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The Yakima Herald.
COtUUkt qilANlTCttMteatllurl.)
H, wuhave had eooogb of this malanehdy
ta!k to last me for a month. What did you
come hem for at all this morning. Just when
I wanted u get you oat of my bead for an
hour or twe and think about my garden* I
suppose It arm all a trick of Ur guest's
bringing you tars He km gat some fresh
scheme on. I am sum of It from hb face
Well, it cant be helped, and Warn you am
hem, Mr Edward Caeaey tell aw how you
like my new drma,**and abe poaad bereelf aad
mum—led before him ‘Black, you aaa, la
match my aim and show off my oompbxloa
Dossil*t It fit welir
••Charmingly," be oaM. tongbiag la *ite
of hlmsslf. for be Mt la *o tnaghing mood,
"and now I tell you what it is. Bells lam
sot going to atop tare all tta morning, aad
lunch and all that sort of thing it dose not
look wall, to my the best of it Tta probe
WUty b that half the old womeo la Bobtog
hamhavegut their eyas fired oa tta hall
door to see bow long I stay I ahall go down
to the office and owns bock at half post B.**
"A vary aloa excuse to get rid of me.” she
sold, "hut I dare my you ora right, and I
went to am ahunt the garden. There, good
by. and mind yon ora not Into, for I want to
have a nice drive round to the metis Not
that them b much mad to warn yon to be la
tune When you ore going to am Uiaedela
Uolb, b there* Good-by. good-by. *
(’Baiter ix.
Tvs an snow or arm.
Mr Quest departed to bis vaatry meeting
with a mu lie upon bis thin, gentlemanly
looking fane and rage and bittaraam In Us
heart.
“I naught bar that time,” ho said to him
self ; ‘*Bllo can do a good deal la tba way of
deceit, hut aha can't keep tba blood out of
bar cheek* whoa am boars that talttWa name
Uut she is a clover woman, Belle in; bow well
she managed that little business of tba
luncheon, and bow wall toe fought bar case
when ones she got me in a cleft tuck about
Edith and that money of bars, and made
good tame, too Ah I that's the worst of it,
aba has the whip baud of me there, if 1 could
ruin her she could ruin me, and itb no use
cutting off one's buss to spile your face
Wall, my Una lady,” ha want on, with an
ominous flash of his gray ayex “1 mall ha
aaaa with you yet. Give you enough rope,
and you will hang yourself. You lav* this
follow. 1 know that, and it will go hard If I
cant make him brmk year heart for yon.
Baht you dobt know the sort of staff men
arc made of If only I did not happen la ba
in love with you myself 1 should not care
If—eUl here I am at the church. 1 *
The human animal la a very complicated
ameblae, and can conduct tba worblag of an
extraordinary number of different interests
and sets of ideas, almost, if art entirely,
simultaneously For instance, Mr. Quest -
seated at the right hand of tba raster in tba
rntry room oftbe beautiful old Botsingbam
church, and engaged in an animated and
even warm dtaruasiuu with the senior curate
on tba details of Fourteenth century oburcb
week, la which be clearly took a lively In
iciest and understood far batter than did the
cure tv— would have baao exceedingly difficult
to identify with the scheming, vindictive
creature whom wa bava just followed up the
church path. But, after all, that Is tba way
of human aature, although it may not bathe
way of those who try to draw It and who
hive to paint the villain black at the evil one
and the virtuous heroine so radiant that wa
begin totaney wo can bear the whispering
of her wings. Few people are altogether
good or altogether bad; In dead, it h prob
able that tba vast majority are neither good
nor bad-they have art tba etreagth to ba
the one or the other Here and there, how
ever, we do meat a spirit with sufficient will
and originality to press the scale down this
way or that, tbougb even than the opposing
fores, bn ft good or evil. Is constantly striv
Jog to bring tba balance equal Even the
must wicked man have their redeeming
poiuttbbd Ihttr rights and their righteous
tnrtldrtX nrnratbetr thoughts continually
flzed upon Iniquity Mr. Quest, for instance,
one of the evil geniuses of this history, was,
where bw plots and passions were not imme
diately concerned, a man of eminently gener
ous and refined tendencies Many wore the
good turns, contradictory aa it may seem,
that ha had dona to his poorer neighbors, ha
had even been known to forego his hills of
nimU, which is about tba highest and rarest
exhibition of earthly virtue that can ha ex
pected from a lawyer He was, moreover,
eminently n cultured man, n render of the
classics, in translations if not la the originals,
a tuou wife a floe taste in fiction sad poetry,
and a really souud sad ripe arehmolugianl
knowledge, especially whore sacred build
luge were oonesrned All his instincts,
moreover, ware toward respectability.
Hie most burning ambition was ta mean
m high position la the oonaty la
which ho lived, and to ho classed
among the resident gentry. Be hated hie
lawyer's work, and longed to accumulate
sufficient means to be abie>) give it the good
by aad to indulge himself in an exienei of
luxurious and lee rued leisure. Buch ns be
wee he hod made uiuuelf, fur ha was tba am
A a poor end inferior country dentist, and
Md begun Ufa with a food education, it
is true, which bo chiefly owed to his awn
exertions, but with nothing elan Had
hie aature bom a temperate nature, with
a balance of good to Ms credit to draw
upon. Instead of a battues of evil, ha
was a man wtt* might burn goes aery
far, indeed, fur w addition to btt natural
ability ho bad a groat power of work. But
unfortunately this was art the ease, btt In
•Marta on tba whole ware evil Instincts, and
his portions- whether of hat* or love, or
greed-when they ssiasd him, did so with ex
traordinary violence, rendering for the time
• being utterly callous to the rights or feelings
of others, provided that ha attained his end.
la short, had be been bom to a goad pwttlaa
aad large fortune, it is qutta puaMblx pm
vidlag always toot btt strong pilous bad
art at sums parted of btt life led him lr
muMdmbiy astray, that ha would bam Bead
virtuous and imparted, and died in good
odor, leaving behind him n happy memory
•nt fltoe toed placed him m antagonism with
It ap
ymm Mil l .mil la u m.mt tbau. to
osnqMsHenna Mrmunotaaem hnd throws
him into temptations from which Inexpert
mss sad tba headlong strength of httpsuhoua
gam him no opportunity to saaapn
It may at flrat appear strange that a man
•a calculating aad whom dew res esimid to
ba fixed span such a material sad aa the ac
quirement, by artiftce or even fraud, of the
wealth which be coveted, should utta aour-
Mb to hta heart aa bitter a hatred oudw
keen a thirst for revenge upon u woman aa
Mr. Qoart undoubtedly did towwd btt bsu»
Hful nttb- It would ham teamed asm prob
able that ba would ham left heroins alone
md attempted to torn his wife* folly iato a
SttwoutTaedaurtSvHtosn to tad* Mm.
Quest's rttimata of htt brtMem la marrying
brntoeamsatorty neetortuua Bhabad
money, the ha stood aa
Behld framed tba XUMMi. ia toaMaTtZa
aad tbtt hta wife bad nasnr knew or ml
Mid. tatad tM «Md mil wm. Abo to lm
*«h tar fWiMy *be CIO.OUO would tarn
proved • sufficient Inducement to bun with
oat tta love, but the love woe none the lew
there Their relatione. however, bed oev
beea hippy om Hta tad detailed hn>.
from the Ural, end bad not spared to my an
No mao with any refinement—end wbelevei
he loehed Ur gnaw bad refiaamaat-coekl
bear to be thm continually repulsed bye
woman, aad ao It came to pare that their re
(atlooe bad alwaye been of the moat brahic
nature Tbea when ebe at laet had obtain*
the dew id the aacretof bw life, under three
of axpooum eta drove tar bargain, of whin
the tanue were ecmplUe iteration la al*
but outward fora, aad virtual freedom o>
notion for baraelf Thle. considering tb
poeiUou, abe «a pertapa Justified la ddn;
bat tar haebnad oevor forgave tar for it
More than that, be determined. If by an >
manni it were powelble. la turn tta pooetut
which, altboogb ehedid not know It, he war
perfectly aware eta bom toward hie buslnaa'
mpenor. Edward Comay, to a reined la
etmmeal of vengeanne ogatoal her, wftb
what aueoem H will be eao af the porpoem
of this taiatory to ehow
such wars, pot as briefly as possible, tba
outlines of the character aad aims «f tblsra
markable and ooatradirtory maa. wham bis
lory, bad ba bat pammmd a mam at bower
ought probably bava baao pain tad la my
different colors
Within an boor and* half of tearing hla
ova bourn, Tba Oaba. aa A was called, al
though tba treat from which It bad baao so
as mad bad long sinew vanished from tba
garden. Mr Quest was bowling swiftly ba
taiad Edward Cnwy'i powerful bay horsa to
ward tba lowering gateway of Hoobam cas
tla Whan ha was wltbio BJO yards ba
puHad tba boros op sbarply, for ba was a
good whip, and alone la tba dog cart, and
paused' to admire tba view.
‘Whata beautiful placer be reflected to
oimssir with enthusiasm, •tend bow grandly
those old towers stand out against the sky
The squire has restored them very wall, too.
ihere Is no doubt about It, I cuukl art have
done It batter myself I wouder if that
place will ever be mine. Things look black
now, but they may coma round, aad I think
I am beginning to see my way.*’
Aad than ba storied tba horse on again,
slowly reflecting on the unpleasant nature of
the business before him. Personally. be both
Iked and respected the old squire, aad be
certainly pitied him. though be wuaM do
more have dreamed of allowtag btt liking
and pity to interfere with the prosecution of
hie schemes than aa ardent sportsman would
Iroam of art ehootiug pheaeaate
ha had happened to taka a friendly
interest la their nurture. Ha had
otto a certain gentleman Ilka distaste to
xslag the hearer of crushing had news, for
Mr Quest disliked scenes, possibly because
ba hod such aa intimate p—eual acquaint
we with them. While be was still wonder
log how he might best deal with tba matter
be parted over the moat end through the aa
dent gateway which ba admired ao far
vently, aad found himself in (rout of the
ball door Here be pulled up, ttebiau about
far somebody to taka bis bene, whan sod
dsoly the squire bitmelf emerged upon him
with a rush, hie pan in bis hand (for be hod
bean writing letter* aad btt white hair wav
lagan tba brooox
’•Halloo, Quest, Is that your ba shouted, as
though his visitor had beau fifty yards off
Instead of flvx “1 have been looking out
for you. Hera, William I Will lam r lares
condo). “William!" (fortlsrimo). “ Whereon
earth Is that boyl 1 expert that Idle fallow,
George, has been sending him on soma of
his errands, instead of attending la them
himself. Whenever ha tt wanted to taka a
home ha tt aowbara la ba found, aad than
It tt ‘Pieaaa. Mr. Mr George’-that's what
to calls him—‘Pimm, Mr. Mr George sent
me up to the Moat Farm or somewhere, to
see bow many eggs tlie ban laid last wash,
or something of that sort That's a vary
aloe bores you have got there, by the way,
vary aloe. Indeed *
“It Is art my bone, Mr. da tt MoU4»said
the lawyer, with a faint smile; “it tt Mr.
Edward Coamyte*
••Uhl it’s Mr Edward Coamyte b ItT
answered the old gentleman, with a sudden
change of voice “Ah, Mr. Edward Coweyte
Wail. It’s a very good bone anyhow, and 1
suppose that Mr. Goosey ana afford to buy
good bonax**
Just then a fxlnt cry of “Coming Mr. earn
lag.” was heard, and e long bobbla-da-boy
kind of u youth, whom businem it was to
look after the not esbmeiva cootie stables,
emerged la a gnat boa| round the corner of
the boom
“Now, when on earth have you beanf
bagan the squire, in a stentorian tone
•’lf you please, Mr. Mr George”
Then, wbat did 1 tell you r broka la tba
squirx “Hava 1 nut told you tuna after time
mat you on to mind your own businma, and
leave‘Mr George’to mind hlsf Now taka
that bona round to tba stables, and am that
It Is properly fad.
“Coma in. Quest, coma la. Wa have a
quarter of ao boor before luncheon, aad can
get our businem over,”and baled the way
through tba passage into the tapestried and
paneled vestibule, when be took up hie stead
before the empty flnpttox
Mr Quart followed him, stopping oetenM
bly to admire a particularly baautifal salt of
armor which bang upon the wall, but nelly
to gain another moment for reflection.
“A beautiful suit of the early (ttnart pe
riod, Mr. dale Moils," he said. “I never eav
a better.**
"Yu, yes; that belonged to old Sir James,
the ana whom tba Roundheads shot.”
“What I tba Sir Jamas who hid the trees
unr
“Tex Iwm telling that story to aur saw
neighbor, CoL Quantoh, last night-u very
nico fallow, by tbs wojri you should go and
call upon him”
“i woudorwbrt ha did with taf oali Mr.
QunX
“Ah, oa do I. aad w will many norther. I
dan say I wttb that I could lad Is Pm
aura Unwanted badly enough nowadays
Bat that reminds roe. Quart. You will have
gathered my difficulty from my beta and
what George told you. You ms tbtt maa
J amar boo, thanks to that confounded fMlew.
Mai Boston, aad hie action about ibomort
lege lauds,thrown ap the Moat taruxnad
George tolls me that then to art another to*
oat to ba had for love or mousy la tart,
you know what It lx ana cant gat tenants
nowadays, they Mmply ora art to be had.
Web. under those Mmumotoanm, then tt. of
eoum, only cue thing to badoua that 1 know
af. bad that ttto tabs tot farm la hand and
tan* it mysoll It Is qutta tanpaaMbtt to tat
the ptem tali out af aultlvatlon-xnd that tt
what would bappto athorwtts aad If I wan
to tty It deem hi gram it would uotonton
Mdrtubtt sum, and ha seven or right yean
bafora I got any return.*
The again pound and Mr. QaiMteH auto
rtf.
-Wall.* ha went an, -that bring ax lbs
next thing to do tt to obtain tba smamry
embtopay Joater btt vaJuatteo and stock the
plan ah art four thousand would dart, or
parbapx” bandied, with uuuaertaafg- mrone
cooßlsnoa,**wabad bettor my tva Than
are about fifty aona of them low. lying mad
owe which want to ba toMtoM f bosh
drained—bushes are unite m good ox pipes
for tort rtfff ttad.il ttoy put ia toe right
emtrt naff, end M tHiui buMaa mnto-
SUPPLEMENT.
bat etlll It cant he done bw nothing. nn«
thee them b a new wagon toed wanted, an
aome oddo and euda. yea, we bad better an;
five thousand,”
Htlll Ur Qaeat made ao ana war, ao om
more the aquire went on.
-Well, you ace, under tbeaa ctrrauwtanom
•wot being abb to lay bands upon tta oeeaa
aary capital from my priv.ie rcaooroaa. of
•norm I bars mads bp uiy * ..od to apply b>
"Ammy A Hoe for the loan. ln.Uwd.owuii.br
mg bow long and Intimate haa (wen tta ooi:
nectlon between their homo and the Da b
Uolb Cam ly. I think it right and pro|wr V
to ao. Indeed. I should oonuder It very wrouj
of me if I neglected to give them the oj.por
unity of the Investment* - here a fain
amlle flickered for an miUnt on Ur gyeet*
face aad than went out. "Of course ibex
will, ms matter of bminaaa. require aocurny
and very properly so. but aa tbia estate I
oneatailed, them will fortunately be litlb
difficulty about that. You can draw op tb.
inn fary deeds, and I think that, under tb.
dronmrtaacea. the right thing to do wouiu
be to charge tta Moat form specifically will'
tta a meant. Thing! om hod eooogh. w
doubt, but I can hardly suppose it pomilih
owttr any oonorivabttcimirnsunoee that U*
farm would not ba good for gft.UA How
mr, they might perhaps prafar to have a
gooaral daaw aa waU. and iflt toao. altbougl
I eoorider it qutta iiimin—arj. 1 shall rein
no objaction to that course."
Than at last Mr. Quart broka his aoosawbat
ominous silence.
“I am very sorry to my. Mr. dottMoHa."
ba said gently, 'that I coa hold out ao proa
pact of Goosey A Hon being induced under
any circumstances to advance another pound
upon the security of the Hoobam castle se
latex Their opinion of the value of lauded
property as security has received bo severe a
snook that they am not at all comfortable as
to the safety of the amount already Invested."
Mr. de la Molls started when ba beard this
most unexpected bit of news, for which hr
was totally unprepared. Ha had always
found It possible to borrow money, and it
had oaver occurred to him that a time might
perhaps come to this country when the land,
which he held in almost superstitious venrra
lion, would be so valueUusa form of property
that leaders would refuse it as security.
•Why," be said, recovering bimielf. “the
total incumbrances on the property do not
amount to more than C2ft,ooo, and when I
succeeded my father, forty years ago, It was
valued at fifty, and the cattle and prera
<see have been thoroughly repaired since Uien
at a cost of llm thousand, and matt of the
farm build inn also,"
“Very possibly. Mr. de la Moltt; but to be
honest, 1 very much doubt If Bonham cattle
and the lands round It would now fetch
£25,000 on a forced sale Competition end
Radical agitation have brought estates down
more than people realise, and land in Aus
tralia and New Ecu land is now worth as
much per acre as cultivated laud In England
Perhaps as a residential property and m a<-
count of its historical interest, it might fetch
more, but 1 doubt it. in short, Mr. de tt
Molls, so anzioas are Goosey tt Son in the
matter that 1 regret to have to tall you that
so far from being willing to make a further
advance, the Arm have formally instructed
me to servo the usual six months’ notice on
you. calling In the mousy already advanced
on mortgage, together with the Interest,
which 1 mast remind you tt nearly a year
overdue, and this ttep I propoaa to take to
morrow.**
TIM old gsntlsmaa staggered for e mo
ment. and caught at tbo mantel piece, for Urn
blow «m a hoary one, audaa unexpected at
it waa hoary. Oat b# recovered turnedf la
an iaatant, for it waa on# of tbo peculiarities
of hla character that bia spirits always
ae«ned toriaato tbo occasion in tbo face of
urgent adversity—in abort, ha poawessJ an
extraordinary share of moral courage.
“indeed," ha said, indignantly, “indeed. It
la a pity that you did not tell me that at once,
Mr. ijiint: it would bora eared me from
putting ruyeelf in a faloa position by propon
ing a business arrangement which la not ac
ceptable. As regards tbo lute rent, I admit
that it is as yon any. and 1 vary ranch regret
it That stupid fallow, George, Is always so
dreadfully behindhand with bia accounts
that 1 oaa norer gat anything settled." Be
did net state, and indeed did not know, that
the reason that tbs unfortunate Georgs eras
behindhand was that there were no accounts
to make up, or rather that they were ail on
tbs wrong side of the ledger. “1 will bars
that matter seen to at oooa. Of course, bust
umb people are quite right toooneider their
due. and I denot blamo Moot. Coasey lathe
.-natter, hot in the least 1 mast aay
.bat, considering tbo long oik! intimate rain
iouship that baa for nearly two ceutur Ira ex
isted between their house aad my family,
they might—well—bars shown a little more
toaatdaratioa."
“Tee," aaid Mr. Quest, "I daresay that the
‘dap strikes you as a harsh one. To be per
fectly frank with you, Mr. ds la Mollo, It
jtruck me ns a rery haisb oaa, bat ofoourse
I am only a servant, aad bound to carry oat
my 1 Detractions. I sympathies with you
eery much very much, indeed.”
“Ob, don’t do that,” mid the old gentle
man. “Of course, ether arrangemrats must
be mods; and, machine It will pain me to
terminate my connection with ■ liars. Cos
say, they shall be made."
“But I think," went on the lawyer, without
any notice of bis interruption, “that you mis
understand the matter a little Osswy *
Boa are only a trading corporation, whom
object Is to tasks money by lending It, or
otherwise at all hazards to make money.
Tbo kind of feeling that you allude to, and
long intimacy aad clam ooanemhm In the
past, to forego tbo opportunity of so doing,
and otsn to nm a risk of loss, is a thing
which belongs to former generations, Bat
tbs present is a strictly commercial age, and
wo ara tbs HMSI commercial of tbo trading
nations. Coney ft 800 more with the time,
that is all, and they would rather sad ap a
damn Ihmilies which bad dealt with them
lor IWh centuries than taw Bit hundred
pounds, provided, of course, that they could
do so without scandal aad loss of gaaeral
reaped, which, where a booking beam is
am a great lover of tba past myself,aad bn
Hot# that oar ways of doing boat
asm were, on the whole, better aad more
charitable than ours; bat 1 hara to amhs my
bring, aad teha tbo world ml And H. Mr. ds
la Molls.*
“Quit* eo. Quart; oulte Be," umnd the
•quire, quietly. "IkdMlta that you
looked at them matter* la eocb a light
Certainly the world kae changed a good deal
•inoe 1 waaa young maa, aod I do art think
it hae changed met for Ike better Bat
you win waat your luncheon. It ie hungry
work talking about forecloeuroa" Mr
Quart had uot need tble unpleasant word,
but the equire had sera Me drift, -Come
into tb® next room,” and ha led the way to
the drawing room, where Ida woe rttting.
reeding The Timea
•■lda,- he mM, with an nlßmtatioo of
heartioem, wMOh did not, bowerer, deeel re
hh itrtwhm who knew haw to rand arery
change of her dear Mthar*e fhoa, "hereto Mr.
Qumt Take him into luncheon, my lore. I
will come presently. I want to (Inieb a note."
Then ha returned to tba vartihula, and eat
dawn in Me lUrorite aid oak chair
-Mamed," ha entd to hlmeelf “I ana.
•ever get tbs mousy as things are, and there
will be a foreclosure. Wall, lam an old
>iao, and 1 hop* that I abali not Ur* to see
u Bat there U Ida. Poor Ida—l cannot
oar to think of it; and tb* old piece, too,
after all tbcee generation*—aft*r all thM*
generations I” _______
CHAPTER X.
m TBMRIS Pitß.
Ida took band* coldly enough with tb*
lawyer, for whom ih« cherished a dialik* not
anmlxed with fear. Many women are by
nature gifted with an extraordinary power
of intuition, which fully wake* op for their
deficiency in reasoning force. They do not
••ouclnd* from the promisee of their obeervn
lion, they know that thin man i* to be feared
and that trusted. In fact, they share with
(be rest of breathing creation that self pro
tective inatinct of instantaneous and almost
automatic Judgment given to guard ft from
the dangers with winch It Is continually
threatened at the hands of man's overmaster
Ing strength and ordered intelligence. Ids
was one of them. Mb* knew nothing to Mr
Quest's disadvantage, indeed, aba always
beard him spoken of with great respect, and.
curiously enough, she liked his wife very
much. But she could not bear the roan,
feeling In her heart that be was not only to
be avoided on account of hie own bidder
•jualities. but that be was, morsovsr, ai.
active personal enemy.
They want into the old dining room, « Iwrs
the luncheon «u act, and while Ida allowed
Mr. Quest to cat brr soma cold boiled iwel—
an operation in which bo did not serin to be
vary much at boma, the cams to a rapid con
clusion in bar own mind. Sba bod scab
clearly enough from her lather’s (oca that
bis interview with tba lawyer had bran of a
moat aarioua character, but sba knew that tha
chances ware that she would never be able to
gat its upshot out of him, for tba old gentle
man had a carious habit of keeping each un
pleasant matters to himself until he was ab
ac utely forced by circumstances to reveal
them. Bbe also knew that her father's
affaire were In a most critical condition, for
tuot ebe bad extracted from him on tha pre
vious night, and if nay remedy wee to be at
tempted it most be attempted at once, and on
some heroic scale. Therefore, she made np
her mind to mk her beu ndr, Mr. Quest,
what the troth might bn
“Mr. Quest,” she said, with soma trepida
tion, as he's! lost triumphantly banded her
the beef, “1 hope that you will forgive me
for asking yon a plain question, and that if
yon eon yon will favor mo with a plain
answer. 1 know my fa’ber’e affaire ora very
much involved, and that he Is now anxious
to borrow some more money, hot I do uot
know quite bow matters mend, end 1 want to
learn tha exact truth.*'
“1 am very glad to bear yon speak like
that, Ml*s da la Molls," answered the lawyer,
“because I was trying to ohm op my mind
to broach the subject, which is a painful one
to mu Frankly, then, forgive me for mying
it. your father is absolutely ruined. Tbe iu
tersst on the mortgages Is a year in nrrear,
bis largest farm is Just thrown upon bis
bands, and, to complete tbe tale, tbe mortga
gees are going to call in their money or fore
cloen"
At thie etat-ment, which was almost brutal
in its brief comprehensiveness, Ida turn i
pale as death, os well she might, and dropped
her fork with a clatter upon bar plate.
“1 did not realise that things were quite eo
bad,” she murmured. “Then 1 suppose that
tbe pises will be taken from us, and we shall
—shall have to go away."
“Yes, certainly, unless money oaa be found
to take np tbe mortgages, of which 1 see no
chance. The place will be sold for what it
will fetch,' and that nowadays will be no
grans sum.”
“When will that her she asked.
“In about six or nine months’ tlma.”
Ida's Ups trembled, end tbs sighs of the
Hood open her plate became nsnssoos to her.
▲ vision arms before her mind's sye of hsr
sslf end hsr old father departing hand in
band from tha cast to gates, behind and about
which gleamed Jm bard wild Ucbts of n
March sunset, to seek s place to bids them
i salves, and the of It almost overcame
hsr,
“Is then no way of reaper she asked,
hoarsely. “Tolrss this place would kill my
father. Be loves It better than aaythiag in
the wcrldi Us whole life is wrapped np in
*• . . ..
“I can quite understand that, Miss da la
Moll* Ik is a nost charming old place, es
pecially to anybody interested la the past
But unfortonas My, mortgagees are no re
speccers af feell'iga To them lend lew much
property, caching more.*
“1 know all that," ebe said. Impatiently.
“Ton do net answer my question!” and she
leaned toward Mm and rested her hand upon
the table. “Is there no way ont of itt"
Mr. Quest drink a little claret before he
answered. “T so," he said, “1 think there is,
if only you will take it.”
“What way** she asked, eagerly.
“Well, thm.gh, as I mid Jmt now. the
mortgagees of tn estate as a body are smrely
a buatnsm oo'poration, and look at things
from a buslnvs point of view only, yon mmt
remember that they are composed of indi
v (duals, and hat individuals can be iuflu
enoed If they oaa begot at. For instance,
Cooaey A 800 are an abstraction, and harshly'
disposed la tXelr abstract capacity, but Mr.
Edward Coamy is an Individual, and 1 should
my, so far as tbip particular matter Is con
cerned, a bnaevotoutiy disposed individual.
Mow, Mr. Edvard Camay is act bimeelf at
the present moment actually one of the Arm
of Qoesey A Son, but bats thebelr of the
bead of the bates, and, of course, has author
ity, and. what to better still, the command of
said Ida. “Too msan that
my father should try to win over Mr. Ed
ward Cossey. Unfortunately, to ho frank,
ha dtolifesa him, and my father to sot a man
to keep bis dislikes to blrasslf.*
- People generally do dulike those to whom
they are entebingiy indebted; yoor father
dislikes Mr. Comey because his mum to Cm
eey, and for do other reason. Bnttbattoaoi
quite what 1 meant. 1 do aot think the
squire to the right person to undertake a ue
gottatloo of that sort. Bo to a little too oat
spoken mod incauttooa No, Mtoe de la Motto,
If it to to be duue at all yon mate do it. You
mute pat the whole onee before him at ohm.
this very afternoon. There to no time for
delay. Yen need dm eater late detaitoi he
knows all abort them, only ash him to avert
thto catastrophe. He oaa doeotf he Ukee.
how be dote teto hto own affair.”
“But, Mr. guest.” said lda“how can I a*
eaeh a (Over of any manl 1 teall ba patting
niyteir la a dreadfully fatoe position.”
**l do oot pretend. Htoedela Holla, that h
to a ptaaeaot late fur any yoney lady to na
from** Bat latest haw omTm todoaa
ptoamat things, end make oomprecntoae *Uli
ono'e eeif respect, it to a qation whether
er ao yoar family ehall be atterly rained am
ietwjii. There to.ee 1 hototetty betters, m
preepsot whatever of yoar father belay abb
W get the money to pay off OMmy to to*.
aad If be did H would ate help htoa,heeaaa
he noted aot pay the Merab ea It. Oadn
these elreomataMea, yea haeo to ehooee la
tweea patting yeareelf la aa eqaireeal pee
Ueaand lettingerenteteke their onataa I
weald be aeetoae ft>r anybody eke to ondei
take the late, aad, of ooaree, I eaaaot gam
aatee that area yea will eaeaeadi bat 1 wi.
-it mince mattora, a* yen doubtless know.
"7 msu would find It bard to refnaea favor
ied by snob a suppliant Aad now yon
:uttmata op your own mind. I hava shown
hi a path that may bad your family from a
position of the moot imminent peril If yon
are the woman 1 take you for. yen will not
Uriah from following it”
Ida mads no reply, and In Booth* momert
the squire oama in to taka a coopts of glamss
of sherry and a biscuit But Mr. Quest, fur
tively watching bar face, said to himself that
-he bad taken tba bait, and that she would
licit Shortly after this a diversion occurred,
for the clergyman, Mr. Jeffries, e pleasant
little man, with a round and shining faosand
e most unclerioal eyeglass, came up to con
sult the squire upon some wetter of parish
burinem, and was shown into the dining
room. Ida took advantage of hie appearance
to effects retreat to her own room, end there
for the present ere may leave her to her
meditations.
No more btofamm tree diseased by the
■quire that afternoon. Indeed, It interested
Mr. Quest, who woe above all things a stu
dent of character, to observe bow wonder
fully the old gentleman threw off hie trouble.
To listen to him aergetlodly arguing a wav
with tba Rev. Mr. Joffhea a to whather 01
n« it would bo proper, a had hitherto b rv
•M> custom, to devote the proceeds of lb
.inrveet festival collection <£| Me. ML and »■
warn button) to the county hospital, or
w bother it should be applied to tha repair of
tbo woodwork In tha vestry, was, under the
< iminuteness, moot Instructh-n Tba Rev
Mr. Jeffries, who suffered severely from tin
■undition of tha vestry, st last gained bU
point by triumphantly showing that no pa
i lent from lloabam bad been admitted to
ilia hospital for fifteen months, and that
i. if ref ore the hospital bad no particulai
Halm on this particular year, whereas the
draught in the vestry was enough to eat any
clergyman in two.
“Weil, well,” mid the eld gentleman, “1
will consent for this year, and this year
only. I have been church warden of this
parish for between forty end fifty years,
and we have always given tba harvest fssti
vsl collection to the hospital, and although
under these exceptional circumstances it
may possibly be desirable to diverge from
that custom. 1 cannot end will not consent
to such a thing in a permanent way. Bo I
■hall write to the secretary and explain tba
matter, and tail him that next year and in
the future generally the collection will be
devoted to its original purpose."
"Great heavens!" ejaculated Mr. Quaalto
himself. “And all the Una (ha ■—» mmt
know that in all human probability (ha
place will ba sold over hie hand before hale a
year older. 1 wonder if ha pota l( on or If
he i.eceivcs himaelf. 1 euppoee ho has Ured
hare eo long that he canno( realise a con
dition of (hinge when he will oeaee to lira
here and the place will belong to somebody
elaa Or perhaps be to only bravoing (tout"
And than be strolled away to the back of the
house and had a look at (be condition of the
outhouses, reflecting that egos of than
would baaadly expansive to repair far who
over came late poeesanoo harm After (hat
he crossed the moat and walked through the
somewhat extensive plantations at the back
of the bouse, wondering If it would not be
one went to*work** judiciously, to pay for
putting the place in order. .Presently he
came to a hedgerow where (bare had been a
line of vary floe timber oaks of which (he
squire had bean notoriously fond, and of
which he bad himaelf taken particular and
admiring notice in the course of the previous
winter. The trsaa were gona la (he badge
where (hay had stood wars a series of gaps
like those in an old woman's Jsw, and about
upon the ground were littered remains of
bark and branches and of fagots (hat had
been made up of the brushwood.
“Cut down this spring felir was Mr.
Quest's ejaculation. “Poor old gentleman,
be must have been pinched before hs con
sented to part with (hose osks"
Then ho turned and went back to ths
house, just la time tease Ida's guests arriv
log for the lawn tennis party. Ida herself
was standing on tha lawn behind tha bones,
which, bordered as it was by tbs moat and
at tbs further end by a row of ndasd arc bee,
was ena of the most picturesque in the
country, and a very effective setting to any
•young lady. As the people came they ware
shown through the bouse on to tbs lawn, and
bare the was receiving them. Bbs was
dressed in a plain, tight-fitting gown of Mne
flannel, which showed off her perfect figure
to great advantage, sad n broad brimmed
hat, that shaded her One hot somewhat dir
aided face Mr. Qoest mt down on a bench
beneath the shade of an urban* watching
her closely, and. Indeed, If ths study af S
perfect English lady of tbs noblest sort has
any charms, hs was act without hto reward.
Thera are soma woman—moot of ns know on#
or two—who are born to hotd n great position,
sad to sell norms tbe world like a swan
Omagh meaner fowl It would be ear
hard to say to what (heir peenUsr charm sou
dignity (sowing. It to not to bsantj only, for
though they have presence, many of them
women are not beautiful, while soma are
even plain. Mor does It spring from native
grace and met alone, though them things
mmt be present Kattocr, perhaps, to it ths
reflection of a cultivated mind acting upon a
naturally pom and elevated temperament,
which makes these ladies conspleuona. and
fashions them in such kind that all men, pot
ting adds the mere charm of beauty and the
natural aonsnlDg of judgment In theatmoa
pbere of sax, most recognise lu them aa
sqnal mind, and a prmsnee mors noMa than
Such a woman waa Ida da (a Mode, and If
any one doubted It It wmsnflMani to asm
pare her in ber simplicity to tho various
human I tame by whom she was surrounded.
They were a typical county society gather
ing, such as needs bo description, and would
ant greatly luSrwst if imeribsd a stoker
very good rnr very bad. very hsn tosass nor
very plain, hut moving religiously within
the linen «>f custom, etui on tbe ground Of
vimnn.tipiara
It wan no wonder. then, that a woman Mbs
.•i t ile a Hollo wnn f c.to phneepa aasaag
8. J. LOWE
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•t "
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