The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-29

 THE MAN WHO ROSE AGAIN| ......by..... JOSEPH ROCKING Copyright, 1909, by George IL Doran Company
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lltsltllSllljlAlitllslliilSlliSIlllIAS AS After this he would lead the vicar or by a series of the most innocent ques tions, but which. presently led him to an awful pit from which he could not get out. What MT. Leicester be. lieves himself I have no idea, al though I am told he has very queer opinions; but that he gave MT. Dun. stable a very bad time there can be no question. Indeed. he is one of the cleverest men I ever met.
 And ,et I don't think I like him He doesn't seem sincere, and you al ing you. Besides he seems to have no faith in anything. He cooolly pours scorn on our most cherished traditions, and yet you can't faster upon a single saying which commits him. In sense, he's sort of mod ern Byron, and yet you can never as. sociate him with Byron's vices. T am afraid you will be awfully bored at this long description of a man you have perhaps never seen nor heard of. but he's the talk of the town just now, and really he's a most fascinating man. If ever you have the chance to meet him, be sure and embrace it. You'll want to disagree with everything he says, but you'll G,,d I,;,.
 "Is that all?"
 "Yes, all about him."
 He must be smart fellow, should think. Should you not like to meet him?"
 ''rm not sure. Of course, you know that Bridget is rather given to enthuse. Still, a clever person is al- ways interesting
 Because" said MT. castlemaine slowly, "It is rathef a strange con- cidence."
 What is?'
 why, this same MT. Radford Lei cester is one of two men who are coming to dine here tonight" "It will be interesting to compare notes with Bridget said Olive after a moments hesitation. ''But why is he coming here?"
 "Oh, a MT. Lowry, a sort of local magnate in the neighborhood of Tavi- ton wishes to see me on a matter of some importance, and he has this MT. Leicester to be his spokesman. did not wish to be in town tonight so asked him to come here to din- rer."
 And to spend the night?" ''No, they will return to town There is train about twelve" But for her friends letter Olive Castlemaine would have paid no at tention to the fact that two men | were coming to dine, but remember | ing what she had just read she felt
 rather desirous of seeling MT. Rad ford Leicester. Perhaps that was | why she told her maid to take special | care in selecting dress that night |
 Olive made her way to the drawing | room with more than usual interest 1 She heard steps and voices in the | hall just before the dinner hour, and
 @. few minutes later the two visitors | were announced.
 John Castlemain introduced them to his daughter, and then watched
 her face with an amused smile. Per
 haps he wondered if her opinion
 tallied with that of the letter she
 had received that very day. MT
 Lowry caused no interest. He was
 simply commonplace Elan who had
 succeeded in becoming rich Olive
 had seen such by the dozen, and
 valued them at their worth. But few
 of them were interesting. As a rule
 they looked at everything through
 the medium of money. To them pass. ing events were of interest because
 of the effect they might have upor
 the financial market And even here their outlook was narrow and super. icial. It was evident, however, thai
 Radford Leicester did interest her
 He was a perfect contrast to the
 commonplace, corpulent man of busi.
 ness. MT. Lowry seemed rather awe6
 by coming into the home of one who
 stood so high in the commercial
 world. He was impressed by the | quiet dignity of the great house. The
 old-fashioned costly furniture the
 sombre richness of everything, gave
 him a feeling of repose to which his
 own house was a stranger He won. i dered why it was so He had giver
 instructions to the manager of one of the largest furnishing establish.
 ments in Tottenham Court Road tc
 spare no expense either in decorating or furnishing the mansion he had
 built, and although they had obeye6 him he knew that it was different | from this AS a consequence he fell 1 Olive spoke to him. But RadforG
 Leicester was different He was per. | fectly at ease in the great-drawine
 room, and placed himself in the righ
 relationship towards every one i'm
 mediately. And yet a careful ob
 server could see that he was more