The Washington herald., 1908-07-30

the pleasures OF the old life And now
he had made the appalling discovery that
it bored him 10 tears The fun OF Nay
fair was no longer fun for him
why2
With a vague feeling Of irritation. he
stared at his mothers picture She con
jured up a vision Of Cynthia Charteris>
Then, quite plainly. he saw Joy. and then.
at the last Joy melted from his sight
and the importune POppet held Up her
mouth 10 be kissed
Angela did not reach London upon the
following day. Hugo spent the morning
in the Geological Garden being a Fellow
Of the Society and wei known 20 several
Of the keepers As a boy. nothing amused
him more than 10 stand opposite some
magnificent beast and select the exact
spot where he would Try 20 place a bullet
II the animal were chargisg- Since those
days he had shot some splendid speci-
mems. and more than one had come
within an inch or two CT killing him Re
calling these escapes, he wondered Er1ul-T
whether the filter animal had survived
For couple OF hours he watched the
restless creatures pacing Up and down
their ill-sueIling deus- The polar bears.
in particular challenged his pity One
monster reared himself Up and bIinked
al Hugo with uncanny. reproachful eyes
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he seemed 70 say Isn't lnis sort OF
thing an outrage on your ridiculous civili-
zatiCn2- The eagles stared at him fierce
y. OF all the unfortunate prisoners herd
Z ed together their lot appeared TO be the
most unhappy and cruel Certainly. II
would be a kindness 10 fetch e gun and
dispatch these lords Of The air condemned
TO sit forever gazing into the sU1lit
spaces where once they had held Undis-
pUted sway
( Hugo searched in vain for q leopard
/ presented by him 10 the society a keeper
told him II was dead.
/ I'm glad TO hear il. said Hugo. cheer
/ fully. That's the best bit OF news I've
/ had to-day
The man touched his hat agzPe with
I'd Ike 70 XII EN- al" said Hugo.
I stiu smiling.
/ Again the keeper touched his hat but
as Hugo moved on he muttered- The
/ blood thirsty lOOnaIfc reg-lar butcher
] Hugo went home. sent II his resignation
Z 20 the Society. and wrote q letter %
the Times IN il he suggested that the
public might study zoology from sub
tects stuffed and classified. as in the
natural history museums The gardens.
being an inferno worthy Of the Dark
Ages, ought 70 be put down by act
Of Parliament II occurred 70 him as q
happy thought that the dens might be
kept for vie beaters. vfvisectionists.
sweaters OF cheap labor, and slum land
{ lords The one reason which justified
-he existence Of the gardeus-to wiz rs
claim 10 be considered as q place Of
{ popular entertaiameur-wOuld Justify
also its meIamorphosls into the open
air prison for the criminals he had
named The lower classes and all the
Z dear little ones would md il excruci-
q ~-~7a-
/ the mouths OF eminent surgeons, and
no interfering keeper would rebuke Ar
r.er for pokiug Up a confirmed wife
beater with the end Of her umbrella
[ When he had finished the letter. he
read il Through. laughed. and tore i
Up. recognizing the fatuity of attack
ing British Institutions
| During the afternoon Ii heard Esuas
/ Burgess name Fortune had not be
haved TOO kindly 10 Esme in designing
Joy Nennable 20 be q sister instead OF 2
wife. but she was making amends 81
Z other ways He had been rriumphartIy
elected member Of Parliament for a
constituency in Lancashire. where the
voters were not easy 10 please Burgess.
II seemed. had captiva1ed the rough
miners and factory hands After the
declaration Of the poll an extraordinary
scene Of enthusiasm had taken place.
HugO's informant swOre rOUndly that
some Of the lasses had surrounded the
successful candidate and insisted upon
kissing him, thereby following the ex-
amples OF the young ladies overseas
who tried so hard 20 make spangled
ass out CT their national hero. Hugo
thought OF Burgess embraced against
his viii. turning a blushing cheek 70
these bold hussies- What irony. The
one woman he wanted was IN the forest
of Ys. and unwilling TO leave il at his
invitation
Bidding Burgess good-by. Hugo had
| rputtered a word OF encouragement
Hope seemed to have oozed out Of the
orator. who was packing his suitcase
when Hugo returned to the cottage after
that terrible night spent upon the moor
/ Now, three months had passed Hugo
! wondered whether Burgess had seen Joy.
whether the old pleasant relations had
been resumed. Il would be easy 10 call
upon Burgess. but incredibly dificult 10
speak Of Joy. So Hugo remained IN his
fat, thinking, thinking. thinking,
/ But his thoughts had not crytallized
into definite conclusions when next day
he found himself in a lift. ascending 70
! AnEela's fiat, where Angela, in the de-
uurest frock. was awaiting him He
I hoped that Poppet would be there, TO save
the awkwardness Of the first meeting
Angela. to do her justice had a keen
| srring instinct for exits ard entrances
She would not rush at him as those Ian
cashire lassies had rushed 81 poor Bur
CESS. AL the same. she might reasonably
expect some exhibition OF feeling, the
right word. the understanding glance the
glad hand. But his knees became as wax
when he thought Of these things
| Laus Dec,
Poppet was there, p-ettier than ever.
and overjoyed 10 see her darling Uncle
Hugo IN his overwhelming gratitude. re
/ hugged her too hard
| Il knew you'd come back" she said
''afumruie said you wouldn't. but I knew
you would. because you promised"
wei. here I am" said Hugo. speaking
and feeling Ike clown IN a pantomius.
He had assumed a sort Of reckless
/ geniality. the bread grin with which the
paladins Of to-day face outrageous for
| tune
With Poppet hanging round his neck.
he held out his hand 10 Angela, who
| mad a blush upon her cheeks Then they
sat down and began 70 talk.
/ Begin at the beginning" said Angela
tie BE Continued Next s1nday1