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the latter covered four sheets of paper,
and WIS signed Philip de Mountford.
Bar the actual story of the marriage
and all that. the letter was almost 1den-
tical to the first one which am from
st. Vincent. Mr.. Warren had opened it,
for it looked like a business one. and
he waited for me in his office TO ask
nay opinion about it. OF course we had
to give 1t to Uncle Rad. 1t had all the
old phrases in it about blood being
thicker than water, and about longing
for friendship and companionship. and
all that. There was no hint of threats
or demand for money or anything like
that"
"Of course not" she said. whilst
Lord Radcliffe is alive, the young man
has no claim"
"Only," he rejoined. that of kim
ship"
Lord Radcliffe need not do anything
for him"
Already there was a note of hostility
in Louisa's wen voice. The commons
place woman was donning armour
against the M a who talked of usurp-
ing the loved ones privileges.
Il wish" he insisted, that 1 could
have got the letter from Uncle Rad to
show you. 1t was so simple and so
sensible. All he asks is just To see
Uncle Rad personally, to feel that he
has kindred in the world. He knows.
he says. that, beyond good will, he has
| no claim now. AS a matter of fact. he
has something more substantial than
that. for Uncle Arthur had a little per
sonal property. about G1o,OO0. which
he left to us four children-jim and
Frank and Edie and me. and which 1
for one wouldn't touch if l knew for
certain that this Philip was his SON.
But" she argued, you say that the
man does not speak of money"
She hated the ak about money:
for h had all that contempt for 1T
| which women have who have never felt
the want of it. 1t WOULD have been so
| simple if the intruder had only wanted
money. She would not have cared a
little bit if Luke had none, or was not
going to have any. 1t was his right
questioned; his right in Lord Rad
clyffe's affections, in his household, and
also his rights i'm the future when Lord
Radcliffe would be gone.
You are sure" she insisted, that he
does not want money!"
Il don't Think he replied, that he
| does, just now. He seems to have a
little; he must have had a little. since
he came over from ST. Vincent and is
staying at a moderately good hotel in
London No. He wants to see Uncle
Rad, because he thinks that, III Uncle
Rad saw him, blood would cry out in
response. 1t appears that now he has
lodged all his papers of Identification
| with a London lawyer-a very good
firm. mind you-and he wants Uncle
RAIDS solicitor to see all the papers and
to examine them. That seems fair to
me, doesn't it to you?"
Very fair indeed" she unused.
What l mean" he added with great
conviction, sis that if those papers
weren't all right, he would't be so anx-
ious for Uncle RAIDS solicitors to have
a look at them. would he?"
NO"
And after awhile she reiterated more
emphatically:
Certainly not"
II must say" he concluded that the
whole thing simply beats me-"
But what does Lord Radclyffe a
now?"
Nothing"
How do you mean nothing"
Just what / say. He won't Talk
about the thing. He o discuss 1t.
He Won't answer any question which I
put to him. My dear boy. the nan Is
a palpable, impudent impostor, a black
mailer and that's all l can get out or
him.
He won't see the man?"
won't hear OF it."
"And won't he let his solicitor-Mr.
Dobson, isn't it?-meet the other law
yer?"
HE says he wouldn't dream of vast
ing old Dobson's time"
.Then what's going to happen?"
I don't see," he said, what is going
to happen"
Won't you have a talk about it all
with Mr.. Dobson, and see what he
says"
speaking it's one of my business-as
vet. couldn't consult Uncle RAIDS
lawyers, without Uncle RAIDS consent"
Another one then"
He shrugged his shoulders, obvious
" undecided what to do. He had
thought very little about himself or his
future in all his: his thoughts a
dwelt mostly on Lord Radclyffe-father.
mother, brother. sister to them all.
Bless him! And then he had thought
of her. He looked round him with eyes
that scarcely saw, for they really were
turned inward to his w simple soul.
and to his loving heart. Right up
against that very simplicity of soul. a
duty stood clear n uncompromising.
A duty yet to be performed, the real
aim and end of all that he had said so
far. But he did not know how best to
perform such a duty.
Simple souls-unlike the complex
psychological phenomena OF. modern
times-are apt to be selfiess. to think
more Of the feelings of others, than OF
%analyzing their own various sensations:
and Luke knew that what he consid-
cred his duty would not be quite 80
obvious to Louisa, and that by fulfilling
it he would give her pain.
CONTINUED Next week.)