The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-05-23

ms' HIhavs, its my affair Al any rate
my tears are my own"
Certainly they are-i do not wish to inter
fere with your crying-cry when you lika
Il will b lucky for Cosey u that old father
Of bis dies just now, because no wants
money
"what does he want money forP
"Becauas DO has undertaken to pay % the
mortgages on the castle estate"
why has he done that-as an invest
mentF'
"No, 10 70 Q rotten investment believe he
has done u beranse be Is In love with Mis- de
10 Mole. and IL naturally anxious TO In.
gratiate himself with her Don't you know
that ! thought perhaps that was what you
had teen crying ahOutf
at Is not true" shO answered. her lips
quivering with pain
Mr. Quest laughed gently II think you
must have Lost your power Of observation,
which used to he sufficiently keen. How
ever, Vt course II does not matter TO you It
will In many ways lie q most suitable mar
riage. and ! am sure they will make very
handsome couple"
She made no answer, and turned her back
70 hide the workings Of her face. For few
moments her husband stood looking ut her,
with . gentle smile playing on his refined
features Then renarking that be must go
round To the office but would he lack In time
for tea. he went. rejecting with satisfaction
that be had given his wife something TO think
about which would DO scarcely to her taste.
As for Belle Quest. she waited till tho door
had closed. and then turned round toward Il
and spoke aloud, a. though she were addras
ing her vanished husband
"a hate you," she said, with bitter
emphasis. II hate you You have ruined my
life. aud now you torment me - though ]
were lost soul Oh, wish were deadi
wish were deadI"
On reaching his Office, Mr. Quest found
two letters for him, one Of which had just ar
rived by the afternoon post The first was
addressed In the squireS handwriting and
signed with his big seal and the other bore
superscription, the sight Of which made him
turn niomentarily faint Taking up this last
with visible effort, be opened it It ran as
follows:
DEAR BuL-No answer this morning.
uope you amt up to any Of your tricks
about the tin. because | won't stand It, that's
all told you that | had dropped all my
Oof, not that ] hid much out Of you this
year, only ave hundred and q beggarly go
on my birthday and what make at the Bir
mingham-four pound ten q week, and hard
work for that. lin cleaned out, and that's
all about It. Only Just now . brute Of . Eel
low came In with q summons for rates, and
told him that my fr!end-that means you,
Gill dear-was going to come down hand.
some In Q day or two He would not believe
it-just as though be knew what mean lot
you were-so told him to bundle out double
n a IL. I'll
and he went, you bet, but he'll be back be-
fore long with the SunmonA ! say the coal
shoot, for there amt no Goals In Il, and
can't afford any money to get q Bit Of fire to
warm my bones with. Then there's the
landlord says he'll distrain for the rent, un.
less it's paid up In double quick time. And
90 the long and short Of 1t Is that, II l don't
get about Eve hundred quid out Of you In the
course Of next week, I'll know the reason
why. And nj Just b plain with you, Bill,
my old boy. II 1 don't see the color Of that
money By this day weak, why. will tell you
little country Army complexion wants IL
and think Boisingham would suit first
rate. In fact, I shall come down and pay
you visit, old boy; 90 perhaps you'll ask the
lovely Mira Quest TO get a room ready for
me. and when I got down there, II don't
tell all the old reSpectables Q thing or two
about their beloved lawyer, and generally
make them ait up and see stars, why, amt
l. And now there's the straight tip from
your afRectionate Tiger But remember
she'd always rather purr than growL Its
only when the cash don't come down that
her back goes up All question Of money,
my boy, like everything else In this wicked
world Your beloved EDITH"
By the time that Mr.. Quest had finished
reading this precious effusion, the cold sweat
was standing In beads on his forehead
"Great heavensi" he said, "this woman
will destroy me- What a DEVIL And
she'd 10 as good o. her word unless found
her the money. must so up to town at
once ! wonder how she got that idea into
her head It makes me shudder 10 think Of
such thing" and ho dropped his face upon
his hands and groaned In the bitterness Of his
neart
at ID hard, n be thought to himself; there
have for years and years been striving and
toiling and laboring 10 become q respectable
and respected member Of society, and always
this old folly haunts my steps and drags me
Town, and, BY heaven, believe that it will
iestroy me after all" With Sigh ho lifted
nls head. and taking sheet Of paper wrote
IN It, ~ have received your letter and will
OmO and eco you tomorrow or the next
lay" This letter ho placed In an envelope,
which DO directed to the high sounding nama
II Mira d'Aubigne, Stanley street. Pimlico,
and put Il In bis pocket
Then with another sigh ho took up the
squire's letter and glanced through IL Ii
length was considerable. but In substance Il
announced his acceptance Of the arrange
ment proposed BY Mr.. Edward COSBY, and
requested that be would prepare the neces'
Sary deeds TO DO submitted 70 his lawyers.
Mr., Quest read the letter absently enough,
and threw Il down with little laugh.