The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
KATE MEREDITH, F1NANc1ER.

With t,,d her ewn til,SSn,ghts And now.
you. are.". she said to the telephone.
na ~ pre- prefer fer d: anonymity. Do you know
"No. Yes. perhaps do, II you mean
Sir Edward Day Pearce. the West Afrl-
can man. don't know him person.
"All the better" rasped the telephone.
anyway he is lecturing tonight in
non-Confornist temple in Westbournc
G sins a a'a they call It. Be
thing about Meredith. l should try to
when a whizS went the bell, :. and is she
was cut Off. She rang again. got the
In uiry Office. found that 4.ois was a
halrdresser's shop. once more got 4,073,
the telephone had been hired for an
hour by gentleman who had some
l,u ,N. to transact. No. the gentleman
Miss o'Neill's ring OFF had touch of
temper in It.
and tried to bring her thoughts once
more to the, subject that had been in
hand before the Interruptions came. She
herself to concentrate the whole of her
mind on any matter she chose, But
somehow those two little words my
mother was like, She went to the teie-
phone 81, and called up q theatre agency
Observation-Disclosures Grove" before tho
youn~ man at the other end grasped
the name. and she was rewarded by
nearing him laugh as he said he had
no seats. for Sir Edward Day -Pearce's
lecture that evening.
where can get onc?" she demand
'At the door, madam" was the polite
response. II believe the prices OF en-
TRANCE are threepence, sixpence and one
subscriber"
Surprising the whole thing were
hoax to draw her there, and by some
was quite likely She She was ias'tui success 5.
full woman, and had already learned
that that one of the prices of success is
the !, Itn splitting of spite and envy. But
the pa-h of Miss Kate O'Neill. She
picked up telephone directory, turn
ed the pages. found number. called
1t up, and made certain arrangements.
Thereafter she dressed dined and took
Mrs. Craven to laugh over the new
piece at the Gaiety.
But poor Kate found cen the Gaiety
dull that night. There was man on
the stage with red head He was not
in the least like Carter either in looks.
speech. or manner, but-well. it must
have been the hair which persisted in
thoueht which kept her vaguely irri-
tated throughout all the evening.
There was a bundle of type. script
waiting for her when she got back
to the flat. which happened to be the
verbatim report of Sir Edward Day
Pearce's lecture which she had arranged
take down for her, but she did not
choose. to open this before the keen
eyes Of Aunt Jane. Instead she waited
TIL that astute old lady should see fit
fnh har aof rr5-
witches. drink tumbler of soda-water
lightly laced with whiskey and listened
to resume of all the other plays that
house was opened. At the end of which
Kate had the final satisfaction Of being
laughed at.
you've been itching to be rid of mo
ever since we got back. my dear. and
as general thing you don't In the least
mind saying when you want to be
alone. i wonder what's in those mys-
terious papers you're so anxious l
shouldn't ask about Goodnight, Kitty
de a3:no, n,.,t .nn.
and opened the package
The lecture was unexciting; It was
the dull record Of dul! but CAPABLE
did it accurately. and in the telling Of
1t left out all the points that We're in
the least picturesque or interesting. Sir
Colonial administration. and the only
times he rose into anytime approach
ing eloquence was when he had to tell
of some colonial interest that was ruth
lessly sacrificed BY some ignorant off,
cial at home for the sake of vote or a
fad Four several instances lie gave OF
this. and these stood out warmly against
the gray. background of the rest of
the speech.
But to Kate, who knew her West
Africa by heart, it was all dull enough
reading till he came to almost the last
paragraph.
ut is by peculiar irony" the type
report read, that an agreement should
recently have been come to by which
to discontinue his practice OF human
sacrifice. It is six-and-twenty years
since first went out to West Africa,
and my immediate superior then was
Major Meredith. He was a man Of the
highest ideals, and VIC all thought OF
tremendous capabilities. He saw what
was wanted on the SPOT, and carried out
for ignorant criticism at home. BY the
ence, and at fearful risk, he made
his way to Okky City itself, saw it's