Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29
CHAPTER XIII.
Two Invitations.

Hester had been established al buck
ingham Gate for some weeks and. relieved
from the nervous tension and physical
discomfort Of the Grange, was being
borne along on the rapid current OF an
unusually gay season. Mrs. Tudor. be-
lieving that constant change would dis
tract her mind from Paul de Sarazin, had
introduced to her several admirable sam
pies of the English young man-as he is
at home.
To please her friend Hester assumed a
gayety which she did not feel; but, TN
existence-a totally different life from the
awful one at Shalesmoor; never, she
hoped. would she see 1t again.
Miss Forde had been driven out OF her
old home for her good: the Jubbers re-
manned conauerors and in possession, but
it should prove to be but Pyrrhic vic
tory. BY Mrs. Tudor's advice Mr.. Levin
had been summoned to London. That
crafty old lady. having provided him with
a most appetizing lunch, took the field in
person against Jane and Eliza Jubber.
With sharply cut sentences and consid-
cradle emphasis. she related the persecu-
lions of her friend-how these two women,
for their own ends. hau harTied Hester
and made her life intolerable.
And now" she concluded, you must
deal with them
by the letter of the law he said.
they please"
yes but there is no word of 'upkeep'-
wages or furniture-is there?'
mo. not a word. / suggested sale to
Miss Forde. and she would not permit
us there mention Of any stranger shar-
ing the roof with them?'
NO. certainly not
SO the house and their own company
is all they can legally claim
THAT is correct
VERY well. Mr.. Levin. Miss Forde has
authorized me to act In this matter
said Mrs. Tudor. And you will please
cease from today all wages and expenses
mean to be thorough. You will hold an
auction of the furniture, not there, but in
Clayborough / do not wish those harpies
to get bargains on the premises"
yes. Mrs. Tudor, win attend to all
that with pleasure"
dividual is allowed to share the house
no one" She was thinking OF the farmer.
And then we will find out IL the two
Miss Jubbers will be as comfortable and
as complacent as formerly"
The result of Mr. Lewin's drastic op-
erations brought a night of furious let
tiers to Hester: but these she handed
over for the solicitor to deal with.
Ine JuDDeFS, SnOrn OF importance, 1ur-
niture and a comfortable allowance, made
a terrible cutlery; storm of inyective
against ingratitude. underhand dealing
and meanness. shook the village from
end to end.
After living on in the Grange for a
few months these tenants for life de-
parted. Jane eventually married Jonah
Mills and endowed him with one hum
dred pounds a year and large savings;
Liza. her sister. accompanied her as
paying guest; the cats were scattered
and the Grange was sold.
Miss Forde. the heiress, was vastly ad-
mired by Mrs. Tudor's friends; and now
began to be sought by an astonishing
number of relatives. The Bothwe.ls lost
no time in realizing the fact that a
charming girl, with large fortune. NOV
ing in the best society. was their first
cousin. the daughter of their poor Aunt
Hester. who had made runaway match
and had not. as it seemed. done SO badly
for herself after all! Hester, too, wore the
most magnificent jewels-such necklace!
Could it by any chance have been an
heirloom in the Forde family? The Both
wells of burnley rented house In town
for the season: they had two bright.
pretty girls-Bertha and Elia-and there
was strong family resemblance between
them and their wealthy relative. Hester
saw good deal of them, as well as Of
her connections on her fathers side. the
Forbes who had likewise discovered her.
These were the sons and daughters of her
fathers eldest brother. Mr.. William
Forde. They owned fine place in the
midlands and kept race horses (notable
horses). and frequented race meetings and
Monte Carlo. No trace of the Calvanistic