m IMF .i V ! 'Wi.'.-ii Wii3 &-.-.-'" " f 1 I Jj .' - .. .. ', i... ' T-rr-r-'H f i Li NOBODY'S UN: i : By E. Phillips Oppesiheim ..n HK0IN8 THE STORY Andrew Tallentc, political leader, i, manlci far money. Hh teife icetpted hint 'e orirerd rtel nmfcj fa i te a title. Lesing hi seat in parliament he meet her rccrlm Z en 'eith the statement that hs' " " sr .ras fr "cc. i' sannTareZ She ha. ' ..... 11...1 i. ? ,u..lZ.;t,ir for the disappearance. Tata Jane Partington a beautiful d wealthy aristocrat interested in tabor problem, h a neighbor who Mtratt Andrew greailu. He tell KJ "he and hi wife have parted. uitscd ,r he and Andrew has missed some vatuaoie " iVui .,nnrji. mill In nn araumrnt VlthValilser en the edge of a cliff has struck him. The secretary fell iter. Andrew, formerly an At linitt, has climbed down te the beach tlew, but found no trace of Palliscr. Ite is kept under observation by In In uecter (Jillian, of. the police. Stephen Daitreu, the prcat Laber Party Under, with Miller, a coarse-grained radical, and Nera Miall, a charming tnd brilliant feminist leaden, visits Tallentc and asks him te join their '"and herb it continues fimucnti if se mucn of ttuin ,n w,int 1 von Miy," Tnllente declnred, "thnt I m KelriK te ppenU te you frnnkly, even i spenk nbeut your inen Throughout the wnr Mil though "I) iruiim-" "'" . ....... - m eelne te spenk nbeut your friend Stiller here. Throughout the wnr Mil fr was n pacifist. HCwn dend ngnlnst killing Herman. He was nil for n peace nt niiy Pr'-'' ... . , , . "Steady en," Miller Interrupted, ludilenly fitting up In lils chair. "Loek L.M Tnllnntr " "He quiet until I have finished, " Tnllente went en. "He wan concerned In no end of Intrigue with Austrian and Herman SeclalR for embarrnnslng the Government and bringing the war te an nd. I should Miy that but for the fact that our fieverninent nt the time was wholly one of compromise, and was leaning largely upon the Laber vote, be would have been Impeached for high treason." Miller, who had been busy rolling n cigarette, lit it with ostentatious care- 'Vntl what of all this?" he de manded. . "Nothing," Tnllente replied, "except that It seems n strange thing te find you new associated with a party who threnten me openly with political- ex tinction unless I cheese te join them, I call this junkerdem, net socialism." "Ne man's principles can remnln sta ble la an unstable world." Miller pro nounced. "I still detest farce and com- fiulsiea of every sort, but 1 recognize Is necessity In our present civil life far mere than I did In a wnr which was. after all, a war of politicians." Nera Minll leaned ever from her chair and laid her hand en Tullcnte's arm. After Miller's raucous tones, her Tetrc sounded almost like music. ( "Mr. Tnllente." she said, "I can understand your feeling aggrieved. Yeu re net a man whom It is easy te threaten, but remember thnt after all we must gn nn our lixril way toward the appointed gnat. And consider Jfn't the upraised red for your geed? Your place is with us Indeed it is. I fancy that Stephen here forgets thnt )ou arc net yet fully acquainted with our real principles and alms. A po litical party cannot be judged from the platform. The views expressed there have te be largely governed by the char acter of the audience. It Is te the text books of our creed, Dnrtrey's'textboeks, that you should turn." "I IlIUP lv:lll Vnlll vli.wa nn nnrtnln ecial matters. Miss Mlnll," Tallcnta observed, turning toward her. Hhe laughed understanding. Her s twinkled ns she looked at him. "And thoreughlv disapproved of tliem, of course! Hut jeu knew, Mr. Tidlcntc, we are out net te reconstruct feciety but te lay the stepping stones for ii reconstruction. That is all. I nippese, that any single generation eeuld accomplish. The views which I nacadvec.ited in the Pnlvcrsnl Review arC the ViCUS whlpll will lin llfniifiwl nc matter of course In fifty years' time. Today they seem crude and unmoral, chiefly because the casual reader, csne flally the Itritlt.li reader, dwells se much upon external effects nnd thinks je little of the soul thnt lies below. hxtn WUr-fMr. Tallentc, with your pns--wen fur order nnd your distrust of all change In established things, can warecly consider our marringe laws an cntlrn huccess?" Tallentc winced n little and Dartrey hastily intervened. "We want jeu te remember this," h said. "The principles which we nd nd nd vocate are condemned befere thtv are considered by men of inherited prin ciples nnd academic education such ns yourself, because jeu huve iibseclatud tliem always with the disciples of nn archy belshcvism und ether diseased ntuais. ou have never steeped te Mparate the geed from the bad. The person who dares te tamper with the i V 1U,e 'Wrcd stands before you Prejudged, (ranted that our doctrines we extreme, are ve let me be pen.enul nd say , I t Ii e class of man whom .i ,'ttu' nweelutcil with these doc .? c Democrats have gained great power during the last ten year?. e have thrust our influence deep into he hrurts, ()f lhese Rreuti Hlnlfctcr beti. 'm. the trades unions. Thcie is no SnleV'c!1t 0l-les who rcnlizet, our numer cul and potential strength. "We could have created a revolution in thij Sr,rt llt !ll,y ,lme hll"' tj's I'"-0-mier s drst gloomy speech in the Heuse et Commens after the signing of peace, t'Vu' I'l'espn. I can ussure jeu that ikJ.""!0".' ,l,e Ual tnnci' f"r marching nreuRh ,1P. blrecU wUh ru(, tJ aM(1 i'"1"" "s the diseased end of e.ir i& i IV1 ,y ,,l'n" the PalaceH nnd pub pub e b ulldlnjj s of l.omlen. AVe nru Dcm "jram or itepuhlicuns, whichcer jeu 21T" l!l t'nU ,us' wl' tlesl, ' " anil ".h ,"' ,)(l," aH we bl,nll -'"' '"'! wIkte we recognized a, man of wniiu, Hit,, jeurself, who must be for if- .i "'""",'- s if we ennuet convert im then we must see that politically c ceases te count." Hebcrt came out and whispered in wnKVr H tilr- 'Tnllente turned ta ms guests. J'.1 .Mimet eiTer you dinner," he ". but my scrvnnt nssurcn me thnt 'en 1? llr"M: " c"1'1 MiPPcr. Will w-n,i.tny I,t,,1", llllt . H'lrtrcy, loeko t''""Cy 'U Vlew from bulnc of "'' 1P, Mi He felt a touch en his sleeve and a very sweet nersuaslve voice In his ear invltntlen," Dart- "1 have been sit- for the clmiice te from behind your' replied eagerly wn?rfl,PrV' ,"n8,, mu'rllt wi!l,bn ,,l'Bltfiil." Nera inur grass pier." Wanl t0 B ,low le ' WncienOv ,0i "W"1' n l""0 Si Z" lxKi,,ml,1' w,,,ch ,e,, ' lhe a .,! ,?,;, sJ,nep 'IPtniued his host for ."r ! ,' ' Mt, "ne of H"1 cernels, "wl ,, ii .b'.u- 'J;i'te." he asked, lleVr?" Ut the dl8Plwtrnnce of I'nl w'Ii ,,ny 'jlHiippenred," Tullente nn- Ki u ' lhnt ,8 u" l knew reluh" Ji.!00'1. . IiIh hands In his Itwhe ', '"nin ,",l! d of his meus- lent g for him te pasi en. Tul- ' face wen immovable. "Dlupppeared? De you mean te say thnt you don't knew where he is?" "I linvc no Idea." A IPflln thnfn u'au n tntriAfi() till Attn a Then Miller leaned it little ferwnrd. oeu ncre, Tnllente," he began. Tnrn tnrnntl rnnnrl ntwl ui.flilnnlv beckoned her liest te her. Cemn nnlcklv." who lirtrirpil. "I pun de nothing with Mr. Dartrey. He has just decided thnt our whole scheme of me is nDsiire, tunc politics ami power nre shadows, aud that work for ethers is lunacy. All that he wants is your cottage, a fishing red nnd it few books." "Nothing else?" Tnllente asked, smiling. There was a momentary cloud upon her face. "Nothing else In the world." she answered, her eyes fixed upon the fig ure of the man who was leaning new ever the gray stone wall, gazing sea ward. During the service of the meal, en the terrace afterward, und even when thev strnllerl itmvn . II.a jwti-a .f l... dill te see the great yellow moon come up irem ueniuii tnc mils, scarcely n word was spoken en political subjects. Dartrey was an Oxford man of Tnl- lctltc's OWII polled., nnil nllliniitrli iu.... ernl years his senior, thev illsmvprml many mutual nrnimlntnnrim nmt In. dulged in reminiscences which seemed te afford pleasure te both. Then they drifted llltn lltxrnttirn nml Tnltnnfe found himself amazed at the knowledge ft I.a ti.n.i .tl.n. ...l.Af ii, V ..v ...ii ..iiuu .viiuie me was sup posed te have been given te his lnbers for the people. Dartrey explained his intimate acquaintance with certain modern Writings und his marvelous fa miliarity with many of the classics, as he and his host walked down to gether along one of the tjarrew paths. "leu sec, Tallentc," he said. "I have, never been it practical politician. I ilnrp sny thnt accounts for my rnther peculiar position today. I have evolved a whole scries of social lnws by which I maintain thnt the people should be governed, nml ilmm inn-a I.-,.- i... accented wherever socialism flourishes. lliejTtoek me some yenrs of my enrlier Ife te elnberute, some yenrs of study before I set pen te pnper, some years of my later life te place before the WOrlll. anil flmre ..... ,.,!, ..I......II.. '"11. . There is nothing fresh te say about these great human problems. Thev nte there for any man te whom daylight pnmn tn cu mi.... ,, ,. .1. ?'." --.....,, . vc iin-j ure un incvuauiy bound up with the future of our race. "I", "V.." "?. J'S further. My "w e uunu, I leu r.in fmt tnW ui. tt rrt-n. . argued, "when day by day 'jour power ,in.u u""lr grows, wnwi everything P nt" e ou ns the next Premier?" "ThnVtl ,.i '. TUartrcy "piled quietly. i, t "".' " "ere. j.ne Jiend of the Democratic Party has ii right te the government of this country, but you knew, at this point T have V very 'm."ilfefis,l0.n t0 ,lwkp- x nm the worst I am a pour debnter, n worse stratc n m' IAjf,:ITa"" thnt Is why you fi.-i uat tllls """'""it wnlk together through your beautiful grounds and watch the rim of that yellow moon, it is veurself we want." felTali?e tot,felt V.10 "'J1".0' t,,c moment, relt the sincerity of the man whose hum pressed gently upon his arm you nre our man, Tnllente." his visitor continued, "if you sec eye "'te eve with us as te the grent things, if you can east away what remains te you of class nnd hereditary prejudice , ml threw in your let with ours, there Is no office of the state which you ma v net hope te occupy. I hnd net mcunt te appeal te your ambitions. I de se ..-.. ..., huniMui,v. .aH n rule, every man connected with a revolution thinks himself uble te govern the state. That s net se with us. A man mny have the genius for seeing the truth, the genius even for engraving the laws which should govern the world upon tablets of stone, without having the capacity for government." ,"I!ut. rte yen mcnn sn- " Tnllente nske.l, "that when Herlock gees down as go down he must within the next .Torte"unrc,,ot,,rci,umit "I should never accept the task of forming a government,'' Dartrey said quletlj, "unless I am absolutely drl en !i!.V?i Jt '.""'" h!1(nwi ,,u ,r"t'' te the world. I hnve shown te the people whom I love their destiny, but I huve net the gifts te lead them. I am asking ou, Tnlleiite, te join us, te enter Par lament as ene of our pnrty nnd te lead for us in the Heuse of Commens," "leurs is the offer of n prince." Tul Tul leneo replied, after a brief, nervous Illlllse. "If I linultntn ..... ,,,... .. , ,; , ..-.-.....-, ...... .unci j-j. member nil that It means for me." j'arirey smiicti, "New. my friend," lie said, "leek mn lu the fapf ntwl m.uiv.i. ...n ,i.. question. Yeu knew little of us Deme'l crnts as a party. Yeu sen nothing but a liotch-peteh of strnnge people, struu gljng nnd striving te uttnin (lefinitc form. Naturally jeu nre full of preju dices. Yet consider your own political nOHltlntl. T nm lint tinrn it. mnbn n. ... ... .... ..wv ... w . . .11,.., .Ill," Itul out of a mnn's dlsapnintment in his friends, but lias your grent patron used you well? Herlock offers you s grudging and belated place in his Cub iuet. What did he sav te you when you enme back from Hcllesticld?" Tnllente was silent. Thnre was, in fact, no answer which he could make. "I de net wish te dwell en that." Dnrtrev went en. "Ingratitude is the natural sequence qf thu distorted po litical ideals which we are out te de stroy. Yeu should be in the frnnie of mind, Tnllente, te see things clearly. Yeu must realize the v" condition of the political party te which Herlock belongs the Coalitionists, the Whigs, or whatever they like te call thcmselu-., The government of this country since thu war hits been n farce aud n mock ery. We nre dropping behind In the world's race. Laber fattens with sops, develops u spirit of greed and produc tion languishes. Yeu knew whv. Luber would tell for its country, labor can feel patriotism with the best, but labor hates te toil under the earth, upon the earth, and iu the factories of the world for the sake of the profiteer. This Is the national spirit, that jealousy, thin uluckness. which the lust tvu jcars baa developed. There is a new Little Eng ender abroad and he speaks with the voice of labor. It is our task te find the soul of the people. And I have ceme te you for .veur aid." Tallentc looked for a moment' down te the bny mid listened te the sound of the incoming tide breaking upon the rocks. Dimmer new, but even mere mujcstlc in the twilight, the grent, Immovable cliffs towered up te the sky. An owl floated up from the grevu of trees beneath nnd with n strnnge cry circled round for n moment te drop onto the lawn, a shapeless, solemn mnss of feathers. At the back of the hills n tlMfj. mIm .$ mr.A ma m.IiI.m tl.fl. fl wedding ring, nnneunccd the rising of the moon. He felt a touch upon his sleeve, ' n very sweet, persuasive vdlce In his ear. Norn hnd left Miller in the background and was standing by his side. , "I heard Mr, Dartrey's Inst words," she said. "Can you refuse such nn nppeal lu such it spot? Yeu turn away te think, turn te the quietness of all these dreaming voices, Ilellcve me, if there is a soul beneath them, It Is the same soul which lias Inspired our creed. Yeu yourself hnve come here full of bitterness, Andrew Tallentc, because it seemed te you that there was no place for you among the prophets of (Jcmecracy. It was you yourself, In a moment of passion, perhaps, who. snld that democracy, is typified In existing political parties, was soulless. Yeu were right. Hasn't Mr. Dartrey just tnlil vnll bn nml .fnAan't tfinf milke Ollr task the clearer? It brings befd're us theso wonderful days written nbeut in the Old Testnment the people mtiBt be led Inte the light." Her voice hud become utmost part of the mtTslc of the evening. Hhe was looking up at him, her beautiful eyes aglow. Dartrey, n yard or two off, his thoughtful face paler thnn ever in the faint light, wns listening with joy ous approval. In the background, Miller, with his hands in his pockets, was smoking mechanically Hie cignrctte willed he had just rolled und lit. Thu thrill of it great moment brought te Tullente it feeling of almost strange exultation, "I nm your man, Dartrey," he? .prom .prem ised. . "I will de what I can." 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