The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-11
The King of Diamonds

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you must remember
My dear one, L remember the event
as If il had taken place yesterday.
Your uncle would not have cared were
you. killed that night. All he wanted
was your money. Now he has that, and
mine. He was, indeed, a wicked a
Mother dear, he is unhappy. Are
WEI But. Mr.. Arson, what wonderful
change in your fortunes has taken
place since our first meeting? Is the
newspaper trade so thriving that a car
rage and pair, a supper at the Savoy,
stalls at the Regents Hall, and a bou-
quet from Rosalind's, are mere trim
mings, so to speak, to a busy day?"
Evelyn protested Mrs. Atherley.
But the girl was too buoyant, too ut
terly oblivious of all hat this meeting
meant to Philip. to cease from chatting
him.
Please, Mr.. Arson. do tell us the Sc
cret. 1 will sell any paper you name.
I get five guineas for singing two
songs, 1 admit, but 1 may only sing
them once a month. 1 have loads of
time to run about crying, 'Extrey spe-
shul. 'Orrible disawsterr Or does the
magic spring from writing those thrill
ing stories one sees placarded on the
~hoardings? I believe / could do it. l
once won a prize in a lady's magazine
for a set of verses, the genuine and
unaided production of a girl aged IN
der fourteen"
Philip compelled himself to respond
to her mood. He promised to reveal
his specific for money-making at some
future period. when she was sufficient
ly dazzled to accept his words as those
of a prophet.
With the tao of a woman of the
world, Mrs. Atherley led the conversa-
ton back to less personal channels.
The great was rapidly fill
ing now. The occupants of neighbor-
Ing tables cast occasional glances at
the merry trio which discussed the
foibles Of the musical world, the ways
of agents., the little meannesses and
petty spites of the greatest artists, and,
incidentally, did ample justice to an
excellent meal.
Philip thought he had never before
met such a delightful girl. Evelyn was
quite certain that some unknown good
fairy had given her this pleasant ac-
quaintance, and Mrs. Atherley, after a
silent spasm of regret that her daugh-
ter should be denied the position in the
greater world for which she was so ad-
mirably fitted, abandoned herself to the
infectious gayety of the younger peo-
pie.
Both she and EVELYN confessed to a
feeling of renewed surprise when Phil
ip happened to mention his London ad-
dress.
Whatever faults the denizens of Park
Lane may possess, that of being I'M
known cannot be reckoned among them,
and Mrs. Atherley, in a period not
very remote, knew the of
every house in that remarkable thor
oughfare. She could not, however, re-
call the name of Arson.
AT last a most enjoyable meal came
TO an end. Philip, supported most ably
by a skilled head waiter. spun it out
TO the utmost possible limit, but the in
exorable clock would n be denied.
He thought the two aides might pre-
fer to drive home alone, so he sent
them away in his carriage, and made
an excuse that he had an appointment
at his club. In truth. he wished to be
free TO walk far n fast, while his ex-
cited brain demanded a solution of
he strange congeries of events which
had so crowded into his life during
forty-eight hourn.
About the time thai Philips coach
man safely deposited Evelyn and her
mother at their residence, Victor Gre
nier. again attired in evening dress and
accompanied by Jocky Mason, whose
huge frame was encased in a suit of
gray tweed, entered a fashionable West
End bar and found an elegant young
person leaning against the marble
topped counter, engaged in a war of
wits with d barmaid.
The arrival of the two men, how
ever, put a quick stop to the badinage.
The youth quilted the counter with a
careless ~discourtesy that annoyed the
girl TO whom he was talking.
Wei" he demanded from Grenier.
did anything h~appen?"
Jimmie" was the cool reply, Il told
you that your stupid ruse last night
would result in failure. Far worse, it
has supplied you with a rival against
whom o may as we'll give up the
game at once"
Rot cried the other fiercely. with
an OATH Don't irritate me. Tell me
plainly what has gone wrong now"
she was there, and sang delightful
~ Pom my honor, she is a pretty
girl. But the man was there, too, and
he managed to improve so well on the
opportunity you were kind enough to
provide for him, Jimmie. that after
her show was over she and her mother
met him at the main entrance, and they
drove off together to the Savoy in a
carriage and pair"
Then who the deuce Is hep" de-
manded the angry youth.
L tell you, Jimmie, you have no
earthly chance Last nights intruder
was none other than Mr.. Philip Arson.
the millionaire"
Philip Arson. Great Scott, He
of all men in the world"
The younger man became very pale,
and his eyes rolled in a species of de-
lirious agitation. But Jocky Mason had
caught the name, though he did not
comprehend the exact subject of their
discourse.
Philip Ansonr" he said. "If there's
anything on foot where Philip Arson
IS concerned, count me as his enemy.
curse him.! Curse him to all eternityp'
And he struck a table with his great
rfst until other men began to stare.
and Grenier was forced earnestly to
counsel his associates to control them
selves in such a public place.
CHAPTER XVI.