Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-09-28

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found the subject less easy tn intro
duce than he had expecfea Td,So
the other actors in tba drama wiz.
shin too. had changed much dur,n',
| the passage of twelvemonth WITH
| the exception of "a few minutes IN two
occasions at Monte Carlo IN tho ,ra,
vious winter the Duke had seen npth
ing of Winship for several wears Ha
still thought him as "Alice's nrntepe !.
a clever, ard.Worling ,mmature
young man, to whom no could sneaY,
with a certain amount If a,,tbnritv
It disturbed his ideas at the outsst
| to discover that time assuranca and
success had evolved a nersonayo
! quite different from that which b.s
had thought to, find He Mad the did.
agreeable sensation with which tha
patron ALWAYS sees FRAT his smbordi.
| nate has sprung on to a leye, with
himself. In theory he wo,,ld have
/ been the last person in the world 10
object to it; but in fact 1t cansld
him something akin to irritation. This
| very ease with which Winship welcom-
ed him seemed to lack respect The
matter-of-course hospitality with
which he offered him an extremely
good cigar seemed to SAVIOR Of the
man who has made n,onay o,,ic,iv
Winship's keen eyes and hard month
and determined manner were so much
at variance with the tinid Difference
| Of the lad of eight or ten wears ago
| that Wiltshire found his sense az an.
noyance deepening az the CONVERSE.
ton passed fromyone TOPIC to another
He knew at last that if the object
of his errand were to be attained 1t
| must be by diving into the subject
brusquely; and so he tried to Jerk
himself back into the manner of
speaking that would have been nat
ulal with "Alice's protege" on one Of
his annual visits to Edenbridge, years
ago.
~ say Winship,'~ he began sudden.
| ly, "I've looked in on you to offer YOU
some advice
That's very kind of Won. Duke. .
Winship returned easily. .I'm SUR,
/ must need it, when Won MT vonr.
self to SO much trouble" 80
81 rather think you do. We all re.
| quire a friendly word at one time
or another in our lives"
| 1--WE wanted it many a time, when
didn't get it," Winship laughed
land SO I'm all the more grateful to
you now"
There was a minutes hesitation,
during which Wiltshire licked the
askes from the end Of his cigar with
! his little finger He semed to bs
quite absorbed in that operation.
| while Winship waited in not unna-
ural curiosity.
81 believe" Wiltshire said at last,
chat there's been some little mis-
understanding between Won and NV
friend Mr.. Paul Trafford."
Winship's manner changed at once.
His hard mouth became harder and
| he sat rigidly upright in his chair.
fixing Wiltshire with the stare of his
brilliant eyes.
On the contrary" he sad, quietly.
Your friend. Mr.. Paul ,Trafford, and
l understand each other very we'll"
The slightly ironical tone gave an
additional prick to the Dukes mild
temper. III
Now, don't be an css. Winship,"
he said, impatiently Mr. Trafford
has been extremely magnamimous to
| you and you've been behaving like an
imhecile. Any man of the world
would tell you that
Are you in his confidence, Duke?"
Il am to the extent of knowing
what he would be willing to do for
you
And his reasons for wishing to do
it?"
That, understand, is one which
does him credit. He has learned that
in certain; transactions with your
family some years ago, the loss entail
ed on you IS greater than 1t should
nave peen. He Is eager now to make
inc loss good. That,s all"
wonder II that's his way OF
putting 1T. or yours?"
That has nothing to do with It,"
90 W. ,si tssn !. !. ,nefels l,aea.s
rather ,,aat W 49, ~ p s.; peSause y 4; Z;
Tra fsard hos hao, ,a 4,. W. 49, Luz
ing the fact of which Won sneak HIS
mind must have been recentiv onened
to knowledge Perhaps" Winshlp
added. laying, his hand on pile Of
numbers Of the New York Magazine,
mat were within reach-"perhaps he
got some of his information here"