Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-06
Bv ROY HORNIMAN,
"Whaf does she SaNr''

What does she say?'
DO you really think I had better read
it?' asked Anthony, deprecatingly.
1T doesn't matter-I know perfectly
what is in It, She threatens to involve
me in another law case If ] don't do
| what she wants. / suppose"
Anthony glanced over the letter.
Yes. that is what she says
Tear it up.
| NO. think we'll keep it. and then we
can discuss it later on
! What do you mean?" Cammarleigh
sat up in bed angrily.
Il will explain later" And Anthony
went on opening the correspondence:
Your affectionate nephew. FOLLY
shouldn't have thought you had such a
thing.
Il have three nephews." said Cammar-
| leigh. stiff1y.
Il was referring to the adjective
What does he want?" snapped Cam
marleigh
He is at Eton.'' said Anthony. looking
| at the address.
| of poverty he ought to be at board
school,
You surely don't want to educate the
| boy. do you?
81 don't like that sort of joke said
| Cammarleigh. its old-fashioned
| Il am bound to admit that 1t has the
atmosphere of a more trivial and delight
| full day than our own. Now, l will read
you what Tolly has to say
II don't want to hear"
! Il know nothing which more denotes a
| hard nature than the refusal to listen
when children are talking. He began
! to read the letter. MY dear uncle,
am in the most dreadful trouble. l owe
| ten pounds to boy In this house which
| / have lost at bridge. 1t is all dreadful
| muddle. we are not supposed to play
cards at all. Would you mind lending
1t to me till I am twenty-one? Please
don't tell mamma. she says that if any
of US ever asked you for anything she
would die of shame 1t is all dreadful
muddle'"
Send it to his mother Write a note
| to his house-master and tell him he Is
keeping a gambling hell said Cammar-
| leigh.
Anthony paused for moment. He
could hardly trust himself to speak
| There should be limits even to Cammar-
| leigh's brutality
PERSONALLY" said Anthony. Il consider
| 1T one of the most pathetic appeals l have
ever listened to. We will send folly fif-
| teen pounds
"You will do nothing of the sort
with letter." continued Anthony. ''to
| say that he Is never to be shy about
| writing to you in his troubles, and that
| you consider it very unknd of his NAM
! ma to say such bitter things about you.
DO you know where that sort of thing
| leads said Cammarleigh, looking at An
thony furiously. ut will lead to my hav,
ing the entire family on my hands
And why shouldn't you? You're the
| head of the house"
keep itself above water is by holding the
| family at arms length
AT any rate, l shall send FOLLY fifteen
| pounds
II would very much sooner conduct m,
own correspondence.
II shouldn't think of allowing you to dc
anything so undignified. Besides. wha,
| would the household say? I must have
some plausible excuse for being here
There will soon be no household to
say anything If you have your way
Nonsense. You have yet to learn what
an excellent business man I am"
Il have already found that out to my
| cost" Cammarleigh had taken the re-
them feverishly. Anthony made no COM
ment on their having been taken out of
his hands, at which Cammarleigh was in
wardly surprised.
He listened with the greatest attention
| to Cammarleigh's disjointed eXclamations
expressive of the annoyance and disgust
with which his correspondence seemed to
| fill him. He took up the letters as they
were thrown down, suggesting answers
| which were almost invariably accepted
as Inspirations. He penciled the pith OF
what he had to say on the margins. and
| by the time all were read Cammarleigf
| found himself discussing great deal OF
his business most amicably. On the ques-
| ton of one or two bills which he con-
sidered exorbitant he left the matter en-
tirely in Anthony's hands When his new
secretary left the room bearing his pa
| pers with him he was compelled to con-
| fess that he was a decided Improvement
| on his predecessor. who had never dared
| to have an opinion of his own. and who
always left him feeling hopelessly con.
| fused. 1t had been quite pleasing to hear
| Anthony state with absolute assurance
the amount that he intended to have
| taken off the disputed bills.
| Go be continued tomorrow