The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-08-21

II was with Sir George Booth, last
summer, at Chester"
IT see.'' said my uncle, you've had
practice before at running away"
mean," said I. yes; Whitesock car
ried me through the fight, and then
thirty miles from the field before I
drew rein. / got clear by FORGETTING
The Chase and Cops Holding"
My uncle raised his hands and let
them fall. 1.-THE Chase and Cops
Holding" he groaned; II would ex-
change my waste of barren hills for
the rental Of either. Nephew, / have
done wrong to desert Butley Croft for
SO many years. You will dash h es-
tate to pieces" !"
"Sir Arthur" I cried, would you
have me idle when such things We're in
train? How could / hang back? Why,
there are others who have lost all for
the king"
sAnd it is likely you have lost all,
too" said Sir Arthur, looking n
mously upon me. do you think they
will forego such a goodly chance as
this? 2"
/ stared at my uncle in establishment.
J had supposed our family to be i'm
bued through and through with the
principles in which I had been brought
up, n these were. that the sacrifice
Of anything and everything was to be
made at once, and gladly In the service
Of the king. Then I bethought myself
that perhaps my uncle, keeping aloof
from such affairs for so many years
had conceived u~nfavorable opinions of
my ~rashness, and supposed that I had
pushed forward when there was but,
little need, wasting strength which
might afterward have been more USE
full.
He sat staring into the fire, the long.
slender fingers of one hand tapping
nervously on the back Of the other.
In form he was tall and thin, n
slightly STOPPING, and, though still I'M
der 60, his hair was white.
you have reason to be afraid,
nephew" said he. looking up at me
will either shoot you out Of hand or
ship you off to the colonies"
I laughed and stood up.
They a to catch me first" said L
I stripped off my riding coat, and my
uncle glanced at rne curiously.
Il must make % my banker, sir
and his eye fired instantly. A small
sharp knife for making pens lay on he
table, and I took 1t and began to rip
up the lining of my coat. AS I hacked
at the stitches gold coins began to pour
down freely. Some rolled on the floor,
these and collected them carefully.
Then he began to arrange them in
stacks Of ten. He laughed gleerully
as he did SO. why, Godfrey, this is
a rare device to store your money. It
clinks in its fall like the music. IT'S
a second shower Of Danae."
when 1 had the word to march,"
said I, Roger Thorne, the steward,
fastened to drum up what store Of gold
there was about the place; and old
Dorothy, the h~ousekeeper, sat down at
once to fasten them in small parcels
In my coat. I wanted to put them in
a bag. but she insisted. and. indeed, I
have carried them more easily and
surely thus"
"ohe hundred and seven pieces Of
minted gold" said Sir Arthur. 1.-THE
sight does my eyes good"
Why, uncle" I cried, surely you
and gold are not UGH strangers as
that. I have heard that you have here
Butley Croft"
Acres" repeated my uncle, twisting
his features into a contemptuous ex-
preston, "acres enough and hat were
all. But of what worth? Three out of
four Of them will feed you one sheep,
and that a little one, per acre, and the
rest are nothing great to speak Of"
Land so poor as that went clear be-
yond my experience or Imagination,
n I could only o my head In SYM
pathy as my uncle continued to grum-
bic about the poverty of Nant-y-Bryn.
Never a penny do I receive in coin
from the said he. reaching a
black leathren book from q shelf near
the fireplace, and opening 1t. Here
are their methods of payment, and you
might as well try to shake the hills
themselves as try to change their Gus
toms. Jenkin Evans" he read, holds
sixty acres OF land known as Tynant.
He pays yearly two cows, a S~-year-old
OK, and four sheep. Evan Jenkins holds
seventy acres. F%rongoch, he pays three
tubs of butter, six pigs and thirty
sheep. Pedr Williams, the weaver. ne
pays forty yards Of homespun cloth and
a roll Of blanket stuff. I have to be my
own chapman, and turf these things
to account as well as I can. IT'S a nnor
country this. a poor country"
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