Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-08-02

Daintrees son and heir to the baronet-
cy and entailed estates. was a melan-
choly. brOodinG bachelor little worse
than thirty years OF age Unlike Mr..
Harding. however. he looked much
older, with his swarthy. saturnine
countenancc and the white threads In
the coal black whiskers that curled
beneath his deep set chin. His lines
had fallen In very different places from
those Of Mr.. Harding. He had spent
most Of his RESTLESS life abroad. His
soul had been burdcned with very
different temperament; he had that OF
poet, and his manhood had been pol
soned ut the fount by one Of those
wretched family Iuarrels which re-
dOund to nobody's credit and Of which
the outside world never get the rights
1t was only known that Sir Emilius
and his son had not been on speaking
terms for years.
Such sympathy as Is felt in these
matters was entirely on the side Of
the son. The present bar0net was not
n popular man. His character was ec-
centric and his morals so notorious
that in many quarters the quarrel was
from the first considered crelitahle to
young Daintrcc When. however, after
an absenV of eight years the latter
came home on leave from New South
Wales. where he was Il magistrate and
man Of some Importance AMI more
promise in the youn; colony, and when
The old savage, his father. not only
itill refused Il reconciliation, but pub
licly cut his son on every possible Oc-
casion. then-well. the Indignation
might have been greater had James
/ Daintrec been himself more popular
man. But the truth was he had come
home Il morbid, sensitive misanthro-
piSt. ana this treatment made him ten
! times worse. He was seldom seen by
his Old friends anywhere but he hap
poncd 10 make a stanch new one IN the
! person of Nicholas Harding. whose
house. indeed, became the wanderers
home.
/ tlaiTe's attitude will be readily ap-
pretended. Daintroo opened his bruised
heart Ia her and she considered his
father the most abominable old man
alive. 1t was ut Avenue Lodge that n
parcel Oe faded flowers arrived for
Daintree and drove him almost crazy
with rage and grief. He had placed
them n day or two before upon his
mothers grave. He burst Into n storm
Of oaths and tears before the girl. who
tlnt,,,l,t ~ him f,r nathan
Lady Daintrce had died the year be
fore. In fact, 1t was her death that
had brouSh. the outcast home for tho
reconciliation for which he pleaded ir
vain.
He had the sympathy Of all who
knew him. That Of Claire was spon
taneous and heartfelt and frank. But
II never blinded her to Daintree's
faults. which were those of u warped
egotistical. but yet an ardent nature
She cured him of one or two. But III
was man with weight upon hi:
soul. and she could not cure him o.
that. She was not told enough. Aftel
all. too, her head and her heart were
full Of another. And thus she wa'
slower to detect the new lover In tn,
new friend than would or could hav,
been the cnso In normal c!rcum
stances.
Indeed. II might never have dawne
upon her until he spoke but for tn
calling in Of Lady Starkie to lend he
distinguished countenance to tho frs
Gnner party given by Nicholas Hard
Ing after his late ordeal. Lady Stark
was lieutenant generals widow ant
a shrewd woman OF the world.
To he CONTINUED.