Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1902-05-29

~ EMAfANUEb FIBtNnAhDA
In England. Emile Haas In Basel send
this. Though you me have forgotten I
not yon. am In very much trouble
and fear from you, many times since
fret, nov again. Come 20 me, come,
before tho Too late must be gewrit-
ten. CA Basel address was APP
pended.l
Was Il not natural that should at
once think this was addressed 20 the
Emmanuel Steinhardt knew7 There
might be- others Of the name In Eng.
land, but surely no other 10 whom tho
implication. which read between the
lines OF this advertisement, OF broken
faith with a woman would 20 well APP
ply. Aud she seemed in urgent dis
tress; she begged him 10 go to her. II
was scarcely probable, ! thought, that
steinhardt would see IL; he read little
Of newspaper literature, knew, and
his usual paper was tho local daily.
What, then2 In spite Of my abb
horrence Of him, and my wish 10 avoid
him, should | not, for the woman's
sake, inform him Of this2 pondered
this idea all the rest Of the day, until
the evening, when took il TO Birley.
Certainly" said he; "the scamp
Let him know Of IL. ! Isuppoee he only
married my sister because she had a
'bit Of brasG -
So | called on steinhardt that very
evening.
''Thank you, Mr.. Unwin," said he,
when had told him my errand "but
some kind friend las already sent me
the paper" taking up a copy OF The
Timesl. eyes" he continued, reading
II over and chuekling at Its compost
tion, ~ suppose she thought she must
write English for an English paper. :"
He laid the paper down. Poor
Emile, she wants me; but can't go,
you know. must 20 10 London about
my lawsuit again. might send Frank,
but really want him here. lie
paused and looked at me, meditatively.
"You are doing nothing, Mr.. Unwin.
Would you 20 for me? You would,
really and truly, do better than !
should. She thinks she would like TO
see me and speak TO me, but she
wouldn't. She seems to be very ill.,
dying, | suppose she thinks herself,
poor woman--and to speak 10 people
alex and dying IL more In your way
than mine. She will like to hear YOU
she always liked clerRymen; she liked
me little when we thought ! was GO
ing to be IA clergyman.
lie turned slowly TO the fire, took up
the poker, and carefully raked out the
ashes from the bottom OF the CRATE
Was memory leading him back reluct-
antly to those days OF his youth, and
compelling him to ask himself whether
for all he had gained since then he had
not paid too great price2
"Well, said he, maniiestly shaking
something off, and turning to me,
what do you say, Mr.. Unwin? will,
of course, pay your expenses, and you
will take Emilie-a letter from me, and
money--I daresay she means she needs
it."
~ am much obliged TO you, Mr..
Steinhardt," said l, shut"
"Oh. said he, 1t is / will be
obliged, but of course that does not
natter
"It is so unexpected" | continued
might have added, "and extraordi-
nary"
swell, yes; | daresay 1t is. But you
know what the Frenchman says about
the unexpected. F"
''Let me consider IL for day; and
il decide to go shall be ready to set
out at once.
"oh, yes; consider it, and consult
your friends. But if you do not go,
nobody will go.'
l went Immediately from him tC
Birley, and stated at once the extraor-
dinary offer had received.
'Go, lad, said he; "it will be q
pleasant holiday for you, and the poor
woman, of course, would rather sec
somebody from Manuel than only get q
letter from him"
hesitated; | did not desire holi,
day then, even on the Continent where
had never been, but at the same time
some change was becoming necessary
considering the low condition to which
my finances had sunk.
"But, said I, "I believe he ha,
asked me only to get me out of the way
for some purpose. l think he suspects
/ have been finding out something
; more"
/
"And what does that matter?" asked
Birley. "Look here, my lad; ! know
you're in q way about Louise. Now il
strikes me if you go away for a little
while (and you may as we'll go al
'Manuel's expense), things will turr
out better for you than you may think
. You see, at the same time as you are
away, he is away, too. Frank mus
come back to the works, and there will
be no reason for keeping Louise al
, Blackpool. Take my word for it, he'll
bring her home; | shall manage Il
see her, and If she claims my protec
tion as her other guardian, shall TAX
her home with me, and when he come.
back he can't ia her from me. Don't
you see, ladP"
admitted the force Of the reasons
he urged, and all next day (Which wa,
Sunday turned them over. My going
might certainly be to Louise's advant
: age and to my own. Even if Stein
hardt brought her back to Timperly
only for a visit Of few days, there
would be sufficient opportunity for Bir
ley to take her home to himself. Or
the other hand, my refusal to 20 would
bring no advantage nor prospect OF ad,
vantage. And might not, indeed
steinhardt's offer be suggestion O
Providence2