Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-12-14

OF little accounts, and tradesmcn besieged
my doors or lay in wait for me on the
street. Altogether the outlook was very
black, or at best dun colored. Many q
night sat in my rooms gloomily smolI-
ing my pipe and reviewing the situation,
but l could only see one way out of my
difficulties.
My debts were so large that could new
err hope q pay them unaided, and where
was that aid to come from? Not from my
father, who had no money to spare. The
Irish property of Kilproctor, from which
the chief title Of our house is derived, is
situated in particularly lawlcss corner
of the country, the inhabitants of which
always had Il rooted objection to paying
anybody, and latterly under the Land
League they have evaded their legal obliga-
tions in the most shameless manner, SO
that most of them owe arrears of rent
which they can never hope and never in
tend to pay. In fact, the Kilproctor cs
tates might as well be in Spain as in Ire
land for all the money my father gets out
Of them. No. 1t is useless to appeal to
him, and equally so to Cumbcrground
who was in debt himself. Obviously there
was only one course to pursue-I should
have to marry money.
hoiroe T', ItSU 10 c''Iol my
i,o,d ,, 'Iilt" nIiClo ~ 10y my
disposed to lool; kindly on me- had been
acquainted with them for about year.
and l had already paid them certain
amount OF attention, for the ideas Of Il
wealthy marriage had always been more or
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tnnps had -, - w. ,,I,,O '',t'L fo,
MI 80 Leu, ''''' 'I'''
rI,n u'',,,
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- 'p IVA ny '''-'
fhc deceased NcrrIcIz and the docoosol
Slurr had ornbhod IN some rrr,o.o l.,
tlcir time. and their daI,rhtcrs wore mn.
doubtrd catches - Which sboI,Id strivo
TO Iandy Miss NTorricl, y.os ,,,,rh tbc rr,+.
tier of the two, Int she was also tbn dIlor
and had more KNOWLEDGE Of thc world
more suitors, and n bcttcy idea If nor own
value. could see that sho would rp1,,iro
skillruI handIinr. and Darb9Ds moro tfmo
than | had RI my. disposaI Misc Slrco on
the Other bor-l yvos rr,,, romantic rather
sbv and not nortiruIorIy rInyrr
Sbcyyos NOT wet of moo and sbo had coon
LITTLE of socicty of any SORT ITcr r,tbnr
diving soon after sbo left school sbo had
NOT Cntrrnd thc world fin sbn ,,,, On and
her aunt. with whom She lived had no
CORY cr,,,,,d oc,,u,ir+.,r,ooe NJ, -. ,--,,r
likely to stand mo in bnttcr etc3d wifi, bo,
than with Miss Mcrricl, who bod moro
than one eldest son bovcrin, in bnr train
Above all, Miss since noss@ssnd zoo OOO
and Miss Nerricl; only ESQ coo THAT soft
tied it, As bod made nm INV mind IN
disposc of n share in tbo Tvmnrt nosno II
was nv obyious dutv to ret tho HIGHEST
available price for it. Nv honorable prido
would not allow me to dEnrcciotc it's Tolno
by taking $50. COO when icould ret 91OO.-
600 And So I decided on Miss SIurp
| need not dyvclI unon NV courtsbin tbo
course of which was ne smooth and nm
troubled rs n canals If was also about
as dull. For three months if flowed nIo-
cidly ON. and tbnn nronosnd and wae oc-
ccptcd, But we kent oIir on n,rrment CO
crrt. and even nrrsuodod Miss Slur,, to
consent TO n nriyatc marriorc She had
wondered o. NV reoucst and had made a