The Washington herald., 1914-11-01

Don't repeat his mistake, Harvey.
Don't let q pretty face and faseinaf-
ing body bind you to a bad, seihsh
heart There are fine enough women
on the straight road, just as beauhful,
Just as passionate with the right man.
II only
He paused, looked at Harvey, who
, was looking everywhere but at the SEN
ator. He was searching the landscape
/ for Persis, and he was a. restless
among his own thoughts as the young
usually are when the. old are comment
ing on the helpIessness of life.
But TAFT did not notice Forbes mat
tention. Rummaging among the confu-
sions of his own griefs, he had come
should be the man to win Mildred away
I from her avocations back to the main
business of love?
He smiled. He felt like spologizing
/ to Mrs. Nef for stealing hint from
her Why should not old men engage
IN the pleasant chess game of MATCH
making, too9
The Idea was so exhilarating that L
almost leaped from his heart But be
was politician enough to realize that
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vance by premature publication
| He studied Forbes with admiring az.
| fiction. His heart went out to him as
to son, or, better Vet, a Son-in-law.
1 He put hand on Forbes shoulder to
claim him just as Forbes started with
sudden elation, just as light broke
forth in his eyes
Tait followed the line of Forbes
gaze and made out a man and a wom-
en- on horse back turning IN at the gate
marked Exit Only"
Forbes spoke. "Shan't we stroll
back to the clubhouse? Pm expected
there for luncheon"
%By all means" said Tan. "And !
want you to meet Mildred again" {
I'D love to-" said Forbes, absentIYg
He said nothing more, but strobe on
so rapidly down the steep slope that
TAFT had to take his arm for support
and to hold him back
You're visiting at the Enslees', Mrs
Neff tells me-" the old man painted
"Yes."
'WeIl. my boy, don't know who she
is, but / bet she isn't worth it-not if
she trails with the Enslee pack"
"Oh, but she is beautiful-and won
derfuL"
%You must be hit damned hard"
~Am"
And then, not needing the eonnota-
ton, he exclaimed, as Persis emerged
from the echpSing shrubbery:
There's only one woman can ride
like that"
TAFT stared again, and now he made
her out. Instantly, with the exultance
one feels over secret some one else
lets slip, he cried: "Oho, my boy, that's
the woman who keeps you herel Mrs
Neff limited at It, but / wouldn't be-
lieve it till had It from you" His
! gloating sank again to fatheriy solici-
tude as he pleaded earnestly: For
Gods sake, boy, don't love herl OF
all women don't love Persis Cabot u
She's the most heartless of them all
He was not the first man of cid that
was he the last that shall fail to bei
needed He tried another tack.
Il understand that Willie Enslee ex-,
poets to marry her"
She doesn't expect to marry him..
How do you know?"
"Oh, have my reasons for beheT-
ing that she doesn't love him"
Nobody ever accused her of that
but-well, does she think what Mrs.
Nef thinks-that you have money!"
Forbes did not answer except with
a blush. The Senator spared him any
pressure on that point. He said simply:
"Enslee has a lot of money-more
than her father has. In fact, her faith
er is in very bad plight"
Poor Persisr Forbes groaned.
Poor Persist
i There was such anguish in his tone
that the Senator gripped his arm and
murmured:
do you care so much for herr"
Forbes stopped short and stared into
the old mans eyes. "a man like me-
loves once, and loves hard. If l lost
her, my life wouldn't be worth the snap
of my finger" And he added in a
raucous voice, "Or the click of trig-
ger"
! The Senator leaned heavily on him
and closed his eyes IN a vince of pain.
He had heard his own dead son speak
J! just that way.
| When he opened his eyes he saw
that Forbes was smiling glowingly.
Look at her, Senatorl She's so
beautiful can't let Enslee have herl
Look at himl He's as afraid of his
horse as his horse is ashamed of him.
! What's he up to now? Rein him in,
| you fooll He'd drive a hobby horse
into Mysteries. And now he's sent Per-
sis horse IN the airl What's the mat
ter with him? Why doesn't he"
They crashed through the cedars and
rhodOdendrons, and plunged across the
lawn to the clear space of the golf links.
Forbes saw the demon look in the
white eyes of Persis' horse. He had
seen mustangs in that humor shake of
their tormentors and tear them wolf
ishly with their fangs.
Hes got the bit in his teethI" he
groaned Hell kill herI Ny Cod,
he'll kill herl She can't hold him I've
got to get him somehow"
He had a fierce impulse to meet the
horse, leap at him, catch him by the
bride and the nose and smother him to
standstill. But. TAFT had seen a po-
liceman killed trying to stop a horse
so, and he flung his arms about Forbes.
No, you won'tl" he gasped. you
can't stop himl ! won't let you risk
your Gfe-not for that woman"
Let me goi Let me gop Forbes
| pleaded, unwilling to use his strength
against the old man. But TAFT clung
to him, seized him anew as Forbes
wrenched his hand loose; fell to his
knees, but still held fast and was
dragged along, moaning:
My boy, / love you like a son. You