The Red Cloud chief., 1884-08-29

iuto ucI lace, 600 was AZ Are thai there
was something IN distress her. He q,
onc gatber-d 5rum h.r counteusuce
that Mr.. Whitile,tsf had been like thu
dog that stuck 10 his bone. and that
John Gordon was like the other dog
the disappointed one-snd had been
turned out from the ncighborhood Of
the kennel 81 should imagine that
Mr.. Gordon has gone AWAY. " not To
London. then IL some other direction.
II was clear that th. young lady in
Tended him 10 understand that she
could say nothing as to Mr. Gordon's
movements.
Il suppose ] must go down to the
station and leave word for him there"
said Mr.. Blake. Mis-. Lawrie only shook
her head. mir. Hall will be very
sorry TO miss him. And then I have
some special good news to tell him"
Special good Dews"' Could it be
that something had happened whic.
would induce Mr.. W~hittle,taff ~ chang.
his mind? That was the one subjec.
which TO her. at the present moment.
was capable Of mean NJ specially good
tidings.
.'ies. indeed. Miss Lawrie; double
good news. | may say. Old Mr.. Har-
bottle has gone at last at = Reno"
Mary did not know whc Mr.. Harbo,tle
was -or had been. Nr. Har5oitle had
been the Vicar At Little Arlesford. for
whose death Mr.. blake Mas waiting, in
order that hc might enter in together
upon the good things Of mairimony and
the h",ig. He was 4 man so contenteJ.
and talked so frequently of the goot
things which Fortune was To do for
HIM, that the tidings If his luck had
reached even the ears of Mary Lawrie.
That's an odd way OF putting il. Of
course" continued Mr.. Blake: but
then he was quite old and very asthma.-
ic, and couldn't eyer come back again.
OF course ! am very sorry for HMM
N way: but then I'm very glad in an
other. 1t Il a good I ing To have the
house in my own hands. so as To begin
10 paint 1t once. ready for her coming.
Her father wouldn't let her be married
til ! had got the living. and | think he
was right, because | shouldn't have
liked To spend money in painting and
sn IA like on an uncertainty. As the
old gentleman had IT, die. why shouldn't
| tell the truth? OF course | am glad,
though il does sound so terrible"
but what are the double good
newsg'
"Oh. / didn't tell YOU. Miss Forrest
er is to come to the Park. She is not
coming because Mr.. Harbottle is dead.
That's only a coincidence. We are not
going TO be married quite at once,
straight of the reel. you know. shall
have to 90 10 Winchester for that. But
now that old Harbottle has gone. III
get the day fixed; you see if | don't.
But | must really be of. Miss Lawrie.
Mr.. Hall will be terribl, yeXed if |
don't find Gordon. and there's no know
Ing where he may 90 while I'm talking
here" Tnen he made his adieux, but
r turned before he had shut the do'r
after h IN. .'lou couldn't send some
body with me. NJ - Lawrie? l shall
be afraid of that wOodcn-lcgged man IN
the stables, for fear he should get up
and abuse me. He asked me 20 ge,
him some Gin. which WAS quite unre =
sonable.' But one being assured that
he would find the groom about the
place. he vert out, and the trot of his
horse was SEQ heard upon the road.
He did succeed in finding John Cor
don. who was listlesslv waiting at the
Claimants Arms for the coming of the
four-o'clock train which was to take
him back to London. on his way, rs he
told himself. to the diamnnd-fieldS. He
had thrown all his heart. all the energy
Of which he was the master. into the
ncr in which he had pleaded fog
himself aed for Mary with Mr.. Whittlc
stah. But he felt the weakness o. his
p"siti n in that he c uid Lot renal
present upon the ground ard see tire
working IF his words. Having said
what he had to say, lie could only q =
and it Was not Il Ice expected that the
eel queace OF n absent man. of one who
had declared that he WAS about 10 start
for South Africa. should be regarded.
He knew that what he had SAID was
true. and { at. be Eg true. il ought to
prevail: but. having declared it. there
was nothing for him To do but t. go
away. He could not see Mary agaiH,
nor, if he did So. would she be so likely
TO Weld To him rs was Mr.. Whitile>taf.
He could have no further excuse foI adj
dressing himself t. the girl who "a
about To become the wife Of an ther
man. Therefore he sat restless. idle
and miserable in the little parlor at the
Claimants Arms. thinking that the
long Journey which he had made rad
been taken all in vain. ard there was
nothing left for him in the world but I"
return t . Kimberley. and add more
d Almonds 10 his stock n-trade.
..Oh, Gordon" said Blake. bursting
into the room. '.you re the very man |
want to find. You can't go back to
London to-day"
Cant I?'
Quite of the question. Mr.. Hall
knew YOU father intimately when you
were only a little chap"
Twill that prevent my going back TO
London?"
Certainly it will. He wants to re-
the ac .uaintance. He is a most
hospitable. kind hearted man: and who
knows. one of the four daughters might
do, yet"
..Who is NJ. Hall?" No doubt he
had heard the name on the previous
evening: but Hall is common, and had
been forgotten.
..Who is Mr.. Halle Why. ne i the
: uire of Little Arlesford, and lay
patron. l forgot YOU haven't heard
that Mr.. Harhottle i deaf at last. OF
course l am very sorry for the gentle
man. in one sense: but il is such a bless
ing in another. Tn only Just thirty.
and it's Il grand thing. my tumbling into
the living in this way"
Il needn't 90 back because Mr.. fIar-
is dead"
..But Katie Forester is coming to
the Park. toid YOU last night. but |
dare say you've forgotten it; and .
couldn't tell then that MIR. Hall was
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