New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-06
CHAPTER x-FArHzR AND DAUGHTER.

cuApTFR x--FATHER AND DAUGHTER
wv dear. the case is as plain as MONDAY; you
met give we, si, y not plain to me- fatherat least not
yO YOU are very positive aud seifopinlonatsd
sc cannof--t is not pOssibie--set mp your ludg-
~ scsiust mine on such poiut foa, an mex
sSr;sacsd. prejudiced girl. rustic with no knoWl
az Of The world! What DO yon know apoat ths
- h.d he usual amount of education, andso FORTH
bN what do you know about MINI 'na' Is ~HA'
Not much. father said Anne. steadily; but
kne Ssn XIV You, girl not much over twenty know
.,snI Does he tell you. do you suppose All tbe ao
vcunq fellow that has been trained at pupiio
skss that has been ut the university, that mas as
knccksd about the worlds he going to connae an
SWAMI sWouId be mot be moro unworthy the name Of
gentleman Il he had done things When me- s1dSeny
s6s sdded And even II it were SO. father n IN tnose
days be had done things unit for my ears, iet MN DO
glsnt; win not ask any questions; know wha' n0
!oh. stuff, tell you! stuff and nonsense, child
Ycu know what he is nowl Yea what ne ls'w srsi
lis best coat Is on, when he is going TO cnufGn Will
lis hymn-book in his pocket and you on ms sIn run;
that Is very. .edifyipg aspect OF him; but you
: Anna WAS silent IL was not that she was con-
yinced but that her indignation took words nom
her she could not make any reply 70 sucn calu9 ho
preferred an argument to adistnct and unsupported
statemept. He looked at her for moment, oamea'
feeling himseh cut short in the full now OF utter
nnce--then picked up the tnfeao again' @nu 10
sumed.
You would be fool to trust in any man in L that
ungusrded wayi and above all IN lawyer: Ia 1ey
sre an poaues; il 10 In them. When did you ever
hear good word spoken for that class OF ment l
viii not consent to any such nonsense; and II you
ct know sRf to IN
iuxury man who is-who will be; never mind;
You shall not have it. will give it to Rose as
.Yoa would not be so unjust said Anne.
'Unjust! Iwlll do 1T If you defy me IN TINS way;
Rose has always been better child to me than you
s ssy S miad and 'h' 'han nave the money ''O
whoever had looked at Anne MOuntford then
would not have given much for the chance OF ner
sSpt down upon the lower with an unrelentiDg. i'm
movable determination. She would not even add a
Eo 70 hs sSs Ssa been She
was too proud to repeat herself; she stood stli I'M
banding, betraying no impotence ready to receive
with calnness everything that might pc SAID 70 ner
but firm e she house upon it's foundations, or the
hills thai are called everlasting Her father knew
kuow very well that no small argument would move
bis power sns He looked at her, however with t1
3 passionate annoyance, very different nom her
calm ard with something vlndictiye and almost S
spisful In his reddish gray eyes. Most likely ne mad
viii before now, and had been exasperated by the
calm force Of opposition which he could make no
head against.
you insist, shall exercise the right your mother
which l. no doubt your chief attraction in this mans
syes-the fortune no has been CALCULATING upon-l
vii ave to Rose You hear what sayP
Yes, said Anne. She bowed her head grayey;
70 doubt that che understood him. and equally no
blower Of rain might have done, and that she was
fulIy determlned 70 take her own way:
She bowed again, and after waiting for moment
10 see If he had anything further TO say to her. went
quietly out Of the roola Il was IN the Library ola
tbe commonplace business room OF . country gem
}ieman of very great pretensions The walls were
lined with bookcases In which there was tolerabe
much in the place. They were furniture Ike the
eurtaius which were rather shabby. and the old
little neglected, wanting renewal. Mr. Mount
fords writing-table was laden with papers he had
sI1nsI Il ntescsSs End He was an Old man. still
handsome III his age. with picturesque snow-white
hair In masses, clearly-cnt, tine features,
and keen eyes Of that reddish hazel which
betokens temper. Those eyes constantly burned
under the somewhat projecting eyebrows. They
threw sort OF angry lnrid Light on bis face Inc
name of the house was Mount; 10 had been in the
Nountford family for many generations; but 1t was
q not beautiful and dignifed house any more than
b was fine old EngIisn gentleman BOt 81 n the
olar respect bnt neither place had enforced
this claim BY any individual beauty or excellence.
ws e % 70 ss s O. If the
good the best in 80 far as the family had been
settled there for centuries, but they were OF that
cunously commonplace strain which Is prevalent
enough among the smaller gentry who have no
splendcf Of wealth to dazzle the beholder. aud
which roases in the mind of the spectator wonder
IS 70 What Il is that makes tho squire superior TO
HE neighbors. The Mountfords from father TO son
lad Rot ON through the world without any particr-
lar harm or good. embarrassing, ordinary people.
respectable enough, yet not even very respectaDlH
lbey were not rich, they were not able they had
nothing In themselves to distinguish them nom
SrS = appeared al the southern
Counties ct least the CLAIMS of its p0ssessor TO gen.
Witty were founded on his relationship to the Mount
re sristocracal principle Or rather perhaps 1t Is
TIE moro human principle of continuance which -
s foundation OF this prejudice to when we are al
u more or less subject. family which mas iasteu,
which has had obstinscy enough to cling to its bit
g scil TO its old house. must have something 10 ~
SSsEth respect This prnciple. however, tells In
Iefor OF the respectable shopkeeper quite as mucn
e Ne squire. but IL does not tell in the same way
lne hountfords felt themselves of an entirely DIFF
knossi bui their estimate was accepted By ali the
wcrlc. Mount had the distinction Of being en-
so1i ves not large estate nor valuable one.
h ar; koeatiord 81 John BY name, came of age.
bat q nsd married sh hsiress, who had liberated
hs Inst S Saa ssss e Ss s social
only one dsugbter. and 81 The sams time her entire
sct.une ~ tne nangs q her husband 20 do with it
what ne pleased. These were the dsys whsn nublIc
opinion was very unanimous % ia re impropriety
ana unnecessarIDess Of female rights Of spy Kind,
sne svesy pSey appisgded Mr Mountford for resist
nnreservedy IN her husbands hands Hs ~ bad re-
married two years after her death. but nnfortnn
etely bad snccecded IN obtaining only snother grl
from anpropitiom fats his frst WIFE, dan obtsr
wa Anne unlyersaty considered ss the naturai
hSiree q she considerable fortune which. altar
money and which hcs father had kept scrupuIanslv
q napkin Ike The ehurl y parable. Neither in
d&ughtAr was Hose. Such was The h,msah, ySno 81
Mount IN the days when this HISTORY beeina' The he
& reigning Mis-. Mountfosd was good sort OF easy