River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-10
HOUSE OF SWEETHEART.
How the Steward Rescued II and
Its Master from Ruin

Its Master from Ruin
Right Or vrang, it IS my house up
10 the root
The house IN question was the grand
old manor-house OF Sweetheart. a gray.
ichen-covered building of TIE DAYS of
abe Plants-cnets. ani standing in is
haif-negtected beauty among stately
old gardens FUN Of perennial yoBth and
lOveliness-
Right or wran-. II Is my house MP
10 the roof
The speaker. an old. powerfully
built man, repeated the assertion in a
tone thas might be only decisive. but
which Young Tom Sweetheart took to
be extremely offensive.
You say 50. Dykes l only know
that. "a steward Of Sweetheart. YOU
have become rich man. and that your
master las just died, reined and
5r1kenhearted
He would mo.der his money away
in daft-lilSe sPeculations- lie would
nos heed me wish he had
"And you say that he sid Sweet
heart % Won for forty thousand pounds
sterling
''Fo-<y thousand pounds AMI ether
outlying debts"
well. then. let Sweetheart 20. We
are bad lot. II seems
''With excerpts. Master Tom. Your
father was weak man. ana capped
all for being >hafiliug and stubborn,
but he was not To call baJ-indecd, no:
and 1 liked him-lovej him, i mag
say.
Then hope. DydeS that You will
never love me.
No saying; there is none to forbid
it"
You ar a scoundrel Dykes: but
ill-dOins and ill-spealling force me to
deal with You. ON what terms can l
have Sweetheart back AGAIN.
III nivir refuse any sum that pays
me for my outl"-. I'm no just daft for
Sweetheart; there are bomber bits Of
England than it Is.
You know. Dykes. you cannot buy
with any money The old Sweetheart
name ana b.o3L~
I'm not chaTerinr for them: an
other bargain would suit me better
Toms face grew dark = B; night but
there was something about Dykes
calm, solemn manner that seemed to
make anger ridiculous Tom re-
manned silent, until he could ask with
patience:
lis there anything that once be-
lOnged To Sweetheart that IL still
mime"
The twelve cottages in Whitehayen
called Lowthcr Rnw they bring in
about one hundred pound a year.
Anything cl,e'-
THAT great ring on your finger.
why dill mg father not give it away
with the llad,a Il cam. with them
Dykes looked anErilv up. and said.
king E;rhI-I gave il u the first
baron of Sweet . ,.s-t ou Tia field of As
Gallon There WAS a Byises. who saw
it given. Lluncelot Sweetheart,
knight, and Jasper Dykes, his squire"
oh, know the old story. But
what Is the ring WORTH
'ErvEttug. Master Tom; for when
all i not lost. all may bc won bscl1
again; but ami the old man bowed
his head sadIy---if honor II 81 far gone
that yOu viii sen YOUR fathers gage.
then az Is gone, indeed"
Tom looked proujIv at the great IN
cut sapPhires, ana said.
Not 50; 4 is my gage to the old
home. Ill win II back. if fair fortul
comes To fair cndeavor. Nav. ~1u.ge.-
than sell Il. I would let YOU have il.
Dykes: FOR Il You wrOnged ms father.
You are The first Dykes that ever
wronged Sweetheart in SIX hundred
wears, The ring must finally % with
the lands
THAT Is hut fair. King Richard
gave it rs their aries money; they
should % together"
And I have one hundred pounds a
wear. Well. that will start me in some
new country
''What need 70 leave England? uYour
Uncle reaIc will be proud enough OF
YOU lie has two thousand spinning
jennicS. and grand fortune they have
made him
when iaai and money an are spent.
The trading is most excellent.
Tom made no reply. the idea was
new n him. and he was impatient TO
end the interview. Dykes approached
him with u strange. pathetic. yearning
looll and held ont his hand. Tom shook
his heed
II can't do 81, Dykes. l see you are
ashamed and sorry. but can't do IL
''Not even for old times sake Mas
ter Tom.
NO. 10y George, That makes al
worse. When 7 was a Lad we went all
over the hills together. shooting aud
fishing. and told vog AN mv school
and love >.rapc> aud .hougEt there
never was such true. noble old fell
low. Its tor bai-it's too bad. Dykes;
but, indeed. ! am >orrier for You than
for myself to-day lie went rapidly
ont o. the room but turned back few
moments afterwarl t. say: Never
mind the Whitchaven cottages; I viii
call and get latham 70 attend to them
The new master of Sweetheart cannot
be the old ones agent
Dykes made NO answer: his arms
We're across the table and his head in
them Tom almost believed that he
was crying and for one moment was
tempted - s,v kinder farewell But
he did not. ai:J on further reflection
was glad he did not Indeed. he
rather cou-rat tut 8ted himself upon the
temperate way IN VIII n ne had taken
the shameful wrong done him: for
Tom. at this time. could imagine no
circumstances in which 1t would have
been right for such an old servant of
Sweetheart 10 sit as master in its halls.
DYKES suggestion. however. about
MS Uacle Peale appeared 10 b. good
one snt he determined to go 10 see
nm 6efc-s ne maIe any other move.
what kind q a man he might be Tom
mad not the least idea. for In III 1se DAYS
people did not distribute photographs
broadcast and a cotton spinner was an
unknown person IN Toms little world
ne found him very imposing looking
man. tail, stout, blonde, with his hands