The newspaper., 1909-02-26
Mr.. Maitland did not enjoy his din

ner.
Anxious and preoccupied. he tasted
the dishes mechanically; and when
they had all passed before HIM, took
his thoughts and a cigar to gloomy
corner OF the smoking room. where he
sat for two solid hours, debating the
matter pro and con, and arriving at
no conclusion whatever, save that Hig-
gins was doomed.
At 1915 he began to contemplate
with positive pleasure the prospect of
discharging the butler. That at least.
was action, something that he could
do: wherever else he thought to move
he found himself bafled by the blank
darkness of mystery. or by his fear
of publicity and ridicule.
At 1920 he decided to move upon
Greenfields at once. and telephoned
O'Hagan, advising him to profess ig-
norance of his employers where
abouts.
AT 1922. or in the midst Of his ad-
monitions to the janitor he changed
his mind and decided to stay in New
York; and instructed the Irishman
to bring him a suit case containing a
few necessaries; his intention being to
stay out the night at the club. and so
avoid the matutinal siege of his lodg-
ings by reporters and detectives.
A. 1916 a club servant handed him
the card OF representative of the
Evening Journal Maitland. directed
that the gentleman be shown into the
reception room.
10- 40 ba clrnIlaJ out ~ tha ,1,,h
by side entrance. jumped into cab
and had himself driven 10 the East
Thirty-fourth street ferry, arriving
there just in time TO miss the last
train for Greenfields.
Denied the shelter alike OF his lodg-
ings, his club. and his country home.
the young man in despair caused him
self to be conveyed to the Bartholdi
hotel. where. possessed OF n devil of
folly. he preserved his incognito by reg
is,ering under the name of M. Dan
iels." And straightway retired to his
room.
But not to rest. The portion of the
mentally harassed. sleeplessness. was
his: and for an hour or more he tossed
upon his bed upon which he had
thrown himself without troubling to
undress). pondering. to no profit of
his. the hundred problems. difficulties
and disadvantages suggested or Gre
ated by the events OF the past "a
hours.
The gray girl. Anisty. the Jewels.
himself: unflagging. his thoughts cir
cumnavigated the world OF his ro-
ms
ports. and returning always to iinger
longest in the harbor OF sentiment
The gray girl: Strange that her
personality should have come to domi-
nate his thoughts in a space OF time
so brief, and upon grounds OF inti-
macy SO slender, Who and what was
she? What cruel rigor OF circum-
stance had impeiled her TO seek live
lihood In ways so sinister, At whose
door must the blame be laid. against
what flaw In the body social should
the indictment be drawn. that she
should have been forced into the ranks
OF the powers that prey-a girl OF her
youth and rare fiber. of her cultivation.
her charm. and beauty?
The sheer loveliness Of her. her
grace and gentleness. her ingenious
sensitiveness. her wit: they combined
TO make the thought Of her TO him. at
least. at once terrible and a delight.
Remembering that once he had held her
in his arms. and gazed into her stariit
eyes. and inhaled the impalpable fra
GRANGE of her. he trembled. was both
glad and afraid.
And her ways SO hedged about with
perils' While he must stand aside. i'm
potent. a pillar OF the social order Sc
cure In its shelter. and see her bounded
and driven by the forces Of the Law.
harried and worried like an unclcan
thing. forced. as IL might be. TO resort
to stratagems and expedients unthink-
able. to preserve her liberty.
lt was altogether intolerable He
could not stand II. And yet-it was
written that their paths had crossed
and parted and were never again to
touch. Or was f.? II must be so
written: They would never meet again.
After all. her concern with. her inter
est In. him. could have been nothing
permanent. They had encountered
under strange auspices. and he had
treated her with common decency. for
which she had repaid him in good
measure by permitting him to retain
his own property. Their account was
even, and she for ever done with him.
That must be her attitude. Why