The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-19
r,,-.rst 1874. BY Jobs x. Lsys

sfs residence az the Abbey. At length
= -.r1- Was justified By the event. TA.s
-.-rsr- and that had seen him. SIr
c..1z-a had come home.
:, vzs only six months Or 20 since l
81 come 500 live at Lowford Grange. a
.-,.r place about five miles from Bourne
3d.. CD that 7 mad never seen the bar
- However. ! happened u De at Bi.
ester. our market town. one day III
.-~rz-v with my friend Tampiey. OF
r,-5 Han. and Tampiey introduced me
:, hin ia due form.
no baraaet was a big. strong-l0nking
- o.. about nfty-as near as could
,-s-e De Was stout, yet la from ur-
.-.fv. ! could not say % myself tnat
T.E45 bis face. though / had been hop.
l-y fHa, ae would turn cut % be good
GLOW. tH- We were rather dull in that
a.. q Dalesulrc and an addition 10 OR
..-s,y Rss more than welcome.
- GasndTd was in the usual caro- o.:
country gentleman, but IL was evident
hat bis thick tweeds had been pus To-
-s..sr 10 TIE neighbOraood Of 81. James
s.-as, and h.s manner was distjaCtly that
sfa man Uf the world There was moth
.-z provincial about him. lie wore Meth
y beard nor mus;ache. Ills face was
f.ssa-r5.1red-rsther too mucn -. Ills
hair was 5g, black, his lips full. and SEN
s.al o. their expression; his eyes SUI
-.rdeI hy minute wrinkles which at frs:
.sft passed uHn0uced. II seemed - me
q, stood and watched The barOHet tdlK-
INK 20 my friend, that Sir Gaspa-l mad
drunk the cup OF life 10 the less-and that
.aa draugaJ had not altogether agreed
g,a aim.
81 ana going 20 have Few OF the neigh
h5rs dining with me on Tuesday week
sar, Of Informal house warming. May
~ have the pleasure of yoIr company.
Nr Tampley?'
The squire murmured an assent
And yau- Mai Flint? l hope If you
have nothing better TO 10 tina: evening
g5u viii t0.n our little gathering"
J said ! would be delighted, and a few
moments later we separated.
Sir Gaspard seems a very pieasan. fell
1w.' ] remarked TO the squire on or
gay home.
"Tm-yes, Oh, yes, Very"
Il thought it very good or Aim to invite
re a man he had never seen in his lie
before, % his house warming"
~Oh. no doubt he had heard OF you. am
knew that you were good company. Bur.
: wonder II what Billy NosweI says
about his invitations is true"
"Wlat does he say?"
why that be doesn't SEND out notes
Q. invitation because he is afraid Of hay
Eg a series Of TefuSals. Men don't Ike
say NO when he has his eye on them,
Ul sec"
I dar, say your friend Billy What's
.I,uame IS cot invited TO Bourne Abbey"
. remarked.
ooh. ! shouldn't wonder II we were to
md him therein the most comfortable
eat IN the room, Billy has a privileged
crguerobody minds him.
a minute or two later my friend gave
1 singer
What are YOU laughing at?" said 1.
Nothing. / was only wondering
Sletarr Sir GasparG's cousin Jermyn will
Dc al the festive gathering on Tuesday
Etek"
And why should he not?"
Because these two occupy rather
peculiar relation 10 each other. To all
appearance they are the best Of friends,
tut I am tolerabIy certain that they are
n reality about as friendly as fire and
eater You ste, they are first cousins,
iHl | believe neither OF them has any
wing relation except the other If ii
Eere not for Gaspard, Jermyn would hold
ne title, and be head of the family. He
ECUld be lordiHg 1t at Bourne Abbey, in
Head Of spending his afternoons cooped
~ in the bank parlor at Chichester.
Then, you see, it is commonly be-
Nyed that Jermyn has the title-deeds
The family estates; having advanced
Ecney on them, which Sir Gaspard, econ
'M.ze as much as he chooses, will never
D. able TO repay. lie is the real owner.
81 Gaspard Is only the man in posses
son"
Rather an unpleasant position for both
O. hem | said and the subject dropped.
As IL turaed out. JermyE Hawke was
DOL present al the dinner party. He had
gene 10 London Unexpectedly on impor-
lllt business connected with the banking
Business he carried on at Chichester. Sir
0aspdrd aid the thing in style. He had
LtH cooks down from London; but /
ac5bted whether their achievements were
appreciated by the guests, who were used
" palmer style of cookery. But if we
al not care for Sir Gaspard's made dish
rs. We certainly did ample justice to his
VINES, which we're excellent. By the time
oAlrr was over we We're all in q mel
LOW coudiuon-that is TO say, we were
ready 10 speak our minds more freely
'-an We would otherwise have done.
ana uow he character OF our host came
oI lA a.tose- her a new light. Hitherto
o. mad acted The genial man of the world
--iank 10 the verse of imprudence, equal
ready TO ask or bestOw a favor, with
O-' thought ueyOnd his farms, and the
"Mmon affairs Of the county ana the
PARISH. He now appeared, TO me, at all
events, as "a cynical student of men and
manners. philosopher, but without much
lana either ln his own philosophy or in
,Lel OF any ole else. 1t was difficult TO
o. when he was in earnest and when
-s was mer ly taking a mischievous de-
-'-i IN shocking the respectable country
t'-armen who were gathered around his
teaf-. One episode in the conversation
remember well.
I'D" night was chilly, though we were
!t' Ih September, and a fire had been kin
'.-- 10 the great fireplace, which had the
meet " causing those members of the
guy whose seats were on the opposite
a-r OF The table TO group themselves
-'tf dinner a. the corners Of the hearth,
mat la. guests formed an irregular
1r round the spluttering logs. In the
.-.-F sal our host, his broad and still
'i4s1me face flushed with wine, and a
.' sometimes broadly goOd-humored,
N'"mrs plainly satirlcal, was seldom
Al from mis- fuu-lipped. mobile mouth
.-e conversation happened 10 drift 10 q
VIC mat we had hitherto by common
shl ayolded-a peculiarly shocking
...r 'hat had been perpetrated in an
coming parish. The suspected murder eI
''se1ndod. and IL was supposed tina,
:. Was Do hiding somewhere not far of
~ -@-4. -.-,.meuts OF horror and pity
,.a. .' victim were expressed, and the
n. "as beginning 70 drift away 10 an
subject when the deep round voice
! host was heard challenging atten-
A non so sure" said he, that my
''.-'s are not with the poor hunted
n- 't'ler than with the man you cal
victim Remember. that il II is 4
r''A OBJ suffering. the man you ca
r. murderer aas probably already suf'
a. 'a The agony OF apprehension, and
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