Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-08
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feelings and tho torrent Of her wrath and elo-
quencc had been too much for her, and she
would have fallen had not Harold, who had
been listening, amazed, to this overpowcr,nr
outburst Of nature. run up and caught her in
his arms
As for Edward Cosscy, he had shruuli lack
involuntarily beneath the volume of her
scorn till he stood with his back against tho
paneled wall HIS face was white as Il sheet;
despair and fury shone in his largo dark
eyes. Never had he desired this women
more fercely than he did now in the mo-
ment when he knew that she had escaped
him forever In a sense he was to be pitied,
for passion tore his heart IN twain. For
moment he stood thus, and then, with
spring rather than a step, he advanced across
the room till he was face to face with IIar-
old, who, with Ida half fainting still in his
arms and her head upon his shoulder, was
standing on the further side of tho great open
| CRATE.
g. you!" be said, 81 owe this to you,
you half pay adventurer,' and he lifted his
arm as though to strike him.
Come, none of thatw said the squire,
speaking for the first time II will have no
Drawing here"
NO. put i'll George, edging his long form
between the two, land begging your pardon,
sir don't you go a-calling of better men tlnln
yourself adventurers. AT any rate, II tho
colonel is an adyenturer, he has adventured
to some purpose, as is easy to sae;' and he
pointed to Ida lying In his arms.
Hold your tongue, sir roared the squire,
rs usual relieving his feelings on his re-
tainer. "You are always showing your oar
in where it isn't wanted"
"All right, squire-all right said George
the imperturbable; 'then his manners
! shouldn't DO SIGH"
"Do you mean to allow this:" said Cossey,
turning fiercoly TO the old gentleman. do
you mean to allow this man to marry your
daughter for her money"
"Mr. Cossey," answered the squire, with
his politest and most old fashioned bow,
''whatever sympathy may have felt for you
is being rapidly alienated by your manner.
l told you that my daughter must speak for
herself. She has spoken very clearly, and in
short l have absolutely nothing to add to her
wordsn
81 tell you what it is" Cossey said, shaking
with fury, II have been tricked and fooled
and played with, and so sure as thcre i;
a God above us l will have my revenge on
you all somehow. The money that this man
says that he has found belongs to the queen,
and not to you, and will take care that tho
proper people are informed Of it before you
can make away with it, and when that is
taken away from you, if indeed the whole
thing is not trick, we will see what will hap
pen to you. l tell you that I will take this
property, and l will pull this old place you
are so fond of down, stone by stone, and
throw it into the nioat, and send the plow
over the site | will sell the eSyate piecemel
and blot it out tell you l have been tricled.
You encouraged the marriage yourself-you
know you dd-and you forbade that man
the house" And be paused for breath and
t. collect his words.
Again the squire bowed, and his bow was
study in itself. You do not see such bows
nowadays.
"One minute, Mr. COSBY" be said, very
quietly, for it was one of his peculiarites to
become abnormally quiet In circumstances of
real emergency, "and then | think that We
may close this painful interview When first
knew you did not like you. Aftcrward,
through various circumstances, | modified
my opinion, and set my dislike down to pre-
judice. You are quite right in saying that
encouraged the idea of u marriage between
you and my daughter, and also that forbade
the house TO Col. Quaritch. l did SO because,
TO be honest, l saw no other way Of avoiding
the utter ruin Of my family; but perhaps |
was wrong in so doing. | hope that you may
never be placed in position which will force
you to such decision. Also at tho time, in
deed never till this moment, have | quito
realized how tho matter really stood. did
not understand how strongly my daughter
was attached in another direction, perhaps
was unwilling to understand it, Nor did