The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 15, 1899, Page 28

o3 3 THE SUNDAY CALL 'd depths and set men had any grounds for all that appearance of qwning Colemen and the However, he stirred several ""g’{er"&b:gofi :Enrmufoxy. orses on a gallop rest of it." running here and there wildly an its h “Of course she dldn’t,” asserted Mrs. Wainwright. “The viclous thing!” At fitteen minutes to 8 o'clock & c‘}fi‘;{,’f’,,,wéfi.}é hotel, where it halte: ’ 3 to the 0 oan. man man’ : lass in the dining room. g ted ‘only by the leisurely tinkle of silver and gl mé'e%“t‘x’.fi gx?v;le";sor. L e Gl Cole el i ;‘:r uo;lngment the dragoman seemed really astounded out of speech. Then “Not at alll Not at alll” she hastily answered. s . g 1 look for model men these days.” oot one oo ““Who told you he made fifteen thousand a year?” asked the professor. “It was Peter Tounley this morning. We were tainieg thot g e . — B 51 h@n Cfam@ breakfast, and he remarked that If he could maks fiftacn thosesad & Seor B s . ' y epn ° . like Coleman he'd—T've forgotten what—some fasaiiy Sine s ? et : “T doubt If it {s true,” muttered the old man. wasgiee Eis head, 28 e or—there is some other reason.™ +'Of course it's true,” said his wife emphatically. ‘Peter Touniey says i ; 2705 g At his gepurture Nora turned and called into an adfolning room. everybody knows it.”” / % > £ ide!” The voice of her companion and friend answered her peevishly. wWell ® anvhow * money fi not everything.” ¢ Den't bother me. I'm reading.” But 1t's a grea* deal, you know well énough. You know you are als . luncheon is ready, 8o you will have to stir your pre- onded Ncra. “You're lazy.’” 7 ¥ t any luncheon. Don’'t bother me. T've got a headache.” 5 i , if you don’t come out you'll miss the news. That's all I've got R R “You are a damned bleatir befors Mr. Gordne: rustle in the adjoining room and immediately the com- ¥ % $ R g ing much annoved but curious. “Well, what is 1t7"~ S / ? > e : engaged to be married to that Walnwright girl : me son,” sald hotel in a g ejaculated the little old lady. “Well, T declare AR : Sl of She med and then continued in a tone of satisfactio, : 3 Frilae 3T ; : T told 3 you couldn't stop that man Coleman if he had really mads z : 3 : L s E '1‘ Nora, pleasantly. d lady. 3 Don’t talk to me about it. I want to think of startled. Can’t you understand? I mean the Prince.” 5 X juoted the old lady under her breath. i cried Nora, belligerently. * ‘Marco, Do you object 3 tter with you, al v other, noddifig her head wisely, “he may be a ard that these continental titles are no good in itles,” u so, eh?” demanded Nora, noislly. She herselt cn. “Tre English!” little Marquis who tagged after you in London is g ; i [ 1 13 § ¥ E | 1 e plunged into the ma efvable that Monsieur ] Coleman was true. But the car- § The 1r ked for what hour had been pi rac Three o'clock! ] x at the N ould appear at 3. - sieur Coleman. The d lutched both hi cast a look of agony to the c Great God! herculean task of getti 1 AT Shpondent 0y hotel in - a_driv tc D ’\ Mfl‘gp‘}r?‘ tly had J;‘:f ":_’;‘Z‘emsr;“’i‘; humanity , it was unendurable! He begged the manager; S dios e o i word the manager seemed to grow more indifferent, mora ello, ed with a wooden finger at the clock’s face. In reality - ek mects c antomime, olled together out of ; e, upon the correspond Tigh from his cigar. “Don’t be tna hurry. 1 The man was in de- spair. : ; 4 The departure of the W and Coleman on this ordinary drive e c 3 youcpme “X‘l;l:’f;;; & was of a somewh No one seemed to know : i how to prevent - e, e - o i out en masse for a reason which v the time or g aid Pe n the bed. ‘But—is dragoman. And, rather iIn the background, lurked the inte The professor was surprised and ne Cole: as rigld and angry. g ; Marjory was flushed t hurried, and Mrs. Wainwright was as - S AR P s e proud as an old turke: . c ing any remarks lately. Been talking to As the carriase Feter Tounley turned to his companiong e A e 2 and said: 3 That is the officlal announcement! Did : ! ! S s fpkaun s Sy ot Mariory, vou see Old Mother W Oh , wasn't she puffed up! Say, 4 ShAN nhd’l( & hr = flLr_y y{m sur 1 these jay 1k!ng: llul.poys poured out to rep) R hanAN ORI he kerb for? Go back to ses, my good people—" et g fed 1 $ hand. “Only—I thought it As soon as the carria d into another street its occupants ex- 3 s Hepns e iliasti changed easier smiles, and they must have confessed in some subtle way A W iready, do they? Well—damn of glances that now at last they were Upon their own mission, a mission Lt e undefined but carnest to them all. Coleman had a glad feeling of being ’ e T e let into the family, or becoming one of them. v s e i .. The professor looked sideways at him and smiled gently. “You know, ,, . iy i L I thought of driving you to some ruins, but Marjory would not have iy, : Vel e e She flatly obiccted, (0 any more ruins. So I thought we would drive down o New & rum. . Coleman nodded and smiled as if he were immensely pleased, but of e e S e R, course New Phalerum was to him no more nor less than Vladivostok or It w ' 9 ¢ % Khartoum. Neither place nor distance had interest for him. They swept Sah along a shaded avenue where the dust lay thick on the leaves; they passed L X cafes where crowds were angrily shouting over the news in the little pa- P_, - pers: they passed a hospital before which wounded men, white with e bandages, were taking the sun; then soon to the arld valley flanked £ S o 3 by gaunt, naked mountains, which hem to the sea. Sometimes le Sl to accentuate the dr f there would be a patch of grass upon which pop; burne mson spots. The dust writhed out : from under th i distance the sea appeared, g 3 arren land. It would be common 1 : et ious to all about him but Marjory. On the g ( lay I wonder hov the parched land. the isolated flame of poppies. the cool air from 1 I r and a waiter left a n e 1 were keenly known to hi y power of blending svmpatt professor talked a great al. A Coleman perceived t r At New Phale: carriage and strolled by the se wolves amid the honeycomb roc nd they had developed an extraor- into his mood. Meanwhile the hat exhilarating detall was beaming upon him. le square villas—they left the waves were snarling together like and from where the blue plain sprang >, drive this riously. “You'll 1086 ‘your level to the hnlriznn came a strong cold lwrovzu‘réh}‘fl kilnd of a breeze which o < i moves an exulting man or a person to take off his hat and let his 1 S hitiin S ol TR e In a Secluded Cove Marjory and Coleman Sat in Silence. Fitter and i back from nis brow. S ocks . . . . . . much bigger man In every way, I'll bet, than this little Prince of yours.” w: The professor and Mrs. alnwright were left to themselves. s speaki erty as /il, o ltant, laboration v L e asnndioui e A oulal Marjory and Coleman did not speak for a time. It might have been 1'it. Why, he was only one of the of many lesser evils. Wi ted in the Fadlansted “But—good heavens—he didn’t m corridor Cok His entrancs was somewhat presigl. Tegular rounders. But Marco, he Is serious! He means it. He'd go “But." bezan the protessor meekly, “when I say that £rr51§?era~;u o e U )'L"O*:;Tig‘flf"?}‘?‘f‘r?ffif““‘"g At last Marjory s entra as somewhat precipi- i = & e Ao oney is money and poverty is v g el 5 Pty 5 ool S nce. for he reflected that he was not through fire and water for me and be glad of the chance. ; S e Yieihouent Oh, TI've told the dragoman to on : have him sold as S0on as he arrives” 3 »proclaimed the old lady, “If you are not the strangest woman ‘“You don't ha ) ; o8, amkward fashion on the 1o gt Sty P e Iady, et “I do not say that Coleman has not a very nice thing of It, but I must Sald Coleman absently, i Pl . .S “Oh, 'm sorry * % I liked that horse.” > L Wi {a y ? ded N lously. edy it is hard to think of his getting any such sum as you mention. oL Bima plump hand. :*Well, VISt aid JoW thRL 7: demanded Note,jeuspiciously “Isr't o known as & most brilliant journalist in New York?® she de- LWB¥?" 7 Spe took & chair, and the .pochi*¥ nterrupted the graceful Nora. “I tell you what, Maude; manded harshly. 3 p g anars ! - “Well, he was a fine—" Then he, too, Interrupted himself, for he ; rou'd be ¢ to think as liitle as . It will suit your style of -yes, as long as it lasts, but then one never knows when he will be r : saw . s if he could have more than hajt YOUd better try to think as liitle as possible. pour s 2 “whion plainly that they had not come to this place to talk about a hore, i it v t m: rs. Imyself am tak- out In theistreet penniless. Of course he has no particular abflity whic -t M o b yomR Ly, lhr:)gl:)lglr?se:::flr'lo“&?x:l\(bgfotl?élrh.dulnl'ts e ofmy afalin g would be marketable if he suddenly lost his present employment. Of Rhiereat he made speech of matters which af least a1a ot afford as many t s news . ROt g Q. IL8 e e s cy as would the horse. “Marjory, it can’ T have 1 : R R e course it 1s not as if he was a really talented young man. He might not OPportunities for coherency as would riory, it can't ba Dear foar NLE{E after that horrible . twainwright, with no spirit of Intention whatever, had set about be able to make his way at all in any new direction. true” 3¢ < Ts it true, deatest? ¢ *,T can hardly bellevs 1t.” £ York and Paris. T am at Lome there. But here; Ieadjusting her opirions. It is certain that she was LIconSlOus of BnY tior optkmow ahout tint sald Mue W elwright tn reflective protesta sl by vl Tmiof nearly gobd enough for you” n o t i ev A0 one had said to her that she was surrenderin m, 3 3 e 5 +On, v B And'that Journey. into thewilds! SVOINAOIL - T8 SOR0 000 T o alilatoly O mep sudsd and womld have o1 thought you said a moment ago—" "The professor spoke with sn ;G000 enoush forme, deart! L S 56 we'll all be glad to get home.” sald Coke, aimlessly opposed forever all suggestions of a match between Marjory and Cole- alr of puzzled hesitancy. °I thought vou sald 'a moment ago that he . “They all told me so. and they were right! ¥, even the American Oment a waiter entered the Toom and hegan in les Vhe table Man. On the other hand, if some one had gald fo her that her daughter wouldn't succeed in anything but journalism? il . Everybody s it. ‘Why, aren't they wreiches! To think of them saving such s thingt * she answered musingly, “if I did say that, I didn’t mean it AS 1f-as if anybody could be too—" = e Siad, 4 “Do you know—" 'She paused and looked at him with a certatn e R ot espite the necesslty 10T chaliengs. T dom't know why I feel it, but—sometimés T focy that Tva e R Oy TS e T ris il S oot ent "Wung 4t rogt: man,angiic even might do wllSinein s - S elhold \p Hosihneees +<And 171 thought vou. sona ever belfeve ft1 going to marry a human serpent and that there were people in Mrs. Wainwright swam over the situation with a flne tranquillity, open the door to the corridor, and he had the Vell-] side the doc s ; sens who would be glad to explain his treacherous character she would italde tho Woor, ' His excuibions:fottheytrays® Jithous Who OB § the tale-bearing and would have gone) with more L DR M e '_rk pose, “l'r}s concerned, the fessor's way of thinking. In fact, she was in process of , I suppose not,” spoke the pro i FORSTEA Sy ey o ASeRIsRAatu Tl to 1f, and the work could have been retarded or advanced cauxm he could nn!lkeofi out n'rm ¥ ros e w i . r,v.’” h ~ “Does v "o =, gossipy tongue. ¥ course,” continued the wife, 6 xase he whispeosis hustily. “Does this Watlle yihaerstand aong- . £eom thia A Apthis oL his experients with her; arranged a ‘as R Brilllanl macs aivery Bl course of conduct. “If T just leave her to herself she will come around all politics or something of that sort.” 2 ke C A - A = = X 5 “Is at a,man’s ad when her father carries h h el you—t " out if 1 go ‘striking while the iron is hot,’ or any of those things, 1 have a very poor opinion of that kind of a mind which does well in Is a girl flung at a.man’s head fath S her thousands tell you—tmportant. R soohis American politics,” eaid the professor, speaking as & collegian, “but I sup- ©f miles away and the man follows her all these miles. and at last— “Marfory Wal ieh As they were making ready to go down to luncheon Mrs. Wainwright pose there may be something in it.” Her eyes were shining. ‘“‘And you really came to Greece—on purpose Harlory Walnwright and Coleman ;e 5 speech which first indicated a changing mind. “Well, wl “Well, at any rate,” decided Mrs, Wainwright. “At any rate—" tosto Bhew 16 all the tims! Gontes ¢ ent Nora Black burst int ) 3 be. will be,” she murmured with a prolonged sigh of resignation. At that moment Marjory, attired for luncheon and the drive, entered e coimarau krion IE ol comedmiet > And o this 18 vour tragie story s Of slivery (i"be, will be. Girls are very headstrong in these days, and there is from her room, and Mrs. Wainwright checked the expression of her im- O S RS s eI e e ought you did, and a$ i vou expect? That T would faintss POOT innocent [oih e much to be done with them. They go their own roads. It wasn't portant conclusion. Neither father nor mother had ever seen her so glow- Other times T thought you—didn't.” =~ 3 g T Aprtoly ‘murmured Coke In contasi s girlhood. We were obliged to pay attention to our mothers’ ing with trlumphant beauty, a beauty which would carry the mind of a Ba! e whioh <5 ia ¥ S ! urn d Coke in confusion. L spectator far above physical appreciation into that realm of poetry where In a secluded cove, in which the seamaids once had played, no doubt, Y b 1 But how do you know? Are you Anyhow, & to luncheon. Do—like a good boy. “I did not notice that you paid much attention to your mother’s wishes creatures of light move and are beautiful because they cannot know pain Marjory and Coleman sat in silence. He was below her, and if he looked when you married me,” remarked the professor. “In fact, I thought—" or a burden. It carried tears to the old father’s eyes, "He took her hands. &t her he had to turn his glance obliquely upward. She was star ng c 5 “That was another thing.” retorted Mrs. Wainwright with severity. “Don’t be too happy, my child; don’t be too happy.” he admonished her the sea with woman's mystic gaze, a gaze which men at once reverones o to studied her 1n some wWoBder. *T Cwyou were & Bieany young inan Who had taken the BIENGet honors oll . Eremilondly - “It maites Mo HrrAle T e EY B and fear since it seems to look intd the deep, simple heart of nature. ang O T Wl ot ORI through your college course, and my mother's sole objection was that we CHAPTER XXXI ' S0 Bee g dedl thet Dol Ol Nisdows ate fetnedy id you? 1, y m not. And now tell me all IR Hasty. She thought we ought to wait until you had a penny (o 2 strange spirits, as wayward as nature and as pure as nature, ! nothing to tell but the plain fact. S bless yourself with, and I can see now where she was quite right.” It seems strange that the one who was the most hilarlous over the en. play of waves, sometimes as unalterable as the mountain amfd the winds: > Ministe rooms g little ‘Y‘T“ act. Some of the boys ““Well, you married me, anyhow,” said the professor victoriously. gagement of Marjory and Coleman should be Coleman’s dragoman, who and to measure them, man must perlfirce uUse a mathematical formula, 2 e le ago and he told them of Mrs. Wainwright allowed her’ husband's retort to pass over her was indeed in a State bordering on transport. It is not known how he S % 5 , : x by . 0 pa Sl e oW thoughtful mood. “They say ® ¢ they say Rufus Coleman makes as learned the glad tidings, but it is certain that he learned them before He wished that she would lay her hand upon his hair. He would ba am'su L tell yon G s fifteen thousand dollars a year. That's more than three times luncheon. He told all the visible employes of the hotel and allowed them happy ‘then. If she would only, of her own will, touch his hal . } Eoleman 1o always Kangg up theres” | SUPPOse. He likes Cole- Tithi%,me Y S dont know.. & & It all depends ‘on whether they try to know. that the botrothal Foally Bad been hin handimork. - o tac e Wifs hier AREere_IE she Woud 4o 1t With an unisniouchl his TR Y Derhaps Coleman was lying,” sald Nos n to save or not. His manner of life i, no doubt, very luxurious. I don't ranged it. He did not make quite clear how he had performed this feat, even better. It would show him that she was thinking of him, epea his « Drightened and she spoke With animarioms 5n, TPEn suddenly 0 Ul fe 'Knows how to economize at all, That kind of & man usually but at last he was perfectly frank in acknowledging 1o she_did not know she was thinking of him. e my little Greek officer. has turned out: 1o s o Lhavent told GoEEHR" "Xnd’ then, In the newspaper world positions are so very pre. ‘When some of the students came down to luncheon they saw him, but Perhaps he dared lay his head softly against her knee. DI he dars? X Do you know, he belongs to one of the besi focli It 18 carlous. Men may have valuable positions one minute and be pennfiess could not decide what ailed him. He was in the main coreidor of Toc S e LR [t aarai 3 He does. And they're rich—rich as can be. My eenrielec® I in the street the next minute. It 18n’t as it he had any real income, and hotel, grinning from ear to ear, and when he percelved the students ho As his head touched her knee, she did not move. She seemed to ba e marble palace where they live is enough 1o miad Curier tells me o course he has no real abiiity. If he was suddenly thrown out of his made signs to intimate that th possessed In common a joyous secret, Stili gazing at the sea. Presently idly caressing fingers plaveq 1 tie had R et wtas bUE DE Biyie-orisometuing hers | Grenen: and that ‘pogition, goodness knows what would become of him.” Still * ¢ stiil ¢ ‘What's the matter with that ldlot?” asked Coke morosely. “Looks s if near the forehead. He looked up suddenly lifting Hic arms. He breathed S baid ne Prince! Think of that! The cotrier diaas fea=], Hitle Hfteen thousand dollars & year 18 a big income * * while it lasts. I sup. his wheels wers going around too fast.” ; gut a cry which was laden with a kind of diffident feroelty. I havemt officer ,\n\:mhgm o R T P mehmven L3 gow t until poge he i very extravagant. That kind of a man usually is. nd 1 Peter Tounley walked close to him and scanned him imperturbably, kissed you yet— X e B0t T 0t the oldest, moblest and richest families in trens, C4Fd: 0f TGulan't be surprised if he was heavily in debt: very heavily in debt. Stiil but with care. ~What's up, Phidias?’ The man made ne articulate reply. THE END. There T thought he was only & bothersome little offiaer swho Lol ¢ * 1f Marjory has set her heart thers is nothing to be done, I supposs. He continued to srin and gesture, “Pain In 0o tummy?. Mother Honds ! Th rm . “ng there Mo turs oyt to be o Prince Icer 'lv 9.88ms 1t wouldn't have happened if you had been as wise as you thought you Caught the cholera?- Found out that you've swallowed a pair of ham- B e RhIng HEht off fo AnA Nibs end Sreorleoondardly 3 TNt S bosa he thinks'T have been very Tude to Him: Well. some. sersd hiass aadivons In@onr beer! Hag. whe sreioyed & pai, But he s T freatedshim. 1t was awfull And,” added the Tatr Ncod® 19T times I wasn’t nearly so rude as I felt like being. Feeling as I did, T could could not shake this invihicible glee, So He went away. en. asa 7”5 s s‘EQF ~Goes meet me fn Paris T'll make him wear that titie 4Pl hardly be very amiable, ® * Of course this drive this afternoon’ was ail The dragoman’s rapture reached its zenith when Coleman lent him to > e e e W hat's the 00d Of BAVINE & fitte najent GaIWR t0 yOUr & alr and Marory's. But of course I shall be nice o him.» the professor and he was commissioned to bring a carriage for four people v w yeu can youmake “ ‘And what of ali this Nora Black business?” asked the professor, with to the door at § o'clock, He himself was to sit on the box and. tal thy “:cu d Y -E Teni atl driver what was require of him. Ho dashed oft, bis hat In his hand, his Y YPPYHQS > a display of valor, but really with much trepf, on. OIOETHR A “She 18 & hussy,” responded Mrs. Wainwright with energy. “Her con- hair flylng, puffing, important beyond everything, and_apparently babbling Ed Coke a1d not stay to lunchieon with Nora Black. He went/ away saying versation In the carriage on the way down to ‘Agrinion sickened me!” his mission to half the people he met on the street. : In most countries he to himself: “Either that girl don’t care a straw for Coleman or she kas “I really belleve that her plan was simply to break everything off be- would have landed speedily in jail, but among a people who exist c n n ° t z Eot & heart absolutely of fnt, oF £ho iy the Ereatest actress on earth, tween Merory and Coleman;! ald the profebsos, Yand I donrt bolievs foe Basii of SiSbeTIng Rls violont gabhle areused ns aiopic,vhe exixt on 2 (OPANGNCRS su day, QN L)