The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-31

troubles: but if you do not wish me to....r Leonard interrupted n alarm:
 NO no. only spoke of these itsma You see. being debts of honor, ougnt not to give the names." Looking wttn keen glance ct her set face De saw she was obdurate; and. recognizing his defeat. said as calmly sa he could.
 "Aii right Givs me the papersF' He took it from the hand that was stilI outstretched. and bending over the table. wrote very slowly and care fully.
 Now the addressesf'
 'Is that necessary"
 "of course it isi Why. you silly how ib the money to be paid if there are no addresses7"
 Leonard felt like a rat in a trap. but he had no alternative. Having done all that as yet had been required of him, he felt that he might now ask further favor. so he said:
 There is one of those bills which have promised to pay by Mondayr
 sPromisedF' satd Stephen with vide opened eyes. "why. Leonard. I thought you said you were unable to pay any of those debtsr
 Again he put himself in q false posi- tios1. He could not say that 1t was to hla father he had made the promise; for he had already told stephen that he had been afraid to tell him of his debts. Tn his desperation, for Miss Rowly's remorseless glasses were full on him, he said
 n thought was justified In making the promise after what you said about the pleasure fl would be % help me. You remember, that day on the hiiitoprs
 if he had wished to disconcert her ha was nietakens she had already tn her seIf-torturing imagination thought over and over again of every form or embarrassment which her nphAppy ac- ton might bring on her at nls M nanaa. . she now said sweetiy and calmly that he. with knowledge of her secret, was aiarmeds
 aBut that was not a promise to pay. if vou will remember lt was only an offer. which fs a very different thin9. You did not accept t thsuF' nhs was herself somewhat deaperata. or she would not have called e cioee to the
 aAh. but accepted latsrF' hs sald quickly, feeling in his satisfactten in an epigrammAtfc answer . certain measure Of victory. Epsgranauaats< victories dc not count for much in real life. Indeed they generally weakeH | friendship ana infanae oppositxcn. He felt his mistake when she went on | calmly:
 "oners iiks that are not repeatsd | They are but phantoma, after all They | come at their own choice, when they do come: and they stay but the meas \ ure of breath or two. You cannot summon thelnF Leonard fslI into fhe current of tn e metaphor and snaweFads T don't know that even that iw inc possible. There are spells which c2Al. even phantomsl"
 ''Indeedr stephen was anxious 70 ind his purpose in his measured words. Leonard felt that he was getting on, | that he was again acquiring the upper hand and 90 he pushed on the meta phor. He felt more and more s2t- I isied with himself
 "And 1t is wonderful how simple some spells and these the most power ful can be. A remembered phrase. the | recollection Of a pleasant meeting, the smell of a forgotten flower. or the sight of a forgotten letter: any or all Of these can. through memory, bring back the past. And 1t ie often in the l past that the secret of the future iieeF' Miss Rowiy felt that something was | going on before her which she could not understand. Anything of this mans saying which she could not | fathcm must be at least dangerous; whatever t might be.
 Dear mel That is charmingiy po- eficl Past and future: memory and the smell Of flowers: meatlngs and Eet- tersl II is quite philosophy. Do sx- 1 plain all, Mir. Everardlp Leonard wAs not prepared to so on under the eircum. I stances. His own mention pf e1etterss although he had deliberately used ii with the intention of frightening stephen. had frightened himsslg It reminded him that he had not brought. had not got. the letter; and that aa yet he was not certain of getting che money. Stephen also had noted fhe word, and determined not 10 pass the matter by. She said aaiiy:
 tConttnued TomaxrevlD