The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-26
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fron, one Or two conversations hid with
Miss Gordon when she WAS In 1England.
I a,1 ono Of Miss Gofdoh's many adj adj
4 tnirefa.. 4.
!. 'Ani am another" said oacard,
i rfhhhly. f5
''Ahi Then YOU are happy enough to
4 be the object Of a reciprocal feeling which
Z for myself could scarcely expect, She
4 spoke Of you lii no measured language.
III gathered from her that TX you had not
\ acted with great prttnptlttlde the--er--
happy event OF to-morro.l could not have
taken place.
i rho Old man patised, ana Guy DISCARD.
who looked somewhat distressed and dis
tlhctly uncomfortable, could md no
/ graceful way OF changing tho conversa-
4 tloh
i I'm d word" went on str John, In a
very severe tone, ~ owe you n great
debt You saved my boys life"
Yes, but YOU see" argued Oscard,
finding his tongue at last, ''out there
things like that don't count for 80 much"
i X "Oh-don,t they2 There was the sug-
tFgrm eyebrows.
# No, returned Oscard, rather lamely,
ut ID Il sort Of thing that happens every
4 day out there"
i IS Sir Join turned suddenly. and With the
4 tourtllnnss that was ever his lie INDUCED
/ In n raro exhibition OF feeling. He laid
Il Ills hand on Guy Oscard' s stalwart knee.
"My dear Oscnrd," he said. and when
4 lie chose lie could render HIS voice very
soft ana affectlonate, none OF those
arguments apply TO me because am not
out there. | like you for trying to mako
little or your exploit. Such conduct Is
worthy Of you--worthy OF gentleman
but you cannot disguise the fact that
Jack owes his life 10 you and I owe you tho
/ same which, between you and mo ! t,inS
mention, is moro valuable to me than my
own. I want you to remember always
/ that am your debtor. and !f--if circuin-
stances should ever seem to indicate that
i the feeling ! have for YOU is anything but
4 friendly and kind. do me tho honor OF
& tlisbcievlng those indicntloils-you undor-.
4 standY' ii
"Ycs,,' replied oscard untruthfuly.
Here wo arc at Lady Cantonrne's"
l'eontinucd Sir John where. as 1t hap
s pens, | expect to meet Jnck. Her lady
ship Is naturally interested In the affair
i or Tomorrow. aud has kindly undertaken.
TO keep us UP 70 date IN our behavior.
4 YOU Will come ii, @itli me?
A Discard remembered afterwards that he
was rather puzzlcd-that there was per-
/ haps In his simple mind the fatntest tinge
Of a suspicion. AT the moment, how
/ ever, there was no time to do anything
4 but follow. Tho man had already rurS
| the bell, and Lady Cantouri1es butler
/ was holding the door open. There was
I something in his attitude vaguely sngSes-
tive OF expectation. Ire never took his
1 eyes from Sir John Mercdith's face, as
tif on tho alert for ar ,lnspoken order
4 Guy Discard followed his companion Into
! the hall, and tho very scent OF the house
for each house speaks to more senses
than one-made his heart leap In phls
broad chest 1t seemed as II Millcent's
presence was In the very air. This was
+ moro than he could have hoped. lie had
/ not intended to call this afternoon. al
though his visit was only to have been
postponed fr twenty-four hours
/ Sir John Meredlth's face was marvel
to see It was quite steady. He was up
right and alert, with all the intrepidity
/ OF his mind up In arms. There was y
| light In his eyes CLEAN Of light from
! other days. not yet burned out
| He laid aside his gold headed cane and
! threw back his shoulders.
rs Mr.. Meredith up-stairs7" he said
to the butler.
"Yes--sir''
The man moved towards the stairs,
you need not GOMEZ said Sir John.
holding up his head.
! The butler stood aside and Sir John
led the way up to the drawihg-room.
At the door he paused for n moment.
Guy Cseard was mt his heels. Then he
opened tho door rather slowly. and mo-
toned gracefully With his left hand 10 Y
Discard to pass in before him.
! Oscard stepped forward When he had
crossed the threshold Sir John closed the
door sharply behind him and turned TO
go downstairs.
CHAPTER NIL.
a TRO1s
MEN servo women kneeling: when they
get on their feet they 50 away"
Guy Oscard stood for moment on
the threshold. He heard the door closed
behind him, and he took two steps far
1 ther forward.
jack Meredith and Mlllcent were at
the fireplace. There was heap of dis
ordered paper and string upon the table.
and a few wedding presents standing in
the midst Of their packing.
iIillicents pretty face was quite white. \
She looked from Meredith to Oscard /,
With sudden horror In her eyes. Fors
the first time In her life she was at
! loss--quite taken aback
"OhA-h!' she whispered. and that was
all,
Tho silence that followed was tense,
as IL something in the atmosphere was
about to snap; and in the midst of IT
the wheels of Sir Johns retreating car
rlage came to the ears Of the three per-
sons In the drawlng-room.
1t was only for a moment, but In that
moment the two men saw clearly. It
was as II the veil from tho girls mind
had fallen-leaving her thoughts confess
ed. bare before them. In the same In
slant they both saw--they both sped back
In thought to their first meeting. to the
hundred links OF the chain that brought
them TO the present moment they knew;
and Millicent felt that they knew.
(, Are you going to be married to-mor-
! row." asked Guy Oscard deliberately.
| He never was u man to whom success
[ full appeal for the slightest mitigation of
Justice could have been made. His deal
lngs had ever been with men, from whom
he had exacted as scupulous an honor
as he had given He did not know that
! women are difrerent-that honor Is not
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