The Washington times., 1920-11-14
Fire Of Youth
(cs~'r1 srsm Last Sandsyl
CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XIV.
Slsnssvy's Clos.
fNWYANrED 10 get down on
w your old beat" chuckled
w rannery. ~and see .
suy dom some real work. eh.
wssts You're . broker now. amt
yoss once hours from II 70 1
<nd IN hour and q half for lunch
md nsst me st the waldorf-that's
about your line. amt itf But say.
haven't been maxim you do all the
wsrk. have thsyf You look sort O.
bsss up-
rannsry was enjoying his re-
unioa with his former pupil. For
hat he had initiated Anthony into
an ths mysteries was his proud
sonvictioa- Anthony shook his
had.
what I wanted 10 see. Flannery.
was not the old beat, but Just you
yourself" said Anthony feyerishly.
win an evident attempt at self
control want TO talk to you"
-Any time." grandly announced
Flznnsry. ssame old hours, Same old
stanl Here. Goldman" he broke
a su61snly, an extra fine dinner
tonight and hang the expense-get
- A-ns---Ss
= get yoa. my friend" said Gold.
nan with . greet nod Of compre-
hension- Leave q TO me. That's
NY sffair-
-is... @. the s'.in'." Flannsry
The same old place." Anthony
forced himself 70 say presently.
ne Was gazing about him. Same
old atmosphere-same old Flan-
nsry. ] feel % n Il were about .
thousand years since I've been
hereL-
-Rip Van Wrinkle. eh? Naw-we
ioa't change much here on the
last Side. Live and leave US alone
that's about the way this crowd
ieelsL- Flannery was sufficiently
-xperienced In life and sufficiently
-acdest TO suspect that Il was not
whofly without q reason or pur-
-ose that Anthony had come down
o the newspaper Office to seek him
%. and TO 20 over his old district
Fi-h him
The seeking out OF Flannery sig
aimed Anthony's emergence from
iy:y-odd hours Of exquisite suffer-
ag and torture. Those terrible
l-se days, Would they ever be
lrsotten! He was afraid he was
o being a very attentive listener
F1annory's amusing chatter, for
mind persisted In sweeping
Ak like a thing without control.
ne whips and stings OF that In
itile period. Those voices! His
a -rering down the stairs, the tor
in his room alone, where he
% ksDt himself In a twilight dark
:: The shame and the utter hui
alton Of it! And he had be-
I'd sincerely and honorably--as
urably as the circumstances per-
tet-tOward that woman! But,
-..sy OF all, II was to q Wilma Van
he had given the ruby pendant
3 mothers last gift! With her
yEg breath she had charged him
Land IL On undefiled, and he, un-
orakable that he was, had soiled.
,OlGted-xasted II, until now he
sas morally bankrupt! That he
a. recover! That one thing he
1rst save out of the wreck he had
lsds Of his life: he must get the
euaant from that vile woman. Yet
sov happy he had been with her!
fOz could such things be possible?
he very pillars Of the world were
juaking and crumbling like things
Z yielding pasteboard. Was there
o,hing real. nothing secure against
reschery, villainy and chicane?
lever again could he believe In the
wfOlesomeness Of life. But the
rendant he must have, or forever
emain a pariah and an outcast in
ais own eyes.
lie could not 20 to the office. He
asked his landlady to telephone
hat he was I'll with q heavy cold.
igFett had evidently known some.
hing about Wilma. Would to heaven
% had never met either Liggett
n her. But that was OF the past.
The pendant! With an effort in
credibly impossible he steeled him
elf TO 20 mp to the apartment house
nd inquire for Madame Vanleer as
Z he were q stranger. He had no
learly formed plan and he hardly
new just what his procedure would