The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-24
LOVE OR MONEY;
" OR.
\ PERILOUS SECRET.
II CHARLES READE,
sloAor Of Put Yourself in His Place"
etc., ETC., etc.
CHAPTER XI.

held during the civil war by stout
royalist, who armed and garrisOned it
after fashion with his own servants.
This had different effect to what he
Intended. 1t drew the attention Of one
Of Cromwell's generals, and he dispatch
ed a party with cannon and petards to
reduce the place, whilst he marched on
% join Cromwell in enterprises of more
importance. The detachment of Round
heads summoned the place. The royal
ist, to show his respect for their authori-
~, made his kitchen wench squeak de-
rance from an upper window, from
which she bolted with great rapidity as
soon as she had thus represented the
valOr of the establishment, and when
next seen it was in the cellar, wedged
IN between two barrels of beer. The
men went at it hammer and tOngs, and
IN twenty-fOur hours good many can
non-balls traversed the building, a great
many stuck in the walls like plums in
Christmas pudding, the doors were
blown in with petards, and the principal
defenders, with few wounded Round
heads, were carried off to Cromwell
himself; whilst the house itself was
fired, and blazed away merrily.
Cromwell threatened the rOyalist gen.
tleman with death for defending an un-
tenable place.
Il didn't know it was untenable," said
the gentleman. "How could till l had
triedr
you had the fate of fortified places
10 instruct you," said Cromwell, and he
promised faithfully to hang him on his
own ruins.
The gentleman turned pale and his
lips quivered, but he said, We'll, Mr..
Cromwell, I've fought for my royal
master according to my lights, and l
can die for him."
you shall, sir" said Mr.. Cromwell.
About next morning Mr.. Cromwell,
who had often a cool fit after hot one,
and was very big man, take him alto
gether, gave a different order. "The
fool thought he was doing his duty;
turn him loose"
The fool in question was so proud of
ing there, bullets and all, and built him
a house elsewhere.
King Charles the Second had not
landed month before he made him
barOnet, and one tenant after another
occupied a portion of the old mansion.
Two State-rOOms were rooted and fur
nished with the relics of the entire man.
sion, and these two rooms the present
barOnet'S surveyor occupied at rare in
tervals when he was inspecting the large
properties connected with the baronet's
estate.
Mary BARLEY now occupied these two
rooms, connected by folding doors, and
she sat pensive in the oriel-window of
her bedroom. Young ladies cling to
their bedrooms, especially when they
are pretty and airy. Suddenly she heard
a scurry and patter of a horses hoof,
off 1,aC ,I do Of
darted from the window and stood pant
ing in the middle of the room. The next
minute Mrs. EastOn entered the sitting
room all in flutter, and beckOned her.
Mary flew to her.
He is here"
Il thought he would be-"
will you meet him dOwn-Stairs?"
NO. here"
Mrs. Easton acquiesced, rapidly closed
the folding doors, and went out. saying,
TRY and calm yourself, Miss Mary"
Miss Mary tried to obey her, but Wal
ter rushed in impetuousiy, pale, worn,
agitated, yet enraptured at the first
sight of her, and Mary threw herself
round his neck in moment, and he
claSped her fiuttering bosom to his beat
ing heart, and this was the natural re-
suit of the restraint they had put upon
-
dramatist DestOuches, improving upon
Horace, SO that in England his i'm
mortal line is given to MOliere: "Chas-
seq le nataGel. IL rerie'lt du gdl0p."
The next thing was, they held each
other at arm's-length, and mourned
over each other.
"Oh, my poor Mary, how i'll you look!"
~Oh. my poor Walter, how pale and
wornl"
sits all my fault" said Mary.
No; it's all mine," said Walter.
Aud so they blamed themselves. and
grieved over each other, and vowed that
come what might they would never part
again. But, 10 and behold! Walter went
on from that to say:
And that we may never part again
let us marry at once, and put our hap
pineSS out Of the reach of accidents"
what" said Mary. @Defy your faith
er upon his dying bedl"
"Oh no." said Walter, "that / could
not do. mean marry secretly, and an
nOunce it after his decease, if l am to
lose him."
And why not wait till after his de-
ceasew said Mary.
Because, then, the laws of society
would compel us to wait six months,
and in that six months some internal
obstacle or other would be sure to oc-
eur, and another would be sure to fol-
low. / am great deal older than you,
and l see that whoever prOcraStinateS
happiness, risks it; and whoever shilly-
shallies with it deserves to lose it, and
generally does"
Where young ladies are concerned,
logic does not carry all before it, and so
Mary opposed all manner of feminine
sentiments, and ended by saying she
could not do such a thing.
Then Walter began to be mortified
and angry. .hen she cunningly shifted
the responsibility, and said she would
consult Mrs. Easton.
Then consult her in my presence"
said Walter.
Mary had not bargained for that; she
had intended to secure Mrs. Easton on
her side, and then take her opinion.
However, as Walters proposal was fair,
she called Mrs. Easton, and they put
the case to her, and asked her to give
her candid opinion.