The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-08-22


A week after the events narrated in
the preceding chapter Irving went !
out to the Wright homestead and
found Miriam in tears.
what is the mattcr?" he asked,
as he gently took her hand.
"We must give up this place, and
it is very hard 1t is true we have
not been happy here, but we were
attached to the place, for it was not
to blame"
GLOW has this come about?'
"Col. Franklin has just notified us
that this property had been decided
to real estate company, and that
as a representative of the company
he desires possession on the list of
February"
$50 Col. Franklin imagines that he
is still alive, does he? Well, he can
go and hang himself"
Eyes, he could, but he will not.
And that would not help us any"
"Miss Miriam. don't you worry
about the colonel's notification" said
Irving; che will never get possession
of this place, l promise you that"
at is very kind of you to try to
console us, but l am afraid there can
be no help for it,"
"But there is help for it. I did not
expect to tell you this yet, and you
must promise to let no one know of
it but your mother, and you must
pledge her also to secrecy"
"Well, then, we both swear" said
Miriam.
SIT is bit of romance in it's way,
illustrating, however, the triumph of
the good and the just over the evil
and the unjust"
''Please do go on with your story.
My appetite is sufficiently whetted.'
Then Warde told her about the old
agreement and its recovery. He gave
her the entire story, including Mr.
1Iverett's adventure with Franklin.
Miriam was alternately shocked and
thrilled: and when he had concluded,
she said: "'Then Col. Franklin is
"a pirate of purest ray serene" in
terruptcd Irving. "For the present we
have quieted him by letting him sup
pose that he has us cornered. The
possession of the agreement is known
to you. Mr.. Everett and myself. And
when your mother is told, it will be
confined to us four"
GLOW can we ever show our graf
itudc to you for what you have
done?"
at was Il mere accident that helped
me to get that agreement, so you
must thank fate this time"
"But you have been devoted to our
interests all the time. You have
never let an opportunity slip to do
a favor for some member of our fam
lily. and You have worked as indus
triously for MS as some men work
for themselves. do not care to be
wealthy. but my mother has had a
great deal of care and unhappiness
and it has been my earnest hope that
I she would be able to spend the re-
mainder of her life here entirely in
dependent. And now | feel that
through you this hope will be real
lied"
"lf have done anything to bring
: about the object of your desire, | an
l. perfectly sntsiied.'
81 think that you must be the goot
u angel of the fnmily."
Then she flew away to tell he1
: mother the news that Wardc hat
brought, leaving him in a france hal
I, way between doubt and happiness.
Irving was not a worshippcr %
=. mammon. and he did not propose t'
allow the substantial deity to CONF
" between him and the desire of hi
heart. which was to win the love o
Miriam Wright: he was not a fortune
. hunter. and he saw no reason VIII.
lie should stand aghast before a pill
of gold if in other ways he cOult
dare aspire to the love of a woman
like Miriam. Her gold would be TIL
least thing to make her seem inacces
y sible to him.
s. But how would the radical chang
70 in her life and the adulation inciden
Z to her wealth affect her? Now sh
l. was all womanlincss. There was
sweet timidity about her. a half-stal
y tied air. frnnkness without artific
" and scntient beauty that rcndere
IL any description of her colorless.
But the test? How would she com
10 out of the furnace fed by the ASST
= ciated passions of humanity? Woul
she remain steadfast to herself, G
= would she alter with alteration
;" There would be uncouth lips to tie
: her that she was beautiful. The +;
dance that wealth can scatter roun
y about one would cling to her. III
sensuous arts would environ her al
:, assail the simplicity which was no
her charm. Fashion would spread IL
10 her it's subtlest wiles, and mammc
would write sonnets to her deep gr;
eyes.
.. These thoughts flew through II
r. mind while Miriam was gone, b
10 when she returned she almost temp
~ ed him to lay aside his Judgment wi
,I his doubts, she was so frankly hapl
=, in his presence. 1t cost him gre
~ exertion of will not to put his fo
~. tune to the test then and there, b
~ ~, he conquered the inclination and we
sn away with his secret unspoken.
us "'
~ CHAPTER NV.
The trial Of Herbert made ii gre
ert stir. He was young, good-looliing a
on intelligent, and possessed that tell
i | fret cln la