The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-05-02

''VeFy we'll. then. take this lsttsr." and BE-
handel him On opistle sealed with tromsn
dsnis zeal "TakO this lsttar 70 Mr. Quest al
BoIsIngham, and wait for an answer And
loOk hero. GO you are about the place e. II
ocioch. fOe l s1pect Ne ousss 10 - me-
about The Moas faFmS
aye, SIR"
81 suppOse that yop haze hard ncthine
uorofrom Janlag. have your
mo, squire. nothing. Re means togSt thS
place at bis own price o. chuck a."
"And what b his pricsF
"FiVO shillingD an aerA You -, cir, itS
this way That army gent. Major Bosom.
- b agent for ell the college lands down the
valley. hO b poor weak tool; and when al
thesS tenants come % him and ny that thSv
must sither have The land q Ave shillings an
aDIu Or "a b. ests scared, b dew, and down
land IN the country from thirty-1vO shillings
10 ava Of conrsc q don't dignity 10 him mol
eha1 ponny-th0 collegO mnSE nay him hiO cal
afy eli tho SamS-and b don't know no more
about farming. nor hnd, nor noFthinE, than
my old mare yindAE Well, and what comes
Of itI Of coursS every tenant On The place
hcaES that thosS college lands are going for
avO ahillingS IN ARE. and they prick up their
ears and say they must have their land Of
The came dggsr; and itS eli owing 70 that
Boston varynlnt. Who ought 10 b Kicked
through every boil on the place and than
;.dfoWnSd % Dad IN dika"
"Yes. you'ro right there, o0olE0, thatsiIly
mSus hsG pablo snamy, and ought b b
treated . G1oh; but The times arc very bad,
with corn down % twenty -ninO-very bad
"rm not saying that they amt bod, squire,S
aid biz retainer. bic long facO lighting up;
''they are bad. cruel bad, bad for everybody.
And I'm not denying that they arc bad for
H. tunapi1; but u they afO bad for the tan.
anta. thsy are Wm for tho landlord. Il ell
comes on hiS shoulders In tho long run II
mon ind that they can get land at Eve dlil.
ltngS an acre that's worth twenty, Why u
tmH q human n1turo 10 pay twenty; and II
ehey and that the landlord must 20 q they
driya him, Of coufso they'll lay on the whip
Why. hls0 you, cir. when tenant CONES
ena n.y. thai b b very sorry but hS finds
b eane pay bis TOnt In nine caseS out Of
ten, you could Just look a. that mans bank
book you'd and that the bank was paid, the
tade1men were paid, the doctors paid,
to1k Let the landlord suffer bocau1o b.
can't holp himself; but, Lord blesS you, II Q
hundred pounds was overdue TO the bank, Il
Would have the innnrdS out Of him In no
time. and be knows H. Now, q for that
varmint Santer TO tell me that ho can't pay
aftoon Ghillin0 an acre for The Moat farm &
NONSENSE ] only wish I bad the capital 10
take % 81 the price"
"Well, George" nd the squire, ~ thinh
thAHh b can = managed Shall borrow the
mcno1 AID take the farm In hand am not
going 70 lst Jantsr have q at Eve shillingS
an acre"
'.Ah, Or, that's the. bsss Way. Bad a
times are, 70 would 70 hard u can't make
The interest and tho rent out Of Il too. Be-
sides. squire. u you give way about this
farm, all the othon viii come down on you.
I'm at aging wurdag'in your tenants, but
WhsrO thorSS money 10 b made you can't
trust no man.
"wsll, WELL" Said the squire, "psrhaps you
aFO right and perhaps you ain'k Riehs OF
wrong. you always talk like Solomon in al
his glory. Any way. b on with that note,
and lst NJ have The answer - soon - you
get back. Mind yua don't 60 loAang and
lAWtng about down in Rockingham, because
want my answer"
80 be means "a borrow he money Il b
can Ct u "aAia Ida 10 hersalf e nhOsaf an n.
ViIihlO auditor, doing her hatf By the open
window. George can do more with him IN
-
know that he hates Janter. bolioEO tSat
Jantsr threw up the farm became Of his
guarding with George Well, ! suppose
that w must take our ohnca"
Meanwhile George mad mounted his carr
and departed upon The road 10 Boisingham,
urging hs fat pony along - though homoan6
70 DO there In twenty minutes But % soon
- be was we'll out Of the reach Of the SuuirSs
ehouts and sight Of the castle gateS, hS dslib.
or1t1ly tprnad up w lane and logged along
\ ~. anlllp Or mogo 70 o farm whore be had &
long Capitalization with o man about thatch.
ing some riekA Thence be quietly made his
way 10 his own little place, wharf be pro
eoodod 70 comfortably Get his breakfast, ~
marking 70 bis wife that be va Of opinion
that thsFO was 10 hurry about the OquiroS
ttter, - 'laryon" wasn't In The hahit Of
coming 10 oGieS at IN the morning.
BrOAkfaSt over, he philosophio GOoEEO not
into he clEt the - pony having ben tisa
up o1lIido, and l6isurOly drove into the Plot.
urosQuo old town which lay q the bad Of
The valley. An along the main strOst b mst
many acQuaiptancss. and with each b found
% neoe.lary y. SOP and have . talk, indeed,
with two b had Q modest half pint AZ
length, howOver, bis labor over, be arrived q
MI. oueStb cdlcs. that, q all the BotEingham
world known, b Just opposite the church, Of
uhioh iAf. GfnsIt Il one Of the church war
dsl5 md Shiuh NJ buS two yoarl aeo ~
soifully restored mainly owing 10 bis Onorts
and gsnerous contributions DriyinR nm %
the small and quiet looking doorway Of
very 1npr0tontious building, GoorTo Do
socsndsd and knoekod, whsreon q clork
opened che door, and In answer to his In
Quirie Informed him that be believed Mr.
Quest had Just come over TO the ol1cA
In another minute be was shown into an
Inner roosD q, he 0dlnary country olloo
stamp and thSlo q he tabls at NJ. ousSt
himself,
Mr.. Quest was . man of about % years of
age. rather under than over, with Q pAla,
AsCStie cast Of faco, and quiSt and pleasant
though oOlneWhat reserved, manner. His
feature were 10 no way remarkable, with
I QSioHtsntlon Of his ems, which seemed 70
haxb bps1 ~ IN bis bod owing 10 some Gu
tlulS etTof Of nature Ror vhoFoaS his gOn
eraf tonDl was dark, BE hair On particular
Icing ~ black, thesS eyes were gray, and
1aFrsd extraordinarily upon their Oompinion
teatuTUA For The psst. b vas man q soms
presence. end with the mannsn Of gentle
wen ee@ks,s b ala. .uh., /. /. th.,
bring yOu 70 Boisinghaml A letter from
che SQulFsI Thank yoa TakO Q sat WIN
you, Wills lOok through u UmphI WantD
ne 70 come. and sso hin a Il ocIook. ian
tNury enETy, but ! eAua manage tint any way
lAEl u - ahoht tie NoaS farm. Janisr
tod ne - YES going 70 throw o up; and I
advisod him 70 do nothing Of The Sort; but
b 3 Q dinlatlnnod Oogt Of Q fellow, Jantor 4,
end Major Boston has upset the whole coun
~ side b bis very ~ advised action about
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