Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-04
CHATTER XIX
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Mr.. CalthOrpc really could not stand
IL any longer lie had use all his dip
lOmat.c arts to bring about n natural
reconciliation; circumstances had sec
Ondcd his efforts in remarkable man.
nor; ~ for pat cnce, he had. in his own
opinion. earned i'm this respect a much
higher reputation than job, and what
was the result? Absolute failure. Con
trary TO all human experience and cal
culatiOn of the due course o. events. the
result was absolute fail, re-. WHY was
this' SIMPLY and entirely on account
OF the stubborn. unreasonable, unpar-
dOnablc-
oh, he could find no adjective strong
enough to- characterize the idiocy of his
son. The prize was still within Maur-
ices reach, and he would not sieze It.
a few months. perhaps a few weeks.
and the last chance would be gone; for
the rrosp 'Ctivc marriage Of Miss nth
bert to sir Frederick Powell, although
still talked about by the friends of both
parties as "a secret. was talked about rs
IN event certain TO take place at no dis
tant date.
no far Colonel Cuthbcrt had made no
decisive announcement. aud Mr.. Cal
thorpe W = convinced that he would be
well pleased il Maurice should Yet be
the man Of her choice.
IL shall not express an opinion one
way or ano her." he said 81 shall not
even hint az n partiality. I like lowell
and ann quite ready to trust my daughter
with him. The fact is, she does not
wish To marry at ALL
That counts for little; there are few
girls who do not make that assert on.
especially 90 their fathers
THAT NAV be-. but believe she IS one
OF the few who mean what they saw"
And the few who mean il arc think
ing OF some one they can NO. have. IL
IS surprising, my dear Cuthbcrt, how
sclt-sacriiicing we can al be over our
grapes. OF course, Miss Cuthhert is
au exception"
"Shc is thinking of Maurice" was
Mr.. CalthOrpc's private reflect on, and
he found much consolation i'm il. lie
was clatc with triumph when. a few
days afterward, he hearl this:
since the acquittal Of that fell
low Teddy % iry an, she has twice men
toned Maurice, and gives him tho
whole credit of having rescued that
But MIR Calthorpc's hopes were again
dashed to the ground when he reported
the injcrc ting TACT of her gratitude 10
his son. Maurice bluntly repudia,ed
the idea tat he had any thing to do with
Teddy release, and instead of being
pleased by the account OF her gratitude.
appeared ~ be decidedly the reverse.
Tho father was too much astoundei by
this pers stcnt o stinacy 90 speah nj the
moment IL was in h ewes such q will
ful throwing over oard OF fortune that
even lunacy seemed scarcely To alord
suite cnt oNplanat on for II.
But why on earth should you not
accept the credit FOR IL. when il i given
To YOU unaskcd?' was his exclamation
when he recovered breath.
"Eocausc should not like to appear
moro rid culous in her eyes than 1 do
already. was the conclusive re oindcr.
Mr. Calthorpe almost lost his temper:
and rs no conversation i'm which tenn r
plays part ever ends satisfactorily for
the person who introduces Il, he dis
crcetly postponed further DISCUSSION.
lie had made him aware that she was
not only thinking of him. but sounding
his praises. and that would have it, in
rucncc When YOU wish TO make two
people Ike each other. YOU have only
To keep them iuiiciously supplied with
reports of the iattcring o ser asions
each makes about the other when apart.
and the thing Is done. Hatred is easily
engendercd by similar process.
lie dined alone that evening ut his
club. lie had his favoritc dishes and
: iaVoritc wines, and he looked for
ward with PLACID me 'ancholy to the dark
days in store for him when his place at
this tab'c would be all that was let of
his former greatness. 10 was too bad
Of Maurice 10 ruin his father as he was
doing; TO drive him out of his home in
his declining years. and cast him upon
the great world of London with no an
chorage save here Well. he would en-
dure; he would resign himself TO his
fate. King Lear had rallied at his
daughters for their ingratitude. but he
would not act in that way; he would be
generous. and forget his wrongs II pos
sible. 1. occasion offered he might make
another effort TO bring Maurice TO rea-
son. but il should be the last
The occasion did offer itself sooner
than he could have anticipated. and
after reading note he had received by
the first post one morning. he proceed
ed 60 his son 5 ,hambers Arrived
there. MIR. Calthorpe p down his hat
and umbrella. then slowly took of his
gloves. which he carefully smoothed
and pla eel in the hat had the air
OF ono who had some serious matter of
business ON his mind. a matter Of so
much import that il mutt be approached
with AL possible gravity. 81
Maurice was finishing n letter. and
asked his father to excuse him Cor A mo-
ment. a. he was DESTROYS Of dispatchine
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