, 1910-05-05

iatner neard OF IL and. there was q
terrible scene. Jeffries, Sr., went Inn
mediately to New Haven and there
followed a stormy interview in which
Howard promised to reform, but once
the parents back was turned things
went on pretty much as before. There
were fresh scandals, the smoke of
which reached as far as New York.
This time MI. Jsffries tried the plan
OF cutting down the money supply and
W found himself financially en-
barrassed. But this had not quite
the effect desired by the father, for,
rendered desperate by his inability
10 secure funds with which to carry
on his sprees, the young man started
In to gamble heavily. giving notes for
his losses and pocketing the ready
money when he won.
which turned his fathers hear to
steel. Jeffries, ST., could forgive much
In a young a He had been young
himself once. None knew better than
he how difficult it Is when the blood
is rich and red to keep oneself in
control. But there was one offence
which a man proud of his descent
could not condone. He would never
forgive the staining of the family
name by a degrading marriage. The
news came to the unhappy father like
a thunder-clap. Howard. probably in
a runke spree. had married secretly
a waitress employed in one of the
sporty" restaurants in New Haven,
and to make the mesalliance worse,
the girl was not even of respectable
parents. Her father, Billy Delmore,
the poolroom king, was a notorious
gambler and had died in convict
stripes. Fine sensation that for the
yellow press. Bankers Son WEEDS
Convict's Daughter" So ran the
scare heads" in the newspapers.
That was the last straw for Mr.. jeff
ries, Sr. He sternly told his son that
he neve wanted to look upon his face
again. Howard bowed his head to
h decree and he had never seen his
father since.
All this the young mar was review
ing in his mind when suddenly his re-
Elections were disturbed by a friendly
hail.
Hello, Jeffries, old sport, Don't
you know a fellow frat when you see
him?"
He looked up. A young man of
athletic build. with a pleasant, frank
face, was standing at the news stand
under the Park place elevated station.
Quickly Howard extended his hand.
'Helln rnynfh he avnlayp,Al aUTkat
on earth are you doing in New York?
Whoever would have expected to
meet o in this bowling wilderness?
How's everything at Yale?"
The athlete grinned.
Yale be hanged don't care a
d. You know l graduated last June.
I'm in business now-in a brokers' of
fee in Wall street. Say, it's great!
We had a semi-panic last week. Prices
points. You should have seen the ex-
citement on the exchange floor. Our
football rushes were nothing to it. I
tell you, it's great. It's got college
beaten to a frazzle!" Quickly he
added: What are you doing?"
Howard avsrted his eyes and hung
his head.
Nothing" he answered gloomily.
Coke had quickly taken tote of his
former classmates shabby appear
ance. He had also heard of his es-
capades.
Didn't you hear?" muttered How
ard. Row with governor. marriage
and all that sort of thing? OF
course" he went on. fathers damn
ably unjust, actuated by absurd pre-
judice. Annie's a good girl and a
good wife, no matter what her father
was. On 1t, this is a free country!
A man can marry whom he likes. All
these ideas about family pride and
family honor are old world notions,
foreign to this soil. I'm not going
to give up Annie to please any one.
I'm as fond of her nov as ever l
haven't regretted a moment that l
married her. OF course, 1t has been
hard. Father at once shut down
money supplies, making my further
stay at Yale impossible, and 1 was
forced to come to New York to seek
employment. We've managed to fix
up a small fiat in Harlem and now,
like Micawber. I'm waiting for some
thing to turn up" D..
Coke nodded alphabetically.
Come and have a drink" he said
cheerily.
Howard hesitated. Once more he
remembered his promise to Annie, but
as long as he had broken 1t once he
would get no credit for refusing now.
He was horribly thirsty and de-
pressed. Another drink would cheer
him up. 1t seemed even wicked to
decline when 1t wouldn't cost him
anything.
They entered q bar conveniently
close at hand, and with q tremulouB
hand Howard carried greedily to his
lips the insidious liquor which had
undermined his health and stolen
away his manhood.