The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-28
The Wolves of New York
A STORY OF LOVE AND MYSTERY =
Basil Promises Esther He Will Gems
to Her At a Moments Notice y,
Anywhere and Any Time ):

/ alone. brought . new interest into he1aS
life. a bright spot IN an atmosphere e 81
deadly depression. She had been i1loi
danger OF sinking into . state Of msI
ancholy. Of becoming a sad. soursd a4ass
disappointed woman. . condition abslnsd
lutely opposed TO her bright and DSeni
Cooperative nature. There Il a poinphu
beyond which repair Il Impossible. 8
breaking point. and this Esther h4a0s
nearly reached Violent emotionf.i
physical suffering. acute mental dfiAm
tress, all these she bad known aHd-5
recovered from them. abe had tH'Ses
strength Of her splendid health. than,
knowledge Of a dependent life 70 D
fought for-had she not striven AK
support her dying siSter?-and. IztefSn
the prospect OF reward In husbandA3n
love. The time for her reward hahis
come-and the prise had been WIthEN
held She had wept struggled. SUI
fered in vain. She was alone. and ht3H
solitude vas the more bitter becauI
OF tho daily contact with him W6A
might have swept II away. she had
given up hoping, desiring. loving.
Then cane FIeetwOoG.
To such a state might she have sunk
had not Basil fleetwood come into ~
life.
She had written. to him. and -
had answered her letters. She M,
told him nothing. though she hAaf5
decided at = later date to take him
fully into her confidence. He wHTT
in Canada. and he wrote that -
was likely to be detained longsF
than he expected owing to fho4fH-
ness OF q relative. His Letters wee
worded frankly, pleasantly, and
without sentiment: they came a.
the greatest happiness in her I'D
OF mOROtony- -.=- -
or Harold she saw very uttiSSS
He spent, some weeks in the AZ
rOndaeks. and she gathered. that ~
had been also to Adderiey- he ~
turned more taciturn and moroa9
than before. There was = hne L.
brary At the Towers, and In thffS
room he shut himself up. unlesE-.
called ont on the business OF -
estate. His tenants noticed the
change in him, and there VIZ
much mournful shaking Of The
head. - lS's IL
"BIssed II he Amt Eoin' the va
OF his father" was the commonly
expressed opinion. Sad, very sad.
and for the young lady, too. There
IL surely q curse on the Bora I
dales. and not q generation to ss-
cape from IT, -,
But BY many the paif16f moarS-
fulness that hung over thu foWessI
was attributed to the recent deatA2,
of the elder Mrs BoTTadale. andb
they hoped for better things in thaa
future. bos
So the summer passed into Az
tumn. and society returned to NeE.
York for the winter season The
town house, however. remained
closed; Mr. and Mrs. BorrEdala had
decided to remain at Helm
Meet oaly Occasionally.
Lillian settled now. with th4
GeIdensts4n's. regretted this de-
eision. for it deprived her HImoSt
wholly Of Esther's company. WIG
HArold's aVowed hostility to ht
she could hardly go to Helm. and
Esther did not care to come TO New
York. The two friends had. hoTA
ever, met once or twice on sou
neutral ground. IA
"If you could only know the
Geldensteins," Lillian said on one
Of these occasions, IL would -
easier for US 10 meet. He h not a
bad sort OF fellow. though ok
course, he rose from the guteSf:
Still, good people do 60 to hAsA
house" %
aTve. brought = few others intsa
the fold" Lillian said With-..tN
- slightly satirical smile. Its whs&
he engaged me for, so have to De-
my duty by him 1t is strange how
this desire to get into. society, -.
know the best people, will COMA
over honest merchants who haEA
-made their pile" Usually IL Is the
woman who does II, but in this, casa
Door Miss Geldenstein would
only too happy IL she could go back
to the little humdrum life Of Tia,
suburbs, or to the busy commercial
struggle which preceded it-hA
latter for choice. She win DevaF
reconcile herself to her surrcundr
ings. 1t is quite pathetic to -
her sometimes I've done by beat
but she has q peculiar faculty fer
doing the wrong thing. I've mada
some impression in the matter q
dress, but think thet Is about All
It has been another experiences
for me"-she sighed as she spoke
land, of course, live on the very
best. but don't think it is one that
Is going to last much longer.
How Is that?" asked EsthEs
surprised She had been given
understand in one OF Lillian's letl
KaEement promised to be soun4
and permanent a.
GeIdensteni To Mary.
Lillian pursed her lips up vita
comical expression. Because,
she said, Il know that the worthy
parent Is contemplating marty
mony. I don't know why I should
smile about IT, bot somehow haNE
imagined him to be = marrying
man He Is 50 wholly wrapped up
in the business of money making.
But, after all, he's not yet fifty,
and . well-set mp man enough
one does not object to one OF III
typA And with = fortune such -
his Il 10 easy to make excuses
The funny thing 80 far a. I am
concerned IL that he has set his At
feetIona on q girl OF whom 1 knsW
something. whom think I h4xs
mentioned to you when told yod
of all my experiences" ~
Indeed" said EstheF with Ian
guild interest. who is she?"
You remember George TVeedie-
dalef OF course, you do. You haR
reason 10 remember him A. w.
r.