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Annesley borrowed twenty thousand of him on a three months' note. Both men are well known at the Union bank, Karloff having a temporary large deposit there, and Annesley always having done his banking at the same place. Karloff, for reasons which I can not tell you, did not turn in the note till this morning. You will take it up this afternoon."
There was not the slightest, not even the remotest, fear of treachery; each man knew with whom he was dealing; yet there they stood, as if fascinated. One would have thought that the colonel would have counted his money, or Karloff his plans; they did neither.
The imagination of love's young dream is the most stretchable thing I know of. Seriously, however, he was a very good judge of music, and I am convinced that what he heard was out of the ordinary. But I must guide my story into the channel proper. During the music Karloff and Colonel Annesley drifted into the latter's study.
Washington forgives everything but stupidity. Not until recently did I learn that at one time Karloff had been very attentive to her. His great knowledge of American politics doubtless came to him through her. "Where are you bound?" asked Miss Annesley. "I am on the way to the War Department." "Plenty of room; jump in and we shall drop you there. James, drive to the War Department."
There was not even the usual ornamental dagger. A window again stirred mysteriously. A few drops of rain plashed on the glass and zigzagged down to the sash. "Sooner or later your daughter must know. Request her presence. It rests with her, not with you, as to what course I must follow." Karloff was extraordinarily pale, and his dark eyes, reflecting the dancing flames, sparkled like rubies.
I, who have left my blood on many a battleground, was about to commit a treasonable act. Allow me first to straighten up my affairs, then you may do with me as you please. I am guilty of a crime; I have the courage to pay the penalty." His calm was extraordinary, and even Karloff looked at him with a sparkle of admiration.
Chadwick, Count Karloff, one of the notable grand opera prima-donnas, who would not sing in opera till February, a cabinet officer and his wife, Colonel Annesley and his daughter. You will note the cosmopolitan character of these distinguished persons. Perhaps in no other city in America could they be brought together at an informal dinner such as this one was.
How smoothly all this would have gone to the end had she not crossed my path! I am base, I, who have always considered myself an honorable man. And now it is too late, too late!" "Too late? What do you mean? Have you dared to ask her to be your wife?" Had Karloff held her arm at this moment, he would have comprehended many things. "No, no!
As her father the matter took on a personal side. I could not very conscientiously make love to your daughter and at the same time " Karloff left the sentence incomplete. "And Betty?" in half a whisper. "Has refused me," quietly. "But I have not given her up; no, I have not given her up." "What do you mean to do?" Karloff got up and walked about the room. "Make her my wife," simply.
"And even now this father of mine is planning and planning to safeguard his country." "But you must not say anything to a soul, my child; it must be a secret till all is ready. I met Karloff to-day at the club. He has promised to dine with us to-morrow night." "Make him postpone it. I have promised to dine with Nancy Warburton." "You had better dine with us and spend the evening with your friend.
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