The Washington times., 1921-02-15

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ssost-Arteraft picture.
SSN HR. HOLDER takes .
| V strange way OF deliver
ing H." was his COM
ment.
Mercy took precedence over her
natural directness. She laid her
hand gently on his arm. And she
had. at that instant no thought OF
the long years he had neglected her
Tor her brother.
Its about--Preston," she said.
"Preston" The name came sharp
about him? Speak, can't your
''He died this evening" said ALI
son. simply.
STILL NO SIGN.
Holder plainly heard the ticking
OF the clock on the monteL :.
And the drama that occurred was
the more horrible because IL was
hidden; played. as 1t were, behind
closed doors. For the spectators.
there was only the blank wall. and
silence. Eldon Parr literally did
nothing-made no gesture. uttered
no cry. The death. they knew. was
taking place in his soul, yet the
man stood before them. naturally.
for what semed an interminable
time.
Where Is he?" he asked.
AT Mr.. Bentley's. in Dalton
street" 1t was Alison who replied
again.
Even then he gave no sign that
he read retribution in the coinci-
dence, betrayed no agitation at the
mention of a name which. in such a
connection, might well have struck
the terror OF judgment into his
heart They watched him while,
with a Arm step, he crossed the
room and pressed a button in the
wall and waited.
II want the closed automobile at
once" he. said, when the servant
came.
81 beg pardon, sir, but ] think
Grafton has gone to bed. He had
no orders"
"Then wake him. said Eldon
Parr, INSTANTLY. And send for my
secretary"
With q glance which he perceived
Alison comprehended, Holder made
his way out of the room. He had
from Eldon Parr, as he passed him,
neither question. acknowledgment,
nor recognition. Whatever the
banker might have felt, or whether
his body had now become a mere
machine mechanically carrying on
hfa-1nn0 habit n action the i'm
preston was one of the tremen-
dousness Of the mans consistency.
A great effort was demanded to
summon up the now almost unim-
aginable experience of his conf
dence; Of the evening when. almost
on that very spot, he had revealed
to Holder the one weakness of his
life. And yet the effort was not
to be. presently, without startling
results.
ALL IN VAIN. ,E.
In the darkness of the street the
picture suddenly grew distinct on
the screen of the rector's mind, the
face of the banker subtly drawn
with pain as he had looked down on
IL In compassion; the voice with its
undercurrent of agony:
ale never knew how much L
cared-that what l was doing was
all for him, building for him. that
he might carry on my work
SO swift was the trolley that ten
minutes had elapsed. after Holders
arrival, before the purr of an engine
and the shrek of a brake broke the
stiffness of upper Dalton street and
announced the stopping Of heavy
motor before the door. The rector
had found Mr.. Bentley in the
library, alone, seated with bent
head in front of the fire, and had
simply announced the intention OF
Eldon Parr to come.
From the chair Holder had
unobtrusively chosen. near the
window, his eyes rested on the
noble profile of his friend. What
his thoughts were, Holder could
not surmise; for he seemed again,
marvelously, to have regained the
outward peace which was the out
ward symbol of Punishment from
the inner man of all thoughts Of
self.
IT have. prepared her for Mr..
PARIS coming" he said to Holder
at length.
And yet he had left her there!
Holder recalled the words Mr..
Bentley had spoken. at Is her
place" Her place, the fallen
woman's, the place she had earned
by Q great love and great re-