The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-19

beginning. with only the addition ahat money and could buy up bigger men fifteenth year. his history became blent in a singular way with that of his
 It came about through the persons furtherest removed from the. humble weaver--the greatest family in Rave Joe, that of Squire Cass, who was the only one among the several landed pro. With Vtaisoh the v title of "sauire,s and who had some tenants who treated him quite as if he were a lord.
 The Sdnire's wife had died long ago and the establishment was conduct ed in Q generous but rough fashion. His eldest son. Godfrey, was inc, open-faced, good-natured young man and everybody had been expecting a match between him and Miss Nancy Lammeter, the beautiful daughter. of another of the great men of Raveloe. mysterious absences from home. He did not look so fresh colored or so open as he used to. There was some. thing wrong. Miss LaLnmeter saw t she did not shake her head oyer. 1t so openly or discuss 1t in the Rainbow
 It would be a thousand pities. said tha villagers, if Mir. Godfrey was to 20 along the same road as his brother Dunstan, a spitefui. jeering drunken, gaming fellow. And how Mir. God frey could bear him and seem to give in to him was more than any one could imagine--at least any one of the diRnitaries in the tap room of the Rainbow, among whom were such un- doubted authorities as the village clerk, the butcher and the farrier
 Their subjects for conversation would have been vastly enlarged could they have suspected the true reason for Mir. Godfrey's indulgence of his young CT brother, whom he hated as cordial ly as Mir. Dunstan hated him. The admirable younger brother was black mailing the elder.
 A foolish, brief, youthful passion had involved Godfrey with q woman. In compunction and passion mixed he had married her, only to discover that he was tied to a creature who was not oniy depraved by instinct but further degraded by being a victim to the
 She had kept him poor ever since under the threat that she would reveal their marriage to ais father. Godfrey knew that the result of that would be entailed and Squire Cass being hard driving. hard-swearing and hard hearted fine old country gentleman.
 Dunstan had discovered the secret and used it to good advantage-to such good advantage, indeed, that he had drained Godfrey dry just when he needed a hundred pounds very badly.
 "I'll take your hunter. WIidfre, to the hunt tomorrow" said he to God frey. "Therell be Bryce and KeatinE there, and you know my luck at tic ing people into bargains. I'll get a hundred and twenty pounds for him. IT get a penny.
 utes. He wanted to leap on Dunstan with his riding whip and fog him to within the edge of death. But Godfrey. though without a trace of physical fear, was 6 coward in the fear or dls- closure. He dared not face the world He could not bring himself to think of risking his inheritance. His whole mental attitude was that of man struggling blindly for time
 Therefore when he spoke it was In A half consolidating way. Very well said he You'll sell him all fair will you? And take care to keep sober. else you might get pitched on your head going and Wlldnre might De me worse for it."
 Make your tender heart easy" said Dunstan, striding out with a laugh
 He rode away in the rswness of the early morning, chucklig to himself as he thought of his brother. As he pass ed by the stone pttH ne HSdEu tuS weavers loom rattling even at that early hour. It made him think of the stories that Silas Marner had a great deal of money The happy thought struck him that he might force God frey to borrow some from the weaver. It should be easy enough to bully the man if he could not be per suaded. Very much cheered by this idea, which promised him a new open ing for his blackmailinR operations he rode on whistllnR.
 Dunstan had not over-rated his own ability as Q horse trader. Although no one in the whole countryside believed him. or would have believed him In any conceivable circumstances, he could drive bargains just the same and he sold Wildfre for the price he had promised to get. to be paid on delivery of the horse, safe and sound, at the purchasers stable.
 Dunstan's prudanes suggested that