The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-29
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true dignity; but, nevertheless, il only II
order to show th"re was no ill-feeling, tax
ing the two half-crowns which Frank ten
dered him
Who was this man so anxious 10 ascertain
Beatrice's whereabouts Leaving out OF tn
question his ungentlemanly behavior +,
Whitaker, instinct told Carruthers that h,
was not OF the class from which Beatric,
drew her friends. Spurious metal; no eigh
teen carat stamp anywhere, he felt certain
Horace AMI Herbert would look gen tlemen
whether dressed in the pink of fashion Oh
lounging about in rags-not that they evel
did the latter-so, although he was toe
modest TO add his own name, would FRANK
Carruthers. But this fellow
Suddenly Carruthers started from his I'm
happy musings. Why had he let the man
go! Why not have forced him to say fol-
what purpose he wanted the addressl He
took his hat AMI ran quickly down the drive
and along the lane in the hope of overtaking
| the man. He ran right down To the village,
but saw nothing of him Hervey had
caught passing cab, and was now well on
his way back to Blacktown, and carrying
! the pleasant reelection that Beatrice's man
ner of getting out of her difficulty had put
him into a cleft stick. He began to wish he
had been contentei with money, and fore
| gone revengc. In the nineteenth century an
attempt al revenge proves "A failure in nine
! ty-nine cases cut Of hundred.
| Although Caruthrrs did not find the man
h. wanted ho found some one else-Sylvanus
| Mordle Sylvanus and his tricycle. formed
the centre Of a sympathetic group of vii
layers Something had gone wrong with
the metal slee1, AMI the curata, smiling as if
n found red tricycle. was one of the greatest
| unexpected blessings that can visit clergy
man, wa, examining wheels, spokes, cranks
and chains. Various suggestions, some
prompted by rustic wit, were hazarded by
lockers on: "Got the staggers;n wants a
feed, poor thing" light fire under him,
SIR etc, etc. Sylvanus took the jokes of
his flock in good part, but presently looking
up, saw Canuthers among the spectators.
He left his helpless machine, and tue two
friends shook hands warmly
Here" said Morllc, turning to his flock,
"bring that affair to my house, some Of YOU.
Now, old fellow" TO Frank, come and have
n chat. Heard you were TO be down this
week Come to my lodgings" He TOOK
Franks arm and swept h.m away
Cant give you more than a cup of ten,"
be continued, tobacco AMI tea-that's the
worst of being in the church. Can't dare to
offer friend whisky until after ~ o'clock
at night. An enemy IN sht go Ly un-
bwares"
He ratified on merrill, md appeared to be
in the highest spirits. This, of course, was
because he felt certain that Franks second
visit to Oakbury would not have been paid
had Beatrice remained an pnattanab!e prize
Frank only came again because he felt sure
that a second attempt would N AN success.
Lots to say to you-lo;s," jer!ied out Syl
vanus a. thy entered his rooms Fan
shave writes me that you are going 10 give
up coaching, Want to hear ail about it, but
wait till the teas made. Ever see ,ne make
tear
Wonderful thing tea is,r he continued.
Cheap tea helps Christianity tremendously
Great blessing" He put the already steam
ing kettle fully on the tire and opened n
canister III, Sylvanus Morll. found
out the error of modern tea-making. People
make it as they made it twenty years ago,
when it cost seven and six pound spoon
fIl each head, one for the pot. | go on
sliding scale, according to price" He abso-
lutely shoveled in the tea, and dashed the
boiling water on it, Nov two minutes,
and then pour. The aroma, the soul of the
Tea, is caught. Tastel'
Frank thought that even an aroma must
be cunning and subtle if it managed to es-
cape this bustling, energetic parson. The
tea was certainly good.
Now" said Morde, stretching out his
long legs, "teIl me the news"
During the process of ten making Frank
had been rejecting He saw that be wanted
aid--more aid than Horace and Herbert,
whose one idea was to conceal Beatrices
flight from the neighboring gossips could
give him. He knew that Sylyanus was true
as steel, and would keep the secret He
hoped to gather from him some useful partic- |
nlars as to Beatrice's everyday life during
the last few months. So he told Sylyanus |
the news the whole news.
And having told it, Frank Carruthers saw
what few, very few in this world have ever |
seen; that was the Rev. Sylvanus Mordle |
looking the picture of utter misery and self |
reproach. The change in the man positively |
startled Carruthers.
ITS been on my mind ever since,n said |
Mordle, dejectedly.
"What', been on your miud' For mercys |
sake speak out if you have any clue to give" |
81 have been very wrong. | ought never
to have yielded But 1 did. couldn't |
refuse
did what2 Pull yourself together and
tell me what You mean"
Morilc did SO, and gave Frank the whole
history of the expedition to Blacktown
Frank, who "A few hours before had heard |
all about the Rawlings claim, tried to relieve
Morlle's mind, and to a certain extent sue
ceedel. However, the curate still retained |
the impression that the visit to the Cat
and CompaSses' was in some way responsible
for the girls flight Frank had some trouble
to get him to promise to withhold his con-
fession from the Talberts
He resolved to find this woman whom Bea-
trice had visited, and to learn what occurred |
ut the interview. He felt half inclined to
veer round to Horace's original theory, that
Beatrice had fled to insure her pets safety
Perhaps the man with whom Whitaker had
was a lawyers emissary. Beatrice
might have paid her mysterious visit in order
to delay proceedings If SO, her strange act
was but an act of folly, and all would come
right in the end.
He tried very hard to take this view Of the
case but he could not. No. there was more.
much more. in the background and he felt
that the man he had seen held the key OF the
puzzle. He cursed his own uneadiness Of
resource in having let him go SO easily