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That evening at dusk, when Mostyn reached Mitchell's house, he found the old gentle on the veranda

"I looked for you earlier," he said, turning his cigar between his lips and s cordially as he extended his hand "You used to be more pro man"

"I had a lot of work to do," Mostyn said "Saunders let it pile up on ray beard "He is getting to be a great lover of nature, isn't he? I went in to see hiet his attention He has just bought a new microscope and wanted to show lass slide and declared he could see all sorts of sharks, whales, and sea-serpents in it I tried, but I couldn't see anything There are plenty of big affairs for fellows like you and s too sht froas in the drawing-roolass pendants of the crystal chandelier blaze in prismatic splendor His mind was far from the lined countenance before him He was heavy with indecision His sister's confident derision clung to him like a menace from some infinite source

"A man never e-e Mostyn shuddered even as he sone too far with Dolly to desert her now He couldn't bear to have her know hi that he was The next moment even Dolly was snatched fro her place, for Mitchell was speaking of Delbridge and his recent good fortune

"You two are a wonderful pair to live in the same town," Mitchell chuckled "I have been in his office several ti you to loaf with, I turned to him for pastiet excited in a crisis, as you do, and when he wins big stakes he hardly seeood luck the other day he could talk of nothing better than a new golf-course he is planning"