The Yakima herald. [volume], August 01, 1889, Image 5

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*k» burning «p brightly Thao by an effort
tv » • f »*-<! li*.» eye* and looked round him.
Ami IMS Is Wlial MW:
Tbera, three or four |nmvs from him. la the
center of tb« chamber of death, sat. or ratbcf
Say, a figure of death. It reclined In a stone
cheat or tidltn. Ilka a man m a bip bath which
w too small for hire The tiony arm* bung
down on either side, the buny bmbi project
ing toward him, thvgreut while tkuH bung
forward over the massive breast bona It
nioTsd. too, o t Itmjlf, and as it moveil, the
taw liona tapped against the boast aud tba
teeth elicited gently logrtfc r.
>-iTor sciz.il him while be looked, and, as
George hud done, ha tin Ltd to fly Bow
conij cbm thing dot* it* bradf The head
>*t{.it to full off.
■vising the rope, ha jetted It violently in
tie drst effort of mouiiiißt
"Bov be got yew, coioneir sung out
Gaflfga, above; and the sound of a human
voice brought him back to bis censed
“No." bo answered, as Uddly as be could,
and tbau, setting bis teeth, turned and (ot
tered straight at tba Horror in tha cheat.
And holding the lantern eiratgkt again*
the thing,
ft. - * ... .i L.UI..
do was there now, and bolding tbs lantern
»;raigbt.again* the thing, examined ik It
was a skeleton of enormous sloe, and the
•kull was fixed to the vertebra with rusty
wlra
At Ibis evidence of the handiwork of maa
his fnars almost vaniswed. Evan In that
romfsmy be could not help remembering
that it Is scarcely to ba supposed that spirit*
ual skeletons carry about wire with which
to tie on th-. Ur skulls.
With a atg of relief be held up the lan
torn and looked around. Ua was standing in
a good stead vault or eburotwr built of rubble
Moat Home of this rubble had fallen into
Uis left, but Otherwise, though the workman
ship showed that it mu* La of extreme anti
quity, the -ton# lining was still strong and
goal. ilu looked op*r tbe floor, and than
for the first time perceived that the nodding
skeleton before him was not the only one.
All round lay remnants of the mighty dead.
1 hers they were, stretched out In the form
of a circle, of which tbe stone ki* was the
.enter One place in the circle was vacant;
evidently it had once been oocup ed by the
giant frame which now sat within the kisk
Next be looked at tbakl* Itself. It bad all
the appearance of one of those rude stone
cheats iu which the very ancient inhabitants
of this island buried tbe ashes of their ore
mated dead. But if this was so, whence
.-ante the uncremat.>d skeletons!
Perhaps a subsequent race or tribe had
found the chamber ready prepared, and used
1; to I airy some among them who had fallen
in battle. It was Impossible to say more es
pecially as, with one exception, there was
nothing buried with tbe skeletons which
would assist to Identify their race or age.
That exception was a dog. A dog bad been
placed by one of tbe bodies. Evidently from
.he position of tbe bouse of its master’s arms,
be bail been left to his la* sleep with bis hand
testing on bis bound's heed.
Handing down, Harold examined the seated
•ktleton more closely. It was, he discovered,
accurately joined together with strong wire.
Ckary this was tbe work of bands which
were boro into tbe world long after tbe flesh
on those mighty bones had crumbled into
dusk
But where waa the treasursf He saw noon
Mis heart sunk as the idea struck him that ha
had made an Intaraatiog archmologkal die*
covery. and that waa all. Before undertaking
% closer search, be returned to the bole end
hallooed to George to come down, ea there
was nothing hut w me hooes to frighten him.
Tins the worthy George waa at length,
a hit much diflk-ulty, persuaded to da
When Ht last be stood beside him to the
vault, Harold explained to him what the
tdiu-e was and how ridicuioua ware bla fears,
eu’wut, however, succeeding to allaying
I bnn to nny considerable extent
And really when one considers tha position,
•hut up as they were in tho bowels of n piece
which had for centuries owned tha reputa*
•ion of being haunted, (ooad by n nodding
heieton of almost superhuman stsa, and sur*
rounded by various other skeleton* hU “very
due and large," with the moat violart lam
past that bod visiter) tha country fo. years
ughing away outside, it is not wendeei'ul
that. George was scared.
•• Well,** ha said, his teeth chattering, “if
this ain’t the masters* on# that ivar 1 did
sec r But lien- ha stopped, language waa not
equal to the expression of bis feelings.
Meanwhile Harold, with a heart full of
cutely, waa turning the lantern tbw way
slid that, iu tba hope of discovering some
traces of Sir James treasure, but naught
could be sea Thera to tha left tha masonry
was fallen to. He want to it, and pulled
Lsi ’a soma of the stonss. There was a cavity
Uhind. apparently a passage, leading, no
doubt, to ibe.sccret eutnibco to tto vault, but
be could tea nothing In it Oooa wore to
coarxlKil round. There «u uoch.ng. Unless
tit* treasure was bunad somewhere, or bidden
<way iu Uia passage, it was ooa-azutant,
that was all
And yet what was tto meaning of that
jointed skeleton silting in Ito atoua bath I It
Must bare baan put there for soma purpose,
{robabiy to frighten nutiid to plunderers
away Could to to sating on the money I Ua
rushed t . lh» chert, and looked through tto
bony legs. Ko. bis pel via rerted oo tto atoea
countu of tto kiat
• Well. George. It seams we're dona," said
Harold, with a ghastly attempt at a laugh.
• There's bo treasure hero."
•May to It's underneath that there atone
corn bio." suggested George, wtoea teeth
were will chattering. "It ebould to tore or
b.:vHU.uta, surely r
This was an idea. Helping himself to tto
-hcnUJcr blade of er me deceased toro. Harold,
iviug it as a trowel, began to scoop awaj tto
soft sand upon which Ibe stone chest stood.
He scooped and scooped manfully, but to
roull not coma to tbs bottom of tto kiat.
Hu ateppod bad. aud locked at it. it UHMI
be eve of two thine*—either tto hallow to
; »>. wh»iiutashJiiow cutting la a great
of or the ki at bad ■ falsa bob
i ■ merrily sprung at It, and wising tba
guu.l skaKAon by tha spina, jerked It out *d
the kist and droppail it lu a bristling, Inmy
heap on on# sida Just as hr did so there
cams a gust of wind so furious that, buried
as they wera In the earth, they literally fait
tba mound rock beneath it. Instantly it was
followed by a frightful crash overhead.
George collapsed in terror, and for a mo
ossDt Harold could not for tba life of him
think what bod happened. He ran to the
bole and looked op Straight above him be
aould sea tba sky. in winch tba first cold
lights of dawn worn quivering. Mrs. Ma*
wy's summer house bud Icon blown bodily
away, and tba "ancient British dwelling
place" was once more, as it bad bean for
centuries, open (o the sky
“Tbs summer harm lias gone. George," be
•aid. “Tlwtnk God that wo ware not in it,
or wa should hare gone tool"
“Ob. lord, sirl’ gmutod toe unhappy
Oeor.r-', 'HiHi is ait awful business. It's like
a Judgment *
*‘ii hoe# been if we bad been up
at * •iu*r.vl of safe down btre," be no
t ana bring IM MUr lantern."
umiM-ir, aud together they
c •••» * •- m.»w empty liist, and examined
» tovtoru ens not of quite tbc
-i »4» »>■ wails of the It Ist. and there
a 1 » -m a s-vnM it. Ilarohl felt in his
I- ■l. . ~»w ait hiskaifo, which had at
•i.\ .-•«!. a .1«.» of those strong iron books
1.:.« » usv-J to t-stract stones from the
no'll* of bonus. Hi is hook be worked into
the crack, out! mans.:*!, before it broke, to
puli up a (Rigount or stone. Then, looking
round, he found umor.j the rubbish, where
the wait had (alien in, a long sharp dint.
This be inserted in the bole, aud they both
levered away at Ik
Half of the cracked stone came up a few
Inches, far enough to allow them to gel their
(Infers underneath ik So it was a false hot
tom.
"Catch boU.” gaspad the colonel, “and pull
for your Ufa"
George did as be was bid, and sotting their
knees against tbe hollowed stone, they tugged
till their m use lee cracked.
'lt’s a-movtng,” said Guurga “Now, then,
colonel I"
Next second they both found themselves on
the flat of their becks. The stone had given
with a run.
Up sprung the colonel like a kitten. Tbe
broken stone was standing edgeways in tbe
ki* Thera was something soft beneath ik
“Tbe light, George I" he said boaniciy.
Beneath the stone were some layers of rot
ten linen.
Was it a shroud, or what!
They pull*. J the linen out by haodfuio.
One! two! t hire I
Ob. great heaven I
There, uud-r tbe linen, was row on row c 4
shining gold cuius set edgeways
for a moment everything swam before
Harold's eye*, and his heart stopped beating
As for George, be muttered something in
audible about its being a “master one," aud
collapsed.
With trembling fingers, Harold managed
to pick out two pieces of gold which had been
disturbed by the upheaval of the stone, ami
held them to tbe light. He was a skilled
Dumlnrualoiogi* end had ao difficulty iu
recognizing theta Guo was e buouului
three pound piece of diaries 1, end tbe other
a spur royal of James I.
That proved ik There was 00 doubt that
this was the treasure hidden by Sir Jamas de
la Hoile, aud bo it must have bum also a b>-
bod conceived the idea of putting a fuU
bottom to the Wist, and setting up the skela
too to frighten marauder* |ru:u tbe treasure.
If by any chance one should enter.
For a minute or two the men stood staring
at each other over tba great treasure which
they had unearthed iu that dread place,
shaking with the reaction of their tint ex
citement and scarcely able to speak.
"Bow deep du it got" said George.
Harold got his knife and loom*! some of the
top coins, which wero very tightly pocked,
till he could move his band iu them freely.
Then be pulled out handful after handful of
every tort of gold coin. There was a rose
noble of Edward IV; double sovereigns of
Henry VIII, triple sovereigns and gold
crowns of Edward VI. double rials, rials and
angels of Mary; rose royal*-, spur royals,
angels, large sovereigns and laurels of Jama*
1, double rials and rials of Elisabeth. three
pound pieces, broads and half broads ol
Charles 1, some iu greater quantity and some
to less, but all wera reprseeuled Handful
after handful did he pull out, and yet the
bottom waa not reached. At lust be os me tc
It The layer of gold puvw was about thirty
inches thick by three feet elx long.
‘‘We must get this into the house, George,
before any one la about" gasped the colonel.
"Yes, sir, yes; hot how be we a-going to
carry Itf*
Harold thought for a minute, and then
acted thus: Bidding George stay to the vnui.
with tba treasure, which be was with difli
cutty persuaded to do, bo climbed the itupro
vised rope ladder, and got ii: safety through
tba hole, la bis excitement ho bad forgot
ten about tba summer bouse having being
carried away by the gale, which was still
blowing, though with nut so much fury as
before, and the wind swept desolation that
met his view as ha emcrgvsl mte tha dawning
light broke upon him with a shock. Tho
summer house was clean gone, nothing hut a
few uprights remained of It. and fifty yards
away he thought be could make out the
crumpled up shape of the root Nor was that
aIL (Jude a quarter of the great oaks which
were tha glory of the place were down, or
splintered and mined. But what did be care
for the summer bourn or the oaks now t For
getting his exhaustion, be ran down the
slope nod ranched the house, which be eu
terod ns softly ns bo could by t ie side door
Nobody was about yet, or would be (or an
other hour It was Christmas day and not a
pleasant morning to get up on, so the ser
vauts would tw sure to lie nkd On his way
to his bedroom he peeped luto the dining
room, where he bad fallen asleep on the pre
vious evening. When he hud woke up, it
may be remembered, he lighted a candle.
This caudle was now flaring itself to death,
(or he bad forgotten to ext.uguub it, and by
its side lay the pa|wr from which be bod
made the great discovery Th.re waa noth
tog in it, of course, hut somehow the sight
impressed Inn very much. It ssemod
months since be awoke to And the lamp gone
out How much may bu|*peu bctn-unu the
lighting of a candle and its burning awoyl
Binding at this tnte reflection, he blew that
light out and tab mg another went to hia
room. Here be found o stout hand bag. with
winch be made baste to return to tha mount
“Are you all right, Georg*#” he shouted
down tbeboia
"Wall, colonel, yes. but not sorry to aw
you back. It’s lonesome down here with
them danders. 1 *
-Very well Look 001 l There's a bag.
Pot us much gold in It as you eon lift com
fovtably. oud then unto it fast to tto# r»pa"
Some throe minutes pawed, and ilten
George announced that the bagful of gold
was ready Harold hauled away, and with a
considerable effort brought it to tin surf son
Thru, gotting Ibe tog on to hu shoulder, to
staggered off with It to the bouse. -In hie
twsi stood a ouseivs eea-goi-i* chest, tto
SUPP L KM ENT
•\*ji(WQion of blamary ft wss ■
oulf full of on •forms si n»d rbit&es,
Viitrli .if bundled mii'rrvisen*! -v ■■■ on to tiia
l*.o**r This dona, ha shot the ii.. t-.u of shin ;
i.;g gold, aa bright a;*.l um-oi r;p»«d now ua
when It was packed awsy two and « half *
centuries ago. Into the cneet. and rsturne 1
fur another Iciui
Twenty tunes did be mak- •>••• {■■urcey i
At tba tenth somi tmug fu
"tlura's a wnl'Ug. s;* ... (his lo!, r I
spooled llcorpi "it ’vu* packeo away iu the '
Raney."
lie look the “writing.* ar rather parch
incut, out of tba uxMiib <>f tba bog and pat K :
in ms pocket unread.
At b>t tba store. «K)nuo.ii aa It was. was
exhausted.
“That's tba lot, sir, slKaited Georgs, «m
sent up tba Iweul.ctb tagful “If you'll
kindly Wit down that ropa, I’ll coma :»;v i
loo.’ -
“All right," said tne colonel. “put the
skeleton back first"
"Well, sir." answered George, -ot I<*oks '
won. Ur fid comfortable be lay. be do.
so if you’re ugreanioe I think I'll let him be "
ILinld chuck^X and ;:<ve.u*!y Caoi-gaar
, riv< d, covtred w.th (Ltd and iiirsplratiuu.
“Wail, sir," he wild. "I wvw did dunk :
that 1 should get dead tin*! of bundling gold :
coins, but it’s a rum world. and that's a foci. .
! Well. I nlvtr. and Uw summer bouse gone, i
and Jist i«*>k at tbiui there oaks' Wall, if
Hint baant a master ana!”
"You never sa'y a nmstvier, that'* what
Vva were t;oing to say. wasn't iu Well, and
tub* 009 thing with another, uor did 1,
George, if that's any comfort to 70a Now
look iiero, just cover ovor this hole with tom
beards and earth, ami then vome ia and get
•>uie breokiosr. It’s 8 o'clock and past, and
thv gal# is Wow lug iu-if out. A merry
Christmas to yet, George.” and he held out
his I wind. covered with outs ood grime aui
blood.
George ebook It ’'Main* to you, Outcua:. ‘
I’m flira And a merry Christmas it is. God '
bl* m you, air, for wbat you're done to-night! ■
You've saved the old place front that banker |
•■hap, that* whst you're done, and you'll
bn\e Hiss Ida, and I'm durned glad ou If.
that I am. Lord! won't Ibis make tbe squire ,
••pen tie eyesl" and tbe bon** fellow brushed
away a tear and (airly capered with joy. bis \
ml uight cap waving ou tbe brveso.
It was a strange and beautiful sight to sea
the solemn George oaperiug thus in the midst '
of that windy desoiat k
Harold was too moved to answer, so be I
shouldered his last load of treasure and
limited off with it to tbc bouse, lire. John
son and her talkative niece were up now, but |
they did not happen to ese him, and ha '
reached bis room in sefety He poured tbe \
tart bagful of gold into tbe chest, and
smoothed It down. It Oiled It to tbe brim,
lie abut tbe chest and locked it, and then, as
ha was, covered with lilt b and grime, bruised
and bleeding, and bis hair flying wildly
about his face, be sat down upon It. and from
bis heart thanked heaven for tbe wonderful
thing that had bap|*ue I to him.
80 exhausted was be that be nearly fell
asleep as he eat. but remembering himself,
be rose, and taking tbe parchment from bis
pocket, bo out tbe faded silk with which it
was tied, and opened ik
On it woo a short inscription In the same j
crabbad writing which ha bad seen in tbe old
Bible that Ida bad found.
It ran as follows:
“Seeing that tbe times be so troublous that
110 man can be sure of bis own, 1. Bir James
de la Holla, have brought together all my
substance In money from wheresoever it ley
at interest, and bare bid the aam ia this
wpulcber, to which 1 found the entry by n
.'li:i doc, till such time os peace oome beck to
' bis unhappy England. This bare 1 doue ou
Christmas day, in the year ef our Lord 1043,
having completed tbe hiding of the gold'
while tbe greet gale was blowing.
"Jauxs on la Moll*."
Thus 00 a long gone Christmas day, iu tbs
hour of a great wind, was the gold bid, and
now, ou this Christmas day, when another 1
greet wind raged overhead, was U found
once more, just in time to save a daughter of
ttie bouse of De la Holla from a fete as bed as
death.
CHAPTER XLL
IDA OOCS TO KSBT UK TATS.
Most people of n certain age and a certain
dfpn of MuitiTMMn of disposition, In look*
log back down tha vista of (hair lives, whereon
memory's melancholy tight plays to fltfui
flashes Ilka tba allaraata glow of a renew
awung in tba twilight of n tomb, can recall
mum ooa night of pacaliar mantai agony.
One way or another it haabaao with moat of
us. that long night of utter woe. and all will
own that It ia a gbactly thing to Caoa.
And ao Ida do ia Uolle hod found ft Tba
■brick of tba grant rale rushing on that
Cbrittmaa era round tba stout Norman
towers waa not more strong than tba hrsath
of thadespair that shook bar Ufa Hhacoald
not sleep—who could »ieep on soak a night,
the herald of such a morrow# Tha wail and
roar of tba wind, tba crash of Calling trees,
and tha rattle of flying stones seamed to form
a flt accompaniment to the turmoil of bar
mind.
She rose, and putting on her dressing.
gown, went to tba window, and to tha dim i
light watobad tha trasa gigantically tossing |
to a great struggle for their Ufa As oak
and a birch were within her view. The oak
stood tha gala out-for awhile. Preaently 1
there came ao nwfal gust and boat upon it j
It would not band, and tha tough roots would
nut give, eo beneath the weight of the breath
of iu destiny tha big tree broke in two like a
straw. and its spreading top waa whirled into
tha moat Bat the birch gave and boot; it j
bant till iu deiicato Qlaments lay open tha ,
wind like a woman's streaming hair, and tha ;
fierceness of tha gust wore itself away and
spared it,
“Baa what happens to thorn who stand op 1
and defy their fate." mid Ida to herself, with
a bitter lough. "Tha Urch has the beet of
Ida roes and dosed the shutters, the eight
of tba storm affected her already strained |
nerves almost beyond hearing. Bha began
to walk up and down (be big room, flitting
like a ghost from eod to end and hack ago n,
and again hack. Whnt oould aha dol What
should she do# Her (ale was upon bar. aha
could no longer resist the Inevitable—she
most marry him. And yet her whole soul
revolted from the art with an overwhelming
fierceness wbk-fa astonished even herself She
bad known two girls who had married people
whom they did nut Ilka, being at the time, or
pretending to be, attached to semebody else,
and she bad observed diet they accommo
dated tbenweives to their late with eoasid
erabieeam Bat it was not eo with her. ska
wus fashioned of soother clay, and it made I
her faint U> think of what was before her
And yet tbe prospect w.i* oi.e ou whk-b she -
could oxpcct litUesympethy. Her can father, .
ultimer;': personally he disliked the man |
whom »i.o must, umn;. «ar vwr'.y IUW*I »un >
amaerau nt that si* should pre.'- • Co! (Jutr '
itch, r.iu’uie «t, vor -nei plelti, it* Lh ward |
Cunw} aainleuuw, youug. and neb si
CrnsiiA lie could out rompreheuu .<r
sure tbe extraordinary gulf which her jo* |
sion dag between tbe two If, therefore, i
th.s wssr> with b#r own father, Ue *'-u<d |
it be with the rest of the world*
Bus her bedroom MU »*v v.-rw tired, i
unJ •*■•• l*. hi an access of <l««ui<r wi-icu wus ■
SuCh .vutly dmtrefein;: It r. jvi-oo • i i r re
served urd «ta»elr ins •• tT->o> *■*»'•4 l
warping and sobbing. upon bar knees. aad
resting bar ncblng bead upon the Iwd. pru)-ad
as aba bail never pray ad twfora that this cup
uncut pass from bar
Kite did not know-bow abouid abet-that
at that very m-tneu’ bar prayer w*s being
answered. ai*i ttmt tier lover waa then. even
Mahe prayed, lifting to# broken •tone and
revealing the board of ruddy gold. Hut so
it waa. shepra>ad in despair and agony<f
mind, sod the prayer, earned on tor wild
wings of tha night. Wrought a fulfillment
with it Not in rain wars her ware mid sap
plications, for a van now tba deliverer delved
The dual sod awful traaanrva or toe dead.
and even now the light of ber coming btp
plnraa was (iraaUng on ber tortured night aa
lbs first cold gleams of tba Cbfiatmaa morn
ing were boatl.mg over tha stormy fury of
the void eitbout.
And then, chiliad and mimb In body and
mind, aba crept into her i*d again, and at
but lost hxrwif is sleep
By half puat do’cicck. wncu Ids eaniad two
, to breakfast, to# gale bad utterly ran lulled,
though iu footprints were visible enourW in
shattered Irvin, untlialclicd stacks, au i ivy
I tors in kr. .tty sheets (rom tba old walk iv
clotted. It w< old have beuo difficult to recag
nitu in tb* cold and stately lady who stood ut
tba dining room window, noting tba havoc
and waiting for bar father ui iihuv in, •h»
lovely, pawuunute, disheveled woman who
' soma faw hours before bail thrown henwU
| upon hat knees (waving to Uod for tho su-xor
• aba could not win from man. Women, baa
nature, have many moods, and many .ihmUv
i nances to oipress them. The hot lit b.i
passed, and tho cold ill wa*nu tier now Ue«
face, asca(* for tba 'lark boilowa round the
ayes, waa whits as »lu(sf*s snow, and bar
: heart was cold as winter's ice
iVcsantly bar father cuuu in.
, " Wbat a pile!" be sai l, "wbai a gala)
I'pon my wold. i began to thick that the old
place »oi cq&.:.£ dowu nl*out our f»n and j
lb* wreck Miioog the trees is dreadful I
dou't cmut there can bare torn such • wtmt '
since the time of king Charles I. when U* 1
lop of Ibe lower w«» '. K)»u rlnu olf fbr '
ebureb-you remaint'a lim -ho*mg y««i
lit* entry about II in Ibo i ~;i«#ia tbs '-Cher i
Jay, Ibe euu signed by the parson and obi rir |
Jam** d* la Nolle. *1 be b>y who baa Juai
com* up tolls roe Uiat be Iteor* tbal poor old
.\*rs Massey's summer bouse ou tbe !«,• '*
Dead Muu's Mount nas been Uowo away,
which is a good nd-Jancr fur Coi tgusnfch
Why, what's tbe matter with youl how pale
you look!"
“Tbe gal* kept me awake; I got vary little
Bleep." answered Ida
“And oo wouder Wall, my dear, you
haven't wished me a merry Christmas yeu
Goodness kuuwa we wat-l -*ue badly enough!
There baa not been much merriment at Uon
bsm of late years."
“A merry Christmas to you, father," abr i
■aid.
“1 bank you. my love; Iba same to you 1
You buva gut most of your Chnstmosee be !
fore you, which is morn than 1 have Ood 1
bless me, it only seems liita yesterday uix-e
the big bunch of bully tied to tbe book In the
ceiling there fell down on the breakfast table
and swashed ail tbe cups, and yet It is more
than sixty years ago. Dear me, bow angry
my poor dear mother wasl She never could
hear tbe crockery to be broken—it was a 1
litUo failing ol your grandmother**," and be I
laughed more heartily than Ida bad beard
turn do for boom wnks.
Sbs mads do answer, but bot«d boraaif;
about tba tea. CrsaeiiUy glancing up, «lu
■aw bar fat bar's face charge Tba worn as
preaasoo cams back upon it, and ba tort his
buoyant bearing. Evidently a oaw thongbi
bad struck him, and sba waa in no great
doubt as to what it waa.
“Wa had battar got on with breakfast," bt
Mid. “You know that Coney la coming up
at 10 o’clock."
••Ton o’clock r abaaaid, feiutiy.
“Yea 1 told him to, m> that we could ge
to churcta afterward if wa wished la IN
coons, Ida, I am still in the dark aa to what
you hare made up your mind to do; but
whatever H la, 1 thought that ba had better
oaoaand for ali bear your thud decision Crum
your own lipa If, bowsrer, you feel your
aalf at liberty to tall it to me aa your father, |
I kha 11 he dad to bear It.”
Bhe lifted bar bead and looked kirn foil in
tba (ace add thop paused. Ba bad a cup o(
tea la bis hand, and itwaahaid in tba air j
half way to bia mouth, while his whole face i
■bowed the overmastering anxiety with!
which he waa awaiting her reply.
“Make year mind may, falbar,” she aald ,
M i am going to marry Mr. Goosey."
lie pot down the cup in aonb a fashion that
be ap« Had hare of the tea, mom of U over hit
own clothes, without even noticing it, and
than turned away his face.
“Well," be said, “of course It Is act my
affair, or at least only indirectly so, but 1
must aay, my love, I congratulate you on tbe 1
decision which you have eomela 1 quin
understand that you have been in some littia
difOcuity about the matter; young woman 1
often have been before you and will be|
again, but to be frank, Ida, that Quantcb ■
business waa not at all suitable, e.tber in age I
or fortune, or In anything else. Yes. al {
though Coasey is not everything that e—
might wish, on the whole 1 congratulate you i
heartily." !
"Oh, pray don’t,” broke in Ida. almost In
a cry. “Wkatever you da, pray dent con i
grate late mel"
Her father turned round again and looked!
at her. But Ida's face bad already recovered j
Its calm. Olid he oouid make nothing of it.
“(don’t quite understand you." said,
“them things are generally considered mat- 1
tare for eoagrataiatio—''
But (oroll he might my and all that ha
might urge la hia imud to the contrary, ha:
did, more or leas, understand what her out 1
burst meant. Ue could not but know that
the •xoiamuUou was the last outcry of a
broken spirit la hia heart be realised then,
if be bad —ver clearly realized it before,'
that this proposed marriage -was a thing
baleful to bU daughter, and bis couecieoce 1
pricked him sorely. And yat—and yet—U[
was but a woman’s fancy—a passing -
fancyl Hbe would bacoom iwoooctled to!
tbe inevitable as women do, and when'
her children came she would grow ao 1
euatoiued to her sorrow, and her troobit
would be forgotten in their laughter
And if nob—well, ft was but one wo
man's life which would be affected, and I
the very exiatenee of bis race, and tbe very!
cradle that bad nursed them from century ;
to century, were now at stake, Wes ail this |
to be et tbe merry of e girts fancy# Noi.
Let tbe individual auTer
do ha argued. And so at kla ega and is
bia eirruin>t iitcia mo? iof would argue
also, and, periutps considering ail t Lings, arc
should be right For lu this world personal
desire* must continually give way to tbe
welfare of others. Dkl they not tin so. onr
system of society could » 4 r; *dai n. t
No mors wna amd uw.i ue subject (dr,
made prv#Miae<*f ratb'2 s I'lsrouf toast, fit
tba «;uuv tacipsd tbe tea upon **
clotuc.*. et . -'Hi drank sjun amrw
gr .Hrii,- ;ho recuMVtime second* . r-pc
oa. >. wantMl but fl»s inuiutea lu tb« hour, ■
and t. : -M*T ruuid. site wr.l knew. i nag
I.:* fifiU with Ik
The (ice mihuTts dowiy nod In sl
!»•. Both Usr l-ilMur m:d l.omif reabaed
tbe irfixuroof tbs *.:u*-’.-.i. l-u
neitb-ri-r t*.a«u it .. » «:v- .r )
the sound of wbeala npoa lbs grata’.l lo It
bad cone.
Ida felt Uka death ItwUL Bar pulse soak
and Battered, bar vital forrsaesenvrl toesaw
Ibcir w. rk.
Another two inmate# passed, and thro the
door o|«na<l ami the parlor maid came lx
“Mr Coasey if you pleas*. Mr."
“Ob." said tha squira "Where la her
“In tba vestibule, sir.”
“Very good. Tall him 1 w|Q be there te a
minute "
The maid went.
'Now. Ida,” «id bar father. “1 aappaaa wa
bad bailor p< this businvaa over."
"Taa,"aba anawarad, rising. M l am ready*
And gathering up bar energies. aha poked
out to mart bar fat*
CHAPTER XUL
oiomi u ana «o upm.
Ida aad bar faUtor ranched tba vestibule la
find Edward C«aj atanuing with bia Cara
to tba mantelpiece and nervously toying
with aooM ciinnaitiM upon it. Ha waa. m
usual, dressed with graat cars, and bk face,
tbough pais aad worn from tba affects of
agitation of mind, looked, if anything. band
aimer than arar. As auoa aa ba baard town
com-ug, which, owing to bia partial deafness
ba did not do till they wars quits does to
Um. ba turoad round with a start, aad a
endian Audi of color cams a poo bis Caaa
Tba aquiro abook bauds with kia is a
solemn sort of wa/. Uka panplado wbaa tba/
otaal at a funeral, and Ida baral/ touched bis
outotrstebod fingers with bar own.
A faw random remarks folio wad about tha
1 weather, which raali/ fur onoa in a wa/ waa
equal to tba conversational strain put upon
It, lnit at length tbaaa died awa/. and tbara
j came an awful pause It was broken at
! length l»y tha squire, who. standing with bis
1 lack to tha Ora, bia s/aa ttasd upon tha wall
I 'vpootie, alter much bumming aad hawing.
. delivered himself thus
“1 understand. Mr Coeaey, that you have
com* to hear my daughter's Anal decision ou
tbe matter of tbe proposal of marriage which
you have wad* and r sue wed to her New
of court*, this is a very important question,
very important indeed, and it la one with
which 1 cannot presume even to seam In in
torfar*. Therefor* I shall, without com
meet, leave my daughter in speak fur ber
•If."
“One moment before ah* doaa so." Conwy
interrupted, drawing indeed but a' poor
augury of success from Ida's ley looks. “1
have cum* to renew ay offer and to taka my
ftual answer, and I beg Miss de In Hell* to
consider bow deep and sincere must be that
affection which haaeodaml through so man)
rebuffs 1 know, or at tbe least 1 fear, that 1
do not occupy the place la bar feelings that I
should wish to. but 1 look to tlms to change
this, at any rata, I am willing to taka my
•bailee, As regards money, I repent the
offer that 1 bar# already made"
"There. I should not My too much about
that," broke in the squire, Impatiently
“Oh. why nutr mid Ida, in hitter sartmsL
“Mr. Conwy know* it Is one of the boat argu
menu with our sax. i presums that, at a
preliminary Co the renewal of the engage
meat, the persecution of my father which is
being earned on by your lawyer will osnsa"
“Absolutely."
“And if the engagement is net renewed,
the money will, of course. hi called lor
“My lawyers advise that it should be." be
answered, sullenly; “but, see here, Ida, you
may make your own terms about money
Marriage, after all, is practicalJy a matter
of bargaining, and 1 aa not going to stand
oat about the price"
“You are really mom ge—roue." went on
Ida. in the same bitter loos, the Iroay of
which made bar father wiaoe, for he nadar
stood bar mood better than did her lovar
“1 only regret that 1 cannot appreciate (he
generosity more thaa Ida Hut it la at least
in my power to give you the return whieb
you daeerva Bo 1 can no loager baffle te.
but 0000 and for all"
And she Mopped dead, and atared atthr
glam door aa though aha saw a ghost Both
her father and Edward Coasay followed the
motion of her eyas, and this was what they
saws Up tba steps came Col Quarttch aad
Oeorga Both were pale and weary look!eg.
but the former was at least clean. As for
George, this could net he mid. Bis head
waaatiUadorned with tbe red nightcap, hia
hands were out and dirty, and oa kla cfethaa
was an unlimited supply of iacrusted filth.
“What the dickens"—began the aqaira,
aad at that moment George, who wee Mad
ing, knocked at the door.
“Yob caat come in now," roared the
•quire. “Doa*t you aee that we are ea
gag^r
“But we m—t come in, squire, bagging
your pardon," answered George, with de
termination, as he opened tbe door. “We’ve
got that tossy as won't keep.”
“I tea yea that it must lamp, sir,* said the
old ge—Mmaa, working himself into a rage
“Am 1 net to be allowed a moment's privacy
in tny own ho—af I wonder at your mnduct.
Oei Quaritch. In I—lag your pramaaa epos
mo wbaa I toll you that it la not wanted.*
“1 am sure that I apologias, Mr de la
Molls," began the ooieoal, utterly takas
aback, “but what I have to my is"—
"The kmt way that you can apologias la by
withdrawing," answered the squire, with
majesty. “I shall he moat happy to hear
what you have to my on another oar—l an."
"Ob. squire, squire, don’t be such a fate,
begging your pardon for tbe word," said
George, In exasperation. “Don't go a-haeek
lag of your head agio a brick wall"
“Will yon ha off, sir r roared hia master,
iu a voice that made the walls ahaka.
By this time Ida had recovered herself
She seemed to feel that her lover had some
thing to any that concerned her daaply-prob
ably ahe read it In htaayaa
“Father," aha mid, raising her voice, “I
went have Col Quaritcb tented away from
the door kke that, if you will not admit
him, I will ge —wide and hear what it k
that he has to aay."
la hia heart the squire held Ida us aoms
am lie looked at her. aad mw that her
eym were leaking and her truest hearing
and be gave way.
“Ob, vary wall, since my daughter Inals'*
on it, pray oome in,” and he hawed. “It
snob an iatn—on foils ia with your ideas ot
dee—cy, M M not for mo to complain."
“1 aootpt your invitation," aaawerod
Harold, looking very angry, "bocaaaa I have
something la my which you mast hour, and
boar at 0000 No, thank yon, 1 will atond
Now. Mr. da la Molle, ttbthta, wonderful a*
It may seem. It bee be— my for— to dU
cover the traasure hidden by Blr Jamm do Is
Molle la the year "
There w— a umvereoi gaap of aatoulrh
ment
“Whatr said the aqutra “Why, I thought
that the whole thing was a myth,"
“No, that It ain’t, sir." said George. with s
melancholy smile, “ ’one I’ve eseo it.”
Ida had soak into a chal.■.
“ What la the amour tr she asked, is a
etiger roles.
"I hors bsea unable to calculate inertly,
but, spooking roughly, it conn* be much
under fifty thousand pounds estimated or
lbs rains of the gold alone, iicrr
w— of It," aad Harold puUd out a hoirdf".
•4 rials and othsrcclt.kibi4( a .ifwi*BM«ioa
L* tbs table.
ilia liW Ur fa'H o-., lauxi. uimJ
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