Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-06-08
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w ATJtA IA&kfIcbliit-t sIuhlC iOOt' $40"
contained tnbles covered with deed'
and papers, iron safes securely fas
tened, shelves filled with works oil
sAw, hn files that could literally helC
M more. maps of different estates ~
fnx carelessly open, large inkstands
pens and sheets Of plotting paper.
Els keen, shrewd face full Of deel
thought, Arley Ransome sat at thu
quar-. table, n large parchment. ueet
spread Before him. He read on ant
an. the Enes of his face relaxing unit
q cold, satirical smile curled his lips
He started as though half alarmed
when bis clerk, opening the door OF
the ruorn. suddenly announced:
-'The Earl of Caraven, sir"
II am ready { o see him." was the
. reply But before the earl entered the
lawyer quickly folded up and put
sway the deed that had ~engrossed his
attention.
Am I too soong' asked a mellow,
fndoienf roice.
no, my lord; I was expecting you
ut Ss something after the fashion,
IN which a spider expects a fly" said
the young nobleman. There is one
thing to be said, I am n perfectly re-
signed lily. I know that evil hours
awaft HE and / am prepared for
Z 1thcmtsb
The clerk placed a chair, and, at a
signal from his master, quilted the
room. bnt the Earl OF Caraven de-
ciined the proffered seat. He stood by
the m3ntel-piere leaning with careless
grace upon 1t.
II suppose he said, that / should
furnish an excellent moral as q les
son for all bad boys"
You u0uid form an excellent warn
ing, my aord,,' was the grave reply.
lit Is the same thing. And now 1
am prepared for the worst. What is
TT
Arfey ISansoHne looked at tile speak
Ar- There was something Of admiral
don, or pity ana of contempt in the
iong, lingering glance of those shrewd
eyes,; vet he could not have looked at
= connelier face or figure than those of
tine Young earl.
THE worst, my lord, is utter. ire
tTievabIe ruin-ruin SO complete and
% entire that + do not see n chance of
ewing even enc shilling frem the.
wreck
The earl listened quite calmly, his
snps. haIf1hidden by the fair mustache,
grew a trihe paier-but thepa was no
fiinching in the handsome, haggard
!. face.
Utter ruin he repeated. "well,
q they say IA Sonny Scotland. you
cannot b0ttIss eat your cake hand have
EiC Nv eaten my cake; and I 10
not 1Alsny TINT the taste of it Is bitter.
.2zs:=s.:s.s: - .ey naeath-it has tnrned to
ass!!:es, Il. Dead Sea fruit You see
- iocp-hoie-you ean suggest moth
1hgY
Every oop-hole is closed, my lord
Was the brief reply.
and you are quite sure, Ransome.
that there is nothing left on which I
can borrow money-nothing more that
* can m~ortgageg"
i believe honestly that the only OBJ
jecf belonging to the Rayensmere es-
tnfes which remains unniortgaged, my
Iord. Yourself"
s-It II equally true that no one will
Iend money on me- said Lord Cara
ven, Enughingly. 1Give me some faint
e1dea az how ( stand.r
-sIx VIII not be pleasant to hear.
sLOrd Czrnven, but you ask for 1t. To
bexfm At the age OF twenty-one you
-suceeefSed to the Ravensmere estates
sand utle, the estates were clear OF all
.debxs and membranes; the rent-roll
wss thirty thousand per annum; there
was. besides, n sum OF fifty thousand
no5IIziffs - tho Funds, the savings Of
ne II enri. You are now twenty
eight years OF & my lord, and in
seven years you have run through a
GDrtune.-
Keep 10 facts; no comments--plain
kActs.- said the earl.
The plain facts' are these, contin-
ed tte hwyer-"the fifty thousand
went. I believe to pay the first years
Doeses ON the Derby
yet my horse won" interrupted
Xurd Carayen.
winning IL that Derby was
your WIN, MY lord. After that you
e~nntiunxsuy ~forestailed your income by
oorr0ufng money: then your losses
n thu turf We're so great that you
uksEeonpelled to raise a heavy mort
! O. TIE estate; then YOU borrowed
GGu eoa the pictures the plate and
RH4 Nksn1fufe at Ravensmere. In fact
- Ind. briefly told, your situation is
-esfa-yua nrc hopelessly, helplessly
euaus0Yo sixty thousand
Tsi6sttnntn mortgage money. and owe for
r1r thunsand pounds borrowed money
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