The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1909-02-11
The Younger Set.
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prove them Oy your discretion and sell
confidence Give nobody single posi-.
bic reason for gossip And. above all
over anything you might dread as In
heritanct. for you are MS sound today Ms
YOU were when l FIRST met you. and you
shah not doubt that you could ever be
anything else BE the woman you can
be Show the pluck and courage TO make
the very best out OF life ! have slowly
learned 20 attempt IT, and II is not din.
cult II you convince yourself tina, Il can
be done
To this she answered the next day:
| will do my best. There Ia danger.
treaohery. everywhere. and II II becomes
uncomfortable | shall put an end to II In
one way or another As for his threat
incident on my admittins that did 10 to
your room and defying him TO dare be-
lieye evil OF me for doing it'll can laugh
at II now. though when | wrote you
was terrified. remembering how mentally
broken my father was when he died.
But as you say, ! am sound. body and
mind know II. ! don't doubt 1t for one
moment-except. AT long intervals. when
apropos of nothing. q faint sensation Of
dread comes creeping
But ! am sound | know II 30 absolute
iy that sometimes wonder al my own
perfect sanity and understanding. and so
clearly. so faultlessly. so precisely does
my mind work that-and this | never told
you'll am often and often able to detect
mental lnadeQuacy In many people around
me, the slightest deviation from the nor
NAL. the least degree OF mental instabil-
ity And It would amaze you. too, II |
should tell you how many. many people
you know are In some degree more or
less insane
He's only serenely disagreeable to me
now. and we see almost nothing OF one
another except over the card tables. Ger
aid has been winning rather heavily.
am glad to say-glad as long as | cannot
prevent him from playing. And yet
may be able TO accomplish that yet In a
roundabout way. because the apple Wis.
aged and hawk beaked Mr.. Neergard has
apparently become my slavish creature
quite infatuated. And AS soon as Two
fastened on his collar and made sure that
Rosamund can't unlock II III try to
make him shut down on Gerald's play
ing. This for your sake. Phil-because
you ask me and because you must al
ways stand for all that 10 upright and
good and manly In my eyes All. Phil.
what fool | was, And all. all my own
fault tool ALIKE.
This ended the sudden eruption Of
correspondence. for he did not reply to
this letter. though In II be read enough
to make him gravely uneasy. and be
fell once more into the habit Of brood
Ing, from which both Boots Lansing
and Eileen had almost weaned him.
Also he began to take long. solitary
walks In the park when not occupied
In conferences with the representatives
Of the Lawn Nitro Powder works. q
company which had recently approach
ed him In behalf OF his unprotected ex.
plosive. chaosite.
Lying back there In his desk chair
one evening, Selwyn suddenly remem-
bered that Gerald had come In They
had scarcely seen one another since
that unhapy meeting In the Stuyve-
SAINT club, and now. remembering what
be had written to Eileen. he emerged
with a start from his contented dream.
Ing. sobered by the prospect OF seeking
Gerald
For moment or two he hesitated.
but be had said In his letter that be
was going 10 do II. and now he rose.
looked around for his pipe. found II.
filed and lighted II and. throwing on
his dressing gown. went out into the
corridor. tying the tasseled cords
around his waist as he walked.
His first knock remaining unanswer
ed. he knocked more sharply Then he
heard from within the mufiled crcak
Of bed. heavy steps across the door
The door opened with Jerk. Gerald