The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-26
THE MAN WHO
 ROSE AGAIN
by JOSEPH ROCKING

''Rut I should gather that he has. This German is a man who knows things. and he tells me that there can be no doubt but that Signor Ricordo has moved in the most influential circles. Oh, L. can assure you thera is no difficulty in believing it. You cannot look at his face without feel ing that he is a man who has lived at the heart of things"
 "You make me quite curious l acquaintance"
 'It will be very interesting to know what you think of him.
 of course he is not rich? He he were."
 "The question did not come up. The truth is, he is not the kind of man who suggests such things. You are impressed by the personality of the man, not by his belongings"
 "I wonder you did not try and make his acquaintance"
 'I wanted to badly; but, as I said, he seemed to be in an unsociable mood"
 "I daresay you will speak to him some time."
 "Oh, yes. I am going in there to- night to dine with my German ac- Quaintance."
 Olive raised her eyebrows.
 "Oh, yes. know of what you are thinking. You are saying to yourself that am false to my creed by dining with a stranger, in order to see a man who may have been a donkey boy in Cairo; but if have made you curious by talking about him, what must be who have seen him?''
 You have accepted the invitation of the German, then, in order to get an introduction to Signor Ricordo ?'
 Exactly. I know I am not courte- ous to my German host, but it is the truth. Besides, to give your Home of Rest it's due, they do things very we'll there."
 Thank you," said Olive, with a laugh. 'I am always pleased when
 A little later Herbert Briarfield left Vale Linden and rode back to his home.
 How much she must have loved fo1J ', fo hi self. ''It must be six years at least since he threw up the sponge, and yet she remains true to his memory. I cannot understand it. Of course one doesn't know all that happened; yet how could she give the fellow up because he was such a cur, and then refuse to marry any one else because he committed suicide?"
 During the afternoon he rode out to see some offfarms, and then came back to dress for dinner. "What an idea to build such a place." He said as the carriage rolled along. Still, I suppose wilful woman must have her way"
 Herr Trubner, the German, met him with a great show of politeness, and did the honors of the dinner with much offusion.
 "You know the patroness of this establishment ?" he said presently.
 "Yes, I know her," replied Briar- field, rather ungraciously.
 'I have hoped to see her," said Herr Trubner, "but up to now I have been unsuccessful. And yet I was told she came here constantly. It was one of the things which induced me to come. So beautiful, SO gener- ous, so pious, I could not resist the desire to see her"
 "It is possible you may be disap- pointed,' said Briarfield He was rather angry that the woman he about in such a way.
 "Oh, no, I shall not be disappoint- ed," replied the German. "Only half an hour ago I was told that while I was out walking with Signor Ricordo she was down here, and that she had arranged for a concert to be held in two evenings from now. An, and I love music. I who am from the coun- try of Handel and Strauss, and Schu- : bert and Wagner, I love it. I may be poor, broken-down old German, but I love it, as I love all things beautiful"
 ''Is is not rather strange that your friend Signor Ricordo, who is a rich man, should have come to a place which was built-well, not as a mon- ey-making concern?" said Briarfield rather bruta1ly.
 Gro be continued.)