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win arrange all the details. Go3od.by. Don't
bother to ring, ] win ind my horse.n And.
with Q shake Of tho hand be was gone.
CHAPTER XIII.
ADour Arr

&teat Pvo5pect9-he 1ele that be bad been
placed in the position Of q person who re.
[cetves a favor rather than Of a person who
grants one. Moreover, there was an assump.
ton Of superiority about the old man, a
visible recognition Of tho gulf which usedto
be fixed between the gentlemen Of family
and the man Of business who had grown rich
by trading in money and moneys worth,
which was the more CALLING because it was
founded on actual tact and Edward Cossey
knew It. All his foibles and oddities not
wtthstanding, it would have been impossible
for any man Of; discernmlnt to entertain Q
comparison between the half bankrupt squire,
and the young banker, who would shortly be
worth between half q million and a million
sterling. The former was q representative,
though q somewhat cratic one, Of all that 10
best In the old type Of EnRluhusno OF gentle
blood, which 10 now % rapidly vanishing,
and, indeed Of the class to which, to q very
large extent, this country owes her great
uesa
no wonder that Edward COSBY felt hts in
feriority to this symbol audtypeof the thiuss
that no more are-yes, sven In the shadoMsof
bis thirty thousand pounds Eur here we
have a different breed. Goldsrniths two csn.
turtles ago, then bankers from generationito
gsusration. money bees seeking Tor wealth
aud counting II end. hiving 1t from decade to
decade, till at last money became to them
what honor is to the nobler stock-tho per-
vading prtncipls-and the clink Of the guinea
and the rustling OF the bank nose stirred their
blood a. the clang Of armed men aud the
sound Of the Tapping banner, with its three
golden hawks flaming In the sun, wns won't to
set the hearts Of the race Of Boisssy, Of
Do6erleigh, and Of De b Mollh, beating to
that tune to which England marched on to
win the world
And tho upshot Of all thts is that the squire
was not altogether wrong when be declared
In the silence. of his chamber that Edward
Cossey was not quite a gentleman. Be
showed it when be allowed himsalf to be
guided by the arts of Mr.. Quest into the
adoption Of the idea Of obtaining a lien upon
Ida, to be enforcsd IL convenient He showed
It again, and what Is mbre he committed q
huge mistake. when, tempted thereto by the
opportunity Of the moment, he made a con.
ditfonal bargain with the said Ida, whereby
she was placed I n pledge for the sum Of thirty
thousand pounds, we'll knowing that her
honor would he equal to the test, and that IL
convenient to him she would I've ready to pay
the ds5t. say he made a huge mistake, for
had he been quite a gentleman he would have
known that he could not have adopted Q
worse road to the affections Of q lady. HAD
he been content to advance the money, and
then by and by-though even that would not
have been gentleman ike-have gently let It
uanspire what he had done at great personal
expense and Inconvenience, her imagination
might have been touched, and her gratitude
would certainly have been excited. But the
idea Of bargaining, tho idea Of purchase,
which, after what had passed., could never be
put aside, would Of necessity be fatahto any
hope Of tender feeling. shylock might get
bis bond, but Of his own act no had debaryed
himself from the possibility Of ever getting
more.
Now Edward Cossey was not lacking In
that after glow Of refinement which is loft
behind by a course Of public school and uni
verslty education. No education eau makes
gentleman Of q man who is not a gcntlemap
at heart; for whether iis station in life bs
that OF q plowboy or an earl, the gentleman,
like the poet, fs born and not made. But It
can and does, il he he Of an observant nature,
give him a certain insight into the habits Of
thought and probable course OF action Of the
members Of that class to which he outwardly,
and by repute, belonga Such an insightE Ed
ward Cossey possessed, and at tho present
moment Its possession was troubling him
very much. His trading instincts, tie desire
bred in him to get something for his money,
hadled him to make the bargain; but nov
that 1t was done his better Judgment rose up
against It. For the truth may as well be told
at once, although he would as yet scarcely
acknowledge It to himself, Edward Cossey
wss already violently euamored Of Ida. He
was. by nature q passionate man, and a1it
CHANGED, she had proved the magnet With
power to draw his passion. But az the
reader Is aware, there existed another. COM
plication In hts life for which he was not per.
haps entirely responsible. When stilquitea
youth in mind be had suddenly found him.
self the object Of the love Of a beautiful
and t~nthralliug woman, and be had, after .
more or less severe struggle, yielded to the
temptation, as, out Of a book, many young
men would have done. Now to DO the obiec3
Of the violent affection Of such a woman -
Belle Quest is no doubt very 6atterinH and
even charming for awhile. But If that a1so-
tion Is not returned In Eind-if, in short, tho
gentleman does not love the lady quite %
warmly az she loves him-thsn In cousso Of
time the charm is opt to vanish, and even
the 6attery to cease to please. Also, wheu.
as IN the present caae, the counsction. Il
wrong In itself and universally oondemued
~ society. the affection which can SIN
triumph and endure on both sides must b Of
. very strong and lasting order. Even IN
dnprtncipled msn dislisce the acting Of one
long lie sucha 3 an intimacy Of the sort usces
sarily involves, and u the man happens to 10
sother weak than u~nprincip!ed tho dislike 10
apt to turn to -loathing. some portion Of
witch will certainly In time be reflected on
20 the partner Of his III doing.
THIS was the State Of affairs befoye be
oeecms attached to Ida do Ia NOBLE, after
which the hoyizon grew blacksr than
sver: At frat be tried to get out Of the dif.
dculty by avoiding Ida, but It did not an.
swsr. Hbe exefcised'an trreashble attraction
over him. Her calm aud stately presence
was to him what the sight Of tbs mountain
snows are to q soofohed by continual heat,
He Was weary Of passionate outbursts, tears,
agoutea, alarms, pressutiments aud all the
p~araphernalia OF secret love. It appeared to
him, looking up at the beautiful snow, that II
once be could reach 1t, life would all be
sweetness and Light, that, there would DO no
more thirst, no more fear, and no more
forced marches through those III odored
quagmireso Of deceit. Tho more he allowedhis
imagination to dwell upon the picture the
6srcer grew his longing to possess it. Also be
knew well enough that to marry O woman
like Ida de Ia Aolle would be the greatest
blessing that could happen to him, for she
would Of necessity lift him up above himself.
She bad no money, It is true, but that was a
very minor matter to him, and she had birth
and breeding and beauty and that presence
EcoSTlNuED.l
A Sound Legal OPINION.
y. B%ainbridge Mundny, ESQ. Coun ~