The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10

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1.-THE GANIBIiER[{,;;''''
In room Of a Gibraltar hotel sat
Beryl Faulkner, looking white and anX-
ions. Y few yards awHy stood a Young
manAhe was hardly more than a boy in
an officers uniform. They Were the, only
occupants of the ROOM, and a, glance, at
their, faces revealed that they. We're
brother and sister.
The boy was gazing wifi, d set express
sion ut an open better he held in his hand.
He was deadly pale. ,fr 80, \;
Livery penny Of my money will have
to 20: to save the honor Of the frn1,'" he
read ont:.s ''Oh, it S ,awful!i DO. you grasp
what. it means to YOU, Beryl?' :, ,.,..
Not so much to me as to you, Ted,
DEAR" she said bravely: II SHAH be able
to BIZ Il gJvethess OF" Something; but you-
yon will have to give up the regiment
Thc 10y sank i into crhairr and Buried
his f6ce in his hands. !, 't',l.II1;
His sister went TO him. and twined her
arm about him.
"We' must think" she said SOFTLY,
that it means more to- tho dear old ia
Their than any one else: We shall have
TO tx aH our hest to MR Ht h5jngf
"What' t{heh:, TED, dcdr? sic s*a,il a. qnx
He,raise4 his head and turned "a white
face to her.
"Haw can 1 tell You ?"he cried brbKen-
~. five, been a; foo1!,Tw9rse than a'fool
II h6 6eavi!y ip debt: BerYl' and it's debt
: 1--WE gamh!ed and i]ost!" e'continued
likes hi h stakasNandF he holds a batch
of my 1. O. U.s.. OF course. l never
dreamed of this horrible thing happe1i
ing. I cabled to the governor last night
would be that he'd' bfanie Il me f fot iI my
How much do YOU owe this man?,,,
"Five hundred pounds: It's a debt of
honor. and it dan't be- paid. N.Y. G Cd.
i: can't be. paid!' he repeated between
Five hundreds pounAs,'' she said! with
little gasp. ,::1ae let yoQ-;a mere boy.
eay S?5 n &c" R &$a9 b a @ {5a could
afford it, >:i't!'1i
A bugle rang out from the far end of
the tpYp. Young, ,Fa|kiner sprang tq'his
feet.
1 Il tavcs It'd go:, he said, lioarseH!' ''I1l
come and see yo4 again after lunchl! !
A little later the same morning, Capt.
Crosbie'. Drvsdale: was *tf61lihg in fhe
A 1ono1n CANADIANS, III Il r,.od ~.
ing man Of about thirty, p, lie climbed. the
paths leis,ite1y, :apparehtly 1deep in
thought.ft Presently: his eyes, fell iii the
figure ,of a, girl who: was sitting, few
yards higher up. He recognized her i'm
nediately, and al sudden gIeanl came
TOO hot for our old Id f RI, ID Mrs cre ~,
feld?" he asked with a laugh, droopnjnr
into the seat beside he:. When is your
visit up?'
Beryl made no reply. He glanced ot
her and saw that her face was turned
toward Europa. He noticed that She
was very pale and that her eyelashes
II am very sorry,' he said in low,
sympathetic voice. "If''-he pausei
hes,tatlngly-''i | can be of any use?''
She turned her head. and their ewes
met. she had only known him q week.
vet a kind OF mutual understanding had
sprung up between them. Somehow he
seemed different from most Of the men
she had met
II should like to help, if I could" he
said slowly. ....
She shook her head
"No one can help!'' she said, with lit
tie catch in her voice. 'There is moth
ing TO be done: we are ruined;"
He said nothing, "A sudden desire TO
tell him her trouble crept oyer her. -, -,
Perhaps if you told me- he began
IN a tone of persnasioni, :,1< ~. 80
father was 'engaged in COMMUNICATIVE
head of firm of good POSITION He was
getting Old, and had allowed his Junior
partner to attend to most Of the bust
ness. Then one day the crash came. 1t
transpiged, that, unknown to Mr.! tFa]ki--
nei, MS junior partner had been speculate
ing, wildly-had lost, and in desperation
had appropriately money belonging I'd the
ed, leaving Mr.. Falkiner to Weather ' the
storm as best he co1ld:; ':';''. ~
Drysda}l4e listened to the tale, his eyes
staring out to sea. He bit his lips as he
realized what it all meant to the girl at
his side.
II am. tsorry-more than sorry!' lie
said in a jerky tone at the finish. 1T
semmed' terribly lame. but they we're the
!" ~ 10 NCu1u uuut wa
L: but that isn't THE worst" she said,
with little sob. g Eeaving the regiment
would not be so much lin itself to Ted.
But he must leave it in debt!;> He tells
Inc be has been gambling, and owes a
large sum of money to one Of the off,
GERS. He can't <pay-and the disgrace
will break his hearth ...,,
b1The man at her Side clenched his teeth.
He did not speak, however,. .''>'
sE"This cruel gamblin she icried.
"What do you think of man who let's
a mere boy like Ted play with him tt1ntil
he owes hundreds of pounds? What lido
you think Of him. she repeated EXCITED
Il think, him a, hlackguard," said ,Dryss
Il feei'Tas # 1 hate That man. n ii . she
said. .imore, than: anyone else in this
world''
1,Arysdale was still looking out to sea.
There, was curious light in his eyes.
sfY9p would i. peyer - forging him 2, s,he
: Il loathe> gamblers and he did his
best to make Ted @one.y He has ruined
give him!''
There was slight, p>oise' a few yards
way. =, They looked up and saw Mrs.
Gresfeld approaching them. 'Dfysdale
"You are quite rightv'r he said in q