The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-05-02

ing the moral courage to speak the
truth during his lifetime he had LEFT
evidence by which It might be known
after his death.
Unfortunately, the envelope con-
tanning his marriage certificate had
lain mixed up with some other doc
uments in a box which Lord Beauv'
ray, who inherited the deceased's
papers. had never thought OF exam:
lining till that morning, when he
had begun to sort his family papers
lin view of his marriage.
Suddenly the bill discounter
crumpled all the papers in his hand
with a feverish grasp, and looked at
Lord Beauvray. There was an ex-
preston in his dull eyes as of a light
behind an uncleaned pane of glass.
al saw he whispered, "have you
told anybody besides me of this se-
cret ?"
mo; 1 came to you first, as In
duty bound"
Then what prevents us from de-
stroy;ng the papers? | shant say
anything about it. That young Inn
burel is a skunk and a snob, 1t VIII
be ridiculous to see him a lord, and
he'll ruin himself or become mad
with conceit-so foolish is he. L say,
Beauvray, if / throw this envelope
into the fire who will know anything
about it."
81 shall" answered Lord Beauv-
raw. and he held out his hand for the
papers.
The shifty glance of the money
man quailed in the light of un-
quenchable honesty in that OF one
who happened to be a nobleman in
something more than the name.
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There was a pretty hubbub in So
ciety when it became known that
the Earl Of Beauvray-or George de
Vray, as he now simply called him
self-was going TO abandon his title
and estates to a man who had been
a city clerk.
OF course George de Ways mar
rage was postponed. The turn in
his fortunes had thrown so much
business on his hands that it was i'm
possible he could devote a month to
honeymooning until it was all dis
posed of; besides which he felt
bound to make Mr.. Moyle the offer
of releasing his daughter from her
engagement.
At first this proposition was pooh
hooed equally by the bill discounter
and the lady herself.
Mile, who was not quite so SEN
sible as she was pretty, wept a good
deal at not becoming a Countess ;
then she wept at the nobility of
Georges action, which everybody
was praising.
Now there was staying at the
house of the Moyles a poor little
cousin Of Miles, named Gertrude
Brown. She was a soft eyed bru-
nette of eighteen, very quiet and
lovable, who acted ds companion to
Mile and had to bear much from
the whimsical humors of this spoil
ed child. Gertie had always receiv-
ed marked kindness from Lord
Beauyray, who treated her as if she
had been his sister, and she. looked
upon him with admiration as the
most noble being she had eve seen.
His remuneration of rank and wealth
had struck her as an act of surprls-
ing heroism, and she could not so
much as allude TO it without the
tears gushing from her eyes.
A shrewd, merry little thing, too,
in her way, she was capable of dis
corning the difference that existed
between a genuine man of honor
like Lord Beauvray and a mere man
of money like her Uncle Moyle.
1t was this enthusiasm of poor
Gertie Browns on poor George de
Ways behalfthat began to make the
cup of Mr.. Moyle's bitterness over-
flow. That worthy gentleman had
not taken to musing that there was
an end now to his chances of sitting
in Parliament, getting a. baronetey
and all that. .
Poor Gertie held her tongue, al
though her heart throbbed woefully.
She had heard that the new Lord
Beauvray, the ex-Mr. Timburel, had
been invited to dinner on a certain
evening, and she began to suspect
that her precious uncle was forming
a plan for making of this former
clerk Of his, a sutton for Miles
hand.
Her intuition was not at fault.
Old Moyle FASTENED to make peace
with his discharged clerk, whose
vanity was easily tickled. He became
a regular visitor to the bill discoun-
ter's, taking care never to come at
times when be was likely to meet
George.
His visits displeased Gertie Brown,
but he easily succeeded in winning
the favor Of the discounter's daugh-
ter, who correspondingly lessened
her liking for George, and n day
when she cast an aspersion upon
him which Gertie could not help re-
senting, she screamed
aft YOU are so fond of Nj. de Vray,
why don't you get him to marry
you? That would be two beggars
together"
Naturally, Gertie went TO her
room to have a good cry, but from
that day she ceased speaking about
George and became very circumspect
in her demeanor toward him. When
he called to see Mile she left the
room. George soon noticed these
tactics, for his interviews with Mr.
Moyle's daughter were growing more
irksome by reason of Miles cold
ness and irritability. AT the least
thing she would snap and sulk, and
one afternoon, when George limo
Gently made some inquiry about
Miss Brown, she fired up in a jeal,
Gus pet:
You seem very anxious about
Miss Brown. / am not obliged tc
show her off in the drawing room
: whenever visitors come. She is only
a pauper cousin whom we have tax.