The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-27
CHAPTER XIX.

THE SORROWS or A POOR Old MAN.
Mr.. Calthorpe really could not stand
it any longer. He had used all his dip
lomatic arts to bring about natural
reconciliation; circumstances had Sec
onded his efforts in a remarkable man.
ner; as for patience. he had. in his own
opinion. earned in 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 failure. Why was
thiss Simply and entirely on account
of the stubborn, unreasonable, unpar-
donable-
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 few weeks.
and the last chance would be gone; for
the prospective marriage of Miss Cuth-
bert to Sir Frederick Powell, although
still talked about BY the friends OF both
parties as secret. was talked about as
an event certain to take place at no dis
tant date.
So far Colonel Cuthbert had made no
decisive announcement, and Mr.. Cal
thorpe was convinced that he would be
well pleased if Msurice should yet be
the man of her choice.
81 shall not express an opinion one
way or another" he said. II shall not
even hint at partiality. l like Powell
and am quite ready to trust nv 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 assertion,
especially to their fathers"
THAT may be. but believe she is one
of the few who mean what they say"
'.And the few who mean it are think
ing OF some one they can not have. 1t
is surprising, my dear Cuthbert, Aow
self-sacrificing we can all be over our
grapes. Of course, Miss Cuthbert is
an exception"
She is thinking of Maurice" was
Mr.. Calthorpe's private reflection. and
he found much consolation in it He
was elate with triumph when, i few
DAYS afterward. he heard this:
.:Since the -acquittal of that fell
low Teddy D Bryan. she has twice men,
toned Maurice, and gives him the
whole credit of having rescued that
young fool from the hangman-"
But Mir. Calthorpe's hopes were again
dashed to the ground when he reported
the interesting fact of her gratitude to
his son. Maurice bluntly repudiated
the idea that he had anything to do with
Teddy's release; and instead of being
pleased by the account of her gratitude,
appeared to be decidedly the reverse.
The father was too much astounded BY
this persistent obstinacy to speak at the
moment 1t was in his ewes such q will
full throwing overheard of fortune that
even lunacy seemed scarcely to afford
sufficient explanation for ii.
But why on earth should you not
to you unaskeds" was his exclamation
when he recovered breath.
because should not like to appear
more ridiculous in her eyes than / do
already. was the conclusive re oinder
MIR. Calthorpe almost lost his temper;
and as no conversation in which temper
plays part ever ends satisfactorily for
the person who introduces it, he dis
creetiy postponed further discussion.
He had made him aware that she was
not only thinking of him. but sounding
his praises, and that would have its in
fuence. When you wish to make two
people like each other, you have only
to keep them iuticiously supplied with
reports of the fiattering observations
each makes about the other when apart
and the thing is done Hatred is easily
by similar process.
He dined alone that evening at his
club. He had his favorite dishes and
his favorite wines, and he looked for