Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1889-03-02

her, however, saw her shoulders shake aud q
big e falliike a rain drop with splasho on
the pavement; and the sight, strongly at.
tracted - ho was aud had for sometime been
toward tho young lady, was altogether too
much for him. In an instant, moved by an
overwhelming impulse, and something not
unlike q gust Of passion, he catno to one of
those Determinations which so often change
the whole course and tenor Of mems lives.
"Miss dc 10 Molle,'' he said rapidly, "there
may BE- a way found out Of It."
She looked up inquiringly, and there were
the tear stains on her face.
Somebody might take up the mortgages
and pay of Cossey & Son.
"Can. you find any one who willFn shs
asked, eagerly.
mo, not as an investment. I uuderstand
that $4,000 are required, and 1 tell you
frankly that as times are ! do not for ope
moment believe the place to be worth that
amount. 1t is all very we'll for your father
g tall about land recovering itself, but at
present, at any rate nobody can SEQ thu
tatntest chance Of anythingo Of tbs tort: Ths
probabilities are. on the contrary, that a. the
American competition increases land viii
gradually sink to something like q prairie
value.n
'eThen how can the money be got II nobody
will advance itr'
II did not say that nobody would advance
1t; I said that nobody would advance It a. an
investment. A friend might advance IT."
"And where Is such q friend to be foundt
He would be . very disinterested friend who
would advance R3O,00o.n
Nobody In this world Is quite disiutcr.
csted, Miss de ID Molle, or, at any rate, very
few are. What would you give to such q
frienaT
~. would give anything, aud everything
over which have control III the world to
save M. father from seeing Aonham: sold
over his5heed," she anuweredM simply.
Edward Cossey5laughed a little sThat Il
O large order" he said. "Miss de Ia Mole, I
am disposed to try aud fnd the money to
take up these mortgages. have not got It,
and shall have to borrow It, and, what Is
more, shall have to iieep the fact that !
have borrowed it o secret ero,n my father."
ut IS very good Of you,' said Ida, family.
"ldon't know what to say"
For q mon1ant he made no reply; and look.
tng(at him, Ida saw that his hand was trem.
bling.
"Miss de Ia Mole" he said, there Is an
other matter Of which I wish to speak to you.
Men are sometimes put into stranRe poaitious.
partly through their " fault, rarity BY
force Of circumstances. and when in those
positions are forced down paths that they
would. not follow. supposing, Miss de Ia
Molle, that mine were some such position,
and suppostng that owing to thatpodtlom,i
could not say to you words which I should
wish to say"
Ida began to understand now, and onca
more turned aside.
"~Supposiug, however, that at some future
time the difficulties Of that position Of which
/ have spoken were to fade away and ! were
then to speak those words, can you, .suppos.
Ing all this. tell mo how they would b.. rs.
eeived.'
Ida paused and thought. Sho uas a strong
natured and clear hssdedswoinsn, and sha
fully understood the position. On her an.
swer would depend whether or no the ESQ., 900
we're forthcoming. and, therefore, whether
or no Honham castle would pass from heg
father and her race.
~ said just now, Mr.. Cosssy,n she an.
swered, colby. 'that I would give anything
and everything over which have;confrol Ia
the world to sSve my father from seeing
Honham sold over h!s head. I do not wish
to retract those words, and l-think that Ia
them yon Will fand an answer to your ques.
ton"
Ho c%oloftel. "You put the matter in a
very business like way" he said.
ut Is best put SO, Nj. COSBY :. she an.
swercd, with a faint shade Of bitterness 10 he.
tone; ''tt preserves mo from feeling under an
obligation. Win you see my father about
these ~taortgagesy'
"Yes, tomorrow. And now ! will say
good-by to you" and he took her hand, and
With somo little hesitation kissed It. She
made no resistance and showed no emotion,
EYES," she answered, tive have been here
some time; Mrs. Quest will wonder What has
become Of you"
1t wasa random arrow, but 1t went straight
home; and for the third time that day
Edward Cossey Redeemed to the roots Of his
hair. Without answering O word he bowed
aud went.
Whea Ida saw it. sic was sorry she had
made the remark, foS she had no wish to APP
pearto Mr.. Cosssy (the conquest Of whom
gave her neither psids nor pieasure) IN the
light Of q spiteful, or worse still, Of a Jealous
roman. She had Indeed heard sou,s talk
about him and Mrs. Quest, bus net being Of
a scandal loving disposition It had not In.
terested her. and che had almost forgotten
It. Nov, however, she saw that there wa,
something In 1t
$50 that is the difficult position Of which
he talks" she said to herself: "he wants te
marry me rs soon as lie can get Mira Cues,
OF his hands. Aud | have consented to that
always provided that Mrs. Quest can be dis
posed OF, In consideration Of the receipt Of
sum Of $4,000. And | do not like the man.
1t was not nice Of him to make that bargain,
though I brought 1t on myself. | wonder II
my father will ever know what ! have done
Tor him, und ii he will appreciate it IL be
does. We'll. it Is ncs a bad price-eso,o0 600
is is a good figure tor any woman in the
present state Of the, market" And With q
bard aud bitter laugh. and q prescience Of
sorrow to come lying at the hesrt, she threw
down the remains of the Scarlet Turk and
turned away.
T. CHAPTER XII.
GEORGE PROPHECIES.
Ida, for obvious reasons. said nothing Ia
her father OF her interview with Edward
Cosssy, and thus it came to pass thut on tho