me he said almost humbly she his tone and raised her head witli a sh clutch at dignity i think you d better ask this gentleman to ex use you first no by god i won t he cried this gentle i man says he knows all about you and i mean him to i know all about me too don t mean that he or any body else under this roof shall go on thinking foi another twenty four hours that a cent of their money has ever gone into my pockets since i was old enough i to shift for myself and he n t leave this room i till you ve made that clear to him he stepped back as he spoke and put his the door my dear young gentleman i said i shall leave this room exactly when see fit to do so � and that is now i have already told you that mrs owes me no explanation of her conduct but i owe you an explanation of mine � you and every one who has bought a single one of her ture tickets do you suppose a man who s been through what i went through while that woman was talking to you in the porch before dinner is going to hold his tongue and not attempt to justify himself no decent man is going to sit down under that of thing it s enough to ruin his character if you re my mother s friend you owe it to me to hear what i ve got to say he pulled out his handkerchief and wiped his forehead good god mother he out suddenly what did you do it for haven t you had everything you wanted ever since i was to pay for it haven t i paid you back every cent you on me when i was in college have i ever gone back on you since i was big enough to work he turned to me with a laugh thought she did it to amuse herself � and because there was such a demand for her lectures a demand that s what s the she always told me when we asked her to come out and spend this winter with u in she wrote back that she couldn t because she had engagements all through the south and her manager would n t let her off that s the reason why i came all the way on here to see her we thought she was the most popular in the united states my wife and i did we were awfully proud of it too i can tell you he dropped into a chair still laughing how can you how can you mother forgetful of my presence was to him with caresses when you didn t need the money any longer spent it all on the � you know i did yes on lace dresses and life size rocking horses with real the kind of thing can t do without oh i loved them so how lean you such about me what about you that i ever told anybody such things he put ber back gently keeping his eyes on her did you never tell anybody in this house that you were to support your son her hands dropped from his shoulders and she round on me in sudden anger the i know what i think of people who call themselves friends and who come between a mother and her son oh mother mother he groaned i went up to him and laid my hand on his shoulder my dear man i said don t you see the of this yes i do he answered abruptly and before i could his movement he rose and walked out of the room there was a long silence measured by the of his footsteps down the wooden floor of the corridor when they ceased i approached mrs who had sunk into her chair i held out my hand and she took it without a trace of resentment on her face i sent his wife a seal skin jacket at christmas she said with the tears running down her cheeks souls souls railway carriage liad been full when the train left but at the first station beyond their only remaining person who ate out of a carpet bag � had left his strewn seat with a bow s eye followed the shiny of his retreating back till it lost itself in the of and cab drivers hanging about the station then she glanced across at and caught the same regret in his look they were both sorry to alone par ten sa shouted the guard the train sudden of doors a waiter ran along the platform with a tray of a porter flung a bundle of and band boxes a third class carriage the guard snapped out a brief which indicated the purely ornamental nature of his first shout and the train swung out of the station the direction of the road had changed and a shaft of sunlight struck across the dusty red velvet seats into s comer did not notice it he had returned to his de paris and she had to rise and lower the shade of the farther window against s the vast of their leisure such incidents stood out sharply having lowered the shade sat down leaving the length of the carriage between herself and at length he missed her and looked up i moved out of the sun she hastily explained he looked at her curiously the sun was beating on her through the shade very well he said pleasantly adding you don t mind as he drew a case from his pocket it was a refreshing touch the of her spirit with the suggestion that after all if he could i � the relief was only momentary her experience of was limited her husband had of the use 