The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-06-29
] gave him my hand, of course b

gave him my hand, OF course. be-
cause could not help it, but the SYM
pathy II had been prepared to feel for
&Clara,s father was immed iately soured
by his appearance and the WheedIing,
unreal tones in which he spoke.
tCassilis is a good man, 4 said North.
mour, worth ten. 4
SO I hear, cried Mr.. Hudd 1estones
eagerly; 50 my girl tells me. All
Mr.. Cassilis, my sin has found me out.
You see! / am very low, very low s
but / hope equally penitent We must.
all come to the throne of grace at last,
Mr.. Cassilis. For my part, / come late
indeed, but with unfeigned humility,
I trust s5.s " ~ a # #
"Fiddle-de-dee!'' said Northmour..
roughly. 81 Il
Il mo, no, dear Northmour!" cried the
banker. You must not say that; you
must not try to shake me. You for
get, my dear, good boy, you forget !
may be called this very night before
my Maker. = ..s'
His excitement was pitiful to behold,
and felt myself growing indignant
with Northmour, whose infidel opin-.
ions I well knew and heartily derided,
as he continued to taunt the poor sin
ner out Of his humor Of repentance.
s. Pooh, my dear Huddlestone!" said
he. ...You do yourself injustice. You
are man Of the world inside and out,
and were UP to all kinds Of mischief
before was born Your conscience is
tanned like South American leather
only you forget to tan your liver, and
that, if you will believe me, is the seat
of the annoyance. - III
Rogue! rogue! bad boy!" said Mr..
Huddlestone, shaking his finger. Il
am no precisian, if you come to that;
always hated a precisian; but never
lost hold of something better through
it all. have been a bad boy, Mr..
Cassilis; do not seek to deny that;
but it was after my wife's death, and
you know, with a widower, it's a new
thing. Sinful won't say So, but
there is graduation, we shall hope
And talking of that Hark!" he
broke out suddenly, his hand raised
with interest and terror "Only the
rain, bless God!" he added, after a
pause, and with indescribable relief.
For some seconds he lay back among
the pillows like a man near to faint
ing; then he gathered himself togeth-
er, and, in somewhat tremulous tones,
began once more to thank me for the
share was prepared to take in his de-
fense !: ~ r.
Zone question, SIR said I, when he
had paused. 'tIs it true that you have
money with your" e. a ~
He seemed annoyed at the question,
but admitted with reluctance that he
bad little. -ssa
WELL" I continued, eft is their.
money they are after, is it not? Why
not give it up to them?" "
"Ah!"* replied he, shaking his head,
II have tried that already, Mr.. Cas-
silis; and alas! that it should be so,
but it is blood they want" ~
''Huddlestone, that's a little less than
fair" said Northmour. 'You should
mention that what you offered them
was upward Of two hundred thousand
short. The deficit is worth a refer
ence; it is for what they call cool
sum, Frank. Then, you see, the fell
lows reason in their clear Italian way;
and it seems to them, as indeed it
seems to me, that they may just as we'll
have both while they are about it
money and blood together, by George,
and no more trouble for the extra
pleasure" ...3-= Hi
&c. (To be continued)