The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-03
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Continued.
"Do you see the Tenants house, Mr.
Mohun? Look straight away TO til,
right, across those last larches whicl
divide Yatton from the moor. 1t uset
to hide its intrusiveness and look al
most respectable when the great elm:
We're standing; but that old Goth, Mr.
Tenant, had them all cut down las
autumn, and the effect is, as you set
no, as. you do not see. Are you really
looking for the Tenants house in the
centre of your own woods, Mr.. Mohun
or haven't you heard a word of al
the interesting country news 1 have
been so busily telling you?"
Now, Clifford was thinking neither OF
Mr.. Tenants house nor of his own
larches, but of his companions fail
little outstretched hand.
Very pleasant hands to hold between
ones own, Clifford thovght.
An almost irresistible impulse over
came him, then and there, to take her
hand in his and kiss it, and ask her
to give it to him for good. But he did
not. Something in the girls soft, un.
ruff1ed face held him back from going
to such fierce extremes just yet; and
all he did do was to sigh very deeply,
and then, blushing, believe, to say he
had not quite heard what Miss Grand
said-and-and-he rather thought he
must have been attending to something
else.
TI,0 rs hox
tremely pretty" remarked Jane. very
quietly, and without blushing at all.
"Aggie, in particular, the one who used
to be thought so plain when they were
children. Have you seen them YETI"
Yes, Clifford had seen them. The
Tenant family had been at Yatton
that morning, and the young ladies
had kindly assisted in presiding over
some of the outdoor festivities.
"Ah"-and the slightest shadow
passed over James heart. "Aggie is
very pretty, indeed, isn't she? 1 don't
think I ever saw such lovely eyes in
any other face"
"Well, they are neither of them beau
ties," said Clifford, indifferently; "and,
of the two, Miss Tenant is the hand
somer. The little one-Aggie, did you
call her?' Che had had quite a f1irta-
ton with poor Aggie that morning; and
her mamma and sister had already
speculated upon the advantages of her
future position as Mrs. Mohun of Yat-
ton)-''the little one laughs too much,
and incIines toward fat"
Misc Uorv hand
some, then?"
Better looking than her sister, GER
tainly; but l am not in raptures about
either of them. My taste in beauty is
difficult to please, Miss Grand"' And
Clifford tried hard to look sentimental.
"Your taste will be very unlike that
of all the rest of the world if you don't
admire the Miss Tenants. 1 hear no
girls get on so we'll at balls as they do;
and both of them have received what
Miss Lynch calls most eligible offers.
Yes, indeed, Mr.. Mohun, in real practi-
cal earnest, although you do look so
skeptical Mr.. Tenant is 50 near
about settlements and money that
every one of the engagements have
been broken off; but that the offers
were made is certain. Robert Nash, of
the Craig, was the last. He wanted to
marry Aggie."
"A Nash would do anything for
money" said Clifford, with a somewhat
supercilious uprising of the eyebrows,
seven down to marrying a daughter of
old Tenants"
''You are very severe upon the Ten
nants, Mr. Mohun. 1 suppose you think
it thoroughly degrading thing for
man to have made his money in trader
Jane spoke quickly, and her cheeks
grew hot.
Il was not thinking Of trade at all"
answered Clifford Il was thinking of
common honesty when 1 spoke of the
Kind of feelings a man must have who
could wish to inherit Mr.. Tenants
money. or to become the husband of
one of Mr. Tenants daughters"
But at least Bertha and Aggie are
Innocent of all that their father may
have done years and years ago. 1t is
very hard to visit the sins Of fathers
upon their children, 1 think"
"Well. you need be under no fear OF
parental transgressions being too harsh
ly remembered in the case of the Miss
Tenants, said Clifford, laughing. Il
give q little eccentric opinion of my
own when l say that l would rather
marry tie daughter of any honest
farmer in the county; but there are
plenty of men in the world-Mr. Rob.
hn1 III.
rectly opposite opinion. As many thou
sands of pounds as Mr.. Tenant pos
sesses can cover multitude OF sins"
81 thia!: charity forbids us to impute
evil to ary one. Mr.. Mohun."
But l DON'T think charity compels us
to become Mr.. Tenants son-in-law,
Miss Grand. 4 man with good,
broad pa of shoulders, like Mr.. Rob-
ert MASKS, could find better ways Of
getting Is bread than by buying it
with ill-gotten money!
"And, il he really should happen to
care Il little for Aggie, as well as for
her fortu-e?" Miss Grand persisted.
"Well, il man fell in love with one
of the Miss Tenants, without knowing
Mr. Tenants history, and found it,
out afterv. ard, he would be placed in
delicate position, certainly-that is to
say, if he was a man of dectntly honest
feelings, rot a Robert Nash"
"And how would you ha!e him act?
How would you act yourself. were you
in such a position, Mr. Mohun:'
81 should decline pressing my suit
any fu. her" said Clifford, with de-
cision. My children should not be
born to stained name through any
mere want of moral courage of mine.
"Ahr
You lock very grave. Miss Grand.
Allow me 10 ask if l am upsetting any
little prearrangement of your own IN