The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-09-18

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all the whittier by comparison with his
companions, which was scarlet. They
were both in q frightful rage, the one
at q white heat, the other boiling.
"And who the deuce are your ex-
claimed Sir Geoffrey, in precisely the
same tone (though he toGs such an aris-
| tocrat) as the butchers boy used who,
having run the leg of his wooden tray
into the Dukes eye, inquired OF him;
Who tho deuce he was that he should
be SO particular about his eyesightP
my name is Percival Fendall, sir.
A man that boasts better blood than
| you. inasmuch as he can count q gen.
GRAFTON beyond you" This reply, in
tended to be .satirical, was an inspira-
ton, and had quite the contrary effect
to what he had expected He had &C
cidentally protected himself as it were
by this interposition of the other s
fetish, as though it had been a shield.
=" BY -Joye, that's true" said Sir
Geofffey, regarding him with undis-
| guised admiration. "You're the elev-
enth of us, though not quite in the di-
rect line. I am glad you appreciate
the circumstance at its full value,
had been told by q mischievous fellow
that you had been thinking nf spelling
our name with capital F,' ---
THAT would be blasphemy indeed, -
said Percival, without moving muscle.
"Of course it would" put in the
Baronet eagerly. 81 perceive that my
informant was q liar. You are worthy
of your name, and you were only jok-
ing-though let me observe that don't
like such jokes-when you talked of be-
| ing engaged to Miss Lake"
"Blake, sir, is her name," continued
Percival, with unruffied calm; "it is a
very decent one, though she doesn't
spell it with two little BIS. She is a
delicate minded, honorable gentle
woman, and mean to marry her."
"What, without my consentP"
"No, Sir Geofrey. hope with your
consent You have only to see her, and
1 venture to think you win confess that
Miss-the young lady in blue, whom
you were SO good as to recommend to
me cannot hold q candle to her."
"But her blood, sirP You, of all
men, should understand the import
| ance, the necessity, the indispensa-
bility-' The Baronet supplied in
expression and gesture what was want
ing to him in words.
81 do, Sir Geoffrey. Science has
lately corroborated your opinion upon
that point. To persons about to marry
| it recommends the microscope. Mary's
blood shall be subjected to investiga-
ton"
"What nonsense you talk! As if it
could possibly be blood like ours! Be-
ware how you trihe-or rather how you
venture beyond trifling-with persons
of this class. A blot on the 'scutcheon,
remember, is ineradicable."
"n Fendall were to break his word,
Sir Geoffrey. would not that be a bio;
on the 'scutcheonr'
ma But there is no fetish 50 utterly
illogical-and, to say truth, 30 selfish
and eGotistical-ast that of blood.
| 1.-The promise was extracted from
YOU by passion, - answered the old man,
:. and is therefore invalid" Then, as
4 n aware of the n,r,nstros;tv of This i,os;,
ton he went hnrriedIv on1as after one
has skinned Or tiS6 ice-to paint the
horrors of an unS unS61Efnarriaoe. .Look
\ at Young LascelleN if he had married
as His u1cle wished him. he might have
stood for the county: a man whose an.
cestry is ouly second to our own. bii
Who chose to throw himself away nnon
a female nobody: Respectable. I dare
saw, she may beIher father lives in
Baker street, and is of the name OF
Jones. What was the result of it alli
Why. Young Lascelies was compelled
| To walk the hospitaIa. :,
| II he had bcen made tn walk the
planE- II is impossible that Sir Geoffrev
could have spoken of the fact with more
sincere compassion for the young man's
unhappy fate. :. -
al know Lascelles." said Perciyal.
cheerfully; sshe lives close to the
Blakes,'
"Ve,v likely.n put in Sir Geoffrey.
drvlv. S,[Isl7s' = - =
81 And has already acou;red a GOOD
nractice" !" continued the vonno man
.He told me he is mncb hannier thar
when he was Subjected to his uncIe's
whims and caprices."
! This was a home thrust. Sir Geof-
frey seized the bell-rope to summon the
footman to show his kinsman to the
door, but, by the time the menial en-
tered, his masters passion had cooled
| down. He only said: "Make up the
fire." The fact was, that the no.
ton of that extra generation which Per-
cival had boasted of had seized ON what
the old Baronet Sc 'scalled his mine, !" and
placed the young man in a position OF
positive superiority. 49,.
II "Look here, Percival,'' he said.
"Just to oblige you III see this young
woman. and If I'm dissatisfied with her
you must promise me to break of your
engagement"
/" 1t is impossible that you should be
dissatisfied with her." said Percival,
gallaptly, but evasively. -.s
The old gentleman had got an idea
rather an unusual event with the Fen.
dalls- and hence it was the more to be
regretted that it was unworthy of them.
If he found this Mary Blake so "hon.
orable and delicate-minded" as Perci.