New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-22

father regards his spoiled child was disappointed;
To he sure. he represented TO himSe1. Euwa am
too had been disappointed; he had lost DIS pan,
which was a thing Of importance 10 MN, ana lno
settlement of his affairs, for wmch nc hag iI
looking with such confidence was nov @ I ~
nnstponcd Edward had not been an easy boy 10
manage; he had not been very good boy: ho
had been delicate and waywaTd ana spole Gu
spoiled as much by The elder Drolher WHO mo Vac Vac
mother who had been foolish about EuWaru, anu anu
had died when he was sill 30 had carripI The
uroec,s on: he had vowed TO himself tnat so lar
ne was possible. the delicate boy should not mss
his mothers tenderness ana III ha5 cot cycrvthing
he wanted from his brother, 50 long as he wanted
only innocent things: and afterward ne had Hot
for himself and insisted on getting Things ihat
w. 80 not 81 INNOCENT and the result was that,
though still only twenty, he was de'Pl III u'pl' ~
was for this that Iicathcote had mlue UP llls iiit
IN sacrifice the succession 10 Mount Sacrliicc-
was NOT n sacrifice; he cared nothing LOT Mount
and Edward cared less than nothing. hNch alttI,-
ward when he had begun to lGok upon t "I; M't 80
eanrifcc IT, Int now all that had come Ia an end;
Whether he would or not llcathcote Mnnlliot1 hlu
become the pcsscssOr OF Mount ana ELWaIu : u,u''
wcrr very far from being paul. In these clrciIm-
stances ncathcotc felt II scclallN narh uPoh iiIi
that his brother did not come 10 h 10 ~ VIII not
Giar,r Fdward and yet h. felt II almost a. woii-
an might have felt it. This threw a gloom over
Inn almost more than the legitimate gloom, when;
70 he sure. Hcathcotc 10y tins time had recovered
from IL was not IN nature that lac could nave
fclt # very deeply after the FIRST snogk' ils oWh
vrvotious poured back upon ms mlnd ,whcn AT'
Iosrby said. What do YOU intend To dor
.Yoii VIII say " hat have to do with that the
old LAWYER said And yet. if YOU VIII think, hayc
family ont ON our side. It's early days-but II you
shonid wish an early settlement .,.,,;,uu,
L don't mind If II is never settled, sald hcath-
cot, ~. what shonld do with this great place. II
wouId take all NY income to Keep u up. II tnrl
like To stay they are very welcome caro- ho.lnE
ai,ouf H. Poor ~. John had handsome income
9r"' otIcr .ourcc. lie was able TO keep it mp
Good lord. Mr. lIcathcotc. SAID the lawyer. why
didn't You come year ago "A y' t,rl , n 1 "%iv
II Won had como here year ago, IN the natura,
course Of events, ! could have laid thousand
mounds upon il that you and Anne would nave
taken a fancy to each other. lou seem 10 me rX-
acty cnt out for each othcr-thc same ways niue
resemblance even IN looks .. .,,.t
.You nay me too great q compliment, sam ll'alh-
cote with an uneasy laugh, co"rlng IN spite. 0i
himself and You must let me say tha' my COUSIN
name i sacred and that old friend rs you are you
ought not 10 discuss her So
.i"omrhtn't 10 talk of Anne why she s2tc upon
my knee said Mr. Loschy All. why didn't you
come a year agoi don't say now that II was To
your mind to make yourself comi2rtah' ~ an poor
Mountford did. in the same way, there's sun lnr
occasion handy. No. | can't say mat san III, ora
LAWYER L am too sick of the whole concern Anne
treated like that and Rose. little fo>r. tht ~ "I
girl However, he said recovering himself.
ourht to remember that after all You can't take the
same interest IN them ~ 90, ana 'h"t we "''o
talking Of your own concerns. ., 81,
IpIfhFnte ET1NfN.
It. John meant 10 buy my interest To- acc.pl my
proposal, and leave Mount 10 his eldest daughter.
10: vou don't think sol Well that might have
been way ont of it-that might have been way
ONT Of uynow that You recall it 10 me the same
thought struck myself; dt least thought hr WOMB
take advantage OF thai To- max nnW ,,,
with this one. An. poor man. he never 'aI'uii''i
on tho uncertainty of lic-hc never Trough "i 'h'l
rabbit hole. GoI help us, what a thing HE Is ~
the mercy Of any rolling stone AMI any ialIlhg
branch. of a poor LITTLE rabbit huIrn"iig or even
q glass Of water. And what thing Is man a.
Hamlet saws: it'- enough 10 make ANYONE i"l'Il"'
but We never take bit OF warning 10y lt-n'Nrr a
bit. And 50 you really think he meant 10 lax.
Nonnt on ynur hands and settle il on Anncf don't
think he hau gone 80 far as that-hut u tel You
what we'll do well tell her so. that VIII make h'r
happy. shes not like Other people, me j. al wrong
here said Mr.. by, laughing win me tar' III
in her bonnet. ~ the scotch say. She Is q 1901,
that is what Ann" i@.Nhe WI h' ~ pira,H ~ J,
b. had left her kingdom. ] b" worst lhIng "i u
all to that girl u.s. that her father has made hiuS
look like tyrant and kuayr-wmch j" wasn't
you know he wasn't. poor Monnti"fd thong, h'
has done his hest 10 make himself appear 40. ono"
give her something to build mp ms chiia''rt ~
upon, some rfonnd IT doesn't matter h"" lar, inH,
loss. bless YOU said the old lawyer. half crying
'Wr To..Iyi said Ucathcoto with m emotion
which surprised him. i think you are giving my
cousin Anne the most beautiful character that ever
Sir cried Mr.. Ios,l,y. not ashamed 10 dry his
eyes " no ever SAID ANYTHING dIiirrrtf Ild You
ever hear ANYTHING dI1cTrut' ~ long as ! have
known the world have never known but ON" anne
Mountford on. MIR. lIcathc"ir, MI li"tthr"i',
he added his voice turning mt" tt'uui"n-
laughter 'sl1i tlou,aud pltic- that you dad lot
make your appearance year before
iiraihcotr got mp from hIs char with start ana
walked about thc room IN nervous impll'h,r, Tor
which h. could give no reason to himself Wasn't
that he too. wished h. had come tn Mount year
,ooncri lir lrii the old man I" finish ms vine" ana
rnaincd about. now pausIug moment with lI1 l,a'
10 the ire. now extending hl- waIk INTO th" dhtk
corners. He had t his cigarette, which FURNISHED
him with an cvcus,hut h" was not thinking 81 III
cigarette What he was thinking was-Nhat the
devil did that fellow mean 10y staying away now
Why didn't hc come aud stand ly her like "A man
What sort Of pitful cur was he that he didn't
come now lac was free 70 do n. and stand by her
like mani He disposed of Charley Ashley midi
plea with still greater inpaticncc Perhaps she had
forbidden him To- come. Would have been kept
away by any foIbddinVn llrathc"tc sad Z" hIm-,l
without knowing 1t. Then lac came back from Tie
corners ia which such Suggestions lay, feeling un-
easy feeling WIoth and uncomfortable, aud took lns
stand again before the ire. Perhaps yuu Viii give
me a little advice ahout the money | wanted, hc
said 10 Mr. loschy This was safer on the whole
than suffering himself To- stray mt" foolish ilnclrs
| ~ 10 what he would have done or would not have
done. surprising an impossible caSr-stippo-ing hr
| had made hi- appearance year s""nrr; before
there was ANY complication of any unsatisfactory
fellow with the image Of ms cousin Anuc.
CHAPTER MIL
II il not 10 l,c supposed that events that had
| moved 80 deeply the household ~ Mount. aud all Ms
connections. should have passed lightly over the
| other person v lo uf all hy whom the NuuutiufdS