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room. and Anthony's unerring instinct de-
Bv ROY HORNIMAN.

| iooIn. anu Anthony uneTrlnS lnstlHCt oe
tected why.
''If you hadn't been in such a hurry
| Cammarleigh. 1 might not have noticed
| that the rooms want redecorating.'
They were only done up two years
ago." protested the marquis.
Eyes, but they must have been done uI
for somebody who belonged to a younger
| branch of the family. Now they are go.
ing to be done up for me. Besides the
| fashions in decoration move at such a
rate. l don't think a preference for liv-
ing among beautiful surroundings is q
| sign of effeminacy, do you? But of course
| you don't; if you did your own rooms
| would not be In such perfect TASTE
II think people should regard what is
| suitable to their station" said Cammar-
leigh. with a stiff upper lip. and a last at
tempt to assert his expiring dignity and
put Anthony in his place.
Station - station?" said Anthony
vaguely. You're not thinking of aignt
are you-Victoria and Waterloo, and all
| that sort of thing?'
You know I'm not" said Cammar-
| leigh, pettishly.
They went downstairs again and Cam
| marleigh, at Anthony's suggestion. sent
for Mr.. Gregsbury, the butler. and ex-
| planned the new secretary's arrival and
status.
Another of 'em? I wonder how long
ell stop" was Mr.. GregSbury's resiec-
tion.- AS he was going Anthony Whis-
pered something to Cammarleigh.
Cammarleigh had the genius CT an aris-
tocrat for making the best Of an I'M
pleasant situation. and he addressed
Gregsbury as though what he was say
ing were quite his own inspiration.
MY doctor has advised me, Gregs5ury.
to concern myself as little as possible
with my business affairs. aIr. Brooke
will have absolute control over this
house.
Mr.. Gregsbury paused and glanced at
Anthony. The latter managed to throw
into sweet smile just enough of the
fellow conspirator TO convey to Mr..
Gregsbury that so long as he did not in
secretary would not interfere eco much
with him. They understood one another.
and Mr.. Gregsbury withdrew.
And now" said Anthony, what about
money!"
Cammarleigh -shivered. 1t was his
weak point. The mere idea that he was
to be financially at the mercy Of this
youth with an obvious capacity Tor eX-
pense was terrifying. The owner Of such
figure would place no limit to the
clothes with which he would adorn it.
He would probably want a motor car of
his own. Even if he were content with
one belonging to his host it would be very
inconvenient. The more he looked at An
thony the more nervous he became. He
wondered If his knowledge were as COM
plete as he pretended. Anthony saw that
he was getting feverish. and being of a
sympathetic nature, was dfSinclined to
harry him further for the moment.
"Perhaps;' he said, kindly; you have
had enough for one day. Write me a
checque for two hundred and fifty,
and
For one moment Cammarleigh thought
that Anthony was going to offer to re-
lieve him of his presence.
And I'll leave the question Of finances
till tomorrow"
/ Cammarleigh could not help rejecting
that If he wanted two hundred and fifty
pounds to carry him over till the next
morning his demands would amount to
something like fifteen hundred a week
He broke out into a cold sweat.
by the way, what is your income,
Cammarleigh?"
incomes are never what they profess
to be on paper. you know
Anthony shook his forefinger reprov-
ingly.
Come. come. Don't prevaricate. What
is your income?''
Its supposed to be eighty thousand a
year. but what with one expense and
another"
II shall deal with it, said Anthony
las if it were eighty thousand
Lord Cammarleigh groaned.
You are not writing the checque for
two hundred and fifty" said Anthony
gently.
I"You don't know the terrible
why anticipate terrible charges?" said
Anthony. IF they take place it will be
entirely your own fault
II was going to say" continued Cam
marleigh irritably, that you don't know
the terrible charges there are on my in
come
"Ohw
There is my sister, Lady Editha.
have to pay her two thousand a year,
and my aunt, the Duchess OF Kilburn-
Kilburn is as rich as he can be, but all
the same she takes the money!
why didn't they get a lump sum
DOWN." said Anthony.
II don't know. but they didn't And
then there's Cammarleigh Abbey to keep
up. It's only fit to be a royal palace
How nice!' said Anthony, II shall
like that"
mo. you won't" said Cammarleigh,
because I hardly ever open 1t. and when
I do only open one wing of it."
well, it's never too late to mend" said
Anthony, cheerfully.
"And there's" began Cammarleigh.
"Cammarleigh, you are not writing that
cheque.'
won't hundred do?''
mo. I'm afraid it won't
You can't spend two hundred ard
fifty between now and tomorrow
Can't? You don't know anything
about me. BY the way,'' he added, the
banks are shCt!''
"Of course they are
And l must order some clothes be-
tween now and dinner. Svao IL your
tsilor2.