The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-25

u-sS xsrv .orrv to have Carthew propose himself
At Just this time. He couldn't possibly have al,
II mon a mora unsuitable sesscnr-not IL he'd tried
ever so-for after failures and much
asvcuscy had got MARY and her father down at last
ana bad uproo,ea an eAaeTy aunt rom ner ga .s
close IN Beth play ecasque with Lord Mendham IN ens
evening dinner.
explained the matter to Mary. ia tagged for
,.r+sew at Es,or hundred been fnsei@$ane
,n, h,, later at Kings shared chambers with him In
Ix,don and then years when he set out upon
his wancernrs him altogether save for "Ree' ne"
again -,
his late usshap only days old sire herself had
rcaS Of an pape-sthe robbery or attempt al ro
,~~-v In TIE nat rad taken in town hard upon ms
rsen 20 Engiandeae petite exchange OF bullets "hlen
sAa ssd~. death Of enc OF the intTdeTs er0S
man oacy enough Malay or something OF me s'F" anu
8 .ssat wound 10 Carthew himself
sor putting thu chap OF out MARY woman
aesr OF a. -
~.-s -aaytn aoou; nicely tosetheri-sut you cant
pcx.sey esi TIRE POOR tas ths time II ever he
n~essd s friend 20 now. Think how Sex he
-nuss - over slsAs dreadful AFFAIR OF last week
So with a heavy and tn~o cordial spirit sent
wire 20 tAe old friend i hadn't seen for ten
years Immediately had one in return to saS
THAT ne arrive tire next Afternoon
found ,vssit in the vsry beginning disappointed in
ea~hsx a4e wa~u'. az al tire lad had known ten
y..rs eecs bat aao,har a1toxether-a man didn't
krssv~ and didn't very match want TO know
For ere tinx re was before and his face
had turned rather hard and ntter AND oh- well
whAss rtdlinx about with physical terms II
srtraphyssca,. the thing that made another man
O, carth~w-sornetainE can't describe And yet II
. Sancfa person think should say that my OF"
friend looked haunted
wonder /, that 10 my &nventicn~that haunted
-or IL ! got IT Mary. fer i remember that abe
,aa sornsshsrg the her tsacnp hard upon
csrrhsws arrtval-he late in the afternoon
Mary sasa
-'Hes suffering horribly. think else he has
suffered. al the poor mans eyes, Henry They're
afraid; they're haunted by something What do you
suppose has happened TO himr
OF rourse ia no idea couldn't well ask
You can't. you kno~-not of Old friend-eut
very C4rfh4w and rather gao ! ma let
hin, come tried TO feel glad Owe me
. little credit for that!
1t seemed going TO be . sort
Of skeleton saiKns rnidst-a versta6ia deaths
= fsas, land death's-head to any own par
tcaiar private indeed wash bat at dinner that
he seemed to take himself hard In hand i"
determined effort talked great deal. asked In
tenigently enough about Lord Msndham's butterflies
made court" to elderly aunt WHO oashea ana
brsdled under II. and presently discovered common
ground with Mary with hin>. In that he
had been great among South Pacific islands
where couple OF years back. Mary had spent some
eutterytng with her father-it was shortly AFTER
Lady Mendhar's death.
They tel, talking / don't know how or why, about
that famous-or should say 'nfamous7~sreas pearl
the Harvest Moon, which many appalling yarns
and disaster and hloodshed have been at
tached. and wsich called in print the
ecogrxe Pacific"
Mary had OF course heard all during her
xtay scuth OF the Line and had swallowed them with
that ready easerness toward anything mar
repeated OF the choicest of the stories
my tho point of hystera, and my
Carthew poohpoohed the supernatural character
commonly ascribed the Harvest Moon with what
seemed unnecessary violence tbut then he han
grown I found, dogmanc with the years and
his somewhat primtive)- He held. with doubt
reason the plain value OF Huch
q germ was ysrodgsous enough surround it with
record thievery without putting
you the strain OF a supernatural argument
III should the Harvest Moon as a scarf
pin tomorrow" said he. would all want to murder
II, i say Old Henry here would Try
wouldn't that the Harvest Moon had any
thing uncAnpy 1t, would just mean that the
thsng beautiful the most valuable pearl
world"
gave = Hear! heart to that, for I've small
patience spookery Mary wouldn't be convinced
1.-THE Harvest Moon" she maintained. is more than
the pearl In the world What is the sec
end beautiful pearl? Has II record OF misfor-
tuna wrecked lives and bloodshed ana
murder 3slst a OF the Harvest Moons record?
Not all I saw the Harvest Moon, out I've
talked to or people who have-two or three
OF the few people who have seen 1t and lved-and
know"