f. rTFl mr(- V- m mrw$ " svHrw1 V" -ra Uf it JJ"? . rs. . t. , .-..i i-. II flniVil'll I n 7 luw n (".rent Leflde MlPMr r-Mrssw -rmmi EYENINGt UBLI'.XDERPHIIDELPHIA, WEDNESDAY JUNE 21, 192S ' W n Y'S MAN :-: By E. Phillips Opper,heim r.'Almeii Ruined1 by a Meney 'Matrinee and a Faithlent Wife, Regains Told in This Story of Intrigue. Happiness Threuijh an Unusual Weman's Leve ts Fascinatingly 'Mystery and Remanco by the Noted Auther of "The Great Imne . - . Prince Shan" and a Score of "Be h ' 1l u snd mnersonatien' est Sellers "The Profiteers,' v Success Politics, The Great film 11K(1IN1S TUB STORY Andiew Tallente, political leader, has married for t Meney . Hi iclfe accented him te ferirnrd social ambi tion te a title: Lesing hii teat in parliament he meets her recrim inations with the statement . that their marriage has been , unsuccess ful, eicing te her c6id and selfish temperament and her into est in his young secretary. Antheny Palliscr, iche has just disappeared. She has a, sudden suspirien that her husband it responsible for the disappearance. Lady Jane Ptyiiingien, ,a beautiful etld Healthy aristocrat interested in labor preblcn.J, is a ielghber k'e interests Andrew greatly. He telli her he and hh wife 'lave parted, Andrew lias missed' soma valuable political papers, and in an argument with J'alliser en the edge of a cliff tint sfruck him. The tecretary fell ever. Andrew, formerly an Al pinist, has climbed down te the beach telpw, but found no trace of Palliser. lie it observed by Inspector Gillian, of the police. Stephen Dartrey, the great Laber Party leader, comes down te Talienle's part of the country. AM) HERB IT CONTINUES VXJOT In the least. .1 nm content te IN lente (lint entirely te fqte," "Bucolic? Intellectual? An nrtlst? A mnn of nffnlrs?" Slie mmle n Utile grlmnce! "Hew con I tell? I cannot conceive caring for nn ordinary person, but then crery uemnn feelH lllce that. And. you see, If I did enre, he wouldn't be ordinary te me. And se far aft I im concerned." she Insisted, with e hnde of restlessness in her mnnncr, "that finishes the subject. Yeu must plense devote yourself te telling me at feast some of the things I want te knew. What Is the use of linvlng one of the world's successful men tete-A-tctf, n prisoner te my hospitality unless I can make him grntlfy my curiosity?" The thought crdntcd bv -her- words burned through hli Vnlnd like n flash of destroying Hghlrilnfc. "One of the world's successful men," he repeated. "Is that hew I seem te you?" "And te the world," she asserted. He shook his head sadly. "J have worked very hard," he snld. 1 hove been very ambitious., A few of. my ambitions have been gratified, but the glory of them 1ms passed with attainment. New I enter upon the last lap and I possess nene of the things I started out In life te achieve." ('But hew absurd!" she exclnlmcu. "Yeu ere one of our great politicians. Yeu would have te be reckoned with In any regrouping of parties." "Without even n sent In the Heuse of Commens," he reminded her bitterly. "Ami ngaln, hew can n man be n great politician when there are no politics? Thi confusion among the parties hns become chncn, and I for one have net been clear-sighted enough te M.-0 my way through." ''Of course, I knew vaguely what you mean," she said, "but remember that I am only a newspnper-educated politician. Can't you be a little mere etpllcit?" He, lit 'another cigarette and smoked, restle'ily for a moment. ',1'I'H try te explain, if I can," he went en. "Te be a successful poll- tlfltan. from the standard which yen or I'euld aim at, a man needs net only political insight, .but he needs te he able te adapt his views te the practical program of one of the existing par ties, or qlse te be strong enough te form a pnrly of his own. That Is where I hne come te the cul-de-sac In my career. It was my ambition te guide (he working classes of the country Inte their rightful place In out social scheme, but I lma alhe always been an In tensely keen Imperialist, and therefore nt daggers drawn with many of the fe-called Laber leaders. The conse quence has been thut for ten years I have been hanging en te (lie thin edge of nothing, a member of the Coalition Government, a member by sufferance of n hotchpotch peity which wes created Iit t he combination of the Radicals and the Unionists with the sole Idea of seeing the country through Its great crisis. All legislation. In the wider Mnfe of the term, hud te be shelved while the country was In danger and while It was recovering Itfaelf. That tme I spent striving te cducntQ the. people 1 wanted te represent, striving te make them sec reason, te combat the two elements In their outlook, which have been their eternal drawback, the elements of blatant sclflshuess nud greedy Ignorance. Well, I foiled. That Is all there la about It I failed. Ne party claims me. I haven't even a teat In the Heuse of Commens. I nm nearly fifty jeurs old and I am tired." "Nearly fifty cers old!" she re peated. "Hut what Is that? Yeu hnve geed health, ou are hfreng ,aud well, there Is nothing n jeuiigcr mnn can de that jeu cannot. Why de you worry about jour age?" "Perhaps," he admitted, with n faint smile, and an lunate compulsion te tell her of the thought which had lurkcl behind, "because jeu nre fro murvel murvel eul jeung." "Absurd!" she scoffed. "I nm tncntj-nine jears old prnctlcnllv thirty. That is te my, with the usual twenty jenis' allowance, jeu and 1 tue of tlie Mime age." He looked at her across the lace draped table with Us bowls of fiult. its richly cut deiantcr of wine. Its low newl of roses, its haze of cigarette "-none, (hair, h of one with fro many emotions. She was he anxious te console, se interested In .her rorapnnlen, herself, and the moment. He felt bemcthlng unexpected and h rtslstlble, "I wish te Ged I could leek at It like thnt!" he exclaimed suddenly. The words had left his lips before he Jmis conscious that the thought which had lain at the back of them had found expression In his tone nud glunce. Just ft first they pieduced no ether effect In her save thnt evidenced bv the gently upraised ejebrews, the sweetlv tolerant fr'l'lle. And then n sudden cloud, naively of discomfiture, certainly net of displeasure, mere of unrest, swept across her face. Her e.ies no longer 'net his m clearly and finnklv. There 1h a little mist there, and n little t lence. She wns looking nwav through Im windows te the dim, pearly Hue of ; VJ "Ll,lm Horizon or tilings pre frHt. Her pulses were scarcely steady. Jn- v J TV 'Would you mind explaining why you bare suufhiVme out In .this singular fashion?" , ,l n roses, its haze et c gurette , , T Pimv ,,it She was leaning back in her ft i.n hi her head resting meu the fingeis "Vrnn v h l!n" fallpV hand. Her ?nce seemed nlie n ' ". ,V '," ''" ,, '" ' n mnnv emnflntx. Ml,,. -.,u u "YOU hOVO 1101 fa .. hlle Wnu nnnLDnil ,. ..ll ..i,...fc .. k. . i qii in ii mil VAIl'llk ui niier qualities of com age, phj steal Jij'l spirltiml. j4.t m that moment shs felt a wave of ruileus fear, the fear of bMf tllllt b,,c may "et be ,n, tu ..'We 'moment passed nnd she looked i him with a suille. An innate gift .fm0,Vcn,llnc,,t tl10 heritage of her sex. ijme te her rescue, but sli felt, some S,10', 0,,K'r- ni though she had passed 'flieugh one of the crises of her llfe I?,i eu0."li never be qulte the bnms 3FJ?i r1'? 1,lul t'awd for these few uV," ,0 be natural, ri.i 1",,tde1'" thnt wish mean?" she iii ,A I)" J" men" Hint seu would te he twenty-nlue?" lifu t0. "i"1'1 "lH t"k "Pen Hmt mtie peel of emotion, did .his best te be natural and easy, te shut out the memory of that flaming moment. "At twenty-nine," he told her, "I was First Secretary 'at St. Petersburg. I nm afraid that I 'was rather a dull deg, tee. All Russia, even then, wii3 seething, nnd I was trying te under stand. 'I never "did. Ne one ecr un derstood Russia. The explanation of nil that hns happened llicic IS simply the eternnl duplication of history a huge cluss of people, physically omnip otent, conscious of wiengs, unintelli gent, and led by false prophets. All revolutions arc the same. The purging is tee severe, se the geed remains un done." There followed a silence, purposeful en her part, scarcely realized by him. She fceught for means of escape, te bring their conversation down te the level where alone safety lay. She mecd,her chulr n little farther back Inte the scented chamber, as though she found the sunlight tee dazzling. "Yeu nre like se many of the men who work for us," she said. "Yeu are just a little tired,, aren't jeu? Yeu come down here te rest, nnd I dig up all the e'd problems and nsk you te vex yourself with them. We must, talk about slighter things. Yeu arc going te sheet here this sca&en peihaps hunt, later en?" "I de net think se," lie answered. "I have forgotten whnt sports mean. I may take a gun out sometimes. There is a little sheeting thnt gees with ,tlte manor, ,but very few birds, I believe, The" last ten years fceem te have driven all these things out of one's mind." "Don't jeu think that you nre in clined te take life a little tee earn estly?" she nsked. "One should "have amusements." v "I may fee! the necessity," he re tilled, "but it Is net insv te tnli un 'one's earlier plcuuics at my time, of me. "Don't think me inquisitive." she went en, "but, as I told jeu, I have looked you up In one of these wonder ful books which tell us everj thing about everybody. Yeu were n Deuble Blue nt Oxford." "Racquets and cricket," he assented. "Neither of them much use te me new." "Rncquets would help you with lawn tennis." she said, "but beyond thu,t I find that net a dozen xenrs age you were e scratch golfer, and jeu ceitalnly wen the umntcur championship of Italy." "It Is eleven jenrs since I touched a c!uh." he teNl, Jier. '' "Then yed ought te be ashamed of yourself," slu declared. "Games arc part of an Kngllshman's life, and when he neglects them altogether there Is something wrong. I shnll Insist upon veur taking up lnun tennis again. I hnve two beautiful ceuits here, and veiy seldom any one te plav with who hns the least idea of the game." His eyes rested for a moment upon the smoothly shnven lawns. "Se you think that regeneration may come te me through lawn tennis?" he murmured. "And why net? Yeu are taking yourself far tee seriously, jeu knew. Hew de jeu expect regeneration te come?" "Shall I tell you what it is I Inck?" he answered suddenly. "Inccnthc, I think my will has suddenly grown flnbby, the ego in me unresponsive. "Yeu knew the moods in which one asks oneself whether it Is worth while, whether anything Is weith while. Well. I nm there at the crossroads. I think I feel mere Inclined te leek for it seat than te go en." "The strongest of us need te rest sometimes, " she ngiecd quietly. He relapsed Inte n silence se appar ently deliberate that she accepted It as a respite for herself also. Fiem the ki cater seclusion of her shadowy sent, she found herself presently able te watch him unnoticed the breeding mcionehel," of his face, the nervous, unsatisfied mouth, the dlFeentent' of his somber brews. 'Then, even ns sh watched, the change In his expulsion startled her. Ills cjes wcie fixed upon the narrow ilhben of rend whitli twisted around the ether side of the house nnd led ever the bleaker meets, seaward. The leek puzzled her, gave her mi uncomieitolilc feeling. Its note of nppreclntlen seemed te her Inexplicable. With a quaint, electiicnl sympittlij, he caught thn un spoken question In her ejes and trnns Inteil It. "Yeu nie beginning te doubt me, he said. "ou are wondering If the shadow I cany with me Is net some- mere depression of I." failed," she declared. "and I never doubt jeu. but there was something in jour face just then which was strange, something nllen te our 'telk, It was ns though jeu saw t-.etue-tlilng ominous In the distance." "It is true," he Admitted. "In the distance I can sec the car I' ordered te come nnd fetch me. There is a pas sengct a mnn in the tOnricau. I am wpnderlng who he Is." "Seme one te whom your mnn has given a Ilfti perhups," she suggested. ' He shook Ms head. "I liiu'e nnuthcr feeling perhaps I should sav an apprehension. It lp eemc one who brings news." "Political or domestic?" "Neither.'' Im answered. "I theueht that Fate had dealt me out. most of her evil,' tricks when I carae down her?, a political outcast. She had another one up her sleeve, however. De you rendyeur morning papers?" isvt "Is It crv day." she confessed a weaitnesar , "Net at all." "Yeu read of the disappearance of the Honorable Antheny .rniileri(" "Of course." she answered. "Be sides, you told me about It. did you net. yesterday afternoon? 1 knew one of his sisters imlte well, and I was looking forward te seeing something of him down here." , "I was obliged te dismiss him nt a moment's notice," Tnlleilte-went en. "He betrayed his trust nnd he has dls- appeaicd.' That very imposing police inspector who nreuc up our tcte-n-tete jcxtcrdu.v afternoon nm 1 fear short' cned your visit came en his ncceunt. He was the spokesman for n superior authority in Londen. They have come. 10 iiie conclusion that 1 could. If ,i chose, threw some light upon his dlsr appearance." ' "And could you?" Herese te hl.s feet. "Yeu are the one nersen In the world," he snld. "te whom I could tell nothing but the truth. I could." They both heard the sound of foot steps in the hall. Lady Jane, disturbed by the ominous note in TnllcntrN voice, rose -also te her feet, glancing fiem him toward the deer, tilled with some vague Inexplicable apprehension. Tnllentc showed no fear, but it was plain thnt he hnd nerved himself te face evil things. There wns something al most ludicrous in this denouement te a situation which te both had seemed filled with almost dramatic possibilities. The deer was opened by Parkins, the stout, discreet manservant, ushering in the unkempt, ill-tnllercd, ungulnly fig ure of .Tnlnes .Miller. ' "This" gentleman" Parkins'- an nounced, "wishes te see -Mr. Tallente en urgent business." ,.v '- 1 t CHAPTER VIII The newcomer hnd distinctly, the best of the situation. Tallente. who had ex pected a very different lslter, was for the moment bereft of words. Lady Jane, who. among her miner faults, was Inclined te be n supercilious per- S wffim UMMER EASHORE ERVICE The Popular Seashore Reute C7"Trftln wlien ou want them at the hours when ou need themsca Atlantic City 70 Week Day Trains 7Q le-na lietween 4 00 A M. P. M. Btanil.ini Time nnd Direct through train te Chelsea 4 Philadelphia Stations Mnrket htreet Wharf, llrcid Btreet KlRtlen, Wiit Philadelphia and Nert'.i Philadelphia. 50 Ocean City Trains 50 lictncen 1-00 A. St. and 10 00 P. St. Staiulnrd Time Adenuitn hcrWce te WILDWOOD, CAPK SIAV. SKA ISI.E CITY, hTO.NIJ IIAIlHUn, W Uie the convenient all-rail Wi Delaware River Bridge Reut . . .. .. ." ',. c I. .1 son, wllh tee grpnt ft regard for ex ternals, gated upbn this strange figure wnicn nnu round, its. way .into ner snc l. '... VU.kL.I " I. .Ulirin tmii ,wlfh, ntr astenshmcnthlclKlcpt her n!e 'silent? " , s it 1 ,'i ' "rJerry jn'-intrude' 'MrMir.ei- be gan, with nn affabllltr-whlch Jie.'mennt lq -be .reassuring. ., 'IMr.'i.Tallentu,'1' .Will you Introduce.' me te tbdf.lmly ?",' i linn k l..ll...i- 1.1.. 1 .J.. ttlt..-t.l t r jii'.iriiu' iiciHiii'sci'u tiimiiuiiH'y'. it "Lady .Tnne,"'.he snld. "t'hliT 1. Mr .Iriliics Miller T,rfd.viTqne 'Partington." )Mr. Miller 'wns Impressed, "lioldeilt his hand nnd withdrew It. 'Tinnst apolegise for this Intrusion. La'dy Jane, nnd te" "you, Tallente,' of ccnirsc. " Mr. Tallente is naturally sur- firlsed td'scs me. He and Inrexpe Meat opponents," he confided, turning te Jane. ' Her surprise Increased, It possible. "Are you Mr. Miller, the Democrat M. P.?r she asked, "the Mr. Miller who was making these speeches at Ilcl lesfield. Inst week?" .''At jetlr ladyship's service," he re plied.' with a low bow. -"I am afraid If you no a friend of Mr. Tallente's reu miist leek-upon me ns n'very disagree able person." . "It the newspapers 'arc te be be lieved, your strategies ink nt IIcllcs fleld scarcely gle one an exalted Idea fit jour tactics," she replied coldly. "They. all seem te agree that Mr. Tal lento wes cheated out of hlasent." The intruder smiled 'tolerantly. He glanced around the room as though ex pecting ,te be nsked te seat himself. Ne invitation et the sort, hew'eVcr, was nc nc cerded him. "All's fair In Ifcve.nnd politics, Ludy Jane," he declared! V "We Democrat have our program,. nnd our motto Is that these iwlie are net with us ijre ugnlnst lis1. Mr. Tallente here knew pretty wtll what he was up ngalnnt." ', ' "On thn rnntrnrv'' Tflflente litter- jVupted. "one neer' knows vhaf",pnc lr up against wnen you arc in tne opnesnc camp. Miller. Would yih.-mlnd ex plaining why you have sought me out In this singular fashion?" "Certainly," was the grncleus.reply. "Yeu hafc a very distinguished visitor ever at the Maner, waiting there te see you. 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Buy through him. -LMM took the liberty of hunting you Up be thut thcre should be no delay In .your return." r "And who may this dMIngulshed vis itor be ?f, .Tallente Innulrct', with un conscious sarcasm, "Hfuvpiinrt'Dnrlrey," Miller Answered, 'lle'hnd Mlss-Mlnll nnd I arc staying put. far from .euV , . v "Htcphc'ri Ditrtriy?'' I.ady Jnne niuri Inured. "Darlrey?" Tall6nte echoed. "De you mean te say thntMi? Is ever at the Maner new?" ' , "Waiting le tee jeu,;' Miller, an nounced, 'and for 'a moment there was'a little gleam of dhpltinsure In his eyes. Lady .lane'slghed, "New, If enlv you'd brought him ever with you, Mr. Miller," she said, n hade mere amiably, "you would have given me real pleasure. There Is he man whom I nm mere anxious te meet." Miller smiled tolerantly. "Dartrey te a veiy difficult person," he declarpd. 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