The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-22

two years l remained. He was my
senior. three or four years older thar
myself. and as Is generally the case lr
strong Friendships. my opposite II
many respects. / was reading man
Keen was more noted for the strength
Of his arm on the river, and as des'
perate forward" in the footer field
NV temper was always Of the mildesti
Keen would give vent to paroxysms oil
anger, and weeks of Smothered' re-
yengeful passion. He was a tall, mag
nlacently built fellow. and the men
often called us "the long and the short
OF IT," 50 great was the contrast be-
tween Us.
do not say there was nothing intel
lectual about Jasper Keen. On the
contrary he was a genius; only, like
most Of his species, he worked by fita
and starts. When he did work, how
ever. It was to some purpose, as the ex-
amIners knew. And with all his great
strength and passion for sport he had
a very marked temperament which
showed itself in his love Of sculpture
and modelling. His rooms were a Gu
riosity. Very few books-he always sold
them the instant he had finished read
iHr them-prlze oars and pots" in pro-
FUSION and collection of clay busts,
modelled by himself. There was a row
Of college Dons on his mantle shelf,
clever carlcatures. his intimate friends
and his enemies. II he liked a man
he made an excellent little bust Of him;
one the contrary, one who incurred his
hatred was modelled in some eccentric
or repulsiye manner. but sui with
strict regard to correct likeness, so
that it was impossible to mistake the
man.
When Jasper Keen left the varsity
he set up a studio in London He was
a man Of fairly large private means,
and did not care about earning money
He devoted himself still to sport dur
ing his intervals when he was not ex-
erclsiug his hobby, and lived a gener-
ally easy and comfortable life.
In due time 1 also went to live in
town and plunged into the vortex of
literary work. to which had deter
mined to devote my life. constantly
saw Keen. aud our friendship was as
great as ever. until
Yes, ''untir'-you guess what ] mean.
There was woman in 1t. Is 'here is
always, and she stepped In between u.s.
Jasper Keen loved her madly, jealous
". over and over again he was re-
pulsed, for Ivey Stirling never cared
for him. He frightened her with the
Intensity of his devotion. One day he
oald to her:
"The truth is, you care for another
man"
boldly.
what If you do? Why this. II I find
the man, even II he were my greatest
friend. I'd kill him rather than he
should win you"
BE was Recn's greatest friend. The
man who was accepted by Ivey Stir
ling was myself, and in spite of all,
trust she will be my wife before the
year is out
Imay well say 'in spite Of ALL" When
Keen heard Of 1t he was furious. ! told
him myself. 1 thought 1t best that he
should hear the news first from the lips
Of his friend, and hoped from the bot
tom Of my heart that our friendship
would not be destroyed, So I went
round to his studio and broke the news
to him.
he stood for some moments with his
whole frame quivering, his nostrils d.
lated and his eyes starting forward like
some Wild beast held in restraint by q
chain. Then he turned to pedestal or
which stood a bust Of myself. fashioned
by him in the old oxford days, and
dashed it to thu ground. The frag,
ments Of clay went rafting over the
studio.
aLeonard Fendron," he yelled, "as
have broken your bust 80 win 1 break
you. You false. traitorous hound, you
think you have stolen from me the one
object I have to live for. But not vel
do you hear? could crush you al
you stand-I could break every bone
in your body with this hand Of mine
But that would be too poor a revenge
Twin wait-I will make you suffer suct
agony as you have given me. Go,
say, go. and may the worst Of al
curses light upon you-the curse OF
friend that you have wronged."
It was useless to explain; so went
Iyey was much disturbed when / tolt
her about this Interview; but to tel
the truth, I thought little Of It myself
had seen Keen in the paroxysm o.
rage before. and I hoped that In tint
he would see things sensIbly for TIT
sake Of old fellowship.
For a year 1 never saw the man. Hi
studio was shut up and report said tina
he had gone abroad. Then suddenl!
met him face to face in Fleet street.
was going TO pass him by at first, hu
he stopped me and shook hands.
How dye do. Fendron?" he said
Last time saw you was In a n
temper But that's all over now. anc
can AFFORD to let the past be buriec
In the past-lf you can. too"
certainly" replied; I'm only to.
delegated to hear our friendship still
exists"
That's right" he said. And nov
come and have some lunch with me
There's a restaurant handy. where VI
ran talk"