The Washington herald., 1908-08-05
THE TURN OF THE TIDE.
By HORACE ANNESLEY VAcHELL
By HORACE ANNESLEY VAcHELL

Are you Joking. Charteris7 At the ex-
pense OF your family-your friends
Hold hard, I'm deadly serious. Tis-
dale. I don't think was ever 50 serious
In my life. because this Is an opportunity
TO do what Joy told me: To begin again"
Tisdaie gasped.
You spoke OF my family They VIII
benefit enormously by my death Every
penny Of mine is left to my only brother.
Ever since he inherited the old place
his life has been a futile struggle TO make
both ends meet. I have offered 10 help
him, but he's as proud as Lucifer. To
him. 10 his wife. who is a sweet creature,
to his four sons. my death will be the
most Opp0Ttune thing that ever happened
And every man. woman. and child on an
enormous estate VIII profit. too The In
come which have squandered will be
spent wisely"
But
Wait. You mention friends. have
no friends Tisdale- A multitude OF
acquaintance. yes had friends. the
right sort. mean. I drifted away from
them Now IL would be iTnpossi bic 70
PICK up those old friendships I an sick
OF England, sick 10 death Of the aimless
life have led What lemains2 Joy Ven
nabie. How would ny death affect herr
II there's one thing I'm proud Of. its the
knowledge that 7 won her love. Under
false pretenses. u you Ike. but I won IT,
And as long as 1--we, she viii never be
able TO forget that. And as you said last
n Sht, Il may prevent her marrying. her
the woman OF all the women 7 have
known best fitted to be a wife and a
mother II she believes ne 20 be dead.
she viii be free"
7 don't want % hurt your feelings
Charters, but how do you propose 10
live2''
I've three thousand pounds IN my
pocket Purpose again II can't make
a living with that The sooner I starve
the better. I shall begin again in Argen-
tina. California. or Australia"
Sooner or later somebody would turn
up who could identify you"
Lets face that possibility. What OF
IT. I should tell the fellow that he was
making a mistake How could he prove
that he wasu't2 You and I have had our
noses near together. but last night you
hardly recognized me. merely because I'd
shaved OF q beard. which will grow
again
TIzdale. at bay. thrust the last arga-
u4eut forward.
You can't take a step of this t-enen-
dous Importance without long cousidera-
ton"
There my hand IS forced I can't al
low my people 20 believe me dead. and
then resurrect myself But. I have a
little time. The papers viii report me
missing not dead"
Il protest against this Wild idea o.
yours with every fber OF nay mind and
BODY
IT'S been done again and again. That
Austrian archduke who was supposed 10
be drowned Is living somewhere. depend
I upon i-, Vow look here. I shall 60 for q
walk and make I'd my mind. II rwo
hours hard thinking can do it.
TisGaIe nodded. with a gesture OF dep
4 rec0-lou-
The suburbs OF Easthauptou. wherein
Tlz5ale had lived and labored f1r FIVE
years. IS as ugly as design necessarily
u-llitariau can make IT, The rovs Of
small. houses are built OF a crude red brick
[ and rooted with dull states. the streets
are laid out n straight lines upon fat
I and characteriess ground And the peO-
+ pie who live there exhibit IN their faces
] and clothes the same drab Uniformity Of
] expression Even the little children are
cUri0usly alike. RespeCta bility perueates
the air. Real poverty Is ccnspicuoUsIy
absent, although, here and there, one