San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-01-10
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De looked at me with burning eye, and
seemed to repreSS the word upon his lips; and
| repented what ! had said, for ! saw that
while he spoke of the estate he had still
side Thought to his marriage. And then, Of
n he twitched the letter from his
poc.,r where il lay all crumpled. smoothed
it violently on the table, and read these
words to me with trembling tongue my
dear Jacob-this is how he beginsr cries
he My dear Jacob, once called you so,
you may remember, and you have now done
the business, and flung my heels as high as
Criffel What do you think of that, Mackel.
lar" says he, from an only brother' de-
clare to GOO | liked INN very well. was al
ways stanch 10 him. and this Is how he
wrteS But will not sit down under the
imputation' walking to and fro'-"l am
as good as he | am better man than he; ]
call on God to prove IT cannot give him
all the mOnStrous sum he asks. he
knows the estate to Ue Incompetent
but | will give him what have,
and it is more than be expects, have borne
all this too long See what he writes further
on read it for yourself I know you are
niggardy dog A niggardly dog l. mig
gardlyI Is that true, Mackellar' You think
it isT really thought he would have struck
me at that "Oh, you all think so Wal,
you shall see, and he shall see and God shall
see II ruin the estate and go barefoot,
shall stuff this bloodSucker let him ask all
all, and ne shall have i'll 1t is all his by
rights "Ahl" he cried. land | foresaw all
this and worse, when he would not let ME 60 ,
He poured out another glass of wine and was
about to carry it to his lips, when made so
bold as to lay finger on his arm He stopped
a moment You are right" said he, and
flung glass and all in the fireplace. Come
let US count the money
burst no longer oppose him, indeed, !
was verv much affected by the sight of so
much disorder in a man usually so controlled,
C"d we sat down together, counted the money
and made it up in packets for the greater ease
of Col Burke, who was to be the bearer
This done, Mr. Henry returned to the hall
where he and my old lord sat all night through
with their guest
A little before dawn | was called and set
out with the colonel He would scarce have
liked a less responsible convoy, for he was a
man who valued himself, nor could we af
ford him one more dignified, for Mr. Henry
must not appear with the free traders 1t
was very bitter morning of wind, and as
we went down through the long shrubbery
the colonel held himself muffled in his cloak
Sir" said |, this is a great SUN OF
money that your friend requires. | must
suppose his necessities to be very great.
I'VE must suppose so" says he, thought
dryly. but perhaps it was the cloak about his
mouth
81 am only a servant of the family" said l.
You may deal openly with me | think we
are likely to get little good by him"
My dear man." said the colonel, "Ballan
trae is gentleman of the most eminent nat
ural abilities, and man that admire and
that revere, to the very ground he treads
on" And then he seemed to me to pause
like one in a difficulty
But for all that" said |, I'VE are likely
to get little good by him."
Sure, and you can have it your own way.
my dear man." says the colonel
By this time we had come to the side Of the
creek where the boat awaited him well,
said he, Il am sure / am very much your
debtor for all your civility, Mr.. Whatever.
your name-iS; and just as a last word, and
since you show so much intelligent interest,
will mention small circumstance that may
be of use to the family. For | believe my
friend omitted to mention that ha has the
largest pension on the Scots Fund of any
refugee i'll Paris; and it's the more disgrace
full, sir" cries the colonel, warming, because
there's not one dirty penny for myself.
He cooked MS hat at me as if had been tC
blame for this partiality, then changed again
into his usual staggering civility shook me
by the hand and set of down to the beat
with the money under his arms, and whistline
as he went the pathetic air of "Shule Aroon ,
1t was the first time | had heard that tune
was to hear it again, words and all. as YOU
shall Iearu-but | remember how that little
stave of it ran in my head after the free
traders had babe him "Wheesht, in the dell,
name, and the grating of the cars had taken
its place. and stood and watched the dawn
creeping Oh the sea and the boat drawing
away, and the lugger lying with her foresal
backed awaiting it,
ne gap made III our money was a sore ell
oarrassment, and among other consequence.
1t had this: That must ride to Edinburgh
and there raise new loan on very question
able terms to keep the old afloat. and wa.
thus, for close upon three weeks absent from
the house of Durrisdeer.
What passed in the interval had none r.
tell me, but | found Mrs Henry, upon nv
return, much changed in her demeanor: the
Old talks with my lord for the most part
pretermitted; a certain depreciation visible
toward her husband, to whom | thought
she addressed herself more often, and for
one thing, she was now greatly wrapped up
in Miss Katharine, her daughter You would
think the change was agreeable to Mr.. Henry
No such matter To the contrary, every cir
cumstance Of alteraAln was stab to him
He read III each t39 avowal of her truant
tancies-that consistency To the master of
which she was proud. while she supposed him
dead she bad 10 hluSh for NOW Sha Imam he