Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-08-11

II think" answered his nephew, on
whose good tempered face . curious look
Of contempt and anger had gathered, II
think that you ought to be ashamed Of
yourself"
CHAPTER IL
HOW EusTAoE WAS DIsrNHERrT1D.
There was o pause-a dreadful pause.
The fash had left the cloud, but the an.
swering thunder had not burst upon the
ear. Mr.. Meeson gasped.. Then he took
up the check which Augusta had thrown
upon the table and slowly crumpled II.
"What did You say, young manf' he
said at last, In q cold, hard voice.
II said that you ought to be'ashamed
OF yourself" answered his nephew, stand.
ing his ground bravely; land, what is
more, I meant It,"
"Ohl Now will you be 20 kind as to
explain exactly why you said that. andif
II mean. It," answered: his nephew,
speakingin a full. strong voice, because
that girl was right when she said that
you had cheated her, and you know that
she wa right. have seen the accounts
Of 'Jemima's Vow-1 saw; them this
no1AAu8- 0AN yOO AbVo a1oa4y 4ndO0
more than o Thousand pounds clear profit
on the book. And then, when she comes
to ask you for something over the beg
you refuse, and offer her GO as her share
Of the translation rights-s8 as against
your elevenl"
go on" interrupted his uncle. .sPrny
60 on"
"Au right; I am going. That Is not
all; you actually avail yourself Of a dis.
graceful trick to entrap this unfortunate
girl into an agreement whereby she, be.
comes a literary bond slave for five years.
As 500 as you see that she has genius
you tell her that the expense Of bringing
out her book and Of advertising up her
name, etc.. will be very great-:so great.
indeed, that you cannot undertake 1t
unless. indeed, she agrees to let you have
the first offer Of everything she writes for
FIVE years to come at somewhere about q
fourth Of the usual rate Of q successful
authors pay-though, Of course, You
don't tell her that. You take advantage
Of her inexperience to bind her by. this In
iquitous contract, knowing that the: end
Of 1t will be that You will advance her q
little money and get her into your power,
and; then will send her down there to the
Hutches, where all the spi1 and original.
ity and genius will be crushed out Of hen
work, and she will become . hat writer
like the rest Of them-for Nelson's ID
strictly q commercial undertaking, you
know, and Nelson's public don't Like
genius; they like their literature dull and
holy-and It's an internal shamel thatia
what it is, unclel" and the young man,
whose blue eyes were by this time fash.
ing fire, for he had worked himself up q
he went along, brought his fist down with
q bang upon the writing table by way Of
emphasizing his words.
'sHave you dones" said his uncle.
Eyes, I've done; and I hope thatI have
put 1t plain"
every well; and now might I ask you,
supposing that you should ever come te
manage this business, II your sentiments
accurately represent the system upor
which you wouldfproceed9"
'0f course they do. lam not going *
turn cheat for anybody"
"Thankyou. Theyseemto havetaught
you the art Of plain speaking up at OK
ford; though It appears" With q sneer
"they taught you very little else. Well
then, now 1t Is my turn to. speak
and I tell you what IT Is, young man, 10,
will either instantly beg my pardon 70
what you have said, or you will leav
Nelson's for good and all"
Il won't beg your pardon for speakln
the truth" said Eustace. holly. 9TH
fact Is that here you never hear tn
truth; all these poor devils creep an,
crawl about you, and darent call thei
souls their owl. I shall be devilish glal
to get out. Of this place, I can tell you
All this chickery and pokery makes m
sick. The place stinks and reeks Of shar
practice and money making-:money max
ing by fair means or foul"
The elder man had. up, tin now. at q
events to outward appearance. kept hi
English was altogether too much for on
whom the possession Of so much none
had for many years shielded from hearin
unpleasant truths put roughly. Th
mans faco grow like q DEVILS, his THO
eyebrows contracted themselves, and b
pale lips quivered with fury. For q fe,
seconds he could not speak, so great wa
his emotion. When ct length he die
his voice was as thick and laden with raa
as q dense mist is with rain.
"You impudent young rascal" b
began; 'syou ungratefl foundHngl q
you suppose that when my brother le,
you to starve-which was all that 70
were ct for-I picked you ont Of Il
gutter for this, that you should have Il
tnsolence to come and tell me how to con
, duct my business3 Now. young man, L
, just tell you what 1t is. You can be Q
and conduct o business Of your own q
whatever principles you choose. Get o,
Of Nelson's. sir, and never dare to sho
\ your nose here again, or I'll give IL
porters orders to hustle you of Ii
premisesl And now, that isn't all. F,
: done with you; never you look to me K
another sixpencel I'm not going to SUI
' port you any longer, ! can tell you. Ar
what's more, do you know what ! q
going to do just nows I'm going of
2 old Todd-thatis, my lawyer-epd =
going to tell him to make:anotAsR vi
. that isn't much short, Of, E2.000.0 900. OF
They don't want II. but that don't matte
. It; and I won't have a pile like that ri
: ment. There now, my ine Young gentl
business principles will get you q living
AL IlkuVs uuCAes u SUAukp SA1O u
young man, quietly. II quite understa1
what our quarrel means for me, and, [
tell you the truth, I am not sorry. Iha,
never wished to be dependent on you;
to have anything to do with q busine.
carried on as Nelson's IL. Ihave . hui
dred q year my mother left me, and viii
the help Of that and my education I hol
to make . living. Still, I don't want |
; part from you in anger. because you ha,
been very kind to me at times, and, /,
2 you remind me. you picked me out Of Il
! gutter when l was orphaned. OF not Il
: from It: So hope you viii shake ham
before ! 60"
"Ah" snarled his uncle; '.you want
) pipe down now, do youl But that wou
do. OF you gol and mind you don't s
, foot In Pompsdour Hall" QMr. Meesor
. seat) ''unless II Is to get your clotha
I Come, cutl"
I "You misunderstood me-" said Eustae
: with . touch Of native dignity, which I
came him very well. Probably we Oh,
: not meet again. and I did not wish to ps
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