Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-02-06

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temptible, cowardly ours before, but
you
you can say what you wish TO me-
Telfare painted. Il shall not resent H.
Men Of my class do not fight men OF
yours. You can't insult me, Buckley.
What you say does not affect me in the
slightest Men of honor
You have no honor to lean on" burst
from Buckley's lips NO man has hon
or who deliberately insults man who
is as helpless to resent it as l am III
this case. You would strike woman
| You are a cur, Telfarer'
| Telfare was painting again. but his
! eyes fell beneath Georges fierce stare
1t looked as if he were actually AFRAID
| Buckley might suddenly strike him I'D
the face.
You have not heard what | lntend !
to propose" he faltered. Il have II III |
my power TO pardon your father, VINO |
is now at the coal mines. | can do TINS
simply by signing my name to pa
per. and if you
THAT is what you want to proposeF
George shrank back in bewildermenl.
The awful significance of the proposal
stunned him. drove his rage momenta'
rily from his brain, set him quiverlng
from head to foot He sat down on the
bench opposite Telfare and lowered MS
face to his hands. His fathers liberty
was within his reach.
Telfare chuckled contemporary.
"Ah, see l hit you between the eyes!
+ | l reckon you are sorry now that you
didn't wait till | had finished before
you dared to-but that may pass. l
, simply will not degrade myself, Buck
lev. by visiting a lady who is receiving
!, a man of your standing II she Is
l led only by her sympathies, and if you
will give up all claim to her and agree
= never to approach her on an equal Iool-
ing again, l will liberate your father
: Of course, you understand, I'd want
/ some sort of petition to come to me
i ONLY q few names of his neighbors Will
= debut
"a And your object?" George asked
- u, looking up.
"WeT. that's a private matter an
- swered Telfare, "but l may as Wen au-
L nit that my object is to marry MISS
~ Cranston. and. as she evidently is actu-
ated bv a sort of pity. admirable IN
e woman, for you in your misfortune,
~ simply want to remove you from Iur
&C Their contact with her without haVlhs
gu openly to request the step of her or ne
parents. God knows I'm not jealous
i0C YOU! 1t is not that. It is only the loe'
eu of our visiting here as social equals.
George stood up. He had something
er' 70 say. and it rang in Telfare's ear
Lol long after the words were spoken.
NV father, Telfare," he began, eva
'ns convicted for stealing, and no douu
a' Justly. but helwas an unlettered, 1gnt
LIN Grant man. He was a thief, but you, lie
~ fare. are lower than he, for, with you
I' OPPORTUNITIES for knowing right fro1
-, wrong. you degrade your Ofice-the o.
fee given in trust to you by the state
an to advance your own personal intel
a ests. You are more unpardonaole ina
~ my father. AS for my having an
claim on the lady you mention, nav
:, none, and it would be dishonorable II
~ me to trade in a commodity L don
" possess. But hold on; am not throug
I want to add that if my acceptlI
your proposition meant that L lent q
the weight of a straw toward making Mi
We Cranston your wife, I'd refuse with q
diving breath | could not live Kno
10y ing that the purest and noblest wom
God ever made was through an act
- mine living with a loathsome rept
that IKE you - - doo+h and
) al GAM" 49,. -, o11o1rino Won
'-.o touch Miss Cranston's hand in law
wedlock should let him die"
- "You mean to refuse your fathe
49, freedom|' gasped Telfare.
Eyes. | refuse. | am trying, Telts
0'-'' to show the world by my life tina
have not inherited my parents we
0o-l ness. | shall not depart from that I
~ nv entering into a dishonorable c.
'no nact with a man as base as you
llii'' regardless of what it means to me-
you'd better think this over, Br
hlSn low" said the governor. You are I
AIMED ie9' 0"1N
- now"
80, 81 have nothing else to say rep
80 Buckley, land, to show you now L
N regard l have for your wishes, l S
! tho keep my engagement with Miss q
-, ston this evening" And turning
~ - walked ahead of Telfare to the h
roor, and into the lighted parlor. SER
-, took his hat and told him Miss q
Some ston had gone into the garden,
Gov would return in a moment. Will
meet was waning Tue eoFeihor en'e.o
nom l room ana SAT uo"n' was
h no nervous ana hau ueepel" 'e si"A
er the his eyes. linen L!ula canle ILL.,
I'D
/, peo- was slightly nusheo ana nao
rose in her hand.
stood I'm so glad you came" she sal
rorfad George. Telfare had risen and
trying to appear at ease but she
n "To not notice him.
do you like tuberoses?' she
-or,n Buckley.