The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-03-24
lane CABLE
BY
GEORGE BARR MccUTCHEON.
Author of Beverly OF Gfau'sark'
Etc.
,.,,r,eht. 1906. by Dodd. Mead &
eop' Company.
c,,ApTER XXvII-C Continued.

80 would be no irksome uelay at
sd,ug his official discharge. When
w1 talked out free man." as he
suad II a gentlemanly pension attor-
.an locked arms with him and hung ON
ne leech until the irritated soldier
. i. him Off with less consideration
than vigcr.
10 went directly to the Palace hotel.
.-hore no knew the Gables were stop
ming David Gable came down in re-
snonse TO his card. The two men shook
hands each eying the other inquiringly
for an instant.
~ vant YOU to understand. Graydon,
.bat am your friend. Nothing has al
tered my esteem for you."
aThank you. Mr.. Gable. hardly ex-
pected it"
II don't see why. my boy. But We'll
LOT ol that pass. Mrs Cable wants to
see you
"Refore we go any farther / want to
make myself clear to you. l still hope
n marry Jane. She says she cannot
become my wife. You understand why,
sir. only want to tell you that her
affections are not objections to me.
She is Jane, and l love her, sir, be-
cause she Is"
IT hope you can win her over, Gray
don, She seems determined. however,
and she is unhappy. You can't blame
her. either. If there were base or COM
mon blood in her. 1t wouldn't make
much difference to her pride. But she's
made of other material. She's serious
about 1t. and | am sensible enough to
get her point of view. She wouldn't
want to marry you with the prospect
of an eternal shadow that neither of
you could get Off of your minds. l
sometimes wish that / knew who were
her parents"
1T doesn't matter. so far as am
concerned"
81 know. my boy. You'll never know
how 1t hurt me to find that I had no
daughter. 1t hurts her worse thou
sandfold to learn that she has no moth
er. trust it may not happen that
you will lose her as wife,"
IF really thought l couldn't win
her. sir, 1t would ruin my ambition in
life. She loves me. I'm sure"
by the way. Clegg tells me he has
offered you the New York Office. 1t is
splendid chance for you. You will
take 1t. of course"
Il expect to talk it over with Mr.
Clegg when | get to Chicago"
Come up to our apartments. oh
pardon me. Graydon, l want to ash
you If you have sufficient money tC
carry you through? l know the pay
Of private is not great"
Thank you have saved nearly
all of it. My father has sent me &
draft for FIVE hundred. 1 don't expec
to use it. of course"
"Your father?" asked Cable. with {
quick, searching look.
And then | did save something IL
Chicago, strange as 1t may SEEM" sait
bansemer. with a smile. II have I
Few of your per cents. I trust tn
road is all right"
The Cables left San Francisco OF
the following day. accompanied by tn
harbins and Graydon Bansemer. Their
was no MISLEADING the joy which La.
under restraint In the faces and att
tude Of the Cables. David Gable ha'
grown younger and less gray.
seemed. and his wife was glowin
with new and subdued happiness
0raydon. sitting with the excite
Ethel. who was rejoicing in the pros
pect Of New York and the other youn
man. studied the faces Of the thre
people who sat at the other end Z
the coach.
lime had wrought its penalties @;
pie was thu and his face had lost II
'iriiity. but not its power. His eye
never left the face Of Jane, who we
mixing in an earnest, impassione
niahner, as was her wont In thes
uays. Frances Cables face was
study In transition. She had lost IL
color and syivacity Of Il year ago, q
.nougnt the change was not apparel
y the casual observer. Graydon cou
gee that she had suffered in maj
ways. The keen. eager appeal for a
p'eciatlon was gone from her eye
- its stead was the appeal for lo'
anu contentedness. Happiness. no
smuggling against the smarting OF
sooer pain. was giving a sweetness
a lsr eyes that had been lost in the al
s.uous glitter OF other days. Eth
rUreo him, most unusual conditio
&c ionged to be under the tender, quiz
s influence at the opposite end of t
al He even resented his tempora
g. 'ane.' Cable was saying with ge