The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-27
CHAPTER TX. Continued.

: CHAPTER TX. Continued.
Then a rosy color overspread mad
am s face, her eyes sparkled, she rose
to her feet, made Ethel a sweeping cour-
tesy, and said:
.sMy respect and congratulations to
i Ethel, Lady of Rawdon Manor
Dear grandmother, what else could
"You did right. y s.
long as he lives. My father says T
have done well to buy it. In the fu-
ture, if I do not wish to keep it, Nicho-
las Rawdon will relieve me at great
financial advantage.''
don "T Say 4 Sid hexf y9u let Nicholas Raw
HHe would have wanted prompt pos
session. The squire would have had to
leave his home. It would have broken
his heart"
81 dare say. He has soft, loving
heart: That ism always a blessing. It
hear you have all been making idols of
these Tyrrel- Rawdons. Fred tells me
they are as vulgar lot as can be-
"Fred lies! Excuse me, grandmoth-
er-but the word suits and may stand.
MI. Nicholas is pompous, and walks as
of his great fortune; but his manners
are all right, and his wife and son are
delightful. She is handsome, we'll
dressed, and so good-hearted that her
protay county idioms are really charm:
ing. John Thomas is a man by himself
good temper and exceedingly clever
and wideawake. Many times was
" forced to tell myself, John Thomas
would make an ideal squire of Raw
= don."
HWhy don't you marry him.
10 mo
t'What was the matter with the
man9''
,o.,s He vas, was alf rad engaged to very
t5I am glad she is a lady"
F*She is also very, clever; She has
been to college and taken high honors,
thing have not DONE
"You might have done and overdone
that caper; you were too sensible to try
it. Well, I'm, glad that part Of the
family is looking up: They had the
thing for families to dwell together
in unity. We have King David s word
for that. My observation leads me to
think it is far better for families to
dwell apart, in unity. They seldom get
along comfortably together
piquant scenes between the two fami-
lies at Monk-Rawdon, and especially
that one in which the room Of the first
Tyrrel had been opened and his like
ness restored to its place in the family
gallery. It touched the old lady to
Poor lad! I wonder if he knows! Z
wonder if he knows!'' -.
The crucial point Of Ethel's revela-
tions had not yet been revealed, but
madam was now in a gentle mood, and
Ethel toTk 1 the G Rp%don ysS to introduce
pecting and waiting for this topic, but
help toward bringing it forward. At
last, the girl felt a little anger at her
pretended Indifference and said,. IT
Tyrrel Rawdon of California;
."Tyrrel Rawdon Of California! Pray,
who may he be-"
tFThe son Of Colonel Rawdon Of the
United States army.
."oh, to be sure! Well, what Of
him?"
II am going to marry him.
stI shall see about that ~.
'tWe were coming here together to
see you. but before we left the steamer
he got a telegram urging him to 20 at
once to his father, who is very i'll. -
ct have not asked him to come and
see me. Perhaps he will wait till I
eff you are not going to~love Tyrrel,
you need not love me. I won t
longer
ftI did without you sixty years. I
shall not live another twelve months,
and I think can manage to do without
you for a granddaughter any longer.
tsYou cannot do without me. You
break mine. :, Whereupon Ethel began
to cry with passion that quite graft
fed the old lady. She watched her a
few moments and then said gently:
There now. that will do. When he
comes to New York bring him to see
me. And don't name the man