Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-07

l hear the colonel
to an end of that
which he was will
ing to disclose; for Mr.. Henry, having for
some while been plunged in brown study
Utthe siinineia1llsR and reminding the
colonel there were matters that he must at
tend to- bade me follow him Immediately 10
the office
Once there, he sought no longer to dissem'
ble his concern, walking to and fro in the
room with contorted face and passing his
hand repeatedly upon his brow.
"Wc have some business" he began at last,
and there broke Off, declared we must have
wine, and sent for magnum Of the best.
This was extremely foreign to his habitudes,
and, what was still more so, when the wine
had come, he gulped down one glass upon an
other, like man careless Of Appearances
But the drink steadicd him.
"You will scarce be surprised, Mackellar,"
says he, "when tell you that my brother
whose safety we are all rejoiccd to learn,
stands in some need Of money"
told him had misdoubted as much, but
the time was not very fortunate. as the stock
was low.
for the mortgage"
l.
81 will be answerable tc my wife," he
cried violently.
"And them" said |, "there is the mort
gage"
IL know" said he, "it is on that would
consult you"
] showed him how unfortunate a time it
| was to divert this money from its desti-
| nation, and how, by SO doing, we must lose
| the profit of our past economies, and plunge
back the estate into the mire. | even took
tho liberty to plead with him; and when he
still opposed me with q shake Of the head
aud bitter, dogged smile. my zeal quite
carried mo beyond my place. "This is mid
summer Madness" cried |. "and l. for one,
viii be no party to it,
"You speak as though / did it for my
| pleasure" says be- But have child now:
and besides, love order and to say the hon
est truth, Maclellar, had begun to take
pride in the estates,r He gloomed for a mo-
ment But what would you have9n he went
| on Nothing is mine nothing. This days
| news has knocked the bottom out of my life
| | have only the name and the shadow Of
things; only the shadow There is no sub
stance in my rights
They will prove substantial enough he
| fore court" said |.
He looked at me with burning eye, and
seemed to repreSs the word upon his lips: and
| repented what had said, for saw that
while he spoke of the estate he had still a
side thought TO his marriage And then, Of
sudden, he twitched the letter from his
pocket, where it lay all crumpled, smoothed
il violently on the table, and read these
words to me with trembling tongue. "'My
dear Jacob'-this is how he begins!" oCes
he-"'My dear Jacob, / once called you So
you may remember; and you have now done
the business, and flung my heels as high as
! CrliIeL' What do you think of that, Mackel.
lar" says he, from an only brotherf | de-
clare to God liked him very well; was al
ways stanch to him; and this is how he
writesi But viii not sit down under the
imputation" walking to and fro,-'l am
as good as he am a better man than he; |
call on God to prove iti cannot give him
| all the monstrous sum he asks, he
knows the estate to be incompetent;
but ! will give him what have,
and it is more than he expects have borne
all this too long See what he writes further
on; read it for yourself; 4 know you are
niggardly dog A niggardly dogi l. mig
gardlyl Is that true, Mackellarl You think
1t isf' really thought he would have struck
me at that "Oh, you all think sol Well,
you shall see, and he shall see, and God shall
SEQ II | ruin the estate and go barefoot,
shall stuff this bloodsucker Let him ask all
all, and he shall have itl 1t is all his by
rights '"Ah" he cried, "and | foresaw all
this and worse, when he would not let me go. "
He poured out another glass Of wine and was
about TO carry it TO his lips, when | made SO
bold as TO lay finger on his arm He stopped
moment You are right said he, and
flung glass and all in the fireplace. Come,
let us count the money!
4
was very much affected by the sight of SO
much disorder in man usually so controlled;
and We sat down together, counted the money
and made it up in packets for the greater ease
of Col. Burke, who was to DO the bearer
This done, Mr.. Henry returned 10 the hall,
where he and my old lord sat all night through
with their guest
A little before dawn l was called and set
out with the colonel. He would scarce have
liked less responsible convoy, for he was a
man who valued himself; nor could we at
ford him one more dignihed, for Mr.. Henry
must not appear with the free traders. II
was a very bitter morning of wind, and as
We went down through the long shrubbory
the colonel held himself mutlIed in his cloak
Sir" said |, this is a great sum OF
money that your friend requires. | must
suppose his necessities to be very great"
1--WE must suppose So" says he, thought
dryly, but perhaps it was the cloak about hi:
mouth.
Il am only n servant of the family" said l.
"You may deal openly with me. l think WI
are likely to get little good by him."
MY dear man." said the colonel, "Balian
trae is a gentleman of tho most eminent nat
ural abilities, and man that admire ant
that i revere, TO the very ground he tread
on" And then he seemed to me to pause
like one in a difficulty,
But for all that" said l, tive are likely
to get little good by him."
"Surc, and you can have it your own way
my dear man." says the colonel.
BY this time we had come 10 the side of tn,
creek where the boat awaited him "Well,
said hc, II am sure l am very much you
debtor for all your ciyility, Mr.. Whatever
your-name-is; and just as last word, an'
since you show so much intelligent interest,
will montion small circumstance that ma,
be of use to the family. For believe rn
friend omitted to mention that ha has tn
largest pension on the Scots Fund of an
refugee in Paris, and its the more disgrace
full, sir" cries the colonel, warming, "becaus
there's not one dirty penny for myself"
He cooked his hat at ms rs if had been :
blame for this partiality, then changed agai
into his usual staggering ciyility, shook m
by tho hand and SGT OF down 10 the beat
with the money under hisarms aud whistlin