The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-07-30


But fhis was crule melodrama. Real
nzlng which. he stroye to smile: a sor-
~ failure.
Handsome Dan,'" quoted he; and
cooking his head TO one side eyed
the road inquiringly. Where in thun-
Ger d'you suppose she got hold Of that
name9"
Bestowed upon him in callow col
iese days, It had stuck burr-like for
many weary year. OF late, however.
It's use had lapsed among his acquain-
tanees; he had begun to congratulate
himself upon having lived ii down.
Aid now it was resurrected, flung at
aim in sincerest mockery by a woman
whom, to his knowledge, he had never
before laid eyes upon. Odious appeiIa-
ton, hateful invention of an ingenious
enemy!
Handsome DAM She must have
known me all the time-an the time I
was making an exhibition Of myself.
Wentworth? p 1 know no one Of
that name. Who the dickens can
she be?"
II it had not been contrary to his
code Of ethics. he would gladly have
lraved. CRASHED his teeth, footed the
dance Of rage with his shadow IN
deed, his restraint was admirable, the
circumstances considered. He did
nothing whatever but stand still for
matter Of five minutes, vainly racking
mis- memory for a clue to the identity
OF Miss Wentworth"
At length he gave It up in despair
ard abstractedly felt for his watch fob.
Which wasn't there Neither. investi-
cation developed, was tba watch. At
which GROWING stroke Of misfortune
the tfmepiece must have slipped
from his pocket into the water while
be was tinkering with that Infamous
carbureter- Maitland turned eloquent
Is red in the face.
The price" he meditated aloud
with an effort to resume his pose, is
q high one to pay for a wave Of q gray
glove and the echo Of q pretty laugh"
With which final fling at Fortune he
set OF again for Maitland Manor,
trndsing heavily but at a round pace
through the dust that SCOT settled
upon the damp cloth OF his trousers
legs and completed their ruination
But Maitland was beyond being dis
turbed by such TRIES. A wounded
va7.ty engaged his soIicitude to the
exclusion of all other interests.
At the end OF IS minutes he had
covered the remaining distance be-
tween Greenfield station and Maitland
Manor. For i've minutes more he
strobe YEARLY over the side path by
the box hedge which set aside his ances-
traf acres from the public highway. At
length. with an exclamation, he paused
at the first opening in the living bar
ria-. 4 riso entrance from which 9
blue-stcne carriage drive wound away
to the house, Invisible in the waning
light, situate in the shelter Of the
grove of trees that studded the lawn
"Gasoline! Brit said Maitland.
shuddering and shivering with the
combination of a nauseous odor and
the night's coolness-the latter by now
making itself as unpleasantly promi-
nent as the former
Though he hated the smell with all
his heart, manfully inconsistent he
raised his head, shifting the air for
further evidence; and got his reward
IN a siekening gust
a-Tank leaked he commented with
brevity Quart Of the stuff must have
trickled out right here Ugh If II
goes on at this rate. therell be another
breakdown before she gets home.
And, Serve her right, too" he
growled, vindietive.
Put for all his Indignation he &C.
knowledged a sneaking wish that be
might be at hand again. in such event
q second time to give gratuitous sery
ice 10 his gray lady
Analysing this frame OF mind tno'
without surprise and some disdain o.
him who weakly entertained IT'D he
crossed the drive and struck in over
the lawn, shaping his course direct fol-
the front entrance Of the house.
By dead reckoning the hour was
two. or something later; and chill
was stealing in upon the land, waited
gently southwark from Long Island
sound. All the world beside himself
seemed TO slumber. breathless, in
sensate. Wraith-like, gray shreds o
mist drifted between the serried bole.
Of trees, or. rising, yelled the moons
wan and pallid face, that now was Low
upon The horizon. In silent riyalrl
long and velvet-black shadows skulket
across the ample breadths OF dew
drenched grass Somewhere a bir'
stirred on its unseen perch, chirpini
sleepily; and in the rapt silence tn
inconsiderable interruption broke witt
startling stress.
In time-not IoDg-the house lifte'
into view; a squat. rambling block Q
home grown architecture with little T
recommend it save its keen associa
lions and its comfort. At the edge o
the woods the lord and master pause'
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