Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-16
for souhe reasons regret, but which I am quite pOwerlesS to alter.

yours, JAMES DE LA MoLLE"
 Edward Cossey turned his face to the wall and indulged in such meditations as the oc- casion gave rise to, and they were bitter enough. He was as bent upon this marriage as he had ever been, more so in fact, now that his father was out of the way. He knew that Ida disliked him-he had known that all along-but he had trusted to time and marriage to overcome the dislike. And now that accursed Quest had brought about the ruin of his hopes. Ida had seen her chance of escape, and had, like a bold woman, seized upon it. There was one ray of hope, and one only. He knew that the money would not be forthcoming to pay off the mortgages. He could see, too, from the tone of the squire's letter, that he did not altogether ap- prove of his daughters decision. And his father was dead. Like Cesar, he was the master of many legions, or rather of much money, which is as good as legions. Money can make most paths smooth to the feet of the traveller, and why not thisa After much thought, he came to a conclusion. He would not trust his chance to paper, he would plead his cause in person. So he wrote a short note to the squire, acknowledging Ida's and his letter, and saying that he hoped to come and see them as soon as ever the doctor would | allow him out of doors.
 Meanwhile George, having delivered his letter, had gone upon another errand. Pull ing up the fat pony in front of MT. Quests office, he alighted and entered. Mir. Quest | was disengaged, and he was shown straight into the inner office, where the lawyer sat, | looking more refined and gentleman like than ever
 "How do you do, George?" he said, cheerily; l ''sit down; what is it7"
 Well, sir" answered that lugubrious worthy aS ha awlvarf31y | question is, what isn't ita These be rum | times, they be; they fare to puzzle man, | they du."
 "Yes," said Mir. Quest, balancing a quill pen on his finger, 'the times are bad enough"
 ! Then came pause.
 1 "Dash it all, sir," went on George pres eptly, II may as we'll get it out; I have come to speak to you about the squires business" :" "Yes," said MT. Quest. Well, sir" went on George, "I am told that these dratted mortgages have passed into your hands and that you have called in | the money"
 l "Yes, that is correct" said Mr. Quest 1 again
 l "Well, sir, the fact is that the squire can't l get the money. It can't be had nohow. No body won't take the land as security. It might be so much water for all people will | look at it."
 Quite so. Land is in very bad odor as | security now"
 1 And that being 30, sir, what is to be 1 douer'
 l Mir. Quest shrugged his shoulders. II do not know. If the money is not forthcoming, of course, 1 shall, however unwillingly, be forced to take my legal remedy"
 Meaning, sirn--
 Meaning that I shall bring an action for foreclosure, and do what can with the 1 lands"
 Georges face darkened.
 And that reads, sir, that the squire and
 Miss Ida will be turned out of Honham, where they have been for centuries, and that you will turn in"
 "Well, that Is what it comes to, George. am sincerely sorry to press the squire, but it's matter of thirty thousand pounds, and l am not ill position to throw away thirty l thousand pounds"
 Sir, said George, rising in indignation, "1 don't know how you came by them there mortgages. There is some things that lar yers know and honest men don't know, and that is one of them. But it seems that you've got 'em and are going to use 'em-and that
 being so, Mr. Quest, have summit to say to you-and that is that no good will come to you from this here move"
 | " uO SOu llledIl Dy UIldU, UeOTRes Salu
 the lawyer, sharply.
 "Never you mind what I means, sir I
 means what says. I means that sometimes
 people has things in their lives snugged away
 where nobody can't see them, things as quiet
 as though they was dead and buried, and
 that ain't dead and buried, things so much
 alive that they fare as though they were fit
 to kick the lid off their coffin. That's what l
 means, sir, and means that when folk set to
 work to do hard and wicked thing those
 dead things sometimes gets up and walks
 where they is least wantsd, and mayhap t
 you goes on for to turn the old squire and
 Miss Ida out of the castle, mayhap, sir, some
 thing of that sort vsill happen to you, for
 mark my word, sir, there's justice in the
 world, sir, as mayhap you will find out
 And now, sir, I'll wish you good morning
 and leave you to think on what I've said, '
 and he was gone
 "George!" called Mir. Quest after him
 rising from his chair, George" but George
 was out of hearing.
 'Now what did he mean by that-what the
 devil did he mean?" said Mir. Quest with gasI
 as he sat down again "Surely, he thought
 ''the man cannot have got hold of anything about Edith. Impossible, impossible; If he hac
 he would have said more, he would not have confined himself to hinting-that would talk,
 cleverer man: he would have shown hi hand. He must have been speaking at ran
 dom to frighten me, I suppose. By heavens what thing it would be if he had got thole
 of something. Ruin, absolute ruinl I'll set tie up this business as soon as I can, ant
 leave the country; can't stand the strain it's like having sword over one's head. Iv, half a mind to leave it in somebody else' hands and go at once No, for that would look like running away. It must be all rub bish; how could he know anything about itf So shaken was he, however, that though h. tried once, and yet again, he found it i'm possible to settle himself down to work till h. 2 had taken a couple of glasses of sherry iron the decanter in the cupboard; and even as h. did so he wondered sif thel shadow of tn sword disturbed him so much, how he would be affected if it ever was his lot to face th glimmer of it's naked blade. No further letter came to Edward Cosse, ! from the castle, but, impatient as he was t, do so. another fortnight elapsed before h. was able to go up to see Ida and her father
 At last, one fine December morning he wa fov.< <h<G Grct ocsp h;oo cno