Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-08

mention without jeopafdizing the business. l
must have money in hand wherewith to carry
it on. If you draw back"
There is no if in the case do draw back.
Do me the Justice to admit that never rushed
into it. You did, dazzled by the girls eyes.
drawn:by her hair"
Philip rose.
"What-are you going, Phil? Lamb will be
here directly. He is at the White Hart be-
lleve playing billiards. 1t is disgusting that
he can find no proper gentlemen to play with,
and no good players either. Come, sit down
again. You are going to dine with u.s. Some
of your uncle's old port and Amontillado sherry
1t must be drunk-we shall hardly move it to
York"
81 cannot dine with you now."
"Why not?"
"Under the circumstances cannot" he said,
coldly. II trusted to your honor-I trusted to
you as lady, and" he raised his head, ''as a
Pennycomequick-"
"How spelled?" asked Mrs. Sidebottom,
laughingly.
81 cannot sit down with you now. with my
respect and confidence shaken. l trust that
you have spoken in Jest. and that tomorrow
you will tell me so: but am not fond of jokes
such jokes as these leave scar. could not
accept my share of Uncle Jeremiah's property
without making recognition of the claims of
the ellsworth family. The father died in my
uncle's service; the mother and daughters have
devoted themselves to making uncle's life
easy-and now to be cast out! II you hold
back and refuse to pay your share of s2, 1000, 1
must pay the entire amount; and if the busi-
ness suffers, well, it suffers. The responsibility
will be yours, and the loss yours also, in part,
Nonsense, Phil; you will not run any risk. !"
"If you had taken your part. and mine we
could have borne the loss easily; but if 1 have
the whole thrown on me. the consequences
may be serious. Ready money is as necessary
as steam to make the mill rum"
81 don't believe-I cannot believe-that you,
a man of reason-you, a man with legal train
ing-can act such a Quixotish partP" exclaimed
Mrs. Sidebottom, becoming for the moment
alarmed. Then she calmed down again.
II see through you, Philip" she said. "Hav-
ing failed to persuade me, you seek to terrify
me. 1t will not do. 1 do not believe so badly
of humanity, as to think that you will act so
wiekedly. Come, think no more of this hope
you like sirloin?"
Il refuse to sit down with you," said Philip,
angrily.
Then goP' exclaimed his aunt with an ex-
plosion OF spleen. "Go-as an impracticable
lout to your housekeeper's room, to sup on a
bowl of Cruel and cottage pier
CHAPTER XX.-A FACE IN THE DARK.
Mr.. Sidebottom was not at ease in her mind
after the suggestion thrown out by Philip that
the business might suffer if so much capital
were suddenly Withdrawn from it. She re-
called how it had been when her brother
Nicholas had insisted on taking out of it his
share-how angry Jeremiah had been; how. for
a WHILE the stability of the firm had been
shaken, and how crippled it had been for some
years. She remembered how that her share of
the profits had been reduced, and she had no
desire to meet with recurrence of this shrink
age. When Nicholas made that great call on
the resources of the firm, there was Jeremiah
in the Office, thoroughly experienced, and he
was able, through his ability and knowledge.
to pull through; but it was another matter now
with Philip,a raw hand in authority.
Then, again, Mrs. Sidebottom knew her
brother jeremiah had contemplated a large
outlay in new and improved machinery. To
keep up with the times, abreast with other
competitors, it was necessary that this costly
alteration should be made. But could it be
done if $4,000 or 5000 were sacrificed to ca
price?
"Philip is such foolp she muttered. HE
inherits some of his fathers obstinacy as well
as his carelessness about money Nicholas no
sooner got money in his hands than he played
ducks aud drakesNTith 1t; and Philip is bent on
doing the same. Four thousand pounds to that
mink, Salomek There goes the church bell.
When will Lamb be in?''
Mrs. Sidebottom lit a bedroom candle, and
went upstairs to dress for dinner. While as.
cending she was immersed in thought, and sud-
denly an idea occurred to her which made her
quicken her steps. Instead of dressing for din.