charice^want, to be equal to, a. -uaaji-r!
Villi .mno^ _•
"What are you going to do, sir?" she
asked, afraid. ^^.'^'.'4
"I'm going to spoii all yofir IitUer
scheme, dear," -he returned,
sadly. "I'm going, I fear, to make you
lose all your money. I'd like to make
it -easy for you, but I can't You've
got to take your medicine, children,
and when* it's all over back there in
Mississippi I shall be able, I hope, to
patch up your broken lives and togeth
er we will work out your mistakes. I
can't think of that now. The honor of
the Langdons calls. This is the time
for the fight, and any one who fights
against me must take the conse
quences."
Herwalked over and touched the bell.
"Thomas," he said to the servant
who responded, "take that letter at
once to Senator Peabody, In the libra
ry."
"What is it, sir?" asked Randolph.
"It's the call to arms," responded his
father grimly.
Senator Peabody read the letter to
which Haj jes had signed Langdon's
name and jumped up from his chair in
the library in astonishment. Without
a word to the startled Stevens he rush
td to confront Langdon.
"What's the meaning of this?" he
Bhouted as he burst In on the junior
senator from Mississippi
"Of what?" asked the southerner,
with a blandness that added fuel to
Peabody's irritation.
"Don't trifle with me, .sir!" cried "the
boss of the senate." "This letter. You
sent it. Explain it! I'ns in no mood to
Joke."
Langdon looked at him calmly.
