Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-03-15
CHAPTER XVII,

and Miss Mary, and they had mutually
agreed to part.
Never, perhaps, was a canon so as
founded, never did one feel more out
ragged, and never was one in a greater
passion, though he controlled it.
What was the cause?" he demanded.
THE precise cause, he and Miss Mary
Dynevor had agreed to keep to them
Selves" was the answer of the baronet.
1T was sufficient to say that they were
both fully convinced a union between
them would not conduce to their happi-
ness, and they had come to the conclu-
sion not to carry it out"
II will know the truth" foamed the
cannon. why do you partT'
Differences" gasped Mary, who had
taken her cue from Sir Everard. Moth
Ing that l can particularly explain. We
found that a marriage between us would
not lead to happiness, and we parted"
Won't you speak outT cried he,
bringing down his clerical shoe upon the
carpet.
"That is all 1 have to say" she an
swered, dropping her head.
Very WE'LL" cried DIR. Dynevor, as he
his study. This gave Miss Dynevor and
the girls an opportunity of inquiring on
their own account. Question after ques-
tion they poured out on the. unhappy
Mary, but they Gid not succeed in get
ting from her any solution to the mys-
terry which, of course, bore an i'll appear
ance.
II very much fear it Is a case of jilt-
Ing" groaned Aunt Ann. IF the days of
dueling were not past, one of your broth
ers ought to go out and shoot Everard
Wilmot. Dshonorable craven. Your
father may enter an action against him."
The possibility of concealment was all
over now, as Mary saw; and she dragged
herself in fear and sickness to her fathers
presence. rs it true that you have done
it? she gasped and the subdean was at
no loss to understand her meaning.
1T soon will be true. The man shall
be held up a spectacle to the world"
"Oh, papa, you must undo it, you must
undo it Do not lose moment. 1t was
not Sir Everard who broke off the en-
gagement; it was t.
The subdean stared at her through his
great ugly spectacles, for he had been
reading letter when she interrupted him.
She laid her arms upon the back a chair,
and seemed to lean her weight upon it !;
he saw that she was trembling. The
truth, papa, is that L refused Sir Ever
ard so that if an action might be brought
on either side it would be on his. He
came home to marry me; but I-I-could
not marry him; and he was so kind as to
- - %ls &. L
his fault as mine"
You broke it off? OF your own ac-
cord Your reason? You do not stir
from my presence till you have given it
to me-"
Papa" she breathed, bending her face
down upon the arm of the chair, II
liked some one else better than Sir Ever
ard"
you liked" The canon stopped :;
Indignation and astonishment overmaster-
ed him.
"Who is it?" he demanded, in an awful
tone.
She did not answer. What he could
see of her face looked as crimson as his
own sometimes was. WHO is it, ask 2"
he repeated, and shrink and shiver as she
would, there was no evading that reso-
lutte question.
Charles Baumgarten."
A curt letter, couched in the haughti-
est of terms, reached Charles Baumgar-
tens chambers in Pump Court, from DR..
Dynevor, forbidding him all further inter-
course with the Dynevor family.
IL L
in style when he brings his mind to it,
but this is super-extra, Charley" remark
ed Richard Dynevor, who chanced to call
soon after the missive was delivered.
"Cheer up, lad; things may take a turn"
And few weeks passed on. Mary
Dynevor was not dying, no one said that ;
but every one did say that she was vast
ing away. The subdean, naughty, cold
and imphcable, would not see it Miss
Dynevor had begun to speak of it COM
plainingly; Regina and Grace grieved
She had a touch of low fever, and seemed
unable to struggle out of it.
Mary chiefly lay upon the sofa she
was too weak to sit up throughout the
day. Smarting under the displeasure of
her father, obliged to submit to the quer-
ulouS remarks OF ner aunt, VINO rarely
ceased to grumble at the rupture of so
desirable a marriage, suffering in a less
degree from the covert reproaches of her
sisters, who felt it as a grievance upon
them, Mary had sad time Of it. AS to
Charles Baumgarten, he had gone on cir
cult, and seemed to be done with for
ever. Even Richard never heard from
or of him.
1T is of no use, madam, my coming
here day after day to see the patient"
somewhat testify explained DR.. Lamb, the
family physician, one day to Miss Dyne-
vor. "The disorder is on the mind; some
trouble, 1 believe, is weighing upon her.
If it cannot be set at rest, l can. do no
good"
Miss Dynevor, now very uneasy, sat