The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-04

mainly TO De zone OF COmpieGe IN
difference explaining, however,
that he felt this indifference to
arise mainly from a conviction,
perhaps subconscious, of Sais that
she could have at any time pre-
cisely as much money as she cared
to ask for.
"She insists that you are an
English nobleman, aware Of an OBJ
legation which will endure till the
end of the life she saved, and she
seems to believe that she can look
to you for exactly as much of the
money which results to you be-
cause you are alive as she re-
quires. In a way one sees her
point of view, though one may not
agree with her. She says that il
you were of the East she would
not trust to or rely upon your
sense of justice, gratitude or
honor, but because you are an
Englishman she has no fear that
you will ever ignore her claim. /
find it difficult argument to an
swer, Dick. To be frank, l have
not yet attempted to answer it. /
am aware, and | shall not FORGE,
that you will not approve Of the
introduction of any spirit of bar
gaining q question the wisdom.
though | acknowledge the chivalry
Of that, and / try to keep the
whole thing from being debased
by the introduction Of any purely
mercenary argument. Am right?
Don't hesitate to instruct me when
to harden on this point. Candidly.
1t irks me to see money thrown
away as Sais throws it. / have
tactfully, of course tried to get
her to see the economic side of
things more sanely, but it is up
hill work. She is utterly careless
-and,>I fear, bitter. / suspect
that she had dreamed of sharing
your present life--and nine--with
you. Hopeless, of course, but one
of the. things / have to combat"
Hoodless wrote q good deal
more in the same strain. He con-
veyed very skilfully an anxiety
! that Lissmere should authorize
him to bargain with sails for the
rigid allowance, but in the next
paragraph he acknowledged vague
ly that this was the ''sordid" way,
whereas Dicks was the honorable
way.
And because life had never
meant so much to him as it meant
now, Lord Lissmere, with the
wholehearted agreement of his
wife, wrote forbidding Hoodless
(precisely as that one expected
and desired) to introduce any
spirit of bargaining" into the dis
charge of the great debt to Sais.
81 once spoke to him of Sais not
unsympathetically," grumb e d
Roger Marchurst to Barr. "But !
regret that now. How long before
you will begin to mortgage farms
so that this Unsuitable creature
might be gorged with gold? I've
no doubt this nj ian Hoodless is fat
tening on, his profits as go-be-
tween, toor'
"Give me something to work
upon-or give me leave to put
special agent in charge of that
side Of the case-and ! can prom
Use to eliminate Hoodless quickly
enough" Barr would say. "But
you won't"
Lord Lissmere would never
agree. But l shall go over there
myself, unless this drain stops. I
am beginning to recognize the pre-
liminaries of the demands now
that 7 letter foreshadows another,
you will see," declared old Roger.
He was right. The demand
came within the next three weeks.
And this time it was backed
with weapon that was used ruth
lessly.
Hoodless announced that Sais
had given birth to a son-to
Dicks son!
"She is mad with pride" (wrote
Hoodless), "and certainly, as far
as / am able to Judge, the child is
all right. She insisted on my 60
ing to her house with the English
doctor who attended her--a man
of position and reputation. had
seen to that-and she showed the.
child to me. Dicks son. she said.
The son of the noble Lord Liss-
mere. Look, is he not beautiful?
No such child has been born in
Cairo for many years. Write to
Dick. Tell him. He shall be
"a. - r L