Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-06-20

te:s CT the pool; neither man heedcI
'Etwe"'d to imDertincnt in me-" the
I'M or Wned, to Offer you any SYM
rGlhy IN The score OF that nisfor-
tune; believe me. however, that my
l;nowlcd~o NV fail knowled.c-of
tho ci' g 4 nHes can incline me to
nothing hut . deep regret. Cut facts
are facts, however hardly they may
hear on individpals.'' He paused, 81
have asserted what know. You are
entitled to ask me for proofs Mr..
Tristram"
Harry was silent moment. think
very hard. Many modes of defense
came into his busy brain and were re-
iccted Should he be compositions?
! No! Should he be amazed? Again
no. Even. on his own theory Of the
story, Duplay's assertion hardly en-
titled him to be amazed.
AS regards my part in this mat
| ter he said at last, 81 have only this
10 say. The circumstance OF my birth,
with which | am, as you rightly sup
/ pose, quito familiar-were such as to
| render the sort of notion you have got
hold OF plausible enough. l don't want
what you call proofs-though you'll
want them badly if you mean to pur-
sue your present line. ! have my own
proofs-perfectly in order, perfectly
satisfactory. That's all l have 10 say
about my part in the matter. About
4 your part in it, I can, l think, be al
most equally brief. Are you merely
Mr.. Iver's friend, or are You also, rs
you put it, paying attentions to Miss
/ Iver?"
THAT sir, has nothing TODD with it. y
4 Harry Tristram looked up at him;
for the first time he broke into a
smile, as he studied Duplay's face 81
shouldn't in the least wonder" he
said, almost chaflingly, "if you be
lieved that to be true. You get mold
of q cock-and-bull story about my be
ing Legitimate. 60, I've no objection
to plainness, either, in it's proper
place. you come to me, and tell me
almost in so many words, that il
don't give up the lady you'll go to hel
father and show him your precious
proofs. Everybody knows that you're
after Miss liver yourself, and yet vol
say that it has nothing to do with it
That's the sort of thing a man may
manage to believe about himself, it:
not the sort of thing that other PEG
pie believe about him, Major Duplay.'
, He rose slowly to his feet, and the
men stood face to face on the edge o
the pool. The rain fell more heavi
: ly; Duplay turned up his collar; Har
ry took no notice of the downpour.
I'm perfectly satisfied as to thu
honesty of my own motives" sait
Duplay.
That's not true, and you know it
1 t,,,, 10 ,1, 1,,,
you can't succeed"
Duplay was shaken. His enemy pu
into words what his own conscience
: had said to him He was not above
suspicion, even to himself, though HI
clung eagerly to his plea of honesty
you fail to put yourself in m.
place." he began.
! Absolutely, l assure your Harr,
> interrupted, with quiet insolence. VI.
And can't put myself.4in yours
sir. But l can tell you what l mea!
to do. 1t is my earnest wish. to TAX
no steps in this matter atsansbut tina
; rests with you, not with me. A
: least 1 desire to take none DURING
; Lady Tristram's illness, or during he
I life. should she unhappily not recoy
err"
MY ulOlLel Will uOl ISCONSi, Sdil
: Harry, its a matter of few weeks
: at most"
Duplay nodded" At least wait then
he urged. DO nothing more in re
1 gard to the matter we have spoke,
of while your mother lives" H
spoke with genuine feeling. Harr
count of it. 1t was point in tn
!, game to him.
I'm turn I'll tell you what / meal
to do said. 81 mean to procee,
= exactly as if you had never come t.
i Merrion Lodge, had never got you
proofs from God knows where, an,
had never given me the pleasure o
: Ills very peculiar interview NJ
mother would ask no consideration
:. from you, and ask none for her an
more than for myself To be plain
: for the last time, sir, you're makin
> q. fool of yourself at the best, and a
the worst BLACKBOARD into the bal
;, gain. He paused. and broke into
laugh. well, then, where are tn
! proofs? Show them me. Or sen
them down to Blent Or I'll come IL
to Merton. Well have a look a
: them-for your sake, not for mine"
!. Il may have spoken ineXactly, MI
Tristram. l know the facts; l coul
get, but have not yet got proof O
them"
Then don't waste your money
Maj. Duplay." He waited an instant
before he gave deeper thrust 20
> 1vers-because l don't think you
purse is long enough to furnish the re
sources of war. You'd get the none,
!. from him? I'm beginning to wonde
:. more and more at the views peopl
. contrive to take Of their own &C
: TONS"
Harry had fought his fight well, bu
now perhaps, he went wrong, even a
he had gone wrong with Nina Zabris
: ka at Fairholme. He was not cor
:, tent to defeat or repel, he must tri
: umph he must taunt The insolenc
! Of his speech and air drove Duplay t
. fury.
!, You're young man" he began.
: Tell me that when I'm beater
! 1t may console me-" interrupted Hal
= ry.
you'll be beaten, sir, sooner tina
+ you think" said Duplay gravely. "Bu
a though you r,ruse my offer l shal
| u,,;.