The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-01-05
pHAPTHR rII.--tcontinued.,

r1ves his head and heart were OF
Fith the memory Of her last linaer
ok, and the blood danced In his hn
pc he recalled the warm, clingtni
IRE Of hsr hand ct parting.
think 1 must be mad when she !,
me, for somehow I aIways manag,
ieve In the possibility Of her low,
= when In her presence he NUT
remorsefully. "And, II she dit
what then? Could / throw Ethe
Ny sweet, pure little Ethel, Il
break her hearth must get rid
b folly. I'll finish Ethel's letter n
and send 1t of by the morning post
rite q long, loving letter to the pool
girl; It viii do me as much good t.
1t AZ 1t will her to receive It." &
time he commenced with "My
Ethel" and then, before proceeding
p. he made a close examination Of
beautifully executed address and
On the paper.
crest Of .sMallyngs"-as the name
Figinally spelled--a tigers head and
paws In repose, with the motto,
the sleeping lie" particularly in
Pd him. He had stood for many q
during the past week In front
q these emblems of the family
Fierce, nngovernable-and ponder
] probable events that had caused
be bestowed on them az their
wonder why she never married p
sed. II wonder if mine 10 the true
and there really IL some poor
In the background awaiting her
fifth birthday I shall have a
OF finding out II ! accept her In
70 for the partridge shooting In
nber, for Lord Summers told me
Puld be twenty-five in that month.
l, In Justice to Ethel, to place my
the way Of such temptation :?
l must be weak fool indeed II I
1--we In the society Of q beautiful
without making an idiot Of. my
Besides II come and sec for mr..
pat she IL really gone on some
How, It win be the most complete
ould find for my own folly"
!nck knew this to be false rea-
nevertheless he would not listen
Eience, and. with gloomy brow
pity compressed lips, sat glazing
1t the blank sheet Of paper be-
In.
u yon take your luncheon in here,
will seem less lonely than In the
room. I think"
looked up In surprise at the
Keeper.
bust have been sitting here nearly
ours. l don't mind where / lunch,
Perkins" "
en IN put It In here, sir; It's
y and more cheerful than the din
bm."
Perkins walked to a sideboard
3cked away an imaginary speck of
IRE you here in Sir Paul's time 2"
ked, more because the old lady
to talk than from any interest he
a the matter. 49,
us you, sir, I've been servant in
ouse for turned fifty years! 1
as under housemaid ut sixteen,
ere I've been ever since; 30 I'm
vou may call an old servant"
course you remember Miss Mall
nother? She must have been a
ful woman"
netimes she was and sometimes
hsn't. She was handsome enough
lily; but she had such an awful
that 1t quite disfigured her at
I've known her to sulk about
use for a month at time beca use
other. the late Sir Paul had re-
per some trifing thing. We were
relieved when she got married,
TENT away on the Continent with
hsband. You see she was many
younger than her brothers, Sir
Ind the present baronet, Sir Geof-
and was bit spoiled In conse-
though there Is an old saying
family that Malling's daughter
lays fend. asking your pardon
. word, sir; so it's lucky Miss
= d only a Mailing by adoption"
en you think she has escaped the
usual to the ladies Of the fam
hould not like to give an opinion
mistress disposition. It would be
bad taste on my part, sis. Miss
g. during the six years she has
distress here, has been everything
uld desire"
leg your pardon" he said, politely.
not wish to betray you into dis
for Miss Mailing. My question
be natural outcome Of your ernark
Miss Malling's being only a Mall
adoption"
be sure, sir; and that takes me
b what Twas saying. Miss Paul
bother was away on the Continent
Der husband directly after they
married. and roamed about fer
from one country to another with
the never came home again, poor
She died when Miss Pauline was
years old; and then Sir Paul was
b to have the child with him In
bid, as he had made her his heiress.
hsequence of the other brother.
ey, having married without his
It. But Major Luton would not
18th his daughter. and refused even
her come on visit; 80 we none
ever saw Miss Pauline until she
here. grown woman. to TAX her
hs mistress of Mallingford."
suppose you knew her at once by
tness to her motherT'
fange to say, we didn't, sir! 70 be
pc was very i'll, for her father had
lead six months before she heard
about being heiress to this prom
tnd all that time, to keep herself
farving. had been teaching in some
b convent. But even as she re-