New-York tribune., 1908-07-05

natural turn Of the 1narket,-tO figure It out
carefully till not single, solitary doubt re-
mained,-and then do just the opposite.
Valda applied this splendid principle to the
case OF her respected parent and, hguratlVeIy
speaking put the dear old gentleman IN 1a1!
on SIX separate and vlllaInous charges,-aI OF
which conCluslvely proved his spotless Inno-
CenCe. .
Perhaps this was logically wrong; but Il
there be any To condemn our young woman
line Of argument, pray let them remember that
among the legal records Of our Tree and glorious
land Miss Nalda Girard IS supported by thirty
seven thousand nine hundred and elghty-one
tragic instances where Judicial guns nave gone
of haIf-cock and Peppered the wrong man.
Ealda did not know this. II was merely
feminine intuition; but, equipped as she was
with this rare power OF dIvnatlOn, she mlght
have sat with honor on . legal bench, or even
have lasted a few DAYS II W al Street.
At anv rate. IN eXOneTatIng Marcus GITard'
she was forced 10 let Ormond and Tracy out
also, but this, OF course, could not be helped.
One earnest duty rerlaIned,-that OF nX1ng the
responsibiitv,-and the simple process OF
elimination fitted 4 black and wh1te striped
SUIT to the athletic hgure Of MorSon-bro"h,
The fact that the circumstances also pointed
strongly TO his guilt caused friction with her
Wall Street scheme OF reasoning Yet, on the
other hand, II evened up certain other c1rcu1n-
stances IN connection with her father conduct
that were hard to swallow. / nus justice was
Be that as II may, the self appointed nudge
had arrived at one firm decision Whether
NOrson was Brown or Brown was Morson ne
had periured himself on the honor OF South-
err gentleman, and, with e1ther name ne was d
reDrobate Therefore, She sWore an oath her-
self. on the honor OF a Northern lady, that no
matter what might happen no matter II ne
proved himself TO be glItter1ng angel On d
Special visit from the Farther 9AoTe'-he
should work his passage 10 the e11d q tI4l
hateful voyage
GO she got rp early 70 see him start II. 1t
~ would be rather humorous, TOO, 10 "atCh
this swollen arIstocrat sinking about the ueIA
with his hat brim tilted forward to hlde the
shame IN his ewes. Yes, II made ner IalISh ven
10 think = bout 1t, and for the first time there
seemed to arise prospects OF very agreeapie
voyage indeed. g.
But if her iov consisted IN the hope OF finding
him IN a state OF mOurntully collapsed PRIDE
She was destined to disappointment. Irue'
his sailor hat tilted, but not over ms
sba-7ed ewes. 1t was tllted-rakIshIy-oE
one 11nsbarned ear. Also he did wear the de
Grading costume Of common seaman puI
TaIda was forced TO admit even against the
7,o,yerfll argument OF a woman rage that
he was lust a bout the best looking thing that
il had ever been her misfortune to set eyes
upon. This was Illuminating!
The suit. Ike the other sea1nen 5 SUITS, was
Of white duck trimmed with narrow cordlng
gT
a wide collar that ran into deep y thus gIVlng
; glimpse of his strong brown throat above the
r1lastrGn which bore a miniature OF the SPIT
fre's pennant IN embroidered silk The
trousers were snugly fitting about the hlps'-
mug TO the knee,-then hared away IN con-
yerfi0nal sailor style to his canvas shoes.
Norson- Brown not only looked well IN It, he
looked splendidly IN It, and seemed vastly
conscious of the fact. More irritating still, ne
was polishing brass rail with dirty rag, and;
to all outward appearances. took an actual
pride in the degrading work. 1t was positively
nladdeningl
The mistress Of the Spittire passed hl1n with
her nose IN the air; that Is 70 say, she almost
PASSED him for he tossed ms polishing rag
aside and called her name. Even then she dld
not intend stopping; but was 50 taken aback
hv ms cool etfrontery that she did ms bidding
before she had time = think.
Miss Girard, - he said, " ! want "a word with
you --.,,-.t,-.,
a polite request; but Ealda stare q lcY
rerroof seemed not 10 dIsconcert hlfn N the
least. for he smiled and went straight On.
We been thinking matters over mean
from YOUR point OF vlew-sllld WISH 10 say mat
YOU are entirely right IN everything YOU We
done"
VsI5a stared At him again, tins time IN sheer