The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-11-15

rs vari3Hs departments. while ne -~.
up 81 active aaI,ezri4Iou u lie >
until Philip quilted his university an
was Old eaoush 70 begin 70 bear sOnr
portion OF. tie burden.
iney agreed 10 diner on InIs nnpof
tant question. Philip vas fonl g.
travel and adventure. With gre2t az.
fculty his guardian" kept him a.. g.
the army. but compounded the nl-.-s-
by allowing The youns millionaire
roam about the odd corners of ~
world In his yacht for eight months Q.
the year. provided be spent four
months Of the season in London az
Sussex Attending 70 Affairs.
In this month Of April he was Twin
In his town house. In July he Ee,. I.
20 70 Fairfax Hall. In August to s..
land and a month later would JOY ..u,.
ny to the Forth, where the Sea Ma 2 .
awaited hin.
This lady. whose waist measures
eighteen feet across and whose lenStI
was seventy feet. with nne sprea- :
Of canvas and auxiliary steam, was the
only SIREN able to charm him,
re WIS tall now and strongly built.
with something OF the naval officer IL
his handsome. resoIute face and WEI
set IN figure. As hobby he hca Ia.
en- out q master xsarlner's certificate
and he could navigate his Own. ship III
the teeth OF an Atlantic gale, He love
10 surround himself With friends, mo-
nv oxfo-d men of his year, but be sci
dom enteastained Indies, either ON boaHs
the Sea Maiden or In either OF his tiro
fire mansions. r.
He avoided society in It's general ac-
ceptance. refused all overtures to nix
I'm politics, took keen delight in ! 'ng
his great wealth to alleviate distress
ANONYMOUSLY and earned deTerred
reputation as "bear" among tne few
match making mammas who managed
70 make his acquaintance.
In other respects as the boy was so
was the man--the same downright
character, the same steadfast devotion
to his mothers memory. the same re-
Ientless adhercgce to course already
decided on and the same whole hearted
reciprocity OF friendship.
As he stood in his drawing room be-
fore dinner I'm the evening Of the day
Jocky Mason revisited the locality. if
not the surroundings, of his capture
Philips strong face wore an unwonted
expression Of. annoyance. He walke'
to and fro from end to end Of the beau
tiful room. pausing each time he reach
ed. the window to gaze out over the
park.
A servant. who entered for the pur
pose of turning ON the electric lights
and lowering the blinds, was hidden al
most impatiently to wait until Philip
and his guests were at dinner.
A telegram came. Arson opened u
and read:
was dressing TO come to your place
when Granger telegraphed for me 70 act
as substitute Lincoln quarter sessions,
Must go down at once. FOX.
NO answer" he said, adding to him
self:
THAT'S better Fox's caustic humor
would have worried me tonight. j wish
Abingdon would come, am eager to
tell him what has bannened1"
Now, punctuality was one or ny.
Abingdon s many virtues. At half past
Z to the tick his br0ugham deposi ed
him at the door.
The, two met with cordial greeting
that showed the close ties of mutual
good fellowship and respect which
bound them together.
Fox won't be here" said Philip
"Grainger has broken down III health,
I suppose wired for him to go to
Lincoln
"Ah. that's lift for Fox. He 10 q
clever fellow, and IL he manages to
tell the jury a joke or two he will in
nuence verdict as unfairly as any
man I know" m
Does 1t not seem to you to be rath-
er an anomaly that justice. which in
the abstract is impeccable, too often
depends on other issues which have no
possible bearing on the merits Of the
dispute itself?'
my dear boy, that defect will con
tinue until the crack Of doom. Pascal
laid 1t bare in an epigram, 1T all de
ponds on which side the Pyrenees Fox
happens to be-"
unfortunately / am straddling the
water shed at this moment. ] have
made a very important discovery Alb
ingdon, and am glad we are alone to
night we can speak freely. Some PEG
pie named Sharpe Il Smith wrote TO me
yesterday"
Il know them-an old established
firm of solicitors"
Well they urged me to give thchg
am appointment on private matter
.Mu NM.