The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-09-02
CHAPTER vi.

The solicitor drove away, Tuning viii
indignation. 'Pompous. poverty-stricken =
were the epithets he applied to the squire
In these first moments of his wrath. Ever
a usurions solicitor is possessed Of prid,
OF some kind. and though he may hold il
in tolerable subsection during the early
stages of his career. ike other mems,
II wakes fat and thrives wonderfully IN
der the accumulation of wealth. Harold
Denison had trampled il remorselessly IN
der foot. Then the irritation subsidized,
and the astute old head once more began
TO reckon up the chances Of the game. He
played il all over again in his own mind.
NO. he muttered; don't think | made
any mistakes l was a fool to lose my
temper. though. Hadn't l made up my
mind. all along. that he'd take it pretty
much In that way, to start with? When
/ think how many of EN- I've seen run
rusty about their family names, places.
ynd platel II was foolish-ay, very fool
sh-to be annoyed at Denison's tantrums
Names a-bah :" continued the old man,
sontemptuously. IF 1t came all the way
rom the conqueror. its worth on stamp
ID paper is the only valid test"
Sam Pearman, when he heard the re
suit Of his fathers mission. took rather
a different view Of 1t from his progenitor.
As a younger man he lacked the patience:
and then, moreover, was there not the
blow to his self-esteem7 Between twenty
and thirty we feel that acutely: from
thirty to forty, with a sort Of modified
soreness; at fifty the eonceit has been
taken out Of most OF US. and we are no
longer astonished at finding that the world
rates US a little lower than our own val
uation- Electroplate may pass for gold
for short season. in these days. but so
ciety Is pretty certain to detect the ring
Of false metal ere very long
Samuel the junior had 50 far been
fevtunate man in pursuit Of his ambi-
coald have wished, yet. TO a-eertain ex-
tsut. he had worked his way into the
county society. There were many houses
that be was occasionally asked to. as an
odd bachelor to make up Despite all his
father had said at the time. man with
Sam Pearman's eye TO the main chance
could not conceive a man in Harold !
Denison's position rejecting a proposal 50
very much to his own advantage. He |
might recognize a certain amount OF diff /
iculty on the part Of the lady, but men /
II his age are not wont to be difident /
about their own powers Of attraction on /
.hese occasions, and Sam Pearman was /
me Of the last to entertain apprehensions
n that score
~He don't know what's good for him
md that's about the size Of 1t 20 was that
,entleman's remark, as his sire retailed
4 - f~k Al
on. I'VE shall have to exercise a little
emile pressure I'm not going to be
hoked Of my game, at all events at this
taxs Of the proceedings Invalids often
equire coercion to make them take the
onics necessary for their existence, and
will be for you to make Denison under
land that he viii cease 10 be Denison of
linn. at all events, unless be Is prepared
, welcome me as a son-in-law."
Leave Ii to me, Sam, and don't Be
J q hurry. / made up my mind about It
,s other night / don't say all, my boy.
ut good many things l have made up
y mind to have come to pass in course of +:
me- Leave me alone to work the oracle
lst now, and, depend upon II, III give |
~ due notice when it's time for you to 4
axe a move"
The son acquiesced- II at times he
ought his father was getting a little
DIV at turf tactics-a pursuit from which
} had in great measure Withdrawals '
III held a firm belief that his parent I
rs difficult TO beat In the great game of =
e. more especially when he held a win ,
ng card or two in his hand
Some two or three weeks elapsed and 1
en-, one spring morning, Harold Deni- I
n received a letter to the effect that Mr.. Z
.arman Of Mannersley felt it incumbent =
himself to call in his money lent on y
,rtgage. a more favorable opportunity y
r investment having offered. Il
That this would probably be the result y
their last interview, the squire had y
-eseen- Yet, as days went by without q
y such notince, be began fondly to hope y
It the attorney had seen the presump- g
q be had been guilty of. and that things e.
uld still jog quietly along in their old u
y. How ephemeral that way had now 81
,ome. under almost any circumstances. d
still kept locked within his own 70
asst. But as he read that letter the 70
lire knew well that the rubicon was Cd
ssed. that his ships were burnt, and a
nseIf defeated He knew, too well, that De
raise that ten thousand anywhere else
uld result in an exposure Of his af- ~
rs tantamount TO ruin. He was quite OF
are that Pearman was equally conyers- na
with the fact. He prepared himself
the impending crash. re
But there is a certain amount Of notice az
uisite on the calling in Of a mortgage, Du
this gave Harold Denison time to IN
for good or evil the read MI
Of this story must determine. Had IN
blow fallen at once, he would have az
ndoned CHM, grimly, and set up his ye'
ely tent In some remote watering place. M
/ the crafty solicitor had measured the toi
myth Of his prey with great accuracy. foi
was not without design that the notice on
the foreclosure Of the mortgage had as
o delayed. give It time-givs Il OF
e." quoth that fisher Of feeble human all
He was right; and day after day TAI
Harold Denison ponder over the old
erman's terms; at first contemptuous- an
then moodily, until at last he began ide
think that IL was bis duty to retain to
In at all hazards. Once arrived thus TIL
the speciousness Of the reasoning ma
lme easy and rapid. 'Ths lands re- an.
ed from my ancestors II Il my duty to ton
smit to my descendants" A fine coun- to
xentlsman's sentiment, that would he