The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-06-05

be married; then we will be one. That
one shall be heir to all the successes of
each of us and shall disclaim all the
failures of each. Isn't that a good
idea?n,
Excellent, replied Jennie. tNever-
theiess l cannot help feeling just a lit
Tie Sorry for poor Mr.. Hardwick."
+, who is he-the editor?"
Eyes. Ee did have such faith in me
that it seems almost a pity t. disap-
point him."
"You mustn't trouble your mind
about Hardwick. Don't think of him at
all. Think Of me instead"
II am Arid / do and have done for
some time past. Nevertheless I shall get
OH at Liege and telegraph to. him that /
am not bringing, the document to Lon
DON"
Il will send the telegram for you
when We reach there, butt if / remember
rightly what you told me of his purpose
ne can't be very deeply disappointed. I
understood you to say that he did not
intend to publish the document even if
he got it.
"That is quite true. He wished to
act as the final messenger himself and
was to meet M at Charing Cross sta
ton, secure the envelope and take it at
once to its destination"
81 must confess said the young
man, with a bewildered expression,
sthat don't see the object of that. Are
youssure he told you the truth2"
"Oh, yesl The object was this: 1t
seems that there is in the foreign office
some crusty old cu%rmudgeon who de-
lights in battling MI. Hardwick. This
oficial-I forget his name; in fact, l
don't think Mr.. Hardwick told me who
he was-seems to forget The Daily
Bugle when important items of news
are to be given out, and Mr.. Hardwick
says that he favors one of the rival pa
pers, and The Bugle has been unable SO
far to receive anything like fair treat
mert from him, SO Mr.. Hardwick want
ed to take the document to him, and
thus convince him there was danger in
making an enemy of The Daily Bugle.
As l understood his scheme, which
didn't commend itself very much to me,
Hardwick had no intention of making a
bargain. but simply proposed to hand
over the document and ask the foreign
Office man to give The Bugle its fair
share in what was going"
"Do you mean to say that the official
in question is the man to whom I am to
hand this letter."
eyes"
sob, my prophetic soul, my unclel
Why, that is Sir James Cardiff, the
elder brother of my motherl He is a
dear old chap, but / can we'll under
stand an outsider thinking him gruff
and uncivil. If the editor really means
what he says, then there will be no diff
ficulty and no disappointment. If all
that is needed is the winning over of old
Jimmy to be civil to Hardwick, I can
guarantee that. I am the especial pro-
tege Of my uncle. Everything I know l
have learned from him. He cannot I'M
derstand why the British government
does not appoint me Immediately en-
bassador to France. Jimmy would do it
tomorrow if he had the power. 1t was
through him that / heard of this letter,
and I believe his influence had a good
deal to do with my getting the commits
sion Of special messenger. 1t was the
chagrin that my uncle Jimmy would
have felt had I failed that put the
drop Of bitterness in my cup of sorrow
when I came to my senses after my en-
counter with the Russian police. That
would have been a stunning blow to Sir
James Cardiff. We shall reach Char
ing Cross station about 1880 tonight,
and Sir James will be there with his
brougham to take charge of me when /
arrive. Now, what do you say to our
settling all this under the canopy of
Charing CROSSE If you telegraph Mr..
Hardwick to meet US there, I will in
troduce him to Sir James, and he will
never have any more trouble in that
quarter"
81 think" said the girl, looking
down at the tablecloth. s'that I'd rath-
er not have MI. Hardwick meet u.s."
"Of course not" answered the man
quickly. "What was I thinking about?
It will be a family meeting, and we
don't want any outsiders about, do
wei"
Jennie laughed, but made no reply.
They had a smooth and speedy pas
sage across from Calais to Dover, and
the train drew in at Charing Cross sta
ton exactly on time. Lord Donal rec
ognized his uncle's brougham waiting
FIR him, and on handing the young
lady out of the railway carriage he es-
pied the old man himself closely scru-
tinizing the passengers. Sir James, on
catching sight of him, came eagerly
forward and clasped both his nephew's
hands.
.Donal," he cried, 81 am very glad
indeed to see you'll Is everything
right?"
"As right as can be, uncle"
"Then / I'M glad of that, too, for we
have some very disquieting hints from
the east"
"They were quite justified, as / shall
tell you later on but meanwhile, uncle,
allow me to introduce to you Miss Bax-
ter. who has done me the honor Of