Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1889-01-05

necessity Of seeking further employ.
80. hs bad made up his mind
10 come to rssids t Molehin, and live the !
quiet, somswhat aimless Life Of q small coun.
gentleman. His reading-for he was .
great reader, especially Of scientific works.
would, he thought, keep him employed, Sec
ing that in addition to reading he was . thor.
oush sporhman, and an ardent, though ow.
to the rnallneA Of. his means. necessarily /
not $sryexssnsi4s,.oollscto II ouriositles,
and more particularly Of COMA
At nrst, arrsr ne hid come to MS uecls1on,
Ateeins Of initiate sst and satisfaetion. had
taken. posse1ioaaof~ him The struggle Of.
Life was over for him. No longer would b
b obliged TO think, and coutrive, and toll;
hsnos6oefAshisdays wonldsl ope gently down
towaFdt the Inevitable end. Trouble lay in
the past; now rest and rest alone awaited
him, rest that would gradually grow deeper
and deeper a. tho swift years rolled By, .tilltt
was swallowed up in that almighty peace to
which, being a simple and religious man, he
had looksd forward from childhood ~ the
end andob3ect Of his life.
Foolish man and vain imaginingl Here,
while We draw breath, there Is no rest. We
:mnt 60 On continually, on from strengtlhtto
strength, or weakness to weakness; we must
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must ever have this to desire or that to re
gras rtrts,aln inevitable law within whose
attraction ell must fail; yes, even the purest
souls, Graded in THAR hope Of heaven, and
the most swinish, wallonipg IN the, mud Of
their grati6ed desires.s
And 90 our hero had already begun o find
out. Hero, before he had been forty-eight
hours in Honham, a fresh cause Of trouble
had arisen. He had seen Ida de Ia Molls
again, and after an interval Of between five
and si1N years bad found her face yet more
charming than he had before. In short, he
had fallen In love with It, and being q
senthlS iman, no did not conceal this tact.
ffoRhimlelf Indeed, the truth Was that he
bad been In love with her all thee years,
thonGA hs had meyer looked ct thu matter In
thai ~ AZ tho least the pyre bad been
gathered and laid, and did but require the
touch Of tho match to burn up merrily
enough. And now this was supplied, and at
the first glance Of Ida's eyes the magic flame
began to hiss and crackle, and he knew that
nothing short Of q ~convulsion or Q deluge
would put It out i;
Men Of the stamp Of, Harold .QparitcbI
genDsanYapae sfhrough three stages With
rsfsspgMto$thssaoothe ssx. They bagins in;
theiryppthb y making a.godds0 Of. ono lof.
than. md. andiaglout their mistake Then
tor many years they look upon woman as
the essence and incarnation Of all evil and a
thing no more to be trusted than q jaguar.
Ultimately, however, this folly wears itself
out-probably l n proportion a. tho old Aztec
ton fades and dies away-and Is replaced by
contempt and regret that 50 much should
have been wasted on that which was 80 little
worth Then 1t Is that the danger comes,
tor thsnsa manputsforth hissecond venture,
putait forth with fear and trembling, and
with noRreatshope otssseing Q golden Argosy
sailing into port Andif itsinlu or u driven
back bby:AdYerse winds and trowning skies,
then thelp Is an END of'his legitimate dealings
with such frail merchandise.
And nov be, Harold Quaritch, was about
to put forth this second venture, not of his
own desire or free will indeed, but because
bis reason and Judgment were overmastered.
In short, to put 1t briefly, he had fallen in
love with Ida de la Molle when he first saw
her five years ago, and was now In tho process
Of discovering the fact. There he sat in his
| chair In the old, alf-furnished room, which
he proposed to turn into his dining room, and
groaned in spirit over this portentous dis
covery. What had become Of his fair pros
pect Of quiet years sloping gently downward,
and warm with thssweet, drowsy light Of
afternoonl, How was II, that he had not
known those things that belonged to his
peacei And probably it would end in nothing;
was it likely that such q splendid young
woman as Ida would care for s~uperannuated
army officer, with nothing beyond four OF
Eve hundred year and Victoria cross
which he never wore-to recommend himi
Probably. II she married al all she would try
to marry some one who would assist to re.
trieve the fallen fortunes Of her family, which
it was absolutely beyond his power to do.
Altogether the outlook did not please him, as
he sat there far into the watches of the night,
and sucked at his empty pipe. So little did
Fit please him, indeed, that when at last he
rose to find his way to bed up the old onk
staircase-the only tmposing thing in Mole
hill-he had almost made up his mind to give
up the idea Of living at Honham at all, to sell
the place and emigrate to Vancouver's Island
or New Zealand, and thus place an impossible
barrier between himself aud that sweet
strong face, which somehow seemed to have
acquired a touch Of sternness since last he had
looked upon Il.
Alb, wise resolution Of quiet night, whithe,
do you 60 to In, tho garish Light Of dayi II
heaven, perhaps, with the mist wreaths anc
the dew drops.
~4A~V 6VB W. WIG V0DoA0 ~
found BIZ. daughter still sitting up in th,
drawing room.i
"What. not gone to bed; Idaf' be said.
FNNo, father, I was. going, and then
thought that I would wait to hear what al
this was about Janter and the Moat farm. I
Is best to get it over"
"Yest yes, my dear-yes. but there is no
muchito tell you. ,Janter has thrown up tn
farmsaftsr all; and George says there Is no
another tenant to be had for love or money
He tried one man, who said that he woul,
not have 1t at 8 shillings an acre, as price
are"
''That Is bad enough, in all conscience,
IL said Ida, pushing ct the fire irons with he
4 foot. Whit 10 to be donersa
NSWhat ilto be donel' answered. her father
iffitably. ,"How can l tell ypu what's 10 b
1donei I suppose that I must: take tho plac
In hand, and that Il all"
s"Yes, but that costs money, does 1t notf'
sOf, scourse It does; It costs about fou
thousand pounds."
"Well," said Ida, looking up. "and wher
Il al that sum to come 'FRONT.' We have no
got four thousand pounds In the world"
"Come 'FRONT.' Why suppose that I mus
borrow It o the security Of the land"
"Would it not be better to Let the place e
out Of cultivation" she answered. "rathe
than risk all that sum of moneyT'
eco out Of fc%ultivationi Nonsense, Ida
how can you talk like that Why, tha
strong land would be ruined for q generation
to come"
perhaps it would; but surely it would b
better that it should be ruined than that "
should be. Father, deal, y sho said, appeal
ingly, laying ono hand upon his shoulde,
do b frank with me, md tell me- what ou
position really. ia. Isee you wearing you,