Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-02-20

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though he provided for the boys main
: renspce, deemed it convenient to con-
ceal his marriage, and eventually he
died suddenly without having acknoNl /
edged it. Apparently. however his con-
science had tormented him, SO that
while Lacking the moral courage Il
speak the truth during mis- lifetime, he
! had left evidence by which il might be
i known after his death. unfortunately
the envelope containing his marriage
certificate had lain mixed M with some
other documents in a box which Lord
Beauvray (who had inherited the de-
cessed's papersl had never thought o!
examining till that morning, when he
had begun TO sort his family pSpers in
\ view of his marriage.
Suddenly the bill dischounter crumpled
all the papers in his and with \ fever.
lsh grasp, and looked at Lord Beauv-
ray. There was an expression in his
dull eyes AS Of a light behind sn an
cleansed pane of glass. II say, he whis-
pered, have you told anybody besides
ME of this secret -
"No; l came TO you first. as III duty
bound"
"Then VIII at prevents us from destroy
about it. That young Timburel is a
skunk ana y snob; it will be ridiculous to
see him Il lord, and hell ruin himself,
or become mad with conceit-so foolish
/ is he. 1 say Beauvrav, if throw this
envelope into the fire, who will know
anything about it :"
Il SHALL" answered Lord Beauvray,
quitely, and he held out His hand for
the papers.
The shifty glance of the money man
quailed III the light of unquenchable
honesty i'll that of one who happened TO
be q nobleman in something more than
the name.
There was pretty hubbub in society
WI en- it became known that the Earl of
Beauvray-or George de Vray, MS he
now simply called himself-was going to
abandon his title and estates to man
who had been city clerk.
OF course George de Ways marriage
was postponed. The turn IL his for
tunes had thrown so much business on
his hands that it was impossible he could
devote month to honeymooning until
it was all disposed Of; besides which, he
felt bound to make Mr.. Moyle the
offer of releasing his daughter from her
engagement. At first this proposal was
poohpoohed equally by the bill.dis-
counter and Miss Moyle herself. Mil
lie, who was not quite SO sensible rs she
was pretty, wept good deal at not be.
coming a Countess; then she wept at
the nobility of Georges action, which
everybody was praising,
Now there was staying in the house
of the Moyles poor little cousin of
Miles, named Gertrude Brown. She
was n soft-eyed brunette Of IS, very
quiet and lovable, who acted rs COM
panion 10 Mile, and had to bear much
from the whimsical humors of this
spoiled child. Gertie had always re-
ceiyed marked kindness from Lord
Beauvray, who treated her as If she
had been his sister, and she looked
upon him with admiration as the most
noble being she had ever seen. His
remuneration OF rank and wealth had
struck her as an act of surprising hero.
ism, and she could not so much as al
lude to it without tears gushing from
her eyes. A shrewd, merry little thing,
too, i'll her way, she was capable Of dis
corning the difference that existed be-
tween genuine man of honor like
Lord Beauvray and mere man Of
money like her uncle Moyle.
Ii was this enthusiasm of poor Gertie
Browns on poor George de Vrays be-
halt that began to make the cup Of Mr..
Moyle's bitterness overflow. That
worthy gentleman had taken to musing
that there was an end now TO his
chances of sitting i'll parliament, get
ting baronetcy, and all that.
Poor Gerte held her tongue, although
her heart throbbed wofully. She had
heard that the new Lord Beauvray, the
ex-Mr. Timburel, had been invited to
dinner on a certain evening; and she
began to suspect that her precious uncle
was forming plan for making Of this
former clerk of his a sutton for Miles
hand.
Her intuition was not at fault. Old
Moyle fastened TO make peace with his
discharged clerk, whose vanity was
easily tickled. He became a regular
visitor at the bill-discounter's taking
care never to come at times when he
was likely TO meet George. His visits
displeased Gertie Brown, but he easily
succeeded in winning the favor Of the
discourter's daughter, who correspond
ingly lessened her liking for George,
and one day when she cast an aspersion
upon him, which Gertie could not help
resenting, she screamed, "If you are &c
fond of Mr.. de Vray, why don't you get
him to marry you? That would be two
beggars together"
Naturally, Gertie went to her room
TO have good cry, but from that day
she ceased speaking about George and
became very circumspect in her de
meanor towards him. When he called
to see Mile, she left the room. George
soon noticed these tactics, for his inter.
views with Mr.. Moyle's daughter were
growing more and more irksome by
reason OF Miles GOODNESS and irritable
lily. AT the least thing she would snap
and sulk. and one afternoon. when