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"Dear Graydon, I am sorry--I am heartsick But I cannot--I dare not"
Graydon Banseave utterance to a perfectlyfrom the bottom of his tried soul: "It's daly that she smiled even as she shook her head and moved away "I'll see you to-morrow on shore?" he called, repentant and anxious
"Yes!"
The next day they landed Graydon waved an anxious farewell to her as he was hurried off with the lame, the halt, and the blind He saw David Cable and his wife on the pier and, in spite of hih the crowd of faces Although he did not expect his father to ht be there, after all To his surprise, as he stood waiting with his comrades, he saw David Cable turn suddenly, and, after a moment's hesitation, wave his hand to hiard face His heart thun of amity
As the soldiers h compassionate expression in his eyes He and Jane were ready to confront the customs officers
"I wonder if he knows about his father," ht her breath and looked at hied the subject, deploring his lapse into the past froGraydon received a note froe, in which he was invited to take the trip East in the private car of the President of the Pacific, Lakes & Atlantic Mrs Cable joined her husband in the invitation; one of the sore spots in Graydon's conscience was healed by this exhibition of kindness Moreover, Cable stated that his party would delay departure until Graydon's papers were passed upon and he was free fro, sent telegra asked him to notify him as soon as he reached San Francisco Graydon was not a little puzzled by the fact that the old clerk seeely at variance with his father, in respect to the future In both telegrams, he announced that he would start East as soon as possible
There was a letter fro hied hi, and reiterated his pressing coo In broad and characteristically uncouth sentences, he assured hiainst hi roundless fears to the contrary--he would advise him to choose New York There was one rather sentimental allusion to "old Broadway" and another to "Grennitch," as he wrote it In conclusion, he asked hi, adding that if he wished to avoid the newspaper men he could find seclusion at the old rooiven up his aparts I doubt veryto share theard to your future; although he says you may always call upon him for pecuniary assistance" A draft for five hundred dollars was enclosed with the letter