The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-01-09

well, sir" said she, with a rant
blush, I'VE takes 'em in to cure, not
To-
Not to bury" said Monckton. Don't
you be alarmed. Ihave got no time to
die; Pm too busy. Why, have been
much worse than this. l am GONZALES
cent now"
"You don't say so, sir!" said she.
swell, see yourhear is good" 1.-THE first
time he had ever been told that), "and
so I've mind to risk it."
Then she quickly clapped on ten shil-
lings week more for color, and he was
installed. He washed his face, and
then the woman conceived hopes of him,
and expressed them in rustic fashion.
swell" said she, bluntly, dirt is dis
guise. Now look at you, you have
got more mischief to do in the world
yet, / do believe"
"A deal more, / hope" said he.
1t now occurred to him, all of sud
den, that really he was not in good
health, and that he had difficulties be-
fore him which required calm nerves,
and that nerves are affected by the
away, he had the sense and the resolu-
ton to devote few days to health and
wholesome meditation.
This is discordant world; even vices
will not always pun the same way.
Here was a sinister villain distracted
between avarice and revenge, and sore
puzzled which way to turn. OF course
he could expose the real parentage of
Mary BARLEY, and put both BARLEY and
Hope to shame, and then the CliffOrds
would make BARLEY disgorge the co.
600. But he, MOnckton, would not
make q shilling by that, and itwould be
. weak revenge on BARLEY, who could
now spare eco 600, and no revenge at
do, and would most likely be glad to
get his daughter back. Then, on the
other hand, he could easily, frighten
BARLEY into giving him $4,000 to keep
dark, but in that case he must fOrego
his vengeance on Hope.
This difficulty had tormented Monck-
ton all along; but now Mrs. Dawson had
revealed another obstacle. Young Cliff
ford and Mary in love with each other.
What Mrs. Easton saw as friend, with
her good mother-wit, this man saw in a
moment as an enemy, viz; that this
new combination dwarfed the G20, 900
altogether. Monckton had no idea that
his unknown antagonist Nurse EastOn
had married the pair, but the very at
tachment, as the chatter-bOX of the Dun
him. "WhO could have fOreseen this?"
said he. Its devilish." We did not
ourselves intend our readers to feel it
so, or we would not have spent so much
time over it. But as regards that one
adjective, Mr.. Monckton is better all-
thority than we are. He had docu-
ment with him that, skilfully used,
might make mischief for a time between
these lovers. But he fOresaw there
could be no permanent result without
the personal assistance of Mrs. Braham.
That he could have commanded four
teen years ago, but now he felt how diff
ficult it would be, He would have to
threaten and torment her almost to
madness before she would come down
TO Derbyshire and declare that this
Walter Clifford was the Walter Clifford
of the certificate, and that she was his
discarded wife. But Monckton was
none the less resolved she should come
if necessary. Leaving him vori,1s dis
tYuctttp ribs, and weighing every scheme,
with its pros and cons, and, like pam
Their trOuching and watching before he
would make his first spring, we will
now bring our other characters up to
the same point, and that will not take
us long, for during the months we have
skipped there were not many events,
and Mrs. Dawson has told the readers
some of them, and the rest were only
detached incidents.
The most important in our opinion
were:
/. That Colonel Clifford resumed his
determination to marry Julia Clifford
to Walter, and pOoh-pOOhed FitZrOye en-
tirely, declaring him to be five feet moth
ing, and therefore far below the military
standard
2. That Hope rented cottage of Wal
ter about three hundred yards from the
mine, and not upon the land that was
leased to BARLEY; and there was long
detached building hard by, which Wal
ter divided for him, and turned into an
Office with large window close to the
ground, and workshop with door
way and an aperture for window, but
no window nor door.
8. That Hope got more and more UNI
easy about the 100000, and observed to
BARLEY that they must be robbing
somebody of it without the excuse they
once had. lie, for his part, would work
to disgorge his share. BARLEY replied
that the money would have gone to a
convent if he had not saved it from so
vile fate. This said the astute Bart
ley because one day Hope, who had his
OpillOlo VII tNcl tlllliS, nlNOlBhCu
against convent, and said no private
prisons ought to exist in free country.
So Bartley's ingenious statement stun
ned Hope for minute, but did not
satisfy his conscience.
A. Hope went to London for week,
and Mary spent four days with her hus-
band at q hotel near the lake; but not
the one held by Mrs. Easton's sister.
This change was by advice of Mrs. Eas.
ton. On this occasion Mary played the
woman. She requested Walter to get
her some orange blossoms, and she bor-
rowed a diamond bracelet of Julia, and
sat down to dinner with her husband in
evening dress, and dazzled him with her
lovely arms and bust, and her diamond
bracelet and eyes that outshone it. She
seemed ever SO much larger as well AS
lovelier, and Walter gazed at her with
a sort of loving awe, and she smiled
archly at him, and it was the first time
she had really enjoyed her own beauty,
or even troubled her head much about
it. They condensed honeymoon into
these four days, and came home COM
pensated for their patience, and more
devoted than ever. But whilst they
were away Colonel Clifford fired his at