The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-03-03


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Il have come, not to quarrel with you.
but to try to dissuade YOU" The Hon.
Mr.. Wickliffe bit savagely at his cigar
and gave despairing spread to his
well.manicured hands. "You standsin
danger Of becoming the most cordially
hated man in New York-hated by the
most powerful combinations In New
York" - s-
Wilfred Horton leaned back in a
swivel chair and put his feet up on his
desk. For a while he seemed interested
in his own silk socks.
TITS very kind Of you to warn me"
he said, quietly. Il y >,,r,
The Hon. Mr.. Wickliffe rose in ex-
asperation and paced the floor. The
smoke from his black cigar went be-
fore him in vicious puffs. Finally he
stopped and leaned glaring on the
table. r,t%.
"Your family has always been con-
servative. When you succeeded to the
fortune you showed no symptoms OF
this mania. In Gods name. what has
changed you?"
Il hope have grown up" explained
the young man, with an unrufded
smile. "One can't wear swaddling
clothes forever, you know" rs, :
The attorney for an instant softened
his manner as he looked into the
straight-gazing, unafraid eyes Of his
client Ia, e1
give known you from your baby
hood advised your father before
you were born. You have, by the
chance Of birth, come into the control
of great wealth The world of finance
Is Of delicate balance. Squabbles In
certain directorates may throw the
Street into panic. Suddenly you
emerge from decent quiet and run
amuck in the, china shop. believing
and tossing your horns. You make
war on those whose interests are your
own. You seem bent on harfkari.
You have toys enough to amuse. Why
couldn't you stay put?" L.
I, "They weren't the right things
They were, as you say toys" The
smile faded and Horizons chin set
itself for a moment as he added: :,
'1f you don't think I'm going to stay
put-watch me-"
'sWhy do you have to make war
to be chronically insurgent?"
Because the young man. who had
walked up, spoke slowiy-'I am read
ingla certain writing on the wall The
time is not far off when, unless we
regulate a number of matters from
within We. shall !. be regulated from
withoi..G. Nr.t 3 e.
X Take for instance this newspaper
war you've inaugurated on the police"
grumbled the corporation lawyer. Its
less dangerous to the public than
these financial crusades, but decidedly
more so for yourself. You are re-
garded as a dangerous fagitator, a mar.
plot! tell you. Winfred, aside from
all other considerations the thing Is
perilous to yourself. You are riding
for a fall. These men whom you are
whipping out of public hfe will turn
on yon." !" siaa.slit r.tft .i.'',g. q.
$50 hear. Here's letter I. got this
morning-unsigned. That is, | thought
1t was here. Well. no matter. It
warns me that have less than three
months to live unless call OF my
dogs" i,,stis- ll.. & KS ise
It Is said that the new convert is
ever. the most extreme fanatic. Will
fred Horton had promised to put on
his working clothes, and he had done
1T with reckless disregard for conse-
quences.' At first: he was simply obey
ing Adrienne's orders; but soon he
found himself playing the game for
the games sake: Political overlords.
Aassailed as unfaithful servants, showed
their teeth. From some hidden. but
unfailing, source terribly sure and di.
rect evidence of guilt was being gath
cred. For Wilfred Horton. who was
demanding q day of reckoning and
spending great sums Of money to get
It, there was a prospect of things do
ing. ,l>@ -
,Adrienne Lescott was in Europe
Soon she would return and Horton
meant to show that he had not buried
his talent. 49,.
For eight months Samson's life had
rs:n In the steady ascent Of gradual
climbing. but in the four months from
the first Of August to the first Of De-
cember, the pace Of his existence sud.
denly quickened. He left or drawing
from plaster casts and went into a
life class.
In this period Samson had his first
acquaintanceship with women. except
thos. he had known from childhood
and his first acquaintance with the
men who were not Of his own art
world.
Tony Collasso was an Italian Illus
tratcr who lodged and painted in
studio-apartments in Washington
Square, South. His companions were
various. numbering among. them a
group Of those pygmy celebrities Of
whom one has never heard until by
chance he meets them, and of whom