The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-24


Grape on the door knob and said with salts
faction:
"There-he 10 as comfortable now - We can
make him In the circumstances. Except-yee.
we must strain . point there-ons must do
as one would wish to be done by-he must
have IT,"
"iinvo what. dearT
"Hatchment."
The wife felt that the house front was stand
Ing about all 1t could we'll stand in that way:
the prospect Of another stunning decoration
OF that nature distressed her. and she wished
the thing had not occurred to him. She said.
hesitatingly:
But Thought such An honor a. that wasn't
who"
Right. you are quito right my lady. per-
feetly right; but there aren't any nearer rela-
tives than relatives by usurpation. We can
not avoid IT. We nre slaves OF aristocratio GUS
tom. and must submit"
The Indictments were unnecessarily gener-
Gus. each being as large as q blanket and
they were unnecessarily volcanic, too. as to
variety and violence Of color. but they pleased
the EarIs barbaric eye. and they satisfied his
taste for symmetry and completeness. too.
for they left no waste room to speak OF on the
house front.
ALuuS AoSo"OE0 ouu uuu8ueOt oooAo'ou
at tho sitting up till near midnight and
helped the gentlemen to consider what
ought to be done next with the remains.
Rossmore thought they ought to be sent
home-with committee and resolutions-at
once. But the wife was doubtful. She said:
Would you send all OF tho baskets"
"Oh. yes; ALL"
IAN at oncep"
ITO his father? Oh. no: BY no means.
Think OF the shock. No. one ut time: break
1t to him by degrees"
would that have that effect. father3'
& "Yes my daughter. Remember you are
young and elastic. but he is old. To send him
the whole at once might we'll DO more than he
time. with restful intervals between. he would
be used to it by the time he got all Of him.
And sending him in three ships is safer. any.
wav. on account OF wrecks and storms"
II don't like the idea. father. II I were his
father It would be dreadful to have him COM
ing at that-that-"
"On the installment plan." suggested Haw-
kins. gravely. and proud Of being able to help.
"Yes-dreadful to have him coming in that
incoherent way. There would be the strain OF
suspense upon me all the time. TO have SO
depressing thing az funeral impending.
delayed. waiting. unaccomplished-"
oIls NO. my CItIIus ohlu tio I<6IIs T06BbuE.
inely: there would be nothing Of that kind:
so old gentleman could not endure long
drawn suspense like that There will be three
funerals"
Lady Rossmors looked up surprised. and
said:
How 10 that going to mako It easier for
him? It's total mistake. to my mind. He
ought to be buried all at once: I'm sure
Of it"
II should think so. too" said Hawkins.
And certainly should" said the daughter.
You are all wrong" said the Earl You
will see it yourselves. IL you think. Only one
Of these baskets has got him in it"
Very we'll. then" said Lady Rossmore:
"the thing is perfectly simple-bury that
one''
Certainly" said Lady Gwendolen.
But 1t is not simple" said the Earl. "be-
cause we do not know which basket he Is In.
We know he is in one OF them. but that is all
We do know. You see now. I reckon. that
was right. It takes three funerals: there Is
no other way"
And three graves and three monuments
and three inscriptions?" asked tho daughter.
Well-yes-to do 1t right That is what I
should do
1T could not be done So father. Each OF
the inscriptions would give the same name
and the same facts. and say he was under each
and all OF these monuments and that would
not answer at all"
The Earl nestled unyomfortably in his chair.
NO." he said. that is an objection. That
is a serious objection. see no way out"
There was q general silence for u while.
Then Hawkins said:
ut seems to me that II we mixed the three
qualifications together"
The Earl grasped him BY the h and and shook
It gratefully.
ut solves the whole problem" he said
lone ship. one funeral. one grave. one monu-
ment--it Is admirably conceived. It does you
honor. Major Hawkins: it has relieved me OF
a most painful embarrassment ana distress.
and 1t will save that poor. stricken old father
much suffering. Yes. he shall 60 over in one
basket"
"When" asked the wife.
Observation-Disclosures Of course"
II would wait. Mulberry"
"Wait? Why?"
"You don't want to break that childless old
mans heart"
God knows don't!
'Then wait till he sends for his sons re-
mains. II you do that. you will never have to
give him the last and shsrpest pain q parent
can know-I mean the certainty that his son is
dead: for he will never send"
"Why won't he?'
Because to send-and find out the truth
would rob him OF the one precious thing left
him-the uncertainty. the dim hope that may
be. after all. his boy escaped. aud he will see
him again some day"
"why. Polly. he'll know By the papers that
he was burnt up"
HE won't let himself believe the papers.
He'll argue against anything and everything
that proves his son Is dead. and he will keep
that UP and live on 1t. and on nothing else. till
he dies. But II the remains should actua lily
come. and DO put before that poor old dim
hoping soul -
"Oh. my God. they never shall! Polly you've
saved me from crime. and I'll bless you for 1t
always Now We know what to do. Wen
place them reverently away and he shall
never know"
CHAPTER K
Tho young Lord Berkeley. with the fresh air
OF freedom In his nostrils. was feeling invinci-
bly, strong for his new career: and yet-and
yet-if the fight should prove very. very hard
ono at flrst, very discouraGlng. very taxing on
untoughened moral sinews. he might In some
weak moment want to retreat. Not likely. Of
course. but possibly that might happen. And