The sun., 1890-11-23
THB light THAT FAILED
By RUDYARD klPLlNG.


CHAPTER v.
.fhavs thousand men" said he
.To wait upon my will.
And towers nine upon the Tyne,
And three upon the Till"
And wha, care for your men" said She
Or towers from Tyne 70 Tn
sith you must 20 with me-" she said
To wait upon my will :"
sr HeoeH asl he FasrSea
N.xt morning Torpenhow found Dick sunk
In deepest rsposs OF tobacco.
well, madman. how d'you foel?'
"I don't know. I'm trying to End out"
You had much better do some work"
Maybe; but I'm In no hurry. I've made .
discovery. Torp. there's too much Ego In my
Cosmos"
Not reallyi 1s this revelation due 70 my
lectures or the Nilgharsr"
1T came to me suddenly, oil on my own ac-
count Much too much, Ego: and now I'm
golns TO work."
He turned over few half-hnished sketches.
drummed on . new canvas. cleaned three
brushes. set Binkie TO bite the toes OF tho lay
nxurs, ratified Though his collection OF arms
and accoutremens, and then went out. declar-
INK that he had done enough for the day.
This Is positively indecent" said Torpcn-
how, "and tho first time that Dick has ever
broken up light morning. Perhaps be has
found out that he has u soul. or an artistic
temrerament. or something equally valuable.
That ONES OF leaving him alone for month.
Perhaps hs has boon going out OF evenings. l
must look to this" He rang for the bald
headed old housekesrer. whom nothing could
astonish or annoy.
"Deston. dill Mr. Hsldar dine out at all
while was out Of town.
Never laid is uress clothes out once. sir.
all the tima Mostly . dined IN butte brought
some most remarkable fancy young gentle.
men up ere After theatres once or twice. Re
msrkable fancy they was. You gentlemen ON
the top floor does very much rs you likes. but
1t do seen to me. sir, droppin' walkin'stick
down Ave flights OF stairs an then goin' down
2 In the morning. singing. Bring back the
whiskey. Willie darling mot once or twice.
but scores O times-isn't charity to the other
tenants. What say is. DO as you would be
done BY That's my motto"
20. course! OF coursel I'm afraid the top
door isn't tho Quie'e est In the house"
II make no complaints. sir. have spoke to
Mr. Heldar. friendly. an he laughed an did me
picture OF tho miseis that 10 as good as col
orsd print. It 'asa't the Ugh shine OF q photo
graph. but what l say Is: Never look a gift
horse in the mouth Mr.. Heldar's dress clothes
'sven't been on him for weeks"
Then it's all right" said Torpenhow to
himself. "OrRies are healthy. and Dick has .
head OF his own. but when 1t comes to women
making eyes, I'm not so certain. Binkie. never
you be q man. little dorelums. They're con-
trary brutes. and do things without reason"
Dick hnd turned northward across tho Park.
hut he was walking In the spirit ON the mud
Oats with Mnisie. He laughed aloud Gs he re-
membered the day when he had decked
Amomma's horns with tho ham frills. and
Mais.s. white with rage. had cui1ed him. How
long those four years had been. and how inti-
matsly Matsie was connected with every hour
olthem! Storm across the sea, and Maisie in
II graf dress on Tho beach. sweeping her
drenched hair out Of her eyes and laughing at
tho homeward race OF the fishing smacks: hot
sunshine on the mud lats. and Maisis smiling
., ornfuly with her chin in the air; Msisis fly
ing bc.ore the wind that thrssnsd tho fore
shore and drove the sand ike small shot about
her ears: Maleie, very composed and indepen-
dent. telling lies TO Mrs.Jennet while Dick sup
poted her with coarssr rsrjuries; Maisie
p.cking her way del.cately from stone to stone,
= pistol in her hand and her teeth 1rm set. and
Maisie In q Ray dress sitting on the grass be-
tween ths mouth OF n cannon and q noddine
yellow .sa-poppy. The pictures passed before
lin one By one, and the last stayed the long
eat. Dick was perfectly happy with q quiet
peace that was as new to his mind a. 1t was
foreign to hi- experience. 1t never occurred
to him that there might 10 other calls upon
his time than loailng across the PARK in the
forenoon.
There's a good working light now." he said.
watching his shadow Dlacidly. Some poor
devil oughtto be- grateful. And there's Msisie'
She was walking toward him from tho Mar
bic Arch. and he saw thar no mannerlsm OF her
gait hal been changed. It was good to find
her still Maisie and. so to spe ak. his next door
Asighhor. No greeting pssss. between them.
because there had been mono In the old days.
What are you doing out OF your studio at
this hour" said Dick. IS one who was entitled
to ak.
chin and scraped 1t out. 1hen loft 1t in .
little heap Of paint chips and came away"
know what palette-kniHnR means. What
was the piccy?"
"A fancy head tha. wouldn't come right
horrld thing
i don't like working over scrapsd paint
when I'm doing flesh. The grain comes up
Woolly as tho naint dries"
Not II you scraps properly" Maisis waved
Asr hand to illustrate her methods. There
was dab OF paint On the white cuf1. Dick
laughed.
You're as untidy as ever
That comes well from you. Look at your
own cuff."
BY Joye. yes. It's worse than yours
DON'T think we've much altered In anything.
Let's ses though" He looked Al Msisie crlti-
cs'Iy. Iha pae bluo haze Of an autumn day
crsot between the treo trunks of the Park and
made background for the gray dress, the
black velvet ,oqe above the black hair, aud
the rssoluts profile.
No, lhere's nothing changed. How good II
VI Dyou remember when I fastened your
hair into the snsp OF hsndbagf"
MAise nodded, with twinkle In her eyes,
and turned her full face to Dick.
Wait 10 mute" said he. THAT mouth 10
down at the corners little. Who's been wor-
ryins you, Maisls?"
40 one tut myself never seem to got on
With my work. and yet try hard enough. and
kami says"
Co'ainu's, mesdesNoissllss. Oont6s9es tou-
Jotra, mes erJanlS' EAmi In decreasing. beg