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Suddenly, he stopped stockstill, the bitter scowl deepening in his eyes. With an oath he turned abruptly and hurried in the opposite direction. The time had come to make ready for battle. A few minutes later, he was writing the note which created so much commotion in the home of Elias Droom.
Her name was the Gouden Droom, and she was a little larger than the Bonaventure, but had a smaller crew, and was not near so well found. Elzevir exchanged a few words with the captain, and gave him the landlord's letter, and after that they let us come on board, but said nothing to us.
Although there was no physical proof of the fact, she was positive that Elias Droom had followed her to the very doorstep. In suspense and dread, she waited for days before there was a second manifestation of Droom. There was rarely a day when she did not expect her husband to stand before her and ask her to explain the story that had been carried to him by a demon in the form of man.
Word came from the inner room that Mrs. Cable was regaining consciousness. "Does can she throw any light on the affair?" asked Elias Droom. "She has uttered no word except her husband's name. I think she is still calling upon him for help, poor thing," said the young woman who bore the news. "Cable ought to be notified," said one of the men. "Don't do it over the 'phone," said Droom quickly.
It was no wonder that Droom grinned and it is no wonder that he forgot to cover his mouth with his huge hand, as was his custom. The proposition, while sincere and earnest, was too impossible for words. For once in his life, James Bansemer was at a loss for subterfuge.
Droom answered his questions with a direct tenderness that surprised even himself. He kept much to himself, however, and advised the young man to reserve judgment until after he had heard his father's side of the story. "I've been loyal to James Bansemer, Graydon, and I'll still be loyal to him. He's not done right by other people, but he has tried to do right by you."
"Wha what has he said to you?" demanded Droom sharply. "He rather resented your taking Jane and me to Joliet that day." The old man's grin was malicious. "He won't forgive you that." "I shall never forget how he looked at you, Mr. Droom," said Jane with a shudder. Droom trembled with a new spasm of fear. Attention was diverted by the arrival of the party of six.
"You do? I don't understand." "That's why I'd rather she never could know who her parents are. The shadow is invisible now; it wouldn't help matters for her if it were visible. She's better off by not knowing. Has Droom intimated that he knows?" "He says he does not." "He lies, but at the same time he won't tell her. It's not in him to do it. God, he has served me ill to-day.
I'm not what you call a ladies' man," grinned Elias, puffing at his pipe as he picked up the volumes on Napoleon. Eddie laughed politely but uncomfortably. "How old are you, Mr. Droom?" "I'm as old as Methuselah." "Aw, go 'way!" "When he was a boy," laughed Elias, enjoying his quip immensely. "Miss Cable seems to be very fond of Graydon.
He loved her before and after she married James Bansemer. He never had faltered in his love and reverence for her. Graydon waited in his rooms until the old man returned with the morning papers. As Droom placed them on the table beside him, he grinned cheerfully. "Big headlines, eh? But these are not a circumstance to what they will be.
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