The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-02-15

head and gazed across at Jennie. draw
ing a sigh of deep satisfaction.
swell, this is jolly" he said.
"Yes, murmured Jennie. ''it's very
nice always did enjoy foreign travel,
especially when it can be done in
luxury; but. alas. luxury costs money
doesn't it2''
"Oh, you don t need to mindl You
are rich.
"That is true L had forgotten all
about it. -
~ hope. Jennie, that the fact of my
travelling On train de luxe has not de-
luded you regarding my wealth. l
should have told you that usually
travel third class when l am transport
ing myself in my private capacity. /
am wringing this pampered elegance
from the reluctant pockets of the Brit
ish taxpayer. When travel for British
government. say. as Pooh Bah said to
Koko in The Mikado, DO it well, my
boy, or words to that effect. '
Indeed, laughed Jennie. II am in a
somewhat similar situatiou-the news
paper is paying all the expense of this
trip, but l shall insist on returning the
money to The Bugle now that have
failed in my mission.
'Dear me. how much more honest the
newspaper business is than diplomacy |
The idea of returning any money never
even occurred to NE. The mere sugges-
tion freezes my young blood and makes
each particular hair to stand on end
like quills of the fretful porcupine. Our
motto in the service is, Get all you can
and keep all you get. >
''But, then, you see, your case is diff
ferent from mine. You did your best to
succeed, and I failed through my own
choice, and thus I sit here traitor to
my paper.
"Well Jennie, said the young man,
picking up the dispatch box. which he
never allowed to leave his sight and
placing it on the table, "you We only to
say the word. and this contentious let
ter is in your possession again Do you
regret your generosity?
''Oh, no, no, no, mol | would not
have it back on any account. Even look
ing at the matter in the most material
istic way, success means far more to
you than it does to me. AS you say,
am rich; therefore l am going tc give
up my newspaper career. I suppose that
is why women very rarely make great
successes Of their lives. A woman's ca
reer so often is merely of incidental in
terest to her; mans career is his
whole life.
''What a pity it is, unused the
young man, that one persons success
| generally means another person fail
urel If l were the generous, whole soul
ed person sometimes imagine myself
to be, I should refuse to accept success
as the price of your failure You have
actually succeeded, while have actual
ly failed. With generosity that makes
me feel small and mean. you hand over
your success to me. and ! selfshly ac-
cept it. RutI compound with my con-
science in this way You and are to
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 good
idea p
Excellent, replied Jennie. ''Never-
theless cannot help feeling just lit
tie sorry for poor Mr.. Hardwick."
"Who is he-the editor2'
eyes. He did have such faith in me
that it seems almost pity to disap-
point him.
"You mustn't trouble your mind
about Hardwick. Don't think of him at
all. Think of me instead"
81 am afraid do and have done for
some time past. Nevertheless 1 shall get
off at Liege and telegraph to him that
am not bringing the document to Lon
dom
81 will send the telegram for you
when we reach there, but if remember
rightly what you told me of his purpose
he can't be very deeply disappointed.
understood you to say that he did not
intend to publish the document even il
he got it. :"
'"That is quitestrue. He wished tc
act as the final messenger himself and
was to meet me at Charing Cross sta.
tion, secure the envelope and take it al
once to its destination
~ must confess said the young
man, with a bewildered expression
"that don't see the object of that. Are
You sure he told you the truthf''
"Oh. yesl The object was this: II
seems that there is in the foreign offic,
some crusty old curmudgeon who de
lights in battling Mr.. Hardwick Thi
official-I forget his name; in fact,
don't think Mr.. Hardwick told me wht
he was-seems to forget The Daily
Bugle when important items of new
are to be given out. and Mr.. Hardwicl
says that he favors one of the rival pa
pers, and The Bugle has been unable S,
far to receive anything like fair treat
ment from him, SO Mr.. Hardwick want
ed to take the document to him. ant
thus convince him there was danger il
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
bargain, but simply proposed to ham
over the document and ask the foreigi
Office man to give The Bugls its fai
share in what was going"
''Do you mean to say that the officia
in question is the man to whom l am t.
hand this letter8''
| yes"