The Washington herald., 1907-12-02

Vic proposed 70 do without this Ac-
cording 20 him. the salt only retarded
the action. But, then. certain director
was paid a percentage on each. ton man
ufactured by this means. Naturally. the
director objected. and Vic had his battle
TO night against vested interests He
was forbidden 10 dispense with it-on-
tirely
He solved II by sprinkling salt and
water over one ton per week. and al
lowing the director TO collect what was
due to him on this moderate output.
IL chanced that upon another Satur-
day a month after. Vic Morris. pressed
by the needs of society and the desire
for change. took the coast train along
with the Scots doctor Their purpose.
as expressed by McF herson, was to paint
Huelva carmine This sounded prom
ising. but their exploits i'm this direc-
ton were not even colOrably roseate.
For. on entering the hotel. Vic espied.
behind the blazed portals OF the little
wall letter-case. an envelope. daintily ad-
dressed in "A small. widely detached run
ming hand. That is. the letters and
words were small but the spaces be
tween the words were wide as in print
a remarkable hand, and no less remark
able as the letter within.
Vic had been telling himself that he
did not care. Why should he? OF
course. he was long ago forgotten In
Kirktown. What were a pair OF blue
eyes 10 him. or he TO a pair of blue
eyes? She was a plain girl. anyway
If she had got up TO make breakfast for
him.
Tie simply wanted to know about Vida
Bryan, and about her only because he
h.. D. in,
sition of considerable danger 10 get her
out Of No. >. Still II was all of month
ago since he had written TO the FOwlers
to Janet Fowler. TO be exact And, If
they owed him nothing else, her father
might have acknowledged the money.
! Thus growled Vic
But ne had proceeded no further
when he noticed the date Of the letter
II had been lying in the hotel for nearly
/ three weeks. Vic made as many bounds
l TO the bureau. II was empty. He sur
veyed the staircase. seeking whom lie
might devoUr Pablo. with his duster.
stood open-mouthed on the landing in
/ sheer amazement Vic spake. Pablo had
not believed that the young EnglIshman
| could have attained such fluency in the
difficult objurgation OF Andalusia. Why.
/ a muleteer from Leon or Artoga could
| hardly have done better. But Pablo's
| admiration was mingled with self
/ righteousness. He was thrice armed.
/ Pablo's quarrel was Of the most excel
| lently just II was not his place TO in
/ terfere with the letters in the case. II
/ was i'm fact as much as his place was
worth. The manager2 Why, was not
| the Senior Vttorie himself manager?
/ There was no other. There was no order
] TO send up the letters 10 the Rio, BETTER
| nOt-eVer so much better. Many things
were stolen en- route, Il was much more
satisfactory that the Senor should come
here and claim his own letters-see moth
/ ing had been touched-not the seal not
/ the stamp-not the gum
/ Pablo was ordered dn q mixture Of ten
! languages) to hold his tongue. and Vic.
/ leaving the Doctor laughing in the hall
| Ga man of experience the DR.. Colin Nc
/ Pherson). bolted upstairs 20 his own
room. and finding Pablo there before
him, engaged in laying out his things q"
\ he kicked that long-suffering servitor
ont and locked the door.
Then he sat down To read.
! At first he was dazed-so little was the
| letter what he had expected Then ne
/ grew angry-because he was a young
man Of much personal dignity. and (which
is to say the same thing Of little expert
! tuce OF MoiHtu- 1OuhE men. II IucS are
| TO be liked by their peers and seniors OF
| the other sex, must not suffer from
/ superfuous dignity.
II took Vic some time 20 read the let
4 ter three times. Then he thrust it fiercely
into his pocket. envelope and all He
! passed the Doctor I'm the hall, who called
after him 10 know at what time he
| wanted his dinner. AS he did not an
swer, the Doctor shrugged his shoulders
| and explained 10 Pablo that his patient