The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-02
CHAPTER III.

Considine to carry OF Liosha to the
r"s.-S'ass Boarding House which 1
she mad found In Queens Gate. Lio-
sha ieft us full of love for Barbara
ana Susan. and I think OF kindly feel
ing for myself.
AFTER a round of family visits DORA !
ana Adrian were married. How about |
Janery Chayne? Oh. he was equal to i
It' he had been very hearty and
booming all the time. AZ for his
own definite part of best man, h
played II with Elizabethan spacious
ness. The carriage drove of amid the
cheers Of the multitude. Jaffery stood
ana watched II until II disappeared
around the curve. In my eagerness
to throw the unnecessary symbolic
rice l had followed and stayed
foot or two away from him; and then
j saw his face change-just for
! few seconds. Ali'the joyousness was
stricken from t.; his features puck
cred up into the familiar twists Of
a child about to cry. His huge glazed
hands clenched and unclenched them
selves. II was astonishing and very
| piiful. Quickly he gulped some
| thing down. and turned on me with
grin and shook me by the shoul-
ders.
Now I'm the orly free man of the
bunch. The only one. Don't you wish
you we're a bachelor and could 20
to Hades or Honolulu wherever you
chose. without a care? Ho! no! ho"
He linked his arm In mine. and said
In what he thought was q whisper:
"ror heavens sake. let us 60 In ana
try to find n real drink"
OF course. i told Barbara all about
tit 10 best to establish your wife
In the habit of thinking you tell her
everything-and she was more than
usually gentle to Jnffery. We carried
him down with us to Northlands that
afternoon, calling at his club for a
suitcase. In the cor he tucked a
very tired and comfort -desiring Susan
in the shelter OF his great arm. There
was something patheticaiiy tender In
the gathering of the child to him.
Barbara with her delicate woman's
sense felt the harmcnics of chords
swept within him. And when we
reached home and were alone to-
Lether she said. with tears very near
her eyes:
Poor old JAN! What a waste Of a
life. Why don't you buy . home and
settle down comfortably"
"Because. my dear Barbara" said JAN
cry. I'm starting on for the interior Of
China the day after tomorrow"
] "China?'' echoed Barbara, vaguely.
The interior Of China?" re-echoed
with masculine definiteness.
"A year or two" he replied, casually.
ut must be a queer thing" said !. "tt
be born with no conception Of tine ant
space
a couple Of years pass pretty quick.
said Janery.
so does a lifetime" said I.
In the course OF time Adrian ant
Doria returned from Venice. They wer
radian,iy happy. very much in love Will
each other. and dotted on their spaciou
fiat In St Johns Wood.
On our hrst visit they trtumphnntly
showed us round the establishment. W
came last to the study.
mo really fine imaginative work.
said Adrian, with a wave OF the han
Indicating the ascetic table and chaii
the iron STE. the bookcase and the bar
wails--'no really fine imaginative wor
can be done among luxurious surround
ings. Pictures distract ones attention
armchairs and sofas invite to slotf
This Is my ideal Of a novelist's work
shop"
TITS more like a workhouse." sat
Barbara. with a SILVER. ''Or q condemn
ed cell. But even a condemned ce
would have a plank bed"
Easter came. They had been marie
six months. The Diamond Gate" hs
been published for nearly a year an