Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-08

government, o demand for economy
and the wording Of his contracts hay
ing been differently rendered frot
what willemott had supposed thei
meaning ~ he, large items had bee
struck out Of his balance sheet, an
instead Of being A millionaire he wa
now n gentleman with a handsom
property Belem castle had beef
sohl. ana be now lited at Richmond
as lIospitable as ever, and was con
sidered great addition to the neigh
brhood. took the earliest oppof
tunity of going down TO see him.
"Oh, my dear Reynolds, this |
really kind Of you TO come withou
invitation. Your room IL ready an,
bed we'll aired, for II was slept Il
three nights ago. Come. Mrs Willie
mott will be delighted 10 see you"
found the girls still unmarried
but they were yet young. The whole
family appeared as contented ant
happy and as friendly as before. w
sat down to dinner at o'clock. tn,
footman and coachman attended
The dinner was good, but not by The
artistic extraordinaire.
praised everything. YES" re
piled he, she Ia a very good cook
she unites the solidity of the Englist
with the delicacy of the French fare
and altogether I think it a decided
Improvement. Jane is quite treas
ure." After dinner he observed: "Oi
course you know / have sold Belem
castle and reduced my establishment.
Government has not treated me fair.
ly, but ! am at the mercy of commits.
sioners, and body of men will do
that which as individuals they would
be ashamed of.
'"The fact is, the odium is borne by
no one in particular, and it Is only
the sense of shame which keeps us
honest, / am afraid. However, here
you see me, with comfortable for
tune, and always happy to see my
friends, especially my old schoolfel-
low. Will you take port or claret;
the port is very fine, and 30 is the
elaret. BY the bye, do you know
I'll let you into a family secret
Louisa is to be married to Colonel
excellent match 1t has
made us all happy"
The next day we drove out, not in
an open carriage, as before, but in
chariot and with a pair of horses.
These are handsome horses" OBJ
l.
Yes" replied he, II am fond of
good horses, and as only keep pair
have the best. There is q certain
legree of pretension in four horses ]
10 not much like-it appears as if
you wished to overtop your neigh
)ors."
! spent a few very pleasant days
md then quit his hospitable roof. "A
evere cold, caught that winter, in
luced me to take the advice of the
and proceed to the south
II France, where ! remained two
ears. On my return l was informed
hat Willemott had speculated and
lad been unlucky on the Stock Ex-
hange; that he had left Richmond
nd was now living Mt Clapham. The
lext day ] met him near the ex-
hange.
Reynolds, am happy to see you.
thompson told me that you had come
ack. If not better engaged, como
own to see me. l will drive you
own at 4 o'clock If that will suit"
1t suited me very well, and at 4
clock met him according to ap-
at a livery stable over the
ron Bridge. His vehicle was ordered
ut. Itwas a phaeton drawn by two
ing tailed ponies-altogether a very
eat concern. We set Off at q rapid
ace.
They step out well, don't theyi
70 shall be down in plenty of time
put on a pair of shoes by 8 o'clock,
hich is our dinner time. Late din
ers don't agree with me-they pro-
ice indigestion. or course you
now that Louisa has little boy"
did not but congratulated him.
Yes, and has now gone out to In
a with her husband. Mary is also ,
gagged to be married-a very good ,
atch-a Mr.. Rivers, in the law. He ,
" been called to the bar this year
I'd promises well. They will be a ,
tie pinched at first, but we must
0 what we can do for them"
We stopped at a neat row Of houses.
'orget the name, and rs we drove
the servant, the only manservant, ,
me out and took the ponies round :
the stable, while the maid received ,
y luggage and one or two paper ,
gs containing Q few extras for the /,
casion. was met with the same
'rmth as usual by Mrs. willemott. :
10 house was small. but very neat !
10 remnants of former grandeur
peared here and there in one or
o little articles. favorites of the
ly. We sat down at o'clock to a n
lin dinner and were attended by >
footman who had rubbed down !,
ponies and pulled ON his livery. =
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