El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-24

his career but nothing ever was prov
en-. He succeeded and is today one Of
the powerful men of the country"
They were silent. the girl grave.
"And that's the reason you think you
are not in the class of BERTHE Townley.
Glass;
"If you would care that much" said
he half lightly, half earnestly.
"Oh, like you" she said cheerily, as
she might have said she liked a fox ter
rfer.
''And the mans dishonesty was real
~ your blessing. 1t made you do things.
Oh, know l know a lot of men, and
the men Of the Far Westchester set are
so tiresome.'
.'Oh. thanks" said he lamely.
But you mustn't be tiresome. Do
you see that line there? That's Sandy
Hook | know it. 1 have seen it that
way a dozen times. And-I must be
going below. Oh. have been so much
Interested
And she went away brightly smiling,
and he felt suddenly the least like a
Il
he found in the hustle of landing that
she had only a cool hand and a distant
$50 glad to have met YOU and no ac-
acknowledgement of the fact that he had
asked to call. which she plainly had
evaded. He felt revengeful and bit
of an anarchist. And the next morning
when he was reporting to Mr.. Winfield
his success in London and being COM
plmented by the company's head his
success seemed cheap. He had a pic
ture before him Of a bright, high bred
looking exquisitely gowned young wo-
man surrounded by hippantly gay per-
sons whose world was not his and new
ar could be, for when one is making his
way ploddingly. with no particular
capital. he can't reasonably expect that
way to he made before he may be gray
and all the desire for pleasure. life's
good things. quite gone.
1t may be supposed that Miss VOL
verjou put the young man of the At
lantic out of her mind. Perhaps she
had some thoughts of him or else she
never would have repeated the story he
had told her at n dinner where her ia
thor was most unusually her escort
At a dinner one owes II as n duty TO do
his part Nell did not care to be lack
ing and wanted her bonnet TO be as
natty as another's and her story as
spirited. For she waged a little strife
TO make the world she knew hold her
clever. Now she couldn't. try as she
would think OF another story than the
one Melville had told her.
MARY Winfield introduced me TO
very entertaining man on the Lucania,
a man who does things, you know
What does he do, horses or yachts?"
said BERTHE Townley itOh, say. Nell.
you don't mean that serious faced chap
you We're incoming about with SO
muchE''
THE very man. Miss Wolverton
said without turning color.
And she told Melville's story.
How extraordinary" gaSped Mrs.
Pemberton. ''You do meet such strange
people AT sea"
Business methods are oftentimes
dishonest" said Judge forbid POM
pously. YET
Your story isn't funny enough"
criticised BERTHE Townley.
Samuel Wolverton-I should say
sam the great Sam-held his nose
silent man. and looking at him one al
ways wonders how he succeeded in
possessing such n daughter.
Driving home he said TO Nell:
IF I were you. | don't think I'd try
to tell stories at dinner"
''Why. papa
It's undignificd."
DO YOU think soy she said petulant-
iy. She usually had him we'll in hand.
What did you say that mans name
is ?" he asked after a moment.
Burke Melville"
Suddenly she turned.
Papa, you We're in Californian
Yes. What of it?''
Did you ever hear a story like
that"
Il have heard lot of stories. Cali
fornia is full of 'em. Read Bret Harte.
As for your acquaintance. he was prob
ably EARNING"
NO, no: he wasn't"
what makes YOU think that?"
"Ie isn't that kind of a man
Nell. | think that you can take care |
OF yourself. but l don't believe you can |
judge men"
''Oh. trust me for that" she said airily, |
and at the moment she was indeed try |
ing to judge no less n person than her |
ather. She had thought that she I'M
ierstood him. Had she? He was fond |
Of her. lie denied her nothing and she |
owed him. But-there were depths she |
could not fathom. and she knew no |
more of bis real life, even less. than an |
outsider.
But now n sudden fear possessed her
She rushed up stairs to n little room
which she used for her writing table