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"I won't betray him to the law, but I've fixed it so that he can't escape it in that way"

Bansemer's man informed him upon his arrival home that Mr Graydon would not be in for dinner He had left word that Mrs Cable was veryout for a long drive-in a hansom It was his intention to dine with Mr and Miss Cable, very infor to read A fierce new jealousy was growing in his heart It was gradually dawning upon him that the Cables had alienated his son's affections to no srew upon hi his father in the love for the girl Resente, flooded his heart He could eat no dinner He was full of curses for the fate which forced hi with people who to hate with a fervour that pained him Jealousy, envy,papers The thought came to him that Graydon had heard the stories and was deliberately staying away fro to hirated as he paused in front of his hoainstbut a paradise for her What a fool I've been to wait so long I've given her the chance to tell her side of the case first She'sof? Drooht I should have demanded less of her A man is never too old to be a fool about woainst me, I'll---"

He did not finish the threat, but started off swiftly through the night toward the Cable home He had no especial object in view; it was simply impossible for him to conquer the impulse to be near his son Like a thief he lurked about the street in the vicinity of Cable's house, standing in the shadows, crossing and recrossing the street hted ith hateful eyes It was after eight o'clock and the night was daht chill in the air, but he did not feel it, although he ithout an overcoat

The lights on the second floor, he kneere in Mrs Cable's room In his mind's eye, he could see Graydon there with the others listening to the story as it fell fro lips--the pathetic, persuasive lips of a sick woman He knew the effect on the chivalrous nature of his son; he could feel the coldness that took root in his boy's heart