The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-31
lContinned from yegterday.l.


Anthony went home WIN his head in
the clouds, All his doubts were now Mt
rest; for while Chiquita had stubbornly
denied him all encouragement. he felt
sure that her heart had answered. It
was In the highest spirits, therefore.
that he opened letter he found await
ing him and read as follows:
Dear KIrk-I hope you are heartily sick
OF yourself and ready to do soKething
decent for a change. knowing your aris-
tocratic habits as do. realize you must
owe lot Of money by this time. ana
your now friends must be getting tlreu Oh
you have been expecting you to draw
on me daily and am taking this occasion
to warn you in your own e9epenstvely &C
quired college English that there IS NOM
ing dolng''-except upon one condltion,
you will agree to behave yourself In fu-
ture will pay your debts. send you vest
and give you a Job as operator at $40
month"; But you will go where send YOU
and you VIII stay where you are put /!
will do the thinking for both OF US and
Judge of your associates, Maybe II you
prove to be any good at all viii arrange
with the police toilet you spend your va
cations in that dear New York whlch
still shows signs of your red paint brush
would be pleased TO have an apology by
return mail, so that may meet you IN
New Orleans and start you of once more
on the road to decency and self respect
suit am always ready to do my duty.
This is my last offer, and II you refuse
you may distinctly and definitely go TO
the devil. AS ever your loving father.
DARWIN x. ANTHONY.
p ST. can get good operators for $50 a
month. The extra so is pure sentiment
spurred by his present exhilaration.
Kirk wrote an answer, which he re:ld
with good deal of satisfaction before
sealing it up:
+ Dear Rad-You affectionate letter with
the kind 1ffer to take charge OF a siding
out in the 0alsotas is at hand. would
like to help you along with your business
but Upward and Onward" is my motto,
and you'll have to raise that salary, bit
Il am drawing S225 month at present.
quarters furnished and promotion prom
ised. have made some good investments,
and there are no debts to settle. 1nclosed
find my last bank tatement. which viii
doubtless prove a great disappointment 70
you.
II you need a good master of transpor-
tation would be pleased to consider an
offer at any time. provided the SALARY is
satisfactory, but your proposal to edit my
acquaintance is out of the question. MY
decency and self respect are doing We'll
thank you, and like the climate.
The salary would have to be about 5000
a year. AS always your devoted and obe-
dent son, NRh
P. ST. would not care to locate farther
west than Buffalo. My wife might not
like 1t.
Kirk lost no time in calling at the
bank, but was disappointed to learn
that Senior Andres Garavel Ind left
the city for an unexpected business
tour of the provinces and would not
return for at least two weeks
In the days that followed he saw
nothing of Gertrudis. but great deal
o T-.I;4E, Che bo1
her promise of getting him good
horse-something rare in this country
and he was grateful for the exercise.
his indoor toll Soon their old friendly
intercourse was going on as if it had
never been Interrupted.
s AS for Edith. this setnipubIic In
Hmacy came to be quite as much
pain as a pleasure to her. During
these past few weeks she had been
plunged in mental turmoil. the signs
Of which she had concealed with diff
Guilty. She had fought with herself:
she had tried to reason; she had mar
shaled her pride. but all in win. At
last she awoke to the terrifying GER
tainty that she was in love with Kirk.
She began to look upon her husband
with a quickened curiosity, and found
him a stranger For years she had
made allowance for his Weaknesses.
ignoring them as she ignored his viz
tues. but never before had he appeared
so colorless. so insignificant. above all
so alien. She had barely tolerated him
hitherto. but now she began to de-
spise him.
If Cortlandt was aware of her change
of feeling and it's cause, his method
of dealing with her showed some keen
ness. Silent contempt was what she
could least endure from him of all
men; yet this VAS just what his mnn-
ner toward her expressed-if 1t ex-
pressed anything.
Even IL he tliI suspect. whit thcf:
Ii WAS no affair of his: shr was her
own mistress. She had given him all
he possessed, she had made man of
him. He was her creature, and had
no rights beyond what she chose to
give. They saw less and less of each
other. Only before others. or at their
frequent political councils. We're they
quite the same as they had been.
OF Anthony. on the other hand, she
arranged to see more than ever. latter
ing him by new Difference in her
manner. mixing him feel always ut
ease with her. In their frequent rides
they covered most of the roads about
the city, even to the ruins of old PAN
anna. Then they began to explore the
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