Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-12-05

.uce you 20 devote 1t all to me-"
How DO you mean"
why. Just come regularly into my
mploy as--what Is it that kings and
uecns have about them"
Fools principally. l think I'm not
I'D to that, Burr"
Keeper Of the privy purse; that's
what | mean. Suppose you look out
for my accounts, pay my bills and, in
short, attend TO everything for me, so
that will not have to think Of any
thing unless | want to. Don't you see
sign my checks for me and attend to
the small matters of life, so that will
not have them to think of? That is
what I W, nj Nou can do as YOU please
concerning salary. You can fix the
amount. subject. Of course to my mp
proval"-hc looked away willie he said
that-"or when YOU feel that you need
some none, tuu can draw a check for
what YOU want and charge it to your
account"
Wyndham raised his head in prcpa-
ration of . protest, but for once Pen
dleton's energy got the best Of him.
II won't hear Of an objection" lie
! said somewhat harshly Either you
agree to my proposition or | engage
somebody else 70 do the work that
/ have asked you to do. If YOU are my
! friend, as YOU pretend TO be. you will
accept. but II you have any more of
your foolish ideas Of pride standing in
! the way it is time that we found it out
and-quit. Either YOU accept or we
| part here Craig. You put me in the
position Of the plcader, ana ! have
/ never pleaded for anything In my life.
! If did not want you, | certainly
| should not ask YOU. If you will as
! sumo the responsibility of my affairs
| and relieve mo of them entirely, in addi-
! tion to the labor you will perform, you
| will confer a very great favor. You
ought to understand that | could not
place this responsibility upon any man
! whom Go not know"
The discussion was ended. The mat
ter was arranged to the mutual salts
| faction Of the contracting parties, and
! Wyndham became to ali ntonts and
! purposes the mentor of his friend. 1t
is true that rendleton carried private
chcckbook of his own for personal
use in case Of emergency and that Il
very comfortable sum was kept to that
account; but. nevertheless. it had TO be
drawn from the other one and over the
signature of Wyndham.
This was the state of things when
the friends encountered each other on
the steps of the club on the afternoon
of the arrival Of Pcndlcton from MeXi-
co: and there were other things that
had grown out Of the arrangement
which Wyndham longcd for an oppor-
tunity to explain, but which the other
man never gave him the opportunity
to do.
There are men who carry burdens
which are never seen or suspected.
Wyndham was one Of them. Burdens
which rightly belonged to him he did
not mind. but burdens that he bore for
anothe: oppressed him really more than
he knew He was the most undemon-
strative fellow in the world. Persons
for whom he fci the most profound af-
fcctior were the least likely OF all 9TH
crs to observe signs of it, and when he
left the club that afternoon after the
unexplained departure, and in some
ways the incXcusable negligence, OF
PcndlctOn il seemed to him that he
bore burden that it was next to i'm
possible for him to carry. That was
why his brow was creased with