The Washington times., 1913-08-12
CHAPTER III.
For Ariadne'S Sake.

For Ariadne's Sake.
HE young men and young women
of Virginia were eager for war
with the United States. Older
men like Judge Lewis and 9TH
ers, who had seen war, thought differ
entity There were also a few young
men like Grafton who were familiar
with the state Of feeling in the North,
who realized that the struggle was not
to be that holiday excursion, that mere
military promenade by the Southern
armies, which those less well-informed
fancied would take place. Consequently
the younger man shared the ole man S
sadness as they together watched the
falling flag. Blood was 10 be poured
out like water, money was to be spent
without stint, all that heroic courage,
entire conservation, absolute devotion,
coupled with talent and ability of the
highest order, could do would be done
TO keep up that flag. Men and women.
grandsires and matrOns, youths and
maidens, were to live to serve it and
love TO die for it-in vain. In the end
it was to fail softly upon the grass Of
the war-blasted land-its pall-and re-
main only a deathless memory in South
ern hearts.
There was no premOnition of that
then. Believing fondly as they did in
the justice of their cause and convinced
that right must and would prevail, they
had no doubt that as surely as men in
the end must observe the law, so in the
end the might of God, acting through
the power Of man. would enable them
TO achieve their desires.
With the setting of the sun a breeze
sprang sharply from the river. There
was a little chill touch in its breath
across the steel-gray waters. They must
take the old man in. AS he looked upon
him Grafton realized how tenuous was
his hold on life. In the twilight, with
the glow Of the sun of his face and
the surprise and excitement of Philip $
arrival gone, he looked very old, vast
ed and broken. a great tenderness
filled the heart of the young man, not
only for the old friend of his boyhood,
but for Ariadne. Hers was beauty
that required light at that stage of its
developmt In the half-shadow she
seemed thinner, frazier, softer, than be-
1ore-as il, wTaitn-Hke. she would van
ish away.
They were alone on the porch, in the
ancient family Of Lewis was reduced TO
AriadHe. ana the equally old race OF
Grafton to Philip one Of those slender
blood connections Of which the south
makes much existed between the TWO
families Philips grandfather had
been an uncle 10 The judges wife He
and Ariadu., therefore, were cousins
Very far removed. Grafton had small
plantation, Braeside, adjoining Vale
Wis, opposite South Acres, the Dyiett
sHTr.r.= I.as nj FrHE
Oakley, had JUS, taken bride, Grafton
had never lived on the place, however.
Ever since his father died, DequeathlnS
him 10 the Judge, he had been an IN
mate Of NalleWls. He Was d small DoE
of seven Wien ArIadnC was born, and
he knew tie whole history Of her life,
therefore: simple, un0Cent, uneventful
story 1t was, holding absolutely no
promise Of its dramatic future.
PFIip Vas very tOEd Of Arladne. or
9 long time she had held undlsputed
the rrst place in his heart, but Wlthln
tie last two Years. at least since ne
nd met Kathleen kirkwoOd. Ar adne
haI taken second place. Philip, indeed.
lo.,d her bG; his aftecIUuO was That OF
4 brother for "a y0uugC. sister. On her
part Arladne had always loved Philip.
lie represented To- her the beau IDEAL OF
everything in humanity. in masculine
humanity. that j.. II Was uJt childish
heart that beat beneath that imna-
t're breast. but in II were latent and
las, cut tho fires of a Womau's passion.
She dreamed OF Him She stared long
a. his picture She treasured his let
r"rE. IT was Al. Childlike and innocent
now, but unless il were checked some
oa- il would overwhelu hel. Tho cur
rent Of her being was like a waveriug
dc. but when II should settle IT would
- with the force Of flooding sea to-
ward him. and. unlike the Tide. Their
would be no ,Jb to thd; mighty fOW.
Philip was entirely unconscious OF
iris feeling on the part Of Ariadne His
Leart had been heavy within h IN all
the va from Pennsylvania He saW
Kathleen kirkwoOd stil Ola his sOui's
b, riZOu. In tine separation which. Ike
distance 20 the view. sometime lends
CnCha ntm"nt to tho TeColleCt on. her
b, au'y Wa. enhanced. her charm in
',IsIncd wGi!c With each recediHg mile
tn. sting Of L.r bitter words lost force.
SHe could NOT mean what sH@ had said 6;
tat laS- cruel decision should not stand
q the hDa! one between them. Yet his
hope Vas hUt n taiHt one. He had en-
listed in R.ChmOud tnat morn .ug in q
mood cuii of desperation He would
have enlisted IN any event. Of course
h1r not In that way. He had felt that
H., had nothing left TO love but Virginia :
As ~ now that Kathleen had sent him
or the sooner he laid down his life FOR
d s land the better: but as he stood on
The gallery beside the feeble old man
there came across him suddenly, with
tine force Of blow. that the Judge S
time was over and that he must live for
4 riadne
They carried the judge into the house
and laid him upon his couch in the
library. He did not wish TO be taken to
his chamber. He would die among his
books with his wifes face above him
and the world in view through the open
window by his side. He had grown sud
denly weaker. Grafton. who had not
seen him in one of these attacks Of
faintness, was greatly alarmed, and
even Ariadne. 10 whom use had made
them not so appalling. was filled with
dismay. The judge did not respond to
the remedies they administered, and JEFF
was sent gallopin" in hot haste for a
physician The old man realized what