San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-10-20
A SET OF ROGUBS.
Continued from Sixth page.

how by such delay Mr.. Goodwin s resent
ment would have abated and he have
been willing to listen to argument in the
stewards favor; how we should have
made Simon more eager than ever to
serve us in order to condone his late Of
Tense, and how by abusing our oppor-
tunities we had changed this useful
servant to a dangerous enemy whose
sole endeavor must be to undo US and
recover his former position, etc. ''Why,
what have we to fear of this miserable
old mani" says I. "Unless he fetch
Mrs. Goodwin from Barbary, he cannot
disprove Moll's right to the estate, and
what else can he do?'
"There's the mischief of it," answers
he. " 'Tis because you know not how
he may attack you that you have no
means of defending yourself. IT'S ever
the unseen trif1e in our path which trips
us up" And dismissing this part of the
subject with bunch of his shoulders
he advises me seriously to sell as many
more farms as 1 may for ready money
and keep it in some secret convenient
corner where / may lay hands on it at
moments warning.
This discourse coming atop of
nights i'll rest depressed my mind to
such degree that 1 could take no in
terest in my work, but sat there in my
naked room with my accounts before
me and no spirit to cast 'em up. Nor
was much happier when / gave up
work and returned to the court. For,
80 o.
than usual for dinner, Moll's treatment
of me was none of the best, she being
particularly perverse and contrary, she
having dressed herself in her best in ex-
pectatiOn Of her lovers return, and he
not coming, when at last she permitted
supper to be diShed. We were scarcely
seated, however, when she springs up
with a cry Of joy and runs from the
room, crying she hears her Richards
step, which was indeed true, though we
had heard nothing more pleasant than
the rattle OF our plates.
Presently they come in all radiant
with happiness, hand i'll hand, and
thenceforth naught but sweetness and
mirth ON the part Of Mistress Mol, who
before had been all frown and pout. At
supper Mr.. Goodwin tells us how his
sweetheart hath certainly dispelled the
clouds that have hung so long over him,
he having heard in London that Sir
Peter Lely, having seen one of his
pieces, desires to see him at Hatfield,
where he is painting, ON good business,
and to Hatfield he will go to discharge
this matter before his marriage, which
pleaseth Moll less than me, l being
pleased to see he is still of the same,
stout disposition to live an active life.
In the evening he gives Moll very
beautiful ring for troth token, which
transports her with joy, so that she can
not enough caress her lover or this toy,
but falls first to kissing one and then |
,t'other in a rapture. In return she gives
him ring from her finger. " 'Tis too |
small for my finger, love" says he, |
''but will wear it against my heart as
long as it beats" After that he finds
another case and puts it in Moll's hand, |
and she, opening it, fetches her breath |
quickly and can say nothing for amaze
ment. Then, turning it in the light, |
she regards it with winking eyes, as if |
dazzled by some fierce brilliancy. Then,
closing the case as if it were too much |
for her, she lays her face upon Mr.. God |
wins breast, he having his arm about
her, murmuring some inarticulate words |
of passionate love. Recovering her ener-
gies presently, she starts up, and put
ting the case in her lovers hand she |
bids him put ON his gift, Herewith pull
ing down her kerchief to expose her |
beautiful bare neck, whereupon he |
draws from the box a diamond collar
and clasps it about her throat with
pretty speech. And truly this was gift
worthy of princess, the most beautiful |
bauble have ever seen, and must have
cost him all he had of me to the last
shilling
Dec. l0.-Finding among Simon's
quittances a bill for law expenses of one
John Pearson, attorney, at Maidstone,
concluded this must be the most trust
worthy man of his kind in the country,
and so set forth early this morning to
seek him-a tedious, long journey, and
the roads exceedingly foul By good
luck l found Mr.. Pearson at home, a
very civil, shTewd man, as | think
Having laid my business before him, he
tells me there viii he no difficulty in
dividing the estate according to the
wish of Mr. Goodwin and Mol, which
may be done by simple deed of agree
ment, and this ho promises to draw up
and send to us for signature in q couple
of days. But to get the seal to Moll's
succession will not be such AN easy mat
ter, and unless we are willing to give
e700 or $500 in fees we may be
kept waiting year, with the chance of
being put 10 greater expense to prove
our right, for he tells me the court and
all about it are so corrupt that no min
lister is valued if he do not, by straight