The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-01

we have shared everything. 1 think
it would have been right and fair
in fact. you must see for yourself
that I have a claim to share this ad-
ditional danger with you as we
shared the others"
"Lunatics," suggested Vineyard,
with rather a lame little laugh.
mo; let us call them Patriots. for
some of them, at least, are sincere.
Their first letter threatened us both.
You answered it, and, contrary to
your custom, you forgot to keep a
copy of what you wrote. Since then
there has been no question of me,
but only of you. Oh, what fool l
was not to have thought of it be-
forei"
AS usual, VINEYARD laughed, but
the colonel held to his point.
"As usual, Win, my boy" said the
old fellow, slowly, during the last
two years we have been very good
CHAPTER XIV.
A Little Note.
The little parish church of Broom
was remarkably full on the Sunday
morning following these events. This
fact was observed by the young vicar
without surprise, and moreover with
out prejudice.
He shrewdly suspected tEc.t ,lese
strangers had come, not to worship
by preference in his church, but to
see the well-known Colonel Wright
and his distinguished young coad-
jutor; yet he thought no worse Of
them for that, and was honestly glad
to see them all, remembering that a
seed sown by the wind may well find
a fruitful resting place.
Ivan Meyer had not come to
church from mere curiosity, but with
a set purpose. Marie Bakovitch had
been more incomprehensible than
ever during the last few days, and
her patient lover was slowly awak-
ening to the fact that her mind was
no longer reliable. Nevertheless, he
I.oped on; but to CO: "- g
and watching in silence ;44lI alone
was heavy task for one of his i'm
pulsive nature. He suddenly deter
mined, therefore, to seek assistance,
and this from VINEYARD Mistley him.
self. Something in his artistic soul,
some strange love Of a crude con-
trast, prompted him to do this; and
so convinced was he of the wisdom
of his appeal, that he had come to
Broom Church with a little note in
his pocket to be passed into Win
yards hand.
AS the congregation trooped down
the narrow aisle, VINEYARD caught
sight, for the third time in his life.
of Ivan Meyer; ani in his eyes he
saw the gleam of recognition which
is so difficult to conceal, and with it
he thought he detected a peculiar
pleading expression which he failed
at the time to understand.
Without turning round to iooS, lie
felt that the tall foreigner was i'm
mediately behind him as he passed
out Of the low door, and it was char
acteristic of his readiH es1 Of mind
that he showed no surprise when a
note was thrust rather clumsily into
his hand. He must have Slipped ii
into his pocket with wonderful cel9T
ity, because. he was shaking hands
the next instant with Miss EIaEel
Sandford, who appeared to be COM
pletely satisfied with her new sum-
mer costume.
Her interests in theftricals was
rather too ostentatious, and Mrs
Wright, with a woman's quick in.
sight, saw, as she came out OF tbs
church, that she was displaying ha7
Intimacy with the young diplomat
for the sole benefit CT her lazy
friends.
Mrs. Mistley had for some days
been trying to secure q tete-a-tete
with her son, and with little difficult
ty she now arranged that they left
the churchyard together. For some
moments the mother and son walked
side by side in silence
They were now walking by the
Broomwater, and the ripple of the
stream as it danced and tumbled
along filled in the intervals of the
conversation, and led to long,
thoughtful pauses.
"Tell me, VIM said Mrs. Mistley,
at length, with a hesitating glance
toward him, what do you think of
doing in the future?"
'I?" he began vaguely. ooh, /
told them at headquarters that I was
ready to go anywhere at any mo-
uent."
"You bave no thought of set,
Ting down yet?" gently ana sus-
gestively.
Settling DOWN."
Yes; marrying and going into
Parliament, and behaving generally
as well-bred and somewhat am
bilious young Englishman ought to
do, according to precedent" ."
81 have no respect for precedent,
mother"
Nor l. But why not give UP wan
dering, Win, and go into Parlla-
ment?" she added softly. "A man
who has mastered a speciality, as you
have this Russian question, IS cef-
tain to get on there.
But I have not mastered 1t ,/er'
"Well-you and the colonel ara
the accepted authorities upon the
matter. I do not see what more you
am ranrIirp Whether YOU have mas
tered it or not, you know more than
any other man.
'Yes, but it is like exploring ne"
country-there / 20 Cnd to it. one
must keep up to the Y mes and be
EVER in the front, or it is >[eless COM
patfng. Once the ground has been
travelled over by another man the in
terest is lost. While l am here, the
Russians are mt by any means idle'