The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-01-16
Gerald Leigh aren't back to his attic.

Gerald Leigh aren't back; 10 his attic.
on thorns to hear what tate had in store
for him. but Fate, persontfiol Ly his father.
made no SIGN, but welv alOut his work
stold and Sphinx-like. Mr.. Herbert, Gy-
aid learned. had coma to Lon lol Tor Il few
days.
However, before fortnight hal gone by.
Abraham Leigh received letoe' tcc1n his
landlord, an! the sam, evening, while
smokin, his pip, in tbs kitchen. lnforme
his son and his sister thai tomorrow he was
going into Worcestershire to see If his
brother Joseph coull spare him one Of his
many boys to taka Jerry's place. Jerry
was to go to London the next day and meet
Mr. Herbert. Mos; likely he'd stay there
Twas clear as noontide the boy would
never make a farmer, aud il there were
fools enough in the world to buy white
might as we'll try to mako his liv,n, ;llao
way as any other.
The truth is. Mr.. Herbert told Abraham
Leigh that it he would not consent to pay
for his sons art education. he. Mr.. Herbert,
would bear the expense himself. But the
| monetary partof it troubled the substantial
farmer little. He could pay for his child's
keeping 1t he coull bring his mind to con-
| sent to his going. And now the consent
was given.
Gerald hea,.l his fathers communication
with glowing eyes. For shame's sake he
hid his joy, for he knew that, with Ill his
stolid demeanor, his father almost broke
down as he contemplated tho diverging
paths his son and he mus. hencefor ward
tread. The boy thanked him from his
heart. and the rough farmer, laying his
hand on the childs head, blessed him and
bade him so and prosper.
In this way Gerald Leigh left Coombe.
Actor. At long intervals he lpa ppeared for
Il few days. Tie worthy villagers eyed him
askance. the only conception they could
form of his profession being connected with
iark-skinned ,tinerants who bore double
TERED platforms on their heads, and earned
= precarious livelihood by traversing the
country selling conventional Representatives
ot angels ana busts of eminent men
CHAPTER IL.
SOM seven years after the ambitious
boy left Cocmtr- Acton, honest farme
Abraham, juss when the oitl-fashions
hawthorn, hedges wer, III whites
bloom, sltlsencd, turned his sto!d fac
t. the wall anu died. Ge,al, hal bee,
summoned, but arrived too late to Sc
his father alive. Perhaps it was as we'll i
should be so; tho farmers las moments be
lng troubled ones, and ful OF regret tina
Watercress Farm would no longer know
Leigh. The nephew who had taken Gerald
place had turned out an utter failure: s.
much SO that Abra hala Leigh had roundl,
declared he would he bothered with no nor
boys, and for the last few years had man
aged his business single handed. Howeve,
although Gerald supheaval of family trad
lions made the farmers deathbel unhappy
he showed that his son had not forfeited hi
love. All he possessed. some three thousa,
pounds, was left to him. MIR. Herbert too
the lease OF the farm off the young man
hands; by ami bye the live ana dead stoc
were sold of. and Watercre:s Farm wa
waiting Tor another tenant.
The winding up Of mis- fathers affair
kept Gerald in the neighborhooi tor som
weeks, aud when it became known that NJ,
Herbert had insis ted upon his taking up hi
quarters at the hall, the simple Coomb
Acton folks were stricken with great wor
der. Knowing nothing Of what is called I'll
'aristocracy OF art" their minds were niue