Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-15
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Ellery III. Clark
Copyright 1910. the Bobbs-Merrin co)

mind" she replied, I'm a little tired
this evening. Good night. Don't
work too hard over your writing
now. You never rest. 1 never saw
such a man."
Left alone, Carleton returned to his
essay. but not with the concentration
he had before displayed. A sudden
restlessness seemed to have come over
him. Once or twice he ceased his work
to consult his watch, and finally
stopped, rose hastily, and walked over
to the window, where he stood gazing
aimlessly out into the night; then, with
a sigh, turned slowly, almost, one would
have said, reluctantly, again to his
task.
Tor perhaps I'VE minutes he kept
manfully at work. Then once again his
attention seemed to wander; slowly and
still more slowly moved the unwilling
pen, and finally, with a sudden impa-
tient gesture, he laid 1t down, flung
himself back in his chair, and sat there
m~otionless, yet not with the air of one
who has comfortably finished the task
he has In hand, but rather as IL debat-
ing within himself, between two possf-
BILE courses of action, which one at last
to choose.
If such, indeed, was the case, the de-
cision was not to lie with him. There
came a knock at the door. Come in"
he said quickly, and the butler, Hell
mars friend of old, a little thinner, a
little grayer, a little moro i~mperturba-
BILE than ever, entered softly, approach
ing close to his masters elbow before he
delivered himself of his message. Mr..
Vaughan, sir" he announced, with slow
elaboration, "in the reception-room.
He wishes to know. sir. II without In
convenience to yourself you could give
hfm a few moments"
Henry Carleton looked a little sur
prised. perhaps also a little annoyed.
ITO see me-" he said, you're sure, Bur-
ton, that II wasn't Miss Rose he asked
for?"
The buffers name was one verg1ng
on gentle repoof. Within his domain he
did not allow himself the luxury OF
making mistakes. "Quite sure, sir" he
answered. His tone, though respectful,
did not admit of further questioning up
on the point. Henry Carleton sighed,
and appeared TO rouse himself. why,
OF course he said. tell him I'll be
down at once; or no." he added, please,
Burton, tell him to come. up here in
stead"
The butler, i~nclining his head, with
drew. Then. a moment or two later, the
sound of ascending footsteps, and
Vaughan entered the room. At once
something in his appearance struck
Henry Carleton as far out OF the ordi-
nary. why, my dear boy" he cried
GHxyAta I.Ais rtrlrraA1 - aAnkA NErI1-g-
gone wrong7 No more bad news from
the book?"
Vaughan silently shook his head. He
was indeed looking miserably. and
when he took a chair he sat bolt up
right or its edge, leaning forward
n%ervously when he spoke. NO. he
said, "it's wore than that, Mr.. Garlic
ton; a whole lot worse. It's some-
thing that's been troubling me for g
long time now, until finally I've made
up my mind that the only thing for
me to do is 10 come straight to you
with It, and tell you the whole story,
and that's why I'm here"
Al once Carleton showed books and
papers aside, as If the better to pre-
pare himself for proper attention tc
Vaughan's words. He looked at his
visitor with an air of friendly concern.
Anything that l can do" he muir
INJURED. you know, Of course, that you
may count on me. Anything in my
power
Vaughan nodded abruptly. THANK
YOU" he said hastily and a little grim
ly. "it's not a favor that rye come for,
I'm going to do you a bad turn. I'm
afraid. Going to do everybody a bad
turn. as far as that goes. but It can't
be helped. rye got to go ahead, and
that's all there is to it,
Henry Carleton eyed him narrowly,