T. Tembarom

. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely,

el the solicitor had chosen-sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, unti

New York-its noise, its streets, its glare, its Sunday newspapers, with their ever-increasing number of sheets, and pictures of everything on earth which could be photographed. His choice, when he could allow himself a fifty-cent seat at the theater, naturally ran to productions which were farcical or cheerfully musical. He had never reached serious drama, perhaps because he had never had money enough to pay for entrance to anything like half of the "shows" the other fellows recommended. He was totally unprepared for the facing of any kind of drama as connected with himself. The worst of it was that it struck him

the head of the house had been confined to a begging letter, written from America when his circumstances were at their worst. It was an ill-mannered and ill-expressed letter, which had been considered presuming, and had been answered chillingly with a mere five-pound note, clearly explained as a final charity. This begging letter, which bitterly contrasted the writer's poverty with his indifferent relative's luxuries, had, by a curious trick of chance which preserved it, quite extraordinarily turned up during an examination of apparently unimportant, forgotten papers, and had furnished a clue in the search for next of kin. The writer had greatly annoyed old Mr. Temple Barholm by telling him that he had called his son by his name-"not that there was ever likely to be anything in it for him." But a waif

und himself forced to exclaim mentally not once,

of the firm of Palford & Grimby, who was not accustomed to lightness of manner, and inclined to the view that a person who made a joke took rather a liberty with him, his tendency to be jocular, even about himself and the estate of Temple Barholm, was irritating and somewhat disrespectful. Mr. Palford did not easily comprehend jokes of any sort; especially was he annoyed by cryptic phraseology and mammoth exaggeration. For instance, he could not in the least compass Mr. Temple Barholm's meaning whe

the oldest families in England, no aspect of the desi

re's quite a lot of us ca

of the manor of Temple Barholm,

hat happens if you're

did not appear moved to admiration of him, thou

about it?" he said. "But I guess that wasn't his k

rom those of mere past years. The habits, customs, and points of view of five years before seemed to ha

me thinking about yesterday. What he's got to do is to keep his e

iousness. It suggested that he had not arrived at this conclusion without the aid of sha

detail was concerned. He was at first plainly rather stunned by the proportions presen

all Dutch to me. I can't calculate in half-crowns and poun

him and his impossibilities than the business concerns of his estate would oblige any legal firm to be. Clients, whether highly desirable or otherwise, were no more than clients. They were not relatives whom one must introduce to one's friends. Thus Mr. Palford, who was not a spe

st at once be attended to demanded their presence in England. Foreseeing this, on the day when he had finally felt himself secure as to the

spot as early as possible." He did not mention that he himself was abominably tired of his sojourn on

had been looking rather weighted down and

couldn't we go on the Tr

small, cheap boats

tion would be

and touched his sleeve

t," he said; "I wa

stared

lated, quite aghast. This was a novel order of madness to

took on the note of a too crude y

that boat. The Hutchinsons are sailing on it-Mr. and Mi

ord hesitated. "As to steerage, my de

t deep in his pockets. It seemed to be a sort

gland and have money to burn, I guess I can b

is not a matter of buying. But I should not be conducting mysel

der! It's not a spring bat. I tel

landed his charge safely at Temple Barholm. Once there, his family solicitor wa

rage passage on the Transatlantic yourself, you might no doubt secure first-class state-

shook h

paupers, just because I've suddenly struck it rich! Hully gee! I guess not. A fellow that's been boosted up in the air all in a minute, as I have, has got to lie pretty low to keep folks from wanting to kick him, anyhow. Hut

a certain shrewdness of perception. He had naturally glanced once or twice at the girl sitting still at

little conversation with either of them. Miss Hu

d Tembarom, devoutly.

our idea of the steerage passage. An intelligent girl can often give excellent advice. You will p

egan to surge through his mind-all sorts of things he had no time to think of clearly, though it was true they had darted vaguely about in the delirious exc

going to-morro

for us to make any arrangements in so few hours. You will excuse my saying,"

. He thought he

d hope, he added, "Say, I 'm going to t

er to leave things as they were. "But I'm not qualified t

He had a private conviction that he did