The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-06-16
CHAPTER n.
ASSAULT THE FIRST.

ASSAULT TIE FIRST.
As InRraham was Fastening on
bis second orrand to the hotel hia
heart Was hot with ita strong. force.
ful love Tor Editha Hhynor la spite
/ Of himself that love had firm root
aud grown and flourlshod. untold,
hidden. even rebuked uutil an in.
tangible something IN her look. her
manner. had combined 10 rouse 4
riot Of hope and rejoicing In hia
soul that reached It's climax when
be read the pride aud Joy In heF
lovely face as she welcomed him "a
the bon. the hero Of their com.
mencement day
lie knew that M Yet he had NOT
dollar Of hia own. lie owed oY.
eFything his fine education. biz
modest bachelor home. shared 10
common with Iiufnham. his food.
raimont everything 10 the charity
and bensfiesnoe Of that prince u
blE hearted men-John Raynor. lie
vas nov Just e. but habits Of
study. thought. reflection and self
examination made him appear three
ysaFs older older. indeed. than Nod
Durham. who Nas two years his
senior.
fngrHham looked on Durham
much IN the light Of a younger-a
Say. light hearted. laughing. via
some brother lie knew well.
when fret they we're thrown 70.
Eethsr ia the old grammar school
days. how tender a regard John
RaYnor felt for THE frank. merry.
briEht.syed. handsome boy. the son
Of a woman. distant In Ain. but
dearef Ia relationship than he had
ever dared admit. uatil she. too.
waa taken from hlA life aud bis
EYES we're opened even az hers were
eloaed.
John Rayuorss wife had never
held bic heart Of hearts. She had
brought him = moierats fortune
that Was now Edlthaa. or would be
when the days Of her legal Infancy
we're ended. aud she vas nov -
Mrs Rayuor had moved a rather
regal. Junoeaque type Of woman
when be met her Ia society. bat
With fadiuE char1aa came seciuaion.
complaints. exaeflona that stilled
and aaddcned his life when she
died be mournsd her In genuine
sorrow, but Il saa = mourning for
departing charms Of person and non
existent Eracea 81 mind. discovered
even before little Edlfha came %
bless a union otherwise q secret
aoFrow 10 both. fof Edlfha the elder
Mfs John Raynar. loved no man An
she loved herself
These are circumstance under
which the coming into a mans life
Of = woman. sweet. sympathetic aud
- bear % kin as 70 snGendcr conf
dsnceA IL somsthiug frhught with
daaEeT 10 the legitimate ahArsr Of
he heart aud home Kate Burnham
had sought HIS aid In the recovery
uf the little estate left her By an I'm.
pfoFideut husband who had man
eyed 20 incumher every acre that he
devised. and in the course OF years
John Raynor had succeeded In MAX
ina her believe that Il was her own
money. not hia. that maintained
her. and her beautiful. laughing
boy. In ease and comfort 10 her dy-
Ina day. shee losed her eyes on
worldly issues serene In the belief
that her idolifed son was heir 10
Sufficient property TO enable him
20 live like a gentleman among his
fellows.
The truth had been made known
to Durham before he came OF are
IL had 20 be. The lad. though
warmhcarted. genial and immensely
popular among bis fellows at
school and at olumbia. was idle.
pleaHure-loYinE. extravaGant. a
spsndthrift In fact. and. a. Raynor
fuefully admitted. biz daring. dash
ing father all over With high
hopes of him because OF natural
abilities. Raynor had had the dis
appointment OF seeing him turned
back an entire year az school sim
ply because he would not study.
Then. when he should have entered
Columbia In IS be utterly failed In
Latin and mathematics and was re-
mAnded 10 school for still another
year. entering at last with Rex
lnKrahRm In 81 the eldest man On
years and about the youngest In
demeanor IN the class.
Better let me have mothers IT.
tie nest-eEE and turn me loose.
Uncle Jack" he aald. with a shake
Of his curly head Ill bring you
nothing but worry az college. I'm
only cut out for a broker. That's
my forte. Wall street-win or lose
play or pay. Rex here will do
the proper thing at Columbia. Hes
a plodder. Don't waste mothers
little hoard trying to hammer claa-
sizes into my noddle. Let me take
what there IL and-take 20 the
street"
II was then that John Raynor
told ingrnham the truth and babe
him tell laughing Ned. for the eld-
or man could not look into the fear
leaa eyea-the mothers eyes-and
tell that boy he hadn't n cent OF his
own. There was something OF a
scene when poor Rex had 20 pen
his ohum indoors one soft, summer
evening as they were packing for
vacation. and then and thore grave
" lay before him the exact situa-