The Washington herald., 1919-09-20

her charms upon him, but to no avail;
then in pique. she attempted intrigue
to make trouble between the Marques
and Vivian. which she came very near
to accomplishing.
Meantime Vivian kept his eyes ana
thoughts for the pawns upon the polit-
ical chess board, among which was a
Mr.. Frederick Cleveland. who attract
ed his attention, and when the Mar
guess party was looking for a leader.
Vivian suggested the name OF Mr..
Cleveland. Now it happened that
these two. the MARQUES and Cleve-
land. had been at odds. which Vivian
did not at first realize; when he was
alone he said to himself. What have
done? / am sure that Lucifer may
know, for / do not This Cleveland
is. / suppose, but man; ] saw the
feeble fools were wavering. and to
save all, made a leap in the dark.
Well. is my skull cracked? We shall
see."
Again was Vivisn's assurance TO
the fore; he was certainly all things
to all men" He had the power with
his silver tongue, Of conciliating
many persons. but not SO Mr.. Cleve-
land
The first great trouble came to Wv
ian when. after many attempts at
diplomacy and the political game, he
estranged both ne Marques and Mr.
Cleveland: the latter while under the
influence of wine. met Vivian at their
club and in fit of anger struck him
and a duel was the result. Vivian
fired into the air. hoping that the affair
would end safely, but Cleveland in
sisted upon another shot; Vivian shot
at random. but his bullet pierced
Cleveland's heart.
great remorse seized Vivian and
for many weeks he was i'll with fever
| at his fathers home. under the lowing
care of his mother. But the human
| mind can master many sorrows" and
after a desperate relapse and another
miraculous rally, Vivian Grey arose
| from his bed. He left England and
| Travelled in Germany. visiting, among
other places Frankfort during the
time OF the Fair.
On a bright sunshiny afternoon,
while crossing the Square, Vivian was
attracted by an excited crowd of peo-
| pie around a conjurer, whose appear
! ance was Of the oldest kind, and held
Vivian's attention: he was called Ess-
| per George. Later he became serving
man to Vivian, who had offered To
| protect the fellow against the crowd
| he had in some way angered.
| Vivian and Essper George had many
| lively adventures during their travels.
| all Of which experiences, whether OF
J politics or romance. gave Vivian new
| ideas Of the world, and proved to be
! most interesting school for him.
He one day rescued a German noble
man from a wild boar. and was in
vited to visit at his castle: while
there a romantic alta chment between
| a young German lady OF title en-
| gagged Vivian's attention for A time,
| but his thoughts. in spite of himself.
| constantly returned 70 two Of his
English friends.
Like many a knight and his serv-
! ing man of olden times. Vivian and
Essper George found themselves on
several occasions in very dangerous
situations: sometimes it was Vivian
! to the rescue and at others Essper.
/ On leaving that part of Germany
where he had been entertained as
I horored guest Of his titled acqua int.
ances, Vivian passed througn a small
| settlement, where there were going
on preparations for a wedding, and
Vivian discovered that the bridegroom
was an old friend from Heidelberg.
| Eugene Won konongstein. and he was
! persuaded to stop and assist at the
| wedding. All was so quiet and peace.
! full there that it set Vivian to specu-
1 lating about his own future.
In the morning the travellers were
their arair. the Sav haipp
| intensely hot and sultry they with