Daily camera., 1901-10-09

HHAJ. GILLESPIE, was distinctly
N old-fashioned. "Old-fashioned saA
out of date and irritable and cranky.
BY George, sir" said he to himself -
he watched the blue flames struggle
unsuccessfully to leap into something
like cheerfulness. "Even my hre Won't
burn. I've jawed every man in the
Office to-day. quarreled with every
client l have seen. bullied the janitoE
and spent the intervening time In hat
ing myself. l guess Eastman 10 right.
I ought to take . vacation. and see II
! can't get into some sort OF harmony
with things In general"
What was II all worth. anyway
these days and nights Of toil7 To b
sure, he WAS successful. far beyond the
measure that comes TO the average
man. his reputation was high In the
profesaion-the greatest cases came
to him. and he generally won them
His name stood high In the commant
", and honors on the bench or In po'
litical life waited him At any time hi
would accept them. But these thing'
held NO fascination for him. For X
years his life had been csntered In
this old-fashioned back Office. He had
enioyed no social life and little com
panionship with hisfellows. excepting
his relations with his partners. hii
clients and his opponents In the court
ShtnL 80 thl
result should he lose interest in hi
work.
And yet II had not been always so
Nor was he by nature designed for
life apart from his fellows. In hi
younger days he had been . prince o.
good fellows. and had numbered hii
friends by the score.
But this was before the broken chap
ter in his life. and that broken chap
ter had changed all the rest OF thu
story. He thought as he tried to GOAL
some warmth out Of the crate how diff
ferent It all might have been. III
arose and locked the door leading &c
the outer Office. and then he went te
the old-fashioned safe. and. unlocking
. drawer. took from II an old da
guerro,ype. Going back to his seat
he contemplated the portrait long snt
earnestly. II was the face OF . beauti
full. high spirited. impetuous girl.
This was the face which had caused
the broken chapter. As he looked a'
the old daguerrotype his features soft
ened and he lived over again the old
days when all the horizon was rose
colored. This was away back when hs
was . boy. He was accounted . smart
boy and was making strides is his pro
fession. and every effort and every am
bi,ion vas centered upon Amy Lester
She liked him. too-there was no doub'
Of that Even now. At distance OF e
years and with the keenest knowledge
Of men and Affairs. he did not doubt
that she loved him in the old days
They had been youthful sweethearta
And had built all the air castles Of two
livea upon q united future. Then came
the firing on Sumter and the call to
arms by President Lincoln. The blood
of the ma jor quickened little even s'
this distance Of . quarter Of . cen
tury as he recollected the thrill with
which that call had been received. A
delirious month or two and be had
found himself At the front There
rolled before the memory OF the major
all the excitement. the dangers. the
deprivations. the heroisms OF thoss
dreadful four years; bis steady I'D.
vancement until he VAS mustered oui
. major Of volunteers
The perspirstion rolled from hii
face ~ he remembered his home
coming and found that Amy had
plishted her troth to snothsr-one far
richer than b. and the choice OF hes
family. He had nsvsr asked her to
marry him. He had always supposed
II to be understood. They had wrlt'
ten continually. and although her Let
tiers ksd grown more formal he had
been so engrosssd in his soldieriy pro-
fexsion that he had scarcely had tbs
time to wonder what the cause vas
30 the full knowledge Of the truth,
when he arrived home. nearly took him
OF his feet. His grest pride kept hin
from doing anything to prevent hsI
marriage. even had Il been possible
and 20 she had faded from his life. and
with her al the Joy aud all the hops
be had ever cherished. Then followed
the weary years In tbs profsasiou Ia
which he had turned.
A knock aroused the dreamer. and
hastily stufI'ng the picture in biz
pocket he opened the door. II was Z
card from one Of his most profitable
clients, for whom he had recently won
. hardly-contested lawsuit
"Show him In" gruntsd the na3of
grudgingiy.
Accordingly ia BUSTED Peter Van
delmeier. prospsrous. pushing. ssh'
compliment. but apparently somewhat
worried.
-7ou have got to get possession OF
that Fletcher property. that's all Tiers
IL to It. major" said vandelmsisr. ~
he seated himself and moppsd his
brow. "Oh. know you are not q
UoGIlA VI AoAouot VI oOy sAAAA8 VI
that kind" he went on. ~ he observed
the majors rising ire. "but what good
will our decision do NJ unless We get
possession Of the pFopeFty7 There 1,
) funny condition down there. 4 chit
Of . girl-grandchild Of old nsp
Yletchsr--is in possession. aud shs
seems to be too much for the oiIoers
They have failed utterly to get her out
and have about given It up Is bod
| Job. We have but two more days, 20
eording to the verdict. Now. want
you to 60 to Cherrydsls yourself You
will have all the ofncers you want, but
they are frightened and need some
body to direct them. Name your owu
fee, OF course. but you've got to 60
You know how important It 10 to oul
| general plan that We get possession
The result was that Maj. Gillespie
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