The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-12-04
CHAPTER VII.
Continued,

AI have not seen Charlie" he SAID,
quietly, as he followed her, "since
he went to sea. He could not get
Away from Greenwich till this even
ing, and of course the colonel and I
have been spending happy day at
The Foreign Office. suppose he is a
great big fellow now; he was rather:
Reedy when I went to India; but
there was a promise of great strength
About him."
81 think" said the girl, softly, che
Is the strongest man I have ever
SEEM" =. =.
VINEYARD looked up quickly into
her face, which he could now see, as
she had turned at the top of the
stairs to wait for him. !:
"In every sense of the word?" he
asked; for he thought he detected a
deeper meaning in the tone of her
voice than the mere words conveyed.
But he never received his answer, for
ut that moment the drawing-room
door opened, and Mrs. Wright came
forward to receive him.
cit is striking seven," she said,
with a smile. You are here to the
minute. I know now how 1t Is that
you never hurry, and always have,
time for everything. as the co1onels
tells me you have. I need not in
troduce you two. apparently"
mo, it is not necessary, thank
you," replied Mistley,. standing aside
to allow Lena to pass into the room.
Colonel Wright entered, and after
carefully raising his trousers so as
to avoid dragging them at the knees,
sat down.
Mrs. Wright nodded in acquies-
cence, she continued:
when I said we would be fami-
iy, forgot that it would be necessary
TO explain that Laurance Lowe would
De here. 70 your mother such an
explanation was unnecessary, as she
Knows our ways. Mr. Lowe is such
an old friend that we consider him
one of the family, you understand.
ST think" said Colonel Wright, in
his peculiarly slow and somewhat
hesitating manner-"I think that
Mistley knows a great deal about
Laurance Lowe. You see, We had a
.arge amount of spare time upon our
hands out there-morning papers
we're not readily procurable. Nudes
vas some way off, and altogether we
were thrown a good deal upon each
others society, so we talked of home.
Eh. Mistley?"
Oh IN, oYh
fully; eve got quite learned in each
others family affairs, and by dint OF
hearing extracts from letters began
to take an absorbing interest in the
doings of people we know nothing
whatever about. 1 shall be glad to
meet Mr.. Love-"
"Laurance Love-" said the Colonel.
sturdily, sis the most silent man and
the truest friend have ever known"
VINEYARD Mistley nodded with pc
culiar little acquiescent smile, which
meant that he was not thinking very
much about the subject under dis
cussion.
GA silent friend" he said, present
ly, with great show of gravity, is
as rare as he is valuable-I think
hear Mr.. Loewe upon the stairs.
The next moment the door opened,
and Laurance Lowe entered the room,
closely followed by Charles Mistley.
CHAPTER VIII.
Laurance Lowe. =;
N1d tn III
slow and deliberate manner. Thc
Colonel advanced. to meet him with
outstretehed hand and al hearty wsri
i df greeting. a..
"Ah, Laurance, 1 am glad to see
you There's life in the old dogs
yet, although the young ones are
growing SO big around u.s."
Lowe answered never a word. He
took the outstretched hand in his
thin, strong fingers, and bowed as he
pressed it with a Quaint, old-fash-
toned courtesy -.
In the meantime the. two brothers
had met x
"Halloo, Charlie., ,,c:s.. .-rv.s....s
"Well. Win ,''sys,sss5 - -. sz-.s.,s
They we're close to Lesa when. they
shook handssand she heard the char
acteristic greeting. Shas also saw
the long. slow glance OF thsirseyss as
each noted the work. OF ifheslast three
years IN the development, bodily and
mental. of the others fofaes,ss ,...;ss.ss .sss
AS they stood. thus together be
fore heryshe saw with feminine ra-
pidity of thought that III ere was not
such a a remark able resemblance be-
tween the two brothers as she had
at first imagined. What likeness
there was lay rather in manner and
carriage than in the features. She
saw now that Charlie was a much
bigger man than his brother; also
that he was fairer and with blue
eyes, while Vineyards were gray and
quick in their glance. In one, the
slow, sure characteristics of Saxon
predomlnated; in the other, the
quicker organization Of Celt.
Lena's comparisons were at thi'
moment Interrupted by her father:
WHO came UP ana snook hands with
Charles Mistley, dispensing with an
. Introduction. -" ,:e
"Ah," he said genially, "yQu
should have been soldier instead of
a sailorl You arestoo big a follow
to be cramped up in torpedo boat.
am afraid we old soldiers thinI that
every man should be a rcd-cOat, and
perhaps we're right, after all l
know that every time ! hear the roll
of tho drum or the"tread of trained
foet l look down for the gold lace on
my arm and think that if I had an
other life to live I would try sol
dIering again"
Winyard Mistley had turned away