The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-08
 THE MAN WHO ROSE AGAIN=
  ....by...... JOSEPH ROCKING Copyright, 1909, by George Il. Doran Company

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 thing. One thought filled his mind' one hope filled his heart. Presently when his train arrived. he had vague idea that he was on the way to the City.
 An hour later he arrived at his club. By this time the spell which the interview with Olive had cast over him had lost some of its power. Doubts began to arise. fears came into hN heart. He was no longer sure or tA,se,f ar of her. As the excitement oassed away. the old longing for whis- kev came back to him. He was on the point of ordering it when he re- nembered what he had said to Olive.
 ~she has not yet promised you,' said temptation. Indulge freely While vou may. You will be breaking no ,rom;se.. He stretched out his hand to ring a bell. but as quickly with drew if.
 "No." he said, q should be asham- ed to meet her again if I did I'll not be such a weak thing as that
 He scarcely slept that night. Hope and fear, joy and despair alternately possessed him, and in his darker hours the craving for drink dogged him. Once he went so far as to take a bottle of whiskey from cupboard hut when he realized what he was do- sne he opened the window and poured the contents into the street. Never in his whole life had a night seemed so long. Again and again did he switch on the electric light and try to read. only to throw one book after another from him in anger and weari- ness. When morning at length came st brought no comfort. What had given him hope and joy the day before only filled his mind with doubt now. Besides, every fibre of his drink-sod- den nature cried out for satisfaction. Life became almost unbearable.
 Its this uncertainty" he saids rIf sine had said yes. could drive the craving from me as such an ac- cursed thing should be driven, but hs.,ile I am in doubt I seem like a Feather in the wind."
 As the thought passed through his onind, the humor of the situation possessed him. He laughed at him. self. He. Radford Leicester. who for Eears had despised women, was now admitting that his whole future de- nended on the single word of one of the despised sex. What would his ecouaintances say? This reminded him of Purvis and Sprague, and of the compact they had made, and then he felt like laughing no more. What if they should ever divulge what had taken place between them.
 He seized telegraph form, and wrote quickly. Expect me tonight at six. Leicester This dispatch he addressed to Olive Castlemaine, and after that he became more calm. It seemed to form another link between him and the woman he loved. He spent the morning in answering let ters which had come from his con- stituency, and then, after lunch, he went to a livery stable and hired a horse When he returned he hardly knew where he had been, but the owner of the horse knew he had been ridden hard, so hard that he resolved 70 make certain stipulations before trusting him again with such h valuable animal
 A few minutes before six Radford Leicester was again at The Beeches
 Mir. Castlemaine is expecting you sir" said the servant, as he took his hat and coat: The will be down in 8 few minutes. Will you step this way sir?"
 It was the same room. He noted khe chair where Olive had sat the day before, he remembered the quiet ticking clock on the mantlepiece. the tire-irons that were placed on the hearth. He recalled the words oi khe servant, 'Mr. Castemaine is ex. pecting you, sir.'' Did that mear that Olive had deputed her father tc speak for her? If so, it meant re- fusal His heart rrew cold at the thought. The door opened and Olive entered. Eagerly he looked at her deverishly he tried to read her an ewer in her eyes.
 She came up close to him, and then stood still. Her eyes were full of tears.
 "Olive?" he said. Everything he meant seemed to be in her name as he uttered it. It was a question, il was an expression of his love, of his hearts longings.
 Yes" she replied.
 He lifted her hand reverently te dhis lips and kissed it. He longed tc take her in his arms, and to tell he1 of his hearts joy; he longed to kis. { 1ler lips. and tell her that he would give his whole life to make himsel1 worthy of her trust. But something sealed his lips. What was it?