The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-26
of that terrible hour on the ledge when
the girl forced the man to confess his
love by suggesting acceptance Of the


the girl forced the man to confess his
love by suggesting acceptance Of the
Dyaks terms.
Thus, for little while, these two
were driven apart, and Anstruther dis
dained to urge the plea that not many
weeks would elapse before he would
be a richer man than his rival. The
chief sufferer was Sir Arthur Deane.
Had Iris guessed how her father was
tormented, she would not have re-
manned on the bridge, radiant and
mirthful, whilst the gray-haired bar
onet gazed with stony-eyed despair at
some memoranda which he extracted
from his papers.
Ten thousand pounds!" he NUT
tered. mot a great sum for the mil
lionaire f1nancier, Sir Arthur Deane. to
raise on his note of hand. A few
months ago men offered me one hun
dred times the amount on no better
security. And now, to think that a set
Of jabbering fools in London should
so destroy my credit and their own
that not a bank will discount our pa
per unless they are assured Lord
Ventnor has joined the board! Fancy
me, Of all men, being willing to barter
my child fora few pieces OF gold"
The thought was maddening. For
a little while he yielded to utter de-
spondency. It was quite true that a
comparatively small amount OF money
would restore the stability OF his firm.
impaired, he could easily tide over the
period Of depression until the first
fruits of his enterprise were garnered.
Then, all men would hail him as a
genius.
YEARLY turning over his papers, he
suddenly came across the last letter
written to him by Iris mother. How
1@t4 hat ~, o.
called one night, shortly before his
wife died, when the little Iris was
brought into her room to kiss her and
lisp her infantile prayers. She had de-
vised formula Of her own
God bless father! God bless
mother! God bless me. their little
grill" -"
And what was it she cried to him
from the beach? @@G
Your own little, girl given back to
you'll"
Given back to him! For what-to
marry that black-hearted scoundrel
whose pastime was the degradation of
women and the OBTAINING of honest
men? That settled It, Instantly the
great peace came upon him. The ruin
Of his business he might not be able
to avert. but he would save from the
wreck that which he priced more than
all else-his daughters love.
The engines dropped to half speed
they were entering the harbor of
Singapore. In a few hours the worst
would be over. If Ventnor telegraphed
to London his withdrawal from the
board, nothing short Of a cabled draft
for ten thousand pounds would pre-
vent certain creditors from filing a
bankruptcy petition. In the local
banks the baronet had about a thous-
and to his credit. Surely among the
rich merchants of. the port men who
knew the potentialities of h@ scheme,
he would be able to raise the money
needed. He would try hard. Already
| he felt Drawer. The old fire had re-
| turned to his blood. The very belief
that he was acting in the way best cal
culated to secure his daughters happi-
ness stimulated and encouraged him.
He went on deck, to meet Iris skip
ping down the hatchway. .t,..
| ooh, there you are!" she cried. II
| was just coming to find out why you