Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1913-05-28

George concluded that he must ac-
quire patience She was far too Loyal
10 run away without first giving him
warning. In the event Of her refus-
ing Mortimer's roof and protection. ne
knew what his plans would be. Some
one else could do the buying for Nor
timer & Jones; his business would be
10 revolyc round this lonely girl. TO
watch and guard her without her be
Ing aware OF it. OF what use were
riches IL he could not put them to
whatever use he chose? So he would
wait near her, to see that she came
! and went unmolested. till against that
time when she would recognize how
futile her efforts We're and how wide
and nigh the wall of the world was
That mother OF hersl To his mind
1t was positively unreal that one so
| charming and lovely should be at
heart strong as the wind and merci-
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 un-
Outstanding,
George did not possess that easy
and adjustable sophistry which made
Ryanne look upon smuggling as a
clever game between two cheats. His
point OF view conceded with For
tunes; 1t was thievery, more or less
condoned, but the ethics covering ii
were soundly established He had
come very near being culpable him
self True. he would not have been
guilty OF smuggling for profit: but
none the less he would have tried to
| cheat the government. His sin had
found him out; he had now neither
the rug nor his thousand pounds.
All these cogitations passed through
his mind disjointedly, as tho dinner
progressed toward its end They babe
Ackermann good-by and Godspeed. as
he was to leave early for Beirut, upon
: his way to Smyrna. Fortune went TO
bed: Ryanne sought the billiard
room and knocked about the balls;
while George asked the manager if
he could send a cable from the hotel.
! Certainly he could. 1t took some
time TO compose the cable to Morti-
mer; and it required some gold be-
sides Mortimer must have n fair view
OF the case; and George presented it.
requesting reply to be sent to Cooks
in Naples, where they expected to be
within ten days.
How much will this be-"
The porter got out his telegraph
book and studied the rates carefully.
Twelve pounds six. sir"
The porter greeted each sovereign
J with a Senufection. the lowest being
the twelfth. George pocketed the re-
ceipt and went in search OF Ryanne.
But that gentleman was no longer
in the billiard-room. Indeed. he had
| gone quietly to the other hotel and
written cable himself, the code of
which was not to be found in any
book. For long time he seemed to
be in doubt. for he folded and refold-
ed his message half dozen times be-
fore his actions became decisive He
tore 1t up and threw the scraps upon
the floor and fastened into the street.
AS If away from temptation He
walked fast and indirectly. smoking
innumerable cigarettes. He was fight
ing hard the evil in him AGAINST the
good. the chances of the future against
the irreclaimable past At The end of
an hour he returned to the strange no
tel. His lips We're pulled and bleed
ing. He had smoked so many ciga.
rettes and had pulled them so impa-
tiently from his mouth, that the dry
paper had cracked the delicate skin.
He rewrote his cable and paid for
the sending Of it. Then he poked
about the unfamiliar corridors till ne
found the dingy bar. He sat down be-
fore n peg Of whisky. which was fol
lowed by many more, each bit sitter
than it's predecessor At last. when
he had had enough 10 put a normal
mans head upon the table or 70 cover
his face with the mask OF inanity.
Ryanne fell into the old habit OF talk
ing aloud
Horace, old top, what's the use!
We'd just like 10 be good n we could.
eh2 But they won't let MS We'd
grow raying mad I'm a monastery. We
were honest at the time. but We
couldn't stand the monotony Of watch.
ing green olives turn purple upon the
slvery bough. Nay, nay"
He pushed the glass away from him
and studied the r-bubbles as they
formed. rose 70 the surface. and were
dissipated
"No matter what the game has
been. somehow or other they've
Dashed us. and we've lost ont"
He emptied the glass and ordered
another lie and the bartender we're
alone.
After all. love IS Ike money is