The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-27
fly to the Forth. where the Sea Maiden


teen feet across and whose length was
seventy feet. with a fine spread OF can
vas and auxiliary steam, was the only
siren able to charm him.
He was tall now. and strongly built
with something of the naval officer in
his handsome, resolute face and we'll
set-up figure. AS hobby, he had
taken out master mariners certificate.
and he could navigate his own ship in
the teeth of an Atlantic gale. He loved
TO surround himself with friends. most
" Oxford men Of his year. but he sell
dom entertained ladies. either on board
the Sea Maiden or in either of his two
fine mansions
He avoided society in its general ac-
ceptance, refused ell overtures to mix
in politics, took keen delight in US
ing his great wealth to alleviate distress
anonymously, and earned a deserved
reputation as bear" among the few
matchmaking mammas who managed
TO make his acquaintance.
In other respects, as the boy was so
was the mantle same downright char
acter, the same steadfast devotion to
his mothers memory, the same relent-
less adherence TO a course already &C.
cided on. and the same whole-hearted
reciprocity of friendship.
As he stood in his drawing room be-
Jocky Mason revisited the locality. il
not the surroundings, of his capture,
Philips strong face wore an unwonted
expression OF annoyance. He walked
to and fro from end to end of the beau
tifui room. pausing each time he reach
ed the window to gaze out over the
park,
A servant. who entered for the pur-
pose of turning on the electric lights
and lowering the blinds. was hidden, al
most impatiently, to wait until Philip
and his guests were at dinner
A telegram came. Arson opened il
and read:
Was dressing to come to your place
when Granger telegraphed for me to
act as substitute Lincoln Quarter Ses-
sions. Must go down at once.
FOX"
NO answer" he said. adding. to him
self:
That's better Fox's caustic humor
would have worried me tonight / wish
Abingdon would come. / am eager to
tell him what has happened"
Now, punctuality was one of Mr..
ADingdon's many virtues. At half past
seven to the tick his brougham depos-
tied him at the door
The two met with a cordial greeting
that showed the close ties of mutual
Soou fellowship and respect which
bound them together.
Fox won't be here" said PhiIin
"Grainger has broken down-ill health
| suppose-and wired for him to go to
Lincoln"
All, that's lift for Fox. He is a
clever fellow. and if he manages to
tell the jury joke or two he will in
fiuence verdict as unfairly as any man
| know
Does it not seem to you to be rather
an anomaly that justice, which in the
abstract is imDeccable, too often de-
ponds on other issues which have no
possible bearing on the merits of the
dispute itself?"
My dear boy, that defect will con-
tlnue until the crack of DOOM Pascal
iald IT bare in an epigram-'Plaisarite
Justice! qu'une rivere GU une montaiene
borne! Verita au deca du Pyrenes. err
reur au dela' 1t all depends on which
side the Pyrenes Fox happens to be-"
I Unfortunately. l am straddling the
watershed at this moment. / have
made a very unpleasant discovery. Alb
ingdon, and | am glad we are alone to-
might've can speak freely. Some peo-
pie named Sharpe x Smith wrote to me
yesterday"
Il know them-an old-established firm
of solicitors"
Well they urged me to give them
an appointment on a private matter
and / did. so. They began by trying
10 cross-eXamine me, but that was an
apJect failure Seeing that whatever
they had TO say must stand on its own
less. they told me an extraordinary
story. 1t appears that at place called
me Hail. Beltham, Devon, lives an ell
DERBY baronet, named Sir Philip Nor
land"
"Morland, Philip Morland."
An, you remember the name, II was
given TO young derelict who once fig
ured i'm the dock before you on a charge
OF being in unlawful possession"
The matter is not serious, them"
Is 1t very serious. The real Philip
Morland is my uncle"
DO you mean to say that you learned
this fact for the first time today from
Sharpe & Smith,"
Philip laughed. By this time they
were seated at the table. and their talk
depended to a certain extent on the
comings and goings of servants. AT
dinner en- famille, the presence of a
ponderous butler and solemn lackeys
was dispensed with
'Oh, you lawyers he cried. That's
a nice sort of leading question. But.
marvellous as II may Seem to you. I
must answer Yes My mothers maiden
name was Morland. Her brother was
much older than she, and it appears
the dear woman married to please her
self, thereby MORALLY offending the
baronet."
Why the offense?"
Because my fathers social position
was not equal to that of the aristocratjc
Morlands. Moreover, her brother had
an accident in his youth which rendered
him irritable and morose. From being
a pleasant sort of man; which, indeed
he must have been did he share aught
OF my brothers nature-he grew into
misanthrope. and gave his life to the
classification of Exmoor beetles. He
treated my mother very badly, so vile
ly that even she, dear soul, during her
married life held no further communica-
ton with him. and never mentioned him
to me by name. Now. one day on Ex-
moor he found lady who also was de-
voted to beetles. At least, she knew all
that the Encyclopaedia Britannica could
teach her. She was a poor but hand
some widow"
"Ahi'
1T is delightful to talk with you, Alb
ingdon. Your monosyllables help the
narrative along. SIR Philip married the
widow. She brought him a son, aged
five. There were no children born of