New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-24
to cut off that fine girl that delightful creature,


Mr.. Loscby don't suppose this is n thing which
"You will know. sooner or later. IL he carries 1t
ont cried the lawyer: but you are rlght nave
no business to betray my clients anhiiS; PuN looA
here now he said bending across the table' lean
inc on both his elbows 10 look inslnuatlngly, coax
ingly in Heathcotc's face, look here now. never
you before Mr. eat9sSC.' and Sd' am very old
family friend as may say, as wen as tnelI II, VI
business Look here now. You are very peIson person.
able man. and not bit too ola I0T net aI ,'a,,
suitable match in every way. why shOuidht you
make ND to Annci Hear me out, ana doh mare w.
Bless YOU am not stranger nor NH
country attorney as perhaps S"h horn ro Anne Is ncr
hans little serious you will think, liltte high-
faIntinc But nobody knows I'LL they do know her
what fine creature nd ' here She's got cntanged with
some fellow whom nobody knows and MountioId
of course refuses his consent ltut she ls MOI lhe
eennlJnt Won 90 IN now and try for Anne You arr
NOT f. be supposed TO know anything about 1t It
would all he Innocence IN youE ana Wiio hnoMs iil
shc ,nightn't be glad of the chance oi slipping our
~ ,La other though she won't give IN 20 threats !
Won't Won think of it, Won't you think oil 1t /
don't know the man. if he we've prince tnht might
Nv, ,bis Wcathcoc listened to with very strange
sensations. He was angry. amused, touched pS
the enthusiasm Of the title, round shhg man u"
thus entreatcd him, with every kll y,
was capable Of his eyes and hands ana ms who d
frame twisting into gestures OF prSuasloh ilcalh-
cote was dispOSed to laugh. hut lac was SIN h1i'
Disposed to resent this familiar employment vi Ills
Are Won aware that have no right to be brought
into The family secrets. TO have their aulrS mus r.
Vcaled TO me he said. Stop-,hor 10 near ,'
name ~ . vounc lady for whom have 80 much re
spect treated sol Allowing that need nor resent It
a. liberty since YOU are an older lflrhd lall AM
still YOU must see that between 3ou an" NV
Yes. YES. SEQ said Mr.. Loseby yon are quite
right. ! see thought perhaps eNeoin33h'I r a,n
wrong / gee H. Well then, about this entail bust
ness Don't Won see this Is why our IRENE noes MOI
jump at il Little R"I G" aEe Noble sir". but
il j. ont of the question for her SISTER Keep l" your
entail MIR HcathcOtc, and If can hc oi uS I" yoni
I will do nv best. II it's money dlihculty' We u
tide il over for Won. Let me kho" an 'no '''u'ii
stances and viii do my best 900 Hath,
Il cannot give mp my PROJECT an AZ once Hca'"-
co'T ynujd # were YOU. II would harm Yourself
and do COOL 10 nobody | certainly would 1t ! were
Won said the LAWYER. getting mp aud accompanying
III" must M exercise my own judgment on that point,
N' 'Crrtanly. certainly. certainly Mr.. lIcathcotc
Mountford lou will all "N'r5iN, your u"a'l,,,. -
Won will all do what seems good ~ your own eyes.
| know what the Mountfor'l> are inIn E'n'i|tl"h =,
generation II il had not been that -. J"ih Noun
ford had the luck to take "a fancy l." q nth woman
Cor his first wife, what would the place have been
by this time but that il chance that dm'n nap
pen once in century. And now, when there II an
settlement! But never mind, never mlhd' ol c"hi~'
Won will all take yuui own way
/ hope you have brought bun :" reason Loo F,
said Mr. Mouutfor from the back "i his t"' ~ tl'l
emerged again into tine street 49,,
An arrangements about property ,"hirh ar
against nature are against Tra-"h' Nlh me nlll'
lawyer srntentiou.lv. Good Afternoon gentlemen.
When you 20 IN ior hc~c fancy arrangements u -
some sort of poctcHl pcr~"nag" Nnu want, ana h"'
"A lawyer. wish You y Pheasant iidr.
lie il u character. sad MI MnuhilDiu WIN y
Il. hey
was the only sound Of the lighter sort thai 'I"N'
the gravity of their silent coinlhn"h-hl ~ ,lri
horses ho0fs clatfcrrd over the stones 81 III" li
town and came out upon the long slirhc" col ih'
country road now falling rapidly ini" ~ ilGhi-
We are a little lai". MI. Mounilord sA'h nan hl
hour later A. for Hrathcntr. u" dlh h"i, l'',; il.
NOR. than his kn-man. IN q hiiin"r ini tiIk. hhl
lac had heard though he had protested against near
ING il dwrlt in hi. mind. and ia" so,nrW liht
morose gravity Of the other infected HIM ~ Sn'r
of himself What had 81 john Mnunil"il, " hn
WAS IN reality a commonplace, goohFn"ufh-" 80,
man, been doing To Warrant =" G'""lf aU -,
Had hc been turning th" fortunes ni me ihinN up
side down and spoiinR the life "i 10" dhuGhl'l l'
loved best or wns II a nrr" eNhihlti"n "I hnlhi
moss conHr1uent upon the quarrel with the lawyer
and the opposition hc had cuc"unicfcdI liraih'""
had known nothing about these MuuuiiuidN "''k
ago and now how closely Ne felt himself knttd ~
i'm their affairs whether he continued Ia lr formally
connected with them or not ~ hc f"d" along ~
thi, mutual silence 10y his kinsnh1 sue az '"Hu
not help thinking of The catastrophe which might
he c0mIng-that fair crature Annr-thr Iii''
old bald shining lawyer had grown eloquent
when he spnkr uf her. And though IN" sccn'"d a
little severe Ia llcathcotc. he could not hlt nc,
know ledge TO himself that she hat hlW hNr iiii ''l
him Rose 7 Oh ko~' was pretty lliln ll''s y
child a nUl"dy. ii did not matter very mu'h iiit
happened Ia her. hut # II should happen thi'
Anucs life was bong changed. the hrghiu' tatrii
out Of A. and all those advantages winch seemed ~
natural and becoming transferred from hci J." The
pruft Of Ross lirHthc"t" felt that tn. would %" "A
wrong to move heaven aud earth biit ~ Wa NOT "a
subject IN which hc. stranger, had any fgli I"
interfere. AZ he looked al the dark untitled hgnrc
of her father 10y his side against HE liant Crimson
which still fingered in the west, lac could scarcely
HELM chaing nj the thought that. though hr Wa
their nearest relation, he was still u stranger, ana
must not. dared not say "A W"rd. Aud what MINI col
fellow he said To himself; M natural Indignation
could il bc who was wilfuly leading Anne into The
Wilderness accepting her sacrifice Oi that winch
was the very foundation ot her hlrI Perhaps hil
hc himself been the man who loved Anne j." would
have seen things IN very different light. hut from
his present point of his mind VA fun "i angry
wrath and contempt for the unknown "h" c"iiil
let u gIl inexperienced IN the w"fd give up p" Hli'
for him. lie was "A bnbodt, they SAID lir liii-i !"
a poor sort Of creature llcathcotc, on these very
insufficient grounds, decided in hi- heart.
II was beautiful clear OrtOl ct night with frost
in the air the stars shining every mlnut" NOR" aud
moro brightly the crimson disappearing, even the
last golden alcrgow fading into palc,t yellow ~
the west and al the great Vanli OF shy darkrnng
to pcrfrct night. The horses hOuis beat upon tl,
long safe wcll-krpt road. bordcrrd by long nnnoo
nous walls and cloud, OF trrcs. from which larkm'
had stolen their color-a perfectly sale. tranquil
country road with IA pracclul house al the end
already lighting all it, windows, preparing H.
table for fine wayfarrr-. Yet there Was something
of the gloom of tragedy IN the dark hgur,
vraupcd IN silence bordering one could not tel
What plans of mischief and Wrnthiul. gloomy intcn
tion. which rode by llrathcotcS sidc, without q
word along all those miles of darklns way.
CHAPTER XNI-GoOD ADVICE.
The dinner to which the family sat down after
TIN. ride somewhat alarmed the strangcr-rclHuyt
vhn AZ suddenly found himself mixed mp ~ then