The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-15
CHAPTER XIII.
THE days that followed the re-
turn of Mallory and the O'Brienrs

turn of Mallory and the O.Brieuv-
family to Maple Grove were
days of worry and anxiety for all. The
outlook was not precisely calculated to
induce jubilation. AS the result of a.
sudden break with Mallory's partner
hard times We're at the very door andr
lowered depressingly over the house, =
hold. Crawford had lost no time IN.
calling for a settlement of his loan and
a dissolution of partnership. Mallory
did not have and could not raise the
wherewithal to meet the demand.and-
the foreclosure of the mortgage was
the impending ~nsequen
The trainer was we'll aware that the
summary sale at auction of the horses
and training quarters which Crawford
would insist upon regardless of loss to
himself was not likely to net mor6z
than one-third of their value, and that /.
he would be left penniless to all intents
and purposes. His association with.
Crawford, therefore. instead of bring
ing the substantial advantage he had
anticipated, and which It's continuance.
would have insured, for. the. business !.
was beginning to prosper, a left him
in a worse position than he was in be-
fore. He could not even conclude the !,
sale of Lady Belle. for Crawford's first
move had been to obtain an injunction
restraining him from disposing of any
of the stable property.
All the work of his life had CONT for
naught. All his years of waiting for !,
Patsy in the hope of being able to win
for her a position of comfort and dig-s''
nifty had been spent in ain He had
simply cheated himself and her Of the
happiness that might have been theirs
during that time. He ground his teeth Z
with impotent rage at the thought of 1t.
Nothing remained for him but to wrest
what bliss he could, from the years. that
remained by marrying Patsy at once
and to begin all over again h strug-
gle for a living by hunting for a Job.
To renew, Handicapped as he was the
pursuit of fortune which had eluded
him like a ill-o'-the-wisp was not to-
be thought of; at least not then Never
for a minute. however, did he regret
his treatment of Crawford. With the Z
certainty of. even WORSE Detailing him, Z
he would have done the same thing In
the same circumstances. :
Patsy was for waiting a while longer
and returning 10 the stage in the mean
time, but this proposition he refused
absolutely to consider. 1f.
you've sacrificed YOURSELF enough
for me an your family. GIRL" he said,f
IAN I'll stand for it no longer. Your
father IL get a place somewhere. He
knows his business an amt afraid to
work, an we'll help 'em IL we can" ~
Mallory had hopes that through Nc
Govern or some of the big men with
whom he had come In contact since
starting in business for himself he
would be able to procure an executive
position in one of the more important
racing establishments, n he purposedh
in this event to take care of O'Brien.
The O'Briens themselves viewed the
prospect anything but hopefully. It
was a very serious matter indeed for
the old couple to be deprived of the,
money which Patsy for so long, and
recently both Nora and Patsy. had supfu
piled. They had been able to save q
little, 1t is true, and the careful
Patsy also had managed to put some
by, but their combined resources would
not last long. The house in which
they lived with Mallory was a very
comfortable one. They had become r
much attached to the place and to the,
beauties of Its surroundings. The
thought that II was to be sold over >
their heads increased the heaviness of
their hearts, already filled with grief
at the misfortune which had over
taken Mallory, the real cause OF which !
had been kept from O'Brien, who had
been given to understand that the dis
pute with Crawford had arisen over
business matters. -s-s ~.
Their worry was added to not a lit =.
tie by Nora. She had s~trenuously re-4'
belled against returning with them, and
to overcome her resistance her mother
had to threaten to disclose to her.
father the girls dealings with Craw-
ford. Brought home against her will,
she was sullen. irritable and quarrel.
some, and thought only of how she
could throw off the restraint placed upt
on her and get back to New York and
the theatre. r'
Aside from Mallory, who was 'sus-
tanned in his trouble by the conscious
ness of the nearness of his marriage and
by the encouragement Of his bride-to- \
be, the only person who preserved any
semblance of cheerfulness was Patsy
She was 70 become Mrs. Mallory 'inl-sx
mediately the work of winding up. the
stable business had been concluded. and ?
The mere fact that she was with him
and her other loved ones every day
made her happy. She could not be
downcast and refused to believe that
everything would not come out right
in the end. To her, love made all things =
easy, and it's glamour was upon every
thing.
She and Mallory had decided that
when the time to leave Maple Grove
arrived they would be married without :
fuss of any kind and take up thefr Ia
abode temporarily in the fat owned
jointly by Patsy and Nora in New YORK
where he would be in personal c ;"
with the men who could employ MN.
Mr.. and Mrs. O'Brien were to remove
their belongings to a little house. In the
village of Maple Grove, where tney
were TO reside with Nora until furtner
notice. ! Z
1t was about a week after their return
home and while all were under the IN F
fuence of that feverish re~stlessness
which accompanies the sudden sense OF
non-proprietorship of a place that one
has regarded as ones own and OF tps
imminence of departure that the house
hold was surprised one afternoon by assl
| visit from the Duke. ~ !
MI T.