New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-26

asset" Thomas Starcd BraVcy az ITO -"
IA humoristl' cried Killigrew, as if he had
discovered a dodo. g..
aRealy. no. am typically English, Sir.
Rnt Thomas was smiling this time. and
when he smiled Kitty found him very a'.
tr,cfive She was leaning on her elbow
her folded hands propping her chm ana Do
he eom Thomas knew that she was looking
~ him with those boring. critical blue eyes
of hers WHY was she always looking az him
like thati "Gt is notorious that we Eng.
are dull and stupid, he said.
aNow YOU are making fun Of u.s., sa'i
Kitty seriously.
81 beg your PARDON
She droppcd her hands from under d..
chin and laughed "Do you really wish ~.
know the real secret Of our antagonist, MI
Wcbbi'
81 should be very glad.
aWcn. then. we each Of us wear "a chip pr
DIR shoulder. simply because we F' uefe'
taken the trouble 10 know each other wei
Most English we Americans meet are SUPP
and caddish and unintcresfing. and mp
II the Americans you sec are bDas'iu., ID"
talking. and money mad. our mu'ua. B..
prcssions are wholly wrong 20 begin "i.
II have no chip on rny shoulder, Thorn.
rcfutcd eagerly.
"Ncithcr have ]. -
eBut have laughed her father
eat Englshmcn for breakfast, ic-i'-iia
style
LOW democratic indeed these kindly
IL unprctcntious people were. thonR
Thomas. A mutimi.liOnairc a. amiaD'e m
a clerk: a daughter who would have graccI
any court in Europe with her charm and
ehn beauty Up 10 month ago he held aI
Americans m tolerant contempt. j. was
Kitty said, the real Engllshman and tne
real American seldom met.
He did not realize rs yet that his position
IN this house was unique. In England aJ
great merchants and statesmen and noble
had one or more private 5ccrctaucs apoH.
He believed o. ~ be a matter Of course t.l'
Americans followed the same custom. DC
would have been wonderfully astonHncd 'c
learn that I'm All this mighty, throbDing aiJ
Of millions people and money there mifa.
be less than q bakers dozen who occupied
simultaneously the positions Of private ,ec.
rotary and friend Of the family kii.iGre"
had his private secretary. but this man
rarely saw the inside of the Killigrcw home
r. wasn't at all necessary that he should
Kilngrcw was q sensible man: his busincss
hours began when he left home, and ended
when he entered it.
80 you happen % know any kar's ~
DuLcs,7 asked Kiiligrcw finally, folding bis
napkin. &C.,
Really. no. I have moved in q very dit.
ferent orbit. know many Of them by ,gat.
however He did not think u vital 20 aid
that he had often sold them collars and Sis
pcndcr5.
The butler and the second man pulled
back the womcn's chairs kiligrcW hurried
away 10 his offices; Kitty and her mother
went upstairs; and Thomas returned 20 a,s
desk in the library He was being watched
by Kitty. Nothing overt, nothing tangible
vet ne scnsed IL, from the first day he bad
entered this house II oppressed him Ike
prcsage Of disaster. Back Of his chair there
was a fireplace; above this q mirror. Once
lit was but Yesterday when with ms back
20 the desk. dav dreaming, he had seen her
in the mirror. She stood in the DOORWAY.
hand resting Lightly against the porrcre
There was no smile on her face. The mo-
ment ne stirred. she vanished.
Watched. Why'
CHAPTER XI