The searchlight., 1912-11-01

from . pasha at Bagdad. Jones meet
MAJOR Callahan and later u introduced b
Fortune chsdsoys By . woman to WHOM
Ne had loaned 10 pounds At Monte Carl
como months prsviously. and who turn
out - b Fortunes mother.
CHAPTER v-(contlnusd.)
'wellf" said Mrs. Chedsoye, . Quis
sical smile slanting her lips.
You wish my opinionf" countsred
the daughter. He 10 shy, but he d
neither stupid nor silly; and when he
smiles he 10 really good.looking."
MY child" replied the woman
drawing on her gloves and examining
her shapely hands, II have looked In
to the very heart Of that young man
A thousand years ago. q red-cross on
his surtout. he would have been beat
ing his nsts against the walls Of
jerusalem: nve hundred years later.
he would have been singing chant.
royales under lattice-windows; . %
ladin and q poet"
How do you know thati DID he
make love 70 your"
NO; but I made love to him with.
out his knowing It; and that was
more to my purpose than having him
make love to me-" enigmatically.
Three days, and he was 20 guileless
that he never asked my name. But
In Monte Carlo. a. you know. one asks
only your bankers name"
And your purposef"
1T Is still mine. dear. Do you real
ise that We haven't seen each other
IN four months. and that you haven't
offered to kiss me
did he 90 away without writing to
you about that money!"
Mrs. Chedsoye calmly plucked out
the inturned fingers Of her gloves. Il
believe I did receive q note inclosing
his bankers address, but. unfortu-
nately. in the confusion of returning
to Paris. lost It. My memory has
always been trial to me-" sadly.
"Since when?" coldly. There 10 not
. woman living with keener memory
than yours"
you fatter me. In affairs that In
tsrest me. perhaps"
You never meant to pay him. II
d horrible"
MY dear Fortune, how you Jump at
conclusions! Did I not offer him a
draft the very first thing?"
Knowing that at such a moment he
could not possibly accept it?" de-
rtsively. Sometimes I hate you!"
In these days filial devotion is a
lost art"
mo. no; It is a flower parents have
ceased to cultivate"
And there was In the tone q
strained note which described an in
tense longing to be loved. For II
George Percival Algernon Jones was
. lonely young man. II was the result
Of his own blindness; whereas Fortune
Chedsoye turned hither and thither In
search Of that which she never could
dnd. The wide Lybian desert held
upon It's face loneliness. a desolation,
less mournful than that which reigned
within her heart.
Hush! We are growing sentiment.
a." warned the mother. Besides, I
believe We are attracting attention"
Her glance swept q half-circle COM
placently.
Pardon mel should be sorry to
draw attention to you. knowing how
you abhor It."
my child. learn from me; temper il
the arch-enemy Of smooth complex
Ions. Jones-it makes you laugh"
IT II q homely, honest name"
Il grant that. But Percival Alger-
non Jones!" Mrs. Chedsoye laughed
softly. II was one of those pleasant
sounds that caused persons within
hearing to wait for 1t to occur again.
~Come; let US 60 up to the room. II
u dull. dusty journey In from Port
Said"
Alone. Fortune was certain that for
her mother her heart knew nothing |
but hate. Neglect. Indifference. in
Justice. Misunderstanding. the chill
rspellence that always met the least |
outreaching Of the child's affections, |
the unaccountable disappearance.
the terror Of the unknown. the blank |
Wall OF Ignorance behind which abe
vas always kept. upon these hate had
builded her dark and brooding r.
treat Yet. never did the mother come
within the radius Of her sight that abe
did not fall under the spell Of
strange fascination. enchanting, nSht
against II how abe might. A kindly
touch Of the hand. . single mother.
smils. and she would have fung her
Arms about the other woman's neck.
But the touch and the mothar.amil>
never came. She knew. she under.
stood: she wasn't wanted. she hadn't
been wanted In the beginning; 20 her
mother she vas a. the young oe sni,
nals. Interesting only up to that time
whsn they could stand alone. That
he mother never made and held
feminine frisndships vas IN noviss
Beauty and charm, such
y abe possessed. served immsdiatsly
% stimulate envy IN other vomsn's
laartA And tAat men e an stations ]