The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-14

room N1ere fuTNlS anu SpTdSue
Were, he intended telling them :ia;
ruthing more must be said about y.
1t seemed, however, that the fates
We're against him. He was in a ner-
yous, irritable mood. caused by his
abstention from the poison which
had beccme almost a necessity 70
him. and the significant glances Of
the two men maddened him. Had
they met him in the right spirit. il
is possible that the affair, which
did not reflect credit upon any Of
them, might have been dismissed
as an lille joke. As we have seen
however, they had taurted him, they
had aroused him to anger. these
men whom he regarded as his in
feriors had assumed an air of su-
periority, and this in the present
state of his nerves was more than
he could bear. He had ordered whis-
key, and after that his good resolu-
tions went by the board. Radfori
Leicester would have diad rather
than have confessed himself beaten
Thus do great ISSUES often rest
upon unimportant events.
After he had gore a silence fell
between the two young men for
scme time.
Il wish we hadn't been such fools.
Sprague," said Puryis presently
What do you mean"
Il mean that we are as bad as
he is. perhaps worse. We at least
ere sober"
Yes, | know; but who would have
thought he would stand by his guns.
I'VE know what he is. ! believe
if We had been wise tonight he
might have been led to give up.
But now nothing will move him.
We'll. it may teach Miss Castle
maine lesson" sail Sprague, whose
pride had rot yet recovered from
the wound which her refusal had
made; but there-it's all right. It'll
never come to anything. For that
matter. if anything serious came OF
it. | would tell her the whole history
cf the joke
"No, you wouldn't"
Why"
Because you dare not Because
she would despise us all to our last
day, because she would never speak
to US again. You know what kind
of a girl she is
Spraguc was silent.
is i, a dinner party which Mr..
Castlcmaine is giving, or is Leicester
invited in a friendly way, wonder?"
he said presently.
Evidently friendly invitation,
seeing Mr. Castlemaine has written
the letter with his own hand"
Was it true that you told Mr..
Castlemaine the truth about him? p
Purvis looked uncomfortable.
Evidently he did not believe it,
he replied. after hesitating few
seconds. You know Leicester's way.
When you look into those wonderful
eyes of his you cannot tell whether
he's joking or whether he's in ear
nest. Besides, he's such a fascinat-
ing chap, and | saw that Mr.. Castle
tlemaine took to him. Then, al
bthough it is perfectly true that
he talked in his usual mocliing way
during part of the evening, he
altered his tone before he left.
Evidently he found Miss Castle
maine to be genial companion,
for he grew quite earnest; he is
nothing short of brilliant. In fact,
he showed us two Radford Leices-
ters hat night. We had Leicester,
the cynic, but we also had Leices-
ter the scholar, the brilliant con
versationalist, the man who has
read everything worth reading, and
seen everything worth seeing. No
one could help noticing how Miss
Castlemalne admired him"
And you believe he'll carry this
thing through"
I'm sure he'll propose to her.
Didn't you see his eyes? And you
dnow what a fellow he is. When
once he sets his mini upon thing
he'll 20 straight on. Ordinary con
siderations do not daunt him. Re
fusals will only make him more de
termined. Besides, yon wounded his
pride tonight, and-well, | wish
we had not been such fools. For
my part, am ashamed cf the whole