his sleeve was pleasant his low tones soothed the ache in her bosom severe enough god knows when her father came from the city he smiled brightly to see them together and after hearing that was away came to the dinner table with the air he had worn for months another week passed during which mr went nearly every day to and communicated to on each return the result of his labors them with the hues of hope though there was little that could be drawn from the words or actions of miss the critic for had also been given more than an of the state of affairs and had with delight the chapters last written on the famous romance he saw that the next experience needed by the author was a severe attack of and as there was no one else to play the part of he himself undertook the r le is pretty popular with the family isn t he was the way he began when he called on i met the old gentleman the other day and he seemed absolutely gone on him as the saying is they tell me he s out at every day got his eye on the younger daughter too they intimate it takes but little to a mind already driven to the verge of distraction the next time that saw the latter received him with a coolness that could not be ignored when he pressed for a reason the young man broke out into don t pretend he cried you ve heard of the case of john what s been worked once may go again i m not entirely blind mr with pained eyes begged his friend to explain tell me this shouted do you love that girl yourself unprepared for the quest on shrank as from a flash of lightning and could not reply i know you do came the next sentence sharply and i know that it is owing to the you have made not only with her but with her father that i have been pushed out well go ahead i ve no objection only don t come here every day with your cock and bull stories of pleading my cause for i ve had enough of them the green eyed monster tht turned aside and mr too hurt to say a word arose and silently left the room his brain whirled so that he was actually giddy not knowing where else to turn he went to see mr to whom he the result of his call don t be too serious about it said soothingly it s a good thing for the lad to get his blood stirred a little in a day or two he ll be all right that novel of his is coming on was in no mood to talk about novels and finding that he could get no consolation of the kind he he soon left the office the critic laughed silently to himself at the idea of the having at last been bitten and then took his way to s rooms no answer being returned to his knock he opened the door and entered at first he thought the place was vacant but presently he a still form on the bed the was stretched out in an attitude which at first suggested death rather than sleep and alarmed the visitor not a little investigation however showed that he was simply in a tired sleep worn out with worry and restless nights what a beauty whispered a very dramatic scene could be worked up if that sweetheart of his were brought here and made to stand beside the couch when he yes it would be grand but it would need his own pen to trace the words the hardly dry pages of the great manuscript that lay on an adjacent desk caught the eyes of the critic a black i and he sat down to them closer as he turned leaves he grew so delighted as to become almost he s a genius nothing less he said and then softly from the chamber chapter xvi h i ve had such luck one day mr came home in a state of great excitement he had not acted naturally for a long time and who met him at the door wondered what could be the cause of his strange manner he caught his daughter in his arms and kissed her like a lover tears came to his eyes but they were tears of joy he laughed as he wiped them away and told her not to mind him for he was the happiest man in new york i ve had such luck he exclaimed when she stared at him oh i ve had such grand luck she led him to a seat on a sofa and waited for him to tell her more you can t imagine the relief i feel he continued when he had caught sufficient breath i ve had an awful time in business for years but to day everything is all cleared up the house over our heads was the notes i owed were al i ve had such most due i had given out paper that i could sec no way of meeting and now it is all provided for i am out of financial danger and i have enough to quit business and live in ease and comfort with my family the rest of my days could only look her surprise she could not understand such a but she loved her father dearly and seeing that he was happy made her happy too though she had had her own sorrows of late tell me about it father she said putting an arm around his neck you couldn t understand no matter how much i tried to make it clear he answered excitedly there was a combination that meant ruin or success depending on the cast of a die as one 