Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-26

.,-ns Fine pondcroUS furniture" the i.jab ceiling. the heavy curtains. IHl- changed since the days of thfleo'e's
 .raaafather. all hiated at Il fur restclI= ing ownership that stirred him. The ou.uershiI was mytAieal i'll his regard and the possessions q mirage, but they filled the day aud surely sufficient Tor the day
 That was his frame of miud as he opeued his eyes on tlle following morn j;lG and lay Appreciative ot his com foct. of the surrounding space. even ot 4fe light. that filtered through the eur tafo cliuks. suggestive of world re created With day all things seemed possible to healthy man. He stretch ed his arms luXuliouslN, deliehtng in 7he glossy smootllneSs of the sheets.
 What was it Ghilcote had said: Bet fer live for T day than exist for life time. That was true, and life had Le- gun. At thirtystX he Was to know it for the first time,
 He smiled, but without irony. Man ;s at his best at thrty-siX, he mused.
 He has retained his enthusiasmS and shed his eXuberanceS; he has learned what to pick up and what to pass by; he no longer iniagines that to dram c,1p one must taste the dre@S. He closed his eyes and stretched a@aln ,1ot his arms only, but his whole body.
 rhe pleasure ot his mental state iIl- sisted ell q phN>:e"! expression Then. stinu up in bed. he pressed the cleo trlc heii.
 eflfic,te'S Lew valet rn-l5,1lGed.
 Pull ss.:z.r e:!rssss.'s=s, l,enw '.k.' II" said Whats he e.,.}e:" '!r h2d I4eeseA tAa e44lz.al If H"'.'vt,.z =',"z
 t!le night bcfor".
 'I'he man ws,,=s si5w. e1vll Il =....ie s.''
 rid He et.eW hae.l lsste cstlsH:.ft1 t'tf'
 f1Ily. then looked :.5 the sla.ii q s's
 lIe dressing ta 'e -.i.f= o'clock, >i'
 didu't aX1.,t.t tan bc1l SD earlN. SIT
 Loder felt rerroved. and q pause fol
 owed.
 May bring your eu, of tea. sir:.'
 "No, not just yet. I'll have bath
 .trSt
 Renwiell showed poaderous uneer. 1ainty. "Warm, sir" he hazarled No cold
 still parpIeNel, the man left the room.
 f.o3er smiled ta himself 4he chances af discovery in that qnaltef were not arae He was mcliucd to think that f1l.Icoto had ercu oyerstcppcd necaSSi-
 ' in the matter of his yalets dtliae.S Ita brcaGfaSted alone. following tul- rote's habit, aud after brcaEfast foau ais way to the study
 As hc entered GrecnnG rose with tlIe same c3ncilatoty haste tGat ho had sdopn the night before I.odcl nodded to him Early at Horkfs hc sand pleasantly. The little man showed instant. al most ridiculous, relief Good morn \ lu@ sir" he said You, too, are early, 1 rather feared your nerves troubled you after 1 left last night, for found your letters still unopened this morn ug. But am glad to see you look so A we'll"
 < Ioder promptly turned his back {" thc light "Oh, last nights letters's # lie said "To tell you the truth. Green. ng, nay wifc"-his hesitation waS very A slght-"my wife looked me up after < you left, and We gossiped. I clean for. @ got the post He smiled in an eX, M Flanatory way as he moved to the s1 ',esk and picked up the letters # With Grcening'S eyes upon him there S vas no time for scruples. With very M creditable eoolncss he began opening N t5e envelopes one by one. The letters s4 ~eGe unimportant and he passed them ,. one after another to the secretary, ex- sss Iefencing q slight thrill of authority N a@ each left his hand. Again the fact Mhat power is visible in little things
 tame to his mind.
 # Give me my engagement book. A Greening." he said when the letters 8had been disposed of. gM The book that Greening handed hlm # was neat in shape and bound. like Chil- ASs eote's cigarette case. in lizard skin .% AS Loder took if the gold monogram #"j. C." winked at him in the bright sinorning light. The incident moved his of humor. He and the book were co-operators ill the fraud, it seemed.
 " ie felt an inclination to wink back.
 nevertheless he opened it with proper
 gravity and skinned the pages. sS# 1he page devoted to the day was al sS&iIoSt tull On every other line were gA. outings ill Chilcote's irregular hand, S8'' hd Twice among the entries appeared Sss prominent cross in blue pcnciling. sNsi -odefS interest uulckcned as his eye the mark. It had been agreed sspe'Weeh them that only engagements essehtlal to thileote's public life need
 carried through during his absence, ssssr Ii" these to save his confusion were Sto De crossed ill blue pencil. The rest, 8os lhe most part social claims. were
 De lelt 10 circumstance and Ioder's
 ,eiiHaton. Chiicpte's cratic memory ~ "a}S accounting for the breaking of ftiyial promises.
 E4t Loder in his new energy was