The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-12-29
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l know how silly 1t Ii Of me to fee
over this separation Of few weeks
Jack, but I'm suffering from that mos
feminine OF all feminine ailments
presentiment. have a horrible dread
that You win not come back to me jus,
the Same ~ ron leave me.",
Jack Dornton knew this was all very
foolish. He loved pretty Ethel Malleti
very dearly; 90, instead Of putting hii
thought into words, he kissed the tearfu
facs and lovingly comforted her with
vows Of eternal constancy.
Yen know needn't stay down there
until the pictures are finished" he said
"As soon &c have the sketches well
forward, / shall come back and complete
the larger pictures from them at home
ana, though shall be working very
hard, that win not prevent you from
coming every day to watch my progress
and chesr me up for an hour or 30 in the
afternoon"
Ethel smiled-it was rather q pitiful
attempt--and turned resolutely to the
breakfast table.
1T was good Of voc to think Of com
ing to breakfast with us, so that we
might see the last Of you before start
Ing" she said bravely, as she busted
herself with the coffee cups. Mr.. NAL
lett came down few moments later,
and breakfast was got through with due
decorum, In Difference to "papa's dislike
20 emotion"
Shortly after the meal Jack was
ramping away--his portmanteau in one
hand and portable easel In the other.
be had been engaged to Ethel Mallett
for two months, and they were to be
married az soon as he could provide a
suitable home for her. A fortnight after
ne had obtained the reluctant consent of
MT. Mallett to this arrangement, a GER
tain Lord Summers, attracted by two
water colors of Jacks In q fashionable
gallery, had found him out and offered
him a liberal commission to execute
series OF six pictures, the subjects to be
selected from the immediate neighbor-
hood Of bis lordship's place In Exbridge-
snire. Jack had jumped at the offer, see
ing that II would enable him to place
little Ethel In home of her own two
months sooner than he anticipated.
30 here he was, after a two hours
run, hard at work in the woods Of Nal.
lingford, skillfnlly and rapidly filing in
the leading features of Mallingford
House and Its surroundings. While his
fingers were thus busy, he was recalling
the conversation he had had with Lord
Summers upon the place Of his first sub
ject.
would you wish me to begin with
EummerheidT" Jack had asked, when
taking his anal instructions from his
Lordship.
mo; should like to be at Summer
neld myself when you are there I think
you had better make Mallingford House
your FIRST subject. 1t Is about ten miles
from Summerfeld. and you can work
your way toward there, shall be down
BY the last week of July, and hope to
have the pleasure of showing you some
Jack bowed his thanks.
You win be delighted with Mailing
ford" his lordship went ON. at Is a
noble place, and have a rather peculiar
interest In the property. The late owner,
Sir Paul Mailing, was most eccentric
man, with very exalted notion of his
own Importance as head of the house.
he had never married, and was mortaIly
offended with his brother Godfrey be-
cause he took unto himself wife at the
age OF thirty-eight without first consult-
ing him. Poor Paul! He was a great
friend Of mine; but I'm bound to confess
that he was Of most unforgiving dispo-
sftion. Would you believe It, Mr.. Dorm
font He, was so unjust as to disinherit
0eoffrey and leave the whole Of his prop
srty to his only sisters only child, Pau
line Luton. his win confirmed his rep,
utation for eccentricity, for he made even
her inheritance CONDITIONAL; FIRST, upon
her taking the name Of Mailing. and.
secondly, upon her not marrying under
the age Of twenty-five without her guar
dams approval and consent. "A very
awkward thing for the guardian. I ann
that not-to-be-enyied person. So, YOU
see, should the young lady In question
happen to fall In love with some poor
beggar Of fellow, l could not consist
emily give my consent, and she would
have to give up either her love or her
position as owner of Mallingford. one
Of the finest seats In the county"
I'm which caser' Jack said, ihterroga-
lively.
.sIn which case the disinherited broth
Or would have his own. But l am clad
to say that my charming ward will be
twenty-five in September and will then
be In position to please herself in her
choice Of husband-for which I am de-
voutly thankful. as 1t relieves mo Of
serious responsibility.
II can quite understand that"
II was In hopes at first that should
not be called upon to exercise my guar
dianship at all. When Sir Paul died
Pauline was away with her father In
Italy. He was sad reprobate, and
spent his time chiefly In gambling houses,
leaving bis motherless girl among ali
kinds Of people. Well, as fate willed
this Luton died just q month before
Sir Paul, and, though we made every
effort to find his daughter, we could OBJ
tain NO tidings Of her. We traced the
father and daughter to Naples, whore the
former died; but after that we could
hear nothing Of her. We sent out agents,
we advertised, We did everything we
could. At last, after Eve months Of
fruitless inquiry. and Just as we were
losing heart, and wondering whether we
should not begin to hunt up poor Geof-
frey. she appeared suddenly at my so
hcitors' ofices. She looked wretchedly
III, said she had been working her heart
out as teacher Of English at q Spanish
school. and had only recently seen one