Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-29
EPILoGUE.
The Doctor Drinks a Toast

In the spring OF the year following ur,on
Gavin ord's return from Bucharest the
Rev Harry Fillmore playing as he claim
ed. the game of his life" upon the links
at Moretowr. found himself to his cha
grin. both oblivious OF the Troubles Of
others and utterly unsympathetic toward
his old friend. DR. Philips
My dear fellow" he would say. what
can you expect when you will take your
eye off the ball? Now do be patieut ror
my sake be patient"
The doctor, driving hts bali with savage
ferocity In 10 a deep and awful pit treated
these observations with the just scorn they
merfted. He neither criticised nor contest
ed them; but having struck the offending
ball five times with little result, he picked ID
up deliberately and uttered a remark which
the vulgar at any rate might have consid-
cred appropriate.
She's at Gibraltar" he said without
preface.
Come. dear feIlow-now do be patient. I
Will not encourage strong language; you
Know that VIII not.
DR.. Philips laughed such a melancholy
laugh that even the good-natured parson
looked up from his beloved ball
Il was talking of the Lady Evelyn he
said. quietly.
I'm sorry-Id forgotten IT, Fred"
'Oh. well, memory isn't jewel in these
cases. / had letter from the earl this
morning-eh, yes? He says the yachts be-
come nest OF turtle doves. They're going
on to Malta II the weather's not too hot
He doesn't mean to come here at all this
year, you see. That's what / wanted to
tell you. IL seems that the man Odn went
back to Bucharest and is now fighting the
government fer his fathers property. They
confiscated IL or something. according to
the criminal law there Pity the gypsieS
didn't kill him at Hampstead-eh2 They
seem to have come pretty near IL by all ac-
counts
The vicar expressed the opinion that the
gypsies were the only honest men that
a H. IL
town; but neither spoke OF Evelyn again
until they were alone with their cigars
after dinner that night. Then, as a sacred
confidence between them, Harry Fillmore
confessed something that had long been on
his mind
Father and daughter he said, shared
the burden of a terrible heritage One
might have said that they had been born
under an eastern sun and had inherited
eastern passions. In all OF US. as the nov
elist Robert Louis Stevenson believed, there
are two personalities-the good and the
evil; and our lives are lived as We conquer
the one and foster the other. Robert For
roster never made an honest effort to ex-
tirpate those weaker traits of character
which ruined his career at the beginning.
EVELYN. on her part, did not realize the
meaning OF her life until Gavin Ord taught
her tic love him. Her escapade In London,
the craving for light and music and gilt
ter there you had the east speaking
to her. But the mans voice was the voice
of the west and she listened to Il. Such
woman has found peace none VIII ever
find IT. Her will has saved both herself and
her father Let us grudge her nothing Of
her happiness, Fred. You loved her? What
man that had not loved would not2 But
you'll wish a blessing on her and lift a
glass to her as / do just because you're
what you area great big-hearted English
man. who will share his joys with all, but
will tell his sorrows TO none. ="
The doctor turned his head away. Very
slowly and deliberately he filled his glass.
and lifting IL. he said:
God bless herr.
(rhe End;