, 1915-11-11

You know, Johnson. it's easier to
read French than to speak it"
80 l understand, sir" returned the
butler. .
"Beauelair, Beauv1le-oh, here she
is, Beaurien. No, she is not. A fake,
Johnson, just as l supposed. The
Countess de Beaurien Is seventy years
old, and at her death the title be-
comes extinct. Was the lady this aft
ernoon as old Is seventy, JohnsonT'
"Oh. no. sir. Not at all, SIR"
Are o sure she asked for me and
not Mr.. Rodney"
Quite sure. sir. Miss Grayson was
here, sir. and can tell you. We had a
time of it."
Some lady going into business to do
America or the Americans" was Mr..
Martins inward comment. Anybody
elsef' he added aloud.
Yes, SIR" said Johnson; Mrs. Chey-
semore She left the blank for the Y.
NJ. C. A. subscription"
Il hope you remember that I'm al
ways out for her, Johnson"
Mr.. Martin thought 1t really a little
shameful how many times this ptous
lady came to see him.
And who else? Give me that tray.-
Mr.. Martin took the salver and peered
beneath the rims of his glasses at the
bits Of ~pasteboard. Ambrose Peale,"
he read, press representative Belle of
of Broadway company"
Now who was that, J%ohnson?"
He was calling on Mr.. Rodney, STR"
said He's been here several
times, but never left his card before"
A press agent from a Broadway
show after Rodney The young mans
father groaned inwardly. "Oh, Lord" he
thought. what nextY'' Visions of breach
Of promise. of blackbird dinners. or
even Opponents, flashed through his
mind. This settled 1t. Rodney simply
must be anchored somehow.
lis Mr.. Rodney in, JohnsonY was
the next inquiry.
NO, sir. Not now, sir"
do you know where he is nowY'
From 1 to 2 he was at a downtown
restaurant at lunch, sir. From 2:30 to 3
he was at the horse auction company
looking at "A new hunter, sir. From 4
to 8 he's ut the Municipal club, sir
Good heavens, Johnson, how do you
know all that?" exclaimed Mr.. Martin.
Because he left the telephone num-
beers, sir, and l was to let him know if
Miss Grayson came in, sir"
And has she been here. Miss Gray
SOM
Yes. sir; she's been here since 1
o'clock, sir, doing some tipping. She's
still waiting for you"
why the devil didn't you say SO.
them"
II was coming to it presently. sir"
Tell her to come in, then, to the
library. And. Johnson, don't you bother
to ring up and tell Mr.. Rodney any
thing, do you understand
"Yes, sir. Nothing, sir"
1t was really faithless of Johnson.
the soap king thought, to betray Rod
ney's well laid plans, but Rodney's ia
ther had plans of his own in frustrat-
ing them. Let that silly ass Johnson
think what he had a mind to. He
didn't want Mary Grayson for himself
and he didn't care IL she was poor.
She came of good stock-he had known.
her mother-and there could be many
a worse fate for Rodney than being
caught in her net. He was not sure,
in point of fact. II the girl wasn't
spreading her nets quietly. The old
man was a shrewd Judge of character.
and there was an idea taking shape
in the back Of his mind that Mary
Grayson might help him earn that 800
600.
Mary Graysoni Well, what made
young men work? Love, sometimes,
and poverty and necessity. The first
might stir Rodney up, If no the sec
ond and third. But why not all three?
"She stoops to conquer" he mutter-
ed to himself To tell the truth he
had heard this phrase all his life with
out really taking In the meaning of 1t.
Now he had seen the old farce comedy
prettily played not long ago and the
l hackneyed title Of 1t had been ringing
in his ears with rather a new mean
ing. Rodney might be made to stoop
to be conquered-to conquer himself
and his laziness of a rich mans son
On Mary G~rayson's part II was not
really STOPPING If o considered Rod
ney's mentality and character. He ad-
mitted 1t sourly. If Rodney could find
an incentive in Mary Grayson, the
stenographer, what did old man Mar
tin care2 He knew her for a good
girl. as she was a pretty one. and mic
err in speech and than some
of the widows who made heavy eyes
at him from the windows of their
limousines. Lots of old fellows. he
thought. might feel like making up to
Mary themselves. And why not?
Well, one reason for Cyrus Martin was
that he had known her mother, Be
sides