The Washington times., 1910-10-09
By ALBERT BOISSIERE
Translated from the French By Florence
CreJUS-I Jones.


and the assurance that ] should never
be discovered. could not resist giving
him look Of gratitude, Which he m
derstood perfectly. for II made him
Deam with pleasure. That day ne set
tied the doctors fees, and went to the
window and closed il. He rang for
BambOu. who brought ND some hOt
drinks and box Of Havanas. He pick
ed out one carefully for me. He poured
me out cup of tea and put sugar in IT,
he was careful to arrange nay arm
chair so as to avoid a draught between
the door ard the window. He did all
with the gentle care Of a mother tend
ing delicate child. He sat down op-
pOsite 10 me, placed his ringed hand flat
on the table, and said solemnly:
Now, my friend. We have no time 10
lose In half an hour my son will be
here. / am going TO place YOU in his
hands Tor little time; then your re-
covery viii be complete. He win take
you in his hospital"
! jumped out OF my chair.
GO TO mad house. Visit an alien
ist,' : CS1ed in horror
you always exaggerate Uselessly."
said Addison softly He is your future
son-in-law; you viii be in q friend $
house, where you will be better able 10
carry out your plans ann mine Calm
yourself Barra baS- In two or three
months my son Will be married 10 your
daughter. Have patience, Douglass. We
shall soon be in New York, and you
will be entitled TO your half Of one OF
Americas greatest industries 1t comes
10 you legally. Now, so that you Will be
able TO play the part Of nv decease
partner correctly and without difficulty
when you are with nay son. / shall have
to tell you the ,lfe story Of the -Eea
Douglass. 1t is painful for me TO do so,
my friend, to tell my secret TO any one
need not say that have absolute con-
fidence in you I Will keep your secret
and you will keep mine. for eternity"
He drew forward a decanter Of
brandy.
.,,. sb Little 9a as 2, Pick-ms-up. he said;
He poured il freely, liz his cigar, then
gazed for a moment at his ring, an
enormous diamond Of the finest water.
Then he began. In terms that were
enough to excite my curiosity
First Of all, / must tell you, William
is not my son"
I did not move: I had decided not TO
show surprise at anything.
He continued:
when I married Nelly Burlington. who
came from New Orleans. it was not
for her fortune, which was considerable.
but for her beauty, which was cele-
brated. l was young. My business part
ner was Charles Douglass, Of Boston.
re was as young as 1, but had more
sense. You will see how much his
sense served him. he said to me one
day:
90 Addison, don't marry Nelly BurlinG-
ton; it will be a bad thing for you If
you do. In the interest Of our partner
ship you ought not TO marry her.
u knew Douglass was a miSOgynist.
whose every faculty was centered on
prodigious success of the trust. which
we were beginning to foresee. Re had
no family, no ties. He was a man Of
energ.,. insensible to all else but his
dream Of colossal success. I replied TO
him:
" I intend 10 marry Miss Burlington.
If thai does not please you, am ready
TO sign a new contract of partnership.
am ready to recognize that under
whatever conditions might separate US
in the future. or stay together as at
present, you will always have at the
moment that il pleases you. the right
to half prChts OF the business which
we have b1ilt UP together
$50 strange as the contract was, ii
was signed. I married Nelly Burlington.
and Douglass continued by his energy
and clear knowledge of business to null
! tiply the profits of our firm. The trust
took The proportions that you know l
was perfectly cOntented with nv part-
ner and happy with my wife.
"When William was born, Douglass
stood godfather 10 the boy"
Kingsley stopped, took a drink. and
I then continued very seriously:
Ten years later, by chance, I came
across some letters-and-Wel to cut
the matter short, I learned that little
William was my partners son.
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