Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-13
HON. E
A Novel
by
George Agnew Chamberlain
= Copyright by the Century Coz
SYNOPSIS
Georce Aenew Chamherlain

CHAPTER ALAN Wayne is sent
away from Red Hill. his home, by his
uncle. ]. Y. as moral failure. Glenn
runs after him In tangle of short
skirts to bid him good-by.
CHAPTER II-Captain Wayne tells
Alan of the failing of the Waynes.
Glenn drinks Alan's health on his
| birthday.
CHAPTER III-Judge Healey buys
a picture for AliX Lansing. The judge
defends Alan in his business with his
employers.
CHAPTER IV-Alan and Alix meet
at sea, homeward bound. and start
Irritation. which becomes serious.
| CHAPTER V-At home, Nance Ster.
ling asks Alan to go away from Alix.
AliX is taken to task by Gerry, her
husband. for her conduct with Alan
and defies him.
CHAPTER VI-Gerry. as he thinks,
sees AliX and Alan clipping, drops
| everything. and goes to Pernambuco.
CHAPTER VII-Alix leaves Alan
on the train and goes home to find
that Gerry has disappeared.
CHAPTER VIll-Gerry leaves Per-
nambuco and goes to Piranhas. on
| a canoe trip he meets native girl
CHAPTER IX-The judge fails to
race Gerry. A baby is born to AliN
| CHAPTER N-The native girl takes
Gerry to her home and shows him
the ruined plantation she is mistress
! OF. Terry marrleS ner.
CHAPTER NJ - At Maple house
Collingeford tells how he met Alan
Ten Per Cent. Wayne"-building Il
bridge in Africa.
CHAPTER XII-Collingeford meets
AliX and her baby and he gives hei
encouragement about Gerry.
CHAPTER NIlI-Alan comes back
TO town but does not go home. He
makes several calls in the city.
CHAPTER XIN-Gerry begins to
improve Margarita's plantation and
builds an irrigating ditch.
CHAPTER NV-In Africa Alan
reads Clem's letters and dreams of
home.
CHAPTER NVI-Gerry pastures
/ Lieber's cattle during the drought. A
ably comes to Gerry and AIargarita.
CHAPTER EVII - CollingforG
meets AliX in the city and finds her
changed.
CHAPTER XVIII-Alan meets Alix
J ]. I. and Glenn, grown to beautiful
womanhood, in the city and realizes
that he has sold his birthright for o
mess of pottage.
CHAPTER NIN-Kemp and Gerry
come friends.
CHAPTEk ne.Ep and Gerry visit
Lieber and the three eylles are drawn to
/ gether by common tie.
Time was when orchids was an
ambition; now they's jest a business
In Eurup, it's some different. They's
collectors hankerin' after new varie-
ties an houses that keeps men loolin'
for 'em but in America. you maxi me,
If an orchid don't make up we'll on
the missus' bodice or on the table, II
amt business; an they's a few million
children CROWN up to the idea that If
1t amt Cattleya it amt an orchid"
Kemp came to himself. blushed and
hurried out as if on urgent business.
Lieber looked Mt Gcrry's thoughtful
face and smiled. Who'd have thought
he'd ever talk that way in daylight?"
he said
II think" replied Gerry, at was
your offering TO let him make this
place his headquarters. 1t ratified him
and started him off. I could see he
was grateful
perhaps that was It," said Lieber.
'He's a queer one. He never asked
me. 1t just occurred to me TO sug-
gest 1t because I'm getting to enjoy
having Kemp around"
Gerry nodded His eyes fell on the
clock and he got up with a start. The
sun was at its highest when he reached
FaZenda Flores. Thou hast been
away a long time" said Margarita re-
proachfully.
Gerry jumped off his horse and
kissed her. Then he picked up his
son and set him in the saddle. Mar
garita screamed. True Blue arched
his neck and looked cautiously around
at his featherweight burden. The
young horse stood very still while
Margarita fought past Gerry's arm
and dragged the Man from its perilous
perch to her bosom. And manlike the
Man protested with a bad-tempered.
whOle-lunged wall that rent the air
and brought Dona Maria to the corner
of the house to peer at them with eyes
shaded under cupped hands.
A few days later the rains came in
earnest. passed and Gerry contracted
with Lieber for labor to be paid for in
produce. Fazenda Flores blossomed
and bore fruit. People began to come
in from afar to barter for produce and
a buyer appeared and took over the
whole of the little cotton crop. Gerry
poured money into Margarita's lap
more money than she had ever seem
and sent her under escort of Dona
Maria and Bonifacio and the Man to
purchase all of comfort and furbelows
that the tiny market of Piranhas could
supply.
They were to be gone two days and
Gerry left the FaZenda in charge of
his foreman to go and spend the time
with Lieber and Kemp. He found
Kemp in sort of controlled elation
over the greatest shipment of CONNER