The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-01-22

The coming Spring found the In-
gleton family bereft Of their possessions
and broken down with crushed hopes
and ruined aspirations. Captain Har-
diue had not scrupled to pursue his
claims against the Squire to the fullest
extent Of the law and, in an OF his en-
deavors to destroy The financial pros
poets Of the one man who had dared to
possess large landed interests in opposi-
tiou 20 himself, be had been assisted by
jeremiah Hardpsn and son, the latter
having proved excessively vindictive
since the day when Lie had per-
emptorily refused his matrimonial ad-
vauces.
During all the months that had inter-
veued since the departure Of the junior
Iugleton, Lie Hardine bad not once
met her absent lovers mother, though
she had often louged to visit her. Once
OF twice she had had a stolen interview
with TiIzah Iugleton, whom she knew
10 be engaged to her brother John, in
defiance Of the paterual authority Of
both houses. But Iirzah was not over
intelligent, and her insipid platitudes
and baby ways were so widely at
variance with the mental capacity and
Independent bearing Of the young girls
straying anianced, that the relationship
between them was continually more
annoying than satisfactory.
John Hardine, Jr., had long been de-
MED admission to Tirzah's temporary
home; and he fancied that he was not
sorry, deeply as be thought himself ia
love with her, TO see the family home
stead sold under the hammer aud
knocked down to bis father at figure
so ridiculously low that five hundred
dollars of the Judgment yet remained
uusatisfed.
owe have 'em under our thumbs
yet 90 exclaimed the senior Hardine TO
him one day, with s. repulsive grin.
"Aud TN hold my judgment over 'em
till the crack Of doom before pll spare
'em FOR a single dollar OF it.n
But what will they do ?" asked
John the junior, in whose breast the
original modicum Of human nature, be-
queathed to him through maternal
channels, had been slightly intensified
by bis love for Tirzah.
"Do as they can . What business is
10 o. mine2 S'pose they'll settle down
i'm the shabbiest cabin, in the edge o.
Chincapiu, an let the ole woman take
in washiu' or weavin' for their clo'es
an victuals. Then, if you marry the
gall
He did not finish the sentence, but
looked hard at his son in silence, his
sallow face contorted with cynical
grin that exposed his discolored and
broken teeth, which emitted tobacco
juice from their interstices until it set
tied over bis gums aud rendered him
doubiy repu.sive and uucleau.
The better or more chivalric part Of
the junior Hardness Bature took UNI
brage at his fathers manner rather
than his words.
"I'll marry the gal, as you call her,
this very week, if she'll nave me l' he
exclaimed, in defiant tone, "and then
I can protect her. When the new rail-
road comes through Chincapin, I'll be
rich enough, thanks 60 your sharp bar
gains, to give her family comfortable
quarters. You may be sure of one
thing-T'lI never deny myself aud fam
lily the necessaries Of life TO grow rich,
as you have"
look a-nere, John Hardiner' and
the seniors voice trembled as he slowly
rolled the tobacco into a corner Of his
cadaverous jaw, where it exhibited it,
self as sharp protuberance in his
cheek. "If you marry into that family,
Tll disinherit you %
"Disinherit and be" lie stopped
short. ''No, I'll not curse you, for
you're my father; though God knows /
couldn't help it. But my mind is made
up"
"And you defy me, do you, boy ?"
'No; 1 don't defy you, but I'm de-
termiued to assert myselLn
"You can't, till you Of age"
"But I will be OF age in another year.
A few months will make no difference
Besides. Lie is younger than I. and
you're obliged 10 admit that she's
reached her majority"
Depend upon it, young lnau-you'll
rue il il you marry into that family
Besides, you'll be young enough to be-
gin to think about the girls dozen
years from now"
The junior Hardine shook bis head
and the senior walked away satisfied
He Judged the son by himself, and be
was certain, Judging the youth from hi.
own standpoint, that he would not risb
the prospect of a fortune for the sake o
any woman living. Indeed, all women
were alike to him If they were alike in
dustrious. He had long been suseept
ibls TO no other emotion toward womer
than that which he could measure by
their strength, alaerity aud endurance
and upon these qualities ia Tirzah Im
gleton he properly placed a low estimate
"Hsve the IngletOns left the home