The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-22

many years after, Sam never took any
thing Of liquor, he stopped his swearing
and carrying on, and he lived ns n good
man should. And IN Il year tho Lard
sent 'un n son, and II God Wills shnll
SEQ the boy this afternoon, for he s
to meet tho train. There now. my son.
TINT be gospel truth what tell zee.
After that can you expect any ono with
| a grain Of sense to listen to such foolish
truck as yo,, do tell? The Lard did that
for Samson Trcvorrow, changed 'un from
black to white, "a did, If the Queen her
self were to tell mo that the Lard Jesus
was Mt Ho. I would MT believe her..
AS Gortre drove from Euston through
the tnrongod veins Of London towards
tho Inn, no thought much nnd with
great thnnkfulness Of tho little Cpl
sodc III the train. Such simple fnitl,
such supreme conviction, was no
knew, tho precious possessions OF ti1ou-
sands still What did 1t matter to these
sturdy Nonconformists in tho lone west
that snvants denied Christi al over
England tho scrino triumph OF the Cos,
pei, deep. deep down In the hearts q
quiet people, gave the eternal lo 70
schuabc and his followers Neger eo ~
they overcome the Risen LORD IN ing
human heart lie began to realize moro
and more the inerfnble wonder OF tho
Incarnation.
Before no had arrived at Chancery
Lnne the London streets began 70 taNeot
hold OF him once moro with the oid ~
n,liar grip. How utterly unchanged they
were! 1t seemed but day since no naa
left them; It was Impossible at the mo,
ment Of re-contact to realize all that
had passed since he had gone away. .
Ho was to have an immediate and al
most terrifying reminder Of It. The door
Of tho chnnbors was not locked, and
pushing It open, he entered.
Always most sensitive TO tho atmos-
nhero of a room, morals as well as ma
terlnl he was Immediate struck ny that
of the chambers, most unplensantly ~,
indeed, Certain indications Of what had
been going on there were easily seen,
Others were not so nssertive, but con-
trlbuted their part, nevertheless to the
subtle general Impression of the place.
Tho air was stale and the punsent
smell Of Turkish tobacco and spirits. ~
was, obvious that the windows had not
been as freely opened ms their Won't
litter Of theatre programmes lay on one
chair. On another was a programme 81
a Covent Garden ball, girls shoe or
whit satin, into whichHa taalns noaun.
OF dollhouse flowers had been wantonly
crushed, The table was covered with the
debris of a supper, az pate, some long
nocked bottles whloh[4Shad held \ Ne1r-
steiner q hidcous box%ofS'plnsT satin ana
liuht blue ribbons half full of glace
plums and chocolates.
Tho little bust of the Hernles OF Praxi-
teles, which stood on one OF the DOOR
cases, had been multreated with coarse
ness ana vulgarty which hurt Bash liko
n hlow. Tho delicate contour OF the
features, the pure white Of the laster
we're soed and degraded. Tho cheeks
had been rouged up to the eyes, whlch
were picked out in violet Ink, The broWs
were arched with an eyebrow pehc'l
and tho lips were q vivid cardinal req.
Basil put down his portmanteau ana
grew very pale rs no looked round on
these and many other evidences OF soru,u
and unlovely riot. Ills heart SANK VIII,
in him. fIe began to fear for Harolh
Spence.
Even as he looked round, Spence came
into the room from his bet-chamber. ZIG
was dressed In smoking jacket ana
flannel trousers Basil saw at once that
he had been drinking heavily. me
checks werc swollen under the pouch or
the eye, no was unshnven, and his man
ner was full of noisy and tremulous
genlalty. 49,,
There are men In whom n week or two
Of sudden relapse into old and evil
courses has an extraordinary visible ell
fcct. Spence was one Of them. At the
moment he looked as the clay nooel
compares with the finished marble.
Gortrc was astounded at the change,
hut one thing the modern London clergy
man learns IS tact. The SITUATION was
obvious, 1t explained itself Mt once una ~,
no ncrvcd himself to deal with IT "nrlly
and carefully.
snence himself was Ill at ease as they
went through the commentaries or met
nh
nv the fire and were smoking. he began
to speak frankly.
IT can sec you nrc rather sick, ola
man" no said. Better have 1t out and
done with, don't You Think.
"Tcll me all about 1t, old fellow" SAID
Gortre. ~
only when came back from Palestlno
after all that excitement ! felt
o,,ite lost and miserable. Something
seemed taken away out Of ones life.
Then there didn't seem much to do. and
some of the old set looked me UP ond
have been racketing about town II GOOD
Bit" .,,
IT thought you'd got over all that,
Harold; because, putting 1T on no other
grounds, YOU know the game is not worth
the candle"
80 had, Basil bcfore"-he swal-
lowed SOmGlnllH IN MS AiAptAs"~. 'S'SN~
this happened. didn't believe In 1t at
first, of course, or. at least, not properly,
when got IIands's letter. But when
got out East--and you don't know and
won't be able to understand how tho
East turns ones Ideas upside down oven
at ordinary timeswhcn got out thero
and saw what Hands had found then
everything seemed slipping away. Then
the commission came over and was with
them all ana heard what they had TO
say. know the whole private history
OF the thing from first to last. 1t made
mo quite hopcless-n terrible feeling--the
| sort OF utter drcarinoss that Poe talks OF
that the man felt when he was riding
mp to the House OF Usher, or course,
thousands of people must have felt just
the game during the past weeks But
to have tho ono thing one leaned upon,
tho one hope that kept one straight In
! this life, the hope OF another and happier
| one, cut suddenly out of ones conscious
| ness! Is It any wonder that ono has
gone back TO the old temptations?
| don't think so. BASIL
| ITS ,nIco 5ropped an iptaOSa \yau