New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
CHAPTER XVI.

w anazino discoveries For instance he d;acatd
cred that the sky blue over Pans and tba.
+raee were green and grass was velvety. and ~.
t;~dc canooof course not so well as thev saro
Passaic; but there was much TO commend tbs
efforts Things must have been that way all alone
odd how he had overlooked 1T! In other ways ~
paris was looking up. Notre Dame as compared =
+b Granite church back home, had perhaps sbaS
the best of it. and ne came to admit that Pont AeT
ander Ill put it all over the bridge down near 81
or,,ban asv1l1rn As for the LOuvre-Well he baS
~ ~ hastyJ in his Judgment Now that he had bsd0
Io-,ce TO look at it. it didn't remind him at an =
the rubber works back home.
All of which meant that Mr. smith had reached
+La+ ,oint of a mans life when the external asras
IS al things IS softened and beautihed by some ns
borT, quality within himself. Always the change !;
wrought by some trivial thing, Ike the hngeriro
touch of slender hand or the haunting curl Of scar
Let Inns or the shy upward glance Of tlrn1d eyes NJ
Smith didn't know precisely when OF where the grs.
change came He only knew that on the second dav
after his release from arrest he had talked hour
more with Edna Clarke and since then his vision bad
cleared When he bade her goodby ne was preparirg
+o catch the steamer at CherbOurg for home At he
hotel he found a note that stayed him. Il said:
The Lord loveth a cheerful liar. hope YOU are sat
fed You must remain IN Paris until able 70 tsI
with YOU The doctor says it may be hvr days ye-
Things not 50 bad as you think "MC
Mr. Smith was content TO stay; in fac It was nth
feeling of exultatiOn that he unpacked Hls suitcase
F1,en his unhov passion for Passalc Was held n
cbeCL Four or FIVE days more IN Paris Tbar
meant further talks with Edna, and that meant
He didn't care if he never saw Ma1n-aVe again And
he did see Edna half dozen times. Twice they wers
1ona +ooetber and at other times frum-v old Aune
Emma arDeared. Aunt Emma. deeply beloved n
herself had refused TO tuck herself away n shabby
little apartment in the Rue St Honore she had
been living at the Ritz. Her presence shaf0wed Nr
Smiths happiness at first then he forgot she was /,
existence and it wasn't 50 bad Those were the
haIcvon days Mr.. Smith dreamed th-a1gh them
light hearted as a lark
At last came the summons from Nh Clarke and "
n Smith went to him. The trained nurse had been
sent away and Edna at nod from her taAer, with
drew Mr. Clarke was prOpped up IN bed MS master
full ewes alight his lips set, and tinge Of color again
in his withered cheeks
Now, Smith Just between you and ne he began
without preliminary, where the deuce are those
Bonds" Mr. Smith repeated blandlg Bonds.
| thought YOU said you had none,
Never mind that" said Clarke iuratientlv.
You beat me; | admit it. There's no need 10
taunt me. You put me in position where had 70
lie and did it Now where are the bonds
Mr.. Smith paced the length of the room q couple
of times, then turned and faced the banker with
gleam of danger in the straight staring ewes.
Now look here Mr. Clarke he said deliberater
at last might just well understand each other
now as at any other time The bonds are beyond
your reach and will remain beyond Your reach Until
thev are back in that package IN the vault at home
where thev belong. Once they there my reSigna-
ton is in I've worked for YOU for twenty Years Mr.
Clarke and in that time I've saved fea thousand
dollars. put IL INTO Ittl estate anu
over now and then. I'm leaving Your bank as soon
as this matter of the bonds is adjusted % become
cashier of a new bank IN which own some stock.
He sat down. and for time they stared. each at
the other with challenge IN their gaze
''An this is not particularly to the point but In
telling it to YOU make my position perfectly clear
Mr. Smith went on Now might well call
things by their first names. You stole bonds for
which | was personally responsible Now don't IL
terrupti / recovered them to save myself. not YOU.
and once they are placed where they belong finish