The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19
cur THIS OUT AND KEEP 1T.
tho simiacln..-our scheme said Jack.

tho simiaclne scheme" said Jack.
suddenly.
.sAhl" M
~ have brought home a consignment
valued at seventy thousand pounds.
Sir Johns face novor changed.
And" he asked. with yelled sarcasm,
| "do you carry out the--er--commercla
| part OF tho scheme r.
II shall begin to arrange for tho snle
Of the consignment Tomorrow. shall
have no diilloulty---nt least, anticipate
| none Yes, l do the commercial part.
as vol as tho other. held tho Plateau
against two thousand natives for three
months, With flfty-five men. But do
| tho commercial part as we'll.
Az he was looking into tho fire still. Sir
| Joht, stole long comprehensive glance
at Ills sons face. His old eyes lighted
I'D with pride and something clse--possi-
bly, love. Tho clock OH the mantelpiece
struck eleven. Jack looked at 1t thought
| fully, then he rose. @
II must not keep you any longer" no
said. somewhat stiffly
'Good- night" s5 Is
Sir John rose also If.
II dare say you are tired you need
! rcst. In some ways you-look stronger,
In others you look tagged and pulled
down. -
cit is the result u my Illness" said
Jack. II am really quito strong
He paused, standing on tho hearth rug.
then suddenly he held out his hand
Good might" he said. s8 as#
Sir John allowed him to 90 to the
door. to touch the handle. before he
spoke.
Then we are no further on
I'm what way?' q
I'm respect to the matter over which
J we unfortunately disagreed before you
, went away"
jack turned, with his hand on the door.
| II have not changed my mind In any
respect" he said. gently Perhaps yoli
are inclined to take my altered fcircu II
stances into conslderatLon--to modify
your views"
II am getting rather old for modifica-
| ton" answered Sir John suavely.
and you see no reason for altering
| your dlcisIon?"
None
'.Then am afraid we are no further
on" he paused Good night" no adj
ded, gently. as he opened the door.
| Good might"
CHAPTER xxxv.
ENGAGED.
, well there's the game throw the
stakes"
Lady Cantourne was sitting alone In
her drawing-room, and the expression Of
her usually bright and smiling face be-.
tokened considerable perturbation.
Truth to tell. there wero not many
things In life that had power to frighten
her ladyshIp very mich. Hers had been
a prosperous life as prosperity Is reck-
oned. She had married rich man who
had retained his riches while he lived
| and had left them to her when he died.
And that was all the world knew OF
Lady Cantourne. Like the majority OF
u.s. she presented her character and NOT
herself to her neighbors; and these held,
as neighbors do. that the CHEEKY, capaDle
little woman OF tho world whom they
met everywhere was Lady Cantourne.t
Circumstances alter Us less than We think.
II we are OF gay temperament--gay we
shall be through all. II sombre no hap
piness can drive that sombreness away.
Lady Cantourne was meant for happiness
and a Joyous motherhood, She had had
neither; but she went on being meant
until the end--that Is TO say. she was
still CHEEKY and capable. She had thrown
an open letter on the little table AT her
s!de-a letter from Jack Meredith an
natural desire TO call and pay his respects
In the course OF the afternoon.
49," she had said before she laid the
letter aside ,"he is home again-nnd no
means to carry It through?
Then she had settled down to think
In her own comfortable chair for II one
may not be happy. comfort is ct all
events within reach OF some OF us). and
the troubled look had supervened.
Each OF our lives is like book vita
one strong character moving through
its pages. The strong character IN Lady
Cantourne's book had been Sir John
Meredith Her whole life seemed to have.
been spent on the outskirts OF his-watch-
ing 1t. And what she had seen had not
been conducive to her own happiness.
She knew that the note she had just
received meant a great deal to Sir John
Meredith. It meant that Jack had come
home with the full intention OF fulfilling
| his engagement to Millicent Chyne. AT
Drst she had rather resented Sir Johns
outspoken objection to her niece as his
sons wife. but during the last months
| she had gradually coS,e round to his way
Of thinking: not. perIlaps, for the first
time in her life She had watched Mil
| icent She had studied her own niece
dispassionately as much from Sir John
Meredith's point OF view as was possible
| al
made several discoveries, The first OF
these had been precisely that discovery
which one would expect from d woman
| namely, the state OF Millicent's own feel
ings,
Lady Cantourne had known for the
last twelve months-nlmost as long as
Sir John Meredith had known---that Mil
liccnt loved Jack. Upon this knowledge
came the humi!ation--the degrndntion--
Of one Irritation after another: and not
oven after but interlaced. Guy Oscard
| in particular, and others In a minor de-
gree had passed that way 1t was n
shameless record OF that which might
| have been good In man prostltuted and
| trampled under foot by the vanity OF a
woman. Lady Canto,lrne was Of the
world worldly and because Of that, be-
cause the finest material has seamy
side. and the highest walks In life have
the hardest weeds, she knew what love
should be, Here was love--t may
| be modern, advanced chic. in-de-siecle,
| up to date or anything the coming gener-
aton may choose to call lt--b,lt 1t was