The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1895-07-19
CHAPTER lI1.-(Coyrrsurn,.

TO the forid. white-haired, hearty
school Of sea dogs which is more COM
mon In works of fiction than in the
navy list. On the contrary. he was the
representative OF much more common
type which is the antithesis Of the con-
ventional sailor. He was thin. hard
featured man. with an ascetic, acqui-
line cast Of face. grixzled and hollow
checked. clean-shaven with the excep-
tlo1 OF tho tiniest curved promontory
OF h-colored whisker. An observer,
accustomed to classify men. might have
put him down as canon Of the church
with tnste for lay costume and a
country life. or as the master Of large
public school. who Joined his scholars
In their outdoor sports. His lips were
ilrn,, his chin prominent, he had hard.
dry eye and his manner was precise
and formal. Forty years Of stern disci-
pine had made him reserved and
silent. Yet, when at his ease with an
equal he could readily assume less
Quarterback style, and he had fund
OF little. dry stories OF the world and
lis ways which were of interest from
one who had seen so many phases of
life. Dry and spare. as lean as jockey
and as tough as whipcord. he might be
seen any day swinging his silver-head-
ca Malacca cane and pacing along the
suburban roads with the same meas
ured gait with which he had been wont
10 tread the poop of his flagship. He
wore a good service stripe upon his
cheek. for on one side 1t was pitted and
Scared where squirt OF gravel knocked
up by q round shot and struck him thir-
~ years before. when he served in the
Lancaster gun battery. Yet he was hale
and sound, and though he was fifteen
years senior to his friend the doctor.
he might have passed as the younger
man.
Mrs. Hay Denver's life had been n
very broken one, and her record upon
land represented a greater amount OF
endurance and self-sacrifice than his
upon the sea. They had been together
for four months after their marriage,
and then had come hiatus Of four
years. during which he was fitting
about between St. Helena and the OIL
Rivers In gunboat. Then came a
blessed year OF peace and domesticity,
to be followed by nine years. with only
n three months break, FIVE upon the
Pacific station and four on the East In
dian. After that was n respite in the
shape OF five years In the Channel
squadron. with periodical runs home.
and then again he was on to the Med
lterranean for three years and to Hall
fax for four. Now, at last. however.
this old married couple. who were still
almost strangers to one another. had
come together In Norwood. where. II
their short day had been chequered and
broken, the evening ut least promised
to be sweet and mellow. In person Mrs.
Hay Denver was tall and stout. with
bright. round, ruddy-cheeked face.
still pretty. with gracious, mntronly
comellness. Her whole life was n round
Of devotion and OF love. which was d.
vided between her husband and her
only son. Harold.
This son 1t was who kept them In
the ncighborhood OF London. for the
admiral was us fond OF ships and OF
salt water as ever, and was as happy
In the sheets OF two-ton yacht as on
the bridge OF his sixteen knot monitor.
Had he been united the Devonshire or
Hampshire coast would certainly have
been his choice. There was Harold. how
ever. and Harold's interests were their
shief care. Harold was four-and-twenty
now. Three years before he had been
taken In hand by an acquaintance OF his
fathers. the head OF n considerable firm
OF stock brokers. and fairly launched
upon Change. His three hundred guinea
entrance fee paid. his three suretles Of
five hundred pounds each found. his
name approved by the committee. and
NIL other formalities complied with, he
found himself whirling round. nm In
significant unit In the vortex of the
money market OF the world. There, UNI
der the guidance OF his fathers friend.
he was Instructed In the mysteries Of
hulling and Of bearing. In the strange
usagcs Of 'Chmnge In the lntricacIes OF
carrying over and OF transferring. He
learned to know where 10 place his
clients money, which OF the jobbers
would make n price In New Zealands
md which would touch nothing but
American rails. which might be trusted
and which Stunned. All this, md much
more. he mastered. and TO such purpose
that he soon began TO prosper. to retain
the clients who had been recommended
to him. and to attract fresh ones. But
the work was never congeninl. He had
Inherited from his father his love OF the
mir OF heaven. his affection for n manly
and natural existence. To act us middle
man between the pursuer OF wealth
and the wealth which he pursued. or to
rtnnd ns n human barometer, register
Ing the rise and fall OF the great NAM
mon pressure In the markets. was not
tho work for which Providence had
o. a -.
limbs upon his well knit frame. His
dark. open face. too. with his straight
Gf"cian nose. well opened brown eyes,
md round. black curlcd head. were all
those Of man who was fashioned for
nctive physical work. Meanwhile he
was popular with his fellow brokers. re-
rpectod by his clients and beloved at
home but his spirit was rcHtlcrs within
him and his mind chafcd INCREASINGLY
against his surroundings.
DO you know. WHY" said Mrs. Hay
Denver one evening nH she rtood be-
hind her husbands chair. with her hand
upon his shoulder. II think Aometlmop
that Harold IL not quite happy"
"lin looks happy. the young rnscni,"
answered the admiral. pointing with his
cigar, II was after dinner. ana through
the open French window OF the dining
room n cicnr view was 10 ba had OF the
tennis court and the players a set had
Just been finished and young Charles
Wertmncott was hitting up the balls M
high ms he could send them In the mid.
die OF the ground. Doctor Walker and
Mrr, Wostmncott were pacing IN and
down tho lawn. tho Indy waving her
racket nn she emphasized her remarks.
and the doctor listening with nlnnilnR
hend and little mods OF agreement.
Against the rails AZ the near end iinr-
old was leaning In his finnneiH talking
TO tho two sisters, who stood listening
to lin with their long dark shadows
streaming down the lawn behind them.
Tho Girls were dressed alike In dark
thlftr with light pink tennis blouscs
and pink bands on their straw hats, no
that nr they stood with thr soft rod
Of the setting run ilnrlng their faces
clara. demurc md quiet. Ida. mischiev-
Gus nnd daring II was group which
might have pleased the eye ~ n more