Morning journal and courier., 1894-03-31

lnteneeiy repule1Fe; insieted Miss %
ventry.
"Qaits so, LlIibridse, when your wealth
and my position are considered. here ID
the absurd situation: Along come q cou-
pie Of university professors, one Q geolo-
sist and the other o acknowledgements
| cally q stone sorter and O miner; and be-
| cause you made q little of your wealth out
OF mining stocks you let these low minded
creatures into your Office, into your house,
then into your confdsnce a. to how much
You could divide between them In case
they carried of Cecil and Janet; and the
thing is done. Not while mind and rea-
son hold their imperial sway, Mr.. Lap
"What is . university professor, any.
howr inquired Miss Cornelis Coventry,
with partly closed, contemplative eyes and
contemptuous tremble of her thin little
face.
"You may well ssk, sister A most psr-
tnent query. I will answer. An insult
fersbly egotistical ninny to begin with;
and driveling old paupsr at the end.
And Lilllbridge Lsplock would conspire
to give his own child and his own ward
such fate as thisl"
Poor, little, poddy, kind hearted LilH-
bridge Lsplock always went to the wall in
| conflicts with the Lsplock mind, and was
now rapidly growing uneasy and very red
In the face.
"But, my dear, what shall We DOR he
apologetically fsltersd.
"What shall we dol Oh. of course; GER
tainly. Just like q mani" retorted Mrs.
Lsplock. rising In agitation and striding
up and down the room rs though II were Q
rostrum and Miss CornelIa her audience.
'sThst's the man of 1t, precisely. Precipi-
tate calamity; invite ruin; reach the very
edge of abyssmAl disgrace;-then appeal
to bis helpmeet; to woman; to mind.
Rescued from his peril, what does he DOR
This was so direct and fervfd an appeal
to Cornelia Coventry, as audience, that
she promptly replied:
"Goes straight and tells some other man
what Q wonderful mansger he is.'
''Exaetlyl exactly" repeated Mrs. Lsp.
lock With ecorn.
"And she who has guided, directed,
counseled and saved remains unrequited
and unknown!" insisted Miss Coventry
with much feeling.
"oh. don't, my desrsi 1 swear 1
WON'T" pleaded Mr.. Laplock, ncu re-
duced to q state of capitulstion at any
terms, 1if you'll just suggest, Mre. Lap
lock; and We can have things sort of-of
pleasant and comfortable here at Rosemary
villa. Like old times, you know" con-
tinued Mr.. Laplock with an appealing look
to his wife.
"rhen, Lilllb-idge-actl Lst mind and
determination have their imperial sway.
As executive officer of the Patchwork
league. secretary of the Clswtalkon circle,
financial secretary of the Ferosis society,
president of the Suffrage Persusders, and
press promoter of the Society for the Cure
of Crippled CANNES, my motto In the
cause has always been: Mind and sction;
think and do; touch and go; explore and
explode. Do you understsnd, Lillibridgef"
"Quits, my dear. Sort of .s-ss-s-
Bsngr movement, l suppose. But just
this particular easel You know the girls
have told as that the professors. poor fell
lowsl will call at Rosemary villa this very
week for our consent to their marriage"
Zone year In continental traysll That
will divert. divest, divide.p
"Whenf" gasped Mr.. Lsplock, feebly
Tomorrow. Cecil and Janet are at
Brighton now. / will send them q dis
patch desiring them to Join rs at Folkss-
tone tomorrow evening, on the assur-
ancs that We have pleasant news for
them. 1t doesn't matter what they think
To sensible young women . years CONT.
mental travel. with all Its opportunities
for observation and alliance, should be .
delightfui outlook. You will please at
tend to the necessary arrangements at
once, Mr.. Lsplock."
"Antoinette Won Houler Coventry Lsp-
lockI'
Mr.. Lsplock never Ilsced consecutively
together all the ancestral names of his
worthy spouse unless overwhelmed with
admiration at the tremendous operations
of the family mind, or bewildered and
| outraged at Its remorselees disregard of
Il NaalI ,r,I t-kk g.. ~
The cruel deceit about to be prscticed
| upon their daughter, Cecil, and upon bis
/ ward, Janet, botk of whom Mr.. Lsplock
loved with slmoat idolatrous devotion,
and the shameful and dishonorsble course
consequent to his two friends, Professors
Tsrbot and Rodgers of the university,
who had won an almost equal place In bis
affection through their manly character
| and real achievements In their separste
though sympathetic callings, filled him
with Indignation and alarm. Indeed Mr..
Lsplock came nearly rebelling and to the
Extraordinary point of, for the hrst time
iu his life, insisting upon his own way
In his own house.
"Mr. LiIlibridgs Lsplock-Sir!" Thii
from Mrs. Lsplock, as the poor, bad
gered little man saw the faces of tht
two sisters bent upon him In stern ant
| portentious surprise, was enough.
He at once left the ladies and bega.
hssty preparations for departure; but no
until, when quite slone, he had assusgei
his resentfui feelings In sundry hesteS
hsticufs with invisible forces, which
from the vigor of his movements, coul,
not have included less than the coucret
representative embodimepts of the Patch
work league, the Clswtslkon circle, tn
Ferosis society, the Suffrage Persusders
the Society for the Cure of Crippled Ca
mines, and the abstract Lsplock famil
! mind.
Whatever comfort he may have derive.
, from this secluded though violent form G
. relief, the next night found Rosemary viii
closed, In the hands of servants at "bosr
wages" and the Lsplock family, includln
daughter and ward, tossing upon o Chan
mel steamer on their way from Folksston
! to Boulogne.
III.