Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-01-04
CHAPTER XVI.


Johns Wood to Bury street, and 1t was
not altogether a pleasant walk There
is popular parlor game called ION,
sequence" and after a fashion, he was
playing that game as he strobe along
smoking vigorously.
1t Is an easy and pleasant amuse,
ment running into debt; bu ere are
the consequences. 1t - also an easy
ANA pleasant matter to make love to
two women; but the consequences
have to be reckoned with, and the
reckoning whether 1t comes soon or
late Is a serious matter.
He had never loved .ady Eleanor,
but he respected and liked her. He
had certainly never loved Finetta but
he had liked her-lilled her very
much; and as he made his way through
the silent streets, his heart-it was by
no means hard e-was tled with
pity and remorse.
1T was playing it very rough to go
and tell ner that | should have to cur
hcr-tha, she wasn't fit company for
NV 'll9 l'IlD'ls llVl " nav tlot AOulN
do? ! shouldn't cut her without n
word without saying Goodbye" he
unused And how we'll She took it,
40 scene, no fuss no roprOachcs. 1t
was well that he was unable to see
tlncCta at that moment! Or perhaps
It Voc have been better for nlnl a
ho could. she bore it like brick.
She Is a brick! Most women of her
class would have raised devil of a
row, and made it hot for me all round.
Yes, Fin behaved we'll. What a fool
have been What fools we men ali
are! Why did | want to strike up u
friendship with Finetta of the lJiadem?
And yet that's scarcely the fair way to
hook at 1t, for she Is every bit as good
as ] am, and she'd have gone hun
dred miles to do me a serViCe-yes,
and have shared her last penny with
me- | know thai, Poor Fin! Thanls
Heaven, It's over! III begin new
life from tonight, please GOA life
devoted to my daring-my darling
Heaven. 1t scarcely seems true that
she Is mine | wonder whether she Is
asleep? rerhaps she Is looking up at
,aese same stars, and Yes, hope
she Is thinking of me, Joye! It's like
having guardian angel all to ones
self to be loved by such a woman as
Leslie. wish | were more worthy o.
hor, wish I'd met her years ago,
WHAT u time | seem to have wasted"
He had forgotten Finetta long be,
fore he reached home, and was
wrapped up heart and soul in Leslie,
and looking with a lovers Impotence
toward the hour he could return to
Portmaris.
He would have gone back the next
day, but the duke had asked him to do
one or two things for him. and he
Yorke-was anxious to pay some bills.
He went out after breakfast, and his
first call was at u grimy office in n
dark and dingy court leading out OF
Lombard street This was the parlor
Of certain money-lending spinner
called Beyison, and Lord Yorke was
not the first fly that had found It's way
into II.
Mr., Levison was a young man with
hooked nose and thick lips. an
unctuous smile and a decided Israel
ttish accent. He was dressed in the
height of fashion, wore scarlet neck
tic in which shonc an enormous
diamond breast.pin. a thick gold cable
Albert across his waistcoast, and in.
Vulnerable rings upon his fingers,
which called mkind attention to ,he
fact that the later We're dirty
This young man greeted Lord Iorke
with a mixture OF respect and
familiarity, which made Yorke and
most other persons, feel an almost ir.
resisttble longing to kick him
And 'ows your lordship?" said Mr..
Levison, with 4 smile that stretched
his flexible lips from ear to ear. 1T
amt often we see you in the city, my
lord more's the pity for the city,"
and he laughed and rubbed his hands.
What can / have the pleasure OF doin'
For your lordship? A little accom-.
mediation, | s'pose eh?"
Thanks, no, Mr.. Levisou, he said.
No? Oh, come now. my lord! Not
want little money? You're Joking"
Strange as II may seem, am
serious, said lorke, as pleasantly as
he could. II don't want any money
In fact, I've come TO take up that bin
for two hundred and fifty pounds"
And he took out his pocket.book in
which were lying snugly the bank.
notes for whI,,. he had cashed the
dukes check.
now, It is generally, ana not
Enormously. supposed that a Jew is al
ways ready and glad to receive money: