The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-23


inn Il mcnta. Each one as h. was de-
rnsiicd hy the painting commission
ua.r,s seemed to MIR. Traverse another
stone dumped on the grave of his happy
rns,. another cable binding him to the
r,ripai,,lc existence Of the present.
Tb,r,. had been only six at the start
when IA, flmi,y-that is, Mrs. Traverse
and Mis- Cecilia Finders Traverse-had
sailed from the Sew York pier To
these h1d been gathered the rest ike
tn, rolling bail Of snow.
The two Indies had not returned TO
their native land S.uoc that winter day
hut 'papa." pleading business necessl-
ties from I'm" 90 time, had made furtiNe
cxcurs.urs across the Atlantic to the
shores # the skyscrapcrs and deals
ON thos, occasions he had fingered In
his Old hunts az .ong as a strong sense
# dom, site priv .logc ana obligation had
Permitted. then with tagging feet had
returned tu the ever moving hearth
sturc. Unfortunately, as he had come
privately iu feel. the Traverse share OF
the national prosperity Mas 50 large,
go .ul. % ,'s uld solid that there could
be- no cNru-, for his rcmiining perma-
n.u'y in his native land: his goods
were all where they could not he stolen,
whore 'hry must =" ON earning divi-
t,uJ. and multiplying.
This time tho family had emerged
from spain from l.skra-they had read
The Garden If Allah"-from Alexan-
dria. whore four months before he had
Joined them for the Nile trip. As he
drew forth from his cigar case a crisp
Book md reflected for the fifth time
that day how inferior the European
variety of cigar is to its American
brother he wondered vaguely whether
he could invent sufficiently plausible
,<,us. 10 escape To New York before
the holidays.
The stock market looked "Spotty" and
u bank Ia which he was interested was
about 10 swallow another hank in which
he was also interested. But the only
stocks that he owned were too sound to
develop any spots, and when the banks
had swallowed each other the only ef
feet would he to double the dividends
that he was now drawing, He sighed.
Mr. Gorton Traverse was a heavy.
sallow man. with a great shock 81 gray
hair. and had the ponderous manner
that is "A business asset The opera
tions Of his mind were slow and sure
footed. he never made mistakes-in in
vestments.
Mrs. Traverse, who had been in the
new motor for preliminary recon-
naissance with the dressmaker. entered
at this moment. with a rustic of under
wear, n dangling of chains and wav-
Ing Of plumcs. Behind her came Cecilia,
taller and slenderer than her mother.
with a lesser rustic of appurtenances.
80 the trunks have come at last"
Mrs. Traverse exclaimed in a gratified
tone.
II should say tthey had" Gorton
Traverse grunted. Tell that fellow to
wait with the car, will you, Liddy?
! want him to take me TO the bank"
II was his custom to defer any or
ders to the servants until his wife or
daughter could translate them into
suitable French, Italian or German, as
the case might be. He had had several
reErettahle experiences in giving un-
Ineligible commands to foreign ears.
Are you going TO the bank again
to-day" Mrs. Traverse inquired
severely.
"Yes-thcre's trouble in the market
over there. I want to see the latest
cables"
"Ohi"
81 may find that I must run across,
Liddy," he yentured.
Mrs Traverse eyed him in cold ST.
lcnCc. but having gone thus far he
added boldly:
ITS hard for a man to attend to his
business thousands of miles away"
"Huslucss'" his wife shifted. she
was aware Of the impregnabllty Of the
Traverse fortune. why go back To-
that topic. Gorton?" she demanded
severely. you know why il has to
be"
Just because a young fellow wants
to marry girl, to he kept out Of your
home for two years and more" he
Erumhled openly, seeing that Cecilia
had departed to give his order to the
chauffeur.
"Rathrr because Cecilia was quite
willing to marry the young man." his
wife corrected. you forget. Gorton.
that We left only just In time to pre-
vent an awful scandal" She shud-
dered
far as can see" Traverse replied
morosely.
"Not exactly; the difference Is
Europe"
"Oh, well, how long is it going on,
I want to knoN, I should think two
years was long enough to fix matter
of that sort"
Every time that the family resettled
Itself Mrs. Traverse had to undergo
scene of this nature. II came with en-
gaging new servants, with "A change Of
habits or food. She had met this in
Cipleut rebellion the previous spring