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SYNOPSIS.
Howard Jeffries, banker's son. under
the evil intiuenco of Hubert Underwood,
u fellow-student at Yale, leads :i life of
dissipation, marries the daughter of a
gambler who died In prison, and is dis
ci.. in ii by his father. H<' tries to get work
end fails. A former college chum makes
a business proposition to Howard which
requires JJ.ooo cash, and Howard Is broke.
Robert L'nderwood. who had been re
pulsed by Howard's wife, Annie, in his
college days, and had once been engaged
to Alicia, Howard's stepmother, has
apartments at the Astruria, and is ap
parently in prosperous circumstances.
Howard recalls a J.'.'iO loan to Underwood,
that remains unpaid, and decides to ask
him for the sl',oi)o he needs. Underwood,
taking advantage of his intimacy with
Mrs. Jeffries, Sr., becomes a sort of social
highwayman. Discovering his true char
acter She denies him the house. Under
wood's absence from a function causeß
comment among Mrs. Jeffries' guests.
CHAPTER IV.—Continued.
"In a word," laughed the judge,
"you mean that any one trained to
read my mind can tell just what's
passing in my brain?"
"Precisely," replied the doctor with
a smile "the psychologist can tell with
almost mathematical accuracy just
how your mental mechanism is work
ing. I admit it sounds uncanny, but
it can be proved. In fact, it has been
proved, time and time again."
Alicia came up and took the doc
tor's arm.
"Oh, Dr. Bernstein," she protested,
"I can't allow the judge to monopolize
you in this way. Come with me. I
want to introduce you to a most
charming woman who is dying to
meet you. She is perfectly crazy on
psychology."
"Don't introduce me to her,"
laughed the judge. "I see enough
crazy people in the law courts."
Dr. Bernstein smiled and followed
his hostess. Judge Brewster turned
to chat with the banker. From the dis
tant music room came the sound of
a piano and a beautiful soprano voice.
The rooms were now crowded and
newcomers were arriving each min
ute. Servants passed in and out serv
ing iced delicacies and champagne.
Suddenly the butler entered the
salon and, quietly approaching Alicia,
handed her a letter. In a low tone
.he said:
"This letter has just come, in'm.
The messenger said it was very im
portant and I should deliver it at
once."
Alicia turned pale. She instantly
recognized the handwriting. It was
from Robert Underwood. Was not her
last message enough? How dare he
address her again and at such a time?
Retiring to an inner room, she tore
open the envelope and read as follows:
Dear Mrs. Jeffries: This is the last
time I shall ever bore you with my let
ters. You have forbidden me to see you
again. Practically you have sentenced
me to a living death, but as I prefer
death shall not be partial, but full and
complete oblivion, I take this means of
letting you know that unless you revoke
your cruel sentence of banishment, I
shall make an end of it all. I shall be
found dead, Monday ■ morning, and you
will know who is responsible.
Yours devotedly,
ROBERT UNDERWOOD.
An angry exclamation escaped
Alicia's lips, and crushing the note up
in her hand, she bit her lips till the
blood came. It was just as she feared.
The man was desperate. He was not
to be got rid of so easily. How dare
he—how dare he? The coward —to
think that she could be frightened by
such a threat. What did she care if
he killed himself? It would be good
riddance. Yet suppose he was in
earnest, suppose he did carry out his
threat? There would be a terrible
scandal, an investigation, people
would talk, her name would be men
tioned. No —no —that must be pre
vented at all costs.
Distracted, not knowing what course
to pursue, she paced the floor of the
room. Through the closed door she
could hear the Biusic and the chatter
of her guests. She must goto see
Underwood at once, that was certain,
and her visit must be a secret one.
There was already enough talk.
If her enemies could hear of her vis
iting him alone In his apartments that
would be the end.
"Yes—l must see him at once. To
morrow is Sunday. He's sure to be
home in the evening. He mentions
Monday morning. There will still be
time. I'll go anu see him to-morrow."
"Alicia! Alicia!"
Tiie door opened and Mr. Jeffries
put his head in.
"What are you doing here, my
dear?" he asU».d. "I was looking
everywhere for yon. Judge Brewster
wishes to say good-night."
"I was fixing my hair, that's all,"
replied Alicia with perfect compos
ure.
CHAPTER V.
Among the many huge caravansaries
that of recent years have sprung up
in New York to provide luxurious
quarters regardless of cost for those
who ran afford to pay for the best,
iiom could rival the Astruria in size
and magnificence. Occi pying an en
tire block In the very heart of the
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residential district, it took precedence
over all the oilier apartment hotels of
the metropolis as the biggest and
most splendidly appointed hostelry of
its kind in the world. It was, indeed,
a small city in itself. It was not nec
essary for its fortunate tenants to
leave it unless they were so minded.
Everything for their comfort and
pleasure was to be had without taking
the trouble togo out of doors. On
the ground floor were shops of all
kinds, which catered only to the
•Astruria's patrons. There were also
on the premises a bank, a broker's
office, a hairdresser, and a postal tele
graph office. A special feature was
the garden court, containing over 30,-
000 square feet of open space, and
tastefully laid out with palms and
flowers. Here fountains splashed and
an orchestra played while the patrons
lounged on comfortable rattan chairs
or gossiped with their friends. Up on
the sixteenth floor was the cool roof
garden, an exquisite bower of palms
and roses artificially painted by a
famous French artist, with its rech
erche restaurant, its picturesque
tziganes, and its superb view of all
Manhattan island.
The Astruria was the last word in
expensive apartment hotel building.
Architects declared that it was as far
as modern lavishness and extrava
gance could go. Its interior arrange
ments were in keeping with its ex
ternal splendor.' Its apartments were
of noble dimensions, richly decorated,
and equipped with every device, new
and old, that modern science and
builders' ingenuity could suggest. That
the rents were on a scale with the
■n
"Yes, I Must See Him at Once."
grandeur of the establishment goes
without saying. Only long purses
could stand the strain. It was a fa
vorite headquarters for Westerners
who had "struck it rich," wealthy
bachelors, and successful actors and
opera singers who loved the limelight
on and off the stage.
Sunday evening was usually exceed
ingly quiet at ihe Astruria. Most of
the tenants were out of town over the
week-end, and as the restaurant ana
roof garden were only slimly patrpn
ized, the elevators ran less frequently,
making less chatter and bustle in cor
ridors and stairways. Stillness reigned
everywhere as if the sobering influ
ence of the Sabbath had invaded even
this exclusive domain of the unholy
rich. The uniformed attendants, hav
ing nothing to do, yawned lazily in
the deserted halls. Some even in
dulged in surreptitious naps in cor
ners, confident that they would not
be disturbed. Callers were so rare
that when some one d'-d enter from
the street, he was lookvd upon with
suspicion.
It wa.i shortly after seven o'clock
the day following Mrs. Jeffries' re
ception when a man came in by the
main entrance from Broadway, and
approaching one of the hall boys, in
quired for .Mr. Robert Underwood.
The boy gave his interlocutor an
impudent stare. There wan something
about the caller's dress and manner
which told him instinctively that he
was not dealing with a visitor whom
he must treat respectfully. No one
divines a man's or woman's social
utatus quicker or more unerringly
than a servant. The attendant saw
at once that "the raaa did not belong
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1911.
(8 the class which paid social visits
to tenants in the Astruria. He wan
rather seedy looking, his collar wau
not immaculate, his boots were thick
and clvjmsy, his clothes cheap and ill
fitting.
"Is Mr. Underwood in?" he de
manded.
"Not home," replied the attendant
insolently, after a pause. Like most
hall boys, he took a savage pleasure
in saying that the tenants were out.
The caller looked annoyed.
"He must be in,"he said with a
frown. "1 have an appointment with
him."
This was not strictly true, but the
bluff had the desired effect.
"Got an appointment! Why didn't
you say so at once?"
Reaching lazily over the telephone
switchboard, and without rising from
his seat, he asked surlily:
"What's the name?"
"Mr. Bennington."
The boy took the transmitter and
spoke into it:
"A party called to see Mr. Under
wood."
There was a brief pause, as if the
person upstairs was in doubt whether
to admit that he was home or not.
Then came the answer. The boy
looked up.
"He says you should go up. Apart
ment 165. Take the elevator."
In his luxurious appointed rooms on
the fourteenth floor, Robert Under
wood sat before the fire puffing ner
vously at a strong cigar. All around
him was a litter of objets d'art, such
as would have filled the heart of any
connoisseur with joy. Oil paintings
in heavy gilt frames, of every period
and school, Rembrandts, Cuyps, Ruys
daels, Reynoldses, Corots, Hennera,
some on easels, some resting on the
floor; handsome French bronzes,
dainty china on Japanese teakwood
tables, antique furniture, gold em
broidered clerical vestments, hand
painted screens, costly oriental rugs,
rare ceramics—all were confusedly
jumbled together. On a grand piano
in a corner of the room stood two tall
cloisonne vases of almost inestimable
value. On a desk close by were piled
miniatures and rare ivories. The
walls were covered with tapestries,
armor, and trophies of arms. More
like a museum than a sitting room, it
was the home of a man who made a
business' of art or made of art a busi
ness.
Underwood stared moodily at the
glowing logs in the open chimney
place. His face was pale and de--
terniined. After coming in from the
restaurant he had changed his tux
edo for the more comfortable house
coat. Nothing called him away that
particular Sunday evening, and no
one was likely to disturb him. Ferris,
his man servant, had taken his usual
Sunday off and would not return until
midnight. The apartment was still as
the grave. It was so high above the
street that not a sound reached up
from the noisy Broadway below. Un
derwood liked the quiet so that he
could think, and he was thinking hard.
On the flat desk at hia elbow stood a
dainty demi-tasse of black coffee—.lll
- There were glasses and de
canters of whisky and cordial, but
the stimulants did not leuiyi kiui.
lie wondered If Alicia would Ignore
his letter or If she would come to
him. Surely she could not be HO heart
less as to throw him over at such a
moment. Crushed in his left bund
wus a copy of the New York Herald
containing an elaborate account of the
brilliant reception and musicale given
the previous evening at her home.
With an exclamation of impatience he
rose from his seat, threw the paper
from him, and began to pace the floor.
Was this the end of everything?
| Had he reached the end of his rope?
i He must pay the reckoning, if not to
j day, to-morrow. AB his eyes wan
dered around the room and he took
mental inventory oi eat— costly ob
ject. he experienced a situien shock
as he recalled the things that were
missing. How could he explain their
absence? The art dealers were al
ready suspicious. They were not to
be put off any longer with excuses.
Any moment they might insist either
on the immediate return of their prop
erty or on payment in full. He was
in the position to do neither. The
articles had been sold and the money
lost gambling. Curse the luck! Every
thing had gone against him of late.
The dealers would begin criminal pro
ceedings, disgrace and prison stripes
would follow. There was no way out
jof it. He had no one to whom he
■ could turn in this crisis.
And now even Alicia had deserted
him. This was the last straw. While
I he was still able to boast of the
friendship and patronage of the aris
| tocratic Mrs. Howard Jeffries he
! could still hold his head high in the
j world. No one would dare question
j his Integrity, but now she had aban
! doned him to his fate, people would be
: gin to talk. There was no use keep
i lng up a hopeless fight—suicide was
! the only way out!
He stopped in front of a mirror,
j startled at what he saw there. It
; was the face of a man not yet 30, but
] apparently much older. The features
I were drawn and haggard, and his dark
j hair was plentifully streaked with
I gray. He looked like a man who had
I lived two lives in one. To-night his
i face frightened him. His eyes had a
| fixed stare like those of a man he
I had once seen in a madhouse. He
wondered if men looked like that when
j they were about to be executed. Was
not his own hour close at hand? He
wondered why the clock was so noisy;
it seemed to him that the ticks were
louder than usual. He started sud-
I denly and looked around fearfully. He
thought he had heard a sound outside.
He shuddered as he glared toward the
lit'le Isawer or. the right-hand side of
bis desk, in which he knew there was
a loaded revolver.
If Alicia would only relent escape
might yet be possible. If he did not
! hear from her it must be for to-night.
| One slight little pressure on the trig
ger and all would be over.
Suddenly the bell of the telephone
connecting the apartment with the
main hall downstairs rang violently.
Interrupted thus abruptly in the
midst of his reflections, Underwood
Jumped forward, startled. His nerves
were so unstrung that he was ever
apprehensive of danger. With a trem
ulous hand, he took hold of the re
ceiver and placed it to his ear. As he
listened, his already pallid face turned
whiter and the lines about his mouth
tightened. He hesitated a moment be
fore replying. Then, with an effort,
he said:
"Send him up."
Dropping the receiver, he began to
walk nervously up and down the
room. The crisis had come sooner than
he expected—exposure was at hand.
This man Bennington was the man
ager of the firm of dealers whose
goods he disposed of. He could not
make restitution. Prosecution was in
evitable. Disgrace and prison would
follow. He could not stand it; he
would rather kill himself. Trouble was
very close at hand, that was certain.
How could he get out of it? Pacing
the floor, he bit his lips till the blood
came.
* There was a sharp ring at the front
door. Underwood opened it. As he
recognized his visitor on the thresh
old, he exclaimed:
"Why, Bennington, this is a sur
prise !"
The manager entered awkwardly.
• He had the constrained air of a man
j who has come on an unpleasant er
rand, but wants to be as amiable as
the circumstances will permit.
"You didn't expect me, did you?" he
began.
Shutting the front door, Underwood
led the way back into the sitting room,
and making an effort to control his
nerves, said:
"Sir. down, won't you?"
But Mr. Bennington merely bowed
stiffly. It was evident that he did not
wish his call to be mistaken for a so
cial visit.
"I haven't time, thank you. To be
frank, my mission is rather a delicate
one, Mr. Underwood."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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