Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-02-06
CHAPTER l..

! Oh For The Wing of a Dove, That
! Might Flee Away and be nj Rest"
Cantehowe was particularly busy
! I he advent of new laird would in
| ordinary cases have excited the folk
| but little, but this Mr., Marin was eNt-
IDENTIFY II man wise in his generation
| Instead of bringing foreign labor from
| London to Turkish up his new posses
stems, as some of the gentry round
about made a fashion of doing, he had
come down personally into the town
and hired every available mason. car
| penter, painter, paperhanger, plumber
and laborer To assist i'll the repairs and
i alterations which he wanted made on
Birkha before bringing his lady
thithCr TO take possession. Consequent
| ~ the town was IN thriving condi-
tion and a certain quiet chirp of cheer
tulncss, the result of Il sure Saturdays
nights income, was apparent in the
general walk and conversation every
where
| 1t was with feelings Of the most pro-
found establishment, therefore that
Mrs Nam's landlord, whom she had
especially sent for, heard his tenants
| request to be set free from the three
years lease of the house which she had
signed only some three months ago
II dinna very wcel see hoo can do
that, Mrs, Marin, he said with Il touch
of resentment in his tone. THE lease
| was o your ain sCckin', as the hoosc
was at first, You seem to have changed
your mind gcy quickly"
YES, think | would like to try
some othe" place" explained Mrs.
! Marin
! but what's wrang wi this placer
thoct you were dom uncommon weel
! wi your bit shoppie, in fark, that was
the way ye wanted the lease for an
ither three year So We said ycrseI',
If yo mind
Yes, believe | did say that at the
time; but now
Moo interrupted the annoyed man
things never were better in Cantie-
howe than they're moo, Gamma get
man to do hands turn to We for
love or money, a up at Birka' a per
! feet beeskep the moo an plenty of
siller gaun.
Yes, suppose so so ! hear. But
! would like n change; my health is
not as ii was and If you could let the
t house"
The landlord shook his head in de
termined II agation of this proposal
Il wouldn't mind a pound or so eX
ira besides paying you for the time
I'll be in; 1t would be a very great"
NO" blurted the landlord, with en-
/, phasis. I'm no gann to be played fast
+, an lowsc wi in siccan fashion, II
+ it had been hard times an money
slack, an you, a widow woman, could
ma make a Twin, I'll no say | could
have been hardened enough to keep ye
to the agreement We signed But WI
| the Wey things are the moo, an you
don sac wceI an the times gettin
better every day no, | Wilma let We
clear o. the lease; my conscience Wilma
! let me It's no only maxim lcht o
the law, breakn the agreement ye
were sac anxious to max, but II would
leave me wi a t0On hoose again, stan
min guide kcns hoo long without a
/ tenant"
! But when things are so bright now,
i don't you thing 1t would let readily?
Mrs. Marin urged, with eager persist
/ cncy.
"Aweel it MIGHT, an II michtna-a'
/ chance an I'm no gaun o chance 1t.
Ye have the hoose leased for three
years an We maun cen keep II or pay
The three years rent"
Mrs. Marin sighed and knit her
! brows, seeing no way Of escape. TO
pay three years rent was out Of the
question yet had 1t been in her
power, she would have given three
times three years rent to have left the
/ town at that time This desire to fee
far from Cautichowe had come over
, her suddenly. It Is true that for the
last few weeks she had neither been
feeling nor looking so well, but 1t
was only after slight accident 10 Alec
that she had sent for the landlord to
request him TO free her from the lease.
It had been very simple accident,
indeed Alec, with his usual reckless
ness, had been running across the
street, when Mr.. Marin, on his horse,
came riding down and the child had
only reached halfway across when he
ripped and fell upon bis face. Eyi-
IDENTIFY the new laird was kindly, soft
hearted sort Of man, for he instantly
dismounted and lifting the child, who
was bawling at the top Of his voice,
he first coaxed and petted him into
silence and then, putting his foot into
the saddle and rode down the street.
Where do you say his mother
liyes?" he queried Of an admiring by
gtander.
To BE Continued.