Evening journal., 1907-02-18

IN It. Rose. you might come on time
You know that have important engage
Chase did not rise from the low chair
by the fire he spoke; and his pale,
nervous face was stamped with the extraordinary net
work of dark wrinkles that frowning brought to it.
The woman tall and graceful IN her simple dark
frock stood looking down at him as she drew OIL her
gloves with curious little smile, half speculation hall
cNerves againf" she asked
"No / am sick Of the dirty business, and l.
Easy enough to get out of the dirty business, II
aif want tol AS if wouldn't give everything
have in the world never TO have begun il"
The frown twisted his eyebrows closer over his eyes,
his hands closed rigidly the arms OF the chair
"Ah bahW she returned, pushing her veil back over
her small hat and taking of her Jacket, You have
Of your bad days, that's all Youll cheer up after
Hold your toneuew lie shouted the words in one
of his sudden RACES and rising advanced toward her
thrcateningH i about to strike her She looked
quietly down him. for she was the taller, meeting
ms angry eyes with her calm ones.
You didn't sleep at all, did your she asked ap,
he stumbled back his chair and crouched there tear
ing at his nails with his sharp discolored teeth.
And then happened the extraordinary thing that oc
CURED at each of their meetings
of gentleman 20 be desperately ashamed of the bond
between tins and himself Their secret was an
extraordinarily profitable and apparently safe one but
INSCRIPTIONS he had always been, his very health
suffering under the shame he tet Tor what he was
Yet now. as She took roll of papers from locked
leather box the table before her and began TO read
aloud Chase sat up straiguer, the frown faded from
his face which seemed 10 grow younger he listened
and when al last, her dark mobile face broke into
smile Of delight and amusement he too laughed aloud
"a laugh of shy pride IN an achievement
1T is splendid. Mr. Chase she cried the best OF
al-the very bestW
He nodded. YES, It Is good. All the papers are
talking about them Even the Star says the style
is perfect 8,
she returned with touch of the slang that ouriousy
enough lent her a certain we-hred air, but the ma
terial is certainly plenddly worked up have nothing
to suggest. Shall get to work on the tck-uekg
Eyes You are absolutely sure of your iacts? he
went on as usual nervousy doubtful of her part OF
the work. that his pride as to his own was salts
Perfectly" she returned seating herself before the
typewriter and switching the electric light u saw
her myself As told you, one of my sisters married
the haporter there, and l saw her nysef-twice.
"But YOU said she was closely veied-and It was
late afternoon he persisted feepy ighung elsaIe!te
with hands that shook You might have been mis-
taken and If it su0S a mistake the charm is broken,
MY mean to say or prestige lowered Our abso-
She wheeled round and looked at him, her handsome
face in the glare Of light, full Of not unkindy soorn
fecty sure tell you ind If you 60 on like this you'll
q know. know. Go on working II am tired
For the next half hour he walked restlessly up and
down the long room, listening 10 the deliberate click of
the typewriter and smoking one cigarette after the
other. It was curious alliance, that Of Lady Bar
rington's maid and James Chase II had lasted now
Tor four months, and, has been said had paid well
Begun at Mutton, the place OF Chase's elder brother
where the Barringtons visiting, through some
hazard Of meeting, it had been purely Of profit
Rose Butler had a persuasive tongue, a quick eye
and a retentive memory Chase had curious gift o
words, an easy flow of graceful language in writing
that was sharply in contrast his meager erly sty
Of conversation II was, in fact, real literary gf
that the had discovered in himself toward hi
hfteth year and which with all his baseness, 1t bitter
" hurt him to put to the foul which he ha,
prostituted it.
So the woman cleaning from many underground
the nucleus Of somebody's secret, hiddei
scandal the used the opportunities his social
sition gave him for observation and confirmation, ant
combining her and his using his and his eye
10 follow up the scent and the secret quarry e
earth he moulded the whole of truth supposi
ton and SANDER into biting. wel-conStructed chron
icle in which much said and more indicated, witt
Just the hairs breath of that kept the publish
Of The Social World safe from the clutches Of tn