New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

Strange as i NAV seem l appeal 10 You
because | know You have always been
opposed 70 my aims Perhaps | am 10
blame for that Had | forced Baron Won
kerher TO take voyr and Nr- FenshaWc
fully into his confidence. events nlghf
have shaped themselves quite differently.
B--- :. Is too late to talk OF what might
have been You are more concerned
with The future than with the past. Last
night. while You We're looking INTO The
wonderland Of the Years TO come was
reviewing lost opportunities. therefore,.
I come 70 vou this morning somewhat
cnas-eued II spirit MAY | talk without
-e-e-Ee-
DLEASE do" cried Irene drawing her
L chair closer. r. the sharp clarity OF
sunrise She saw tL-t Mrs IlaXton S teau-
-itu- face was d--ar and haggard. She
was beginning to probe unsusrectel
depths IL this woman $ temperament.
She understood something OF the intense
tlsarr0tu-mcut which the t-liure oi the
ex-aet-tion mast evoke IN one 20 whom
wealth and all that Il yields constituted
the breath of life And then She was III
love which predlsposes rs F"tarle7
toward charity
Mrs. Haxton sighed. \ consummate
actress. for once her art was supplemented
her ewes filling with tears, ! know Your
secret. dear girl. and | wish YOU every
haruluess. though the phrase carres win
It the bitter self communion that for
my own part l have forfeited most things
that make life happy, Well. that IS not
what | wish TO say. The storm has
passed Nav / begin by assuming that
YOU intend 10 marry Nj Roysou, She
asked
Irene laughed softly, and her glance
wandered beyond the busy camp to the
distant hills 1 have known more IN
likely events to happen. She SAID
l thought So Wen. ! desire to make
a sort Of bargain with YOU II you help
me. | can help You. and. 10 show that l
can give effect to my words. ] shall tel
tou exactly what form my help viii take
before state the nature OF the assistance
| ask from YOU. So that You may he at
perfect liberty to give or withhold IL as
YOU choose. To come 10 the point, while
YOU NAV experience grave dItilcuitE IL
obtaining vour grandfather S consent to
YOUR marriage with a pennies young
gentleman of striking physique but no
profession. Mr. Rovson being even sec
oud mate on su1franCe. SO TO spcak,-the
aspect Of your affairs changes materially
when Your suitor becomes Slr Richard
ROEson BarOutt. with nne estate ana
a reutroll OF five thousand pounds year.
How can you possibly know that:
Iasped Irene
II IS more than possible. 1t IS true !
happen TO be aware of the facts hat
fortunate Young man came INTO our lives
4t q moment when by the Ineresr chance
] was able to acquire some knowledge ct
his family history. His uncle. the twenty
sixth Baronet / believe, sustained an ac-
ciIeat III childhood which unhappllE
made hIm a cripple and hunchback
H., grew up "a rulsanthrope He hated
his only brother because he was tail and
strong as bctitted one OF the race, and hls
hatred became a mania when Captain
Henry Royson married the young lady
ON whom The dwarf B4rouet had set ms
mind There never was the least reason
- believe that She would have wed Slr
Richard bur that did not prevent hIm
from pursuing her with a spite and Vln-
dIctlgeuess that earned hIm very bad
reuutc III WestmOreIand-
" His brother and nephew, however,
were hls heirs. though the estate was a
poor one. but. when minerals were dis