The Washington herald., 1908-08-03

I OF St Paufs standing out against the
azure sky, and dominating triumphantly
all other buildings The sun shone upon
I its silded vaHe. which seemed to radiate
I quivering lines Of light Could It be
possible that the foundations OF this
monumental pile wene insecure? Could
one conceive this superb masterpiece
crumbling and coIlapsing into ruin and
chaos2 or suppose more poignant
/ thought-the collapse Of what 1t repre-
sented. the crumbling OF the faith preach
! ed beneath its dome. leaving the temple
empty, a mere Valhalla Of the mighty
dead within its tombs,
Well If such catastrophes came to pass.
II would be for the unanswerable reason
that the foundations were rotten. or. II
solid In themselves. laid upon sand in
stead OF rock Time was the iufaTible
test OF each. the only touchstone. As
Burgess said; Let the truth prevail, He
could hear the young fellows ringing
voice and see his eager. flushed face
And after all had been said and done.
and really ones brain reeled at the mere
thought Of what had been said and done
during the last six thousand years or so.
the one Inevitable conclusion was that
nothing false endured For that reason
the two great parties in Westminster
were doomed The country. as a whole.
was sick 20 death OF their interminabIe
Misrepresentation and evasfons and OBJ
sCurities. and the members Of both
Houses. those at least whose Judgment
was not hopelessly discoiored by inherited
prejudice. were sick TO death OF running
mute. bounded 10 the divisions BY the
Whips, forbidden TO give tongue as in
dividuals. commanded 20 bark out the
common c-y OF a pack
Hugo was forsaking Boadicea. when his
attention was arrested by a number OF
paddle steamers anchored IN n1idstreau
These were the boats which had carried
as passengers nothing more remUnerative
than the sxtravaEant hopes Of the Lon
don County Council. ard as ballast their
coagulated ineXperienCe and ignorance
Here they lay. a feet Of pretty vessels.
practically derelict.
He began 10 feel irritation. because
every object brisJled with moral lessons.
each with personal application Was
he anchored in midstream, condemned 20
rust Out7
With a shrug OF his shoulders. he walk
ed rapidly toward Burgess lodgings.
The Hope Of the New Brooms received
him fr0Stily. but with civiIlty. He looked
rather pale and thin. as IL he were over
worked He admitted that he was up 10
his eyes in construction, which. indeed. is
a pleasanter and easier task than recon
struCtiCn- Bit by bit he thawed out for
Hugo discree-ly questioned him about his
successes. ignoring the great failure
4 m going TO Manchester he named
the day. 10 be recalled thereafter 10 Hugo.
and I'm booked for q big speech. a two
hours job The Socialists are making a
bid for US. but I tell you. although it's
u7- discreet 20 say so IN public. that
were not going 10 truCkle TO the washed
or the unwashed- Do you know that the
Saxon is selling Ike hot cakes2 We've
doubled and trebled our circulation in the
last month"
He poured out details. while Hugo lis
tened. diviuinE that the young fellow was
oosessed by the sense Of power which
had come 10 him But at the first reason
able pause he said quietly Z came. Bur
sess. to say good-by.'
I'm leaving England shortly"
"AIoneg-
Very much alone. unless YOU count =
chauffeur who is an excellent mechanic
and nothing more"
But now Burgess hesltated. rails
ing his b-ows.
Go on" said Hugo. glad that Burgess
should open up the real object of this
visit The young fellow. no crarer al
hard fences. Jumped boldly
You are free TO ask Joy vennabIe 10
be your wife"
An TT''
Why not2-'
Why note" He laughed de-,sive7v.
And you know her Didn't 7 ten yor
that she looked al me. by Heaven, as =
was Unclean- And / was"
Three months aro
I did YOU great service three months
ago He paused for moment. This
was the real object Of his visit: 10 make
confession without thought Of absoIution.
A service repeated Burgess. wonder
ingly- He stared al Hugo's face. which
had assumed the hardness and iupassf,i-
y commented upon so Uufavorably BY
the reporters.
7 tried 70 take Joy by force. 4 sort
Of moral rape.
Really, Charters. I'm IN A fog"
Al that Hugo described what had mass
ed. setting forth the facts without az
cuse or comment, sensible that the story
was an ugly one Burgess listened at
tentively.
At the end. Hugo said. in the same i'm
personal tone 50 YOU see that wreck
ec what chance had She might have
forgiven me what went before. when she
heard that Tempest and his wife had
come together again. had I remained.
through thick and thin. loyal TO Mrs.
= suppose somebody told Mrs Tenn
est Moliie Mottlsfont. eh2-'
No, This. perhaps. was the most
oiiilcllt part Of the story. He laughed
again The fact is. Burgess. Mrs. TEN
pest didn't want ne either"
pes your pardon FOR asking an I'm I
pertinent question
You have the right 70 ask any oues- /
ucI- n here on your account. not r7f7s I
admit that I put OF coming. as long. as
/ could feel cheap. but I should feel I
cAeapeF II bolted. leaving you 10 think I
llldt tlIi-e might Whitewash me in lows .
eyes Time IS on the side OF trr1t7 ,7ot I
faisehood. That has been r1bba5 me-
me tlll ] m pretty sore And now Z saa
myself as she sees me One CAM +aw
about these things. II I'd run on Win .
that woman openly. I should hold nv /
head higher"
she wouldn't 60" +
4 was the stronger First and last 7 +
am responsible. AICAIIister made rrar
plain. JOY knows II. I waIlowed in ne
nire Tor three years-snd I knew II was
nlre- Enough Of that, You must trvi
your luck again Have you seen her?"
Written
No
she is-well2"'
Perfectly we'll believe"
The young fellows chin stuck out
rather aSgressively. as II he resented ,
these questions And his eyes. so bright .
when he had been talking Of his work.
we're now dull and irresponsive Was il
possible that he had become Indifferent