Evening star., 1911-08-08
erious silence which alone had answered

terious silence which alone had answered
his two cablegrams: the unaccountable at
titude of the Waldorf management, an6
the rudeness OF his shipboard acquaint
ances in the restaurant. Tony kidd hat
certainly written up" or caused to %
| written up. his quarrel with Milton. iron
Milton's point of view. and now he 'had
evidently drawn public attention to Love
lands affairs again by some further aftl
Gle. But IL the journalist had cherished
a desire for revenge, apparently he felt Il
no longer. Now he was limiting that ht
wished to make atonement. and Val be
lieved that he meant what he said II
lie would advance money on the letter Of
credit-but no: after moments renec'
ton Loveland made up his mind not TO ask
He had had so many snubs already. ne
would prefer not to risk another. he told
himself Besides. after all that had hap
pened he could not ask a favor of this
man, no matter how pleasantly II had
been offered.
Thank you very much. but I think
there's nothing you can do" Loveland an
swered
Tony knew Of one thing that he could
do. ard had already decided to do Ito
turn the tide of public opinion as far as
fire at Alexander's in tomorrow morning
Light. But. after all, that would not ac-
complish much, il any. material good. A
wave of sympathy would only send more
curiosity seekers 10 anu
Tony's keen eyes had seen. through Love
lands mask OF Indifference. how he
writhed under his punishment.
Say, you can't stay on here" the
American explained. impulsively 1t
dogs ife-and whatever you are, what
ever you've been. you're too much OF a
gentleman by breeding and education to
stand 1t. You'll have to quit; and per
haps / could think of some way out, II
you--"
!, "I'll thank you not to try and take my
waiter away from me. Mr.. Kidd" broke
in Alexander the Great speaking SO sud
denly behind the two young men thar
both started like guilty things upon
fearful summons
This isn't the right place for him,
Alexander. and you know it. retorted
Tony.
Its the place he's engaged to stay In
until he leaves the country" Alexander
persisted. And l mean to hold him to
his word or know the reason why"
so said another gentleman of your
race once" remarked Tony Kidd. He
did business in Venice. but In the end a
lady got the better of him.
Ladies don't interfere In my concerns
grumbled Alexander. who had not pro-
phetic soul, and did not guess what the
next few hours might have in store for
him. IF Gordon leaves me without a
weeks notice III make him sorry for
himself
HE saved your place tonight. and Lord
knows how many lives" said Tony.
Dat amt got nothing to do with the
case insisted Alexander.
Don't bother. thanks Loveland said.
hastily, to Tony. Things can't be worse
than they've been tonight. Perhaps they'll
be better l shall try and fight it out
here-till I can see my way"
Pay my way he might have said
but he did not wish to bring up the ques-
ton of money between himself and Tony
Kidd.
It's bad enough for me to have my
place upset" went on Alexander. with
out having my people enticed to leave me
in de lurch. 'Taint a friendly act. Mr..
Kidd / shall be days maxim up my loss.
what wild tings busted and burnt. and
shall need all the help | can get to put
the restaurant in shape again
Tony turned impatiently from the mans
grumbing We'll. if you won't let me do
anything for you. you won't, he said 10
Loveland. "All the same, / shant forget
and the time may come. Now / must be
off and write my story"
He put out hand and Val responded
with his unbandaged one.
II any one had told Tony Kidd a few
hours before that he would yield to an ir-
resistible impulse impelling him to shake
hands heartily with the notorious Mar
outs of Twelfth Street" he would not have
believed 1t possible
II any one had told LoYelaud that he