The Detroit times., 1914-01-14
CHAP TER III.
An Intruder.

Yes, Sir David"
Hurst waited until the man had car
ried out his orders before he touched
he envelope lying on the table. With
a reasonless uuickening OF the pulses
ne had recognized the lndisn stamp
and the strong, somewhat angular
writing and he hegitated. His hesita-
ton was also something that he could
not analyze. Like man awakening
rom some dream. he shraRk in
Voluntarily from the first touch OF
reality. He glanced across at his
wife She was seated by the fire. a
picturesque figure in her richly EN-
broidered sevi, her dark head thrown
back against the high back of the
leather chair. her thoughtful eyes
bright with the recent tears. She
seemed 10 feel his gaze. for she turned
little. smiling gravely.
1T Is from her she said in her
quaint foreign way. and the certainty
OF her tone startled him.
He knew to whom the pronoun re-
lerred For in her memory there was
blit one woman and she the one VINO
in those days of suspense, when Sar-
swat had lain hidden In the profes-
sors bungalow, had stood by her with
wisdom and a fiery devotion defying-
though this Sarasvati did not know
he wrathfri protest OF her father and
mother anu the Indignation OF all kol'
una
Yes, IL is from Diana Chichester.
Hurst said. and opened the letter. The
first line vas cart and typical OF the
writer
Thank YOU for your last long let
ter" Diana had written IN good
natured irony. Going by the adase
that no news is good news, | suppose
ought 20 be we'll content, but I'M
fortunately | have heard rumors from
other quarters which make me DOUBT
.ul confess that the rumors ala not
exactly fly TO me unsought | nave
1een making Inquiries. The professor
tho is al present engaged IN discov-
ring some deer-laid plot that Is go
.ng TO blow ms out Of India, was worse
than useless All he seemed 20 know
vas that Jour khsltsh translation or
he book which he compiled with you
Aas been tremer dous success in the
anthropological world. which means.
gnppose, no royalties. Father Rom
suit OF a stone thrown by one OF Mr.
..liot's most ardent followers and
consequently was not &c 5e interview
ed. Your mother and ! are only on
bewing terms, 30 that source or in
formation vas closeu and was on the
point OF writing TO you myself when
behold no other than Dick Hatherway
came 10 the rescue II seems he has
a friend in your neighborhood, ana
mat friend supplied him and me III
one long letter with all detaiis-each
detail marked as an exclamation.
Well, David. yoG are going your
own way with a vengeance. From all
accounts you have-fguratively speak
ing blackat the parsons eye and
Kicked the squire downstairs. NOT
nave you been seen once In church
beg your pardon. | remember thal
YOU have gene over as mother calls
H. but this Is fact OF which Steepie
Hampton g still happily ignorant All
mis- is v,ry commendable, David, ana
hows ch1racter-- an article when
this progressive generation seems 10
find difficulty in supplying, but | won
der &c YOU are not going too FAR?
mt II to YOU timdly-as one who mas
no right, save that OF respect, to IN
terfere. What does that old sir David
Hurst. hanging over your library man
,elpiece, think about II? After all
YOU have to consider him little-and,
even IL you didn't, there is another
,oint Of view Wasn't ii Milton you
talked about 'cloistered virtue with
some disapproval? At any rate, what
ever Milton did. | despise clolstereu
anything-especiall courage. YOU
nave been very brave--brayer than
any man | know-and | think II Is
pity for you to go and sit down De'
mind your castle walls and rest on
your laurels 1t looks dangerously as
though you were enjoying the dement's
OF fluke,' and. as know 1t wasn't
a nuke. | should like you to go out
again into the world and DEFY a lew
more OF these fat aldermen-preJu-
dice &c Co. Wont you? think you
viii when the occasion comes. Ana
Dig men always nuke the occasion.
$50 much for my chief reason Tor
writing. AS for my own anairs--ii
they interest you--there Is not mucn
10 relate. am getting rather weary
Of froth and frothy people. | know
they are all very brave and good at
he bottom and that. If anything dread
ful happened. they would prove the
heroes and heroines they really are
but this fact does not prevent them
s,m being demoralizingly SUPERFICIAL.
know this sounds priggish ana
superior. but II were really superior
should not mind KS It is. feel my
self too much OF feather not To
realize that 1t Is high time found
something better to do than dancing
into the small hours OF the morning.
Mother, OF course, agrees and dis
agrees alternately as the mood takes
her. She Is getting up some thea
iricals and consequently is In excel
lent health.
Mrs. Hurst does not look we'll, but
she refuses to go either to the hills
Or home. I'm afraid the death OF her
brother and his son-besides other
things--has made more difference
than one would have thought possible
IN a woman OF her character. The fam.
ily was her fetish and now suppose
she thinks II broken beyond repair.
IL | wanted TO be trite 7 should say
that we make our life unnecessarily
cruel for ourselves and others with
our preiudices The Judge looks des-
perately Ill and Is not SO cheerful as
OF old, but he clings heroically To his
part-wnatever that may he. y
And now you have all my news in
a nutshell Write to me and tell me
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