The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-03-08
The Minister'S Wife
CHAPTER xIII.-(Continued. J
By MRS. HENRY WOOD


CHAPTER XIII.-(Continued.)
Lady Grace found a charming house in
Berkeley Square. Just the thing" she
observed to her brother and to the dean,
who was in town for a week. ut is only
a little house, and may be had On almost
ones own terms; may be rented yearly,
furnished; or we may purchase the lease
and the furniture as it stands. OF course,
the latter is out Of the question, but we
might hire it. 1t belonged to an old lady
who is now dead"
I'VE cannot possibly afford It," whis-
pered the dean aside to Lord Avon.
Pray don't encourage Grace to think
of It,"
What's that you are saying, Ryle?"
cried his wife. mot afford it! Oh, but
we must we will afford it. I'll econo-
mi0e in other matters"
Lord Avon generously came to the res
cue. He purchased the lease, which had
twelve years to run, he bought the fur
niture, and made a present of it to his
sister.
So there was no rent to pay in Berke-
ley Square, and this was the second year
they had been in it. But the money went
all too quickly in other ways. What with
the household they kept up, the entertain
ments Lady Grace liked to give, and the
expenses of the children. DIR. Baumgar-
tens income ought to have been doubled.
Gertrude had her governess-a French
lady, who spoke and taught the three
languages equally we'll French, English,
German. Gertrude's masters were also
expensive. Charles was at Oxford and
though not especially e~xtravagant, he did
not live as a hermit. 1t all takes money.
Cyras had given trouble. 1t had al
ways been the deans intention that Cyras
should follow his own calling, the church.
Cyras knew this. but had not objected.
although never intending to fall in with
It.. Make a parson of him! Dress him
up in a black coat and a white choker !
the %youngster was wont to say behind the
deans back. No! He'd rather go in for
the clownship at Astley's; rather be a
Jockey at Newmarket rather hew timber
in the backwoods of America; rather
perch himself on a three-legged stool at
a dark desk in a city office-yes, even
that.
This treason was reported to the dean.
and he ordered Cyras before him, and
u SlcEu TtDuke. DuI lie
could make no impression upon him. Cy-
ras argued the matter out he was not
insolent, but he was persistent.
1T won't be of nay use my going to
Oxford, papa" the handsome young fell
low urged. ITO send me there would be
waste of time and money. I have quite
as much learning as l shall ever want.
Make Charley into a parson instead of
me-"
You know, Cyras. that Charles has
set his heart upon the bar"
"And a very good calling, too" rejoin-
ed Cyras, equally. "You are In the
church yourself, papa-one of it's shining
lights, you know; but that's no reason
why you should force a son into it."
What is to become of you, Cyras?
Would you wish to remain a burden upon
me? Do you expect me to keep you for
ever?"
mot a bit of it, father" said Cyras.
heartily. I'D rather make money nv
self and keep you l can 60 out to the
gold d~iggings and dig it up-somefhing
or other Of that sort"
Il will ak with you again, Cyrus"
said the dean; but l do fear you are 60
Ing to be another source of trouble and
expense to me-"
The opportunity for further talk did
not come. Cyras disappeared from home /;
and the next heard of him was that he
was on board ship, sailing for New Yea.
land. His letter to the dean, dispatched
by the pilot who had conveyed the ship
down the Channel, was characteristic of
him.
MY Dear. Father-Here l am, on
board the good ship Rising Star. know
you think me careless and Indifferent,
and all the rest of it, but you may be-
lieve me when l say that l would not
willingly bring trouble on you for all the
world. l know l shall get on in Aus
tralia. They'll give me a place at once
In Brice's shipping house.. I'm sure of
that, if l choose to take tive spoken
to Brice here, and he says so; but l
may, perhaps, find my way to Melbourne
instead, and try my luck at the gold
fields. l don't mean to be any more ex-
pense at all to you l hope l sha'n't be,
and I've shipped as a common sailor, be-
fore the mast to work my way out, rath-
er than ask you for the passage money.
III write again when we reach yelling
ton or, if 1 don't like the looks of things
there, I'll come back in the ship. And
with best love to you dear papa, and to
mamma, and Charley and Gertrude,
II am your affectionate son,
"CYRAS."
Cyras did not come back in the ship.
The dean transmitted him some money
to Wellington, and Cyras sent it back
again. He sent with it a loving letter
Of thanks, telling his father that he was
getting enough to keep him, and did not
want money. After that they heard from
him at intervals, from Australia or from
New Zealand as the case might be. Ac-
cording to his own account, he was al
ways dourishing, and he once sent a love-
ly gold bracelet to Gertrude, and a 90
pound note to Charley.
Three years had elapsed since his first
departure, and now Cyras was back again.
Not to remain, he told them; only to
see them and the old country once more.
Charles was keeping his terms at Ok
ford, and the dean and his wife were liv-
ing in Berkeley Square. Cyras seemed TO
have brought over plenty of money. He
had settled down as clerk in a hipping