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low voice Il maven got over IL YET.
That evil, tortured face of his haunts
me-
Lovelace was only slightly shocked.
He had known Lennoxs life too well,
and had despised it too thoroughly, to
feel much regret now it was thus
abruptly ended
Rather an unpleasant exit for such
fellow" he remarked. mot aesthetic
at all And so you were going to
cestigate him?"
Look" and Philip showed him the
horsewhip; I've been carrying this
thing about all day,-;I wish I could
drop it in the streets; but if did,
some one would be sure to pick it up
and return it to me-"
IF Il were a purse containing bank
notes you could drop it with the posi-
tive certainty of never seeing it
again." laughed Beau. Here, hand it
over!" and he possessed himself of it.
Ill keep it till you come back. You
leave for Norway to night, them"
Yes. If l can. But it's the winter
season-and there'll be all manner of
difficulties. I'm afraid it's no easy
matter to reach the Altenfjord at this
time Of year"
why not use your yacht, and be in
dependent of obstacles?" suggested
Lovelace.
She's under repairs, worse lucl."
sighed Philip despondingly. She
won't be in sailing condition for an
other month. Mol must take my
chance-that's all. It's possible
nay overtake Thelma at Hull-thats
my great hope"
"Well, don't be down in the mouth
about 1t, my boy!" said Beau SYM
pathetically. It'll all come right, de-
pend upon it! Your wife's a sweet,
gentle, noble creature,-and when once
she knows all about the miserable
mistake that has arisen, | don't know
which will be greatest, her happiness
OF her penitence, for having misun-
derstood the position. Now let's have
some coffee"
He ordered this refreshment from a
passing waiter, and as he did so, a
gentleman, with hands clasped behind
his back. and a sauve smile on his
countenance, bowed to him with
marked and peculiar courtesy as he
sauntered on his way through the
room. Beau returned the salute with
equal politenesS.
That's Whipper," he explained with
Of ear shot. The best and most
generous of men! He's a critic-all
critics are large minded and generous,
we know,--but he happens to be re-
markably SO. He did me the kindest
turn ever had in my life. When my
first book came out, he fell upon it
tooth and claw, mangled it. tore it to
ribbons, metaphorically speaking
and waved the fragments mockingly
in the eyes of the public. From that
day my name was made-my writings
cold off with delightful rapidity, and
words can never tell how / blessed,
and how l still bless, Whipper! He
always pitches into me-that's what's
80 good of him! We're awfully po-
lite to each other, as you observe
that he's quite unconscious how much
he's helghg me along! He's really
first-rate fellow. But | haven't yet
attained the summit of my ambition"
and here Lovelace broke off with
sparkle of fun in his clear steel-grey
ewes.
why, what else do you want?'
asked Lorimer laughing.
Il want" returned Beau solemnly,
Il want TO be jeered at by Punch! |
want Punch to make mouths at me,
and give me the benefit of his inimit-
able squeak and gibber. No authors
fame is quite secure till dear old Punch
has abused him. Abuse is the thing
nowadays, you know. Heaven forbid
that l should be praised by Punch,
that would be frightfully unfor-
tunate!"
Here the coffee arrived, and Love
lace dispensed it to his friends, talking
gayly the while in an effort to dis
tract Errington from his gloomy
thoughts.
1--WE just been informed on respect
able authority, that Walt Whitman
Is the new Socrates" he said laugh
irgly 81 felt rather stunned at the
moment but I've got over it now. oh,
this deliciously mad London! what
gigantic Colney Hatch it is for the
crazed folk OF the world to air their
follies IN! That any reasonable Eng
lahmen with such names as Shakes
peare. Byrc1, Keats, and Shelley, to
keep the glory Of their country warm,
should for one moment consider Walt
Whitman a poet! Te gods! Where
are your thunderbolts!
Hes an American, isn't he?" asked
Errington.
"He is. my dear boy! An American
whom the sensible portion Of America
rejects. We, therefore,-out Of oppo-
sltion. him up. His chief rec