The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-10-29
CHAPTER |.
A Small World.

A Small World. .
Cazalet sat up so suddenly that hi.
head hit the woodwork over the upper
berth. His .ownSvoice still ranigsi in his
startled ears. IF He wondered thew macf
he had said, and how far it could have
carried above the''throb Of the liners
: screws. and the smighty, pounding .%ot
= the water against her plates. And
then he remembered how he had beer
left behind at Naples, and rejoined the
Kaiser Fritz at Genoa, only to fino
that he no longer had a cabin to him
self
A sniff assured Cazalet that he was
neither alone att the moment yet
the only one awake; he pulled back
the swaying curtain, and there on the
settee sat man with a strong blue
chin and the Quizzical solemnity of an
animated sphinx.
1t was hiss cabins companion, & an
American, named Hilton s:Toye,, and
Cazalet addressed him with nervous
familiarity. 4... o..
81 say! Have l been talking in my
sleep?"
why, yes!". replied Hilton. .Toye
and broke into smile that made a
human being of him.
Cazalet forced a responsive, grin
what did say?'' he asked, with an
amused curiosity at variance with his
shaking hand and shining forehead. =
Toye took him in from crown to
fngertips, with something deep behind
his kindly smile. '.'1 judge said he,
you we're dreaming of some drama
you've been seeing ashore, Mr.; GAIA
let
Dreaming" said Cazalet, wiping
his face. 1T was a nightmares,e' I
must have turned in too soon after
dinner. But I should like to know
what said.' - 'il'.". ~
81 can tell you word for word You
said, Henry Craven-deadr and then
you said, Dead-dead-Henry Cra-
fen!' as If you'd got to'haveNit both
ways to make sure"
TITS true" said Cazalet. shuddering.
"I saw him lying dead, in my dream %
: Hilton Toye took gold watch from
his waistcoat pocket. Thirteen min
utes to one in the morning." he said,
and now it's September eighteenth.
Take a note of that, Mr.. Cazalet:: : It
may be another case of second sight
for your psychical research society"
II don't care if 1t is" Cazalet was
smoking fur1ously.
Meaning it was no great friend you
dreamed was dead?"sf :
mo friend at all, dead sor alive!s!
I'm kind *of wondering, ssaid
Toye, winding his watch slowly, 'if
he's by way of being a friend of mine.
I know Henry Craven over in Eng
land. Lives along the river; down
Kingston way, in a big house."
Called Uplands?"
. Yes, sir! That's the. man. little
world, isn't it,"
The man in the upper berth had to
hold. on as his curtains swung clear;
the man tilted back on, the setter all
attention all the time. was. more than
ever an effective sfoil to tshimS with
out the kindly smile that went as
quickly as 1t came,' Hilton Toye was
sombc-. subtle and demure. Cazalet,
on the other hand, was, of sangHine
complexion sand impetuous looks ssaHe
was tanned a rich bronze about the
middle of the face, but it broke off
across his forehead like the seoieriRg
of a meerschaum pipe. Both. men
were in their early prime, ahds each
stood roughly for his race and type:
the travelled American who knowsithe
world. and the elemental BTftfstfer
who has made some one loose end of
1t his own. ! ass n
Il, thought OF my Henry Craven
continued Toye, "as soon as ever you
came out with yo9rsts But it seemed a
: kind of ordinary. name. / might have
known it was the+same If I'd recollect-
ed the name of; his firm Isn't. it Cras
ven & Cazalet, the stockholders, down
In Tokenhouse sYard| ~; =.
That's IT, said: .Cazalets tbitteriyL
But there have been none of us in
= It since my y:father died ten years ago"
But you're Henry Crayen's old. part
ner's SOM"
I'm his only son." go. 5..
Then no wonder you dream about
Henry Craven. cried Toye, rand no
wonder it wouldn't break your heart
II your dream came true ,a. ~ ~ -. !,
"It wouldn't" said Cazalet through
his teeth. He wasn't white man to
me or mine-whatever you may have
found him." = i. : ~.
Il had a little' place. near his one
summer. 1 know only what 1 heard
down there" -
What did you hear?", asked Caza-
let I've been 'away'ten years. ever
since the crash that ruined everybody
but the man at the bottom of the
whole thing. 1t would be, kindness
to tell me what YOU .heardi"a - j .s5
well, l guess you've said it your
self right now. That man seems sto
have beggared everybody all around
except himself; that's how'll make 1t
out" said Hilton Toye.
HE did worse" said Cazalet through
his teeth. He killed my poor father;
be bauished me to the wilds of Aus
tralia; and he sent better man than
himself to prison for fourteen years."
Toye opened his dark eyes for once.
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