The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-02-22
BY MISADVENTURE
FIR A ~ K B A r RE II II


| set the equanimity OF these boisterous
young gentlemen.
why, seeing you herev'
II want to find some shooting. That's
all came for"
Il can let you have 1t, if you are pre-
pared to pay. have client who will
let you the shooting over two thousand
acres. Come to my Office and will ar
range it at once"
wanted to get him away from there,
for already l scented the purpose with
which he had been brought: and I was
anxious to let him the shooting which was
twenty miles of.
"Oh! you cannot 60 yet, dear inter
posed Mrs. Yeames; you have not seen
Laurie. How is that little darling,
! George, dear?"
| "Very we'll, thank you. She has gone
for walk with Miss Dalrymple."
Miss Dalrymple? Who is she? gov
erness" asked Lynn.
Something more than that-quite a
| friend of the family most estimable
young lady. She was professional nurse
but-what do you think?-it turns out
she is the niece of the Earl of Dunover 7"
This change in Mrs. Yeames' regard
towards Gertrude was not surprising, con-
sidering what sycophant the widow
was; but nothing could make me believe
that in the past twenty-four hours she
bad said not word about her to Lynn.
| Il should like to see the young lady
if she is young" said Lynn.
"Oh, she is, l assure you, and excessive
ly charming and pretty" said Mrs.
Yeames; quite superiah! You really
must see her"
We'll go to the Office and settle about
that shooting" said L, rising.
We left Mrs. Yeames at her cottage,
and went on to my place of business.
Nothing was said about my old friend
Flexmore until we had settled about the
| shooting, when Lynn said, as he took up
his stick and deerstalker:
Poor old nuncky looks precious shaky.
should you? He's sixty-two, you know"
His life's worth ten years purchase"
said emphatically.
rs it, thought" Then after a pause
Il suppose he's pretty warm?"
Il would give fifty thousand for his
| estate at this moment"
who's this Miss ,Thingumbob the ma
Ter was taking aDOut!
Miss Dalrymple. She is particular
ly sensible young lady" replied.
Wouldn't mind marrying the old man
if she had the chance, eh?'
Il hope not, sincerely"
"Oh, you approve of his marrying Miss
| Dalrymple, do you?"
"Undoubtedly-for his own sake and
the sake of his child. It's the very thing
l have been persuading him to do"
He was not sharp enough to see that
my object was to put him on wrong
scent, and avert his suspicion from our
| actual wish and purpose
"Well, if it is really to nuncky's inter-
est to marry the girl, hope he may get
her." said he, giving me his hand; and
we looked straight into each others face
before saying goodbye. read in his
eyes, But he sha'n't marry her if I can
help it." What he read in mine 1 can
| not say.
Business took me to London, and kept
me there hard at it for fortnight. l
had scarcely time to think of old Flex-
more, but went straight to him the mo-
ment returned. found perceptible
difference in his appearance; he looked q
couple of years older.
II am glad to see you, Tony" he said,
holding my hand in his and giving it
trembling shake from time to time. II
| am getting anxious about the will I
can't last long, 1 know; and am very
unsettled in my mind about many things"
"You shall sign the draft and that will
| hold good in case of accident while the
copy is being drawn up in form. Well
| settle that after dinner-for l mean to
dine with you, George. There's game
cooking; can smell it."
"Yes; we have had good deal of game
lately. Lynn brings something nearly ev-
cry day"
"What, he came to stay week, and is
| not gone YETI" cried.
Flexmore shook his head. 81 don't
think he means to 60 away, either" he
| said.
"What does he come here for? Do you
know, GeorgeY I asked.
ITO see Miss Dalrymple, believe. He
is paying her marked attention"
81 knew it," cried. II saw what he
was after
.'Do you think he means to marry her?
| Is that what you SAW"
"No; but I saw he had made nm his
| mind to prevent you marrying her ~
CHAPTER Nv.
What had not foreseen was the means
by which Lynn Yeames precluded an offer
OF marriage being made to Miss Dalrym-
pie by his uncle. I had not thought of
him making love to her himself; rather
anticipated his taking some underhand
measures, in conjunction with his mother,
to prejudice Flexmore against her. .You
have not encouraged your nephew's Wis
its, have you, George" asked.
mo; at the same time could not re
| fuse to receive him. There IL nothing In
his behavior could take exception to.
Indeed. he has tried his utmost to make
himself agreeable"
II don't doubt that for moment, hang
him He can make himself pleasant II
he likes, or unpleasant, either. war
rant he's clever enough to keep his moth
er out of sight. What effect has he made
on Miss Dalrymple with his agreeable
waysY
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