Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1889-02-16

naarl /,
Il caught her that time" he said to him.
self; ''she eau do q good deal in the way Of
deceit, but she can't keep the blood out Of
her cheeks when sue hears that fellows name.
But she IS clever woman. Belle Is; how well
she managed that little business Of the
luncheon, and how we'll she fought her case
when once she got me In a cleft stick about
Edith and that money Of hers, and made
good terms, toe. Ali that's the worst Of it;
she has che whip hand Of me there; II l could
ruin her she could ruin me, and it's no use
cutting OF ones nose to spite your face.
Well, my f1ne lady."he ven on, With an
ominous fash OF bis gray eyes, 81 shall be
even With you yet. Give you enough rope,
n you will hang yourself. You love this
fellow, ! know that, and 1t will 60 hard IL !
can't make him break your heart for you.
BAIL you don't know the sort of stuff men
are made OF. II only | did not happen to DO
In love with yoa myself | should not care.
n-aal here ! am at the church"
Tue human animal IL a very complicated
machine, and can conduct the working Of an
extraordinary number Of different Interests
and sets Of ideas, almost, il not entirely,
simultaneously. For instance, Mr. Quest
seated at the right hand of. the rector in the
vestry room Of the beautiful old Boisingham
church, and engaged In an animated and
even III discussion with the senior curate
on the details Of Fourteenth century church
work, in which he clearly took a lively In
terest and understood far better than did the
c~urate-would have been exceedingly difficult
to identify with the schemiug, viudictive
creature whom We have just followed up tho
church path. But, after all, that il the way
Of human nature, although 1t maj not be the
way OF those who try to draw It and who
love to paint the villain black a. tho evil one
and tho viz Nous heroine 70 radiant that we
begin to fancy We can bear the whispering
OF her wings Few people arc altogether
good or altogether bad; indeed, it is prob.
oblst that the vase majority ore neither good
nor bad-they have not the strength to be
the one o. the other. Hero and there, how.
ever. We do meet q spirit with sufficient will
aud originality to press the scale down this
way or that. though even then the opposing
force. 10 1t good or evil, Il constantly striv.
Ing to bring the balance equal. Even the
most wicked men have their redseluing
points aud their rights and their righteous
instincts. nor ore their thoughts continually
txed upon iniquity. Sir. Quest. for instance,
one Of the EVIL geniuses Of this history, vas,
where bus plots and passions wero not imma-
diately concerned, q man of enineutly .geuer.
GUS and refined tendencies. Many were tho
good turns, contradictory as 1t may seem,
that he uad done to his poorer neighbors; he
had even boen known to forego his bills Of
costs, which is about the highest and rarest
exhibition of earthly virtue that can 10 ex-
pected from a lawyer. He was, moreover,
emincntly a cultured man, a reader Of the
classics, in TRANSACTIONS il not in the originals,
a ma with q Gne taste in fiction aud poetry,
and q really sound and ripe archaeological
knowledge, especially who're sacred build.
ings were concerned. All his instincts,
moreover, were toward responsibility,
His most burning ambition was to secure
a high position in the county in
which he lived, and to 10 classed
among tue resident gentry. He hated his
lawyers work. and longcd to accumulate
sufficient means to be able to give it the good.
by aud to indulge himself in an existence OF
luxurious and learned leisure. Such as be
was no had made himself, for he was the son
of 8 poor and inferior country dentist, and
had begun life with a good education. it
Is true. which he chiefly owed to his own
exertions, but with nothing else. Had
his nature been a temperate nature, with
q balance of good to its credit to draw
upon, instead Of q balance of evil, no
was a man who might havo gone very
far, indeed, Cor in addition to lis natural
ability he he'd c great power Of worl. But
unfortunately this was not tho casa; bis in.
stincts on tho whole wero evil instincts, and
his passions-whether Of hate, or love, or
greed-whcn they seized him, did so with ez.
t%raordinary violence, rendering for tho time
being utterly callous to the rights CT feelings
Of others. provided that lie attained his end.
In short. had le been born tu q good position
and Large fortune. it Is quite possible, pro.
viding always that his strong passions had
not at soma period Of his life led him tr.
remediably assray, that ho would have lived
virtuous and respected, aud died in good
odor, leaving behind him a happy memory.
But fato had placed him IN a,tagonism with
tho world, and yet had endowed him with q
gnawilg desire to 10 Of the world, as it ap.
peared most desirable to him; and then, to
complete Ills ruin, circumstances had thrown
him into temptations from which inexpiri.
cnco and tho headlong strength of his passions
Kavo him no opportunity to escape
1t may at first appear strange that a man
90 calculating and whose desires seemed ia
be fixed upon u q material end a. the &C.
Quiremant. by artidce or oven fraud, OF the
wealth which no coveted, should also uour-
ish in his heart 50 bitter q hatred and 50
keen a thirst for revenge upon a woman O.
4r. Quest undoubtedly did toward bis beau.
tiful wife. 1t would have seemed mora prob.
able that 10 would have left heroics aloas
and attempted to turn his wifo's folly into a
means OF weslth aud ssle advancement; and
this would no doubt lave Teen SO hcd Mrs,
Quests estimate ct his motives in marrying
her been an entirely correct ona. She had
told Edward Coasey. it will be remembered,
that her husband had married her for her
money, tie GlO,0N Of winch be stood 50
badly in need Now tbs was tho truth to q
certain extent, aud q certain extent only.
do bud wanted tie ElU.CUU. In fact, at the
nonens raoney was necessary to klm. But,
aud this his vito had never known or real.
..vt.. OF t1u teen. A'u sts!t was. N.:. Ill iove
with ter Possibly tie ElU.WO would have
proved II sufficient i%,,duspu,en: 10 him VITA.
nut the love. tui the iuvs WAS noi.e tic lees
there Their relations, however. had never
siee:, happy ones. Size had detessed him
from the first. and had not spared to say 90.
No man with any r~efinement-and whatever
be lacked MIR CUES: had re~tincn,ent-,ould
hear to Ike thus continually rcpuIsed by a
wulian, amt 81 it came to pass that their re
tatlnns bad always l'een Of the most strained
nature. Then when size at last bad obtained
the clew to the secret of his life under threat
OF exposure she drove her bargain, Of which