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 liameat had risen ID art Of aggression had marked tie Russian occupation Of Mes!led, hgt he also knew that I'raide and his followers looked askance at that great powers aNiable attitude and H1 sjgl1t of lis leader's message his intuition stirred.
 Turning t5 tHe nearest lamp. le tore the o'9@1Iora oacA aRd scanned tie let ter anN.oU@lE. It vas written iii I'raile.s oWl clear somewhat old fash- toned writing &nd opened with 2 kind- lv rejH,,a for his GcScrti9n of him since the daE of EiS speech; tl{en immediate ly and Wieh characteristic clcarneSs i. opened slp tflc subject n"srest the wlit- q , mind.
 Very slowly aa1 atteHsi1elx Loder tfi quiet that with bim invariably covered emotion, he moved to the desk. wrote a note a4d handed it te the waiting servant. As the main turned toward tho door he called him.
 ..RanWek,s lie Sail sharply. "when you'ye given that lettcr to Mr. fraide'> servant ask Mrs Ghileote if she c2p spare luc five minutes.
 When IenWicll had gone and close, the door beEind him Io&er paced the room with fcyerish activity. In one moment the aspect of life had been changed. Five minutes since he had been @lorying i'll the risk of barely saved situation; new that situation with it's merely social complications had become Il matter of small impor- tance.
 His long, stridin@ steps had carried him to the fireplace, and his back was toward the door when at last the handle turned. He wheeled round to receive Ewes EessHec. then a look of pleased surprise crossed his face. It was Eve herself who stood in the doorway
 Without hesitation his lips parted Eve he said abruptly, Il have iiad great news. l:llsa..l has shown Aef teeth at laSt. Two caravHas relalls.- ing to q Br.staA trader were yes ,ei'astH interfereti With by q band ot Gd~@ss''zz'. The affair occurred a couple oi G4;izs, outside Me>Aed THe 5l@gtters r2!eoa- stpate,I. but the Russians made >tsaI- marx use of their advantage. Two Eu@Iishmou were Wou9ded and one of them has since died. Fraide has only now receigesi lhe news which cannot be ovalrateL. ltziYe7 the precise lever necessary tof. the biz motee at=tIc re- as&emblin@." He spoke With great ear neStness aMA unusual haste. As he finished he took q step forward. "lsAt that's hot alH..a he added ,'raisle wants the mteHt move set i'll motion hN q great speech, and he has asked me to laat>e it,
 For moment Exc waited She look ed ;lt him iii silence, and ill tllt s.!e Iea he read in her eyes the reflection of his own expression.
 And you:4 she asked in d suppress ed voice. What answer did you give:'
 He watched her for an instant talk ing a strange pleasure ill her fluShei face and brilliantly eager eyes: thea the joy of conscious strength, the sense of opportunity regained, swept all ojii. CT considerations out of sight
 q accepted' he said quickly. "Co"ld any man who was merely human have done otherwise:'
 That was loder's attitude and acton on the night of his jeopardy and i1is success. and the following day fouNi his mood unchanged. He was one ol those rare individuals who never give a promise overnight and regret it in the morning. He was slow to move. but when he did 1he movement brushed all obstacles ;lsise. In the first days of his usurpation hr had gone cautiously, half fascinated. half Gistrllstful Then the reality. the extraordinary tanSiblllty Of tue position had gripped him when, matching himself for the first time With men of his own calibcr he had learned his real weight on the day of his pro test against the I.astcr adjournment. With that Ila8Wledeo had been born the dominant factor m his whole scheme the oycryllolmir&. inSiStent desire to manifest his power; that desire that is the sulva'i3l or the rnin of every Stron,f man \vt,a n5fS once realized lis