Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

disgust her. He had enjoyed no experience
whatsoever in social matters. He had no entry
in society, certainly not that in which Miss
Haldane moved. OF course that money could
buy entrance anywhere except into heaven
and there are even those who say that admission
there may be achieved by golden key!-he
knew, and he believed that if he set about it
he could get into the most exclusive New York
society eventually if his funds did not give out
before he arrived. But he had no desire to win
Miss Haldane that If it had to be, OF
course he would do it; but he would leave no
other means untried first.
MEANWHILE he must keep in touch with
A'A her At intervals, therefore, he won HIM
self a sight of her and maintained speaking
acquaintance by further remittances toward
her project; which had already started with
tremendous flourish of trunpets and great in
terest on the part of the public. Miss Haldane,
for all her other qualities, was human and
woman. There was something rather alluring
in a secret even to her. She enjoyed being the
means of disbursing for good ends millions that
remained anonymous to the general pubic.
She quite willing to call at Gormlys bust
ness Office occasion for the purpose OF re-
lieving him of further donations. Naturally
she contided more and more OF her plans and
sometimes her difficulties to the same astute
man She found Gormly remarkably intelll-
gent on such matters and able to give her the
very best possible advice Sometimes she even
thing else than signed bits of paper good at the
bank and to discuss veXing questions and
problems that arose from time to time. She
had even suggested that Gormly come to her
upper Fifth-ave. residence to consider certain
important matters connected with the magn1h-
cent new settlement house and its work; but he
had had the wit to refuse such an Invltatlon,-
though he 1onged to accept lt,-because, as he
pointed out, that might identify him publicly
with the movement and would be fatal to his
desire to be unknown-and, as he did not point
out, might disturb the growing intimacy be-
tween them.
Miss Haldane was twenty-two Naturally
she regarded man of forty-four as a possible
father, and she had no hesitation in approach
ing Gor1nly with much more familiarity than
she would have dreamed of allowing had he
been Younger And vet Gorrnlv himself was
Young looking man for forty-four. He was
still as tall and slender not to say spare, he
had been when boy. He was smooth shaver,
and the tiecks of gray in his blond hair were
scarcely noticeable His face, clean cut, rather
hard and firm. looked sufficiently youthful
If Miss Haldane had ever given thought to his
age, she would have supposed HIM ten years
younger than he was; that IS, on appearance
When she thought of his business, she would
have considered him sixty. Ever since she
could remember, she had dealt at the great
shop, and Gorrnly himself unconscIously took
on to her the aspect of ancient history.
So the little affair ran on; Gormly con-
sciously becoming more and more deeply in
volved, Miss Haldane unconsciously inter
weaving herself in the tangled web.
Therefore Gormly lonely, not with the
general loneliness of the unattached male sex,
but with a particular loneliness that spelled
Eleanor Hadane."
To be continued next Sunday
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