Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-08-16
When the door closed behind her, Wal


"Don't you think my dear father thai
you are beginning your game little tot
early. To my mind, in order to carry out
our purpose, Cancellation would be the
better card to play"
you are wrong there Walter, she is q
girl OF strong will and sound sense, and
rare self-dependence, and that soiH mus
be broken. The work would be much
easier were ii not for the splendid reputa-
ton you have achieved. Here you are
scarcely twenty-four, and you are known
in society as fast man-good God, that
Is not the worst-a roue and gambler
even Kate has learned of this, and / can
assure you that she despises you! That
is the word! You needn't speak, and she
| would no more trust you than she would
wolf; know it, she said so to her maid,
Madeline, one day in her room, while they
were talking of you when you came back
from Baltimore. She thoroughly under
stands you my boy, and therefore mig way
Is the only way to bring my plans to sue
cessful contamination"
"While his father was speaking, the
handsome face of the young man was dis
torted by black frown, and he was walk
ing hurriedly up and down the room. He
was quite handsome fellow, this Walter
wore heavy black moustache-across
his forehead was a long red scar which he
had managed to capture in one of his fire.
quent brawls-for he was of hot and
fiery temperate was well built and very
muscular, and carried about him the very
air of what his father called him 'a fast
man." One saw it in the big diamond on
his shirt front, the rings on his fingers,
the long gold chain which hung from
his neck over his dark velvet vest,
in the marks of dissipation which, though
they could be hardly pointed out, still
seemed apparent in all about him.
Suddenly he paused in his waikiki tell
you what it is father, something must be
done, and that soon to get on this mar
riage. From what you tell me, we have
no means of our own, and l may as well
be plain with you l must have FIVE thous-
and dollars, there is no need to argue that
point" for his father seemed about to in
terrupt him, "if 1 don't get it Immediate
ly then / must do the next best thing.
and you know what that is. Comet I'll
go little farther and he palmer STILL
THIS marriage must tdto place, and that acith-
an three months. 1t is for your interest as
well as mine. If she were to fall in love
she might marry at any time. Vhere
1coutd y0W be then, oh? Thrown over en-
tirely! Whereas, should we succeed in
this matter, you as well rs myself, are
fixed for life. and this mansion, or palace
rather-for / have seen worse ones in Eu-
rope-these grounds, and this multitude
of beauties, and near a million besides, are
our own-all our own"
The young mans eyes sparkled, his face
flushed, and he gazed down upon the old
l.ov- b A.. -
being aglow with enthusiasm.
His father was no less excited than
himself, and he rubbed his bony hands
together, and gave forth prolonged
Ah-h-h-hv"
His cold, good sense however, soon came
to the surface.
THAT'S all very well my son, all very
well, but we must have a little patience.
Let me work on that girls will. i'll bring
it down! I'll bring it down." and the
bony hands were again twisted and rubbed
together; and in the meantime you must
be with her as much as possible. Mark
ham is keeping an eye upon her, so have
no fear ofslovers coming in to upset our
plans. How easily all this might have
been arranged if you had only guarded
your name and reputation. She might
have loved you, and you might have mar
ried out of hand-without resort to traps
or plans"
'Yes, there you go again, still harping
on reputation-drop that right there and
let us work with the material we have,
and if you do your part 1 havn't any
doubt of final success. In the meantime
must have money!
"You say you want money!"
"Yes. must have five thousand dollars
CT"
"well, if you must, l suppose you must
but it's hard Walter"
"Pshaw! What is there hard about it
it dosn't come from goar pock-"
"'Sh-be careful of your tongue, Wal.
ter-isn't there some one at the door-look
and sect"
Walter Dillon opened the door and found
himself face to face with Mrs. Markham,
she looked slightly disturbed, but she
was n very ready female, she only made
low bow, and handed letter to Walter
saving, "for Mr.. Dillon" and departed.
The young man took the letter without
the slightest suspicion that Mrs. Mark
ham had been standing at the door for
some time during the foregoing CONVEX
sation.
In the meantime Mr. Dillon had opened
his check-book and filed out draft for
the amount his son had requested; this
he gave to the young man saying: "that
must last you some time Walter, for these
continual pulls will soon complicate af-
fairsw
Walter took the check; carefully folded
it and put it away in his pocket book, and
left his honorable sire to the perusal Of
his letter.