The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-11-21
CHAPTER XXI.

Gerald Tenby went out into the sun
| shine like a man in A dream. He hardly
knew which way his steps led him. He
wandered on conscious of nothing but that
one awful fear which lay like n band of
Geld iron around his heart
1t was nearly half past three 90 he
reached his chambers. All the old unrest
and disquietude rushed back upon him
quiring eyes of his new servant. He pass
ed into his own room.
There were a number of letters and
kilograms scattered on the table-for the
world did not intend TO let him remain
in secluSion too long-and his eyes in
stantly caught the scrubbed address in
what he took to be Antonia's handwrit-
ing. He bent forward to pick up this
note, and shen he realized he was not
alone.
Stanton was sitting in an armchair,
looking at him with a strange smile on
his lips. Gerald Tenby had not noticed
him when he entered the room at first,
and he gave a great start now. The blood
rushed to his face, and then feceied.
You are back early" he said.
"Yes," said Stanton; my work was
quickly done. i have come to-day to give
you one pleasure, at least. You are heart
lily sick of seeing me, you fret at my pres
ence. / propose that we shall separate
for a short time. l have fulfilled my
share of the work we undertook, and l
want to rest awhile. l intend to go
abroad within the next twenty-four hours,
but before | go l wish to make arrange
ments with you by which a regular income
will be paid to me of a sum large enough
TO satisfy my requirements
These words were enough to sting Ten
by into something like his old self.
"You have had your last penny from
me-" he said, firmly; "only the other day
| gave you quite fortune; if you have
been foolish enough to pass this money on
to woman like Sylvia Castella, you need
not think that you can drain me for
more"
who told you about Sylvia Castella ?"
Stanton asked.
Il overheard her myself only this
morning telling some man with whom she
appeared to be very intimate, that yon
had bought her promise to marry you"
Stanton's breast heaved He bit his lips
till the blood came.
"Who was this man?" he asked savage
ly: "Tenby, if you are lying to me"
why should | lie to you about this?"
retorted Tenby. You must be aware that
1 am repeating to you the truth, since
you yourself have not given me any infor-
nation"
Stanton sat very still in the chair; his
eyes were closed: he looked as if he were
suffering, and Gerald Tenby stood and
gazed at him moment in silence. Some
thing in the other mans expression touch
ed him.
George" he said, ''be open with me.
You care for this wonan?"
80 much" answered Stanton, in a
quiet, calmer way, "that for her sake
have done what l have done. II may
not be noble view of love-" he went on
bitterly, shut it was the best 1 could do"
He was gone before Gerald Tenby could
speak, and had let himself out of the
chambers with quick sigh, as though he
| were glad to escape from them.
| 1t was now in the middle of the after
noon. The sun was hot, but up in Syl-
Was garden the trees grew thiekiy to-
gether. 1t was her hour for resting; he
would not even ask to see her; he would
only sit in that little garden and look
up at her window.
A new rush of passion had been born
into his heart as he had listened to Ger
aid Tenby's sighting words of her. BY
what means Tenby had learned the truth
he knew not, but one ching was very sure,
it would need fnr more rhan this to tear
Stanton away from this klfatuation. He
was clever. cunning, practical man, and,
had his senses not been bcwitched, he
might even have saved himself yet. AS