The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-12-06
CHAPTER XVII.

/ CT. APTER XVII
HIILII walked on roses durhS
IL those glorious days. he had
n found his mate. Histlb' WAS
y ..aeJmpiate How bright the world
and how fair the future.
The only dlsagreeable incident mar
ring the utter JOY OF existence. anti
that clly for an instant, was his EN-
counter with Langdon at Mrs. .Ather
ley's pretty dat in Mount street. a;I1
+ Grenier, endowed by nature with an
occasional retrospective glimpse OF a
nobIer character, read him correctly
when he said that Arson would never
condescend to name the intruder In tie
presence of the woman he loved.
But he did ask a servant who it was
with whom he had just been con
yersiug In the entrance hall, and the
girl said the gentleman was a MIR.
Langdon. No: Mrs. Atherley did nor
know him well. He was brought to her
Eat home on previous "Wednesday
,by friend.
Obviously Evelyn could not have
more than passing acquaintance Win
the man or she would have recognize
| him herself. Her agitation that night
In the park. the terror of a difficult
situation, WAS enough TO account fof
her failure in this respect, nor We
Philip then aware that at her previou
meeting with Lady Morland's son size
entertained curious suspicion III
stantly dispelled by his glib manner
that I.angdon was the man who sought
to thrust his unwelcome attentions
upon her.
| Mount street-how came Mrs. Athel
lev and her daughter to return TO III
precincts of Mayfair? That was II
tie secret between Philip ana Lore
Vanstone.
When Evelyn slyly endeavored
make her new admirer understand tila'
there could be no intimacy between q
millionaire and a young lady VINO va
embarking on professional career
she thought SO he it recorded; this |.
no canon of art-he seemingly dlsre
Rarded the hint. but interviewed Lore
Vanstone next morning
The conversation was stormy on or
1 s and emphatic on the other Phil!
had heard sufficient OF Mrs. Athefic"
history by judieiors Inquiry to. eA:. !.
him TO place some UNPLEASANT facts ~
fore his lordshp
When the facts had been thr1s'
ldown the aristorratic gorge Ai'S2'
turned to plcasantcr topics. tir II
formed Lord VanstOnc, who ho'4 -
title az the third son of marquis
that his niece's future was more i'm
portant than his lordlship's dignity
He must eat mud for her sake. am
willingly withal.
Various firms Of solicitors set Z
work. and, marvellous to relate. Lore
Vanstone was ableto write and inform
his half sister that certain Speculation
in which he had invested her fortHn
were turning out Well \ cash pay
ment of E2,000 would be made to he
at once. and she possessed an assurc'
income of at least $1,000 per annun
during the remainde.' OF her life.
The poor lady had heard these fair
tales before. Indeed. SOME such stor
Of more gorgeous proportions had cou
verted her consols into waste paper
But a lawyer, not Lord Vanstone'
sent her a check for the larger amour
and at subsequent interview afflrme'
the statements made by her unrellabl
relative.
So she went back to her caste, AM
her caste welcomed her with ope
arms. aud the dear woman thanEe
Providence for the decree that he
daughter might now accept the attel
lions OF any man. no matter how RE
he might be- for she saw the drift o
Phillips wishes. and, II Evelyn wer
married to him, surely all their pre-
vious trials might he deemed fortunate
She little dreamed that imperiou
Philip had ordered matters his ow
way.
1t was not to his thinking that hi
bride should come to him from IN
genteel obscurity OF Mazda Crescent
He would give her a great position
worthy of the highest In the land, an
it was better for her that ha shout
WOO and win her from the ranks
her order
1t should not be imagined that D
was hasty in his decision. TO his mine
EVELYN and he were known to eac
other since they were children. II wa
not by the Maynard caprice OF chanc
that ne met her on the night OF tn
meteors fall nor again that he cam
to her assistance 4 second time afte
the lapse Of years.
1t was his mothers work. He wa
faithful to her memory = she to he
trust. Never did his condolences wavel
ON the day that Evelyn consented {
marry him he showed her his mother
photograph and told her his belief.
The girls happy tears bedewed til
picture.