The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-23
CHAPTER y1I.-continued.

| CHAPTER vII.-continued.
by the way" he said. heres a bit
OF secret history from the lodge. You'll
be there to see Brown installcd?"
i Yes"
"Do you know. some OF the brethren
at tie last moment wanted to pass him
overland put Mr.. jack Vincent in tho
chair again"
!. II can quite believe it--and I know
why"
4 "Why?''
i because" said Mr.. Crunden, Brown
lis a Woodworking man and lives on
low ground, and because Vincent Is an
idle dog and lives on the Hill. They're
all the same. Masons or not-they're
like people under spell"
"Oh, / wouldn't say that. No Broth
Ter 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
| az lad--often-with my son. He has
| talked to me-more than once-about-
Dick
yes, he spoke to me about him only
4 the other day
i've no quarrel with Vincent" said
Mr.. Crunden. IF he wastes himself
on the wenches-I don't mind. It's
not my business. Hes civil enough
| the best OF the bunch
And, Idle or not. he does his Ma
sonic work Well,
Yes" said CruHdsn, rather grudg-
i|ingly. Yes. there's something in Vim
cent. believe: but It'll never come out.
Sir Johnll take caro- OF that
But YOU know. there's great
shrewdness In sir John. He was talk
ing to me this mornins-''
i "oh, he can talk all right"
He made me- said Mr.. Bowling,
! really sorry for him."
What about"
"All this Hill Rise upset-bringing
trouble and annoyance on him.
"What does II matter to Sir Jotn?"
4 ..He stands the chance OF seeing
Hill House spoilt II they come building
all about it,
HE has ten acres around the house."
But he'll lose the outlook into the
meadows Talking 1t over-hc 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 lot OF value of his property
i
secret of that
"oh, then he has his own axe to
grind I thought all the fuss he's kick
A ing UP was mere busybodying."
Then Mrs. prico brought In the tea
things.
Tell Lizzie TO come down to tea"
!. Miss Lizzie" said Mrs. Price. asks
lyou 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 Mr.. Crunden as he
4 out of sorts lately. You don't know
LOT any better doctor than DR.. Blake,
do you?"
DIR. Rlale's reputation is very high
said Mr.. Bowling. TIC attends my
wife; and every one on the Hill believes
in him"
"Ah! think shall have to call
Thin In for Lizzie. But the worst OF
DR.. Blake is this il you ask him to
1 times without asking"
CHAPTER VIII.
The widespread excitement had
abated. The town rs whole had
drowsily folded it's hands was ready
to fall asleep again. Mr., Hope. with
all the weight and power OF the Adver-
|tiser. at his command, could not stir
the somnolent Corporation. There had
|even been objectionable. ini,ntcal On.
i dts In Nfee's Bulletin: "On dit that cer-
\ teacup;" "On dit that NIedford nun,-
beers eighteen thousand inhabitants, and
that the population of Hill Rise is only
one hundred and fifty-three persons
all told" ana SO on.
il Mr. Hope used always to say that the
Advertiser was the sole newspaper pub,
|lished in Aiedford But Mees, the sta
printer issued q horrld little sheet
which no called "Ieas's Weekly Rulle,
tin 1t contained a list OF Cooks
Iadded to the Library" three pages OF
local advertisements. some brief cuts
things from London periodicals, and u
sIhalt to two thirds Of a column OF orlgl,
4 nal matter entitled On dts Old Mees,
whenever, in talk with CUSTOMER no
HAD heard ruynor Of marriage, O. CAR
lriago accident, an outbreak Of measles,
etc, would say to his specialized son,
1--WE might make an On dit OF that;
land young Aees, blinking behind his
4 spectacles, accented such material or
rejected 1t in accordance with his own
4 highly-tralned editorial Judgment. Mr..
4 Hope never would admit that this four
page Bulletin was a rival, 1T Ia" he
II said, "a trade circular, not q newspaper,
Y The On dts are neither journalism nor
4 literature. They ara beneath cons
tempt"
Vet sometimes, as now, young Mees's
4 On dts We're daring. Very daring. Cer'
itainly, us Mr. Hope confessed, Mees
would not have vantured to take such
a. tono about the great sale, " the Spllb'
4 lie had not manifested so much apathy
There was apathy In ETH Rise itss1f,
Tho younger generation refused TO hs,
Illeve that the end Of tina world was