The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-18
HLRLSE
copynEht -so5. by B. Maxwell. all rishts reserved IMnMnHnMu4umuWmnnM anasnuH m,

Very good" said MT. Eeaton; q do apologize. l meant no harm, Mir. Dow ltnge And now 1 think you might withdraw some of your late remarks"
 T am satisfield.'' said MT. Dowiings with really fine gesture of his open hand Since Mir. Eaton has express ed regret, l can say no more"
 But he withdrew nothing of what he had said already. With another wave of the hand. as though to declare the incident closed, he turned and nov ed to the window. He had shown much spirit and dignity. Old Crunden thought the better of him for being loyal to his domestic hearth and rerus- ing to tolerate sighting aHusions to the lady who occupied such large part of the hearth.
 stay minute, MT. Dowling," he said. when the two other guests were going s-Stop and have a cup of tea [ he added hospitably, after he had closed the front door upon Messrs Hol- land and Eaton.
 Well; yes--thank you"
 MT. Bowling. sitting in the pleasant window seat, soon threw off all digni- ty and chatted in calm and comfort.
 By the way" he said, there's a bit of secret history from the lodge. You'll be there to see Brown install ed?"
 Yes"
 Do you know. some of the brethren at the last moment wanted to pass him over--and put MT Jack Vincent in the chair again"
 T can quite believe it--and I know why"
 ''why9"
 Because" said MT. Crunden, Brown is a hard working man and lives on low ground, and because Vincent is an dIa nd fa Tl,axy all the same. Masons or not--they're like. people under a spell"
 t.Oh, l wouldn't say that No, Brother Vincent has always been friendly and affable. See how jolly he is over a game. of bowls"
 I've no quarrel with young Vim cent" "' He used" said Crunden thoughtfully and slowly. to. come here as aslad--often-with a my son. He has talked to me--more than once-about --Dick"
 "Yes. he spoke to me about him only the other day" ~
 'Tve no quarrel with Vincent said MT. Crunden. "If he. wastes himself on the wenches--I don't mind. It's the best of the bunch."
 And idle or not, he does his Masonic work we'll"
 '.Yes," said Crunden. rather grudg- ingly. Yes, there's something ip Vim cent, believe; but it'll never come out. Sir Johnll take care or that"
 t'But, you know, there's great shrewdness in Sir John. He was talk ing to me this morning-''
 'Oh, he can talk all right"
 ''He made me-" said Mir. Bowling, ''really sorry for him"
 What about?"
 "All this Hill Rise upset--bringtng trouble and annoyance on him.
 f'What does it matter to Sir JohnY'
 He stands the chance of seeing Hill House spoilt if they come building all about it." He has ten acres round the house."
 "But he'll lose the outlook into the meadows. Talking 1t over--he was with me half-an-hour and more-I could see he was quite alive to the business side of it. This sale may knock a lot of value off his property as a residential place. He made no secret of that"
 'Oh, then he has his own axe to grind. I thought all the fuss he's kick ing up was mere busybodying." z
 Then Mrs. Price brought in the tea things.
 'aTem Lizzie to come down to tea"
 Miss Lizzie" said Mrs Price. asks you to excuse her. She don't want any tea. She has the headache still. and feels better keeping quiet in her room"
 'My girl" said Mir Crunden as. he poured out the tea; ''Liz has been a bit