her soon after her I had been cheated by those two men. &N that they had pocketed at least £300 more than they had told me of without giving me my share. 1 brood- v uncertain how ew perfeetly well what Later that night They had proposed excursion up to the mine with It le idea of ending our partner- ship—ending it. that is to say, in the usual and logical manner. I was the superfiuous person. All my influence austed and my monev gon¢ heir intention to pick-a quar rel with me and throw me over the mine shaft with a bullet through my head Lord Ardrington paused. finished his wine deliberately. waited untii his guest had done the same. and then refilling the glasses. Martin was spell- bound. There was something curious- Iy dramatic about the thin, clear voice of his host, deliberately delving inio s terrible past in surroundings so €@ete and magnificent. The oil pail inzs upon the walls, the beauiiful panelinz, the suits of priceless armor, the stately of the room, with its oriel windows: the silver and giass upon the table—the whole en- onment seemed to lend a strange and indescribable piquancy to this amazing recital “I went out for an hour with my gun that evening” Lord Ardringtcn continued—“an excuse to get away and think. It was s dreary stretch of country a mud heap on the first ranz> of hills leading to the mou tainz. 1 shot a few quail out. It was either mv my wits against theirs s perfectly prepared to kili them if needs be. unless I could think easier way. pon a sort of plan. When I way back to the bungalow I thought it out in every detail Another pause. Lord = Ardrington seemed 1o be gazing out of the win- éow toward the park. but his eyes were set and Martin knew very #t was another sceme upon which h looked. “We had a clumsy old American ear,” he proceeded. “in which we made y backward and forward 1o Before 1 returned I went he shed where we kept it doc- it up a» well as I eouid and fresh tire. When I made rous o the front my tv partners were playing cards on veranda. They did not even look up &t my coming. end when I entereq )t room I found that the shed their supper and left me was my way ezt and. watching i1 1 emptied the fask of bromide I had bou; t chemists at San Paulo the day the brandy bottle I ne it when Solomon Gr Where's the brandy? demanded. ‘Where you left it pose’ I answered coolly enough know 1 don't touch it. It's the whiscy 1 want 1 filed mysell a glass water and began 1o drink 00k the brandy out d 1 could hear the cards g n the table v 1 aw that re every barrel and loose Then I lit my pipe s them. ‘What about iggested. The mone f much account o pose they thought 0 get from m proceeded extremes amused me 1 whichh they mar pretended not cheated notice. mpt Py time I was drinkir ey themselve re U they co caree th me. Once 1 flavor about t orle declared, sme ht Graunt ‘Best 1 ever Graunt saved my st have frritated him afi- jze that 1 could drowsier and drow most of table, and vou fellows 1 muttered. 1 was their intention (o ed the matter there, on the | eould see Porle's gur f bis jacket pocket, ¥ A get ot it quickly. They were though, that they even encwered me. I sirolied | snd mede » few preparations | 1 came back 1 went round '”'l with my revolver ‘n Porle was Jying yiated had Vieter val, tired of her in a month or d forced her to go back to her She lived in rooms over the she tried den of such a husband to jesr | at respectability, she o it. She was the most c figure I have ever met with life. She was beautiful—more il than Laurita ever will be— d she was naturally and instinctive- good. but there she was like a ul butterfly in a collector's The management of the paid her fees upon which no n the world could have lived, of all in San Paulo, and when she appealed to her husband he an- erad e beginning of our quarrel, her with fiendish cruelty. 1 2 for protection—his brutal an- | I shall not repeat his words. 1. T am an old, tired man, but | ny arm nerved for murder when of them. Those words were I threw him out into the him out into the street, and she suf- Agzain the silence. Th® man whose quiet words secemed to have filled the | whole atmosphere with drams, ros to dows hiz feet and threw open the win- | leading onto the terrace. Al- | ways afterward when he thought of that evening faint perfume their last glory wafte [} H 5 'd in through the | the Lord Ardrington came back to teble his upen the high back of his chair. story. Martin.” Laurite’s mother and | o T told her the | loul suddenly feit an overwhelming desire | Martin remembered the | of those hvacinths in | , Mingling with the scent of | hothotise " roses upon the table. | the | but he did not at once resume | seat. He stood there, his hands ‘I am coming to the end of my| he said. “I went to| fruth. I was as sick of my life es she wes sick of hers, T| 10 do one good action—whatever it cost me and then | 10 upon & rock and reasoncd = Foi In the end 1 de- Of aft g took ship she made me swear that I would guard La ra do and onl; T asked her to come with and bring the child. I offered | take them both back to England | T very sl T knew that my rela- d provide me with a mear a living. I promised h ance for the | been a word between us. That came rd, and it came out of her deep | ide, for I kept my promise. They t San Paulo with me, and before 1| and I learned that | mine, and an income emed to me in those days Laurita’s mother lived for mostly in the south of here 1 bought a villa. She happy to the end, but n Paulo had undermined ution. With her last breath | lovemak erward rits. Bhe knew Vietor Porle—wr new . him , ¥ou_ heard nothing from | of these two men until now 5 surprised to find_ his | ngue dry. G | them on the quay at San we left. In & way our de- | ture was dramatic. They tramped 1 and reached the quay—a ghastly st as we steamed off. After- iere came one letter from him one. The memory of that ’n the only cloud | ter and its th on poor Laur volu suppose,” Martin ventured he has come here really to take away? hat and no other purpese He come to keep his oath—the most rible one men ever made. I was married to Laurita's | wrote time after tim anything in the world There was no reply rs. The last time there | sentence. ‘It would in- | intentions.’ he do? wish.” Lord Ard- | a sudden flash of vere back again the laws are laxer ind 1 eould answer that our two selves, Unforty re in England. The fact cver married to her mothey #nt them hoth away from San claim in law ur He has come - to take those echo Iast words in Martin's not untt] h across toward him and voice 10 a terrible whi L he realized their significance osth was to take her back to o-his own child-—and make her mother was.” Continued_in_Tomorrow's Star.) HayFeverTortures Banished Instantly No need to suffer from hay fever this seasont Ercolin le pasitizely nteed to give INSTANT IiF - or ecosts you nething Helieves sneezing, runny ey d s sore eyes, hes ;"h“" 7 the moment you spply It Ju try it All goud drug steres. 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