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 CHAPTER x.
 1T the days that followed fraides
 marked adoption of him loder
 bchaved with q discretion that spoke well for his quallllcS. -f-TnC Il man placed in the same r"- .,,ansiIle and yet strangely lffeSpollSl- position might have been excused 1T. tbe lime at least. he gave himself loose rein. But Loder kept free Of 4ue temptatloli
 <. Like all other experiments Ills SHOW ed unlocked for features when put to x rorkinc test. It's expected difficulties smootbed themselves away, While others, trarcely anticipated, came into prom ,ance. Most notable of all, the physleal a;renpss between himself and Chilcote. 4ba bedrock of the whole scheme, which bod heen counted on to offer most dan OCT worked without d hitch. He stood 4Sl;te,ally amazed before the sweeping cred,llity that met him on every hant, Men who had known Chilcote from his voutb servants who had been in his emnjoyment for years. joined issue in %he i1nuuestioning acceptance. At tunes the ease of deception bewildered him. There were moments when he realized ftot should circumstances force him to : declaration of the truth, he would not he believed. Human nature pre- fers it's own eyesisht to the testimony of any man.
 But in face of this astonishing sue cess he Steered a steady course. In the first collaboration of I'raide.s favor, ill fhe first eeotiStical wish to break down Me's skcnticisln. he might possibly have plunged into Il vortex of action. aIet jt he in what direction it might; hnt. fortunately fo, himself, for thl- cote ,lld for 1lnil S,'lienl" ic was liable tS strenuous >"asid t!oa@htS-thoS vi>. aaa n2etaS>:tly c}i2 < that % fur fheg fo the Stc4dvin" of th" universe than tho univcr>" @1"'Ss"s. SltllhS III the u,Iel of tie iI,tI>c oi the s,tine day thaI ne had spoken with Eve an the terrace he had wei -hed possibilities P slowv aud cautiously. Impressed to the full by the ;,,rao~,,iler" of the place that in his eyes could never lack rllll- acter. however dull it's momentary huSi- uess. however pro>y the voice that fill edit. hc had Sifted impulse from eX= pedienee as only q man who has lived within himself can sift and distinguish. and at the close of that first day his proeranmc had been formed. There mus he no rush. no headlon@ plunge. he had decided Things must work ar0und It was his first eNpedition Into the new country and il lay with late to say whether it would be his last
 He had been leaning back in his seat. ii8eycS on the ministers opposite, his l1n1s folded in imitation of thilcotcs < mt natural attitude when this final D&cuation had come to hnm. and as il
 me lis lips had ti@h,cned for a mo
 o4t and his face become hard and
 It is ;m unpleasant thing when bn first uncDnSciouSly reckonS on
 NeakReSS of another. and the look
 XcApresses the idea is not good to &Hs He had stirred uueasily. then his bad closed again. He was tena- m by nature, and by nature into!- Int of weakness. At the first su"- ~tiOn of reckoning npon Chilcote'S (ees his mind had drawn back i'll 8Nst, but as the thought came again E 0sgust had lessened.
 ' m week two weeks perhaps -Chl- would reclaim his place. Then F qld begin the routine of the affair. < 9Icote, fresh from indulgence and < edOm, would find his obligations q < ueahd times more irksome than be < NJ he would struggle for time, : n
 shadowy smile had touched I.o-
 FAlils as the idea formed itself. s1en would come the inevitable re- Elhen in earnest he might venture * put his hand to the blow. He never Nl9ed in day dreams. but something tn0 nature of a vision had flashed 5 FMs mind in that Instant. He had ! hAmself standing In that same . seen the rows of faces first { then hesitatingly transformed ( ss@his personal domination, under 0ne great power he knew himself peesess-the power of eloquence. renSth of the suggestion had almost painful. Men who have NnsQ self repression are occasion 0pen to perilous onrush of feel nelievng that they know them they walk boldly forward to- Mhe hlghroad and pitfail alike
 < sse had been Loder's disconnected < nd speculations on the first day < 1Aew life. At o'clock on the < &S he was pacing with quiet iusnee up and down Chicotcs < hls mind pleasantly busy and
 sssaf comfortably alight, when he
 saall hls walk and frowned, inter M the entrance of servant.
 Mi'h came softly into the room. siAall table toward the fire and seued b lay an extremely fine and .vlcea5ie looking cloth.