The Washington times., 1910-10-24
CHAPTER xxi.
Kingsley Is DespOndent

7 PASSED a whole year I'm the factories
! at H0lyoke. working like a machine
] worked fourteen hours 2 day. Il was
only in this way that I was able in some
way 10 forget the past.
] heard regularly from Paris. Narca-
dams letters We're friendly IN the eN-
IRENE. the doctors fun OF a nIaI affec-
ton, and Evelyne's, 20 Uy great regret,
were the shortest and only spoke about
Polydore and Lucie. since the mar
riage, had trOtted over the principal
towns of the United states, and when
ever ! lad letter from my son IL was
always a demand for money one hun
dred thousand dollars was not enough
Tor Lucie's eNtrav1Sa0ce- She. on her
side, made the same appeal 10 the mill
honalre's generosity, but he paid no at
tention 10 her.
Each time that kingsley came 10
HOlyoke I found him more and more
gloomy. more and more irritable To-
ward the last days OF autumn. when we
We're taking the inventory for the end
of the year. / saw him for the first
time show an utter lack of interest in
one morning he spoke to me ~ithOut
restraint
Charles" ne said. ct am beginning 10
break G own. ! am glad now that YOU
! are hero with me 7 never thought You
! could 90 TO work as YOU have. Thanks
B 10 you. UutiTinE energy, our earnings
! have Z, ne uU d third
And ne enumerated all the fortunate
strokes I had made and congratulated
/ me warmly. Then, with one Of his sud
! deuChauEes he said. gloCmily.
/ "CharlcS. 7 am afraid that after al!
! that 7 heve done all my Scneming and
planning Uiu be useless. ! am afraid I
I have been mistaken
] About WHAT"
! About William"
why don't you say about Luc.e-"
! 'Tucla is but an instrument From the
moment that her marriage fails 10 have
] any eject on William she Is OF no use
William knows Isa>v that she Is living,
hat she did not throw virriol ar you
; md that We were forcing her 10 marry
/ Iu- He knows that she Is now married
J 10 =, the miserable idiot that we
. tuok from his asylum. He knows that
lie knows that we have given 20
/ this well-InatChed couple q fortune equa!
90 that which he j. entitled TO- He has
known all that for month, and he does
I noJ rise up against YOU or against me /
! have not heard word from him II IS
/ iucOmprehensible."
The proud paper king seemed for d
moment broke u-dOwD old man, with
out enPrEy-defea Never had 4
seen him 50 physically and morally
r0nplussed. his head dropped forward
on his chest and he remained silent
for several minutes Tim suddenly
he struck the desk with MS lists. lie
stood up before me. drawing his hS-
ure to its full height. He was now
the man who was capable Of making
all bow to his Will
He strobe from one end OF my Of
flee 10 the other.
Il have not made a uistakel It is
impoSible 7 know he cares"
I was silent. but / could easily have
told him that. unaappily. his CalCuIa-
tiOnS had been too correct only If
teen DAYS before ! had received
letter OF violent denominations from
She doctor in which he Upbraided me
for having OdiOuSly deceived him
about Lucie Well. / had led him TO
believe that she was dead Between
the lines Of this hopeless letter Il was
easy to see that the millionaire's per
spicaciOus intuition of the future was
correct, and that the doctors love for