The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-09

sis to fear the uniformed dangers of
visionary possibility.
The Pentreaths had ever been a strong
Wllled, hard-handed race, with the inevi-
table black sheep mixed in among the
winter heeces. There had been bold buc-
cancers in times past, and Capt. Bobadils
ana soldiers OF fOrtune-men who sWOre
horribly in Flanders, and who fought for
the side that paid the best, irrespective
OF Its merits-but the last who had suf-
fered the penalty of his msdeeds had been
Herberts own uncle Godfrey his faith
er's elder brother-he who had murdered
Matt Hoyte, Marjorie's father, for jeaI-
engaged to pretty May Wrightson or ever
he went to India? And did he not find
on his return that she had Tilted him and
might say, burt as tight and fast as a
church-on the sly or in the open, as it
might be?
And Godfrey, being a wild sort of man,
az once dour and passionate, revenged
himself on his more fortunate rival by
cutting short the thread which had crossed
his own-shooting Matt on sight, and then
browning himself in Mounts Bay. His
body had never been found, but his coat
and hat and sGick were all on the sea-
shore, while his sinful battered corpse
was tossed about by the wild Atlantic
waves-for indeed where else could If he?
This affair had created more than a SEN
saton down at Summer-Leas and the
country round about, and the loudest and
most forward to denounce it was Her
berts FATHER, old Herbert" as he was
now. generally called. He had no word too
hard to fling at the pecant brother whose
foul crime had sulled the family annals
as they had never been sullied before
He had been active in helping on this mar
riage, too, for he had had the younger
brothers jealousy of his elder AS lads
they had fought and struggled together.
as men they had been rivals on more fields
than one; and, truth to say, Herbert, who
had remained in England reading for the
bar, while Godfrey had gone with his
regiment to India, was not sorry to play
rrtrf ri oh -.
to pretty May Wrightson, helping on the
marriage which would be such a blow
to the man he hated, and which would
take all the sweetness out of his Gun of
life forever. He had not forseen the con-
sequences. Had he done so perhaps he
would have hesitated; for murder has an
ugly sound in virtuous country place.
and a murder and suicide combined do nor
tend to raise the repute of a county fam
ily sun, there it was, and the deed once
done cannot be recalled. The past is as
true as the present, and it's vices and
virtues, its mistakes and it's well-doing
remain unaltered by time and untouched
in their effects by repentance.
Herbert had effectuaMy helped Matt
Hoyte to cross his brothers path and
that act could not be undone; and Geoff-
rey had revenged himself in grim fashion
enough on. the thief who had stolen his
treasure. And that act, no more than
the other could now be recalled-with ali
fringe thereto.
Herbert Pentreath," repeated the Her
nit in the same threatening voice. and
with the same gloomy kind of hatred in
his eyes. THE eldest son of the other
Herbert?" he asked again.
Yes" said Rhaicos making a step for
Back sir!" shouted the Hermit "a
step nearer, and by the Lord IN set the
dog on you! A better beast than either
you or your father. he shall tear the
whelp's life out of your
who are you, to speak like this of nv
father" said Herbert, his young mans
pride of loyalty in arms and afiame.
who am II was the savage retort
Like my dog, better man than he Oh
/ know him. he added, bitterly mo
matter who l am, but I know Herbert
Pentreath well enough; and / know Of
him that he is bad-bad from the crown
of his head to the sole of his footr'
This phrase he muttered himself in a
half-lost, half-furious way, his ewes fixed
on vacancy, but blazing like balls of fire
beneath his penthouse brows Then he
seemed to reconsider himself and looked
again at sweet Marjorie whose hand was
still in both of his, pressed as in a. vice
For her sake he said; "all for YOU
and for you only
For her sake. what? Her young hus-
band spared? This strange and unac-
countable animosity, so far kept under
that he would do the boy no harn1-for
her sake. Marjorie's heart beat with re-
verish anxiety, but she controlled ali out
ward. expression bravely, and with a
little press on those hard strong palms
she said gently: I'VE have intruded on
you long enough now-we will CO.
Come again." said the Hermit Not
you" he suddenly roared to Herbert: "but