Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-03-27

that be loved her: ais Cuixotic sense
OF chivalry was too strong 20 permit
this step. urge a. his heart might
unon n. she might nisinterpret his
love as born OF pity. and that would
be the end Of everything lie vas con.
hdent now that Ryanne meant moth
lrg 20 her. Her lack Of enthusiasm.
whenever Ryanne spoke 20 her IN /
these days; the peculiar horizortality !
II her lips and brows. Whenever Ry. /
anne offered triHsng courtegy-an |
pointed 90 distrusl George felt q
guilty gladness. After all. WIZ
shouldn't she distrust Ryennef
George concluded that he must 40
Cuire patience She was far too loyal
20 run away without arst giving him
warning. In the event OF her refus-
ing Mortimcrs roof and protection. he
knew what his plans would DC. Some
one else could do the buying for Nor
timer & Jones: his business would be
TO revolve round this lonely girl. 20
watch and guard her without her be-
ing aware OF t. or what use were
riches II he could not put them to
whatever use he chose? so ne would
wait near her. 90 see that she came
and went unuolested. I'll against that
time when she would recognise how
futile her efforts we're and how wide
and high the wall OF the world was
That mother OF hcrsi To his mind
Il was positively unreal that one 80
charming and lovely should be at
heart strong as the wind and mcrci.
less as the sea. His mother had been
everything; hers. worse than none,
an eternal question. What a drama
she had moved about IN. without an
derstanding!
George did not possess that easy
and adjustable sophistry which made
Ryanne look upon smuggling as q
clever game between two cheats. Hi
/. point OF view conceded with For
/, tunes; II was thievery. more or resi-
. condoned. but the ethics covering q
were soundly established. He IA,
come very near being culpahle him
self. True. he would not have bee
guilty OF smuggling for profit: bu
3 none the less he would have tried @
cheat the government HIS sin ha
q found him out: he had now nelths
u the rug nor his thousand pounds.
- All these cogitations passed throug
- HIS mind. disiointediy as tho dinns
progressed toward It's end. They bad
~ Ackermann good-by and Codspeed. q
OF ne was TO leave early for Beirut. upc
o- his way 20 smyrna. Fortune went
AZ bed: Ryanne sought the billar
room and knocked about the ball
be while George asked the manager
be- he could send a cable from the hot
er Certainly he could. Il took sor
ng time to compose the cable 20 Nor
mers and &c required some gold I
III sides. Mortimer must have fair vi.
"a. u the case; and George presented
I'M requesting a reply 20 be sent 20 Cool
'as In Naples. where they expected 20
ST. within ten days.
.ck 'How much VII this be1-
sat The porter got out his teiegral
TED book and studied the rates careful
ks. Twelve pounds six. sir"
)of. The porter greeted each soverei
vas with a genuhection. the lowest be-
ed. the twelfth. George pocketed the
sss, ceipt and went In search OF Ryan
ick, But that gentleman was no lon
nd. IN the bllliard-room. Indeed. he |
ach gone quietly 20 the other hotel
gh- written a cable himself. the code
which was not 20 be found Ia
Ry. book. For a long time he seemed
tho be in doubt. for ne folded and ref
ieat ed his message half dozen times
tho fore his actions became decisive.
fiat. tore Il up and threw the scrSps u
rare the floor and FASTENED into the str
he as II away from temptation.
OF walked fast and indirectly. smol
ath- innumerabis cigarettes. He was d
ony. ing hard. the evil IA him against
sper good. the chances OF the future aga
tsrs tho irreciaimable past. At the en-
, 20 an hour he returned 10 the strange
sad tel. His lips were pulled and bl
,uch ing, He had smoked so many I
thy. rettes and had pulled them SO n
Z ali tientiy from his mouth. that the
How paper had cracked the delicate I
muir. He rewroto his cable and paid
had the sending OF II. Then he d
heck about the unfamiliar corridors tfi
I he found the dingy bar. he sat dowr
rent fore a peg OF whisky. which was
atom lowed by many more. each bit 81
oxen than its predecessor. At last. y
'ould he had had enough TO put = no
lons mans head upon the table or 20 c
and his face with the mask OF ina
, he Ryanns fen into the OLD habit Of
mat. Ing aloud.
her Horace. old TOP. what's the