The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-20

"nat you nave 10 yours outright, TO do
with as you please; but. as your CO.
executor, / warn you that Eunioe's share
must not be involved In any Of these hap
hazard schemes
You would show your interest In
Eunice To- q batter effect i~nterposed
Mrs. Melchior, sby finding her lover for
her. Poor child. II anything has hap
You don't man that che 10 seriously
The doctor says that her heart action
y SO weak that any shock might prove
fatal. Why doesn't that man Cronkite
you boast 80 much about do somethingf
hear that he is stopping at Tolliver's
II am glad to know it. said the Judge
business. as I am about mine. A common
purpose. madam. and permit mo TO say
9 better purpose than to have ones mind
juncture."
There was threat Ia the lady's form.
as she stood gazing after the old jurist.
ate. In her contorted face.
oh. ! could she murmured, and
then advanced, shaking her head with mock
seriousness as a hirsute and rubicund
man numbered into the room.
wi have a bone 70 PICK with you. Mr..
fogy, stuck in the bog Of the pest''
i didn't have the honor Of an acquaint-
ance with the gentleman explained the
banker. He came into the smoking room
all unknown to me. while ] was giving
some Of the other giests the benefit OF my
ripe experience. The more funds I have
to inve.. a. have shown you the larger
OF business
'Idon't know hesitated Mrs. Melcbior.
her lips parted. her eyes fixed afar; the
interest you pay ia satisfactory, but
you keep calling for more, more, more.
SSabpPoss vi It should be a bot'0mle'' pitt
.Insuficiency spells impotency.' 70:
you repeatedly that measre means yield
scant returns.
4 am not the man to hassls. Capital
seeks me, not I capital. Why. my talk
millions at my disposal. did but deign
let there be an end then. will close
your account, and then you will be free
10 60 TO some retailer"
mo. no. cried Mrs. Melchior. II "a
only testing. must have money. vast
With me Nj. Weir. ihave been har1ssed,
rich o. am; but In a few days I will
have plenty to deposit with you-yes.
by the end OF this week. that Il, II you
can realize on what Il really mime
AZ the banker with an assuring eeeture
went his way she stood looking after him.
her face strained with greed, YET ashen
as from the touch Of terror
III.
Tolliver's Inn, which enjoyed q vogue
with those OF a sporting turn, was kept
by a bluff and athletic E~nslishman. who
from the assured way in which he wore
his tight fitting clothes was called the
Major although an occasional break In
his speech might have p~redioated at least
a sub9ltern rank. At all events the
Major was afable and competent; q
knowing al to horses. dogs. g,rns, tackle.
coverts and pools that many q petty
trick betokening q keenness for money
and a rather sinister cast Of his closely
Joined eyes. denoting perhaps q lack OF
scruple as to how 1t might DO acquired,
were ignored by his patrons.
1t was the Major himself who chanosd
to be at the station when Timothy Dole
In the guise of Abe Cronkits arrived,
and after a sharp glance managed to steer
him up to the inn. 1t was the Major
too who soon evinoed q fondness for the
ethargic old a joining him in
his smoke on the piasza and giving
him ample chance to show his quality AZ
a good listener.
OF the country side the Major disooursed
and the good luck that attended those
who exploited it under his guidance.
There's allus birds and fsh and =
plenty for then, that knows whore to hnd
and how to take them he would say.
Gradually the Major touched on graver.
more pbilosophic topics.
Talk about h~acoidents.' he vent. on
energetioa lily. Il for one don't believe in
them. Many's the u hat GOES Cd be-
cuz despair 10 on the trigger; and rnany's
the poor cove that steps into 4 deep pool
and stays there becus there's more trouble
for him above than below.
went on in 4 mysterious whisper. who
Of sight. Il his friends bad seen him n
have a-standing on the evergreen bank
directly above whore the deepest holes
lay a-mutterins. to hisseif and fairly tear
they would, At about. that pint. but in
my line O. business It's wise 10 cit tight
and say nothink.' /
Evidently Peter Dole himsek approved
Of such . practice. for he smoked and
listened with an apathy unchanged BY
tho fact that every word he heard would
be repeated in his own good time to Abe
Cronkite.
Meanwhile some such SPECIFICATIONS
were aiiicting Mrs. Melchior. While she
kept them hid from the Judge behind
her placid mask, yet the worry OF them
YES. Eunioe. dear. she VA con-
strained TO say. my heart Y bleedins for
me TO express my fears until the news.
the fatal nowe comes, but such Auspsnse.
such agony Of despair, such disorder Of
dress and speech. such wandering BY
night, suoh grim contemplation Of the
darby lowing river - u the only refuge
oh. what am I saying1 have already
said too muohl
You must be brave and steadfast. pre-
pared for the worst; and with her
handkerchief to her eyes Mrs. Melchior
hurried agitatedly from the room.
Poor Eunioe lay spcns and Gasping.
with deep Get eyes and ashen lips. as II
the shock the doctor had feared q al
ready tiRhtsning about her family nut
tering heart. Then In the twilight.
shadow CHRISTENING for her. then In the
silence, torturingly punotuated for her
with those reluctant throbs, came the
comfort Of q kind. 4 familiar voice:
sEuniee,' IL said, you know who 10 il.
Judge Maroellus1 Your fathers old friend,