The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-11-03

clined to be loutish. He has been devel-
oping and cultivating that gift for six
years--with pleasing result"
There is something on his mind"
said George. Perhaps he will tell US
what 1t is; perhaps not. David was
never particularly open about himself.
Strange that he should begin by looking
for his uncle's gravel Why did he think
that he was deadT''
"He believed what he hoped. no
doubt
I'm the evening, Harry Rabjahns tells
me, he had a kind Of fla hysterical
at Of laughing and crying--in the inn."
'That was perhaps because he had
learned that his uncle was still alive"
This was indeed the case, though not In
the sense intended.
"And this morning, the first day Of his
return, he begins with row with his
uncle. Well, there is going to be- mis-
chief at Gratnor."
why, what mischief can there ber'
II don't know. David went away
cursing his uncle. After six years he
comes back cursing him again. When a
man broods over wrong for six years,
mischief does generally follow. First Of
all, the old man will do nothing for him.
Do you understand that? There was =
solid obstinacy In his eyes while he list
ened to David. Nothing Is to be got out
Of him. What will David doT'
HE will 80 away. again, suppose,
unless he takes farm work"
David In as obstinate as his uncle.
And he IL not altogether q fool. There
will be mischief"
George, old man. I return to my old
thought. II you and Mary marry with
out old Dams consent, her fortune goes
to David. Does David known
II should think not"
ITO which Of the two would the old
man prefer to hand over that money :"
"To Mary, certainly"
$50 think. Then don't You see that
some good may come out Of the business
after allr
"It may come. but too late to. save
Sidcote. He means to have Sidcote. My
days here are numbered. Well, it Is a
pity after ave hundred years"-he look
ed around at the Inheritance about to
pass away from him--only farm of
three hundred acres, but his fathers and
his great-grandfather's- he was ST.
lent for moment. "As for work, what
would l grudge IL could keep the old
place! But know that over at Gratnor
there sits, watching and waiting his
chance, the man who means to have my
land, and will have 1t before the end of
the year."
Patience, George. Anything may
happen"
HE is a crafty and dangerous man,
Will. We can say here what we cannot
say in Mary's presence. He is more
crafty and more dangerous now that he
is paralyzed and cannot get about among
his fields than he was in the old days.
He cannot get at me by the same arts
as he employed for David. He cannot
persuade me to drink, and TO sign agree
| ments and borrow money. But the bad
times have done for me what drink did
| for David"
So we talked away the afternoon in a
rather gloomy spirit. Life is no more
| free from sharks in the country than in
the town: there are in Arcadia, as well
as in London, yultures, beasts, and birds
Of prey, who sit and watch their chance
to rend the helpless.
"And So" he said, summing up, 81
shall have to part with the old family
place, and begin in the world again; 20
out as David went out, and return, per-
haps, as he returned"
mo, George; some things are possible,
hut not probable. That you should come
back as David has come back is not pos
sible."
At that moment the man Of whom we
spoke came slowly out of the house, rub.
bling his eyes.
when you are among the blacks -
he said, "you never get enough to eat"
"What are you going to do now you
are come home, Davidf"
II will tell you. George, In a day OF
two. The old man says he will do moth.
ing for NEWELL see to that presently
He's turned the old farm house at Berry
into two cottages. and the buildings are
falling to pieces. Says l can take ur
my quarters in one of the cottages, If
like; that is liberal, isn't it? And / am
to earn my living how / can; that's gen.
erous, isn't itr'
'srry Cancellation, David"
| "No, WIN; / think I know a bette,
plan than conciliation."
CHAPTER XIII.
This was all that David told us. We
saw, indeed. very little of him after this
day. He took what we gave him without
a word Of thanks, and he did not pre-
tend the least interest in either of US oil
our doings or our welfare. Yet he had
known both of us all his life, and he was
but five or six years older. A strang,
returnl Knowing now all that know
am certain that he was dazed and con
founded, first at finding his uncle alive
and next at the reception he met with
He was thinking Of these things and oil
that new plan Of his, yet imperfect, by
which he could wreak revenge upon hi.
uncle. This made him appear duller ant
more stupid than was his nature.
i We sat waiting for more experiences
but none came. How, for instance, on,
would have been pleased to inquire, cam,
an honest Devonshire man to consort
with a gang Of fellows who had al
"done something" and were rowing ant
tramping about the country ready to d.
something else. Before David lost hi
head he used to drink. but not witt
rogues and tramps. Yet now he confess
ed without any shame to having beer
their companion-a tramp and vagabont
himself, and the associate of rogues By
what process does man deGcend SO low
in the short space of two or three week.
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