Page 26 (1/1)

"Toot his fellowship some years before I went up, but I often saw him at Oxford, and he has helped erly, prepared to extend warm friendship to any acquaintance of his friend's

"He and I have sometimes crossed swords," said Mr Stocks pompously

Lewis nodded, and forbore to ask which had come off the better

"He is, of course, very able," said Mr Stocks, enerous admission

His hearer wondered why he should be told of a man's ability when he had spoken of him as his friend

"Have you heard ularly when I was abroad, but of course he never would speak about himself, and I only saw hientle hand

"He has had no popular recognition Such reat popular heart But ho believe in the people and work for them have found him a bitter eneifts, is a serious hindrance to honest work," said the popular idol

"I shouldn't call him idle or superior," said Lewis quietly "I have seen hard workers, but I have never seen anything like To his fine talent on a dreary routine, merely because he is conscientious and nobody can do it so well"

He always respected honesty, so he forbore to be irritated with this assured speaker

But Alice interfered to prevent jarring

"I read your book, Mr Haystoun What a time you must have had! You say that north of Bardur or some place like that there are two hundred miles of utterly unknown land till you coht that land important Why doesn't some one penetrate it?

"Well, for various causes It is very high land and the clie tribes with a particularly effective crooked kind of knife And, finally, our Governes British enterprise there, and Russia would do the same as soon as she found out"

"But what a chance for an adventurer!" said Alice, with a face aglow

Lewis looked up at the slileam of dark eyes

"Well, some day, Miss Wishart--who knows?" he said slowly and carelessly