The Princeton union., 1901-10-03

What cunning! What signal service
has this servant of the devil rendered
to his master!''
Truly was carried out of myself by
this discovery, which explained every
thing.
"So," I went on, "they came here all
the way from London, their lying ex-
cuse that they were ordered here by
their physicians, and we, poor, simple
folk, fell into the snare. All the coun-
tryside fell into the snare, and we
have been fooled into drinking common
water and calling it what you please,
and we have built gardens and engag-
ed musicians and created a spa, and
on, heavens, what liar he is! What
a liar! This comes, suppose, of being
a poet"
Then Molly laid her head upon my
arm. Jack" she said very seriously.
do you really believe this story? Only
consider what it means to me-" Molly
was more concerned about Lord Fy-
lingdale than about Sam Semple.
Il believe every word Of it, Molly.
believe that they have all joined in the
conspiracy, more or less; that they
have all got promises and that tomor-
row morning, if you do not refuse to
meet this man in st. Nicholas church,
you will bring upon yourself nothing
but misery and ruin''
Il have promised to meet him.
must at least send him a message, if
only to say that shall not come"
II should like to send him nothing,
but you are right. 1t is best to be
courteous. Well, you may send him
letter. | will myself take it to the
Crown
"But afterward, Jack? What shall
we do afterward? If he is innocent,
he will take offense. If not
IF you were engaged to marry a
young merchant, Molly, or to a skip
per and you heard rumors of bank
ruptcy, drink or evil courses, what
would you do?
II would tell him that I had heard
such and such about him, and I should
ask for explanations"
"Then do exactly the same with Lord
Fylingdale. He is accused of certain
things. The captain must make in
quiry. He is bound to inquire. Why,
the vicar himself says that he would,
if necessary, in order to ascertain the
truth, travel all the way to London,
there to learn the foundations, if any,
for these charges, and afterward into
Worcestershire, where his country
mansion stands, to learn on the spot
what the tenants and the people of
the country know of him.
"But suppose he refuses explana-
tions. He is too proud to be called to
account
'Then send him packing. Lord or
no lord, proud or humble, if be fur
nishes explanations, if these things
are untrue, then-why, then you will
consider what to do. But, Molly, do
not believe that any explanations will
be forthcoming and that your noble
lover will carry it off to the end with
the same lofty pride and cold mien."
"Let us go into the parlor, Jack
There are the captains writing mate.
rials. Help me to say what is proper
Oh, is it possible? Can l believe it?
Are these things true? That proud
man, raised above his fellows by his
virtues and his rank and his princi-
pies! Jack, he risked his life for me-"
"Ask no more questions, Molly. We
must have explanations. Let us write
the letter.
1t was Molly's first letter-the only
letter, perhaps. that she will ever write
in all her life. Certainly she had never
written one before, nor has she ever
written one since. Like most house
wives, her writing is only wanted for
household accounts, recipes for pud-
dings and pies and the labelling of her
bottles and jars. I have the letter be-
fore me at this moment. 1t is written
IN large, sprawling hand, and the
spelling is not such as would satisfy
my father.
Naturally she looked to me for ad-
vice. l had written many letters to
my owners and to foreign merchants
about cargoes, and the like, and was
therefore able to advise the compost