Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-01-15
CHAPTER VI.

rbo SoliCit0r drove away, AuAdAs Win
trSo+ion "Pompous, poverty-stricken y
inols tbo epithets he applied to the squire,
T sls FIRST moments Of his wrath. Even
ID - .-;o,a solicitor is possessed Of pride
u.s. Find. and though he may hold it
S"IarohIe subsection during the early
~. n his career, like other mems,
sIas~ fat and thrives wonderfully IN
o. occnmulation of wealth. Harold
u -.anr had trampled it remorselessly I'M
psn' soo+ Then the irritation subsidized,
uS tSo astnte old head once more began
AuI .aokon up the chances of the game. he
o5.nad i ali over again in his own mind.
g m@ " he muttered don't think L made
:" o;s+akes. was a fool to lose my
p though. Hadn't I made up my
'sI uS oil along, that he'd take it pretty
I. .5 IN that way, to start with? When
Iu IS;,L how many of 'em I've seen run
-. 49, about their family names, places,
I .a5 nate It was foolish-ay, very fool
~ to he annoyed at Denison's tantrums.
ysmes?-bah! !" continued the old man.
.,.rn+smptuously. IF it came all the way
.'.r, +be Conuueror, its worth on stamp
~ nonor is the only valid test"
60 paarman, when he heard the re-
!, ~ his fathers mission, took rather
'' 5i#orant view of it from his progenitor.
:, a Younger man he lacked the patience;
"a thon moreover, was there not the
az n his self-esteem? Between twenty
VA thirty we feel that acutely; from
.Lirtv r. forty, with a sort of modified
.n,oross at fifty the conceit has been
stan ont of most of us, and we are no
,anror astonished at finding that the world
..too Ms a little lower than our own val
n.tion Electroplate may pass for gold
for short season, in these days, but so
ao+v IL pretty certain to detect the ring
of false metal ere very long.
Samuel the junior had so far been
4,rtunate man in pursuit Of his ambi-
tiors Though not so successful as he
oouH have wished, yet, to a certain ex-
tent he had worked his way into the
county society. There were many houses
bot he was occasionally asked to, as an
odd bachelor to make up. Despite all his
fotber had said at the time, man with
Sam Pnarman's eye to the main chance
coId not conceive a man In Harold
Depison's position rejecting proposal so
vorv much to his own advantage. He
might recognize a certain amount of diff
HcuItv on the part of the lady, but men
Of his age are not wont to be dlfhdent
about their own powers of attraction on
these occasions, and Sam Pearman was
one of the last to entertain approximations
on that score.
He don't know what's good for him,
and that's about the size of it !" was that
gentleman's remark, as his sire retailed
the account of his interview with Deni-
son. I'VE shall have to exercise a little
gentle pressure. I'm not going to be
choked off my game, at all events at this
stage of the proceedings. Invalids often
REQUIRE coercion to make them take the
tones necessary for their existence, and
it will be for you to make Den1son under
stand that he will cease to be Denison of
Glinn at all events, unless he is prepared
to welcome me as a son-in-law."
Leave it to me, Sam, and don't be
in hurry made up my mind about it
the other night l don't say all, my boy,
but good many things / have made up
my mind to have come to pass in course Of
time Leave me alone to work the oracle
Just now, and, depend upon it, I'll give
you due notice when it's time for you to
make a move"
The son acquiesced. If at times he
thought his father was getting a little
SLOW at turf tactics-a pursuit from which
ne had in great measure withdrawn-he
still held a firm belief that his parent
was difficult to beat in the great game of
Dte, more especially when he held a win
ming card or two in his hand.
Some two or three weeks elapsed; and
tAen, one spring morning, Harold Deni-
son received a letter to the effect that Mr.
FeaFman of Mannersley felt it incumbent
Oh himself to call in his money lent on
mortgage, more favorable opportunity
Ior Investment having offered.
That this would probably be the result
VI Their last interview, the squire had
'oreSeen' Yet, as days went by without
any such notince, he began fondly to hope
mat the attorney had seen the presump-
uOn he had been guilty of, and that things
would still jog quietly along in their old
way How ephemeral that way had now
VVcome under almost any circumstances,
%e sui kept locked within his own
"eaSt' But as he read that letter the
squire knew well that the rubicon was
passed, that his ships were burnt, and
himself defeated. He knew, too well, that
" raise that ten thousand anywhere else
ssoua result in an exposure of his af-
'0l'S tantamount to ruin. He was quite
ware tnat Pearman was equally convers-
$N win the fact. He prepared himself
AZ, 'ae impending crash
Out there is a certain amount of notice
.sQuISlte on the calling in of a mortgage,
S THIS gave Harold Denison time to
.s-et-Whether for good or evil the read
~ OF this story must determine Had
y. ,Is uioW fallen at once, he would have
IIo~Iuoned Glinn, grimly, and set up his
pue'l lent In some remote watering place.
~ 'Ae crafty solicitor had measured the
I. u OF his prey with great accuracy.
- vas not without design that the notice
Tue foreclosure of the mortgage had
S ,s0 delayed Give it time-give it
i.-le Quoth that fisher of feeble human
Az - Ne was right; and day after day
ssL harold Denison ponder over the old
y q mans terms at first contemptuous-
- S sIen modify, until at last he began
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