The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-03-14
The Minister'S Vile
BY MRS. HENRY WOOD

manner, But at that moment Cyras came
and it WIS his arrival which had brought
about the discovery that something was
anliss with the dean.
Il am going for doctor, mamma"
said Cyras, and leaped away. Lady Grace
went in, and Moore followed her.
Leaning back in a low easy chair, al
most at full length, his head resting on
the back of it, lay the dean. His tace
was white, his mouth was open. but his
eyes were closed, as IL in a calm sleep.
Nevertheless; there was that in his face
which struck terror to the heart Of his
wife. She touched the faithful old SER
want on the arm and cried aloud
"Yes, my lady" he whispered, beiiev-
| ing that she saw as well as he, II fear it
is death"
Lady Grace knelt down, and clasped
her hands round her husband. In that
moment of distress, what cared she who
was preseit7 She called him By endear-
| ing names, she kissed his face, she be-
sought him to speak TO her. But there
was no answering response, and convic-
ton told her that there never would De
| again.
Never In this world. Cyras came back
with a doctor; .curiously enough, it was
/ Sir William Chant. A small mercy this,
for Sir William was able to testify to the
cause of death, thereby avoiding an in
quest. -
The dean had died from disease Of the
heart, brought on by the evenings excite
ment. And the world, next day, was
busy with the news that the Very Rev.
Rye Baumgarten had been gathered TO
his fathers, and that the rich deanery OF
Denham, richer in those days than in
these, Was-in the clerical market.
CHAPTER XIV.
1t was not an ordinary match: It was
something quite out of the common way;
but Mary Dyneyor was girl out OF the
common way also. Not, however, as re
garded beauty; in that respect she could
not compete with her sister, Grace, or
with her brilliant friend, Gertrude Baum
garten. She was ladylike girl, with
pale, serene face very much like that of
her sister, Cyrilla, whose love had been
blighted; her hair was of rich brown,
her eyes were Tfoifst blue; she was quiet
in manner and calm in speech. That was
the best that could be said Of her, and
yet IL was certain that some unusual
charm did attach itself 70 Mary Dynevor.
In the past year, when abroad with
Lady Grace Baumgarten, Mary had made
the acquaintance of EYerard Wilmot, an
attache 10 one of the Continental EN-
bassies, and the son of Sir John Wilmot.
Exceedingly to her own surprise, he had
asked her to become his wife. On the
impulse of the moment she went, letter in
hand-for he had made the offer in writ
ing-to Lady Grace.
what am TO do?" she asked.
zone word, Mary. Do you dislike Mr..
Wilmoti"
Il like him very much, and esteem
him greatly"
"And yet you come to me and demure-
ly say, What am 1 TO do? Go away
with you. you shy, foolish girl"
SO Mary accepted Mr.. Wilmot. Never
theless, she felt half conscious that if she
had had the courage to search out the
hidden secrets of her heart it might have
told her that her love was given to
Charles Baumgarten.
Some few years had elapsed since the
sudden death of the Dean of Denham-
1t was a terrible shock, that, 10 his wife |
and children. His affairs were arranged |
by the help of Lord Avon, Cyras and |
Charles both doing also something toward /
it. A small sum of money, left to the /
boys by relative, but of which the dean |
had enjoyed, a life interest, they had at /
once sacrificed. Cyras had returned to /
New Zealand. He was still in the same /
shipping house there, Brice & Jansen's, l
and held good position in it now. He /
had not visited England second time, /
but wrote occasionally. Sometimes his /
letters would contain q pretty-looking lit
tie check for Charles or for Gertrude.
Charles had done well at Oxford: had 4
taken honors and gained his fellowship. \
He was called to the bar, and lived at
his chambers in Plump Court for econ
omy's sake; now and then staying for a
few days with his mother in Berkeley
Square, Lady Grace's residence.
1t was February by the calendar. Judg
ing by the wind, one might have called it
March, for dust whirled in the streets and
windows ratified. Bur Miss Dynevor's
drawing room in Eaton Place was cheer
full with its fire and wax lights. DR..
Dynevor was rather in the habit of call
ing it my town house" when speaking of
it, but it was his sisters and not his.
His name was really Maude-Dyneyor,
though he was rarely called by it. Some
people dropped the one name and some
dropped the other. His wife's family
name was Maude. and when he married
ner he had had to take it in addition TO
MS own.
When DR.. Baumgarten was made dean
If Denham DR.. Maude-Dynevor was one
If the prebendaries of the same cathe-
iral The word 'prebend,' or "prebend-
,ry," was then almost universally used
'or the higher cathedral dignitaries,
canon" rarely. Two or three years later
DR.. DyneYor was made prebendary of
and quilted Denham.