Bob Younger's Fate — page 35: what you’re looking at

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26 BOB YOUNGER’S FATE. with the faintest suggestion, to the close observer, of refined cruelty in its handsome contour, an athletic and graceful form, pleasing features, dark hair, and eyes that varied in expression from moment to mo- ment; such was the appearance of Julian Stark, a man popular among women and his fellows, whom everybody knew and was delighted to know, yet knew not. “Are you acquainted with Julian Stark?’’ “Certainly. Quite an honor, I assure you.”’’ ‘“What is his business?” ‘“He’s a lawyer, I believe.”’ “Successful?” “He certainly seems to be. How could he help it since he is so popular ?’’ ‘“Whence came he?’’ “Don’t know.’’ ‘What are his antecedents?”’ “Don’t know.’* “What cases has he figured in?’’ “Don’t know.”’’ | ‘‘He seems to have plenty of money.”’ (Vag | ‘“Where does he obtain 1t?’’ ‘‘Don’t know; suppose from his practice.’’ Further than this no one seemed able to get, and thus Stark and Stark’s life formed a mystery with- out people knowing or caring that such was the Case. ‘What’s on the programme to-night, Theo?” - ‘I intended to pass the evening here, and perhaps indite a letter after a while to Miss Ferry.” “But I guess you will find that moping about the house is somewhat too slow an amusement, now Eom (€ oXoye) ESS co n