The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-11-04

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den Of Sideote. under a gnarlsd and an
Client apple tree.
| "0ur David" said, was always in
elined to be l0utish. He has been devel
| Oping and eultivating that gift for sir
years-with a pleasing result"
There Is something on his mind,
said George. Perhaps be win tell Us
what It 10; perhaps not David was
never particularly open about himself
Strange that he should begin by looking
for his unele's gravel Why did he think
that he was deadT'
HE believed what he hoped. no
doubt"
in the evening. Harry Rabjahns tells
me, he had a kind Of 6t-a hysteFical
at OF laughing and crying-in the inn"
That was perhaps because be had
learned that his uncle was still alive"
This was indeed the case, though not In
the sense l intended.
And this morning. the first day Of his
return, he begins with a row with his
uncle. Well. there is going to BE- mis-
chief at GratnOr."
Why, what mischief can there beT'
u don't knew. David went away
cursing his uncle. After six years be
comes back eursing him again When Il
man brOods over a wrong for six years,
mischief does generally follow. First Of
all, the old man will do nothing for him.
Do you understand that2 There was
solid obstinacy in his eyes while he list
ened to David Nothing Is to ba got out
Of him. What will David doT''
He viii go away again, l suppose.
unless he takes farm work"
David Is as obstinate as bis uncle.
And he Is not altogether a fool There
will be mischief"
George, old man, l return to my old
thought. II you and Mary marry with
out old Dams consent. her fortune goes
to David. Does David knowY'
Il should think not"
TO which Of the two would the old
man prefer to hand over that money p
To Mary. certainly"
$50 think. Then don't you see that
some good may come out Of the business
after aIlY'
1T may come, but too late TO save
Sidcote. He means to have Sidcote My
days here are numbered Well, IL is q
pity after Ave hundred years"-he look.
ed around at the inheritance about to
pass away from him-0nly a farm %
three hundred acres. but his fathers and
his great-grandfa ther's-and be was 81
lent for a moment. "As for work. what
would grudEe II could keep the old
place! But l know that over at Gratnor
there sits, watching and waiting bis
chance. the man who means TO have my
land, AID viii have it before the end Of
the year"
-PatieneS. George Anything maj
happen"
He is . crafty aud a 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 be was in the old days
He cannot get at me By the same arts
as he employed for David He cannot
persuade me 70 drink, and to sign agree
msnts and borrow money. But the bad
times have done for me what drink did
for David"
So We talked away the afternoon in
rather gloomy spirit. Life is no more
free from sharks In the country than in
the town; there are in Arcadia. as we'll
as In London, vultures, beasts, and birds
Of prey, who sit and watch their chance
TO read the helpless.
And So" he said, summing no. 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, "a he returned"
No, George; some things are possible
but not probable. That you should come
back as David has come back Is not pos
sible"
At that moment the man Of whom We
spske 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 homa, DavidY'
Il will tell you. George. In a day or
two. The old man says he win DO moth
ing for NEWELL see to that presently.
He's turned the old farm house at Berry
into two Gotta ges, and the buildings are
falling to pieces Says | can take M
my quarters In enc Of the cottages. II
like: that Is liberal isn't III And AN
TO earn my living how can: that's gen
srous, isn't itr'
Try Cancellation. Dav
mo, Will; I think I know a better
plan than Cancellation"