New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-06
CHAPTER IU.-THE GAME

The name of tho parish In which Mount was the
principal house was Monitor, by some supposed 10
be q corruption Of MOunt-tOn, the village oeinR
situated on the side Of q circular hill LOOKING
more like O military mound than natural OBJECT,
which RaVe the name alike TO tho property ana
the district Mount Hl as u was Sa ,ba WILL
unnecessary application, was inst outside the park
Gates and at its foot lay the Recfory tne neaIes,
neighborine house with which the Mountiords couid
exchange civllites. When one comes TO thlnk OF IT,
the very existence of such ecclesiastical houses close
by the mansions Of the English gentry ana hoO'llty
is n standing menace and danger 70 that nooler anu
more elevated class-nOw that the family living u
no longer a natural provision for ayOunger son.
The greatest grandee in the land has 10 receive tue
clergyman's family as equals, Whatever may DO ni9
pryae opinion on the subject; they are ladleS anu
gentlemen, however poor they may De, OF Iti t
eligible TO be introduced into closer cOnnecoh WIN
members Of the aristOcracy. titled or otnerWse
and as matter of fact, they have TO DO 80 receVeu
whence great trouble arises. as everybody knows.
The young people at the Hall anu tne paIsonuHo
grow up together, they meet cOnt,hualiy, anu Jo,n
in all each others amusements, ana II tnoy uotoi-
mine 10 spend their lives together afterwart, not
wIthstanding all those social differences Wnlcn are
politely ignored In society, until the moment coeo
when they must be brought into prominence VINO
can wonder at it The wonder IS tnat on inc "hUle
so little harm occurs The young AShleys were tne
nearest neIghbors OF the Mount!ord gIls. thHoy
called each other by their Christian names Iney
furnished each other with most of their amsemens.
Had the boys not been ready TO their cal lor Guy
scheme Of pleasure or USE the girls wouo naHe lad
themselves aggrieved. But If Charley OF Wine ha3
fallen in love with Anne or Rose, tue whole sociai
economy wonld have been shaken by 1T, ana no
earthquake would have made greater ~ the
Such catastrOphes are constantly nappeniuB 70 th
confusion of one district after announcer all oEcI sn
country but who can do anything TO prevent u
That 1t had not happened topehiy m eb or pre-
caution on any side. And the chance Wnlch Iau
made Mr. CosmO Douglas speak nfst insIeau VI na'
friend the curate, was IN no way 5"1
except in 80 far indeed, that, though IL produced
great pain and sorrow, IL, at Ielst p ! r0a
Deaee between tho two families. Inc hector wa maS
utat IA
could be- at the audacIty of his son's friend "a
stranger, a chance VISITOR an lnUIu1oA 40 ~
parish he, at least had no vested riBhts'
The facts of the case were as yet, however, ou'
Numerically known. Douglas had not gone away,
though it was known that his interview Mi.n tb ~
MOuntfOrd had not been successiui one D ,,I I
no reason why the Ashleys SnC'u az was their
very general practice. There was AWAY soo T"s'
ness to talk abOut-somethng about tuo sonooio, VI
the savings bank. or other tSat without them
"a game was all but impossible; ..u.v UuHa
do you feel up to it, old fellow Wills
spder brother DID not make any distinct reply
He said There's Douglas to be tn0ught Oh VIII ae
somewhat lugubrious glance behnu 1il msio IL;
oonquerinR hero lay on the grass iuiJ Pu'AuS AN
cigar. - ,-..ho-
'Confound Douglasp said the younger or9tn his
who was secular person., and free 70 speak hI
mind Charley Ashley Sy rsIeSS aTe had the courage
10 Law his curacy and his hopes at Ann9s Ieet ~
least for long time to come but It was not 70 20
expected that he could look with pleasure on t sSe
his suppIanter the jacob who had pushed him ont
Of his path But yes he could not help 10 Cer bn
sense admiring his friends valor de could not IsIp
than usual across the park, when Douglas, with
laugh which vent sharp sharply declined ES to JOIN
than Int be9eed they would not mind, hlm.
when a fellow has the pluck to do It. Things gen.
eraIly 10 well with him. Charley said. IN
The two brothers were very gooo Irienos: AZ
cussed between them, but Willie Ashley knew y
;wstinct what we're his brotber'e sentiments' ana
| ChaTley WAS cOnsciaus that he knaW' Inc Hills