Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-30
"But the liliesY" an.
YEA" she said, really chagr1neo. no"
stupid OF NJ!
CHApTEp VIM.

was not. OF all things, the company ~ wy
car; he saw but one person, restless man
10 silk travsiline-cap, who sas IN isoI ma. =,
and the emokine apartment, seeking
eagerly for . fourth hand at . game ~
what. He importuned Dick for twenty
miles, only giving way ct least WIN
sounded ctare when Dick declared with
really unnecessary vehcmsnce thas hed
| be id II he would.
No, the delight he had was IN gr GNn
lie Law back 10 his chair with closed eye
lids. and such trip IT, was. He and Gan
M more. The bliss of 1t smiled from his
Ina. and when ut length the engine drew
mr., IN the long shed at Now York with q
lond escape OF steom that seemed 70 nun
a prolonged sigh Of relief, he sighed 70
unison with it. but sorrowtuiiy. ana notet
v snD wss over. He trod the pavements
anrr,lv il now seemed for the Srst time
crnel and absurd for him to DO there, and
vhr should be GU at all Why not run 70
a botof and write to his fAther frank;
strairhtfor yard statement OF the case ana
wait the cordial en:we,.it would surely nas
como By wire--biddtnE him return at once
and be happy and be blesscd7
By this time no wns already At tho hotel
where ne and his father always put up and
The clerk was smiling him welcome ana
sSsendine a telegram. Dick seized "
eagerly. plucksd "a the envelope. ana
glanced creedily at tho signature. There
was none, be ssv With . bitter sense OF
nuIses throhbins wildly. Come back
4 read. "and win your first case"
How long he stood staring at thisstranRe
message be never knew. A commanding
cough from the clerk startled him at least
into his senses, and he took the extended
pen and turned TO the big book lying upon
the marble counter The next instant ne
had dropped the pen and was gazing IN
tently at his watch: .u,h.
Colonel well?" asked the clerk, twist
ing the big book about.
Dick colorcd painfully. It seemed to him
the clerk was ia the secret.
"When docs the next train leave Tor
Long Branch2" he inquired, ignoring the
question. ~ ,,oo 49,.
there's one at 2:30. You can lunch and
catch it," -,
Dick lunched and caught It, oil the while
in fever of speculation and expectancy.
OF course there was no doubt as to who
sent him the dispatch. Only his father
would know where TO send it and onls bis
father could word it in that droil and deli
cate way. Fancy Gail herself asking him
to come back and win his first case. Yet
he was bound to confess that this was just
what he did fancy, and at first with con-
siderable citation. In sober second thought.
when he saw how impossible 1t would be
for a high-minded girl to do such thing,
no felt ashamed of himself. But what had
happened ? Something. surely. Had Gail
confessed her love for him! Or, rather,
had his father, with @ lawyers knnck,
adroitly extracted the truth from her
That was II, and no surprising matter.
either. The interview OF the station must
have opened his eyes. If indeed, they had
been closed to the significance Of tho part
ing scene at the cottage the evening be-
fore.
And how Handsomely no was acting, dear
old Fellow. And, to think he had even once
been jealous Of him. Dick felt wretchedly
guilty, but exquisitely happy withal, and
he thought to himself how the difidence
with which he would meet his father
would speedily melt away and tney would
laugh it oil over together, and he would
even tell Of that jealous spasm-no. that
would be too absurd. His father wouldn't
believe It--wouldn't understand the folly
of il, and like "a not would twit him about
1t and even fnoke al anecdote Of II for the
amusement of his friends. The absurdlty
of il was certainly gross. Jealous OF bis
father, dear old follow
Dick was met at tho station. not by the
Colonel, as no half hoped he would be, but
by Corinne. Although he approached her
sheeplshly she seemed not IL the least sur
priscd TO see him.
Pm 40 glad you're back" she said.
when they were seated ii The bus. so
many people left to-day. young people,
too. who count for twice as much ct the
Il IA ~ a. 90 RI IN
Penriths' tonight"
lie felt the blood surging in his face and
he turned to her helplessly, but, she was
bending forward to scIutInize the occu-
pants of O passing carriage.
Tomorrow, She pursued, I'VE 60 TO
the races, and the next day we 60 out for
a sail. I've arranged il all; / mean the
sailing. You'll ENJOY It this time know.
Your father wont be there, but"
Where is he?" Dick demanded
brusQuely.
Really, why should you ask me-par-
ticularly in that tone of voice! and Cor
rine looked offended, and Dick begged her
pardon efusively.
Il expected to see him. you know" he
said, and you surprise me-"
HE left the hotel II doesn't look as if
| he expected you. but / suppose he'll be
| back, won't hep" she responded coldly.
| Dick did not know; he was not In the
| humor TO speculate on this question !; he
was thinking of how he could meet Gail
| that night and win his first case. After
| the disappointment at the station and the
surprise at Coiinne's words he forgot his
I father, who, he SAID to himself, had left
the hotel for the day; tomorrow they
| would meet, and by that time he could
| open oil bis heart and the folly of his fears
| would be exploded in laugh.
Corinne, with shameless duplicity, had
| evaded the truth. She did not tell him
| that his father had left for New York on
| the train that pulled away from the sta
| ton Just as his arrived; that the Colonel
had told her at lunch that he had half a
mind to wire Dick to return, but on Sc
cond thought WAS going. on to Boston and
| was persuaded he would meet him at the
hotel in Now York, and If not he would
| telegraph from there. They would GER
| tainly come together in Boston, and some
how or other he felt that Dick was not
| particularly anxious to make the voyage
on the Angel Wings. He is no kind OF a
sailor, if you remember" he had put 1t.
ally the case, why he would say to Dick,
you skip back to Spring Lake and III go
| on to Baltimore with Davidson.
Corinne said nothing at all about this;
above all she refrained from confesslng
that 1t vas she who sent Dick that magic
message. NOT that she Rgretteu having
done so; on the contrary, she was yet
aglow with delight at her woman's wit
which from tie very beginning had how
cred joyously over each phase of this in
terestipg affair. and at the crisis had led
her impulsively TO anticipate the meeting
between father and son. From the father
she had just parted with sad, mysterious
air Of tender sympathy which puzzled and
piqued HIM; the sou she now received as
q conquering hero with bewtching eyes.
brilliant with suppressed excitement, and
lips that futtered into foolish speech and
kept dazzling him with an embarrassing
smile Of welcome and confdant con2rstu-
lation.
MY father" Dick began in tenta-
tive tone to tho clerk. who regarded him
with stupeted grin.
Left on the 5:20."
New York;"
II guess So"
"Couldn's get back tonight, could