The Yakima herald. [volume], May 02, 1889, Image 5

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The Yakima Herald.
MUMte Q(jAUTCHm(«bilbbi«.)
here m go hallooing all over tbs place after
r*u Now took hers, have you got that Cal
pour of voun bersT
“Tta. wjiiira, tbs pony M here, and If Mbs
fat H banal far tea want of movement”
’‘Very well. then, take this letter." aad bs
bended him an epistle sealed wMb a Item in
dnuxsul “Tans tele latter to Mr. Quest at
BtuMMghara. aad wait for an answer And
look here. «s you are about the place at II
•‘dock, for I expect Mr. Quest tensm
about the Moat feim”
“Yea sir."
“I suppoas teat fag bays beard nothing
motwfrom Jan'sr. have your
“No, squire, nothing. Hetmans to gel tbs
piece at his owe price or tench H."
“And whet is hie pricer
"Fire shillings an ecru Ton sea, ter, Mb
this way That army gent, Major Boston,
as Is agent for all the college lands down the
valley, he ba a poor weak fool; aad when all
these tenants come to him aad say that tear
must either have tea land at flve shillings an
gets aoarsi, ba daw, nnd down
Mom the reat of some of tea bite meadow
laad la tbs country from thirty-fire shillings
toflvu Of conns It don’t signify to Mm not
. a half penny—tee college most pay him his sal
ary all teesame-uadbedeo’t know no mors
about farming, nor (bad, nor northing, than
my old mate yioder Well, aad what comes
of tel Of course every tenant on the piece
hears that those collage tends an going for
firs shillings an acre, and they prick up thair
san and say they must have their tend at
the same Agger; and It’s all owing to tent
Boston varmint. who ought to ba kicked
through every boU on the place aad than
drownhd to dead la n dike."
* —J, *M *agk, to b,
Imfa>—i bat b.1a.11, nr, bad.
with «orn down to tTrtntj .In. tit Itol ~
“fto M toyto, tb»r dal bbd, totora,*
■MbbnUnr. hi, In, ho. UihUa, ip.
**th*? to. bod, ctwl bod, tiod tor ,rar?bod?.
Abd r» not dtoytof thoa thoy on bod for
tbowootoiboo rf toorotobtollOrbbotoD
talo, ibor ora ano lor too loadload, ball
*oo*oo 0. Uo tooabbra I* IU 100, ran. If
■a* tad toot toor eo* I* land ot dr* toll.
Hap *a wra Uut'a worth await?, why It
ll* hara** o*ton to ray twratyi n*d «
bbo? And tool tba loadlord muat r>*otoo?
drtra Ua. of am u»,n to? o* too whip.
Wk?, blow jon, dr, whow * toaaM oototo
' too, bo lo rat? oocr? bad bo tnda
bo ao*« po? hi* raw, la aln* oraaa cot of
t—, H jroo ooold JtM look •> Hut wt look
book joo'd find Hot tko book woo pold, tbo
•rad«a on laid, lb. doctor 1 . laid,
ororrbodjrk paid tafoea bo tblsko okoot bio
. -lod*. Ut lb. loadlord ri. buoai bo
ooolbolp bioaolf; bat. Lord blaojroo. It a
hundred pound. »oo orordoo to tbo boob, It
Woald ban tbo loaordo an o I Urn lotto
tbao, oad bo boon IL Non.oo tor Hat
oornbttdoaoatotoU na that ho can't p.;
■lton ibilllng. oa acre for tbo Moat fonolo
■—it loaly wiob I bad tbo Capitol to
tak* it at th* wtoa."
“Wall, George,” eald tha equire, “1 think
UaMM lto* he mmmgad I shill borrow tha
leeway and taka tha farm in hand, lam not
going to let J enter bar* it at fir* ehiiifaige
aaacra*
. “Ah. air, that 1 * th* beat way. Bad aa
ttam are, it would go hard if 1 can’t make
th* internet and tha rant oat of fttoa Be
aid**, equire. if you giro way aboat this
fona, all (h* othan will ooam dowa on you.
Vm wet aayiagh word ag*in year tenon*, hot
whir* there'a money to be Bead* you can't
tmat no own.*
“Wall, nail,'Mb) tba «}iitaa,“pa>ba|Bran
arorigblond potbapa T— ato-k Bight or
nroag, p» olwojt talk Uka floloMii all
blaglorj. Any way, bo off with that note,
and loan* bnra Um aaanr m aoenMynn
Ft (took. MM Jan tel (a laolng ud
thing about down In BoMngbnto. btiuun
nut my unur."
‘tobtMUU boarow tbb ntonajlf hb
. teMM,’aMtiutobmUMtbbM.ual»
, wWkla andHar. doing btr hnU> by tba apM
' window. “Oaorgaebndo atoiuwith blmia
In ainntbb tbu I mb la a waak, bad I
kaow that ba batM Jaattr. I ballon DM
daatar throw up tba farm baeaata at bit
UMnaliag with Oaoaga. Wall, I aappoM
that «a mum laka aat tea"
Maaaoblla Oaoaga Bad aaouatad bb«
aaddapartad opoutba mad to r llla,haai
' ' ■■nlttogbb tat pony nlongMlbonghbanaant
tobatbtoa la twaaty tnittntaa. Bnl aa aeon
M ba uu wall out of tba raaehod tbaaqolrab
about. aad tight of tba oaatlo gataa, bodallb
< Ml onufabulatlM »ltb a Man about tbatcb
ngaotoarieba Tbaaoa ba quially toada kb
way to bit an URla plana, wbara ba paw
aaadad to oontfortably gat kb brankfaat, rw
Marking to bia wtfa tbu ba wud optnton
Mat than aa u bury abou tba aaatrbb
bttar, m -biyaaa" ant la tba habit at
CMaiag to ate U • la tba antes.
Braaktbtl otm. tba pbilotopbie Oaorga get
bMbto Mrt. tba.lia pony baaing bau bad
• up tauili, aad labaaaly droaa lata tba ptot
waaqua aid wwa which lay at tba baad ol
tbaaalby. All along tba toaia atraal ba tout
■aiy aoquaMaaoaa, aad wltb aaeh ba (auad
•>. baaaaaaaarW atop aad kata a talk, ladtad,
with two ba bad a nodaat bait plat At
baith, bewarar, kb labar arar, haanttud U
Mr. UuaatU affloa, that, aa aU tba BaMaubaai
world known. It Joat appoaHalhaaburek,at
Mlilly restored,* mainly owing to his efforts
sod ff—UUS contributions Driving opto
Iks small aad quist looking doorway of a
> tory unpretentious building, Osorgs da
r aad kaosksd, wbsrson a clsrk
opsnsd Um door, aad fa answer to his la
qairia informed him that bs believed Mr.
Quart had just coma over to the ottos,
la auotbtr minute ha was shown Into aa
Innsr rows o I tks todhmry country ottos
stamp, aad tbtta at tks tablssatMr. Qoast
bimastl
Mr. Quart was a man of about 40 yean of
ago. ratbsr oadsr than osar, with a pals,
mantle cast of Coos, aad a quist aad pleasant,
though sums*bat reserved, aannsr. Ok
t fsatans wore la ao way remarkable, with
I tta which seemed to
I haoytasa art la hia hsad owing tosomsoa
} riuue Nnr of secure. Par whereas his gw
I fern was dark, Ms hair la particular
Utug jot black. thsM eyas wars gray, aad
Jarred extraordinarily upon their companion
tsataim Per the east, he was amb of soas
prossaeo,aad wick the manners of agoutis
emerge* h* Mid, “what Is it that
krtags you to Betataghnmt A letter Croat
the squire f Thank you. Taka a seat. wUI
you, while I tuok through it. Unphl Wants
mo to some aad see him at 11 o'dook. laat
' MM Mba wu (ala, to tbtww it api aad I
ad .Wad Mat to do nothing af too aortj but
ha la a duaatbdad aort at a fallow, Jaattr b.
aad Malar Batooa bu apatolbawhalafaua
try tads by bis very U1 ad vised action about
wnrmiat, aad Major Bittiu
bagging his pardon tor the is aa
am, dr. Anywhere, tbore it le, Jester tee
SSSSresSS
WUM m amt, itan .1.1 m itM, 1
HaiW tom u* ipWiiMM lifc
"toe. «lr. that's Ms nd that’s wha* ha
•sate to sss yon about"
•*M«*re mousy, I suppose," said Hr. Quasi
“Well, fM. sir You ssstborewUi bstba
oorcnents to asst, and then too farm Is three
bund ml acres, and to stock 11 proper means
aiae pounds an ears quits, on this ksra
heavy land."
*Wbat to to teal Mm you la tostofn*
tenf*
“Tee, yes, I know; n matter of fonr thou
sand more or tea but where Is tt tooome
from* tenth tea question. Cosssyto do aot
Uko tend uaw any morn than other hanks da
However, IV mo mymtedpalahote to, But,
George, 1 cant possibly get up totheomtls
at li. I have got a obarebwarden’s mesttsg
’at a quarter to-about that west pinnacle,
you know. It te la a moat dangerous condi
tion ; end, by the way, before you go i should
like to bare your opinion, as a practical man,
as to the beat way to deal with tt. To rebuild
it would coat a hundred and twenty pounds,
aad that 1s morn than wales our way to pay
at present, though 1 can promise fifty, If they
oan scrape up tbs rest. But about tbs squire
1 think that th* boat thing 1 can do will bate
eoma op to the oaatlo to taMh, and than 1 can
talk orer matter* with him. Stay, I will jost
writ* him a not* by th* way, you would
like a glam of win*, wouldn’t you, George?
Nonsense, man, bar* it lain tha cupboard; a
glaaeof win* it a good friend to have handy
•omatimea.*
George, who, like moat man of hia stamp,
could put away bis share of liquor and feel
thankful for it, drank hia glam of wine while
Ur. guaat waa engaged in writing hia nola,
wondering meanwhile what mad* th* lawyer
m civil to him. For Georg* did not like Ur.
Quest Indeed, it would not be too much to
my thethehetod him. But this wee a feel
ing that he never allowed to appear; he waa
too much afraid of the man for that, and in
hia queer way too much devoted to the old
■quire's iateroate to run the riak of Imperiling
them by the exhibition of any aversion to
Ur. Quart. He knew more of hia master's
affairs than anybody living, unlam It waa,
perfaapa, Mr. Quest bimaaif, and was aware
that tba lawyer held tba old gentleman in a
bondage that could not be broken. Now
George waa a man with faults. He was some
whet Uy. and, perfaapa, within certain line*,
at timm capable of giving th* word honesty
a liberal Interpretation. But among many
other* h* bad on* oonaptouooa virtue; be
loved tha old equire aaa Htgfatondmen loves
his chief, and would almost, if not quite, have
•lied to am him. Indeed, aa It was, bto
uillrt waa no easy one, for Mr. da la Molls'*
tamper was non* of (he bast at timm: and
whan things want wrong, aa they pretty
frequently did, h* waa exceedingly apt to
rirtt hia wrath on th* hen* of tie devoted
Georg*, myingthinga to him whioh ha should
not have aaid. But hto muter took Mali in
the day** work, and never bora maliea, con
tinning la hi* own cadging, pig headed sort
nf way to labor early aad late to prop up hia
■artarii brohea fortunm. Indeed, bad it not
•Stone, HoohamSSeand"ltaownarwooU
bar* parted company Mag before.
CHAPTER m
Aftar Oaarca bad drank hla glut of wlaa
tad glau hb aplaian u to tba ktot way to
■bal with tba danfau piaaaala aa tba
Bhblafham eboteh, ba took tba Data, aatlad
.baht pony aad raiabbd off back to Hon
ham, baaing tba bwyarakaa. Aaaaca aa
U wu paa Mr. Qaaal throw blawtlf baak la
ab ehaii-an aid oak ana, by tba way. Cor ha
Md a Tory prwty totto In antlqaltlaa and a
laaMtu Bwala tar aolbiulDg Ibf aid
plongad Into a brawn ttody.
lYwtly ba baud toward, paloakad tba
top diawtr of bia writing tobiaaad aalraetad
fro* it a bttor addrmd to bUtilf, wbbb
ha had notlaag tbu vary aoralag Itwaa
trow, tba priaolpab of tba crau btaklag Arm
of Owaay A Hon, aad datad froat tkafrktad
ate la Mlaaiag baa Tbb MM ran aa
Mlewoi
[Private and confidential.)
. “Dbab Bin—Wo bars ccoridsrsd yoorro
port aa to tks extandrs mortgages which wo
hold upon the Bonham Castle mtotm.and
have given das weigh* to your arguments as
to Iks advisability of allowing Mr. do la
MoUotkaoto give things a ohaaoo of right
•ng. But wu musk toll yon that we can ms
no prnspast of any such aotatlou of tks mat
ter. at any rats for seas years to oomoh AU
tbs information that wears able to gather
points to a farther decrease la tho value of
land rather than to a rseotory. Thsiatorost
rear la arraar, probably owtM to the non
reoript of iems by Mr. ds taMdla Under
these ntriwimstonnss, much so it grieves m
to take action against Mr. ds In Molla, with
whose family wo kavs had few
gmwrnUoua. we can ass ao altarusHvs but
forsdosuro. aad hereby lustrum yoo to take
tbs ososmary preliminary stops to bring it
about in tho omul manner. W# are. pre
suming that Mr. ds In Molls Is net laapooi
tion to pay off the assrtgsgss, quits
aware of Um risks of a forced mis,
and skaO not hs aUeutohsdl Ja
loss, aJtb< ugh tho sum rseoveraMs doss not
amount to half tks valoattoa of tbs sautes,
which was undottoltau at our tastaaos about
twenty years ago, on lbs bbosUis of tho Bret
advance, Tho only alternative, however,
would be for aa to enter into poamoriouof tbs
property or to buy it fav But this would bs
a nouns totofly Is wind tin with tho osnal
practice of tbs bank, sad, what Is smre, sur
ssuflttspes In the stability cf landed property
It ao ottarly sbattsrsd by our recent expert
so oss that ws can not burden ourselves by
■mb oceans, prafkrrtag to run tho risk of
as Immsdlsts lorn, which, however, we hope
that the htatortasleharaelarsf the property
und| jest
“Be to good w to advisees by aa early
get of thssmyea top* to porsuawno of
*»Ws are, dear sir,y tut nliadll —leato
“OMnhHos.
IT Hawi fto
«f. Bh-Wohave Mmeß» tt BttttvtoaA
SUPPLEMENT.
drem you direct la this natter, nut of course
you will oonamuiilcatn the eontonto oil this
letter to Mr. Edward Coaasy, and, subject to
our lostrncttoaa, which are Anal, act in con
sultation with him."
"Wall." said Mr. Quote to Massif,neks
folded np tbs teste of papa, “that Is about
oa straight as it can be pul And this la tbs
time that tbs old gentleman eboooa to ate
tor another four tbouand Ha may ask, but
tbs answer will be aore than ho bargains
lor."
He rose froa tbs chair and began to walk
op and down tbs rooa in evident perplexity
“If only." be said, “I lad twenty-firs thou
and I would take up tbs mortgages myself
tod foreclose at ay teteura It would be a
good investment at that figure, oven as
(Mags ass. agd besides, 1 should like to bare
Shat place. Twenty-firs fhnuaend, only
twenty f house ad. and now when I want it 1
hare not got tt And 1 should bars had it if
it had aot been for that Mger, that devil
Edith. She has bad mors than that out of
as la tbs last tea years, and still ebe Is
>wa name, too the would cola one's vitals
into money if aba oould. AU Belle's fortune
<be has had, or nearly all, aad am* of mj
rovings, aad now she wants another flve baa
Irod, aad tea erttl bars it; tea Hers w#
•re,” and bs drew a letter Maas bis pocket
written in a bold but somewhat uuednoeisd
woman’s band.
“Osar BUT tt van-Pva ham unlucky
again and dropped a pot Shall want £OOO
by tea Ist October. No shuffling, mind;
money down: but 1 think that you know nn
100 wall to play any more terfca. When can
you tear yourself from tee lovely Mrs, Q —,
and oomo and give your B—ulookt Bring
some tin whan you ooom, and we will have
tunes. Thine, TnTmn."
“The Tiger, ye*. th* Tiger,• ha gasped, hto
face working with passion and his grayeym
glinting as ha tor* tbaepistle tofragment*,
tad tbr*w than down and stamped on them.
“Wall, b* cartful that 1 do*ton* 4*7 col
roar clawa and paint your rtripea By
baa rani it war a man fait Uka murder 1 do
now. Five bondrad mora, and I bartat five
thousand clear in tha world. Truly wa pay
for th* foUimof oar youth I ft make* aw
mad to think of tboaa tool* Comay dc Sou
forcing that plaoa into tha market jnatnow
There’* a (orton* in it at tba prioa la an
other year or two 1 might htoro. recovered
myself that devil of a womaa might he dead
-and 1 have several irons in tha fra, aoawol
which woald b* ear* to tarn up tramp*
Surely thor* mart baa way oat of it aoaw
how. Thereto a way oat of everything an
oapt death if only ooa think* enough, hat Uw
thing it to And it,"*M ho atopped in bit
walk oppoaita to tha window that looked upou
tha atraat and put hi* hand to hi* hand.
Aa ha did aoba ought eight af tha figure
of a tall gentleman atrolliag idly toward the
ago* door, lor a moment ha atoradaibim
blopkly, aaa man doe* whan ha la trying to
catch th* vague otow to a new idea. Then,
ad th* figure paaead oat of hi* view, La
brought bif flat down heavily upon tha ai) L
“Edward Coaaay, by OeorgaP ha said,
aloud. "Thereto th* way of It, if only i can
work him, and onleae 1 bar* madaaatraog*
miataha 1 think 1 know tha way.”
A coup)* of minutes afterward a tall,
shapely young man of aboat twenty-four or
five years of age, oam* strolling into the office
whore Mr. Quart was sitting, to all appear
anoa hard at work at kM aocreapoodenoa
He waa dark la complexion ud decidedly
distinguished looking in feature, with large,
dark eye*, dark mustache* and a pate, soma
what Spanish looking akin. Young aa th*
tao* was, it hod, if otmrrad closely, a eom*
what worn and worried oh* nmb a* on*
would scarcely expact to am upA the coon
tanonoe of a genttemaa bora fiMooh brilliant
fortunaa, aad so well fitted by nature to do
then jnstioa, os was Mr. Edward Oomay
For it to not ovary young ana with dork aye*
and a good figure who to fimHntd to bathe
future hand of ooa of tha moat wealthy pri
vat* bonks in England, and to inherit in do*
ooura* nsam of mangy In hardAßh.mfioaely
estimated at from half a million ton millio*
sterling. Booh, however, wanthofromeet la
Ufa that opened ant bafWn Mr. Award
Comay, who waa now eaepoaed by htoold aad
vinoial aflaira of thUr knam by ettmiiing to
the working of their country aooMtom la the
eastern eoonttoa
“Bow da yaa do, QaaMT MldatnrdCo.
“WoU, yea, Mr. (fteesy,* ■■eta|p|d <ko law
for, rising respectfully, “toms fc sons busl
D€ sSd,^* r Ld Idwnrd, lattShratUy.
whstlsltf"
M Wsil, II is thlM Iks hows has ggttrsd n
forselonrs ea tho Bonham esstls estates—at
Isssi il ooms to thni.*
At tbs sound of this InlslligUMs Idwnrd
Cosssyk wkoto ilsnsnnr nndl>rwn tksnwst
startling transformation—hla isngnor ran
tsbsd, hissyss brightonsd, and hfc tarm bo
canM Instinct with aoUvs Ilfs and baaoty.
“ What thsdMioa,-hs said, and than paused
M I oront bars it,’ 1 ks wont «,|nngdng up.
“I wont haro ttl lautnainartMlarty food
of oM Ds In Holla, perhaps baanHS hs Is net
particolarty food of sddsd,rather
drottyt “but it would bo aa infernal Umbm
to break op that family uni aaU thobouas
under thorn. Why. thsy would ho ruinsd.
And than tkarek Idn-Mks do In Moils, 1
moan—wbnt would boeoas of kart And tks
old pines, too. Aftar bsteg la tbs CaaUly for
all thsss starturiss, I ouppou M would kottld
to soma confounded oountsr akippsr or soma
retired thisf of a lawyer, tt must ba pro
ventsdatany priso—doyoohaar, <Joostr
Tbs lawyer winosd a Httlo at his ohloTi
ooutamptasus aßaUsa, aad than reamrksd,
witkA«ttK "I had ns Mm that you were
to sons! mental, Mr. Oosssy.sr that you took
• litkly MtareUMMlmdo la Moils," aad hs
ghaosd np to ahmrvs the etttsi of hi* shot.
Edward Coomy eolorsd. M ldid aotasan
(bat I took any particular Interest hi Mbs ds
la Mods,* hs Midi “I was referring to the
family. l *
“Oh, qoito 00, thoogh 1 a an I tat
know why you •hoaldnl Mia do hi Moll*
MoMOf thomoet ebartalag warn that I
ororoml,ltolahthomo«fltaradag.lf los
apt my own wife BolVaafthoagain looted
op toddoaly at Edward Coomy, who, Cor hie
part,coloredlortooaeooadtlato ‘Dana
to me," went on the lawyer, *that a man la
lUJfrtaa
alia dttat Baa to too lady With ha
aged tetter aboat to bo eold ap aad tamed
tat ad too eotatae whleh hone belonged to
ha testily for gwerayoao why hA yea
doChogeaeroaiand gradual thing, like too
here la a novel, and late ap too mnrtgtemr
■iward Odmey did not rejeet Ihh ano
ttoa with too nnataipi that might haoohma
oapootod, oa too aeateary. ho appealed to
hotovaiag toe mater over la htoauad, ter ho
drammed a little tone with hlo haatolm aad
“ Wtet lo too oaar aid ho. pmatly.
"Pivoand-tweaty ttenaaad, aad ho «ah
four moret my thirty tboomad.”
"And where am I going to dad thirty then
toad pouado to taho op a handle e( oaorv
gegee which will probably never pay a tertb
togofltoorcatf (awed |dhm
ecoltecting himself. “why should I Intarfars
oltr
“I do hut thiilk," answered Mr. Quest, lr
wring tee teti*r part of the question, “that
rite your prospects you would find it diffl
ult to gft thirty thousand or twios thirty
teemand pounds. 1 know several who would
wutedsr it an honor to tend the money ton
Joassy, If only for tbs sake of the iatroduo
ion—that is, of course, provided the eecur
ty was of a legal nature."
“Let me see the letter," said Edward.
Mr. Quest handed him tee document oos
raying tbs commands of Coaasy to Son, nod
on rand It through twice
“The old man means business," ba laid, as
» returned it; “that letter was written by
aim, and when be bos once made up bis mind
it is eastern to try aad stir him. Dtd you say
that yon wen going to ass tbs squire to
dayr
“No, I did aot say so. but as a matter of
frfetlam. His man, Oeorge-a shrewd f*l
low, by the way. for one of these bumpkins
came with a letter asking roe to go up to tbs
ensile, so 1 shell get round there to lunch. It
tenbout this fresh loan that tba old gratia
roan wishes to negotiate. Of course 1 shall
bo obliged to tall him that instead of giving a
fresh loan we shall have to serve a notice oa
Mm."
“Don’t do teal jam yet,” said Edward, with
decision. "Writs to tea bouse aad say that
their iaatruothms shall ba attended to. There
te no burry about tea notice, though 1 don't
«o bow lam to help in tbo matter. Indeed
there to no call open roe,"
“Very well, Mr. Coaasy. And bow, by tee
way.are you going to teaoasttetetoaftar
aooaf
“Yea, I believe aa Why I"
"Weß,! went te gslup tear# to luncheon,
nadlamlnnflx. Belle will want tbs trap
to go tears this afternoon. Can yon load me
your dog oart to drive up, aad than perhaps
you would aot mind if aha gave you a lift
this afternoon."
“Very well," answered Edward, “that Is If
it suite Mra Quest, Perhaps she may object
to carting ms about tbs country f
“1 bare not observed any each reluctance
oa her part,” said tea lawyer dryly, “but we
can easily settle tbo question. 1 must gu
bom* to got some plans before 1 attend tbs
vestry meeting about that pinnacle. Will
you step ecrom with me and we oan ask berT
“Oh, yes," bs answered. "1 have nothing
particular to da"
And accordingly, as soon as Mr. Quest had
made some small arrangements and given
particular directions to hU clerks es to his
whereabouts for the day, they eel off tw
Other for the lawyer* private house
CHAPTER YIII,
Mr. Quest lived In one of those ugly but
comfortably built old red brick booses, which
abound In almost every country town, and
which give ns the clearest possible Idea of the
want oj taste and love of material comfort
that characterised the gram age in which
they were built. This boom looked oat on
to the market ptoea, had had a charming old
walled garden at the book, famous for its
nectarines, which, together with the town
tennis court, was, as Ura. Quest would say.
almost enough to console bor for living in a
town. The front door, however, was only
separated by a little flight of steps from the
pavement, upon which tbs house abutted.
Entering Into n large, 000 l looking hall.
Mr. Quam paused, and aoked a servant who
was pmslng where bar mietrem waa
“Ih the drawing room, Hr,” mid the girt,
and followed by Edward OosMy. be mode bis
way down a long paneled passage till he
reached adoer on the left, which be opened
quickly, aad passed through into a charming,
modern looking room, handsomely and even
luxuriously furnished, aad lighted by French
windows opening on to the walled garden.
A little tody dressed In some block mate
rial wao steading at one of these window*, her
arms nrmmd behind her book, and absently
geslng ont of It, At the sound of the opening
door she tuned swiftly. bar whole delicate
and lovely face lighting op like a flower in a
ray of aaashiae, the Ups slightly parted, and
n deep and happy light shiniag la hsr violet
•yea Than, all to oa Instant, It was In
stnaotlve to observe how tnetsnlsasniialj her
g tones fall upon her husband (for the tody
was Mrs, Quest] and bar sntirs expression
changed to one ef eold aversion, the light
fading cut of her face aa It dom from a
November sky, oad leaving it cold and hard.
Mr. Qasst, who was a ossa who mw every
thing, aw this also, aad smiled bitterly.
“Don’t be alarmed. Belle,” he mid, la a
low vofoei M I have Mr. Camay with
Bb* tmhsd op to th**yaa,ag»sat wavaof
color, and bar braoat haaradibot baCoraah*
coold answer, Edward Comay. who had
toppod baited to wipe aooa* mad off his
•boas, antarad tba room, and poUtaly offered
bia band la Mia Qoaat, who took tt ooldly
”“iKi « •> xrtr TMtar, Kr. Omtj.’
aha said.
“Yoa," mid har hnaband, "bottto fault U
aim I hart brought Mr. Coaaay orar ta
•ak yoa if yaa aaa gloe him a lift ap to tha
oaeti* this afternoon. I bare to go op tkara
tokiaah, and bar* borrowed bia dog aart."
“Oh, yaa, with plaamn. Bat why aaal
tha dog aart aeam back for Mr. Corner
“Wafc. ran ■a*.” pot ta Edward, “thoro It
a littla dlMoolty; my groom is Bek. Bat
tksra ia rsally no mama wfayyoo abooldba
bothered. 1 have no doobt that amo oaa
ba foondJo bring Itbaak.”
“0h.n0.-M* mid, with a shrog, “It will
ba aH right! only yoa bad better lunch bare,
that's aO, baaaoa* I want to start aarly, and
go.to an old womaa> at tha olkar sad of Boo
ham aboutsom* fachsiacuttings”
“1 shall ba vary happy,” aMdha
“Vary wall, than, that is settled.- said
Mr. Qoom, “and now I mm* gat my pinna
and ba off to that taatry meeting, Vm lata
a* it la WHk four permlsaiea, Mr. Coasay,
I wiU ordm tha dag cart aa I pom year
aaid Edward, and inaaothm
moment the lawyer was goon
Mia gnmt watched tha dooralaaa, and
than ant down la a low armahalr, and resting
har head open tha book, looked op with a
■toady, Inquiring gam fuU into Edward Oea
**ADd*°ba too looked at her. and thought
wha|a baanUfol wamaa aha was, in her own
way Ska waa vary small, ra nail if la bar
Agora almost to stoutness, and pomemadtha
uMm msdmmt beautiful hands and Mat
Bat lor gvnatsat charm lay la tha Cnee,
which eras almost tafantil* in Ita aba pa. and
daUoata m a mom roaa Bha was exquisitely
lair in coloring—lndeed, tha' darkest things
about her warm har violet ay a* which In
■■OMlights took**alma*!hfcihhi contrast
with bar whit* forehand cod waring auburn
hair.
MwadjAnpok*
"B» ny teotead fomf At ooUL
M 1 MppoM to. Why do yoa aakP
** Boca on, froca what 1 know of kio habits,
1 *MU think it rory Utely U»at te to Itoteo
gMufllad tte floor.* M fli toagted
“Yob mb M teToagoodogiaioaof Übl"
“1 boro exactly Um opinion of him thak te
taTTB.* Ob# Klid. Utterly) “and ay
opiulou of him to that te to 000 of tte
wickeds* mou la Caglaad.”
“iftook behind taofloorte wifloajoy
that," said Edward Oossey. “Well, if be to
| all tele, why did yon marry Unf
“Why did 1 marry blmfabe answered,
with pmsion. “Because I was forced into it,
bullied into it, starved Into 11 What would
£oa do if you wore a defenseless, motherless
girl of IS, with n drunken father who beat
you—yea. beat you with a stick—apologised
In the most gentleman-like way next morn
ing, and then went aad got drunk again*
And what would you do if that father were
In tfae bands of a man like my husband, body
and soul in bis bands, and If between teem
prism re wee brought to bear Bod brought to
bear until at last- There, what is tee good
of going on with It. you can guess tbs rest,"
"Well, and what did btf marry you for
your pretty facer
“1 don’t- know, be said so. It may been
bad something to do with it 1 think it was
piy 110,000. for oaqp 1 had a whole £IO,OOO
of my own, My poor mother left it roe,
and it was tied up so that my father oould
not touch it.* Wall, of course, when I mar
Hed my husband would aot bar# any settle
meats, and so be took it, ovary farthing."
“And what did bs do with itr
“Spout it upon tom* other women to Loo
don—moat of it 1 found bln out. bo gave
bor thousand* of pounds at once,"
“Wail. 1 should not bars thought that of
him," said bo. with a laugh.
Bho paused a moment and covered her race
with bor hand, and then went on: “If you
only know. Edward. If you bad the faintest
idea what my Ufa was till a year and a half
ago, when I first saw you, you would pity ms
and understand wby I am bad. and passion
ate, and Jealous, aad everything that I ought
not to ba 1 never bad any happiness as a
girl; bow could 1 in snob a boms as oarsf
And then almost before | was a woman 1
was bonded over to that man. Oh. how I
bated him, aad what I endured I”
“Tea, it can't have been very pleasant.*
“Pleasant—but there, we have done with
each other now—we don't even speak much
except In public, that's my pries fur bolding
my tongue about the lady in ixxidoo and
one or two ocher little things—so what is the
use of talking of itt It was a horrible
nightmare, but It bas gone. And then,’* she
went on. fixing her beautiful eyes upon hU
Ceos, “then 1 saw you. Edward, and for lbs
first time in my Ufa 1 learned what love was,
and 1 think that no woman ever loved Uke
that before. Other women have had some
thing to ears for in their lives. I never had
anything till I saw you It may he wicked,
bat it's true.”
He turned slightly away and mid nothing
“And yet, dear,* she went on. In a to*
voice. “I think it bee been one of the hardest
things of all—my love for you. For, Ed
ward,” aad aba rose and took bis hand and
looked late his face with iter soft eyes full of
tsars, “1 should have liked to be e bioaung to
yoa aad not n curse, and-and—a cause of
sin. Oh, Edward, i should hays made you
such n good wlfot no mau could have bad a
better, and 1 would have helped you, too, fur
1 am not such a fool as 1 seem, and now 1
shall do nothing but bring trouble upon you.
1 know I shall. And it woe my fault, too—
at least, most of it Don't ever think that I
deceive myself, for 1 don’t: 1 led you on, 1
know 1 did, 1 meant to—tberel Think me as
shameless es you Uke, 1 meant to from the
first And no good can oome of it, I know
that, although 1 would not have it undone.
Ho good can ever oome of what is wrong. 1
may be very wicked, but I know that”—and
she began to cry outright
This was too much for. Edward Comey,
who, as any man most, had been much
foaffhed by this unexpected outburst “Look
here, Balia,” be United out on the Impulse of
the moment, “I am sick and tired of all this
sort of thing. For mors than a year ray Uf«
has been nothing but a living lie, aad I ana*
•tend It, aad that’s a (act I toll yoo what
U Ist 1 think we had better Jam take the
train to Paris and go off at once, or else give
it ail op. It Is Impossible to goon living in
this atmosphere of continual falsehood. ”
She stopped crying. “Do yoa rmUyosrs
for mo enough for that, Ed wardr ebe said.
“Yes, yes," ba mid, eoamwbatlmpatiently,
"you can see Ido or 1 should not make the
offer. Hay the word and I*ll do It*
She thought for a moment, and then looked
ap again. “Ho," she said, "no, Edward.”
“WhyT be asked. “Are you afraidP
“Afraidr aba answered, witkagaatora of
contempt, “what bar# Ito ba afraid of» Do
yoa suppose that snob awoman aalaaa baa
any oar* for ecswsqasaomF W« bar* got
bayood that—that la for ooraolaaa Bat «r*
can atUl foal a littla for others. It woalu
rain yoa to do snob a thing. socially and In
ovary otbar way. Too know that yon baa*
oflan aaid that yoor Cathar would oat yoa oat
of hit will if yoa oasnpromlsed yourself and
him Uka that.**
“Oh, ysa, h* would do that. lam aora of
lb Ho wooM new forgive the scandal i ho
hga a hatred of tkataort of thing. Bat 1
ooald gat a faw thoamnrta randy moaay, and
w* oouid ehanga oar namaa and gooff to
soma colony or aoumtblng."
“It ls>*ry good of yoo to any so," aha
■aid, humbly. “Idoat rimsrvs it.and I will
not tako advantage of yoa. Yoa will b*
aorry that yoa mad* tha offer by tomorrow
Ah, yoa, 1 know it la ooly baoaoaa 1 ened.
Ho, wamaat gooo aa w* or* until tha and
comas, and than yoo can diaoard ma; lor all
(ba blama will follow me, and 1 •ball deserve
It, too. Cor 1 aaa oMar than yoa, yoa know,
and a woman, and aay hnaband wiU make
■oat* money eat of yoo, and than it will all.
ba forgotten, and 1 shall bar* had my day
and go my own way to oblivion, liko thou
■anda of othar of nmmafa woman bafOro ma.
audit will baallthaaamaa hundred yaa n
hanoa, don't you aaal Bat, Edward, ramambar
on* thing. Don't play ma aay trieks, for 1
am not of tha sort to bear it. Havapatieoos
and watt for tha and. for thoa* things cannot
Im( vary long, and I shall never ba a burden
on yoa. Don't daaart ma or make asajaal one,
lor 1 oaaaot boar it. 1 aannot. indeed, and
IWIMkMVM Uk,m 9 -w**
Iflo aos know what A a«M do-note a
■caudal, or kill nysoll or yoa, I'm aura I
oaal aay what. Yob osarly Mat no wiki
tte otter day wtea job wopb carrying ob
withhltoodola Holla Ah, jm, 1 oaw it all
1 haw ibmiioiJ you (tori loag ttno,and
somotlmu 1 think that yoo aro really la loro
wßßten Aadaew.tor.l teO yoawhat it
“The Old Reliable,”
•Gr. W. CABY,
Im "till to be found “doing bnaineaa at the old stand,” oat Yakima Avenue,
where will always be found a complete stock of
Greneral Merchandise,
Consisting of DRY 0001)8, CLOTHING, GROCERIES, 4c., of ererr variety.
In connection with the store Mrs. Cary conducts a
Millinery Department,
Embracing all the latest novelties in Ladies' Wear.
Yakima Ave, North Yakima, W. T.
H. KUECHLEB,.
—•mroran or awo dsalbb iw ■ m
Distills, Jewelry, Walcbes, Clocks, Sllnmri, 4t,
YAKIMA AVE. (Goodwill Building), NORTH YAKIMA, WASH.
i•■ , ,
Ajfi'ncy For All American Watohes,
mm hum. a mauTf.
wisißt hi jEwmi MIIXHUI iPAnn. inuiiw saws.
SHAKESPEBIAN!
Kikq Ricnasd lll;—**A Rone) A Hone! My Kingdom for a Hone! I dealn to lake ktai to Iho
fooi plan’s Picnic Harness stem,
And hava have bln fittingly capartaonad, and At the same time get the trapping! at tho
Very Low Frias at filch Jodis is Offerini His imM Gtods!"
MUST HATE ROOM !
OaU and See Me. ‘W’. IF 1 . JOUSS.
Chappell & Cox,
AGENTS FOE FRANK BROS. IMF. GO.,
Yakima Are., North Yakima.
AGENTS FOR FARM MACHINERY Of ALL DUDS* .
Wagons, Farm Hacks, Buggies, Carts, Ac., Ac.
All goods of the best class and warranted, and prices the lowest, quality of goods AosMsied.
H wffl h li Tht Minty U «w IV. Idht rsAah| IplMg fc Mr M*
Tacoma Ghrooery Op.,
INCORPORATED ($100,000),
flout Aoth. Wash. Tks. roa Cklkstino Palacio A Co. 'a Kit Win Havana. Qie am.
TACOMA, WARH.
IMPORTERS & WHOLESALE GROCERS,
Proprietors sf tie Fuel Cuflte aid Spn liflL
Chas. E. Hale, Pres. Office and Warekwaae,
Mathew M Hloan Vice Tim. •
Stt ? »2CWIL"“ Nob. 1687 to 1641 Paclflo^ronue.
Bartholet House,
JOHN BABTHOLET, Proprietor.
FRONT HTRKET, NORTH YAKIMA, W. T.
The Bartholet House is centrally located and conducted on first-class principles.
Every attention given to the comfort of guests.
SEALS TWEITT-FITE CKMTS. LOD6D6 TVEITI-KH CEITS.
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The People’s Barber-Shop,
* * YAKIUA AVENUE. NEAR BOTE. STEINER.
For Neat, Thorough Work.
Th. Rhoj. bu taeo ihoniMHi imoAErt. u .tout EUR ha aM* IlkaMM.
rFsmuT'l WVn & V
Yakima Candy Factory.
Anticipating the wants of my nnmerona and increasing eoatafeen, I hats per
fected arrangements for famishing
X Screnml Ice C^rfecunt,
At motivate priced, and lor public accommodation will keep OPBH .AT All.
HOCKS. Abo a lull line of
liK Candies, Nits, M Ms, lipcrled ai Mr ftm
1 Proprbtof Yafclnut CandtyTbclory.