San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-01-10


Gus, he took back foremost pleasure in the
recklessness with which he supplied his bro
theirs exigence Perhaps <ae falsity Of the
position would have spurred an humber man
into the same excuses. But the estate if |
may say SO, groaned under it; our daily ex-
penseS were shorn lower and lower; the sta
bles were emptied, all but four roadsters;
servants were discharged, which raised a
dreadful murmuring IN the country and
heated up the old diSfavor upon Mr.. Henry;
and at last the yearly visit to Edinburgh
must be discontinued.
This was in 1856. You are to suppose that
for seven years this bloodsucker had been
drawing the life's blood from Durrisdeer
and that all this time my patron had held his
peace 1t was an effect Of devilish malice in
the master that he addressed Mr.. Henry alone
upon the matter OF his demands, and there
was never a word to my lord The family
mad looked on. wondering at our economies
They had lamented have no doubt, that
my patron had become so great miser,
fault always desplcable. but in the young
abhorrent. and Mr. Henry was not yet 80
years OF age Still. he had managed the bus
mess OF DurriSdeer almost from a boy; and
they bore with these changes in silence as
proud and bitter rs his own, until the coping
stone of the Edinburgh visit.
AT this time, | believe, my patron and his
wife were rarely together save at meals I'm
mediately Oh the back of Col Burke's an.
nouncement Mr., Henry made palpable ad
vances. you might say she mad laid sort OF
timid court TO her husband, different indeed
from her former manner OF unconcern and
distance | never had the heart TO blame
Mr. Henry because he recoiled from these ad
vances, nor yet to censure the wife, when she
was cut to the quick by their rejection But
the result was an entire eStrangement. so
that ras say they rarely spoke except at
meals Even the matter of the Edinburgh
visit was first broacned at table, and it
CHANGED that Mrs. Henry was that day ailing
and querulouS She had no sooner under
stood her husbands meaning than the red
flew in her face.
"At last she CRIED this is too muchl
| Heaven knows what pleasure | have in my
| life that | should be denied my only consola-
ton These shameful proclivities must be
trod down, we are already mark and an
| eyeSore in the neighborhood, ! will not en-
| dure this fresh insanity
Il cannot afford it," says Mr. Henry.
"Affordf" she cried For shame! But
| have money OF my owll.'
That is all mine, madame, by marriage"
he snurIed and instantly left the room.
My old lord threw up his hands to heaven,
and he and his daughter, Withdrawing to the
| chimney, gave me broad hint to be gone. |
found Mr Henry in his usual retreat, the
/ stewards room, perched on the end OF the
table and punging his penIinife into it, with
a very ugly cnurtenance
"Mr. Ferry said |, you do yourself too
much injustice ana " Is time this should
cease"
"OhT cries he nobody minds here They
think it only natural. have shameful pro-
clivities am niggardIy dog" and he
| drove MS knife up to the hilt. But will
show that fellow" he cried, with an oath, Il
will show him which is the more generous"
This is no generosity" said |. this is only
pride"
DO you think want moralityp he asked
| thought lie wanted help, and | should
| give it HIM, willy-nilly; and no sooner was
Mrs. Henry gone to her room than | pre-
| sented myself at her door and sought admit
lance.
| She openly showed her wonder What
| do you want with me, Mr. Mackellar7" said
| she.
The Lord knows, madam" says l. 81
! have never troubled you before with any free
doms, but this thing lies too hard upon my
| conscience, and it will out. Is it possible that
two people can be so blind as you and my
| lordi and have lived all these years with a
| noble gentleman like Mr.. Henry, and under
stand so little of his naturel"
What does this meanG" she cried,
do you not know where his money goes
! to' hiS-and yours-and the money for the
very wine he does not drink at tableF' went
on To P2ris-to that man, Ti-ht thou.
| sand pounds has lie had of us in Sc en- years,
and my patron fool enough to keep it secretr
Eight thousand poundsl" she repeated
1t Is impossible, the estate is not sufficient"
God knows how we have sweated far
| things to produce it," said l. But eight
thousand and sixty is the sum, beside odd
| NhIllInSS And if YOU can think my patron
misery after that, this shall be my last inter
ference"
You need say no more Mr. Mackelar,r
said she You have done most properly in
what you too modestly call your interfer-
ence am much to blame; you must think
me indeed a very unobservaut wife"-look.
ing upon me with strange smilel-"but !
shall put this right at once The master was
always of very thOughtleSS nature; but his
heart is excellent; he is the soul of gener-
oSity. | shall write to him myself You
cannot think how you have panied me by
this communication.
Indeed, madame, had hoped to have
pleased you" said [, for | ragged to see her
still thin king of the master
And pleased" said she, land pleased me
of course"
That same day Il will not say but what