The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-14
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BY SIR WALTER BR8AlET

1
Win ~, and sat In the Old-fashionad gar
osn OF Sidcote, under q gnarlsd and an
Client apple tree.
Our David" said, 'was always In
elinsd to be loutish. He has been dsvel.
oping and cultlyatins that Gift for alx.
ysars-with pleading result"
There Ii something on his mind"
said George. Perhaps he win tai M
what 1t b; perhaps NOT. David vas
never - particularly open about himself.
strange that he should begin by booking
Tor hls uncls's grave! Why did he think
that he was dsadT'
doubt"
I'm the evening, Harry Rabjahns tells
me- he had @ kind Of ht-a hysterical
At OF laughing and crying-ln the inn."
That was perhaps because he had
learned that his uncle was sdN alive"
This was indeed the case, though not In
the sense I intended.
"And this morning, the Arst day Of his
return, he begins with q row with his
uncle. We'll, there is going to b mis-
chief at Gratnor."
why, what mischief can there b@T'
II don't know. David went away
eursing his uncle. After six years no
comes back curSlng him again. When q
man bFoods over a wrong for SIX years.
mischief does generally follow. First Of
all, the old man will do nothing for him.
Do yoG understand that2 There was
solid obstinacy in his eyes while he list
ened to David. Nothing Is to bs got out
Of him. What will David dor
He will 80 away again, suppose,
unless no takes farm work."
| David Il ag obstinate az his uncle.
And he La not altogether a fool. There
will be mischief"
George, old man, 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 r
'"To Mary, certainly"
$50 think. Then don't you see that
some good may come out Of the business
after alp
ut may come, but too late to save
Sidcoto. He means to have SIdcote. My
days here are numbered. Well, II iG a
pity after ave hundred yeRrs"-he look
ed around at the inheritance about to
pass away from Aim-only~ farm of
three hundred acres, but his fathers and
his gro&t-grRndfAther'E- ne was 81
lent for a moment. "As for work, what
would I grudge IL could keep the old
placOl But / know that over at GratnoI
there sits, watching and waiting bis
chance, the man who means to have my
land, and will have 1t before the end Of
the year"
"Patsncs, George. Anything may
happen"
"Hs 10 a crafty and a dangerous man
VIII. We can say here what we cannot
say in MGry'S presence. He Il more
crafty and more dangerous now that hG
10 paralyEed and cannot get about among
his fields than he was In the old days
as he employed for David. He canno
persuade me to drink, and to sign agree
ments and borrow money. But the bat
times have done for me what drink die
for David"
30 we talked away the afternoon in I
rather gloomy spirit. Life is no NOR
. free from sharks In the country than Ii
the town, there are In Arcadia. as vel
! as in London, vulturss, beasts, and bird
of prey, who sit and watch their chanc
to rend the helpless.
"And co." he said, summing up, I"
shall have to part with the old famil!
place, and begin in the world again; g
out as David went out, and return. per
hapa. az he returned"
"No, George; some things are possible
but not probable. That you should com
back az David has come back Is not pos
siblo."
At that moment the man Of whom W
spoke came slowly out Of the house, rub
, bing his eyes.
"When you are among the blacks,
: he said, you never get enough to oat
"'What are you going to do now 20
are come home, Davidr'
~ will tell you, George, In a day 0
! two The old man says he will do moth
irR for NEWELL see to that presently
Hes turned the old farm house at Berr
into two Gotta es, and the buildings ar
o failing to pieces. Says can take n
my quarters In one Of the cottages, If
=. ike: that Is liberal, isn't it, And I az
to earn my living how l can; that's ger
: srous, isn't itT'
'~rry Cancellation, David"
!. ''No, Will: I think know bette
4 plan than Cancellation"
= CHAPTER XIII.
This was all that David told US, "
. saw, indeed, very little Of him after tn
day. He took what we gave him withor
}, a word of thanks, and he did not pr
tend the least interest in either OF us
our dolngS or our welfare. Yet he ha
known both of Us all his life, and he wa
but ave or six years older. A Strana
returnl Knowing now all that l know
I am certain that he was dazed and col
> founded, first at finding his uncle aliv
= and next at the reception he met witt
y He was thinking of these things and
that new plan Of his yet imperfect Q
which he could wreak revenge upon n
= uncle. This made him appear dulier al
- more stupid than was his nature.
We sat waiting for more experience
, but none came. How, for instance OF
a would have been pleased to inquire can
- an honest Devonshire man to conso
h with a gang of fellows who had
= "donA aomethinR," and were rowing an