Evening star., 1921-06-03

Wrayson shook his head.
mo, tho furniture belongs to the
landlord. There will be an inventory.
OF course. and you will be able to find
1t was obvious that Mr.. Sydney
Barnes had not as yet entered upon
the purpose Of his visit. He fidgeted
FOR q moment or two with his hat.
ana ana looked. up at Wrayson. only to
him more at his ease Wrayson lit a
cigarette and passed the box over.
Thank you. Mr.. Wrayson. Thank
you, sir" his visitor exclaimed you
see I'm a smoker" ne added. holding
That Is, l smoke when can afford to.
Things have been pretty dicky out
In South Africa lately, you know.
Terrible hard it has been to make a
living.
Your brother was supposed to have
done pretty well out there" wrayson
remarked. more for the sake of keep
ing the conversation alive than any-
thing. The effect Of his words. how.
sxer; ssrns. was as. electrical. a,s Mr. sydney
and his little black eyes twinkled like
polished beads
"Mr. wrayson." he declored. "a
week before he sailed for England
Morris was on his uppers. He was
caught in Johannesburg when the
there. When he turned up in Cape
Town again. his own mother wouldn't
have known him. He was in rags-he'd
come come down on a freight-he hadn't a
name. That was Morris when he came
to me IN Cape Town."
Wrayson was listening attentively; he
almost feared to let his visitor see how
interested he was
He was fair done in!' the young man
continued. He never had the pluck OF
a chicken. and the night he found me in
Cape Town he cried like a baby. He had
lost everything. he said. 1t was no
He was wild to get back to England.
And yet. do you know, sir. all the
time l had the idea that he was keep
ing something back from me. And he
was! He was. too! The"
ness of his countenance supplied the
epithet.
You'll excuse me II I'm a bit ex-
cited. Mr.. Wrayson." he continued
"I'll leave you to Judge how I've been
! over me. and / lent him me nearly half s
my savings. and he started back to
England. He took this fiat at 600
year the very week he got back
and he's lived. from what / can hear
lieve this. sir. He sent back the
money he borrowed from me a quid
at a time. and wrote me to say he was
| saving it with great diff1culty-out of
his salary Of three pounds a week
When he'd paid back the lot l never
doing rotten myself. and he knew we'll
enough that l should have been over
first steamer il I'd known about his
two wo-hundred-a-year nat. and all the
brother. sir. Ell? What do you think
Of him: Treated me nicely. didn't he?
Nine pounds ten it was I lent him.
and nine pounds ten was all I had
back. and here he was living like a
duke. and lying to me about his three
pounds week: and there was
hawkering groceries on barrow. SELL
ing sham diamonds. any blooming
thing to get mouthful to eat. Nice
sort OF brother that. eh? What
smile. There was something grimly hu-
morous about his visitors Indignation.
You must remember he said.
that your brother Is dead. and that
his death itself was a terrible one
Besides. even il you have had to wait
now"
The young man was breathing hard.
The persp:ration stood out in little
beads upon his forehead. He showed
more and more unpleasant to look
upon as his excitement increased
Look here. Mr.. Wrayson."" he ex-
claimed. I'm coming to that. I've
been through his things. Clothes!
never saw such a collection. All
from a west end tailor. too, And
boots. Patent. with white tops; pumps.
everything slap up Heaven knows
what he must have spent upon his
clothes. Bills from restaurants. too;
why. he seems to have thought moth
ing of spending a ouid or two on a
dinner or a supper. Photographs of
ladies. little notes asking him to tea:
why. between you and me, Mr.. Wray-
son. sir. he was living like a prince!
And look here"
He rose to his feet and planked
down bank book on the desk in
front Of Wrayson.
Look here sir" he declared.
Every three months. within a day or
two, cash-fve hundred pounds. Here
you are. Here's the last: March 81.
cash. $500! Look back! January !.
by.cash. $500! October 2, cash, $500!
There you are. right back to the very
left South Africa with ten bob of
passage! and from what I can hear,
he never did a days work after he
landed. And me over there working
thirteen and fourteen hours day
and half the time stony broke.
There's a brother for you! Cain was
a fool to him."
But you must remember that after
all you are going to reap the beneft
of it now" Wrayson remarked.
CONTINUED in Tomorrow's Star.)