Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-04-17
given an honest poulterer half a crown
a brace for them.
CHAPTER VI.

OhAfIEh vi.
I do not know whether am particu-
larly sharp In penetrating character
though l have a decent opinion of my
ability In that respect-or whether other
people are particularly obtuse; but this is
fact-Lynn Yeames succeeded In de-
ceiving everybody but me.
He was Of that class Of charitable peo-
pie who will give guinea at any time
to have their names in a subscription list,
no matter what the object be-and FIVE
to head 1t Lynn Yeames, Esq. Of "The
Hut" (as with affected humility he called
his mothers cottage when she had bought
it), was down for everything. He inter-
ested himself In local matters, siding al
ways with the majority; he became a
member Of the County Club, bought a
horse and got admitted to the hunt and
with his good looks, manly bearing, ad-
mirable horsemanship and skillful free
handedness, made himself generally pop
ular. One way and another 1 reckoned
he was living up to nearer eight hundred
than two hundred year
"a pretty rod you're laying in pickle
for yourself, my boy" said I to myself,
and chuckled to think how he would have
to draw In his horns when he found that
he was down In his uncle's will for a
trifing legacy instead of the fifty thou
sand pounds he was calculating upon.
All this time he was paying assiduous
attentions to Miss Dalrymple. He saw,
though he said nothing about It to me,
that his uncle was thinking Of Laure's
future. and wished to provide for her per-
petual association with Gertrude, and he
knew the hold he had on old Flexmore
through this pretended attachment to her,
cunning rascal!
| l let him 60 on, conscious that he
would not 60 too far. 1t was not likely
that, feeling now assured Of that large
Inheritance, he would pledge himself to
marry penniless girl. With his uncles
fortune and the effect he was now pro-
ducing, he would be able to take the pick
OF the county when he wished to marry
and there were, within twenty miles,
many girls more snowy than quiet, un-
pretentious, little Miss Dalrymple, girls
with money, and much more to the taste
OF such man as he. But though he
would not be rash enough to actually en-
gage himself, 1t was pretty certain that
he would insldiously lead my unsuspecting
little friend to believe that he intended
to marry her, and feared that he might
obtain such a hold upon her affection that
when he threw up the game, as he newt
| ably would when he discovered that there
was nothing to win by 1t, the effect upon
her would be serious. She was not
hirt; she had never cut up her heart into
morsels and scattered 1t about amongst a
crowd OF admirers; her heart was whole
to be given to one man, and one only. She
was serious and earnest in all things, and
it seemed to be possible that she might
never care to give to a second man the
affection that had been despised by the
first. For this reason resolved, IL ! got
the opportunity, to shake her faith In Mr..
Lynn Yeames.
One day l met her alone In the road
that cuts through the Hazledown woods
Here is beautiful morning, Miss Dal-
rymple," said l, holding her hand.
"Oh, 1t is beautiful" she exclaimed
looking around her. "See how the rime
still stands on the brake, and look how
the drops glisten on the gossamer. And
what lovely tints there are on the beeches,
and the brambles down there"
"Yet you would prefer at this moment
to be in your London hospital. You feel
| that you are wasting your time here
that's the fact, isn't it?"
81 should be sorry to think that" she
replied, with quiet gravity.
tRut y0u ara Hara vor co A.
life of one child; there you might be saw
ing a Dozen"
"They will be saved without me-"
"And little Laure would be lost-that
Is true"
Let us talk about the country" she
said, as we walked on.
There Is a man worth talking about"
said l, pointing down to the crossroads,
where spied DR.. Awdrey jogging along
in his gig on his beggarly round.
"Oh, l don't think there Is better
man than he in all the world !" she cried,
with enthusiasm.
IF he were only a little more practi-
CAL" said 1.
She nodded sadly, and presently said.
81 sometimes think he would have died
a martyr had he lived long while ago."
II don't see what there is in store for
him now. There he goes, to look after a
lot Of thankless vagabonds, who'll never
pay him for saving their lives"
She looked thoughtfully before her for
minute, then she said: =.
do you think he could ever be happy
in the ordinary sense of the wordT
"Yes, II he married"
II do not think he will ever marry"
she said, shaking her head gravely, after
a pause.
"Why not?" asked; ''he Is a man
and fine man, too The only difficulty
Is In getting any one to have him. A
man without superficial attractions and