The evening world., 1916-04-05


turning at the door. your unfortun-
ate family affairs have become a
nuisance and have led you into say
Ing things I cannot overlook. In
Wow OF your youth and inexperience
] might forgive your attitude as APP
piled 10 me personally. but | cannot
oondone the insult TO my daughter. II
you are not afraid 20 hear the truth
then let US have It by all means! Tho
truth is that you've acted like cad
and . coward! It is you who have
wronged US. not we you. for don't
imagine believe for q moment you
only learned last night, and in that
highly improbable manner. OF your
fathers crime or that the name you
boro was none OF your choosing. As
for assuming n financial standing you
never owned, that's a matter which
rests entirely with your own con-
science and never concerned me or
mine remotely. But It offers another
unpleasant footnote to your true
character.
II would have spared you all this
81 you hadn't added Insult TO injury
and tried to shoulder the blame OF
your own misconduct and deceit on an
innocent young sirl whom you pro-
fessed TO love.
In the future. Mr.. Forbes. you ami
I meet solely as employer and EN-
ployee. hope you will bear that In
mind. Good night. sir"
Forbes remained for some moments
staring at the closed door in the same
dazed. heavy manner with which he
had received Narsland's words.
Forbes walked home that night, the
nux o, his thoughts demanding physl-
cal expression. He did no. regret
speaking out his mind 10 Marslnnd;
the latter never had been true friend.
but q purely mereenary character with
a hitherto unsuspected fund OF hypoc-
risy and cunning. Yet there was n
coarse streak In John Marsland--in
fact, the whole famly--Ot which
Forbes as yet was not wholly con-
sclous
Forbes had loved Dorothy with the
sincerity. passion and superficial vision
of youths first romance, and now was
as hard hit as ono In such n position
can be. lie saw no cumpensations in
the situation. nor could he imagine re-
motely that the time might come when
he might even bo thankful for this
crushing blow ~ fate.
He forgot lbs new rcsOiut. ON that
night, and. TIA" Scotch wh'sllpy and
soda at his elbow, sat fpr into tine
night, thinking OF the future. For the
nrst time ne began to pay serious at
tenGon 20 the financial sIu, OF tno
question, ana, ruWmaEing among his
litter OF private papers, brought Dui "a
handful OF old check books and bills.
Supported by the bottle Of Scotch. he
made a protrdc'Cd assault on the long
column OF figures; the result was not
cheering. OF the twenty thou
sand LEFT after investing tho other half
OF his inheritance IN the Sterling
Mines Company he had now little
more than 1--WE thousand, and ont.
sanding bills would take ~ least two
thousand of this H,s salary was bu'
twenty-five hundred a year. and he
had bcoN living az the gaio Of seven
or eight thousand, drawing hccdlcssly
on his surplus
me IN'h 1.-Two 'louS. "H invested
WIN th' N'of!inS M'n,' company
mus DC WI "'i "n ' one. "Al
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much could the young u.r s,vr9
Or how uttlo could ne i've?
Forbes C0usil, rod this prph'cru, a
man can liyc on the lcaa, pnssibro II