The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-11
"But I don't know that I have an

enemy"
Don't you know somebody that
wants to marry Lie ."
"I know that / do"
"But somebody else ."
NO"
"WeH, know Of another"
"Who ?''
Cant you guess"
sYou don't mean Sam Hardpau ~
..Yes, I DO. He was round at widow
Ridgeway's yesterday, aud told Joe and
sally that he'd asked the monarch Of
the Hardine household for her, and got
his consent"
"But Lie and are engaged, you
know. Aud Sally didn't mention this
to me-"
81 know. Bat the monarch and old
Hardpan have set their heads to break
up the match. You're poor as a church
mouse, you know, and without ex-
pectations, owin' to mortgages aud
interest. Sans governors rich. He
aud the monarch have set their heads
together to bankrupt your father and
git his lands, and compel Lie to
marry the usurer's sou, down at Chine
apin. You know they're building quite
a village down there. And the new
railroads are bound to make junction
thereabouts and, if everything's man
aged right, the Hardines aud Hardpans
will be the future capitalists OF the
State"
Tie two young men formed the
striking foreground TO pretty wood
land picture as they reclined upon the
ground in the shadow Of the maple
tree, into the side Of which great
bleeding wound had been made with
the ruthless axe.
There's another matter to be consid-
ered," continued Hardine. "The pro-
gramme includes Hardpau's frowsy-
heade,l, beak-nosed, squiut eyed, carrot
haired daughter. They say Tm to
marry her"
How did you fnd all this out ?''
asked Ingieton, as the veins on his fore
head gathered into great knots, and his
breath came and went quickly.
"I overheard it this morning" au-
swered Hardine. "You see, we'd had a
big row at the house, between me ard
the monarch and Lie; AID mother was
taken with a faintiug fit, and was
sent for the doctor, and / overheard
old Hardpau and Sam talking to-
gether in the side Office while I
was waiting. heard them speak
Lies name and yours, aud then | very
naturally listened for the rest. Maybe
it wasn't altogether honorable, but
everything's fair in love or war"
"And how do they propose to bring
these changes about?"
"By grand game Of freeze-out. The
monarch's got the 'Squire's thousand
dollar note for starter. He'll press
the collection. There's thumbscrew
number one. Reubenis drowned. He
was worth half that sum, cash. There's
thumbscrew number two Mark you, l
don't say the Hardpans drowned him,
but do say the mortgage will be fore
closed on the Barrens, and the IBgle-
tons III have TO pungle."
az came to consult you about getting
poor Reuben's carcass out Of the drink, y
said IngletOn, after long silence. "But
1 don't care now for anything. Let
them that forced him into that hole,
and fastened his head under the water
with the bushes, get him out. Tn go-
ing to leave the country"
"But what OF Lie ,"
81 have no heart to see her now"
"But you will not desert her like q
coward, will you ?'
"pll talk with Tirzah again before
decide, and then I'll let you know.
cannot marry without the means tC
properly support my wife"
"Shail tell Lie that you say this? a?
"Tell her anything you like" was th'
parting reply, as the lover abruptly de
parted.
All, John Ingleton you are not th'
only man by many thousand who ha
undertaken to bear alone the burdens o
life which nature had designed for two
l do not wonder that you sought you
sisters society with heavy heart; bu
| do wish you had trampled upon you
silly pride, and acted as your inclina
tion and understanding dictated. The
you would have gone straight to you
other self with your new dilemma, an
she would have helped you to solve th
riddle Of your fate.
ITO be continued.l