The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-12-16

man, he would desire to return to the
daughter of Herbert Cashel the property
he holds by virtue of collateral rela-
tionship. Why should he desire to take
advantage of her misfortunes and of her
having been hitherto unknown. Why
should he wish to intrench himself be-
hind the mere fact of possession, and
battle against the rlghtful owner of the
Cashel estate?"
But
miss Cashel has placed this whole
matter in my hands" Mr.. Wylie inter
rupted; land | beg to assure you, Mr..
Evans, that if your client had displayed
the disposition and intentions of gen.
tleman, he would have been allowed
comfortable competence from the prop
erty. But he threw down the gauntlet;
he defied us; he cried, mo quarter"
Now he shall abide by his first choice,
and he can expect nothing whatever
from us. He challenged us to go to
court of law, and there we propose to
have the matter tested. / speak as do,
knowing that it must be decided there.
never beheld Mr.. Lionel Cashel but
once. However, am not so blind that
1 cannot read, especially when the page
is opened for me-"
"Then you take the grounds of no
compromised"
mo compromise whatever" returned
Mr.. Wylie. "Mr. Lionel Cashel can
surrender the estate now, or when he is
compelled. AS have indicated, 1 am
well aware that he will not surrender it
till he is compelled"
"No, not till he is compelled. And
let me tell you, sir, that you are boasting
too soon. 1t will be no easy matter to
convince court of justice that the
daughter of Herbert Cashel has been
kept concealed for twenty years. 1t is
rather late in the day for person to
come forward and claim a great estate on
such grounds. And her claims may be
treated as preposterous by sensible men.
Good. day, sir.'
And, with these words uttered, Mr..
Art hur Evans left the law-of1ice ofWylie
& Oldham.
cit isn't my habit to talk so much,"
said Mr.. Wylie to himself after Evans
was gone; "but believing both those fell
lows to be scamps, was a little carried
away by my feelings"
His face grew thoughtful.
"My only fear is that they may beat
us by some rascality," he continued in
his thoughts. "Still, will not compro-
mise with rascals for fear of their rascal
ity. And know, as well as that oily
Evans did, that they would consent to
nothing within the bounds of reason. 1t
would be mere waste of breath to talk
with them upon hesubject of compro-
mise"
Mr.. Arthur Evans was forced to an
ounce to the master of The Cedars that
his mission had been a failure.
"By the heart of Pluto !" that person
swore, "old Wylie and his client will not
gain anything by their stubbornness. L
will give them so bitter fight that they
will wish, before they are through, that
they had never entered into law against
me. Demanding the Cashel estate and
obtaining it will be two entirely differ
ent matters, as they will discover to
their sorrow"
A week later, the master of The Ce-
dars received the first legal notice in the
90 co of Haohal a,o..a,,a CtooIoI
And it was shortly afterward that Bar
bara Lindsey had come to visit the De
Veres.
n
The master of The Cedars was driving
rapidly along the hard, level road that
ran through his estate and down past
residence of the De Veres. The animal
that he was driving was a large black
horse, superbly formed,a with glisten-
ing skin. Evidently he was wild and
fiery. The servants at The Cedars shook
their heads every time the master took
his seat behind him.
- Better take some other beast" they
would mutter. "Dat brack villain III
be de death ob him yet"
But the mutterings and head.shak-
ings were all unheeded.
The horse and driver were passing De
Vere's residence. Generally, the man
kept his eyes upon the beast; but as it
CHANGED, just at this time his head was
bowed in thought. Suddenly dog
sprang out by the roadside, with
growl.