New-York tribune., 1915-02-21

and neat blond beard in which not a touch Of gray
showed He handsome man; but Adcla
beautiful: in her in all he touched, his had
been multiplied
Adcla admired her father, and had that fear Of him
which is the Difference paid to what powerful and also
unknown She did not feel in the least that She knew
him. To her he typhed most Of all an unbreakable
and unchangcable WILL Of which his splendid force
the symbol. He talked little, and always guarded
in what he said, when he alone with her; so
that she felt she better acquainted with some Of
her many friends than with him. But she did under
stand that next to his power he cared for and had
pride in her.
Father" she said to him with an mpusvcnc,s
usual in her. do YOU know wish we had place some
where that didn't feel superior to?"
He waited attentvey, as was his custom.
81 mean think ought to feel occasionally flicker
OF humility in the face of Nature and never have.
can swim across the Hudson, can climb these hills
can walk over this sward and 50 dcspisc them all
Ron smiled slightly. "Therc are places | could take
you where the would dash YOU to pieces in five
minutes, prairie where YOU could be lost and staryc,
stone walls of mountains that you could never climb.
But don't know that | want you destroyed just to
teach you a respect for Nature
His inScrutable face showed her none OF the admlra
tion he felt for her beauty. Adea a all
gold,-golden eyes, golden hair and godcntntci
complexion Rolin thought that she walked like
Princess he used often to when he a lad in the
streets Of Brussels, standing with hat in hand to watch
the great lady pass little dreaming that the day would
come when she would read Of him of the richest
men in the world. But Adela did not really walk like
a Princess much as like dryad Of the woods
other pagan creature, conscious of power but not
scious of limitation.
And yet, Rolin added in a mcditative tone its
that very quality in me, that there is no ideal
bigger than my own ability to conquer, which has en-
ablcd me to do what | have, and will make you some
day the richest woman in America After your mothers
death remained in America just for this end
HE had never spoken so frankly to her before. In
IL her quick glance he saw her thought and replied
to it.
Il want to tell YOU what is in my mind this morning.
Adcla I've been thinking Of YOU the better part of the
night. As you know Hale and spent the evening to-
gether Yesterday"
Adela drew quick breath: she almost guessed what
was coming.
Nov and then, Rolin went on with a Slight smile,
"the newspapers speculate to who is the richer Hale
and | ourselves couldn't tell them within several hun
dred thousand dollars what we're worth.
YES, Father" she said inquiringy.
"Penrhyn has been speaking his father about YOU,
Rolin said.
The Hales had the place next the Rollins There had
been much in common in the situation of the two FAINT
lies Both men were widowers, with intention Of
remarrying each had only child, and each had an
inordinate passion for work Adea and Penrhyn Hale
had grown up together with discreet absences when
one or the other had been taken abroad had been
put into school One of these absences had lasted three
years. and when the two had met again, at seventeen
and twenty Young Hale had fallen strongly in love with
Adela. This devotion had lasted now, with brief
periods Of indignant withdrawal, for eight years So
far Adclas only recognition OF it had been to permit it,
and to miss it when it waxed Suky.
Hale thinks, Roin went on, that you've not been
quite-er-knd to Penrhyn. In short, judge that
Pcnrhyn is going to try his luck with you once more,
and ONLY once"