The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-06

ull l ten you again, Nnti We hehu N"".
here. and when ] had seen for myself
the sort OF woman Miss Halcombe
WASP"
How should I know? You talked 10
10 the dozen. | suppose Just as usual
II said this: Human ingenuity, my
friend, has hitherto only discovered TWO
ways I'm which a man can manage a wo-
method largely adopted by the brutal
lower orders OF the people, but utterly
abhorrent 10 the refined and educated
man one way is 20 knock her down-a
classes above them. The other way tmuch
longer, much moro difficult, but, IN the
end. not less certaln)) is never To accept
a provocation at a woman's HANDS ~
holds with animals IL holds with chill
dren. and II holds with women. who are
nothing but children grown up. Qulet
resolution Is the one quality the animals,
the children and the women, all fail In.
II they can once shake this superior quail
ity I'm their master, they get the better OF
him =. they can never succeed In dis-
turbing II. he gets the better Of them l
said 10 YOU Remember that plain truth'
when YOU want your wife 10 help you
10 the money | said, Remember II doub-
Is and trebly, In the presence OF your
wifes sister. Miss Halcombe. Have you
remembered a.? Not once in all the com
nlications that have twisted themselves
about us I'm this house Every provoca-
ton that your wife and her sster could
ofFer tn YOU. YOU instantly accepted from
them Your mad temper lost the sigma
ture 10 the deed. lost the ready money
set Miss Halcombe writing 10 the lawyer
the first time"
First time? Has she written againP'
Yes she has written again TO-DAY
A chair fell on the pavement oil the
veranda fell with a crash, as If IL had
been kicked down.
II was well for me that the Counts rev
elation reused Sir Percivals anger as ~
did on hearing that | had been once
more discovered. ! started so that ths
railing against which l leaned cracked
again. Had he followed me to the inn!.
Did he infer that | must have given my
letters to Fanny, when | told him hao
none for the post-bag? Even II ~ was So
how could he have examined the letters'
when they had gone straight from my
hand to the bosom OF the glri "ess
Thank your lucky star" ] heard the
Count say next. that you have me IN the
house TO undo the harm as fast as YOU
do IT, Thank your lucky star that sa,u
No when YOU were mad enough 10 ldih
Of turning the key today on Mi~s I" al
combe as YOU turned H. In your mis-
chievous folly; on your wife. ,o,,
''N-here are your eyes? Can you look
NJ Miss ualcombe. and not see that she
has the foresight and the resolution OF
a man? with that woman for my frieno''
voul snap these fingers OF mlne AT tue
world With that woman for my enc
my l. with all my brains ana experience
4 Fosco. cunning as the devil hirnsei'
"a YOU have told me hundreu tlhe
walk in your EngEEh phrase uP',
erg-shells, And this grand creature
drink her health In my sugar and water
this grand creature, who stands, In the
strength OF her love and her courage.
Arm as n rock between us two and that
moor nmsy pretty blonde wire OF yours
this magnificent woman. whom au-
n,frr- wfth rall my. soul, though oppose
her in .your interests and IN mlne' you
drive 10 extremities, as II she was no
sh1,tper and no bolder than the rest or
bhr sex. Percwal! Percivali you deserve
TO fail, and you have failed.
There was pause. | write the VII
lain.s words about myself because
mean 20 remember them. because nope
vet for the day when may speak out
once for all in his presence. ana cas-,
them back. one by one. In his teeth.
Sir Perciyai was the first to break the
silence aga-n
"Yes. YES. bully and buster as much
as Won like" he said. sulkily; the dini-
cultv about the money Is not the only
diffrulty You would he for taking
strong measures with the women, your
self--if you knew as much as do
1--WE will come to that second difficulty !
all in good time rejoned the Count.
''You may confuse yourself, Percival. as
much ms you please but YOU shall not con-
fuse me Let the question OF the money
be settled first Have | convinced your
obstinacye have | shown you that your |
temper will not let you help yourself?
or must | 80 back and las you put IL In |
your dear. stra ightforward English) bully
and buster little more?
Pooh! It's easy enough TO grumble at
me Say what is TO be done-thats a |
little harder
lis n? Bah! This Is what is to be done:
You give up all direction in the business |
from tonight: you leave e, for the future.
in my hands only. ] am talking To n /
Practical British manila? Well, Pract-
cal will that do for you?
What do you propose. IL leave II all |
to you?"
Answer me first Is 1T TO be in my
hands or not2''
SAY Il Is your hands-what then?"
"A few questions. Percival, TO begin /
with. | must wait a little, yet TO let I
circumstances guide me; and must I
know in every possible way, what those /
are likely to be. There /
is no time 10 lose. | have told YOU al 4
ready that Miss Halcombe has written /
TO the lawyer today for the second time"
How did you find Il out? what did she /
say?"
III | told YOU. I.sScival we should only |
come back az the end 20 whore we are l
now Enough that have found IL out /
and the finding has caused that trouble I
and enxiety which made me so inacces-
sibIe TO YOU all through today. Now. /
to refresh my memory about your affairs /
"A As some time since talked them over /
with YOU. The money has been raised. I
in the absence OF your wfe's signature.
by means of bills az three months raised /
at a cost that makes my poverty-stricken /
foreign hair TO stand on end Go think of
itl when the bills are due. Is there really /.
and truly no earthly way Of paying them |
but by the help OF your wife9"
None"
what, You have no money at the
bankers2"
"A few hundreds when I want as my
thousands "
Have you no other security 10 borrow
upon7"
mot shred
what have YOU actually got with
your wife at the present moment7'
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