The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-05-02

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den interest.
"Do you still dream it?' / asked.
''Yes, I'do; but not often now"
at is very strange thing. Does
the dream come at any particular hour
of the night"
at does" said she; "and that, |
daresay, makes me think more of it.
1t always comes two or three hours
after have gone to bed dream it,
and then become wide awake; and after
] have lain awake little / always hear
the hall clock strike two-my room ia
over the hall
"And the first night you had the
dream-do you think it came then
about the same hour"
Eyes" said she, II think so. But"
and she leaned forward. eager and pale,
''why do you ask me these questions?
Have you found out something from
your friends in London, perhaps? You
had heard nothing when last asked
you, know. Tell me--have you heard
something now2"
'No, am sorry to say, have not.
Still | do not despair, have hope l
may learn something soon"
"0h, what7" she eagerly demanded.
~ think, said I, "you had better
not ask me; it may only end in disap'
pointment, and this matter already
preys upon you too much"
"You are very kind to me, /" said she.
My pulse beat tumultuously, and /
was on the point of saying something
rash concerning my devotion, when she
added, almost as if she knew what |
was thinking of, "But can think OF
nothing else much--I can be interested
in nothing else. 1t is very foolish OF
me, but | cannot help it. Mr.. Stein
hardt sometimes is rather rude to me
about it; he wants me to marry
Frank" " said she, simply; "but l do
not wish to marry Frank, and Frank
does not wish to marry me. / do not
wish to think Of marrying at all just
yet.
81 suppose" said l, piqued, and jeal-
GUS, too, / dare say, "Mr. Steinhardt
wants you to marry his son that he
may keep your fathers money, which
you will inherit. in his business"
81 do not think. said she with
smile, "that there is much now of poor
fathers money; Mr.. steinhardt reckons
off it that 10000 pounds which, he
says, father lost without any cause
"But does Mr.. BirIey, your other
guardian, agree to that fraud?--for
fraud it is"
81 do not know" said she listlessly.
"But think dear Mr.. Birley is some-
how in Mr.. Steinhardt's power; | think
he fears to say much"
Mr.. Steinhardt returned from London
resplendent with success and self salts.
faction. He had won his case. He
had been able to lead the court to be-
lieve that he had found out for himself
the chemical process for which the
plaintiffs had taken out patent, with
this difference, that he had employed
wet method, whereas they used dry
or vice versa; do not remember which
it was. The plaintiffs we're going to
carry their case to higher court, but
he did not care for that. He called
together his friends and his neighbors
to rejoice with him, of whom I was
one; for since he got the better OF me
over the lecture affair he had been as
amicably disposed as before. The din
ner was very sumptuous affair, and
Mr.. Steinhardt thought himself so much
master of the situation that, think,
he INDUCED rather more freely in wine
than was his habit. In the drawing
room after dinner his eye was the
brightest and his talk the loudest and
most voIuble. He watched his son
paying gallant little attentions to
strange young lady, while Miss Lacroix
was surrounded by the beaus of the
neighborhood, and he called him, in
audible asides, Fool !"-" "Idiot!"-
"Blockheadl" At length he became
so impatient that, shouting Frank, l
want youp' he strobe out of the room.
Frank at once arose and followed him
in evident alarm.
After some time he returned, looking
pale and agitated. He came up to me
q sat talking with Mr.. Birley), and to
my great surprise said:
"Mr. Unwin, the governor wants to
speak to you in the dining room" Il
had disagreeable recollection of
former interview there, but before
could say anything he continued-"I'm
afraid I've got you into a row, without
meaning aught of the sort. The gov
ernor's always at me toto make love
to Louise; he wants me to marry her"
(Mr. Birley shifted uneasily in his
seat) "That was what he called me
out about now; he jawed me, and | told
him didn't want to marry Louise; he
got very angry, and then | said, what
was the use of my making love to a girl
that was in love with somebody else.
l shouldn't have said that, know, but
| was very riled; am very sorry"
The hot suspicion now dawned on me
that l was the fortunate somebody
else" OF his legend. | felt grew
burning red; ] scarcely heard what he
said afterward, but it was to the effect
that this father angrily dismissed him
with the order to send me to the dining
room. Birley sat unusually silent and
disturbed. also was silent moment.
l turned to him.
'Do you think | ought to go?"
asked him.
''Yea, lad; CO." said he, laying his
hand on my shoulder, "and I'll go wi
/ tha."
We entered the dining room together.
Steinhardt stood on the hearth rug.
He frowned and pulled his great nous.
tach on seeing Birley with me.
81 wished to speak to Mr.. Unwin
privately, Jim," said he.
"Well," said Birley, GIVE come TO
be a sort of interpreter, Manuel, lest
you, being foreigner like, leastways
not altogether English vet, mightn't |
understand some things an Englishman
like my friend here would very likely |
say. You see, Manuel, for one thing
you don't seem TO understand that an
Ahsihsh NiSi SS man IL hoe the Huhkey /
you may get pastor of the fatherland |
to be. You mustn't say Come here"
and no thisv or Don't do thatp with
out any rhyme or reason but your own
high and mighty will. That may be
] Bismarckian, Manuel, but it's not
English. An Englishman would say,
'You be id, sir Who are YOU
talking to? A dog at your heelP'-ss,