Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-07-22
MOAT-GRANGE.
By Mrs. HENRY WooD.
CHAPTER Iy-CovcIrDr,

GAY, you are the heir to Dalrymple
now, MIR. Charles; and poor Sir Charles
is on his last legs, we hear" cried MIR.
Lee. Ibid you know it, sir?'
Il know, perhaps. more than you
do, returned Charles. Il come from
Dalrymple now; / went straight there
on my arrival
But how could you be alive all this
while, and never tell us, Mr.. Charles?'
pleaded Reuben. sit was cruel, SIR"
Reuben, L literally dared not. |
dreaded the consequences of my fraud
the money l had used of yours, Lee.
The fear of being prosecuted as Il GRIM
inal was always upon me. | had just
saved up enough to replace that, when
/ learnt my cousins death, and that |
rymple. | knew that fact would en-
able me to make arrangements for my
other debts. ard | came to England
'.Mr. Lee! Mr.. Leer' suddenly cried
the excited Reuben, ''he is your land
lord now, not that screw that has been
acting it, and you won't get turned
out. | never thought of that"
Il have been thinking of nothing
else said the farmer, ingenuously.
''You' II not turn me out, Mr.. Chares?'
'.No, that l will not laughed
Charles, land those who are already
out shall go back again. But | fear 1
shall be Obliged to turn somebody out
of the Grange"
How was the news to be conveyed to
Mrs. Dalrymple? Reuben said he
should break down if he attempted it,
and do more harm than good. Farmer
Lee hit upon the brightest scheme;
that Isabel Lynn should bes taken into
their confidence, and that she should
break it to Mrs. Dalrymple.
So they fetched out Isabel, and GER
tainly managed to startle and confuse
her. Farmer Lee opened the confer
ence by telling her, with an uncom-
fortably mysterious air. that dead
man was come to life again, who was
asking to see her, and Isabel thoughts
flew to poor laborer, who had died,
really died, that morning in the neigh
borhood. When she was hopelessly
and thoroughly mystitied. Charles
emerged from his hiding place behind
the stables, and they introduced him as
Mr. Charles Dalrymple, just returned
from abroad, which did not tend to
mend matters; at least, until her shock
OI sui plISC " as oNNt'
She undertook the difficult task of
preparing his mother and sister. and
Charles gave her his arm to accompany
her by a circutous path to the front en-
trance Never had she accepted any
arm with feelings so strange; one mo-
ment in a whirlpool of happiness. the
next believing she must be walking
Familiarity with resuscitated ghost.
elisabeth he said THAT is more than
[ deserve
Your coming back?"
..Not that My coming back to find
you."
did you think should be dead as
you were?'
..Something worse than dead. Mar
ried. have found you, have L not,
he murmured- found you for my
own?"
Charles! When you know you for
mally gave me up, as soon as you
came into the Grange!'
..Ay. in one of my hot-headcd inn
pulses: because had vowed vow to
nv father that my mother should re-
main mistress of the Grange, and |
could not see my way clear to keep
her there and marry you. 1t was that,
the losing YOU. which drove me to
recklessness. Oh. Isabel, have bought
experience dearly! To find you Isabel
LINN is indeed more than l deserve.
I have never forgotten you; L have
loved you dearly up to this, my return;
let it be again with us as of old; you
promised then to be my wife; promise
it now"
She burst into tears; her feelings were
too highly strung, her joy too great, to
retain composure longer; and she
turned and leaned her head upon him
for support, he bending fondly over
her to catch her whisper:
''Yes, Charles, if you so will it.
They were in danger of forgetting
Isabefs task, but she soon quilted him
and entered the house. Mrs Dalrym-
pie and Selma were alone in the oak
parlor, frightened and trembling,
whilst the master of the Grange, the
ostensible master, stood cold and I'M
bending in the great hall. his refractory
dependents hemming him in and set
ting forth their wrongs, to which he
turned worse than deaf ear.
Not very long did Charles Dalrymple
wait; he saw his mother and sister
emerge from the house. Isabel urging
them on and talking eagerly, probably
assuring them that her marvellous news