Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-22
THE MAN
HIGHER UP
BY HENRY RUSSELL
MILLER
Copyright. 1870, by Bobb, Mer-
riil Co.
(Continued.)

1hCh Ae utOueu Ill part LOT his un-
wise guidance of her youth. The man.
Rgement of his great business interests
he placed In the competent hands Of
Henry Sanger, Jr., Eleanor's brother,
and devoted himself entirely to her.
For three years they travelled as her
whims dictated. Mr.. Sanger, anxious
~ watching. saw the natural resilien-
cy of youth gradually breaking down
her hardness of spirit. Selfish she re-
NAMED, as was the logical result Of a
lack of definite, purpose In life other
than to amuse herself and to forget.
Ten MI. Sanger died. leaving the
bulk of his fortune to Henry Sanger,
Jr., to Eleanor a comparative pittance.
This curtailment of her inheritance
Vas at her request A quiet year In
Germany, spent studying music, fol
lowed, and then she returned to the
Steel CITY to play her part In the max
ing of Robert McAdoo.
Late In the afternoon. the day Of
Bob's talk with Paul concerning her,
Mrs. gilbert sat before a luxurious log
fire In her own particular den. In a
Dor by her side wag an armful of roses,
which she was arranging In a huge
glass bowl. When the roses were be-
StoSyed to her satisfaction she reread
the note that had accompanied them,
smiling at some sentiment expressed
by the writer.
you poor, romantic boyP' she said
aloud Zone expects every minute that
your conversation and letters will
break into blank verse. l wish-I don't
know what L WISH" she concluded re-
sentfully. "But, whatever 1t is, it's
fairly certain that 1 can't have it. Just
as thought I had achieved content +
meet two men absolutely out of my
sphere, and the one stirs up the old,
uncertain longings, which he can't sat
tsfy, and the other stirs up the old
wicked recklessness that / had thought
dead forever" She sighed impatiently.
A half hour later she stood by the
window, her eyes mechanically follow
ing the figure of a man walking up the
street. When the pedestrian anne to
the Sanger entrance he turned in and
Nv WILL SNlIlY uStluSu StepS W.
ward the house. Then Eleanor recog-
nized him.
ooh" she gasped in establishment
and with a hint of dismay in her voice.
She hastily left the window. There
was a knock at the door, and the but
Jer entered.
"Mr. McAdoo to see you, madam"
SHOW Mt. McAdoo inta the ahra.g
hesitation. Sand I shall not be at
'.home the rest of the afternoon"
| why had Bob come to see Mrs. Gill
bert? Bob himself was trying to an
swer the same question. Blindly be
felt that one of his possessions was
threatened and that he must fight with
b woman for supremacy over Paul.
The portieres were parted and she
stood before him. Bob realized resent
fully that here was a very beautiful
woman, far more beautiful than either
kathleen Finn or Mrs. Dunmeade, the
only women of finer type he knew.
For the fraction Of a second while she
paused on the threshold there was the
game fencing Of glances with which
they had met in the theater-the adyer-
saries salute-then her eyes softened
to an amused CLEAN. While Bob stood
still she went over to him.
"Tve been trying to decide wheth-
er this Is a pleasant or unpleasant sur
prise" she smiled quizzically. (which
IL. it7r/ She held out her hand.
Bob looked at the outstretched hand
and shook his head coldly. The hand
was at once returned to her side.
you persist in the hostile attitude"
"Why not? Let US have no false
pretenses. l dislike you; you dislike