The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-08-20

that fhenceforW ~ must rely uDou
himself carve ont bis own destiny.
Buf-wOaid fhe art that he bad cui
tivaied with such assidulfy yield BIN
livelihood II sincerely pFacficed vita
that end n yiew7 Would the mental
and physical equipment Of e painter.
heretofore diIettanfe. enable BIN 30
become self g1ipDortingf
There camea rnpDing az the door.
The knob was turned b. e diminu-
tive figure in the livery % the Pisss
pages.
ahlr KirkwoOdf'
RiFkwood nodded.
"Gentieman 70 see you. str"
KirkWood nodded again, smiling. g
somewhat perplexed. Encouraged, the
child advanced. proffering q silver
card tray &c the end Of en- unnafuraIIy
rigid forearm. KiFkwOod took the
card obviously between thumb and
fore6ngsF and inspected Il without
prejudice.
"'0eOrge B. Calendar" be read
George b. Calendar But know
no such person. Sure there's no mis-
take, young manT
The close cropped, bullet shaped
British head was agitated IN vigorous
negatiOn. and "Card for Mr. kirk
woOdf' was mumbled IN dlspassionate
accents appropriate to q recitation BY
rOte.
every well. But before you show
him up ask this Mr.. Calendar n be
Is quite sure he wants to see Philip
Klrkwood"
"Yessir."
The. child Clarched out, punctIlIously
closing the door. KirkWOod tamped
down. the tobacco IN his pipe and
pulled theoretically. dismlssing the IN.
terTuptIon to his Feverie as q matter
Of no consequence--an obvious mistake
to be Tectined By two words with this
Mr.. Calendar whom he did not know
At the knock be had almost hoped
II might be Brentwick, returning with
q changed mind about the bid to din
ner.
He regretted Brentwick sincerely.
Theirs was q curious sort Of friend
ship extraordinarily close In view Of
the meaFerness OF either's information
about the other. to say nothing OF the
disparity between their ages. Con-
corning the elder man KlrkwOod knew
little more than that they had met on
shipboard, coming over" that Brent
wick had spent some years in Amer
Tea: that he was an Engllshman by
birth, a cosmopolitan. by habit, by pro-
fession a gentleman (employing that
term IN its most uncOmpromisingly
British significance and by incllna-
ton q collector Of articles Of Virtu
and bigotry." IN pursuit Of which he
made frequent excursions to the CONT
nent from his residence in q quaint.
quiet street Of Old Brompton. II had
been during his not lnfrequent. but or
dinarily abbreviated. sojourns In Paris
that their steamer acquaintance had
ripened into an affection almost hlial
on the one hand. almost paternal on
the other.
There came a rapTlng az the door
The knob was turned; the door open
ed. Kirkwood. swinging on one heel
beheld. hesitant upon the threshold,
rather rotund figure Of medium height.
clad IN an expresslonless gray lounge
suit. with a brown "b0wier" hat held
tentatively IN one hand. on umbrella
weeping 10 the other A voice. which
was unctuous and lnsinuatve. emanat'
ed from the figure.
''AfF. Kirk WoOdT'
KIrkwood nodded. with some effort
recalling the name. 30 detached had
been his thoughts since the disappear
ance OF the page.
'sYes, Mr.. Calendar
care you-ah--busy. Mr.. Kirkwoodr
"Are you, Mr.. Calendar Kirk
woods smile robbed the retort Of any
flavor Of incivility.
Encouraged, the man entered. pre-
missing that be would detain bis host but
q moment and readily surrendering bat
and umbrella. KIFkwoOd, putting the
latter aside. invited bis caller 20 the
easy chair which Brentwick had oceu-
pied by the fireplace
1T takes the edge or the dampneas,
KlrkwOod explained 10 Difference 10
the others look OF pleased surprise at
the cheerful bed Of Goals I'm afraid
I could never get accllmated 20 llts In
g cold. damp room-or a damp. cold
rOom-spch as yOu Brifisher. prefer"