The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-03-15
CHAPTER x1v.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER v.-(Continued.)
The guests departed at the sober hour
Of IL, and Lady Grace Immediately pre-
pared to go to her dressing room. The
dean had been making up his mind to tell
her all.
"Grace, don't go up just yet. Good
night, Gertrude; run on, my DEAR" he
said.
"Ryle!' uttered Lady Grace, as the door
closed; you are not we'll. am sure
Of 1t. Something must be wrong. What
were you doing when you were out of the
room SO long tonight"
Eyes, Grace, something is wrong. 1t
seems" he added, with a CHASTITY face,
'as If l should almost die in telling you
OF 1t. Oh, my wife, how shall tell you
that I have been an embarrassed man
for years, and that now the blow has fall
en-"
what is the blown
II am arrested. must go to prison
tomorrow morning."
So little was Lady Grace familiar with
ARRESTS" and prisons" that she could
not at once comprehend him; and when
she did so, the popular belief seemed to
be In her mind that dean, so enshrined
In divinity and dignity, could never be
made an inmate of a prison. The first
emotion passed, they sat down close to-
gether on the sofa, and Grace poured
forth question upon question.
'Ryle!" she suddenly exclaimed, "you
had an advance from the bankers a day
or two ago. saw you draw a check for
two hundred and twenty pounds-don't
you remember? l came in as you were
writing If Ia that II 0opa9v
1T was the last check they cashed-
the last they would cash. The money was
not for myself"
For whom, then"
swell, l had to give that check to Cy-
ras to get rid of little trouble. 1t was
not much, Grace; as a drop of water to
the ocean,"
Whether as a drop, or a bucket it
seemed to freeze Lady Grace "Cyras !"
she CALCULATED, scornfully. what right
have you to help him when you cannot
afford to do it? I shall tell Cyras what
think of his despicable conduct"
Don't do that, Grace. The trouble
from me. He got the check to extricate
another"
Another" echoed Lady Grace, look
Aa6 a. Hlns II was uOt-Out nylc IL
surely was not Charles?"
Eyes, it was" said the dean, in a low.
sad tone. HE got into debt, and Cyras
took my check to Oxford to release him.
No one can be more repentant than
Charles is; do not think it will ever
happen again. 1t was not his fault; he
was drawn into it by others. l had the
incest possible letter from him this morn
ing; he says it will be life's lesson to
him. I believe it will. There-let us
leave Charles affairs for mine. Grace,
this blow will kill me-"
IF you went to prison 1t would be
quite enough to kill you but that cannot
be thought of. As last resource, money,
I say, must be raised on my property"
my dear. thought you knew better
than that. 1t is yours for life only, and
then 1t descends to your children. The
lord chancellor himself could not raise a
shilling on It,"
Lady Grace started up.
'Why, where are you going?" he ex-
claimed.
ITO my brother. A cab will take me
there in safety. He must manage this
Now, don't attempt to stop me, Ryle
what harm could come to? If you are
afraid it might do So come with me-"
II wish l could. l am a prisoner"
"A prisoner y she CALCULATED. Here
In your own house?"
II may not quit it, except to exchange
It for a prison. But, my dear, listen tt
reason. You are not likely to find your
brother at this hour of the night; perhap.
he is not even back from the races"
II shall go and find him now" sh'
persisted. "Ryle, how much are you ar
rested for?"
"The sum that am arrested for il
about four hundred pounds. But nov
that this crisis has come, shall not es
cape without making arrangements to pa!
all l owe" added the dean.
"And how much is it in the whole?"
"Close upon five thousand pounds"
Grace looked upon him; he was sit
ting back in the large chair, as it seemed
to her, gasping for breath. She saw how
much the confession had shaken him
Running across the room, she kissed hin
fondy.
Don't distress yourself, my husband
Henry will see that all comes right. IL
make him do So"
So Lady Grace went alone to the earl
residence in Piccadilly. He was not a
home. His valet thought he might be a
the club. Away to the club went Lad.
Grace. The earl was there. Lady Grac
sent message, which the porter took il
and delivered.
why, Grace, what's up now?" erie,
Lord Avon, as he approached the cab
"Is Berkeley Square on fire? Or i
Baumgarten made primate of all Eng
land?"
Come inside, Henry, for minute;
want to speak to you. The deans arrest
ed for five thousand pounds"
where's he taken TOT"
HE is at home. They have gone out O
their usual way" she said, and Above
him to be at home tonight a man |
there, and will take him away in tn
morning. Henry, it must not be; yo
must come to his aid. Will you go HON
with me now, and talk things over wit
himT
mo-" said the earl: 81 can't tonight
What with the days racing and the dir
ner after it., am tired to death; fit fo
nothing. III be in Berkeley Square tn
first thing in the morning, and I'll g
Baumgarten out of the mess if can, fc
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