The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-05-23
CHAPTER III.

Poverty presses harder on a man
PRIDE generally than on woman
perhaps because most women ca,
more for persons than for things; an
WINE those near and dear to the,
are Wen and. happy, the pin pricks ,
having to go without many thins
tnelr neighbors have are not so keen]
telt, while to man each is q mort
dcation.
Harold Dynevor was good son AN
brave man; but poverty tried hi,
sorely. and there was a constar
cnafing at the injustice of circun
stances which made his life harde
taan 1t might have been, but whic
those who knew his story though
only natural.
harold was gentleman farmer. II
worked quite as hard as many farm
ers VINO did not own the prefix; bu
ne was the last male representative q
good old county family, who ha
oeen known in Sussex for many gen
erations. He was popular wherever b
"ent' MS mother was devoted to him
MS pretty sister, Kitty, looked up t,
MN with fervent admiration: blu
Harold Dynevor could not be calle,
happy man. He had inherited ,
grievance, and the recollection of i
marred his content.
you're tired out, Harold" sail
Kitty gently. "I'm sure YOU work q
nard as any of your own men. st
oown in your armchair, and I'll 10
and hurry tea"
All right, DEAR" he said gratefuIv
II may do me good, for I've spit-
ting headache"
MRS. Dynevor waited till her da,kh-
ter was out of hearing, then she asked
anxiously:
Is there anything wrong, Hapld?
You were going in to Marion: dtdyou
see Mr.. Proctor?"
i saw him, mother, and got re-
ceipt IN full. There's bad new. I
meant to keep it from you, butt can
see I've betrayed there's somthing
wrong, so I'd better tell vol the
truth, for fear you think it worse
than it is" A
you don't mean that the mdgagee
wants to foreclose, Harold?" n
Poor lady! that was the bubear Of
her li1e. Uplands, the land which hr
son EARNED, was her very Own. Ii
aao oeen her wedding portion. and the
nome OF her married life. Wien bad
seasons came, and expenses multi
plled, with her full consent her hui
band raised mortgage on the farm.
they had thought lightly Of it tn In
"a few good harvests would soon d.
aoie them to pay off the debt; butit
mad never been paid off in all thl se
years. 1t hung like an incubus aHut
them, and Mrs. Dynevors one dead
was that some day the mortg gee
would foreclose, and, if they couldnot
ind the $4,000 due to him, they
would have to leave their Bowed
home.
mo. mother" said Harold auetly,
Its not so bad as that; but vol will
like the news as little as 1 d. It
seems Mr.. King has been settlil x his
affairs, and he has transferre, the
mortgage on the Uplands to sone one
else Proctor told me the Interest
was still to be paid to him, |so we
shall have no personal dealinls with
our new creditor"
Then don't see that it nhtters,"
said Mrs. Dynevor. your def father
always said Mr.. King was a Jry hon
est man. Do you mean that lou have
heard bad account of the nsw mort
gagee?"
He Is man we both tave cause to
FEAR and dislike, mother-EuAace Lin
don!"
MRS. Dynevor had grown White even
to her lips-nothing could have ter.
rihed her more; but she w{s a brave
woman, and she knew, besides, where
nelp and strength were to- be found.
one silent prayer. to heaven, and she
answered calmly:
There is only one thing'for 1t, Har-
old-we must raise the $4,000 and pay
OF the mortgage. To be at that mans
mercy is more than L can heart"
I don't see how we're to do It,"
said Harold, gloomily. There's no
money in the bank, and we must spend
3 good sum on the farm this year. for
everything wants relieving. The blow
couldn't have come lat a worse time"
I wonder what His object is?" said
Mrs. Dynevor quickly "He has never
once been near misplace since he left
It with your poor Aunt Nina Just after
heir wedding. Mt year after her
1eath he let the Ma nor to General Ora
zen for fourteen years, and, except
pocketing the moiey from the estate.
1e has taken not THE least interest in
he property since"
Proctor says He has married again
md thinks he means to settle at the
Manor. The generals lease expires
rear. and he has refused to renew ito
!. If he means to live here, Of course
,e would want to get rid Of us first. !"
aid Mrs. Dynevof quietly, 'for men
FEVER like the neat presence Of those
hey have wrongeh."
Now. according to the strict letter of
he law. Eustace Lindon could not
ave been said 70 have wronged the
>ynevors. yet every one for miles
round Dynevor Manor regarded him
. their dsspoiler. 4
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