Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-02

Lavarick, with an affectation Of sur
prise, shrank back, and Neville passed
him, and with the child still over his
shoulder and the revolver still in his
hand, went out into the open air.
CHAPTER vi.
On the night Neville Lynne met Syl-
via Bond the House Of Commons in
London was unusually full. An i'm
portant debate was in progress. In
the galleries, in the Hobbies and even
outside, where a big crowd hung about
and waited. there was the peculiar at
mosphere of excitement which only
political events can produce. Speeches
had been delivered by several stars in
the political ornament, and perhaps
no one of them had attracted more at
tention that that of Sir Jordan Lynne.
Two gentlemen had witnessed the
proceedings from the front OF the
Strangers Galleries, and II Of them,
who had scarcely removed his eyes
from Sir Jordan's tall, thin figure
while he had been speaking, looked at
his companion with a thoughtful
smile. .r'a
THAT mans going to make his
mark" he said to his friend.
"Who-Jordan Lynne? Yes, I sup
pose so. Clever speech, wasn't it? Do
you know him at ALP .
"Well, I was ut Rugby with him."
said the last speaker. But l can't say
1 knew him. I doubt very much
whether any knows him."
"How long has he been Sir Jordan?
I've been away such a time that I've
lost touch Of events, you know"
How long? Oh, about eighteen
months, more or less. Yes, his father,
old Sir Greville, died about seventeen
or eighteen months ago, and this Jor-
dan, the eldest son, came into the
baronetcy-and the money. Strange
history, old Greville's."
:Teii me-" said his friend, as arm in
arm they ven down the stairs and
| sauntered on the terrace. 1--WE heard
something about him, but forgot exact
ly what"
"Well, it's soon told. Old Greville
was an eccentric; a man with a mania,
l yOu hIO"s III huk " Z LIZ us
a young man he fell in love with a
girl. She was below him in position,
but Greville was mad about her. and
Notwithstanding that she was engaged
to another young fellow, Greville
brought pressure to bear-monetary
pressure, l expect-induced or ordered
her to break off with her lover, and
promise to marry him, Lynne"
"Nice man"
Eyes. But it didn't come off after
all, for the day before the marriage
the girl bolted with her own true love
That's distinctly good" said the lis
tener.
mot so bad. Grevllle was awfully
! cut up. Most men get over 1t in time,
and If they don't exactly forget the
girl who Tilted them, forgive her. Old
Greyille didn't. He set himself to
work to hunt down his successful rival
to ruin him, and-did it."
'How do you mean?" inquired his
friend.
well, I don't know all the details,
but I've heard people who were in the
know say that Greville stuck to the
other fellows trail like a bloodhound,
and while processing to be his friend
plotted and schemed to effect his ruin.
It took years to accomplish, of course,
but 1t was accomplished at last, and
Sir Greville had the satisfaction Of see
ing his rival a broken man and an out
cast"
"And this Is the nineteenth century,
1 believer"
Exactly" assented the speaker,
land it's only In the nineteenth century
that you can do that sort of thing. The
man Sir Greville had determined to
ruin disappeared. The wife, 1 believe,
died Of grief and anxiety"
ANY children"
Don't know. I fancy there was
one, but I'm not sure"
Poor woman! What a fiend Sir Jor-
dams father must have been"
Yes, 1 think he a According to
poetical justice, he ought to have been
punished in some way. But he wasn't
at least, in this world. He f1ourished
like the bay tree. Everything he
touched turned to gold"
did he ever marry?"
"Yes, he married twice. mis- man
Jordan is the son Of the first wife, and
there's another boy called-called Ne
Vile, the son of the second"
What's become Of him?"
Cant say. It's rumored that he's
abroad somewhere. He was at one
time Sir Greville's fayorite son, but
our friend Jordan soon altered that.
I'm told that he hates the half brother
like poison, and that he never rested
until he had brought a quarrel about
between Neville and his father, and got
the y%oungster turned out"
"a worthy son of a worthy father!'
Eyes. Jordan played his cards very
well, The estate was a small one, not