Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-08-14
CHAPTER Ill


In the very modern but extremely com
Portable dining room of Mannersley, the
Pearmans, father and son, are sitting
The old man has turned seventy, and
can hardly be said to look as II his
money-gruhbing career had agreed with
him. He is shrunk and worn, with a
stoop In his shoulders. Altogether, he
wears the aspect of a man whose con-
stitution is beginning to break up. Wealth
is not amassed without much wear and
tear Of mind and constitution, and your
great turf spectators seldom attain
patriarchal age He draws his chair
closer to the blazing CRATE.
IL think I've got bit Of 4 cold, SAM"
he remarked. Better me than Coriander,
though, isn't itf'
"Well, father, l sm sorry for you but
don't suppose 1t will be much harm In
your case"
"How did he 20 this morning2'
well, / wasn't there; but Stephen
tells me he did a good steady gallop. IL
he keeps right, he'll about win the Two
Thousand
-Yes," chuckled the old man. "I've
been racing now getting on fifty years,
and l don't think l ever saw my way
into 4 much better thing than this looks
like. We've got on, too, at a very pretty
price, take 1t all around. 1t will be q
hottish Monday for some Of them"
Il hope 80; but there's one or two
things / want to talk to you about.
There's young Sheffington he's a crack
Drained young fool, and I've got him
down In my book to the tune Of loser of
twelve hundred IL Coriander wins. Now,
you have done business with him--is he
good for that amountT"
"Yes, Sam-yes Wen get that from
him In time; but doubt there'l be bit
Of waiting for it. Don't take long odds
from him again. What else?'
well. Washington stands to lose a
thousand to IN. He doesn't bear the
character of very good pay"
Hes the biggest thief In England;
but he'll pay me. though he don't every
body"
And why you. in PARTICULAR inquired
his son.
Because he made a mistake about his
name in early life, Sam; and he is quite
aware that | know 1t, and could rake up
evidence enough against him, If he irri-
tated me, to make things, to say the
least of it. very unpleasant, as far as he
is concerned"
Good Then, with little pressure,
that'll be good money, IL it's won. eh?"
"Just So" nodded the fathe.
''Now, wen come to something else
Just listen to this. I've pretty well come
to the conclusion that l had better get
married"
Il don't see any reason you should
not; on the contrary, l should like to
see IL Not going to make fool OF your
self. suppose r'-and the old man look
ed keenly at his son.
Tell you more about Il when 1t comes
of; but certainly not, think. in the de-
sign. We've made a good bit Of money
between U.s. I'm not going to say 1t isn't
most Of IL yours; still. since / have been
having a share In the concern, I've put
some together myself. Now, what want
in marriage Is connection. more than
money"
"Yes--yes l think you are right; but
there will be iffculties-difficulties, /
fear
"Of course there will, TO a certain ex-
tent; there always Is about getting any
thing worth having in this world; but
money Is key TO most things nowadays.
lettering coronets must be propped by
wealthy alliances. The parson or doctor
marries the rich tallow chambers widow.
Marriage Is a social contract In these
times. A hundred thousand pounds from
Manchester stands out for strawberry
leaves in the coronet, while a fifth Of the
money from Birmingham is quite content
to put up with an Honorable. Well, to
return to what i was saying. you agree
with me that / must look out more for
connection than money, don't your"
'Yes, | think that's best but It would
do no harm IL you could see your way
into a trife Of property besides"
Exactly. / was at the minister ball
last night. and the prettiest girl In the
room was the daughter Of old Denlson OF
CHM ] got introduced to her; danced
with her. and did quite as well as anyone
coald expect to do In a 6rst dance-iust