Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-17
A Capital Charge.
CHAPTER l.,
BY WRAG LINDSAY.

sHort tnat nave made IN the matter ha'
been for the sake of your father whom
respect. and of your-yOur family"-witl
some hesitation. But even so, l am nc
means sure lat it would not have beer
wiser to disregard your res less desire fol
change and TO leave you to work your owl
way
Sir Godfrey l5ertram spoke in his mes
uncOmpl omising tone, whilst his keen
eyes scanned ra her sternly the face of the
20 ng man sea ed at the opposite side OF
the library table. Few peope, however
90 Id have been altogether prof against
the smile which broke over Caryl Nane's
fra ures As he looked up and re lied 80
1t Is to me that the kindne has beef.
done, whether TOR my own sake OF not, so
cannot help being grateful. Oh, Sir
Heoitrcy II you could only guess what
those old ledgers and that high stool have
been to me during the past few years.
And as To rising, what ambition could he
satisfied with sI"h prospects as mine have
been hitherto?'
We'll dare say it may have SCENE
slow plOdding work to young fellow OF
your temperament Sir Geo rcy allowed.
ON the other hand, don run away with
the idea that You will ind farming in the
lar West perfectly easy a air There
won't be mucn OF an opportunity. let m
tollyOu, for ease or neglect of duty. And,
once the e, you Will have little chance of
again chan Eing your mind.
taTyl star ca and co!Drcd little
Il tn nix You wr ng me, SIR" he eA
claimed i'm JulSiyely. From the first
havenever liked my position in Mr.. Row
IONS cUunting-housc. When left school,
however, that was the only situation that
" crrt itSel Was | to blame because
accepted it rather than be burden to my
father
NO, YOU were right; and am glad
thai can help y0u now out of--Ah, Al
ian. aud what may you want
The door opened and third man saunt-
cred into the room.
Lucky dogs like myself, VIII have
been born with silver spoon, You know,
and all that sort of thing, don't need to
hurry, we can cav that to the struggling
herd. was sentiment to which Allan
Bertram had fire !uently given expression,
although never within earShOt Of h $ en-
ergetic uncle; and in every m vement he
carr cd that theory into practice
What reason, however. the yOun! man
had for CHASING himself so confidently
abo the struggling herd" it would per.
hapS he iii cult o say. Truly, so long as
his uncle remained unmarried and child
less, Allan was heir to the Baronet's title
and estates; but then how long would it
suit SIR Godfrey to continue single. A
man of fifty, only slightly gray, strong
iimbed and & cd looking, could scarcely
lie cons derel as altogether outside the
matrimonial pale. Still Allan Bertram
continued his easy-goiug course, shrug
glng his shoulders whenever any idea of
his uncle 5 marry ng was mentioned IN
his hearing, and giving himself al the
airs OF the un fashionable heir OF broad
lands and wide domain.
To-day, however til re was a certain @ :
element noticeable in his manner and
glance which was altogether at variance
with his customary calm lang IOr; an his
gree ing as he caught at Caryls ous-
stretched hand, had something almost
uproarOuS about it.
My dear fellow what luck, Here
have been for goodness knows how long
benz aiming my hard fate in having to
Crivc own to Ulthr0pe and post these
letters, which dare not trust to auy un-
reliable hand; and now you spare NE
the trouble by doing it for me-.
Caryl ane lau ghed at Allan's easy
assurance, as he replied
Certainly. Where are the Important
misSives' Are they loye-Ietters, that you
are SO specially concerned about them,
pray? And -
The BarOnet, in tone of extreme an
noyanca broke in upon the bHntering
words.
80 You mean to say, Allan, that those
letters have not gone yet " he In uired
angrily. at is not enough that you ex-
coed your allowance, and then com, to
tell me so with no more concern than If
bills were of as little lnsequence as snow.
flak but even when you have the
money, you delay sen lug Ii . although
you are fully aware of my antipathy TO a
debt OF even twenty hours standing.
Allan Bertram shruggel his shOude 5
half carelessly half insolently.
Il am sorry to have irritated YOU, sir
but, as have already pro nj ed, you shall
not be troubled again with my liabili les.
Now, as our little di erences-or my &c.
linquencies, if you prefer the expression -
can scarcely interest Vane--''
why, he will d~part " interposed that
light hearted indi 2iduaL Good bye. Sir
Geo rey. And once more let me say how
thankful am to you"
''Tush, my dear boy! I've done little
enough, was the answer. Il shall he
proud before long of having had
hand in the success which YOU
will make. OF course we shall see Won
ag Tin before you start? Good bye for the
pre- ent"
AS he spoke, Sir Godfrey was STRUCK
with the remarkable resemblance in per
sonal appearance of the two men befor,
him; and yet he could not help rejecting
how totally dissimlar they were in G er,
detail that told of individual character
They were both almost precise Y the same
heighth, slim and well-proportioDed, Eacl
had profusIon of brown, wavy hair, worr
rather long, and each had eyes of tn,
same shade Of gray But the frank, happ,
expression on the one face contrastec
violently with the haugh indolenc,
shown in every line of the other; and the
fresh clear tones OF Caryl's voice sounded
pleasantly brisk when compared with thu
drawl which characterized Allan habitua
uiterance,
The Baronet turned away from his con
temptation with something between {
sigh aud cynical laugh, whilst the two
young men went out and left him alone.
He's Odeyno's brothe !" he murmuret
hait aloud. There's sure to he good stuff
IN him. rs 10 Allan, Pm tired of thu
fellow. II he had p Il his shoulder to the
wheel in times past it would DO better TO,
him now. Perhaps he'll see tn neeI of Il
SOME ay--soon, Tiff things 20 as hone
they may After all. he has |! ed hare
since he was boy, so perhaps 1t is natur
al he should make sure of doing so for th,
rest Of bis days" after which somewhat
emigmatical utterance he opened the Time:
and began to read.
decidedly rum card, the governor, :
Allan was at that instant observing. a,
he stood at the top of the stone steps lead
ing down into the gro nds. 'Quite afec
tionate 10 you old man, i declare. BY the
way, you'd better register tho precious
documents II 1t won Z be too much ouble'
pointing as he spoke to the enyel lpes
which Caryl was pushing into the breas,
rocket Of his overcoat II am sending
notes Instead Of eaues. II happened Il
be more convenient TO arrange IL so.
Not particularly safe. Is that?r re.
marked Cary, by way of saying some
thing, at the same time looking around for
the walking-stick which he usually carried
Allan laughed and ran his fingers
through bis surr brown hair.