Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-09-20
CHAPTER v.
run sourRE EXPLAINS rHr rosrrrt


al don't know what Is coming to this
country, | really don't. and that's a fact"
said the squire to his companion. after they
had walked some PAGES IN silence. "Here Is
this farm, the Moat farm. IL fetched twenty
Ave shillings an acre when | was a young
man, and eight years ago IL used 70 fetch
thirty-five. Now have reduced IL, and re-
duced u, 70 fifteen, just in order 70 keep the .
tenant And what Is the end OF III Janter .
he's the tenant--gave notice last Michael I
mas; but that stupid owl, George, said ii \
was all nothing. and that he would continue I
at fifteen shillings when the time came And 4
now tonight he comes 10 me with a face ne
long q arm, and says that Janter
,rx~x. y price. and that ss does
not he It's quite heart breaking that's
what IL Ia. Three hundred acres of good,
sound, food producing land, and no tenant
Tor 1t at fifteen shillings an acre. What am
TO dor
Cant you take il in hand and farm IL
yourselfT' asked Harold.
How can take IL in handi I have one
farm OF n hundred and Atty acres In hand as
IL Ia Do you know what 1t would cost TO
take over that farm and he stopped in his
walk and stuck his st,vg into the ground
"'ren pounds an acre, every farthing OF it,
and say thousand for 10 covenants-about
four thousand pounds IN all. Now where
am TO get four thsisasd pounds 10 specu.
late with In that way, for it is a speculation,
and one which am too old 10 look after my
self, even IL | had the knowledgel Well,
thers you are, and now I'll say good night,
sir. It's getting chilly, and ! have felt my
chest for the last year OF two by the way,
| suppose shall SEQ yun to-morrow at this
tennis party Of ldas all very well for
Ida 10 60 in for her tennis parties, but how
can think Of such thir,s with all this worry
on my handsl Well, = I'd night, Col Quar-
/ itch, good night" and turned and walked
away through the moo hit
/ Harold Quartch wat ed him 10 and then
started of home.
+ He entered the house, and having told
/ Mrs Iobson that shs c,,uld go 20 bed sat
/ down TO smoke and thi Harold Quaritch
\ was, liks many soiitar, men, great smoker.
and never did he feel u, need Of the conso-
lation OF tobacco NOR than he did this
night A few months ago, when he had re
tired from the army, be found himself in a
great dilemma Theirs ho was. a hale. active
man OF three and forty Of busy habits and
regular mind, suddenly thrown upon the
world without occupation. What was he to
do with himselff While he was asking him
self this question aud whiting blankly for an
answer which did not voalc, his aunt, old
Mrs Massey. departed this life. leaving him
heir to what she possessed-it might be thres
hundred a year IN all This, added 20 his
pension and the little that he owned
independently. put him beyond the
necessity ~ secking further employ
ment No he hAd made up bis mind
10 come to reside ut Molehil. aud live the
quiet, somewhat aimless life Of u small coun
try gentleman His reading-for he was a
great reader. especially OF scientific works
would, he thought, keep him employed, $50
ing that In addition 10 reading he was thor
ough sportsman, and an ardent, though ow-
ing to the smallness of his means, necessarily
not q very extensive. collector OF curiositiss,
and more particularly OF coins
At FIRST after he had come to his decision,
feeling OF infinite rest and satisfaction had
taken possession OF him. The struggle OF
life was over for him No longer would he
be obliged to think, and c0ntrive. and toll
henceforth his days would slope gently down
toward the inevitable end Trouble lay ia
the past, now rest and rest alone awaited
him, rest that would gradually grow deeper
and deeper as the swift years rolled by, till It
was swallowed up in that almighty peace 10
which, being a simple and religious man. hs
had looked forward from childhood rs ths
end and object Of his life.
Foolish man and vain imaginingl Here,
while We draw breath. there Is no rest. We
must go ON continually, on from strength to
strength, or weakness TO weakness. We must
always be troubled about this or that. and
must ever have this 20 desire or that TO re-
greet IL is an inevitable Law within Whose
attraction all must fall. yes, even the pureSt
souls, Graded In their bopa Of heaven, and
the most swinish, wallowing in this mud OF
their gratified aesires
And 10 our hero had already begun TO find
out Here, before be had been forty ghi
hours in Honham. fresh cause OF troas!s
had arisen. he had seen Ida de la Molls
again, and after an interval OF between i've
and six years had found her face yet mort
charming than he had before In short he
had fallen in love with IL. and being a
sensible man, be did not conceal this fact
from himself Indeed, the truth was that he
had been in love with her all these years,
though be had never looked at the matter ia
that light. At the least the pyre had been
gathered and laid. and did but acquire the
touch Of the match 10 burn np merrily
enough. And now this was supplied, and al
the nrst glance OF Ida's eyes the magic flame
began 10 HAS and crackle. and be knew thai
nothing short Of q CONFUSION 81 dsiuge
would put IL oat
Men of the stamp OF Harold Quaritch
generally pass through three stages with
reference to the other sex They begin In
their youth by making u goddess of one Of
them, and finding out their mistake Then
for many years they look upon woman as
the essence and incarnation OF all evil and a
thing no more To be trusted than . jaguar.
Ultimately, however. this folly wears itself
out-prohably in proportion as the old affec-
tinn fades and dies away-and Is replaced by
contempt and regret that 50 much should
have been wasted on that which was so little
worth. Then II is that the danger comes,
for then man puts forth bis second venture,
puts IL forth with fear and trembling, and
with no great hope OF seeing golden Asgosy
sailing into port And II IL sinks or is driven
back by adverse winds and frowning skies.
then there 10 an end of his Legitimate dealings
with such frail merchandise
And now he, Harold Quaritch, was about
10 put forth this second venture, not of bis
own desire or free will indeed, but because
his reason and Judgment were overmastered
In short, TO put il briefly he had fallen in
love with Ida de la Noble when he first saw
her iye years ago, and was now In tine process
OF discovering the fact There be sat in hts
chair In the old. half furnished room, which
he proposed 20 turn into his dining room, and
gnoaned in spirit over this portentous dis
Govern. What had become of his fair prns-
pect OF quiet years sloping gently downward,
and warm with the sweet. drowsy light q
afternoonf How was It that he had not
known those things that belonged 20 his
peacei And probably il would end in nothing
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