The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-05-16

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"Oh. - hs saW ne. but when l offered
70 ShakO hands Nth him b only boSPd IN
FatheT . crushing way and paAssd on"
Ida broke o6 . scarlet TuFk from IL stem,
and nsrVOus.y bssAD 70 Piek the bloom u
piooGU
"TbS tact b, M. cossey-ths fact Is, my
fatboF, and indeed nlsD are In great tToubls
just now about money mAtteTs, you know
In short, fathSf beliSNe that be Think you
nay have Oomothing 70 do with his difficult
tss-but perhaps you know all about Il"
II know Somsthing. Miss de IA Molle," aid
BE- Gravsly, and hope and trust that you
do noe below that Z have anything 10 do
with the action which COassy & Son have
thought Of 10 take"
"No, no, "Ghe aid hastily. Il never thought
anything Of the sort; bot ! know that you
have inhn6nc6-and, we'll 70 b plain, Nj.
COSBY, limploro Of you 10 nss II Perhaps
you wilruR1srstand that IL IL very humilia-
ting Tor me 10 b obliged to ask thu, though
you can never guess bow humiliating Be,
love ne, M. Cosssy, would never ak Il for
myosif, but it Il my Eathsr-hS loves this
place bOttsr than bis life, IL would b much
better hO should die than that he should b
obliged TO leave Il; and II this money Il called
In that d what must happen, because the place
will BE- sold over us. belisvO be would 60
mad I do indeed" and shS STOPPED speaking
and stood there boEorO him, the fragment OF
the aoWsr IN her hand, her breast hoaVing
with emotion.
"What do you suggest should Be done. Min
Do h AollsF aid Edward CosIsy, gently.
u bugEeSt that--that-If you WI b so
kind, you should PsiSuadS CodOSy 3 Bon to
foregO thar intention Of calling 10 the
money"
ut b quItO impossible" he answered. my
father has ordered The step himself, and h0 IL
hard man. II h impossible N turn him II
be think hs viii lose money By turning
You - b b . banker and has bSsn han.
ding money all his life, till it has become .
sort Of god 70 him. Really, believe that
hO would rather beggAr every friend he has
than IosO G6,O0o"
Then there 10 no more to bo saId. The
place must 60. that's all, replied Ida, turn
ing away her bead and affecting to busy her.
self In removing some dried leaves from q
chry0Anthemum plant Edward, watching
her, however, saw her shoulders shake and Q
big tear fall like . rain drop with Q splash on
the pavement; and the sight, strongly At
tracted a. be was and had for some time been
toward the. young lady, was altogether too
much for him. In 0n instant, moved By an
overwhelming impulse, and SOmsGhing not
unlike gust Of passion, be came 70 one Of
those discrimination which 90 often chanEO
the whole eourss and teuor Of mems tiVeS
"MiSS de Ia Mole" he said rapidly, ''thero
may b . way found out Of Il"
She looked up inquiringly, and there were
the tear stains on her fAea
'Somnbody might take up the moFtgag0
and pay Oh Cossey 4 Bon"
"Can you and any one who willP she
asked, eagerly.
"No, not - an Investment understand
that G30,000 are required, and I tall you
frankly that - times are do nos for one
moment believe the place to b worth thlk
amount II 10 all very we'll for your father
70 talk about land recovering itself, but ct
present, at any rate, nobody can ~ the
fainteSt chance Of anything Of the sort. The
probabilities RFe. on the contrary, that - the
American competition increases land will
gradually sink TO something Ike . prairie
value"
Then how can the money bSEus II nobody
viii advance itF'
~ did not say that nobody would sdvancS
Il; naid that nobody would advance II a. an
investment. A friend might adVancO H."
"Ahd WhsrO b such friend 70 b fOundl
he would b very dislnterOStSd friend Who
would advance eSO, 900"
Nobody In this world is quite dislnpsr-
ested, Mis- dc Il MollS, or, q any rate, very
few arc What WOald you give 10 such .
frienhP'
~ would give anything and evOrything
over which have control On The world "
save my father from seeing honkAm sold
over his bead, she answered nimply.
Edward CosSey laughed littl6 'ThAt b
. large order" hO said "Mla Dc 4 MollO,
am disposed 70 ny aud anl The m6nsy 70
tako up these mortgages IhavS nos got 10,
more, ! shall have TO keep The tact thai
at 70 very good Of you" aid Ida, family.
81 don't know what 10 say"
For . moment ho made no reply; and look
Ing a. him, Ida saw that bis hand was trom-
bling.
Miss do Ia MOlls," BE- aid, 'thsrs 10 an
other matter Of which wish 10 speak 10 you.
Men are Somstimes put into StrangD POSITION,
partly through their own fault, partly by,
force Of circumstances, and when In those
positions are forced down paths that they
would not follow. supposing, Min Do 4
AoIlO, that mine were sumo such position,
and Snpposing that owing to that position,
could hot say 70 you words which ! should
wish 70 ay.n
Ida began 10 undsrssAnd now, and OocO
more turned asidA .......
''5upposing, however, that al SOme futuro
time the difficulties Of that position Of which
I have spoken were 70 fade away and I were
then 10 GpsAk EhosS worth, can you, nppoS-
Ing all thu. tall mo how they would b ~
ceiVodF'
Ida paused and thought She va strong
natured and eisaF hOat.od woman, and ahO
fully uudsrStocd The position. On her an
SWOr would depend WhetheFoF no the H90OOO
were forthcoming. and, therefore, WHISTLER
Or 10 Honham castle would pan from her
father and har raca.o *
4 aid jaIt' nOw, NJ. cOuSsy,o she an
IWerod, eoldly, 'that I would give anything
and everything over which have control IN
the WorId>tO save my father from seeing
Houham sold over bis bead ! do not wish
% retract those words, and | think that In
them you win And an answer to your quoS.
ton"
He oolOrod "You put the matter In .
very buslns8 tkO way" be Said.
at b best put 20. Mr.. CosSey," she an
sWSred, with faint shade Of bitterness In her
tone. ''it preserves ne from feeling under an
obligation. Wnl you ~ my fathar about
these mOrtgAg0P
"Yes, tomorrow. And now I win Gay
gOod-by 10 you" and hS tooh her hand. and
With OomS llttls hssitatioa kissod II Z She
mAdS no fesikEaneS and BhowSd no emotion.
"YOa," Ghe answered, "WO have ben here
some tlmoS Ma ousst will wonder what has
become u you.S
Il VISA random arrow. but 70 wenEstraight
home, and for the third time that day
EslUGrd cossey reddsuol 70 The roots of ~
haly Without ahsworinrA word be bowed