The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-24
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was . strange feeling, and unac'
4 a eantable even to the Baronet himself
y ne desired to avenge on his son
- wreck Of those hopes which had
q zen 20 fOundly cherished-was wrath.
d with Sydney, because he had rem
'9ered PREPARATION for the wrongs which
.Sthe Baronet had formerly inflicted on
h Rosa Willoughby utterly and entirely
" impossible! And Sydney had heaped
new wrongs upon the Baronet's head
wrongs which could not be for
S2iven, because the sons fall was
an eternal reproach for his father
Tor his father, who could find no re-
i ply Tor his conscience when it cried to
1 MIN: II the father had performed
4 his duty like an honest man the son
would never have become Il thief"
s% Sir L0ghlen was greatly to be pitied;
Tor he was firmly convinced of sgd
Sney's guilt, and would have given his
Il very life for proof that he was inno-
cent.
my duty, uncle, is plainly traced"
Stanley hypocritically said. Certain
Nv 1t commands me not to renounce the
i. woman that love; but it prescribes
imperiously to me to save from des-
I pair. perhaps, the man who, in a mad
s0enihg moment, has turned aside from
STANLEY, with great apparent feeling,
he must be secured from want, and
from all temptation to commit wrong
I'M the future"
And warmly the baronet pressed his
8r0ANhoysNNpo nonI,o1vyse 1,0nds 1n1Y6 v,0 q
his praise of SANKEY'S noble heart.
And together they would seek some
way to afford the required relief; for
the baronet was certain that they were
Y - very poor family.
Stanley considered it, he said, of very
great importance that their distress
should be relieved, without committing
m outrage on their pride.
Charmed with such delicacy of feel
Ing, great was the laudation the baron
let bestowed upon his nephew, whom
Frances, he said, would some day
/ know how properly to appreciate.
Btanley's hope to win her was, he re-
8Sponded, fixed on his uncle alone.
And Sir Loghlen promised that his
nephew should not have it to say that
he had chung to q broken reed.
The conversation between uncle and
nephew had procct ded thus far when q
servant came to say that O very
1trange-lo looking and addressed man re-
Il Quested to be ollowed few words
with Mr.. Stanley Claremont.
The man had given no name. saying
!: there was no occasion, as Stanley, in
all probability, would have forgotten
Il.
Stanley would not see the fellow, he
said, either with or without a name,
and desired that this impertinent
stranger should be sent about his bust
tness.
& Claremont was enraged that he had
sbeen so interrupted; for there was
Z much that was important to his own
interest that he had yet to urge with
the baronet.
The servant proceeded to obey the
orders that had been giveE him; and
Sir LOghlen advised that his nephew
ishOuld receive the man in waiting,
who. no doubt, needed a little of that
assistance which. the baronet knew,
he said, Stanley was always so ready
to bestow on those who deserved it.
And, convinced that his nephew
would zee the man. who might hesitate
to speak his distress before third per-
s.1on, the baronet withdrew, that he
Z might not be an obstacle to SANKEY'S
charity.
For. at very cheap rate had Stanley
cOntrived to obtain, with his uncle
only, fictitious reputation for that
foremost If all Christian virtues.
But, dismissing in q moment all
thought of this strange applicant from
This mind, Stanley sat himself down to
\; reflect with great satisfaction that,
whether Frances should or should not
become his wife, he was very certain
now to become the inheritor of all his
suncle's wealth.
From this very agreeable revery
STANLEY. was aroused by the return Of
the servant, whom. but just before, he
had CURLY dismissed.
well, what now?" cried Stanley,
.petulantly.
Il beg pardon, sir" said the servant;
hut that strange man"
'"What of hiM?"
i do believe he's mad"
Why should you think 500"
Because, when I insisted on know
Ing his name, he said that was to tell
you. Sir, that it was 2 o'clock"
1.-TWO o'clock!" echoed Stanley: and.
z as he spoke, sprang from his chair, as
though it had suddenly become red
hot.
Eyes, sir" continued the servant, che
Gays he knows it is Just 9 o'clock by
your watch"
you are right-the fellow must be
crazed," Stanley said quietly to the
servant; "but you may as we'll let me
see him, that may know what has
d1ranuphf him heres
Il And, left alone again, Stanley
stamped about the apartment, in great
rage that the ruffian whom he thought
v no more to behold, had thus unexpect.
edly returned tc torment him.
The servant presently ushered Abra.
4 hmm Mailer into his former employers
1 nreaence And extremely dilanida ted