The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-22
(Chapter I continued.


Just at that moment card was put
into Sir Joseph's hand. The card bore
the name of Mr.. Lawrence Tryon. Sir
Joseph started. 1t wanted only this to
I'LL the measure Of his vexation He had
never suspected his confidential clerk and
of any absurd designs on the
hand OF his daughter, but he had for a
long time been very suspicious of the
visits and the purposes of Mr.. Lawrence
Iryon. In the first place Mr.. Lawren ce
1ryon was distant relation Of the late
was co be claimed in the family at all
was to be claimed through her Then
pr Joseph, who adored family, did not
love 1t when it offered itself to him as
represented by distant relation of his
wires who might possibly be supposed to
mold him, Sir Joseph, in contempt. Then
ne had begun to have. ideas that Lawrence
was beginning to be too attentive to the
girl, and he was the sort of young man
to attract certain kind Of girl. Law
renee Tryon had got little good out of his
swell relatives He had small yearly
allowance, just enough to keep him In
olothes in cigars, and in visits to coun-
shooting boxes, and the moors
But this WAS not all. The young man
had lately taken to being writer, a pro-
fessional writerl He had written novels,
and he seemed to be rather proud of his
calling, and it brought him, Sir Joseph
and now what do you think the great sue
cess was when represented by the figure
OF an annual income? Why, the young
manshimself had said with pride, that he
WAS making, in addition to his allowance,
twelve hundred year! Twelve hundred
a year an income to be proud of! Fancy
a daughter Of Sir Joseph, living, "scrat-
ting along" as he would have put it, on
twelve hundred year! He thought.
with certain coarse self dissatisfaction, of
the money it cost him every year for
Clarissa's dresses, her horses, her earring
es, her expenses during the London
season, her very charities, in which, to
do him Justice, he always INDUCED her
freely, and then amid all his anger he
felt moved to pity the poor, unhappy, 70
mantle youth, who thought Of such girl
with his twelve hundred year.
Sir Joseph was reused to something
like fury when Lawrence Tryon came in,
and he found that the young man had
really presented himself to ask Sir
Josoph's consent to Clarissa's accepting
hi for husband. His wrath was all
the greater when Lawrence told him that
Clarissa and he had been long in love
with each other. He let out the full vol
ume of his anger on Lawrence, and paid
him off then and there for all the con-
tempt which Lawrence's swell relatives
had had for him, Sir Joseph, before Law
renee was born and afterwards. The
poor Aladdin, son of the Chinese tailor,
could not have been repulse.1 VI, 4-c-- =
scorn when he first asked lof the hana u
the Emperor's daughter, and had not yet
produced the countless bowls of priceless
d Almonds which made such difference in
the negotiation.
Lawrence was plucky young fellow,
W 18th . strong outline of face and fore
away offended perhaps, but quite undis-
mayed, and sure that Clarissa would not
throw him over, even to satiate her
father IS social ambition. He only hoped
that his presumption in first falling in
1--we with her and then getting her to fall
III love with him might not be visited
on the poor girl herself. He was not sur
prised or discouraged at all. So far every
thing had gone as it ordinarily goes in
that world of fiction with which Law
renee was well acquainted. The am
bilious father repulses the impecunious
young lover. That was just as it should
be. But the impecunious young lover
will not always De impecunious. He Will
make no end of fortunes, and meanwhile
the girl willbe constant to him, and they
will be. happily married at the end of the
third volume.
Much of the anger WAS, however, visited
upon poor Clarissa when she came to ride
home with her father in the evening. Sir
Joseph rated at her, and accused her of
having filled the silly young mans head
with the romantic notion that she could
marry literary chap, whose earnings
would average about twelve hundred a
year. Clarissa did not argue the question
much. She felt too deeply, and was
"a 1T 10 how For
much. Sir Joseph took her quiesoenoe for
''Girls don't understand things-they
don't even know their own feelings"
Sir Joseph said grandly. "You will
think differently Of all this some day.
You will thank your father for having
interfered to save you from the conse-
quences Of your own indiscretion and
your romance, and all that nonsense. You
The rest of the exhortation was cut
short by the appearance of q neat-looking
groom, who came galloping up to Sir
Joseph and touched his hat with a man
ner Of interest Difference.
'tPlease, Sir Joseph the groom said.
"my lord would be SO glad if he could
have your help for few moments. It's
a case of something that wants two mag
istrates, and just happened to gee you
see if you could not Gomez
Your master?" Sir Joseph asked with
hesitation, for he would rather not have
had to admit that there was anyone capa-
bic Of retaining neat groom in all the
country round whom he did not know.
My master, Lord Frankland, Sir
Joseph"
Lord FARMLAND, yes, yes, to be sure.
You are not long in your lordship's ser
vice, think? I don't remember your
face.
mo, Sir Joseph, have only lately
come to this part Of the country.
Sir Joseph turned to his daughter.
You ride on, my dear, with
Smithers. Smithers was Sir Joseph s
groom. 81 shall probably oyertake you
certainly shan't be long. L am most
particularly anxious to do anything
which would be ohliging to Lord Frank
land. Now, my man, you show me the
way nea