The Washington herald., 1908-07-05
CHAPTER Iv-Continued.

The positive injunction echoed in HIS
ears. He began to twist the phrase, 70
aualyze IT, For instance. did It apply TO
hogs only? Was he hog? Had Circe
changed him into the unclean beast? He
was not conscious Of change. At any
rate. he had not been conscious OF change
TIL this afternoon. when the confounded
wayfarer passed him by with curt nod,
when the swashbuckling lancer acclaimed
him as a pal"
He tried 20 look at himself with a sense
Of detachment hitherto unbelievable. II
this bagman saw him as hog. II half Eng
land perceived him on "all fours, he still
believed himself TO be standing upright,
without porcine instincts or tastes-a
man.
q IL is true that when he attempted 10
consider his relations with Angela Tenn
pest he became fogged. once before, at
the beginning Of the trial he had tried TO
grope his way into a clearer atmosphere.
but the fog had thickened TIL II assumed
q pea-soup consistency. Then he had
stood still. doing nothing and saying
nothing
Now that sentence had been passed,
clearer vision might be vcIchsafed him.
Very slowly he worked his way back
TO the beginnings OF manhood 10 his last
term az Eton.
One Of Fortunes favorites. success at
school had come 10 him swiftly. with
both hands. He had lOOmed large in
the playing fields as a member OF the
cricket eleven. in Pop as its most dis
tinguished member, in the racquet courts
as keeper. in the schools as a fair scholar.
p D..
had not been quite so blameless. Ulti-
matelv he was sent down (for a venial
offense). and had not returned TO take
his degree. Instead. the shooting Of the
largest red deer in the Altai Mountains
had cngrosscd his attention and energies,
whettiug 10 razor edge a hereditary keen
ness and aptitude for sport. After that
followed an expedition into the Canadian
subarCtiC forests In search Of musk OK.
After that. again. expeditions 10 Somah-
land, Tibet. and Manchuna. without
prejudice 10 the slaughter of fish and
flesh and fowl I'm the United Kingdom.
Within a decade he achieved fame as a
hunter of big and small game. Up to
this point I'm his career it is safe 10 affirm
that no was perfectly satisfied with him
self and a life which contrast so far had
kept clean and sane. For six months
each year he was up 90 his knees in
clover. the rest of the time he endured
with extraordinary good temper hardships
which might have tried job.
During these wander years he had pass
cd almost out Of sight of Cynthia Char
teris For him she remained az a dis
tanCc, the best woman in the world. the
one and only. He used to begin his let
ters 20 her: My dear Halo" But he
spent very little time al Saffron Charters.
and most of that on the stubbles or In
the COverts. Without a word between
them IL was understood that Cynthia was
disappointed. She lived in a county where
partridges are regarded as the first inn
pOrtancc. Briefly. il had been tOujours
perdriX with her. Edward, with a pom
derOus attempt at a joke. said she was
''gun-shy.' Edward. however. with all
his limitations. commanded respect as an
excellent landlord. He had written a
monograph On East Anglican subsols. he
was chairman Of the Conservative ASsO-
citation. a county councillor, and one OF
the sOuudest magistrates on the bench.
IN his heart OF hearts he may have
thought St Partridge nearer and dearcr
90 him than s. Paul. but that did not
prevent his taking the communion rcgu-
larly upon the first Sunday OF every
month. From that nisht when she found
Guy under the bed, Cynthia had planned
for successful future. All the best
women build castles I'm Spain for others
10 1--we in. and Guy. with his good looks,
his good manners. and his good brains.
plus large income, was obviously des-
tined to occupy a palace. We knew that
Cynthia tshe was very yOung) had not
begun by bending the twig IN the direc-
ton Of duty. Perhaps this explains her
silence afterward. She had striven TO
give the boy a good time: and she had
habit Of II. When he pursued pleasure
or what 10 him was pleasure-above the
snOw-lne, she blamed herself. More. she
said as much TO Edward. who agreed
with her exasperatingly: You were far
too kind. my dear. 1 said nothing at the
time. but you used to give him thin
breed-and-butter for his tear When
Cynthia repeated this TO Guy. he also said
eXasperatingly: You darling old thing,
Z expect you did give me much butter!''
After that she held her tongue.
Guy had finished his irst cigar when
he reached this point. Indeed, he had
smoked It TO the last bitter inch. and
bad taste was I'm his mouth. from which
he might have deducsd profitable moral
lesson. Instead, he III another. and or
dered some more coffee. He had met
Angela Tempest after his return from
Manchuria. John had come up TO him IN
the inClOsUre at Ascot, and had said:
II say, / want 60 introduce you to my
wife. She's an angel,' And then Guy,
looking AZ Johns big. pink face. and
knowing something Of Johns past. which
had more than a tinge Of pink In Il.
had replied with a laugh: Angel. by
JOvei What on earth made her marry
your" To this John replied solemnIy:
Why, 20 reform me, Of course! And.
gadi she's done it, too,'
or course, she hadn't
II is not easy to reform men like John
Tempest. He had his good points-who
hasn't2-but confluence was not one of
them. Excessively, good-uatured, very
generous. Of a sanguine and most affec-
tiOnate temperament, and enormously
rich. he had run riot, with the cry behind
him: Ware marriage," Having Just
sense and modesty enough 10 know that
he was not likely TO inspire either
love OF respect I'm the feminine bosom.
he married Angela out Of the school-room
being intended" for her elder sister.
Guy had never believed Angela to he q
party to what was called at the time
a commercial transaction. 1t Is incon-
ceivable that she could have loved John;
but doubtless she liked him. and al
though barely seventeen, was able TO
measure the distance between the very
rich and the very poor. A. the fourth
daughter Of an impoverished Scotch baron.
she was made 20 understand that God
had been good 10 her. Her mother,
Barnbogle. saw tho finger OF Providence;
It pointed 70 the big house in Grosvenor
Square. the forest in Scotland, the great
abbey in the dukeries.
John led Guy up 70 his wife. and. with
curt You two will about hit It or"
went back into the paddock where one
OF his horses was being saddled for the
Royal Hunt Cup.