Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-31

YOU sit down and tell me what is the
matter? Is Mr.. Morrison in any trou-
| ble?"
Yes" She answered, ''he is. AS for
me. l am terrified
She came a little away from the door
I.averick was a man who inspired trust
| His tone, too. was unusually Kind he
! had the protective instinct of Dig man
| toward a small woman
Come and tell me all about IL, ne
| suggested Il expected to hear that ne
! had gone abroad.
Mr. Laverick.' she said. looking up at
him, TREMENDOUSLY. Il was hoping tnat
YOU could have told me what II was
that had come to him..
We'll. that rather depends" I-averick
answered. I'VE certainly had terrible
anxious time yesterday. Our business
has been most unfortunate
Yes, yes,' the girl interrupted please
go on. There have been business trou-
bIes. then
Rather Laverick continued. Last
night they reached such pitch that |
gave Morrison some money, and 1T was
agreed that he should leave the firm and
try his luck somewhere else, | quite un-
derstood that he was going abroad
The girl seemed. for some reason, re-
| lieved
There was something. them she said,
half to herself. There was something.
oh. l am glad of that. You were angry
with him, perhaps, Mr.. Laverick?"
little fireplace and with his hands behind
hm-a commanding figure in the tiny
room full of feminine trifles. He looked
a great deal more at his ease than he
really was.
Perhaps / was inclined to be short
tempered he admitted. You see. to be
frank with you. the department Of our
business that was going wrong was the
one over which Morrison has had sole
control. He had entered into certain
speculations which l considered unjusti-
fable. Today, however. matters took an
unexpected turn for the better
Almost as he spoke his face clouded
Morrison, of course. would be triumphant.
Perhaps he would even expect to be re-
instated For many reasons this was
| thing which Laverick did not desire.
Now, tell me-, he continued. what is
the matter with Morrison and why has
he sent for me, and, IL you will pardon
my saying so, why is he here instead of
in his own rooms?'
81 will explain" she began. softly.
, You will please explain sitting down."
he said, firmly.
And don't look so terrified he added,
with little laugh. Il can assure you
that l am not going to eat you. or any
thing of that sort. You make me feel
quite uncomfortable"
She smiled for the first time, and Law
! erick thought that he had never seen
anything SO wonderful as the change in
her features. The strained rightly
passed away. An altogether softer light
cleaned in her wonderful eyes. She was
certainly by far the prettiest child he had
ever seen. AS yet he could not take her
altogether seriously.
Thank YOU" she said. sinking down
upon the arm of an easy chair. First
Of all, then, Arthur is here because he is
my brother"
your brother!" Laverick repeated,
wonderingly.
Somehow or other he had never asso-
ptn Tod xrys%1 clott cir
this meant that she must he of his race.
There was nothing In her face to denote
| it except the darkness of her eyes, and
that nameleSs charm of manner. sort
of Observation-Disclosures. which belongs
sometimes to the highest type of Jews.
1t was not quality. Laverick thought,
which he should have associated with
Morrison's sister.
MY brother. i'm way, she resumed.
Arthurs father was Widower and my
mother was a widow when they were
married You are surprised?"
There is no reason why l should be-
he answered. curiously relieved at her
last statement 'Your brother and have
been connected in business for some
years We have seen very little of one
another outside
Il dare say" she continued, still timid-
ly, that Arthur's friends would not be
your friends and that he wouldn't care
for the same sort of things. You see,
my mother is dead and also his father.
and as we aren't really related at all.
cannot expect that he would come to see
me very often. Last night, though, quite
late-long after / had gone to bed-he
rang the bell here. l was frightened. for
just now / am all alone and my servant
only comes in the morning. So ] looked
out of the window and ] saw him on the
pavement, huddled up against the door.
hurried down and let him in. Mr.. Law
erick.' she went on, with an appealing
glance at him, Il have never seen any
tod
death. Something seemed to have hap
pened which had taken away from him
even the power Of speech. He pushed
past me into this room. threw himself
into that chair" she added, pointing
across the room, ''and he sobbed and
beat his hands upon his knees as though
he were woman in fit Of Mysteries.
His clothes were all untidy. he was as
pale as death, and his eyes looked as
though they were ready to start out of his
head
You must. indeed. have been frighten
ed, Laverick said softly.
frightened. l shall never forget it.
I did not sleep all night. He would tell
sensible word. Early this morning
persuaded him to go upstairs and made
him lie down. He has taken two draughts
which bought from the chemist, but he
has not slept. Every now and then he
tries to get up, but in minute or two
he throws himself down on the bed again
and hides his face. II any one rings at
the bell he shrieks. If he hears a foot
fall in the street. even. he calls out for
me. Mr.. Laverick, I have never been so
whom to send for or what to do. When
he wrote that note to you / was so re-
lieved. You can't imagine how glad
am to think you have GOMEZ
(To be continued tomorrow