New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-26
LEFT IN TRUST.
THE STORY OF A LADY AND HER LOVER
By MRS. OLIPHANE
l,aAor Of. Phgbe Junior" The CHrate ~ Charge" ETC.
CHATTER XXyIlI-CoNnNUrD.
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Tho same question Was repeated 10y MI. LOscby,
whom next day lleathcotc went 10 see. driving over
To Hunst0n IA the kectors little carriage, WIN Inc
sober old horse which Was III itself almost a MEM
Der of the clerical profession. Mr. LOschy rccc'Ncd
him with open arms, and much commended tlc IN
terest winch he was sho Siug IN hls property. But
Mount will bc dreary place TO live m al by your
.elt' hc said. II were YOU would take up my
abode nj the Rcctory AT least until You can have
gour establishments set on "A proper footing. Ana
how that j. settled. said the lawyer though moth
ing was settled toll me all about ammo.
Il know nothing To tell you, said Hcdlhcote'
Mr.. Douglas is always there ,
Sir. Douglas is always there! but there IA nom
ing 20 tell. nothing settled; what does the i'lI"W
meant DO Won suppose she u gong Ia iorcgo every
advantage. and g0 dragging on for years to suit nus
convenience II you tel! me so
But don't tell you so, cried licaihcote; tcii
you nuthng-I don't know anything. la short II
you don't mind. Ia rather not discuss the question.
| begin to he Of your opinion, that Was 1901 not
10 turn up year sooner. There was hotliihH 10
keen me that am aware Of; ] might as well have
rome sooner later; hut don't know that anyone
H. to he blamed for that .
what u settlement that would have made Anne
would have kcpt her money and little k0>c hcr
proper place and q pretty ntle fortune INST IKE
herscli-and probably would nave married NIrlal
Ashley . very good sort of young fellow. Ihefc
would have been some pleasure n arranging q - T.
Element like that. remember when drew oul lh'
papers for icT mothers maITIdgr-tnai Wa> Inc sal
taiIon of the Mountforl>-they Wvrc sliding down
hill IA fast as they could before that nut Miss
Roper who was the first Mr.. II. John Mountiord.
set all straight You ect the advantage OF 1t
more or less. Mr.. lcathcotc. thodgh the connection
Is 50 distant. Even your part OF the property is ~
very different condition from what IT was when
remember II hrst And If you had-nOt been fool
but had come in time and TIED your chance All
however ! daresay If II had been 50. something
woulO have come IN the way all the same Won
would not have fancicd each other. or something
would have happened. But # that fellow thinks
that he is To- blow hot and cold with Anne
Il don't like the mere suggestion. Pardon me.
faid ieaihcOte. Il am sure Won mean nothing but
love aud tenderness to my cousin; Int / cannot
have such a thing suggested. Whatever happens Ia
Anne Muuntf ford there will Dee nothing dcrogatory
b. her dignity nothing beneath her own fine char
Hcter am sure of that.
Il accept the reproof' said Mr.. oschy. with more
twinkle than usual an his spec taccS, but less power
OF vision through them. i accept the rcproot
What was all heaven and caiti about, llcathcott
Mountford that You were left dawdlug ahOut that
wearsomc Vanity / ar that you call the world. IN
stead of coming here wear since, When you were
wanted II there is one thing more than another
that wants explaining 1t Is the matrimonial ms
management of tins world. It's no angel that ha'
the care of that I'll answer for IT. cried the nth,
man with comic Indignation. And then he tool
off his spectacles and wiped them, aud graspet
Ueathcote Mountford by the hand and Cntreatet
hun 10 STAY to dinner. which. indeed the Tccluse o.
Mount was by means unwilling TO do.