The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-06
know she. came back TO me. told you
at the club that 1t was oil right between

know she. came back TO me. told YOU
at the club that It was oil right between
us ngalf7" s{
An 1t1,meas,irable relief crossed the
Jews face. He pushed Ills friend away
with a snar1 Of concentrated disgust.
"You come rore,'' he Missed venonously
land burst into my rooms to tell mo OF
your petty a1no,,rs. HIVE not borne
with the story Of your lust and degradn.-
ton enough? You come here MS II
the" lie stopDd suddenly. the words
died away on his lips.
Llwelyn was transformed.
Even iii his terror and agitation m
ugly sheer blazed out upon his face HIS
nostrils curled with evil laughter His
voice becn,ne low and threatening. some
thing subtly vulgar and common stole
into It, 1t was this last that arrested
Schunbe. It was horrible. !.
mot quite SO fast, my good friend
said Llwellyn. WYATT and hear my story;
and confountl you'll If you tnlk to me l'ko
now, my Jewish pnrtner-equal between
,,s. If I am In danger, why. SO are YOU;
and either you speak clvilly or YOU pay
the pennlt.'
A curious thing happened The cnor-
nous, overbearing brutality OF tho man.
his vitality seemed to COW and beat down
tho master mind.
schunbo, for tho moment, was weak IN
the hands Of his inferior. AS vet no mao
heard nothing OF what tho other had
como to tell; no was conscious only or
hands OF cold fear knocking at his heart.
Flo seemed to shrink into himself. For
the first ana last time In his life, the In
herited slavislness in his blood assorted
itself.
He had never known such degradation
before The beauty Of his face went out
Hike an extina,uished candle. Els fca-
lures grew markedly Semitic; he cringed
and fawned. as his ancestors had cringed
and fawned before fools In power hun
dreds Of years back. @5i;
This 1nexpressibly disgusting change
in the distinguished man had It's tnmo-
dlate effect upon his companion. 1t WAS
new and utterly startling. lie had come
to lean on Schuabe to place the threads
Of Il dreadful dilemma In his hand, to
rest upon his master mind.
So for n second or two, In loathsome
pantomlme. the men bowed and salanmed
to each other In tho center OF the room,
not knowing what they did
1t was Sir Robert who pulled himself
together first. The fear which was rush
ing over him In waves gave him back a
semblance Of control.
eve must not quarrel now. he said,
in Il swift, eager voice Listen TO me-
We are on the brink of terrible things.
Gertrude Hunt came back to me. as you
know. She told me that she was sick to
death Of her friends. the priests; that the
old life called her: that she could not live!
apart from me. She Knocked at her sud
den conversion. thought that It was
real. laughed and Knocked with her.
/ trusted her as I would trust myself. iry
He paused for n moment, choking down
the immense agitation which rose up IN
his throat and half strangled speech
schuabe's eyes, attentive and fixed,
were still uncomprehending. Still the
Jew did not see whittier Lle wllyn was
leadlngt-could not understand.
shes gone!' said tho big man, all
color fading absolutely from his face
And, Schuabe in my mad folly and M
fatuation. In my incredible foolishness
: told her everything! '!f5iiff
A sudden sharp. animal moan burst
from Schuabe's lips-clear, vibrant and
bestial In the silence.
His rgidity changed into an extrnor-
binary trembling. 1t was a temporary
palsy, which set every separate limb
trembling with an independent motion.
He waited thus, with an ashen face, TO
hear more.
I.lwellyn. when the irremedlable fact
had passed his lips, when the enormous
difficulty OF confession was surmounted,
proceeded with slight relief:G.s! II :s.;;s
This might. you will think, be Just
possibly without Significance for Us. ~
might be n coincidence. But It Is not SO
Schuabe know now, as certainly as !
can know anything. that she came to me,
1,,y.{t NOR
got hold OF her. There has been susnl-
cion for some time; there must have been.
we have been ruined by this woman
trusted"
but why how?"
,"Becausc, Schuabe. as I was walking
down Chancory Lane not an hour since
/ saw Gertrude come out Of Lincolns Inn
with tho clergyman Gortre. Ihey got
into a. cab and drove away. And more:
l learn from Lambert, my assistant az
the Museum. that Harold Spence, the
journalist. who is a member OF ms cup
and a friend of his, left for Palestine
several days ago
II have just heard whispered
Schuabe, that Sir Michael Manichoe has
been buying large parcels OF Consols.
''The thing Is over. We must
HHush!" said tho Jew, mnnacing4y.
'All is not lost yet Perhaps, the strong
probability u.s. that only this Gortre knows
vet. Even II anything is known to others,
it is only vague. and cannot be substan-
tiatcd until tho man In Palestine gets a
letter. Without this woman and Gorre
VIC are 81 fe.''
The Professor looked at him and UNI
derstood. Nor was there any terror IL
his face, only n faint film Of relief
Five minutes afterwards the two dis
tingushed men, talking easily together,
walked through the vestibule OF tho hotel,
down tho great courtyard, and into the
roaring Strand.
A hotel clerk explained the celebrities
to a voublc group of American tourists
as they went by.
CHAPTER V.
BY TIE TOWER OF 1nPPICUS,
Harold Spence was essentially Il man
of action, His mental and mo.-a health
depended for It's continuance upon the
active prosecution OF affairs mere than
most mems,
product of tho day, modern" IN his
culture, modern in his ideals. he must
live the vivid, eager strenuous life or his
times or the fbres Of his brain became
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