San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-10


fuI Of $. m t'su ION, TOR vh,ct anon they
wOIld b.. a.,.u a. g rUnt.
And scat is re. md himself upon the
outskirts %. % -!u.L. trucu.cut, ana gjoyrl-
nag crowd OF seemingly awc-stricken aI-
pIcantS for the homer # Il few moments
conference with the great man, and he him
self at last not without some tTrpidatiOn,
crossed the threshold Of the presence-cham-
Der.
And here, indeed, he w&S impressed by
what hc saw. Well acquainted with the
faces of the leading and conspicuous menin
almost all CaSsrs Of society he looked on
In wonder at the evident respect, finn belief
and rapt attention of tine whlte-Aeaded men
standing around who met the slightest
sound halfway with an angry "lluSh!'
whilst Sir Richard in cold. hard, metallic
tones spoke.
Then came back to the spy's mind the
scene in the drawing-rOOm. The attentive
group as here surrounding the husband, the
beautiful woman, his wife, recumbent, but
with restless eyes watching and waiting as
it seemed to him with slammed inditfer-
ence but mdiiIrrcntly disguised.
And then again another picture arose,
bright, clean, and clear and strangely re-
pulSive as oddly enough it had seemed to
him that night, used as he was to the seamy
side of life-to the realistic and the unro-
mantle. That crowd of painted women
thronging the stage amongst carpenters,
greasy and dirt-Stainrd. The ddnseltsc, with
her bold, bad,pretty face, cruel eyes, and
sharply set mouth-the grey Old man, be-
guiled, befOOled.
But the sOnorous sounds of Sir Richard
Fordyce's voice rOs' over and dominated all
this. 1t appeared that it was the question
of museum opening on Sunday that was
under discussion, and that Sir Richard most
strongly objecte to any boon 50 capable of
being perverted from its original purpose.
Quite aged and venerable men listened to
this, and when at last the speaker ceased,
there was deep murmurOf applause. Then
earnest CONGRATULATIONS and hand-shakings,
and then the assembly slowly dissolved and
the great man and the spy were left alone.
Mr.. GreengraveS was making his mindup.
Yes" said lie to himself; 1.-THE best thing
can do is the straight thing. I've two Sc
crets, but can't sell both with safety. Sup
pose, then, go for Sir Rlchard-a moral
mana man whose good name is OF vital
Importance to him. Yes, I'll go for Sir
Richard and chance 1t.
Fordyce, with an air of intense WEAKNESS,
rose, closed, and bOlted the room door.
well, he said; about that business,
suppose
Lot of trouble to you, Sir Richard, all
this inquiry? Better drop it-eh?
En-, he sad quickly; then recovering
himself, added In Icy tones: Why"
was t,llhhlIS so Myself SIT vi course
tiei1 can oe No uouo' ho" d. u WHO was
'he tilIel'
ihueeu' surrey 'ia' poor umhapPy SuI
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o'l ,.' ,i' Ia uuI'i l tliihN hsI me
Years ago for the mnrJer Of her child ND md
acnnitteJr
Good HeayensI How couId such a ner-
son have possibly obtained an entrance into
nv hOuse?'
well, sir, YOU see it was left TO yOur
housekeeper, and to tell the truth, hardly
think she was very much to blame. Hester
Partridge-Oddly enough that was her right
name, but she was tried in anOther-had
lllo,nel "'nioSt %S cunning as 'ne menu Oh
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