The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-01-15

"Enough 20 see You safely Decorated
With 'the iulal inKlalsv She returned
saily. How areN thing, progressing.
payld?"
I'm tell you as we drive along
He helped her mp into her seat and
took the rcins from the waiting
groom.
When did YOU get my telegram?
he asked.
Yesterday evening. ! performed
mental wardance OF triumph when
heard that You had really entered the
lists az last I came straight here"
ne glanced sidcWise % her deter.
mined profile Her erect carriage and
the energetic tilt OF her finely mold
ed chin concealed % some extent the
lines OF WEAKNESS that had crept
about the eyes and mouth
'Nou mean-you came straight here
without seeing q sOul?'
Not 50 much as an aunt or
cousin. There is a whole clan OF Chi
Chesters herded together somewhere
In Cheltenham who are at the present
moment considering what Ineligible
~person may possibly have eloped
with II will give them something 10
talk about for weeks" She laughed
20 herself and her laugh was irresistl-
le 50 that Hurst was compelled 20
join in though his expression remain
ed troubled
4 feel | have been abominably sci.
fish, he said Il never thought you
would really come SO soon"
or perhaps you wouldn't have in
yited me?" she interposed maliciously
Don't heckel an already much-har-
rassed candidate" he pleaded. Il sent
YOU telegram because / thought by
that means 10 get an answer from
YOU IN under three weeks-thats
why"
Men ever expect women TO keep
their promises" she observed seorn'
fully. It's positively discouraging. |
told you I should come when you
both felt I might be OF some use
and here / am and I hope you are
glad TO see me"
More glad than / can say" he
answered grayely.
BY this time they had left the vii
lage behind them and cold blast
OF winter wind swept over the bar
rem fields and for moment cut
short all conversation. David Hurst
drove well. The chestnut was fiery
and illtempered, yet he controlled
her with an absolute confidence that
impressed Diana. because IL was SO
unexpected in him. Undoubtedly he
had changed. She studied him out OF
the corner OF her eyes and wondered
al the difference that development
OF character can make 10 an ugly
face
Tell me about everything" she
commanded lifting her head to the
wind
IT is a fight" he answered laconi-
cally.
But YOU are going TO win"
You think so? I don't know. |
have great deal against me. But
am glad OF that II get in IT will
be in spite OF them and not simply
because | am Sir David Hurst"
What Is against you?" she asked.
He was silent for moment. and
she regretted her question. Already
she had touched on the trouble that
she had suspected--the sudden pallor
IN his dark cheeks betrayed the reall-
~ OF its existence.
Many things are against me" he
answered slowly. Myself in the first
instance. / don't TT anywhere 10 their
preconceiyed notions OF what should
/ bel don't try to. | go my own way
They're getting accustomed TO II. but
It's been hard pull. And now, OF
course, there's Rama Pal"
Rama Pal?" she echoed in a pug
Zlcd tone. Already"
Yes. He cropped up soon after
your warning. | haven't seen him my
self but my agent knows all about
him. Grey, the Socialist fellow, has
got him down. AS far as | can make
out he has been studying law in
London, and Is mixed up with a whole. /
society or fellow-countrymen whom
We allow TO drift from bad to worse
for want of a little generosity and
common sense II Is inevitable that
they should grow 10 hate us, and the /
Socialists have easy work with them"
But what has Rama Pal To do with |
this election" she asked frowning. |
He IS working for the Socialist
party. They are not very careful how
they choose their weapons, and this
Is a peculiarly dirty one-T am as
clsed OF everything from abducting
native children from their parents |
down to the pettiest acts OF oppres-
sion" He gave a short contemptuous
laugh. NO doubt there is more to
come
She was silent for a moment. but
Ler fine brows knitted in earnest
thought
Il knew that Rama Pal had gone
wrong" she said at last. The profes.
sor told me. You remember all those
gymnasium and physical exercise
clubs that the educated Hindus were
so eager about? They were and are
utter frauds. hot-beds OF anarchy and
dacoitage, and Rama Pal was one OF
the ringleaders, though Mr.. Eliot
sticks 10 his protege with all the OBJ
stinate confidence OF bigot IN his
own achievement When we heard
that he had come TO England with
Brahman money we guessed what part
ne would play over here. but ! never
thought he would turn your enemy.
After all, you saved his life"
That's why he hates me-" Hurst
answered
She looked at him in surprise,
then nodded
One has TO get used To the orlen.
tai poiBt- of View" she said.
(Continued.)