The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-26

Z bring WINE; $3.50,
bad shabit,'' exclaimed Kenyon quickly
and then rising, he added, s Witty your
permission, sir, I will leave you with
my friend. am sure you have both 7
much to say to each other.U s.
He did not wait for g; reply but
strolled off to the other end of the hall
and thence out to the courtyard, no man
saying him nay. Alone Together, the
chevalier and Gavin sat few moments
In awkward silence, each debating the
phrase with which he should open the
argument Meanwhile, a Turkish serv-
ant brought cigarets, and the old man
lighted one but Immediately cast It
ssThe blind cannot smoke, he said
irritably; 'that is one of the compensa-
tions Of life which imagination cannot
give us. Well, I am too old to com
# is wide enough for me. =
stI am indeed sorry" said Gavin,
for suffering could always arouse his
sympathies wherever he found it. 90 Is
there no hope at all for any reiieff -
None whatever. The nerves have
He5ishsd So much ,s owe e my Eng R
slowed upon me. Shall I tell you by
what means I became blind, mein herrf
!. Go down to the salt mines at Okna and
when they blast the rock there you viii
say, Georges Odin,. the Engiishman's
friend, lost his eyegiRht IN that mine. :
who put this calamity upon What
Of hint A rich man, mein herr, hon
ored by the world, great noble in his
own country, leader Of the people,
the possessor of much land and many
houses. He sent me to Okna- We were
shamed me in the race for all that
young men seek Of life, suffered it
because of my friendship. Then the
night fell upon me-you know the
story. He took from me the woman I
loved. We met as men of honor should.
vengeance with the Russian hounds
upon my track and the fortress prison
already garnished for me! Mein herr,
you knew of this story or you would
not have come to my house. Tell me
What What / !, shall add to j. for ! listen pa
He was fine old actor and the melo-
dramatic gesture with which he accom-
panied the recital would have made
deep impression upon one less given
to cool analysis and .retieent common
sense than Gavin Ord. Gavin, indeed,
had thought upon this strange history
almost night and re ds4 9fe pr q h 1ed
come to have settled opinion upon
it all, nothing that had yet transpired
upon his Journey from England altered
that opinion or even modified it. This
blind man he believed to have been the
victim Of the Russian government. Lord
making no attempt to release his old
rival from the mines; but had he so
attempted, his efforts must have been
futile-for the russians believed that
Georges Odin was their most relentless
enemy and had pursued him with bitter
and lasting amnesty So the al affair an
appeal now addressed to him. .
g Yes, !" he said slowly, II know your
story, cheva1ier, and I am here because
of it. Let me say, IN word. that I
come because Lord Melbourne is anx-
ious aud ready, in 30 far as it is pos
he may have done you. BE desires
nothing SO much as that you two, who
were friends in boyhood, should be rec
onciled now when years must be remem-
bered and the accidents OF life be pro
Yided for. So he sends me to Buk-
harest to invite you to England, there
to hear him for himself and to tell him
how best he may serve you. can add
nothing to that invitation save my own
belief in his honesty and in the reality
Of those motives which now actuata
him: E you decide TO accompany me
w !. -
An exclamation which was half an
I oath arrested him suddenly and he be.
came aware that he was no longer
i heard patiently. In truth, the native
temper Of his race mastered Georges
Odin in that moment and LETT him
with no remembrance but that Of the
wretchedness Of his own life and the
depth of the passions which had con.
tributed to it.
- Money!" he cried angriiy, /" this
man offers me money!
ship. y
tsTel1 me the truth! He Is afraid Of
me. Yes, there was always coward i
cloak ready for him. He knew it and
played his part in spite OF it He il
& afraid of me and sends You here to sal
SO. My friend. that man shall yet fall
on his knees before me. He shall Der
mercy, not for himself but for another
When his daughterGod be thanked