The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-11-15
CHAPTER I11.-tCoutlnu.d,

house. after watching the carriage down
the drive, his head and heart were on
nre with the memory Of her last linger.
Ing look, and the blood danced in his in.
gers as he recalled the warm, clingins
pressure Of her hand at parting.
Il think I must be mad when she ID
near me, for somehow / always manage
to believe in the possibility of her love
Tor me when in her presence" he NUT,
tered, remorsefully. And, II she did
love. what then? Could throw Ethel
over? My sweet, pure little Ethel, It
would break her heart! l must get rid
Of this folly. I'll finish Ethel's letter at
once, and send 1t OF by the morning post
In write long, loving letter to the poor
little girl; 1t will do me a. much good to
write 1t a. 1t will her to receive It."
This time he commenced with my
dear Ethel" and then. before proceeding
further, he made 4 close examination OF
the beautifully executed address and
crest on the paper.
The crest Of ''Mallyngs"-as the name
was originally spelled--a tigers head and
front paws in repose. with the motto
Let the sleeping lie." particularly In
terested him. He had stood for many q
minute during the past week in front
OF one Of these emblems Of the family
eircle-ferce, ungovernable-and ponder
Cd the probable events that had caused
It to be bestowed on them As their
badge.
Il wonder why she never married r
be unused. II wonder IL mine Is the true
reason, and there really Is some poor
beggar In the background awaiting her
twenty-6fth birthday? l shall have q
chance Of finding out II accept her in
vltation for the partridge shooting in
September, for Lord Summers told me
she would be twenty-five in that month.
Ought l, in justice to Ethel, to place my
self In the way Of such temptation
Bosh! l must be 4 weak fool indeed IL l
cannot live In the society Of 4 beautiful
woman without making an idiot Of my
self! Besides II l come and see for my
self that she IL really gone on some
lucky fellow, 1t will be the most complete
cure could find for my own folly"
But Jack knew this to be false rea-
soning; nevertheless he would not listen
to conscience, and, with a gloomy brow
and tightly compressed lips, sat glaring
modify at the blank sheet Of paper be-
fore him.
"Will you take your luncheon in here
sir7 1t will seem less lonely than In the
dining room. l think"
Jack looked up in surprise at the
housekeeper.
II must have been sitting here nearly
Mrs. Perkins"
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brighter and more cheerful than the din
ing ROOM"
Mrs. Perkins walked to q sideboard
and flicked away an imaginary speck OF
dust.
"Wers you here in Sir Paul's timer
he asked, more because the old lady
wanted to talk than from any interest he
took in the matter.
BLESS you, sir, I've been a servant in
this house for turned nifty years!
began as under housemaid at sixteen
and here I've been ever since; so I'm
what you may call an old servant"
''Of course you remember Miss Mall.
ing's mother7 She must have been q
beautiful woman"
Sometimes she was and sometimes
she wasn't She was handsome enough
naturally; but she had such an awful
temper that 1t quite disfgured her al
times. I've known her to sulk about
the house for month at a time because
her brother, the late Sir Paul, had re-
fused her some trining thing. We were
quite relieved when she got married
her husband. You see she was many
L. iV
Paul and the present baronet, Sir Geof-
frey, and was bit spoiled in conse-
quence-though there il an old saying
in the family that 4 Malling's daughter
10 always = 6end, asking your pardon
for the word, sir; so it's lucky Miss
Pauline II only q Mailing by adoption y
Then you think she has escaped the
failing usual to the ladies of the fam
ilyT
II should not like to give an opinion
Of my mistress disposition. 1t would be
very bad taste on my part, sir. Miss
Mailing, during the six years she has
been mistress here, has been everything
one could desire"
II beg your pardon" he said, politely
II did not wish to betray you into dis
respect for Miss Mailing. Ny question
was the natural outcome Of your remark
a. to Miss Malling's being only q Mall.
Ing by adoption"
ITO be sure, sir; and that takes me
back to what was saying. Miss Paul
Ines mother was away on the Continent
with her husband directly after they
were married. and roamed about for
years from ono country to another with
him; she never came homo again, poor
dear! She died when Miss Pauline was
fifteen years old; and then Sir Paul was
anxious to have the child with him In
England, a. he had made her his heiress,
In consequence Of the other brother,
Geonrsy, having married without his
consent. But Major Luton would not
part with his daughter, and refused even
to let her come on 4 visit; 20 We none
of NJ ever saw Miss Pauline until she
came here, . grown woman, to take her
place % mistress Of Mallingford."
II suppose you knew her at once by
her likeness to her mother?"
"Strangs to say, We didn't, sir! To bs
sure she was very III, for her father had
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