New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-12
JeSebel and the General.
The Story of an Inheritance.
BY MARY STEWART BOYD.
IN FOUR PARTsLPARr III.

, men win tne opening days of August London
.. >lie uiioe'raoy not the Macnaughts journeyed
- an east coast watering place where the General
could indulge his liking for golf and vvhaoa r,,,
couiu easily run up to town. With the close of the
season Prodgers had left London and anr.r+I,,
g. iiei''icah1 fraternity was holiday making also
- Nv" s"Pued their applications decreased
- hummer 20 Colin found that day spent in
the Portland Place mansion thrice a week s,,f5cs5
- eep ms WORK up to date. and left the remainder
OF his time at his fathers disposal
cue 6eherals Jezebel they had heard but lit
Ne Ne: soon after their return from Glen-naCIrraI
MT MI Bleloch at her request had traVeJIsd - ia
tons bur t me intent OF opening friendly negota-
SSPy with but chill courtesy. His Highland nrida
Si rom stranger what should have belonged 70
When the worthy solicitor attempted expIanstions
naught the Ge DeSiIon with regard to Mr.. Mae
f,,i our IT 1nG uncle ward was she?' he said scoTn
ru iiy 70 Sohn, when their unwelcOme aIest had
renewed re them Of his presence. The or6han cbiid
With f bi IN lima whom he adopted and brought
tbf q Sa her to us Don't expect to believe
worthy or il she had been person of rabmtn6T
a. 80 my brother would not have written
OF .. tod US of her existence" '''''''
tha 5ut uncle must have referred to her presence
i'm store for Ts oR 81 OF having great surprise
now reserved he always was" Colin argEed ..FSe
WouId NOT hl st Eo[nan were wholly mercenary She
10 S ron the way people speak of her she seems
., Tut. TUT. said the General impatientIy AS If
cat cIass or woman couldn't make herself look anv
again" me near her name
her uf f 1he Jezebel made final effort before ceasn
erai a day or two after their arrival at East
herself forwarded from their Tnndo one ad ze6s
IA ~ MISS t5orrnan said simply that as she intend
eu leaVlng Glen-na-Crual for some months II would
give her great pleasure il General Macnaught
She would leave the full staff Of Outdoor an9 f
e aoOT servants and make all arrangements that he
keepers me letter concluded. prophesed that shoot
.b a. IVA, Was not August morning. Looking across
tne nne OF parehed turf to the molten ocean with
i rueF OF pathlng tents the General felt mad
forest possess him, but pride made him valiant in
ttetter that. used in conjunction with the castle
hardened his antagonsm into iron "JiuestT' The
ne would be received as an honored guest in his
When Colin-cautiously. for the JezeoeI had come
10 De an tnterdicted subject between father
heather after the birds the terse nature Of the
GeneraIs reply warned him of the unadvisabity
branch professed to see only some more subtle
vaccination OF the detested Jezebel. So. tacitly
the topic was dropped. though a sneaking sense OF
chlvalry induced Colin secretly to pen note OF
erals somewhat curt rejection OF her offer
,Eastwick might be aggressively new, but the
sea and sky are az old as they make EN- And
not co az az Oriet Ela had certain attributes
garden The front windows looked out across a
verbenas Close under the easement sweetpeas and
mignOnette lent sweetness TO the air
Evidently the flowers had proved an attraction
TO others also, for as Colin returning from his
path one morning ne found young lady artist
OF scarlet single dahlias she had up a light
easel and. seated a folding stool beside it, was
busny charcoaling the outline of the plants on a
Colin raising his straw hat. wisher her Good
morning" as he passed; but. 10 his surprise his
cursory greeting seemed to throw the girl into a
son. the trembling hand holding the charcoal made
a meaningless smudge on the canvas. and the dark
shadow revealed
something absurdy like fear she faltered re-
Spouse 10 his salutation
PITY that girl seems so nervous he remarked
at breakfast. glancing as he spoke through the
low ledger showed against background Of vivid
IT don't know" the General acknowledged "she
came on Wednesday and took the drawing room
suite. Mrs. Porter says that she is a professional
artist. a Miss Penny; but she seems very young
There is nothing so fascinating to those
Ignorant OF the art-as the evolution of a
Quaintance seems easily made than that
o. OF me outdoor painter; BG1 as they watched
Mss CHOSEN SUBJECT gradnaX take shape on
obliged nwardly to confess themselves dIsiusioned
of the canvas. their expectation the ultimate
completion, only sense OF chivalry toward the
lonely girl who regarded them wtstfully from
father and son from admitting TO each other that
her work was amateurish and faulty to a degree.
Jean Creighton managed to sandwich a two days
visit to her uncle between a sojourn at Cowes and
her departure with her adoring parents for their
yearly cure at Homburg The Honorable Jean was
spoiled child OF fortune. Those Of her acquaint-
ance who liked her termed that fashion of freely
speaking her mind in which she INDUCED refreshing
frankness, and those who did not bluntly called It
rudeness jeans OutspOkenness had endeared her
TO the General. who detested anything approaching
anectution or duplicity; but even he would have
preferred had her visit Eastwick been postponed
till Miss Penny's picture not In evidence. The
pity that is akin to fatherly concern had crept
into the kindly warriors heart for the girl who
seemed modest and sweet. and whose incom-
petent little hands had 20 trust TO feeble
weapon as paint brush In her battle with the
world.
While they at lunch Colin Miss Penny
who had sublime disregard for the varying effects