Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-01-14

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such remote kin"
II don't think Gun ever meet Mr..
Henchard. He Is not how I thought he
would be-he overpowcrs me. don't
wish to see him any more"
but wait little time and consider"
Elizabeth Jane had never been so much
interested in anything In her life as In
their present position. partly from the
natural citation she felt at discovering her.
self. In the old phrase. akin to coach;
and she gazcd again at the scene.
'Thcy don't FIJI Mr.. Hcnchards wine
glasses" she vcnturcd to say to her elbow
acquaintance. the old man.
"Oh. no; don't ye know him to be the
celebrated abstaining worthy Of that
name? lie scorns all tempting liquors;
never touches nothing. oh, yes, he've
strong qualities that way. l have heard
tell that he swore a gospel oath In by
gone times, and has bode by It ever since
So they don't press him, knowing 1t would
be unbccoming in the face Of that; for yer
gospel oath Is serious thing"
Another elderly man. hearing this dis
course, now joined In by inquiring: How
much longer have he got to suffer from 1t,
Solomon Longways"
"Another two year, they shy. i don't
know the why and the wherefore Of his
fixing such a time, for a never has told
anybody. But tits exactly two calendar
years longer, they say"
But there's great strength In hope.
Knowing that In four.and.twenty months
time yell be out Of yer bondage, and able
to make up for all you've suffered, by
partaking without stint; why, It keeps q
man up, no doubt"
mo doubt, Christopher Concy. no
doubt. And a must need such reflections
"a lonely widow man." said Longways.
"Wherc did he lose his wifcT asked
Elizabeth.
II never knowcd her. Twas aforc he
came to Castcrbridge. But I know that
as banded tcetotnllcr. and that II any
Of his men be ever 30 little overlook by q
drop, he's down upon 'cm STERN"
HAS he many men, then" said Eliza
beth Jane.
"Nfany? Why. my good maid. he's the
powcrfulest member Of the town council,
and quite a principal man In the coun.
try round besides. He and Casterbridgs
bank.folk ore sworn brothers; and III
not every man that's hand In glove with
a bank. Never q big dealing In wheat
barley, oats, hay, roots and such like In
this county but Henchard's got q hand In
It. He worked his way up from nothing
when a came here; and now he's pillar
Of tho town. Not but what he's beer
shook little to-year about this bad corr
he has supplied In his contracts. ! may
say that have never before tasted such
rough bread rs hev been made from Hen
chard's wheat lately"
The band now struck up another mel
ody, and by the time It was ended the din
ner was over. and speeches began to b.
made. The evening being calm, and thu
windows still opii, these orations coult
be distinctly herd. Hcnchard's voic,
arose above :;ic rest; he was telling
story Of his hay-dealing experiences. From
that he went on 80 talk about the growi
wheat.
"You must make allowances for the &C
cidcnts Of large business" he said. "Yoy
must bear In mind that the weather Jus
ut tho harvest Of that corn was worse thar
We have known Il for years. However,
have mcnded my arrangements on accoun
OF. Since have found my business tot
largo to be well looked after by myself
alone, I have advertised for q thorough
good man % manager Of the corn depart
ment. When I've got him you will in,
these mistakes will no longer occur-mat
tiers will be better looked into"
But what are you going to do to rcpa!
us for the pastT inquired q man VIII,
seemed to be bakcr or miller. "Wiil 20,
replace tho grown aour we've still got b!
} sound grainy'
Hcnchard's face grew stern at this In
tcrruption, and he drank from his tumble
Of water as II to calih himself or gall
time. Instead Of vouhcsafing direct re
J ply he stitiiy observed:
III anybody will tell mo how to turf
! grown wheat into wholesome wheat, II
take It back with pleasure. But It can
be DONE"
Henchard was not to be drawn again
. Having said this no sat down.