The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29
BY ROBERT BARR.
[c0pyright, 1896, by Robert Barr.l
CHAPTER ".

Barnard Hope, commonly known as
barney, never quite got over his sur
prise at finding himself the son Oh
James Hope and Euphemia, his WIFE
James Hope, the junior member of the
firm OF MonAton &, Hope, was an I'M
der-sized man, with a touch of badness
and an air of constant apology. He
seemed to attach a mental string to
every hesitating opinion he uttered
so that he might instantly pull it back
If necessary. Meeting him on the
street, one would take him for very
much bulIied very much under-pald
clerk in the city. In his Office he lived
in fear of his manager. at home ne
lived in fear of his wife TIE chleL
characteristic of his wife was uncon-
promising rigidity. She was hedo
taller than her husband, ana When
one met them on their way TO church
he had the meek attitude or an I'M
fortunate little boy who had been
fo,nd ont and was being taken to
church as a punishment by just ana
indignant school mistress. MIS- hope
ioinad in none of the fashionable frlV-
olities of Surbiton, where she llVeu:
She had a mission and duty TOWARD
her fellow ereatures-that is, toWaru
those who were poor, and VINO coGlu
not very well resent her patronage Sne
had an idea that if all the well-to-do
did their duty, the world would be
brighter and a better place-Whlcn
is doubtful.
We may all be more or less gratetul
that Mrs Hope has not been lhuusteu
with the task of making TINS world
over again: many interesting features
would in that case have been ellmln-
ated. Hone himself was not an eX-
ample of unmitisated happiness. Inc
lady always had a number OF proteges
on hand. whom she afterward dlscoV-
cred. as a usual thing. to be undeserv-
ing which discovery caused them TO
be thrown over for new cases, that IN
turn went bad. She was also constant
" in demand by organizations needing
members with long purses, but Mrs.
Hope had a wonderful talent for man
aging which was not always recog-
nized by those with whom she assocl-
ated. This often led to trouble, older
members claiming, as they Vulgarly put
it that she wanted to run the Wnoie
show. and one outspoken person ad-
vised her TO ameliorate the condition OF
her husbands workmen if she desired
fit subjects foa her efforts. This re-
mark turned Mrs HOPES attention to
the mandatory of Monkton & Hope,
and led her TO calling upon Mrs. Sart-
well in the neighboring suburb OF
Wimbledon.
Now. the son Of these two dissimilar
hut estimable persons ought to have
been a solemn prig, whereas he was in
fact q boisterous cad, and thus does ma
ture reyel in unexpected surprises.
Barney was a broad-shouldered, good
natured giant. who lowered over his
shrinking father as the monument
towers over the nearest lamp post. He
I'll oil ar ND
not shake hands like an ordinary NOR
tai but must bring down his great paw
with an over-shoulder motion as if he
were throwing a cricket BAH. and after
the resounding Wnack of palm on palm,
he would crunch the hand he held until
its owner WINGED. Friends of the young
fellow got into the. habit on meeting
him of placing their hands behind
them. and saving, I'm quite well,
thank you, Barney" whereupon Bar
ney laughed and smote them on the
shoulder. which, though hard to bear,
was the lesser of the two evils.
'Boisterous brute" his comrades said
behind his back, but the energetic
shoulder blow or hand-clasp merely
meant that Barney was very glad in
deed to meet a friend, and to let the
friend know that although he was
very poor and Barney very rich. this
circumstance need not make the slight
est difference between them.
1t is possible that in the far west or
in the Australian bush, where nuscle
counts for something. there was a
place yawning for Barney; perhaps
there was a place for him even in Lon
don, but if there was. fate and Bar
ney's own inclinations removed him
from il as far as possible. Barney was
an artist; that is to say, he painted,
or rather he put certain colors on can
vas. For some years Barney had been
the amazement of Julian's school in
Paris. He had a suite of rooms at the
Grand Hotel, and he drove to the
school in the Rue du ORA con every
morning With a coachman and foot
man, the latter carrying Barney's
painting XII. while the former sat in
statuesaue position on the box with
his whip at the correct angle. OF
course, the art students were not go
ing TO stand that sort of thing, so they
closed the gates one day and attacked
the young man in a body. Barney at
first thought it was fun. for he did
not understand the language very well.
and his good-natured roar sounded
loud over the shrin cries of his antag-
OniStS He reached for them Ona nv