Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-12-09

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way and keep your land. If no Other
way, l shall have your land. Is that
sense, or is it notY"
Hard common sense" said George.
$50 it is" said David. ITS always
hard common sense when he takes an
other mans land"
II am sorry for you, George" the old
man went on; yet his face expressed q
certain satisfaction. Nobody will blame
you, I'm sure; or me either, for that
matter; and when your poor father Dor
rowed the money the land was worth
three times as much as 1t is now, so
that nobody will blame him. / don't ex-
pect ever to get the value Of my money
back. So we're all losers by the hard
times l shall want a tenant George"
the old man went on, land we will not
quarrel about the rent. Easy terms you
shall have, and when you've got your
| head well above water again, we will
consider about you and Mary. Don't
think l shall be hard upon you"
NO" said George; Il am going to
emigrate."
''ro foreign lands. George? Has 1t
come to that? Dear-dearW
Il am going to Tasmania"
Tut tut; this is very bad To for
eign lands! David went to foreign lands,
and see how he came home. George,
you had better stay at Sidcote and be my
tenant"
'sNo," George said, shortly "Well, the
long and the short of it Is that we are
here o-day-Mary and Ito ask your
consent to our marriage"
mo, George; l shall not consent.
What! let Mary marry a man who has
lost his own land and is going to foreign
lands? Certainly not! not ON any &C
count"
When your sister left Mary all her
fortune"
at was mine by rights. 1 made 1t
for her"
She put in the clause about your
consent to protect her. You know, as
well as |, that she herself would never
object to me for Mary's husband"
'She began with a thousand pounds.
By my advice she made it into six thou
sand pounds. Do you mean to tell me
that | am to have no voice in the dis
posal of all this money!
This kind of talk will not help any.
body. Well, have had my answer,
suppose. Mary, dear, it Is for you to
choose between your uncle and me-"
Il have chosen, George, you know
we'll Uncle, you will have to give that
money to David or to me. Here is Da.
vid, and here am l. To which of us
will you give itT
Suppose, Mary" David interposed-
suppose there was a secret arrange
ment-I don't say there is, but suppose
there was-between your uncle and me.
Suppose that l was to sell my chance
for so much down, and he was to keep
the rest"
Uncle! you would not-you could not
do such a thing" Mary cried.
Suppose, l say"-David went on
that arrangement was to exist. Then,
you see, George and Mary"-David put
the thing In his slow and elaborate man
ner, so as to bring out the full meaning
of the transaction-'you see that if you
don't marry without his consent he will
lose the money he's got to pay me; but if
he does not pay me that money before
you get married, he will have to pay me
the whole afterward. Therefore he nat
urally wants you to marry without his
consent. You are going to play his game
for him."
At this unexpected blow Daniel was
covered with confusion. When two peo-
pie make such a treaty, secrecy is the
| very essence of it; and for one of the par
ties concerned to blurt out the truth Is,
| in sense, a breach of contract. The
| old man actually turned red-at seventy
he had still the grace to husband hung
his head, but he could not speak.
"Oh! you have speculated on our mar.
rying withouty our consent! You have
actually bought David's chance, and now
you want US to marry, so that you aiay
keep the whole to Yourself"
mot the whole" said David "What
will be left after he has bought me uutn
Mary" her uncle replied, evading the
question, why do you want to get mar
ried yet? Stay with me. Let George
stay at Sidcote and be my tenant. AND
| will consider will consider. Besides
think, Mary; l am an old man now. anc
you will have all my money and all my
land when I die"
Have you bought up David so thu
you may keep the money as long as yo,
please, by always refusing your consent
Answer that" said George, hotly.
Z Il shall answer nothing" Daniel re
piled angrily- Notwithstanding Yor
have come here and asked for my con
sent to your marriage. Very well; | re
fuse it. Now You can GO"
Mary" said George, 1T is no longe
/ possible to leave you in this house You
uncle has deliberately set himself to no
you. Come with me, dear; my mothe
r will take care of you till we are mar
ried." Mary hesitated. 60, Mary, pu
on your hat and come with me. AS 70
: you, Daniel Leighan'-he waited ii
Mary had left the room-"we leave 70
: alone. Nothing worse can happen to yor
When you have no longer Mary to pre-
o vide beforehand all your wants-whe
e you are alone all the day and all tn
evening, you will remember what 70
:. have thrown away. Oh, you are sevent
0 years of age, and you are rich already
and you rob your sisters daughter In OIL
der for year or two to call yourse
/ richer still"
:. The old man crouched among his nj
l. lows and made no answer. Mary wa
B. leaving him Bur II she Stsva3 ba nan,