The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-03-15

broken feil0R, who declared that he
was world-worn and weary, plunge
into every kind OF pleasure that offered
itself with the zest OF a boy fresh
from school.
Despite the good resolutions Of the
Prince OF Fairoaks. he could not settle
down TO reading law. but had to post
pone 1t from day to day because HIS
social engaments were too pressing.
Thus the day came when the money
was at an end again. and George War
rington gave him lecture that he
had long been preparing. you can't
go on sponRing upon the women said
he. How do you think that I liver
Then he let, Pen into d secret. He
WAS writing for the papers. and he
knew Of an opening for the Prince Of
Fairoaks. That gentleman at once rose
from Abe slough and SCARED again In
his native blue. He would be poet.
He would make up for hts past idle
ness. Warrington called him q young
goose and laughed at him, not un-
kindly, and with some sadness.
Pen plunged into the profession Of
letters with the same enthusiasm
with which he plunged into love and
fun. To tell the truth. he had q good
BIT of talent and he-had the swift fac
ulty az catching the moods and wilma
OF MS eFNAQGFB. H WIS uOA tb9hS
monthssbefore his mother and Laura
were delighted by receiving papers
and magazines that contained articles
signed by hm. In little while Pen
began to send remittances home, and
to feel himself very fair fellow In
deed.
Foraii his hard work Pen still man.
aged to indulge himself in the pleas
ures of the life that he loved. He
went from receptions BY great ladies'
10 back taverns where Costigan and
his kind sang songs and had goes
of brandy and water. The old warrior
wa bensioned now, his daughter hav-
ing married old Sir Charles Mirabel
ana NE entertained the company BY
purely fictitious accounts of the love
that mis- son-in-law bore for him.
warrington, who belonged to one Of
the oldest families in England. was az
simple and jovial with all these poor
moor folk as If he were plain Tom
Jones. the lawyers clerk; but Penden-
mis-. the son Of the apothecary, was al
vays the Prince of Fatroaks. ne
colId never forget his grand manners
though Warrington used 70 Jeer ~
MIN good -humoredly and REMIND hin
Of the Raliipots from which the TamiiS
income had sprung
Pen was beginning to prosper. he
had written a novel, and IL nao oroush'
him reputation and money. oio MaJoI
Pendennis had the pleasure OF heaFins
his nephew discussed in the circles o.
tha nobility. and quite naturally all MS
cid affection for the heir OF the mouse
~ Pendennis was awakened again.
90 the old fellow was nightly per-
t,rbad when the news reached him al
tha country house Of the noble Mar
auis of Steyne that his nephew was
dying from fever in London. Tne Ma
jor posted in all haste back to the de-
serted town and arrived az tne IempIe
almost simultaneously with Mrs. Pen
dennis and Laura.
Those two ladies bridled up and
ware deenly shocked when they found
an exceedingly pretty young girl at
their darling's bedside. The better a
woman is, the quicker she seems to be
to think the worst Of another: and
even in the midst Of their grief over
their boy, these two good women
showed poor Fanny Bolton the door
first Of all.
That poor girl crept away. weeping.
and waited in the entry for the doctor,
who eomforted her as best he could.
He. too. had his own ideas about the
relations that had brought about her
presence at the handsome young sim
ner's bedside. Yet all these virtuous
ones were quite wrong.
1t was only one OF Pens romantic
love affairs: hut this time that expe-
rieneed gentleman did not dream Of
marrying Fanny Bolton. the daughter
Of the porter of the Temple as he had
dreamed of marrying the daughter Of
Captain Costigan. No. He had mere
Iy fluttered around the candle and fall
en- In love with all his old-tine impet-
uosIty: and then he had realized that
the only honorable course for him was
10 retreat He had been on the eve OF
fIeeinR from London. for the summer
when his Illness seized him.
But Mrs. Pendennis wept over her
hoy. mlngling her tears OF agony for
his illness with tears of shame and
sorrow for his sin. He lay delirious.
and Warrington was away. having
started on his vacation before PENS
last love AFFAIR. So there was none TO
explain matters to the simple wo-
man.
Perhaps II would have been as well
for Warrington had he remained alb
sent. Yet who can escape fate? War
rington came back To and Pen recov-
ertng. and In the next few weeks he
had ample opportunity to look at
Laura, with results that were not at
Ali conducive to his peace Of mind.
Before long he knew that NJ would
give his whole life and soul 20 win
that prize which Arthur rejected. But