The new South-news., 1908-02-08

"a
in his desk chair and looked at the
man. lie was stout and below The
medium height lie might have been
fofiynse. There was no trace Of gray
ln either his coarse black hair or hls
short black beard. His face was flushed
aud his sieciy blue eyes gliiicrcd with
the lnioniness of bis glance.
'po you wish 70 gee mcT Andrew
nskcd
Yes said The stranger Ills voice
was low and deep aud Andrew faucied
there was q peculiar accent 20 g. "And
now that I've seen you l want TO talk
10 you"
"sit here" said andrew. aud pointed
10 a chair beside the desk
The stranger shook hls head
no" be- said "Nhnt have 10 g1y
can b. better gald standing"
VERY well" said Andrew. aud turned
20 Dc could face DIE visitor.
MY name is linwdon.' said The
stranger. James i;awdou' lie paused
and looked hard ni Andrew "lm thc
father OF Annn Inwdon'
Andrews face slightly flushed. he
put ont his hand
"Glad to meet you. Mr. Hawdon,"
he Hnid
The stranger waved aside the psof.
fcfcd hand.
That's as it mny be-" hc mulirrc1
wen tind oui how glad you ase
little later on"
Andrew stared nj him.
Explain yourself" he said
IAN la good time" returned the
stranger. lie stepped 10 the outer door
and turned the key. "Now we can
have the little affair quite to our.
selves he mnitcrcd. M he mot An.
drcw's nstonlshcd gaze. 1T isn't going
10 take loue-unless you drag Il out.
Now. who ~ Anna I,nwdony
Andrews momcninry anger nt the
mans act ana the mnn'a tone vanished.
lie would humor this singular visitor.
miss Rawdon 81 ore Of the stcnog-
raphers Of my office" he replied "shc
is am unusually capable aud intelligent
young woman. | assure You thnt both
her services and her personality nrc
highly esteemed"
Fair words" said The stranger. "foir
words-and easy said. And now who
am ~
you have Just told me that you
are Miss Hawdon's father~
The stranger nodded
"'fruc.' hc said, "And that o. all
you know Of mop
sfIlnt L.. all ,..It..... ....fI..,.
Perhaps Ms all that's credltable." A"
raid the stranger II was The black
sheen OF my family. aud very respcc.
fable family Il if though I'm The last
man on earth 10 boast of such things.
I'm English. as you SEE. and an Eng
hShman whose prcludlccs are bitter is
not a pleasant sort OF fellow. I'm an
advanced Socialist aud a kicker against
thc established order of things. l'yc
had n good education too. though |
never made any good use of Il. The
class found myself IN or rather that
l sought-w not a class TO devotion
mans Intellect Il developed my rifi
of eah, however. and that made me a
leader among thcm. Perhaps a was
bad thing Tor me. yet III not admit
that the cause Is bad Anyway. good
or bad. I'm tied up to IT, He looked nj
Andrew. and his frown dccpened "Nou
have no sympathy With the cause. hay,
you2 What Is your fellow man &c
your You can't see anything beyond
your bank account"
You are wrong there" said Andrew
~ M Ia. ll4
Il take lively Interest in my fellow
men"
The strangers face cleared.
TIN just what | am.' he said. IN,
better, nor worse. Anyway. I'm to,
old TO want 20 change oh, | know
that | have been a drag on my family
My daughter wouid have been lad,
II she had had n less selfish father
There was nothing too good for he
while her mother lived. Her mo.he
was n lady. IL ever there was on,
God knows why she married me. Hu
she kept things straight. and she kcp
me straight and there was nothing sh
wasn't ready 10 do Ter oar girl An
now that she's gonc'--he suddcni,
passed His hand across his forehead
why. things are all at skies and sc,
ems, leis my work. went back {
the old associates ana the old club an
my daughter had TO 80 out ANA ear
her own living. Understand me. III
not an idlcr I'm an asitator. Id rashe
talk than eat. Some cay maybe. l.
show can nsht. too lie paused al
iu9uy aud stared at Andrew. "Cuf~
me-" he srddcnly cried. III I'm IA,
,celins on lot OF cheap gun aho,
myself. That's Ike me. come her
Ia have n reckoning with you. an
before | know it I'm talking ahot
myself lie stopped short and Il,
vanced n little nearer. We'll there
one good thing gained. You can casll
sec that my girls not u bit Ike h,
father. SHE'S her mother over acasl
and no one knows 1t better than l kno'
II. And she's very dear 10 me- She
so dear to nc shat II amy msn as ma,
Ms gave hex an c,il look Ia kin him /
hts tracks. 10 yea understand tha