The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-04-25

an. Mr. Quest, continually lowering about
'Te like b,1d OF VI omen, and cannot
md it. and tell you what Il ts, father. Il
" don't tell mo the whole truth ut once.
Iall cry" and she looked a. u she meant Il
Now. the old squire Wns no more inipervt
IN TO womanS teaFs than any other man.
I'd Of all ldAS moods. and they were many,
most greatly feared that rare one which
Ook tho form Of teaTH iIeSidCs. DO loved his
My daughter n,orV dearly than anything In
70 world except one thing llouham Castle
and could not bear 70 give bCr pain.
"Very WE'LL be Eaid, "oi course u you
wish 70 know about theso things you havO Q
ISht 70. have wished 10 spare you trouble.
rat Ia all. but as you are 90 very impenouA.
20 best thing that can do Is to let you have
our own way. SKILL. a II b rather late,
{ you have no objection, think that ! had
etter put Il OF ill to-morroV."
mo, no. father By tomorrow you win
nave changed your mind Let us have u
INV. want 10 know how much We really
1--WE and what We have got 70 live on"
The old gentleman hummed and hawed
little, and after various Indications Of i'm
patience q last began; -
"Well, a. you know. our family has for
come generations depended upon the land
Your dear mother brought . small fortune
with her. Eve or dx thousand poundn, but
that was, with tho sanction Of tho trustsoA
expended upon improvements 70 tho farmS
and In paying on small mortgage Well,
for many years the land brought In about
two thousand . year, but somehow We a.
ways found Il diiIlcult 70 keep within that
income For instance, found Il necessary
70 repair the gateway, and you have no idea
Of the expense In which those repairs landed
M Then your poor brother James cost 0
lot Of money, md always would have the
shooting kept up In such an extravagant
way. Then be went into tho army, and
heaven only known what be cost me there
Your poor. brother was very sxtFavagant.
my dear, and-well. perhaps Was foolish-l
mover could say him no. And that was not
all Of II; for when the poor boy died be left
fifteen hundred pounds Of debt behind him,
and had 10 flnd the money, u Il was only
for the honor Of tho family. OF courss you
know that We cut the entail when he came oi
aga Wen, and then these dreadful times
have come upon the TOP Of it all. and. upon
my word, at tho present moment ] don't
know which way 70 turn" and hs paused
and drunmed his fingers uneasily upon .
book.
"YsA father, but you have not told me ys,
what IL 10 thaS We owe" .
"Well, IL 10 dinlcult to answer that all In
minuse-perhaps twenty-five thousand ON
mortgage. and q few floating debts."
"And what 10 the place worthr
ut used to 10 worth between afty end
sixty thousand poundA 1t 10 impossible to
cay what II would fetch now. Land Il prac.
NkaaIlsR A.. n,,0e
will come round, my dear Il Is only . quss
ton Of holding on"
Then II you borrow fresh sum In order
70 take up this farm, you will owe about
thirty thousand pounds, and II you have 70
pay per cont. % ! suppose you do, you will
have TO pay fifteen hundred q year In interest
Now father, you said that in good times the
land brought In two thousand q war, %, OF
course, . can't bring In 50 much no. There
fore, BY tho time that you have paid the In.
terest there viii DO nothing, or los than
nothing, isft for Us to live on"
: Her father WINGED at tho cruel and con.
Vinctng logic
mo. no" DO said. "it Is not so bad o. that
You jump 10 conclusions: but really, II you
do not mind, I am very tired, and should like
10 10 10 bod.n
Father, what d the good Of trying ~
shirk the thing Just because It is disagree
ableF she asked, earnestly. "Do sou sup
pose that u d more pleasant 10 me 10 TAX
about IL than II b for youi know that you
aEo not 10 blame about IL. know that poor
dear james was very thouShtlesS and extrav
agant, and that the times aro crushing. But
% 60 on like this d only 70 60 to ruin. Il
would b better for us 70 live In o cottage on
. couple Of hundred year than to Try 70
keep our beads above water herA which We
cannot d Sooner or later these people
Qussh Or Whoaver thsy ars-wn want thar
money back; and thsn. u they can not have
u they will sen the place over our headA |
bellsv0 that man Quest wants to get it him
ssiC-that b what believO-and ct up a. q
country gentleman. Father, knoW Il b q
dreadful thing 70 say. but We ought TO leave
Honham.n
"LeavO fIOuhamr aid the old gentleman.
Jumping up In bis agitation. "What non
SsnSs you talk, IdaI Bow can leave Hon
haml Il would kill me At my age How
can do 10 And, besides, who 10 to look
altar the farms and al tho businessl No, no
Ne must hang on and trust 70 Providenca
Things may come round, Solnething may
happen, onS can never tell In this world"
"n Wsdo not lsavs Honham. then Hon
ham win lsavs ns." answered bis daughter.
with conviction. NJ do not believe III
chAncaa ChancSs always go the wrong way
sgainst thosO who arc looking for them We
shall b absolutsly ruined, that b all"
"Well, perhaps you are right, perhaps you
are right, my dear, " mid the old gentleman.
Wearily. n only hope that my time may
come 1rsA I have Lived heFS ell my life.
and know that could not live anyWhcrC
elsa But 0odb win bo don& And now, N,
dear, 60 10 bed"
She leaned down and kiaed him, and q
sh0 did % saW that his eyes were tlllod witt
taarG Not trusting herself to speak. for sht
islt for him too deeply to do %, she turneb
away and went. leaving the old man sitting
thsro with his gray hsad bowed upon BIB
ofo11S s-f. y.sa go. rsH