St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-25
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fiercely. 'sAnd so Iam. Will one day
be the owner of this estate, and am
here to look after my tenants. You, ]
suppose, are one of them, and begin
by giving you good advice"
His anger seemed to vanish instantly"
81 wished to God l dare take It," he
said. with broad smile, still bluShing
furiously. ''It isn't every one that 'ud
be good enough to"
kiss Sweet Violets? Never fear, my
man.; you just try it, il you want to
win"
II do want to win, an. plase God, l
will if" and his eyes flashed and his
brow darkened suddenly.
sis there rival in the field?'' asked.
1.-TWO iv them, yer honor. Wan is my
own poverty, and the other is rich
villain. But, sure, Pm forgetin' mee-
self intirely-fOrgettin' to bid your
honor hearty welcome, an long may ye
stay among us, for God knows s0meWan
is wanted in Shaugara."
"How is that? You have a model
agent"
IA mode! divil! He has doubled am
thribbled me rint, an that Of most ay
our rints since he KEN; an put ruin, an
despair. an the c0wld want. an hunger
-ay, am many black thought an
deed among us that 'ud never ha' been
there only for him."
"Silence, you blackguard." I ez-
claimed. in my sudden wrath, forget
ting all about 'tSweet Violet" and the
little romance had just witnessed and
In which l had become interested. 81
happen to know that the rental of this
estate has not varied a single pound
since MIR. Percy became agent" "By
Jove, took that scoundrel for an honest
man! Il said, mentally, as turned to-
wards the castle. "Whata deceitful set
these Irish are, I thought.
DO ye think I'd go for to tell ye
lie," called Daily after me. II can
show you the resates-God help me-
too many of them."
deigned bin no reply, but went on
quickly, switching the heads of the
flowers eff with my cane, as would
have liked to switch him,
The path which was pursuing was
the same one over which ''Sweet ViO-
lets" had passed. The meadow ran
into deep curve. sheltered by high
hedges, and as rounded this curve !
saw the girl before me.
She had evidently fingered on the
way, expecting, perhaps, that Daily
would follow her
otOPpCu Ill tuC SuSltcI VI d tdll I6u
thorn, once more spell-bound by the
girls wonderful grace and beauty. The
park ended in stile with a step-raiI
at the top, beyond which ran beauti-
tul green lane. Cantering along this
lane, on fine horse, saw Percy. look
ing splendidiy, in handsome suit Of
gray and bread d-brimmed hat. The
girl had stopped at the stiie with the
evident intention of permitting him to
pass. He did not. however; but draw
ing rein as he espied her. sprang to the
ground and raised his hat to her as If
she were princess. He stretched out
his hand as if to help her over the stile;
but, ignoring his assistance, after hav-
ing hung back shyly for an instant, she
sprang up the steps as lightly as bird.
her disengaged hand in an imperiOus
way, and taking the can of water in his
other hand, guided her down the other
side. In doing SO, however, he tipped
the can against the railing, Spilling all
the water about her pretty feet.
''Ah, you would have gone down,
yourself, too. If it had not been for me,o
he cried. Then he drew the girl toward
him and claimed kiss for his reward.
He had evidently no such scruples as
possessed the soul of her rustic lover.
''Sweet Violets" evaded the intended
salute, and broke from him, with fash
half of anger and half of coquetry in her
lovely eyes.
Not to be quite outdoue, Percy laugh
ingly snatched at the bunch of viOlets
on her breast. He secured the half, and,
as the girl caught up her can and darted
away, l could see that the other half,
lOOsened in their place, kept falling
from her painting bosom, one by one,
and were trampled under foot as she
fed.
s.By heaven, a splendid comedy; in
which Aubrey Percy takes the role Of
the rich villain and Miles Daily of hon.
est. but successful poverty!" l said, ad-
vancing with smile.
"'rhe DEVIL" calculated Percy. with q
violent start, while his face heightened
and darkenad visibly, ''y-yOu here"
The play would be nothing without a
spectator, you know. But, look hele,
are you not going to take hold of this
hand have been offering you for half
an hOur?"
my dear fellow, I am delighted to
see yOu"-grasping my hand. with an
honest. straight look in his handsome
blue eyes-''a thousand pardOnS, but
you know one feels rather small when
one is caught fOoling."
II should think you would feel SMALL"
Ireplied maliciOusly, for l felt some
what nettled at my cool reception, IF
you had seen your Sweet Violets' be-
slowing a flower and a kiss" said
maliciouSly, ION Miles Daily at the
spring beyond. My dear fellow, you're
not to be winner; throw up your hand;
the Knight of the Patch has the game.o
''Allah is great, but you are not his
prophet" said Percy, laughing. do
you know that Daily is the most perfect
devil on this estate?"
''He was just after paying you sim.
ilar compliment; says you are model
devil, and declares that you have trebled
his rent, and driven him and others to
want and ruin."
"He told You that?'
"Just now"
"The internal scoundrel."
$50 thought"
Percy glared across the meadow to-
wards the spring, and an exceedingly
ugly look came into his handsome face.
1t was look that set me specializing
vaguely on the science of evolution. and
wondering how much of the tiger might
be in mans nature.
You will hear something startling Of
that rascal before long," said Percy;
and did.
ITO be Continued next Saturday.