The silver messenger., 1910-09-20
CHAPTER I.-Continued.

CHAPIeH I-Contlnueo.
mot II endow all the chairs In the
university! You've not only got to
come, but you're going to be there
the day they arrive"
Thomas Ardmore of New York and
Ardsley struck his heavy stick-he
always carried heavy stick-smartly
on the cement platform In the stress
of his feeling. He was much shorter
than Griswold, to whom he was deep
ly attached-for whom he had. indeed,
the frank admiration of a small boy
for a big brother. He sometimes
wondered how fully Griswold entered
into the projects of adventure which
he, In his supreme idleness, planned
and proposed; but he himself had
never been quite ready to mount
horse or shake out sail, and what
Griswold had said about indecision
ranked In his heart. He was sorry
now that he had told OF this new en-
terprise to which he had pledged him.
self, but he grew lenient toward Girls
" OAu . A1Sh III oy AAP0tuy do A0 AC-
f1ected that the quest of winking
girl was rather beneath the dignity
of a gentleman welded not merely to
the law, but to the austere teaching
profession as we'll. In his heart he
forgave Griswold, but he was all the
more resolved to address himself stub
bornly to his pursuit of the deity of
the car Alexandra. for only by finding
her could he establish himself in Girls
wOld's~eyes as man OF action,
capable Of carrying through a scheme
requiring cleverness and tact.
Aramore was almost painfully rich,
but the usual diversions OF the wealthy
did not appeal to him, and, having ex-
hausted foreign travel, he spent much
time on his estate in the North Caro-
lima hills, where he could ride all
day on his own land, and where he
read prodigiously in a huge library
that he had assembled with special
reference to works on piracy, sub
ject that had attracted him from early
youth.
1t was this hobby that had sealed
his friendship with Griswold. who had
relinquished the practice of law, after
a brilliant start in his native city OF
Richmond, to accept the associate pro
fessorship OF admiralty In the law de
partment Of the University OF Vir
ginia. Marine law had a particular
fascination for Griswold from Its es
sentially romantic character. AS 9
law student he had read all the de
cisions In admiralty that the libraries
Afforded, and, though faithfully serv
ing the university. he still occasional
~ accepted retainers in admiralty
cases of unusual Importance His lee
lures were constantly attended b,
students in other departments Of thu
university for sheer pleasure In Girls
wold's racy and entertaining exposi
tion Of the laws touching the libelinl
Of schooners and the recovery o
jettisoned cargoes. Henry Main'
Griswold was tall. slender and dark
and he lowered recklessly. as h,
might have put 1t. on the brink o
thirty. He stroked his thin BROW
mustache habitually, as though to hid
the smile that played about his hu
mOrous mOuth--a smile that lay evel
more obscurely in his fine brown eyes
He did violence to the academic trad
tions by dressing with metropolitan
care. gray being his prevailing note
| though his scarfs ventured upon boil
color schemes that interested his stl
dents almost as much as his lectures
The darkest fact OF his life-and on
shared with none-was his exper
ments In verse. From his undergrad
uate days he had written occasionall
little song quite for his own pleas
ure In versifying. and to little shea
Of these things In manuscript he sti
added few verses now and then.
Don't worry, Ardy." he was sayin
to his friend as "all aboard" wa
called, "and don't be reckless. Whe
you get through looking for the winl
ing eye, come up to Charlottesvill
and we'll plan THE True Life {
Capt. Kidd that is some day goin
to make US famous"
"Ill wire you later" replied Art
more, clinging to his friends hand
moment after the train began to NOV,
Griswold leaned out of the vestibul
to wave last farewell to Ardmor
and something very kind and gent
and good to see shone In the Law
yer's eyes. He went into the CO
smiling, for he called Ardmore h
best friend, and he was amused by h
last words, which were always Ar