The Washington herald., 1908-07-05

left behind her. a scent whose name he
had forgotten. once he had told her
that this particular scent. 50 elusively,
subtly fragrant, was the sweetest odor
on earth for him. She had replied. with
a smile which robbed the words of any
taint OF vulgarity, that the scent was the
costliest in the world. The Empress Of
Russia used il. and Sarah Bernhardt. He
rang the bell for Pixton.
Pack my ht-bag. A couple Of rough
suits and necessaries. shan't want you.
Whistle up a hanson I'm half an hour
Where shall ] label the bag. sir?''
Jericho"
Pixton packed the kit-bag, while Guy
routed out an atlas. After all. Jericho
was rather remote. He glanced indif-
ferently AT the map Should he travel
north or south. east or west? Where
could he find a nice quiet spot?
Afterward. he remembered what a triae
guided his decision. He was seriously
thinking Of taking pencil, shutting his
eyes. and making Il dab at tho map,
when lie found his glance riveted upon
beautiful proof-engravin OF the Iron
Duke. WellingtOn-WaterlOO, or course
he would drive to Waterloo. The ticket
clerk was sure 10 be a knOwledgable per-
son.
The ticket-clerk not only aroused ex-
pectation. but satisfied IT, quiet spot2
Certainly. There was no quieter spot IN
November than the New Forest. Guy
had never seen the New Forest. lie
knew nobody who lived there. The adjec-
tive New allured him, because he want
ed something old that was new 10 him.
And here you had 1t, $1,000 acres of IT,
all )ut Of doors; an Incompatible res
ervayion.
Westward ho 20 Lyndhurst Road sta
ton
Once in the train, however, a reaction
took place. Too many of us travel is an
eXhilaration. To be borne swiftly through
pleasant places, the woods, the fields. the
hills and wales Of such a prosperous cOun-
try as England; 70 see, panoramicallY.
the results Of q thousand years Of labor
and civilization; 10 feel that we are part
Swners Of this gOodly heritage: that we
are indeed CONS OF the soil, is q stimu-
liant indeed TO tho imaginative mind. par
ticulariy when II is young. To-day Guy
felt old, worn out He tried 70 think of
something, anything. concrete or alb
stract. that would thrill his pulses, and
failed. He knew that certain drugs
might do IL. Monte Cristo took hasheesh.
Could one walk into a one-price drug
store and ask for d shillngs worth of
hasheesh? Then there was opium In its
many forms Guy had visited Chinatown
in San Francisco. He recalled a pesti-
lential den. where he had seen a miser-
able wretch so thin that his bones were
nearly through his face. but with
seraphic smile on his blue lips. To the
horror of everybody. IL was discovered
that the man was dead. but his smile was
alive. u could speak, II was eloquent OF
tina; silence 10 which the spirit informing
the bundle OF skin and bone had passed.
At Easueigh, Guy got out 70 wait for
a slower train.
While suspending judgment on what
followed. il may be well 20 consider
briefly but carefully what went before.
Guy had been beguiled by a siren. In
men OF Guys temperament and character,
where there is the fusion Gar less rare
than is commonly supposed OF dOer and
dreamer. YOU will find a fund-a deposit
account so 20 speak-Of love and SYM
pathy which accumulatcs imperceptibly
during the period OF action. when prac-
ticaly no drafts are made upon IT, Such
women as Angela Tempest have a nose
for these acCumUlations Her first check
was hOnOred instantly. To carry on the
figure. she OWNED her credit 20 be un-
limited. After that for a couple Of years
all drafts upon friendship were met. At
the end. as We have seen, Guy had hon
Ored-dlsuOnOr,
Up 10 the very last Angela interposed
a rose-colored glamour between sense and
sentiment. between fact and fancy. Nc
Allister. X. c.. tore this pretty veil TO
tatters- one sees the chiffon floating
from his horns-a bull In a boudoir. some
pretty sinners IN the galleries felt quite
faint when they heard his raucous Scotch
accent dealing with what they had con-
ceived 20 be a romantic situation.
We have said that Guy suffered acute
ly. but his sufIeungs IN the courtroom
had been alleviated by the reflection that
what was stripped from him served as
carpet between Angelas feet and the
mud. She was bespattered, OF course. but
not sunk up 20 the neck in mire as he
was. McAllister, perhaps designedly. had
spared her. II he saw the butterfly
which Is almost Certain-he realized that
20 pin II qUivering 20 his brief would
ALLEVIATE the sympathies Of the Jury hon
est hoUsehOlders 10 a man. married 10
plain, respectable wives, served by plain
respectable parlor maids. and therefore
the more easily dazzled by beauty Nc
Allister, canny pleader, had attacked
strength. not weakness, and had triumph
ed superbly.
When ne had presented his case. 10 il
lusions were left 10 Guy, or. indeed. 10
any one else. This. perhaps. was the
famous counsers greatest triumph; he
had revealed Guy TO himself. Also. 10
Guy (and TO a very few Of the elect he
had revealed Angela. His piuless logic
exhibited 70 the groundlings a lovely
creature in the tolls. struggling desperate
~ from the first but physically and men
tally unable 10 eXtricate herself Every
incident, the accumulated testimony Of
the witnesses on each side set forth and
illuminated this abominable spectacle of
spider and fly NfcAnister disdained not
the tritest METAPHOR But 10 Guy and
the very few Cynthia Charters was one
Of them) his brutal revelation exposed
Angela as spider The limeHght of cross
examination Illuminated her motives and
designs. not Guys. What made the whole
case so black was the evidence Of plot
and plan-an organized campaign from
beginning 10 end. When McAlister push
ed his wig into place and sat down fcr
the last time. Guy knew that Angela was
no more capable OF love than a Hmpet.
But what would become Of her if she
were torn from the rock TO which she
had attached herself7
The answer came 10 Guy IN the train
She would attach herself to some other
rock.
Under the most favorable circum-
stances, Eastleigh station is not a place
one would choose as a spot wherein to
linger. Guy went into the general wait
ing room, where-windows and door being
tightly shut-a fire. struggling against an
atmosphere lacking oxygen. had prema-
turely expired Guy sat down upon a
wooden bench Outside # drizzled. the
fine rain falling silently through a thick
puiucr mist "a !,