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glanced at th: clock every
" he passed it. it seemed‘in-
that mere minutes wire
7‘ sing But she wee merciful.
. kept him in suspense but thir-
yf' ve minutes. The messenger boy
d at the celebrated Journalist,
whose appearance he was res.-
bly familiar. as if regarding a
as of masculine aberration with
.--.i he u-.~ wn more familiar.
e ‘l'ihiilll wiltiieticaily. and
3:“ vering was. not -... lilr'r‘lilght
, detect the point ..t the
philosopher .md been
suing his hands through his hair
. no doubt his eyes were inject-
wlth Mood. He told him to wait.
-d went into his bedroom. But
note was brief and reading! no
‘ er. "i believe yo 1." That
all. and it was enough. He
~ vs the astonished philosopher a
e-dollar bill: an automatic Amer-
. reaction.
\ Then he sat down to puzzle over
ose parts of her letter which he
.y d bereiy skimmed; faded into in-
4‘ niflcsnco for the moment before
. . outstanding confession that she
f [dolly loved him. But they loomed
ikrger and larger. more and more
‘ sailing and ominous. as he read
Ind rerend them. Finally he thrust
‘ e pages into his desk and went
out for a tramp.
m»
XXIV
flié-F‘. sweat. '
.
it was a cold bright day. The
on the trees of Central Park
its a diamond iridescence. Nurse-
.lteids were leading children, bits
£01 mufilcd wealth. along the alleys.
éflorses pounded on the bridle
ml paths. Automobiles and taxis. that
must have looked to the airman
lj‘sebove ike aimless black planes
:drlftlng in a crystal sea. were car-
"-rying people to a thousand destl
pies. lowering on all sides was
,the irregulur concrete mass of New
York. As dusk fell. lights in those
high buildings began to appear.
firs-t intermittently. then as long
m klaccs of brilliants strung
MWWL the sky. Silence tell on
“the Park.
tl'inVex-in: mi until hegcould
”lit no flit” 'lmn took a bus at
e Hundred «ill! Tenth Street for
‘ aremont. \‘.'h.n he “nailed the
' Mtaurant he could think— of only
Wee men whose (impanlonship
Would be cndurahlo and failing to
Get any of them on the telephone
f 'Claverlng walked until he could
EWIIK no farther."
greeiijued himself to a solitary din-
liner. Llut still restless. he wander-
" I ind ovar to a window and stared
:out acrms the iiudson at the dark
Welland-“s on the opposite shore.
'Battivszilrls Wui‘e at anchor. for
' gen» had been no ice in the Hud-
Ion this \lintl‘r. and a steamboat
yith :tn iiuuhie chain of lights
jwzliil rr'irwfuiiy up the river. The
shill “inter stars winked down in-
;diii'nrvixiy upon seething human
hearts,
' He still rv‘fusmi to admit that the
.1 hour u of his uneasiness was that.
.‘ keninli on snt for Saturday night.
X graham: l» it thh itself could belt
3 l
:. 'T *R‘Oe~‘
q mmrl lid with this woman. for
. f ~~l ~. if hud unequivocally
i : :tur S:‘l"' ' I " night
ii 2 ' lid in mulls.
I; '1 ~ s. that
I: t. ‘ -r. id ac-
“pttu [uni i'tl. .ill . .J for
“him the past had cos 10°qu
Her husband was dead thing
. else mattered. Nevertheless. the
vague prescient chill be bad expos
”danced the night he ilrst met her
eyes. and once or twice since. so-
eompanied as it was by a curious
loose that just below his conscioue
less lay the key to the mystery.
.‘nttling now and again. but sinking
deeper every time he made a dart
It it. had defied further evasion
. lines the receipt of her cryptic let-
ter. lie was the more uneasy as
g seemed far more certain of
s. Oglethorpe than of himself.
Once more he heard the key rat-
but higher .. . . almost in his
,. .. -uanes . . for the first
... it seemed to sound a double
of warning . . . he beds. and-
vislon of a locked door-end
a door locked on a mere secret.
swung about impatiently.
explanation of his mood was
. hideous interval to be got
“ -: h. Keaven alone knew how.
under be had felt a sensation
war. When a man is in the
Watch tor the screen version produced by Frank
Meyd with Corinne Griffith as Countess Zattiangk . 2
Conmht flu is! Gertrude Atherton
with Associated First National
unsatisfied stages of love he must
expect occasioned attacks of green
sickness. sullen. passions intensi
fled by unreasonylg fear. And he
was luckier than‘ most. He had
been the confidant of men in love
with hope deferred or blasted. and
although he had been sympathetic
enough, and convinced that mes
had a far deeper capacity for set
faring tHan women. still had his
pity beep tempered by a certain
contempt. Those had been the
times when he had fiouted the idea
that he was basically romantic:
and that he had never made a jack
ass of himself over any woman
had induced a feeling of superiori-
ty that had expanded his ago. Now
he was convinced that his capacity
for love put theirs tb shame. and
he was filled with pride at the
thought. Still—he wished it was;
Saturday night.
He was crossing the room to his.
solitary table when he saw Jim
Oglethorpe enter. His first im:
pulse was to avoid him. The real.
taurent was well- filled and he couldi
easily take a table in a cornosi
with his back to the room. Bui
dining alone was a melancholy‘
business at best—and tonight! ll
Oglethrope brought up Madame Zab
tlany's name he could change the
subject or state bluntly that he had
his reasons for not wishing to dis
cuss her. As he stood hesitatin
Oglethorpe caught sight of him uni
almost ran across the room, hil‘
face. Which had looked heavy nn'di
worried. glowing with pleasure.
"Jove, this is luck!" he exclnhn.
ed. "Alone? So am I. Got in this
morning and found Janet had a
dinner on for thoseinfernally null-u
friends of hers. Got something to,
think over. so thought I'd come mu
here. This is really luck. as l was
going to hunt you up tomorrow
Let's sit here. i want to talk."
He had led the way to e. table is
a remote corner. secluded. :o. far
He beckoned the head waiter, WW
agreed that it should remain as
eluded. Then he asked Cinvcrins
to order the dinner. and. foltlinl
his arms. stared out of the window
his face sagging once more. in
was still a young man, not mora
than forty—five. but in spite of hit
love of outdoor sport he showed a
more consistent love of eating out
drinking in flabby muscles and
pauches under the eyes. it was at
amiable. rather weak but stubhon
face that had been hahdsomc Ll
youth when his eyes were brigh-
and clear skin covered iirm mu:
cies. and it would be handse ‘
again when years had compeia
him to diet and his already fade(
hair had turned white; his fea
tures were regular and his figure
well-knit under its premature accn
mnietions.
He produced a flask from his
pocket when the waiter had dis-
ci’eetly turned his back. and their
ice-water might have passed for
cold tea. 3
“Think l'll come to the point." he
said. "You know me well enough
not to mind anything i say."
Ciavering glanced up from his;
oysters in alarm. "Theres just?
one question i won't discuss." he-
said sharply. i
Oglethorpe stared. "You don‘t
mean to say ou're interested in
her? So muc the better! And it
strikes me you can't have any ob-
jection to discussing her with me.
I'm her father. ain't 1?"
"Her father—are you talking of
Janet?"
““110 else? I'm worried as the
devil. Have been ever since i not
in this morning. i'd telegrap'md
l was coming. and when I got to
the house Molly told me tint
mother wanted to see me at once
and i posted down there. it was
about Janet. and you know more
about it than i do."
“i suppose i know what you
mean. But it turned out all righL,
She happened to meet me. not
some men who might have annoy-
ed her. Of course she shouldn't
have taken such a risk. but what
can you do with these linppers?
They're all in league together and
you might as well let them go their
little pace. t won't last. They'll
soon be older. s.nd I don't suppose
you intend to play the heavy father
and lock her up.”
"No. but rs like damn well to-
ss! her married. Mother told me;
a pre tale it seems she madea
row at herry‘s last night. making‘
you and some lady you had withi
you as conspicuous as herself.
Mrs. Vane was there and carried it
straight to mother Mothers no
fool and had already got on to this
younger generation business and‘
given Jenny one or two tongue'
leanings. but she never dreamed it
had gone as far as it looks. Roam- I
ing the streets alone at one in the l
morning! She'd undoubtedly been
drinking last night—God! I've a
notion to take a switch to her.
And I suppose she was pretty wen
lit the night you picked her up.
I've never seen a hint of it. Jan—
ay'e spoilt enough. Her mother
never had the slightest control
over her and she could always get
round me. But she won't in the i
future. I'll get top-bend somehow. l
God!
dds of it. will you?”
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d 1'30 Sovlc.
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the carrying on of commerce by our
Our government does not propose.
however. to enter into relations with
another regime which refuses to-
recognize the sanctity of interna-
tional obligations. u do not propose
to barter away for the privilege of
trade any of the cherished righto or
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the details of a. conspiracy on the finvancing the
part ot the Soviet government
Russia to bring about in this conn- llfleal recognition seems well es-
try a. proletariat: resolution to "raise talbliahed jwmg the renewal of
the red flag over the White Home." the President’s refund to
In order that there alsould be no merchandise or any. American prin-
doubt in the mind of the state do; u. '
pas-intent that the conspiracy an: a question are doctrine! of these
real one. and that its“ attitude of chimes in tact they— delgbcrstely aa-
mmrecnznition was justified. the ant sets. that there in nor }ounsktlbn*1¢r
nouncesnent states tusther that the
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and demand an Wen.
proposed revolution .
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Senate! Bomb and Norrie
It is,_5f course. inconceivable that
the state clement ’ahonld make
any such statement in the ‘amence
of complete evidence to support it.
But aside from the apeelficcharge.
that the Soviet government is in-
volved in a revolutionary movement
or that character on American soil.
there are abundant masons why the
Russian government should no: he
réeogmned a. tune tlsne. The! are
"no convincing in themelvea} that
5.1 3031mm: for believing
be detected.
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.1 am willing to make very large con-
cessions for the purpose .
ing the people of Russia. Already‘ to regain our Lt?"
encouraging evidences of returning
to the ancient ways of society can
‘But more are needed.
Whenever there appears any dispo-
sitionto compensate our citizens who
were deepened, and‘to recognize that
debt contracted with our governmnt.
not. by the Czar. but
formed republic of Russia; when-
ever the active spirit of enmity to
our infiltration: h abused; whenever
there appear works “mete for repen—
. tapes: one country ought to h?» the
jure."
of rescu- It is perfmtis‘
ship it she is so i:
never been 2.- "I ‘J
about her PM J35 {.
of the great t ; «.-
Lenin has 1‘1'93
when their ori:
eerily undchOT -\ d": a: “C:-
partial acccpm'” t e .,
system is met“ ..
or ordinary in!’ ’1“ 0t ‘
is unabated. RUSS” “in; ..
us in vain thn 5}“: com
in: with open 1135‘s an
bimbo newly
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