The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-11

fionai," said his wife, before the doctor
could frame a lifting response
Thorndyke started a little. and looked at
her. And have you no such beiiefE ne
inquired.
SIZE gave a short. gay. non-committal
laugh. -Oh, ] take things a. | Ind them
--or try 10. I"
That s-try to- haunted Thorndyke. He
would sometimes watch Sylvan and think
how thoroughly his stopped frame and
large. gray. restless eyes betokened that he
had inherited his fathers body, and yet
hox dominant In him was the pious, con-
servative spirit Of MS mother. Being ig-
noranf of what the packet eonnded him by
Eg5eTt MAYNARD really contained. Thorn
dyke wondered whether il might not work
trouble in the nature OF this sensitive, God
fearing soul. If il we're, as he expected,
certain tidings which concerned that once
treasured elixir. might il not produce in
Sylvan something Of the same mental re-
volt and dissrray years ago awakened IN
the mother Nhom he so resembled-
On Sylvan's twenty-nfth birthday
Thorndyke formally and privately de-
hvered the packet Sylvan did not open
il in his presence. The young man seemed
deeply impressed BY the very fidings of
such legacy. VIII he tell his wife sny
thing concerning il 2' thought Ihorndyke
well, he proceeded TO muse. IF Lucia
be just like his secretiye, tImorous tenn
perament."
The elixir had always appealed TO Thorn
dyke in no other light than that OF a mel
anchoiy joke. He vas a no less deyout
disciple Of science than his dead friend
had been: but that any decocfion Of the
kind described 20 him by Maynard on his
deafh-bed could possibly be accredited
with the potency declared of II, vas like
calling the grass blue and the sky green.
Several more meetings occurred between
Sylvan and the doctor and still no refer
ence TO the packet vas made. One even
ing Ihorndyke presented himself when
the master Of the house CHANGED 10 DC alb
sent. Knowing how rare any such occur
renee unless sylvan went out in his wife's
company, the visitor said 10 Lucia. when
she appeared and graciously greeted him:
How odd that your lord should have
left home of an evening unaccompanied by
has lady! | suppose you gave him full
authority 10 desert you ~
Lucia dropped into an easy chair. "0hl
yes. It's meeting of some lawyers. | De-
lieye, to which he Belongs
And you don't mind icing left alone?n
She shrugged ner Hrm and shapely
shoulders. II never care 10 be alone. But
don't mind if Sylvan leaves me now and
then. 1t isn't that"
ThoTndyke pretended 10 appear dis
tions7 You want other society than Syl-
yanfs2"
She gave him the faintest smile of indl-
ference, as though she ignored this ques-
ton, or rather as though she chose to put
IL caprlciously aside. I'm very fond of
life, she said, slipping both hands behind
her head, and clasping them there. so that
her back-fallens sleeves evidenced the
swelling pearl OF her arms. from neat wrist
10 dimpled elbow. but life as long 10
have il and know il isn't for me. Sylvan
cares nothing al oil about living, in nv
sense of the word"
And pray tell me what is your sense of
the word ?"
.'oh TO mix with people and enjoy your
youth. He doesn' Z. care 10 do that. Be-
sides, we haven't money enough to do il.
he doesn't complain about any slimness
OF the household purse. He lets me spend
more dollars than ought 10 spend. But
were nobodies-that is, we're nobodies
from my point Of view
And What is being somebody here in
New York from your point OF View"
Having lots of money-giving nne en-
teTtainments. You're nonentity here if
yon don't. liz doesn't make the remotest
difference who your grandfather was. Ii
you haven't big bank account you re
sent TO the wall"
wallgh
Lucy Maynard sighed. I'm tired of
not living =
And you think that not being fashion
able Is not liTing9"
.'oh, no. Bur think not knowing GER
tain people--re. ned, attractive peoples
almost like death itself -
Ihorndyke dropped his head for mo-
rnent and pulled at his gray mustache.
" ell, after all, is death 30 horrible"
'Deathg' she echoed, with a sudden
herceness of mien. .'Oh. | think il Is
frightful, do 50 hate the idea of diving.
Don't your" And as she leaned toward
him. with the light of near lamp sending
out the clear-cnt grace and pailor of her
neck, throat ana chin, il occurred 10 him
that she was extremely beautiful.
Not unnaturaily he thought Of the sealed
manuscript which Of late he had delivered
- her husband. And then, while relnera-
berlng this, he also recolleeted the elixir