The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-02

Tom sat back In his chair and listened.
ontwardly respectful, inwardly hot
hearted and eontemptuous Was this
amooth-spoken, oracular prince Of the
market-place a predetermined hypo-
crite, shaping his words 70 ht the mon
ey-gathering end without regard 70
their demoralizIng effect? or was he
only a Hubconscious Pharisee, self-de-
ceived and complacont2 Toms thought
ran lghtnlng-like over the long list OF
the Nancourt Hennlsers men OF the
business world successful 10 the Croe-
sus mark large and liberal benefactors,
Founders OF colleges, Libraries and hos
pitals, Blft-givors 10 their fellow men,
irreproachablo In private life, and yet
apparently stone blind on the side or
the larger equities Could Il be possl-
BILE that such men deliberately admit
ted and accepted the Doubt standard
in morals? II seems fairly incredible.
and yet their lives appeared to pro-
claim II.
Having obtained the slnews OF war.
[ Tom Kept the appointment with Nor
man, and their Joint discussion OF the
business situation made him too late
Tor the early dinner at Woodlawn. To
complete the delay, the evening train
lost half an hour with a hot box az
point mile short OF Gordonia. Two
things came OF these combined time
Killings: man in a slouched hat and
the brown Jeans OF the mountaiDeers
! who had been watching the Woodlayyn
! gates since dusk from his hldlng-place
/ behind the field wall across the nike
/ got up stiily and went away; and Tom
/ reached home just In time to intercept
Ardea on the steps OF the picturesque
/ veranda.
Been visiting the little mother?" he
asked, when she paused on the step
/ above him.
"Yes-no; ran over to tell you that
| we moved Nancy to-day"
"Oh! Well, that's comfortable. She
was willlng?"
Yes: almost, at first; and aItopetb-
er willing when I told her that I.that
She" There was an embarrassed mo-
mcnt and then the truth came our.
Perhaps / should have asked YOU first.
but she was quite satisfied when I toId
her that she owed her changed condI-
tion to the person whose duty il was 10
provide for her. You don't mind. do
you?"
o., 0DSnntlK
and the UNDER thought dealt savagelv
with Nan-with a woman who for the
sake of the loaves and the fishes. and
the shielding of the real offender. would
suffer an innocent man 10 20 to the an.
cial gallows for lack of the word which
would have cleared him. He laughed
rather bitterly and added, out of the
heart of the under thought: I'm gla
simistlc.'
What makes you say that2"
Because, after hearing"-he changed |
his mind suddenly, and transferred the |
hard word from Nan to Mr.. Vancourt /
Henniker-"a after what I've been hear I
ing this afternoon l find myself more |
in the notion Of weeping with the an |
gels than Of laughing with the devils" /
What has happened?" she asked, |
sympathetically alive to his need IN |
one breath, and keenly apprehensive
for her own peace of mind in the next
IAN exceedingly small thing, as the
worlds measurements go. l was In
town, and made a business call on Mr.
Henniker He's a member of your
church, isn't he? / needed some money
to bribe a lot of political grafters in a
Pennsylvania city where I'm trying to
sell bill Of water-pipe. I went to Mr..
Henniker to borrow It,"
And, of course, he wouldn't let you
have it for any such wretched pur-
pose!" she famed out.
mo, you are mistaken; it's Just the
other way around. I told him what 1t
was for hoping rather vaguely, l think.
that he'd sit on me and make the crime
impossible. But he didn't. He took
the trouble to try to explain away my
scruples; made it seem quite virtu-
GUS thing before he got through. You
wouldn't believe it now, would you?"
But. Toni you didn't take the mon
ey?"
How could l refuse so good a man?
Norman is on his way to Pennsylvania
at this present moment with a letter OF
credit in his pocket big enough to make
the mouth of even a professional graft
er water. At least, hope it is big
enough"
She was hurt, shocked, Mortified, and
he knew it and found pleasure of a GER
tain sort in the knowledge. When a
man has done violence to his own best
impulses, the thing that somes nearest
to the holy joy Of penitence is the un-
holy Joy of making somebody else sor-
ry for him. There were unmistakable {
tears in her voice when she said: {
Tom, why have you told me this
this unspeakable thing?"
WHY guess 1t was because I
wanted to ask you how you supposed t
The Mr.. Henniker kind of men square i
such things with their conscience; or g
lon't they have any conscience" i
What can I say to help you, Tom?
would do anything that true friend :
nay bel" I
There might have been a thing; but
you have made it impossible. No don't I
ree2e me again--it's the last time. II '
could have won your love t
)ut what is the use of trying to put it d
n words; you know-you have always :
ynown. And now it is too late"
For a single instant Vincent Farleys
hance of marrying the Deer Trace coal
ands trembled in the balance. Ardea I
orgot him, forgot Nan, thought Of s
lothing but the passionate yearning {
hat was drawing her like gripping D
lands toward the man who had barred a
lis inmost heart to her, 4
1T is not too late for you to be r
nan, noble, upright, honorable. Let the
world find that for which it is looking,
~ friend--my brother: the strong man
rmed who can stand where others /
aint and fall Oh, | wish l knew how G
o say the word that would make you
be man you were meant to bel" 7
When it was said, she was gone and :
he sound OF the closing door was In :
is ears when he turned and went IL
lowly down the driveway and out on y