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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01
FARsWEsIE::N!llDIl

Mis- Nellie and Marjorie Brooks, iof
Wallace, Etreet. left rhursday for the
home Of their parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Waiter Brooks. . & Georgetown..5 81
Mr.. Harry :Will!ams.8of Floyd4Ayenn
g expsetsd home IN 81, , few ~ aGfa vs.. s 8 T
' MI. Louise Heinlei1n1.5 81 No. 1919 West
Cary Street. isf spending some timel:ini
washington ~ as o. tho guest q relas
NJ. Fayette Edmonds left last week:
for Scottsville,Ia Va, TO take charge .oi
The Trl-'Wreekly Courier, which y p lN
slished at that place. y. 8
turned TO their homo In Lexington #kyn,j
after az short stay with. friends y "a this
sectlonaand relatives in Portamouth.2.ya:7
Little aenens W. e h 8 home W IN
Mias Mary 5Edmonds has returned home,
after q pleasant yislt&toBfr'ilsdnadtsss at8 west ~.
Sirs. Il'n iWoiliee,nkeemrrper has returned
a. the guest OF her sister, near Leon
M NJ Nv William I Beck, Oh No. 100 West
Cary street, who has been quite indis-s
posed for several days, is now able %
return To- his duties, .$i-. s&s
]. Mrs. Winston .Mess ! Gafy
ant Walt TO friends at. West POINT. ssYaa.
IN MI Herbert Knight left { Saturday
morning, v he Norfolk Il Western
Railway. for North Carolina, for m ex-
MIss Mamie Jones and Miss Marian
sFoster, are tho guests Of MI. ana MIS-
Edward Foster.SotNGlen Wiitonig,Va:.s
Mas Mary Preston Moore OF Lex!nK-
stonNgVa., and Miss Pearl Hook, OF sRa-i
leigh, NJ a, are the guests OF Mrs. ~
j. ID. Taylor. OF Park Avenue.
Mrs. Thomas Cognl Z. quite lndisposed
Miss Nellie James and little sister, May,
5laft Friday, for the home$of her grand
mother, Mrs, Sterling LAWS 81 IN BUCK,
Singhami county Va sW where AZ they VIII
Mr. O.. II. Miller and children expects
10 leave In q few days for Newport News,
va. where they will ,sp sn3. eyeralhWee has
sbaen nuite1 sick at his home on Randolph
Street, for the past week, y now a ,n1,
to be out again. *S as$.E
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01

&E5sNEF5F2R
Benjamin Melton and wife have moved
from this place to- Ellcrson
$s w. ISL Stubs, OF Louisyille,,8.K KY Is
now Visiting his parents, near. Ellerson,
for some time. improves very SLOWLY.
ia Mrs Charles Jeter.$ OF Beaver Dam
recently visited relatives at Rosie Cot-
ttnge. gsssgg5ii .S
There xviii be d nsall-day picnic given at
Washington andfsHenry Academy July,
sFourth,4sfo the benefit of the! washing
ton and. HenrYb.High SCHOOL, Tourra-
sment,, q base ball and various other
3amusements will bo& INDUCED In.
Superintendent Bggleston,4of Richmond
will speak II the afternoon, and other.
prominent speakers. The public is Cor
3diallysinvited to attend.
Harry Ia SIX ett. ts now able toa resume
.Isick several days An his fathers home
near :NeWllran's %tas
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SIS. PgRE[YlElEIABIE|

The forests and fields are abundanty uppiedSwit vegetation. OF vaH-
on. kinds, not alone 70 beauty the land, but g furnish he.ia aEsas aaa ts
from tie toots herbs and barka, which nature has place! q. ts Disposal g
nan. act betteri In every way than 90 strong mineral mixtures kiuis a aa so oness
souslyo on The delicate parts 81 the system. especially the stomach, and bowels.
hYeaing out the lining membrane. producing chronic dyspepslai ana Often
entirely lgglaiag thsI health s s. 8 aIs tA &, a isds sS,5,. e bsi ssn ,ths
sesas, healing, puriying roets. hss b aaa baIks, Po ss;ssga q p,epss g that Il
Impurities ana poisons 'front.' blood. 8 ;seagss R bsMs slaaa c ss y
Disorder 81 tie blood by cleansing the circulation g the cause, and Il cures
yafely a. well as permanently Nia as safe for children ad5 odI psople as
&hg those Ia the prime ofliea and js the one blood medicine that may be used
FKNhout fear 81 bad attersededs,s8 BOOK on the.bloods sent free osall Who
write. 8& #& III 3NaFT SSGCM10 CObe NykAWNMs go
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$500 SEls..sJ W.. rrs.Ihn.. Foa tharA
has returned home. I
Mis- by, PoWeI ING nas spssn IL
sick at m on Mon1e1ro Avenue astAu = =
iim2,oy M9ia 4 = 1anr. 81 North 4 Ssnue,
haa lett; ZOE Jew on ~ i Z s.sf o
has &Yisltlng MILES,. ~ Cass y. na y, -
M1s;iD:.W y: Brysnt, e N ssy1 gE News
70 .yisltIn ,heE, sister, MTs:1 w. ~ ..e y 4.
A1r..MWWS ]. 8sVVeitoh8 has 9returned .to nls
home from i {, bu g 5tri 3. e 1 ,hyGehRu We;
rs Mrs /. YtYg.@&s Annpp 5saMo BcnlluIS f.I.on
.4s y e Ssss ~ sss ~ !; E 81 ,ss ;;sssy ,s ssss
MI J0hn tnmllto XIX Oh ( - xAS ~ Z y WY ~
has been visiting Mr.aayYa. NJ !. bacne a.
p L9mo Avenue, Avenue II e. g ~ = 8 ~ oS$ IN. ~ hoeni
quite siok Ct. his hone on yirsinnia Ave
hue ta$ 2 DC Is. bo H., ", Y, d ~ u
Us ME- AZ. Iii ~ H herd 4 ,,S e al gas n ,aS THopsFe +
Smith. q Barton Aysnue;M
8a Mr. s::$ Self. of Mtller. ~ re:
= A0 y +! l - 80 E & p'usSH pstsas ~ ~ sst:Ss
!adstons,.. ! .... ", 49, asS ~ 4, 80 G ss II,
= d a,ii 5 ssIips y'sit e shsiF seasla itts e
~ ~ ,s sses Eht rsn,,s Ga 7 gar Iaf , n lse = VS. IS 81 e.
ls 2 ne 70 P yass r fn aa,or = aou5 Jo,ephs
wig naYe g .p zen F Y ! ! is na g r MiEL;, - &
their home IT. Y asning ~ ,a5
.S.AiissE Mary sHolter,., ~ snas peeh .vlsltlng
hsr 81 s,s Ntn Il q 9. MOD ha21s y, s AYsn VS. ~ VS. VI
tnrned rto, nee nome ~. au!ton.sI st,,ssss
Mr. n. H. Meredith. % Hinton M.sMa,{
70 spendlng a lev aays Wild MS E19SneE=
!n,law MIS-. y. Y \: = Mon
teiro ns5 sS,fs
M y s Helen 8 I vei nt gh Sn has been oe SPEND e !
ING ne y = as,,tne q n ~ e. M; anai
3Mrs.I "a h.Yeltcn y
and, Robert. Street hass ley efts :fer p r1e
SlnSN SNlu ION, 4Ss1kf3 %E8AtHsa
Miss Nora sYouell, OF sabot. . sthe,guest
%, her cousin, Miss Youell.s o. Mon
ste!ro. ~ NV ~ 80
Oh
Is me gnest.o1 ms sranammo2ther MRS. ss AASS
Miss.Nann Bowie q GaLoline county
g 800 ~
MISS .Hertha %, % ar
has left for @ visit to friends In Pence
Springs Nv. yEVl.,Sar frQm&there E6heISwill
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GLENDALE ECHOES

Mr.. John WarrinerSis Is slowly improving,
8thbugh.5.he still suffers much pain at
times. siss KS 5t54
nal Churchf will have IN entertainment at
Glendale Hall on July H4th..s N Their enter
tainnlents are always good, and this
5promises2, to- he unusually attractive,
room atEthe home of Mr. Thomas Fuqua.
sMr.#Cross, OF Michigan, recently stop
ped In the Village en- route to- NorthGCar
lolinn..ss tss3 s.ffs.fg baiBs
the %BrotheSs q. their boat, has
given up hts position to accept ono with
the ChesapeakeS and Ohio Railroad,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01
BARTON EIG

NJ Mr.. and Mrs. Charles III. Dlyers otfVir-
.ginia Avenue, are Waiting friends N
Miss Willie Bryant,o q Hnekingham -
Miss Leth Duncanson,Igyw who has been
visiting Miss Mabel Ellis, OF Chester
.heid, has returned. . haan
school In Now York for the past
winter. has returned8to hisl home on North
MI. sydney Huffman, of Roanoke, who
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01

ence q: B%iavdenaoehhss 81, eehSssywislI, and
Miss RessieA Z. Browning, 81 Wayslde,
.receIvedSgold medals; and Miss Agnes. AZ,
ll%3ndenoeh, OF ChesWick, received u silver
medal, Miss Grace RI Alley, of Sink
pocket was prevented. by sickness, from
lnislpng her exaMipatipn.
Mr.. I.ye!ls thss Eiyen up hls country
Lyells liea1th. sWfiisht shas been some
what bnpstgpd for sonresattnM,S prompts
.h als,,5 t0 4 sa s4Ss .ms gpas'a1ass ~ h0ps ss'o
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01
ATEEE ITEMS

The carpenters will soon 8colnmeace to
build the school house at Washington
Mrs. Philips is Yet II Squite q weak con.
Mrs. a. al Quuaarles, who has been quite
sick, is able TOT be out.again: e
g The annual session az the power q $50
citation will be held In Coo. Snring zap
list Church here, MISUNDERSTANDING
until the last of$the week,
Mrs. G.. II, Davenport Of Ellerson, hos
been quite sick for several avs.
q Miss Francis Andrews. who was slcK
week: 81 now commissioning
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got fun and revenge as well, Thissds-
serted husband, the day after hts Mifee..ss
e~lopenent With his hest friend: sent the
aforesaid best. friend q packet and The,
following Latter, t8S sfs
'''Denr Sir; Please hand the enclosed
set OF false. teeth to my late wife, and
lask her 10 beS 30 good as TO return Hlx
father's, witch. In the hurry ~ the mo.
iment. she took by mistake Boston
Transcript, If s$s S#s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01
"A Farcical Vengeance.

MA magazine editor was cangrptulating
Richard Harding Davis on the success 81
his farces. as'EoglI you.ss pursued the edll,5
tor. treat fareIrally the situation q q
wlfe's ellopemept NTH her husbanals, best
friend?..i Mr.. Davis laughed One q
the pylncipRls ii Just snoh. q 4situstions"
he ssald,@ got al good deal ot ssfIn ont 81
n, 4 alludsi to ths Deserted husband. He.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01
RIDGE HAPPENINGS

The Ridge section has reason to be
proudg OF her young folks. AZ, the closing
recital OF Mrs. sfWIlbert b.. Alleys. Mual-
cal Class. INles AZ the highest honors
were among the Ridge folks Miss Fl0r,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01
Blunt. ANSWER.

San Frnnclsc0ISNoV 2l,G 1904. IA
Hs W. Blatchley.Y ESD, CALDWELL =
Dear slM Shortly q after YOU =
tho trea tmcnt OF your Diabetes with Full
ton,s Dinbetlc Compound you wrote that
you could notice no results. but would
continue It awhile longer Later. YOU
wrote It was beginning toIyield, and later
still that you were nearly wei. We nave
not heard from you now for nearly3Ea
year, Az you are a. drugglst, and we
know that druggists, Ike ,physlolnns. have
looked upon BrIght's Disease and aDin-
betess as lnoarabls. We are spe,sa;aal|ly ~ \
know how YOU are getting along. and tn-
Close postal Tor reply. Thanklhg YOU In
advance for same. S 9sS8
u, FULTON co.
Following Is tho reply: N
Caldwell. Idaho Noy. 20 1904, A
Jno. J, Fulton Company: Lam cured
Respectfully y. p#R1sAFcHLEY,
Comment Is unnecessary.s About nine-
5tentlls az all cases OF Rrtght.s Disease
and Diabetes, heretofore fatal. are now
durable by Fulton's,compounds. Send Tor
ooWSRNs 4 MrNoB' &c.
When to suspect sRright'a piseaseszz
weakness or loss OF Welghti puffy nklss,
hands or eyelialst dropsyi Kidney ronh.a
.sedlmesn mt falling Vision; dfossinesss; one
mogag Of these. S$g9, b.
ara ~ With h's thirst. ana At tines
raCIouafapDetl b EkSts4 HT f15r5E &{ fsNlg
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01

NEW CASTLE

Mr., and Mrs, Willard Lipscomh. OF
lFunstalls; were recently the guests iin5the
shomaSof Mra.a% n. 8Apperson,S
Mr., George West. accompanied by Miss
Ester MoodyEandE Miss Hllda West, spent
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POLE GREEN

sThe-ladies of the Gethsenane Christian.
Church, q are arranging to- celebrate Chil-i
'drens' Day tho second Sunday In July.
NProfessor sReubie Timbarlaka was the,
recent guest OF friends ut 8Illlerson. GsA
\. +, Raskett,E OF Newman's,E visited re-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-11-16

check-where 1t was found-it got
him out Of the way--but 1t was no
good-she did not care-you, I
mean, did not care-I might have
known-ah, Gladys, forgive!"
She rose to her feet. Forgive?
Forgive the shame and disgrace?
Eric's bitter pain? Forgive the deed
that had branded him as forger
and thief? How could she?
She turned away. The face of
Eric on the other side of the room
met her eyes. She went up to him
and put out her hands with sob.
Eric's whisper was heard only by
her.
I'VE must forgive him-he is dy-
Ing" he said.
A day or two later on every wall
in Sir William Kennels business
house was posted the following an
nouncement:
Sir William Kennel, having re-
ceived proof of the innocence of Eric
he was charged, has decided to ap-
point him manager in place of the
late Sydney Devereux, which position
he would have occupied had it not
been for this most unfortunate mis-
take. Sir William feels that the re-
grets and congratulations of the
whole house will be with Mr.. Ches-
terton on his return"
And when Sir William drove I'D in
his motor car with Eric at his side
the 5Gv or 600 employees were crowd
ing doors and passages to welcome
him.
Both Eric and Sir William were a
little white when they reached their
rooms, and Sir William held out his
hand.
No. for fresh start" he said.
Mrs. Annie o. Tibbits, in English
Magazine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-11-16

ing sufficient to wake the Seven
Sleepers. What happens-how it hap
pens-why 1t happens-no man
knows. 1t Is an eccentricity of a
South African railway. The livelong
day slips by with a silence which
almost forces one to shout to break
the stiffness, but at night these mys-
terious noises arise. Men emerge
from nowhere, and talk loudly Of
nothing beside the waiting train;
| figures with hammers beat upon the
wheels or hold consultations in stem
torian tones over grease boxes; a
popular song is roared under the win
dows of sleepers; even a whole troop
train of terribly wideawake soldiers
has been met on a particularly dark
night. But these things never hap
pen in daytime. There are people in
this wide land after all; but they
only spring up at night.
So on through another day-al-
ways the same space. At last, as
night falls once more, you enter a
region of snow white hills, which look
ghostly in the moonlight, of queer
towers of iron bars and enormous
wheels, as of the torture chamber Of
a giants inquisition. Stations slip
past more quickly, houses grow more
numerous. Finally appears a great
| city, where electric trans glide
through the streets and a blaze Of
| electric light shows background Of
tall buildings. 1t is the Reef and the
| Golden City, the magnet which has
drawn the railway all these hundreds
| of miles from the sea- But 1t is soon
| forgotten. The veldt laps the walls
| of johannesburg and will remain, af-
ter it has gone, to cover the scars
made by man.
Further on-you lose count of time
in a South African train-is a gorge,
down which you descend to the low
country, the fever stricken land to-
ward Delagoa Bay. You have heard
of bold hills. of grand scenery; but
the winding descent is disappointing.
The hills look low, the valley is not
UNOP' AO NOuAIly WAlCn oIlClCnCS
away around you is too immense. No
picture could look imposing set in
such an enormous frame.
This is the last, as 1t is the first,
impression of a South African rail-
way journey. Space, size, vastness
There are snow-capped mountains,
swift running rivers, forest, bush, HILL
valley, upland, desert. There is much
that is striking, many things that are
novel; but the greatest, the most last
ing thing, the impression that remains
when the others have become a blur,
is the distance. This is land Of
great distances. 1t fascinates you
Finally, it depresses you. What can
man do with such a land; a land
which has never changed-which
means never to change? We build and
scratch in little corners. but we have
done nothing which really counts. The
space is too great. The veldt is as it
was-and always will be.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-11-16
British Perspicacity.

Charles Francis Adams was escort
ing an English friend about Boston.
Trey were viewing the different OBJ
jects of attraction and finally came to
Bunker Hill. They stood looking at
the splendid monument, when Adams
remarked:
"This is the place, sir, where War
rem fell"
"Ah," replied the Englishman, ev-
identity not very familiar with Amer
lean history. WAS he seriously hurt
by his fall?"
Mr.. Adams looked at his friend.
Hurt" said he. He was killed,
sir"
"Ah, indeed" the Englishman re-
piled, still eying the monument and
commencing II compute it's height in
his own mind. well, | should think
10 might have been-falling so far"
Boston Herald.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-11-16
Japan's Population.

In strong contrast with the uncer.
tainty about the population of China is
the exactness of the figures given for
the population of Japan in the Japan
csc Blue Book for 1905, which has
been printed in English by the Jap
anese government. The population
of the islands constituting Japan prop
er is 47,812.702, and that of the island
of Formosa 3,O59,235. Japan compris
es 100 main islands and nearly SOC
small islands, making the name us
land Empire" peculiarly appropriate
'rhe total area of these islands is
about $4,000 square miles. 1t is not
ed that there is close approxima-
ton to equality in the division of the
population between the two sexes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-11-16

by one of the trustees In HIS car.
riage to the railway-station.
II believe that | haven't told you
how we happened to look you up"
said the trustee, as they drove along.
'The fact is, became interested in
| you through one of your old pupils,
who Is now partner of mine"
Mr.. Perham could not have told
why, but instantly there flashed be-
fore his minds eye a scene in the
bursar's Office at the seminary, and
he seemed to hear the words, 81 hope
| may have chance to do as much
for you some time"
what is his manner" he asked.
And he was not entirely surprised to
hear the trustee answer, Mullins"
"He was called out of the city
to-day" added the trustee, cor hs
would have been on hand to meet
you
He must have changed consider
ably since l saw him." remarked Mr..
Perham, in default of anything else
to say.
We'll, he isn't so green as he was,
but he is the same Supplemented
fellow, after all. For instance, he is
still proud of the testimonial that
you gave him when he left school,"
Mr.. Perham had to blush before
the quizzical glance that came to him
through the steel-bowed spectacles.
ut was the best that could do at
the time, Mr.. Arkwright," he said
Probably it was. l presume he
didn't shine at school. But / reckon
that could give him better recon-
mendation If occasion required. For
one thing, l could say that l thought
well enough OF him to take him into
my business-contractin you know.
He can get more work out of a crew
of men and keep them better-na-
tured than any one else / know. And
he can see the ms and outs of pro-
posed job, and what it mears in dol
lars and cents, better than l can, with
all my experience. And let me tell
you, he got more out of your instruc-
ton than perhaps you thought. The
seed wasn't all lost, though it did
take it long time to sprout To
this day he is always quoting things
that you said, and l must say that
they have generally struck me as
good, sound sense. That is how I
came to think of you at this time.
So, Mr.. Perham, if you are elected
and / think you will be, though of
course l am only one of the trustees
if you are elected, it will be large
ly on the strength of Mullins recon-
mendation. youths Companion.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-11-16
A VIEW OF LANIER.
The Most Considerable American
Poet Since the War.

Lanier deserves his place He is the
most considerable of all the poets who
come after the war Like Poe, his
master, he had theories, of which one
was that poetry should be made to
approximate as closely as possible to
music-for at heart he was a musician
and the effort to apply that theory
is responsible for much in him that
is weak and diffuse. But the proper
ton of sheer fudge" to genius in him
is less than in Poe. He remains the
most fearless and passionate, the wild,
est in range, the greatest master of
melody of any of the American poets.
He is on fire with his own genius, and
he fires his reader too. Like the lines
of greater than he, Mr.. Swinburne.
his lines whirl one along in a verbal
intoxication:
But the air and my heart and the
earth are a-thrill-
And look where the wild duck sails
round the bend of the river.
And look where a passionate shivef
Expectant is bending the blades
OF the marsh-grass in serial shimmers
and shades
And invisible wings, fast fleeing, fast
f1eeting,
Are beating
The dark overhead as my heart beats
and steady and free
Is the ebb-tide flowing from marsh
to sea
(Run home, little streams,
With your lapfuls of stars and
dreams),
And sailor unseen is hosting a-peak.
For list, down the inshore curve of the
creek
How merrily fiutters the sail
And 10, in the East! Will the East
unveil?
The East is unveiled, the East hath
confessed
A flush; tbs dead; it's alive; it's dead,
ere the West
Was aware of it; nay, tbs abiding,
tbs unwithdrawing;
Have care, sweet Heaven. IT'S
Dawn.
So he wrote, ON his deathbed, of Sun
rise; and the lines in their strength
and weakness are representative. In
Lanier catch that rare note of gayety
and bravery. 1.-THE Stirrup Cup" a
welcome to death, shows it most clear
ly. 1t is Emerson humanized. In the
face of so much frigidity, ethical in
struction, sense of duty, as the student
of American poetry has to encounter
it is pleasure to come on this note of
Lanier's-a gayety in the face of dis
ease and death like tStevenson's, a
bravery that the meanest may under.
stand and welcome. Lanier, at any
rate, was not afraid of poetry, not dis
heartened by having to sing to a ma
ton too busy with other things to be
in the mood for poetry He lived for
poetry as no other American poet
(most of them being hard-worked men
of affairs, teachers or professional
mem had done. He had the courage
to "let himself CO." to sing. accord
ing to Thoreaus well-known lines. with
light head erect" not to "grope with
Bonded neck. "-London Times.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-11-16
His SpeciaIiLies.

Captain Spencer, of the Church
Army, tells this incident. He asked
a convict what he did for living
when he left prison. We'll, in sprin. /.
l does bit O. pea-picking, and ii
summer | does a bit o fruit pick
ing" Yes" said the captain, land
what do you do in the winter2'
well, mister, I may as well be hon.
est with yer. In the winter | does
bit o. pocket-picking!" Captain
Spencer next asked, And what har-
pens them" The oonvict replied.
Why. I comes 'ere and does 4 III 0
oakua,- picking! London News.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-11-16
III.

The great business house of Sir
William Kennel & Co. was humming
like a hive. Sir William himself
was in the thick of business, and
among all those 500 or 500 people
only one man sat inert and listIess.
He was a young man with dark,
keen face, that just now looked drawn
and haggard. He was bending over
his desk, staring at a sheet of note
paper. Twice a clerk had come to
him with notebook and pencil, and
twice Sydney DeVereaux had sent him
away to wait.
He could not dictate letters vet.
He stared at the paper and read the
words over again:
Eric Chesterton was released this
morning. Was met by a pretty girl
in navy blue clothes and a red hat.
They drove away together in a han
SON.
Sydney's brows contracted. A very
ugly look darkened his rather hand
some face.
Bah! If he is out, what then?
And the girl-it could not have been
Gladys-it could not have been.'
He got up hastily, and, crossing the
room, opened door which led into
Sir Williams private room. Sir Will
lam was alone, and looked up sharply
as Sydney came in.
"Ah, Sydney!' he said. Anything
urgent?"
Sydney hesitated
81 think / must have left a memo
randum behind in your safe at your
house last night" he said, little
huskily, at last. 81 had better go
and get it before l do anything else,
for. you RENE mber, there is a meet
ing at r."
"ro be sure" Sir William pulled
his keys from his pocket. "You are
sure you put it back ir my safe?" he
asked.
He handed the keys to Sydney, who
turned ar crossed the room slowly.
by the way, Sydney" Sir William
said, suddenly, you'll see Gladys, no
doubt. Tell her to expect you to
dinner to- light. If you can come I'll
take some one home with me to make
a fourth, and then-then, perhaps,
Sydney, my boy, you and she can
settle things. / want you married.
Speak to her and arrange it tonight.
knows my wishes, and you ought
to have no difficulty now
Sydney's throat was dry.
Did you know he asked, abrupt-
ly, that Eric Chesterton was to come
out this morning?"
sir William Looked up with little
start.
why, no." he cried. "Are you
sure of it?''
Sydney nodded. and Sir william.