The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-07-06

| Yea lad. GO said he, laying his
hand on my shoulder, 'and I'll so wi
tha'
| We entered the dining room together.
| Steinhardt stood on the hearth rug. He
frowned and pulled his great mustache
on seeing Birley and me.
Il wish to speak to Mr.. Unwin pri-
| yately, Jim." he said.
"Well' said Birley, I've come to be
Il sort Of interpreter, Manuel, lest you,
being foreigner like, leastways not al
together English yet, mightn't under
stand some things an Englishman like
my friend here would very likely say.
You see. Manuel, for one thing, you
don't seem to understand that an En-
glsh clergyman is not the turnkey you
may get pastor Of the Fatherland to
be You mustn't say, Cone hcrcr and
DO this" or Don't do that" without
any rhyme and reason but your own
high and mighty will. That may be
Pismarckian, Manuel but it's not Eng
lish. An Englishnlan would SAY. You
be Id sit Who are you talking to?
A dog at your heels pas. l dare say
my friend here would say if he didn't
happen to be a parson."
All this. l could see, was the rankest
offence to Steinhardt, while Birley un-
conscious Of harm. went largely along
When you've quite done, Jim said
the brother-in-law
"Eh?' said Birley. as if he caught
family distant interrupting sound
Perhaps. Mr.. Birley," said |. Il had
letter hear what Mr. Steinhardt wishes
to say to me.
Yes. Of course" said he, and impos-
ed an unwelcOme silence upon himself
Il only wish to tell you. Mr. Unwin."
said Steinhardt, looking hard at me-
since you have seen Il good deal Of
my ward, Miss LacroiX" (Birley evil
IDENTITY chafed at that especially late
ly, l understand. and since it may have
entered your head that some time she
might make you a beautiful wife,
wish to tell you that you must give up
thinking anything Of the sort, because
she Is going to marry my son. Frank"
''Oh. that be id for tale. Man
uel.' exclaimed Birley, before l could
say word.
VIII you be quiet, Jim:' said Stein
hardt with restrained voice, but glar
ing eyes, and that apoplectic. purplish
flush suffusing head and face, which
had only seen once before.
Nay, lad" said Birley; that point
on which | nun ha' my say. Before
you tell anybody Louise is going to
marry Frank. you must get the consent
OF ut least three people-the gil her
self. your son, and her other guard
ian, that's me- Steinhardt looked at
him in nnfeigned surprise. but he went
on: Your son, that's our affair, o:
course: but the girl, that's partly mine:
and l shall not see Paul's Louise en-
gagged to marry anybody against her
own wish and liking
Liking" scoffed Steinhardt What
has liking to do with it? Liking
should come after marriage. with a
proper. modest girl, not go before
That may be your foreign way. Man
uel. but it's not our English way, nor
cur Lancashire way nowther."
"Confound your lancashire" cried
Steinhardt
If it had not been for Lancashire.
my lad." said Birley. thoroughly reused,
You wouldn't be the big man you
are!'
Are you mad" exclaimed Stein
hardt. striding ur and down the hearth
rug. and glaring from Birley to me.
You shall repent this! Mr. Unwin, l
had better have Il talk with you an
other time"
! took this rs dismissal, and was
going:
Irwin. bidc. lad" said Birley. II
want you to be witness of what have
to say: l may as well say it now:
It's been bound to come for long
while. You see that man there-that
foreigner, that German-that grinds
our Lancashire folk small under his
great clumsy boot. and that threatens
now to ruin that's what he means
by saying I'll repent this-I took him
into my Office when he was raw lad,
with no recommend but that he was
willing to work; l gave him better
place IN my print works: l was his
friend; 1 treated him like a brother.
The dear old mans voice well-nigh
broke: 1t was not pleasant to see the
unrelenting. uncOmpromising malignity
with which Steinhard listened. Il
gave him money to get him partner
ship with Paul -
Which paid back interrupted
Steinhardt.
"Ay. lad" said Birley, 'you paid me
back more than that; you paid me
back for all | did in your own way
you took my print works from me
--'
Your own mad extravaganza did
that"
You set my friend Paul against me-"
continued Birley. waving away his i'll
terruptlon; you've got my othe.' shop
now almost into your hands 80
Your bad management has done
that
You've done with Pauls money as
II i We're your own; and you've pro-
pcstd tO me that | should agraa t. your
taking that 100000 of the law SUIT from
his girls fortune