with ton are wanted if you please sir by a person in the front hall mr william seemed by no means relieved by that indefinite summons on the contrary his lips grew white and his jaw fell so that he could not utter a word and it was ready mr who put the question for him i what sort of a person is it john and what is his business well sir he said he wouldn t give his name but that mr william knew all about him i think he s some sort of a yes yes said william with a which the sharp eyes of the ex m p at once perceived was assumed to conceal a sense of relief i know the fellow i have been expecting him this long time it is a disagreeable business � i am afraid i must see him alone � john if there is no one in the drawing room show him in there and in a few minutes the young squire was face to face in that gorgeous saloon with a man who had known him in his least prosperous days and who knew his secret but to whom as we have seen he had made up his mind not to give a sixpence of hush money and to carry matters with a high hand still mr william s manner was far from that of one who wishes to pick a quarrel or even to maintain a as he rose and shook hands with uncle dean this gentleman whom circumstances had associated with horse flesh and whose tight fitting and sporting pin had doubtless led the footman to that just conclusion had certainly not been intended by nature for the saddle he was upward of six feet high and of great weight if there is any truth in the it is bone that weigh but whether from the constant habit of physical � that leaning forward to with the reins � or from that moral which requires an vision and a close inspection of one s fellow creatures his back was bent into a bow which assisted by the quick searching glance that he bestowed his nephew by marriage made him look one huge note of he had placed a deep band of round his hat in token of his sorrow for the loss of their common relative but his long waistcoat was bright yellow his green his a brilliant blue perhaps the poetry of his nature forbidden an outlet through the usual channel exhibited and expanded itself in color but certainly he was very highly tinted nor was it his own fault but time s that the hair which had been red was now quite gray how are you dean it was kind of you to come and look me up i am only sorry that the house is full so that i can not ask you to take don t mention it mr don t mention it i had no idea of on you to that extent i do assure you but being in the neighborhood and wishing to hear about poor � that s a d story dean broke in the other hastily and i don t wish to talk about it take some wine � take some gin here what s your name bring this gentleman some gin and hot water that used to be your did it not why yes and yours too in the old days said mr dean but there i suppose with the run of the of a place like this you never touch any thing worse than champagne and brandy j ear dear what a change it seems and i were talking over it only the other evening is an infernal scoundrel observed mr william well he does run a little near the wind at times no doubt but so we all do for the matter of that or have done eh mr as he was saying only think of your being here a squire and a magistrate i suppose and all the rest of it sending poor folks to prison lor what a game it is yes mr dean and it s a game that i have taken care shall not be spoiled by any man said the other slowly i felt of course that i need never fear any from you but knowing what sort of a man was and how like him it would be to hold over my head as it were for the purpose of money that trouble i got into at i made up my mind upon assuming my position here to make a clear breast of it at once you don t mean to tell me that all these fine folks about here know that you were in that horse job and got � mr dean looked cautiously round the room and the shining faces of the and gilded seemed to make him more cautious for his voice sank to a whisper � got put into yes i do said mr william boldly � i don t say that the and village people have been told but every body with the knowledge of such a circumstance could do me harm was put into possession of it at once of course it did do me harm but the worst is past and the ground on which i stand at least is firm a beggar on horseback if you still me for the other wore a very incredulous look a mr whom i suppose you know and who is staying here at present as uncle dean sat rubbing his chin with his large hand you might have thought that his face was made of and that he was pulling it out inches at a time so obviously did it at these words it was evident to him that the moral which he had brought with him to work upon his nephew by marriage would have no 