The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-15
CHAPTER XVIII. (continued.)

the whisky and poured some more In
the glass. "Yet. William, most fortu'
nate of living men, you unhappy.
! The Tetrarch has a somber air. as
the play says. What a pity 1t is that
you are not like me, without any hu.
man affections to trouble you! don't
want to pry into your private affairs
l did, did I?-but I presume
something has gone wrong with your
matrimonial affairs again. I'm right.
am l not? Can't Miss Marjorie make
up her mind? Tell me, il you like. !
can't give you any sympathy. but ]
can give you advice"
Gouldesbrough flushed and moved
1mpatiently in his chair. Their he be-
! gan to speak:
IT what you say is true. Guest, then
you must be a happy man. Your life
is complete; you have got what you
wanted; you have done what you
wanted to do. And IL you choose to
kill yourself with amyl-alcohol l sup.
pose that's your affair. What you say
is quite right. am terribly worried
and alarmed about the success Of my
great desire, the one wish remaining
to me. I don't expect or want sympa-
thy from you, but your advice is worth
having, and you shall give it to me If
you will"
Wilson Guest nodded. TELL me
what is worrying you," he said.
you know that I have had great
hopes Of obtaining Miss Poole's con-
sent to our re-engagement. Every
thing has been going On we'll. Miss
Poole believes, or did believe, that the
man Rathbone is dead. I used your
suggestion and limited at a vulgar in
trigue. At Brighton, when Charlie
wood shot himself, I was constantly
with Miss Poole and her mother. My
pretended efforts to solve the mystery
of Rathbone's disappearance told. |
saw that l was winning back all the
ground that l had lost. I had great
hopes. These seemed to eliminate
the other night at Lord Malvin's re-
ception. Miss Poole promised to re-
ceive me the next day and give me a
definite answer. I knew what that
meant: 1t meant yes I was prepared
to stake everything upon 1t. When l
called at Curzon street in the evening
I was told that she was unwell and
could not see me-. The next day l sue
ceeded in seeing her. I was taken
aback. There was a distinct change
in her manner The old intimacy and
freedom which I had been able to re-
establish had gone. There was almost
q shrinking in her attitude-she SEEM
ed afraid of me"
well, that is easily accounted for.
You have done something hitherto be-
yond human power; naturally she re-
CARDS you as q person apart, some one
who can work miracles. But what did
she say?"
TT wasn't that sort Of shrinking.
Guest. know Miss Poole well. l
understand tho real strength and
brilliancy Of her mind. She is not a
foolish, ordinary girl to be frightened
as you suggest l told her that l had
come for her answer. I think I spoke
well-my heart was In what I said
and I urged my cause as powerfully as
I could. Miss Poole absolutely refused
to give me any answer at ALL"
well, that IL no very terrible thing,
william! know little Of women, but
one IL told that is their way. She will
not yield ut crce, that Is ALL"
II wish l could think so. Guest. It
did not strike me in that way at all.
And she said q curious thing also. She
said that I might reopen the question
after the public demonstration. She
wouldn't pledge herself to give an an.
wer ever then. But she said that ]
might a nothing more to her on the
subject until after the demonstration
Wilson Guest laughed. what .
powerful drug this love Isl" he said
srt's a. unexpected In It's action az
ether! My dear William. you are wor
rying yourself about nothing. I'm
sure OF It. Remember that you cant
look ct the thing with an unprecedented
eye. It's all quite clear to me. MISS
Poole simply wants to wait until she
has seen your triumph with her owl
eyes. That is all. believe me. You
are In too much Of . hurry. How
curious that is! It Is the strangest
thing in the world to ind you-you o.
all men-in a hurry. It IL only b,
monumental and marvellous patience
that you have succeeded In discover
ing a law, and applying that law Will
my help, which makes you the great
est nan Of science the world has eve1
known. And yet you leap at the fence
OF Z girls hesitation and reserve as i
everything depended on breaking I
record for the jump!s
Gouldesbrough smiled family ant
| shook his head. He was not convinced
but It was plain that he was comfors
Cd BY what Guest had said. His smii'
was melancholy and gently sad, an
IN the electric radiance OF the huge
mysterious room he seemed like som
eager ana kindly priest or ministe
Who bowailed the sims Of his hoch
but With . humorous and human %
der6&anding Of mortal ffailty.
Ana there he stood, the creates
nnmas,a - N0AArn famnn and n1nn On,