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CHAPTER I.-cOntlnued.

CHAPTER CONTINUED.
Not If endow all the chairs IN the
university You've not only got to
come, but you're going to be there
the day they arrive"
Thomas Ardmore Of New York and
Ardsley struck his heavy stick-he
always carried a heavy stlck-smartly
on the cement platform in the stress
Of his feeling. He was much shorter
than Griswold. to whom he was deep
~ attached-for whom he had, indeed,
the frank admiration Of small boy
for a big brother. He sometimes
wondered how fully Griswold entered
into the projects Of adventure which
he, IN his supreme likeness, planned
and proposed; but he himself had
never been quite ready to mount
horse or shake out sail and what
0fiswold had said about indecision
ranked IN his heart. He was sorry
now that he hadAtold Of this new en-
terprise to which he had pledged him
self, but he grew lenient toward Girls
wold's lack Of sympathy as he re-
Elected that the quest OF a winking
girl was rather beneath the dignity
of q gentleman welded not merely to
the law, but to the austere teaching
profession as we'll In his heart he
forgave Grlswold, but he was all the
more resolved to address himself stub
bornly to his pursuit Of the deity Of
the car Alexandra. for only by finding
her could he establish himself in Girls
wold's eyes as a man Of action,
capable Of carrying through a scheme
requiring cleverness and tact.
Ardmore was almost painfully rich.
but the usual diversions Of the wealthy
did not appeal to him, and, having eX-
hausted foreign travel, he spent much
time on his estate in the North Caro-
lima hills, where he could ride all
day on his own land, and where he
read prodigiously in a huge library
that he bad assembled with special
reference to works on piracy, sub
ject that had attracted him from early
youth.
It was this hobby that had sealed
his friendship with Griswold, who had
relinQuished the practice Of law, after
a brilliant start IN bis native city Of
Richmond. to accept the associate pro
fesBe-ship Of admiralty In the law de-
paFtment Of the University Of Vir-
ginia. Marine law had a particular
fascination for Griswold from its es-
senhally romantic character. AS 3
nw student he had read all the de-
cisions in admiralty that the libraries
Afforded, and though faithfully serY-
ing the university, he still occasional
y accepted retainers in admiralty
cases Of unusual importance. His lee
lures were constantly attended by
students in other departments Of the
university for sheer pleasure In Girls
wOlds racy and entertaining eXposi-
ton Of the laws touching the libeling
Of schooners and the recovery Of
jettisoned cargoes. Henry Maine
Griswold was tall. slender and dark,
and he lowered recklessly, as be
might have put It, on the brink q
thirty. He stroked his thin brown
mustache habitually, as though to hide
the smile that played about his hui
morous mOuth-a smile that lay even
more obseurely in his fine brown eyes.
He did violence to the academic tradi-
tons by dressing with metropolitan
care, gray being his prevailing note,
though his scarfs ventured upon bold
color schemes that interested his stu
dents almost as much as his lectures.
The darkest fact Of his life-and one
shared with none-Was hts expert
ments IN verse. From his undergrad
uate DAYS he had written occasionally
q little song, quite for his own pleas
ura n versifylug, and to a little sheai
OF these things In manuscript he still
added a few verses now and then.
Don't worry, Ardy, he was saying
20 his friend as "all aboard" was
called. "and don't be reckless When
you get through looking for the wink
ing eve. come up to Charlottesville
ana well plan The True Life Of
Capt Kidd" that IS some day going
TO make us famous"
Tn wire you later" replied Ard.
more. cEinging to his friends hand a
moment after she train began to move.
erIswold leaned out Of the vestibule
ia wave a last farewell to Ardmore,
and something very kind and gentle
ana good to see shone Ia the law
ver's eyes. he went into the car
smiling fer be called Ardmore his
best tiend. and be was amused By bis
laat words. which were always Ard.