The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-21

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Il believe him to be sincere. What
began in a jest has ended in ear
nest. When he met Miss Castlemaine,
/ he, who for years had avoided wom-
en-, realized how wronk he had been
He has evidently fallen deeply in
love, and / for my part am glad
that she accepted him. Leicester
will be fine fellow, and will have
great future. / hear he never
touches drink now"
Il do not believe it" sand Sprague.
The Ethiopian cannot change his
skin, nor the leopard his spots.
believe he is simply playing game,
AS for his giving up the drink. yes.
that may be possible. / believe Lei
cester is capable OF doing anything
whereby he can have his way. You'll
find that at the end he'll wriggle OUT
OF it."
Il don't say that" said Purvis,
why should he? Az We know, she
will be great heiress There must
be pots OF money and Leicester
means to have the handling of it,"
1T ought 20 be stopped" said
Sprague.
But how can it be stopped" ask
ed Winfield. Even If We desired, We
cannot hinder them from marrying.
| am tod that Miss Castlemaine is
deeply in love with him
"All the more reason why she
should be told the truth"
But she can't be. We have prom.
ised to hold our tongues, and-well,
promise is promise"
Not when given under such cir
cumstances. We have no right to
allow woman to wreck her life.
For Leicester will wreck her life"
Personally, | don't believe it,"
said Winfield. Leicester is in love.
and Leicester in love will be a model
/ husband
/ Leicester in love! He is not ca
pable of knowing what love means.
The man who is capable of such i
wager is not capable of making Miss
/ Castlemaine happy"
Anyhow it is not our affair" said
Winfield. Besides, We have promised
to hold our tongues. and We can
do no other than keep our promise"
But to ruin such a life as hers
because of a mistaken idea of honor
well, isn't that worse than break
ing promise?'
My own feeling is, let the affair
so on said Purvis. AT any rate,
il may do her goo3."
At this moment Leicester entered
the room. Seeing them together he
made his way towards them. He was,
as we have said, anxious for an
opportunity of speaking TO these men
together
The months which had elapsed
since we first saw Leicester in this
rom had made great chanoge in
him. Hope cleaned in his eyes and
with that look of hope had come a
happier, healthier expression. 1t is
true he often suffered from nervous
attacks. Mother Nature will not 'be
abused as he had abused her with
| out exacting a terrible penalty. Still,
! his change of life was having its
effect, and as a consequence the
Leicester of few months before
was no longer the man who stood
before them now.
81 am glad to meet you chaps"
| he said, as he came up 10 them,
and | think myself lucky in finding
you all together. / want to speak TO
you"
Purvis and Sprague exchanged
glances, and from the eyes OF the
latter an evil look shone. He had
not forgiven Leicester for the many
times he had held him up TO ridicule,
neither did he forgive him for being
successful where he, Sprague, had
| failed.
when last we were together in
this clubroom," said Leicester, speak
Ing with an effort. for as may be i'm
agined the thoughts in his mind were
far from pleasant, ''we-well, as
you know, kind of wager was
made"
| They waited for him TO go on.
As YOU know" he continues
presently, 'I-I-have-"
Won the wager said Sprague
That being so, | shall be prepared
to give my cheque to what was it?
Guys Hospital All the same. think
IL