The Washington herald., 1907-06-02
CHAPTER XIII,
In Society.

never coming"
His name had leaped before him, from
fo0tman after f00tman stationed up the
great staircase, and now at last he stood
at the TOP, his hand grasping Lord Rem
wiclls. He was the last 20 arrive. The
great rooms were full, and Lady BenwiCk
was about TO turn 70 follow her guests.
She paused az the sound of Ge0frey's
name. and gave him her hand before she
passed into her yellow drawing-room.
Thought you'd given us the slip, after
ALL" Lord Renwlck went on. Nobody
has been able to find YOU these last two
days, and there were some rather im-
portaat things 20 settle. For one. your
name is 70 be fin the next honors list"
Godfrey shrank back
Mono" he began; bus Lord Renwick
graspeI his arm.
MY dear fellow. don't refuse" he said
1T is the Kings wish. and it is important
for you to accept even a knigltH00d. I
tell you, Wariug. there is q big career
before YOU The things you have been
doing out in the East aren't going I'M
recognized, and You don't realize what
night have come to meet you"
Geoffrey looked I'm through the open
doorway AZ the crowded rooms beyond. IL
was q brilliant scene in strange and
almost terrible contrast t0 Teds little
room at OldcastIe. with its worn 0ilcIoth
and shabby furniture He looked az the
men and women moving under the bril-
liant electric lights. and thought of The
men and women hurryiug in the early
dawn 70 the works NJ the Oljcast,e |
mills and factories He listened TO the |
soft swing OF the orchestra. ana Thought I
of the rattle of harness and jingle of /
bells as the trans swept through the /
muddy streets of the town in the North I.
People have been asking for you.
Lord Reuwick was saying as be NOV
cd toward the first room. 'aud the Earl /
Of O-dc3stle is anxious To- meet YOU He /
intended TO do So at the Kings laree (
the other dav. He is here somewhere /
with his son, Lord Fansh8we"
For an instant GeoGrev hesitated on 1
the threshold Of the brilliant room, and +
Lord Renwick became aware as he had F..
become aware nc the Kings reception /.
at the palace. of q quick paIl9r that had /
spread upon his face. and he looked az I
him curi1Usly for a moment
You said the other day that there was .
no Lady EausEgWe YETI he remarked.
a little Unsteady. Did YOU mean that /.
the earIs son is % DE mawlaJg'
Lord ReuWick shrugged his shoulders
There is no understanding him." DO /
replied. Gle has been engaged. or Zee
ported To DE engaged half dozen times
in the last six years or SO, and nothing
has ever come of it, but 7 thought the
o.
You know it is said that constant driuuiry
wears away the stone And Evelyn
Walter and Sir Arthur have been trying
TO secure him for years. and last week.
He stopped. checked bv the cry that /.
had broken from Ga3Trey's lips.
Evelyn WaIter?'
"Yes, she is the daughter of big iron
manufacturer up North-Sir Arthur
Walter You have heard Of him. Of course?
He is the maker Of the OLdcasta crown
iron, and it is famous all over the world.
as you know. Well, it was Thought that
Claude Fa1sEawe would have married
his daughter long since. only somehow
or other lt has never come OFT. Claude
is rac6etv and uncertain. ii dabouair,
reckless fellow. There he ts"
The crowd moved little as De spoke. II
and Godfrey saw. between the groups
Of beautiful women and distinguished i
men, face that he had carried with him
10 the end of the world t. was Just
the same o. little older. perhaps. fl little
more dtszipatad, but handsome reckless.
careless. bold, the face Of the man Heltv
Lancaster had loved. the face that sIII Z
laT against her breast. h
Lord fauslaWe.s eyes met his across
the crowd. and he felt his face St.lr-g D
and set lie moved forward suddenly. 7
The desire seized him t0 be among
the crowd. 90 come face 90 face with =
Lord FausblWe. 90 see If he would
recognize him. and what ne would I
do if he did The startled light he &
the Kings Ievee was not there to-nisht. 8
Ne doubt be was prepared and held him
self under control. but if he had recag- q
lized him then. what could DE do now? |i
Before they got many yards from the 2
loor they were surrounded. He found ]
himself being introduced right and left. =
Everybody wanted To- know him. Every g
body wanted 70 talk 60 him. He was / d
lion as Lord RcuWick had said. and .
III London seemed anxious 90 dine and
ete and honor him. There was Il grim q
mile on his lips as he stood. the center s.
IF attraction. and talked What would / fl
hey have said If they had known. he S
wondered, that once De had been q mill / d
iand in Oldcastle. that eight years ago h
le had been flung out into the world q
isgraced and disbon0red, and that there q
vas stil IN existence q paper which at D.
my moment might ruin and undo him e.
low? o.
lie driCtod on through The brilliant q
o0ms, making almost royal progress. fh
'nce he found himself face t0 face with 4 n
'ir Arthur Walter. and lis heart beat Q
hiCldy as De looked into the hard. keen s.
Worth Country face. lie had grown gray b
T. older, "a little bent in the eight wears "a
ut Go0nrcv would have known him any
where, and for an instant he shranF 8
rom the keen eyes that looked at him
rom under their bushy brOWs But there 70
-as 10 recognition in them. Sir Arthur "
I'd not rcco!lect even for an instant the
ace of the man Who had once been ST
nown as Gconrey Clavering at Old "
astle.
"Iou are an Australian. 7 understand" e.
e said. And this is your first visit to ",
.ond0uT' H.
Godfrey could say So with truth. He n
ad never been in London before.
Yes. my first visit he said. n
'Ah, all the more interesting" Sir n,
rthur remarked; but YOU must come
.orth. You must come and see our biz ",
}Bn5 in Lancashire and Yorkshire. vou In
luSt see the places that manufacture -r.
le blood and bone of our empire. the v.
ictories where we make our iron and or
-eeL The mills and furnaces. You must