The L'Anse sentinel., 1897-05-15

terested motives. Mankind at the club
assemblies and meets together to ieer
al him; his brother laughs him tc
scorn; the women mistrust him. Only
many years can set him right with
them--and a man does not like to wait.
When he reforms, he wants to do it AT
once, He has no fancy of wearing the
stained garb of sin until the sun of vir
tue shall bleach il white. lie would
don Immediately the snowy robe and
he made welcome among the elect.
Which may not be. If YOU mean to re-
form, you must go away.
Lovat grew sick of the life he had
led for ten years-ever since he had been
pretty boy of Is. who should have been
learning useful things. 1t had not been
such very bad life, but it certainly had
right at home, and failed. Then h.
came to the states.
Now the states-if you except, per-
haps. New Iork--is place where there
are neither towns nor temptations. Over
all its broad prairies, where sleek steers
hangs an atmosphere of soft pastoral
virtue. There is also in the human heart
true. natural goodness learned from
the unspoiled savage. There is no tit
tle-tattle, and man is what he is. not
what he has been. They know this in
England, just as we in the states know
that there is one fair-sized town in
Australia md fhnf al tha
"bush." q
Lovat knew it, and he also knew that
IL was most true of Montana. That he
was aware of the existence of Montana
shows that his youth was not alto
gether wasted. His family had some
land there. OF this family it must be
said that nothing in England is better
or older. Loyat is a name of such lus-
ter that no bearer of ii, whatever his
misbehaviors, could tarnish it. 1t is
also rich family-very rich. wilton
Ioyat was the younger son, but he had
decent fortune of his own. Therefore
he could do pretty much as he pleased
and when he quarreled with his father
and his allowance was stopped, he didn
care. His father argued with him per-
suasively: why, if you want to re-
form, can't you stay here and do it?
Because u chap can't in his own
town."
''IIe can, if he's any character"
NO, he can't"
II say he can. What do you suppose
dido" His voice subsidized as he con-
templated himself in the pleasant ngh'
OF an example.
"You didn't reform. You only mar
ried"
Which happened to be so true thai
Lovat, Sr., was unable to reply, save IL
the not uncommon parental fashion OF
answering the unanswerable, known to
childhood as "getting even." He cut OH
the allowance, but graciously permitted
his ungrateful son to dwell upon the
Montana lands.
Wilton went at breeding racers, as Is
the custom of Montana. He had log
house on the ranch, and 1t was FUR
nished with rough chairs and tables ano
hunks, and with many sorts of string
Instruments, and with pictures OF his
family, and of some girls who had Liked
him, and of professional beauties .wht
were not nearly so beautiful as his owl
sisters. For his family was handsome
as well as of great repute and rich
There were also royal groups from th'
Graphic and Illustrated News on hi
walls, and there were books in five diff
ferent languages.
The change was not unpleasant. HI
looked after his stock, and played th'
musical instruments, and read th'
books in five languages for a twelve
month. He decided that he was re
formed then, and began to grow tire'
OF being n patriarch over his own herds