Evening star., 1925-03-13
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Smith ,, ,1~en RI. J.. ". .s,sros.s s,,,.,.
By PATRICIA WENTWORTH
Copyright, 1925, by Small. Maynard 4 Co.

There was a pause. Then Jane
said:
'And now. what happens next,
please?'
That" said Molloy. "is just what
I'm wondering"
Il ought to be getting back.
think" said Jane.
"Ah, ought you now?" said Mr.
Molloy thoughtfully.
There was another pause. Jane
thought she would leave Mr. MolIoy
to break it this time. She sat con-
s1dering him. Her eyes dwelt upon
him with a calm scrutiny which he
found extremely embarrassing. The
longer it continued, the more en-
barrassing he found it. In the end
he said:
You want me to let you go?"
Jane nodded
And not tell Ember?"
Jane gave another nod, cool and
brief.
"Oh, the DEVILS in IT," said MoIIoy,
with sudden violence.
You don't need the devil; you've
got Mr.. Ember," said Jane.
And that's true enough. for it's
the very devil and all he is. and if
let you go. I'll have him to reckon
with-some day. I'd rather face the
day of judgment myself
II tell you what / think" said
Jane. Il think Mr.. Ember is mad
That is to say, think he is the sort
of fanatic who sees what he wants
and sets out to get ii, without know
ing half the difficulties and obstacles
that block the way. When he does
begin to know them he doesn't care,
he just goes along blind. Where a
re q n
to suit the circumstances, this sort
of fanatic just goes on because he's
made his plan and will stick to It
whatever happens. He isn't gov
! erned by reason at all. He doesn't
care what risks he runs, or what
risks he makes other people run. He
goes right on, whatever happens. If
| the next step is over a precipice he'll
| take it. He must go on. Mr.. Ember
is like that, 1 think he is mad"
Mr.. Molloy stared hard at Jane,
| then he nodded slowly three times
Now you're not like that" said
Jane. You're reasonable. You don't
| want to run appalling risks when
| there's absolutely nothing to be
! gained by it. OF course, every ones
willing to run risks il it's worth
while. I'm sure YOU are. I'm sure
you've done awfully dangerous
| things"
Il have" said Mr.. Nolloy, with
! simple pride. There's no one that's
| done more for the cause, or run
greater risks. could tell you
| things-but there, maybe I'd better
i not
Jane clasped her hands round her
| knees. She leaned back against the
| wall and regarded Mr.. Molloy with
what he took to be admiration.
ssNow do fell me said-"whap
you speak of the cause, what do you
mean?"
In her heart of hearts Jane had
| pretty firm conviction that, to Mr..
Molloy, the cause stood for whatever
promoted the wealth, welfare, and
advancement of himself. the said
| Molloy.
"Ah," said Mr. Molloy reverentially
He spread out his hands with fine
gesture. That's a big question"
well, what l mean," said Jane, "is
this. What do you really call your
self? You know, 1 always used to
call you The Anarchist Uncle but
the other day some one said that
there were no anarchists any more,
so 1 wondered what you really were.
Are you a socialist, or a communist,
or a bolshevist, or what?"
A doubtful expression crossed Mr..
MollOyS handsome 1ace.
'Well, now he said, ''it would
depend on the company I was in"
Jane had a struggle with the dim
pie and subdued it.
You mean," she ventured that If
you were with socialists, you would
be a socialist and if you were with
bolshevists, you would be a boil
| shevist?"
"Well, it would be something like
that" admitted Mr.. Molloy.
81 see," said Jane. "And, of course,
| whatever you were, you'd naturally
| want to be sure that it was going to
| be worth your while. 1 mean you'd
want to get something out of it?"
She waited moment, and6 then went
on, with a complete change of voice
and manner. What are you going to
| get out of this?" She spoke with the
utmost gravity. IF you don't know"
| l can tell you. Disaster-at best a
| long term of imprisonment; at the
worst death, the sort of death one
doesn't care about having in ones
! family. The question Is. is 1t worth