Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-29

NnOusn1 not Inats young Pearman-
the unmitigated cad"
so that was Mr.. Pearman. was it?r
remarked Maude, musingly. "Well. Gren-
Vile, l don't think / should have danced
with him had l known who he was /;
but, you see, | didn't, and | cannot see
mat 1t is Of much consequence now. One
is not obliged to recognize the partner of
quadriiie again unless one likes, you
know; and though I'll plead guilty to
hhding him amusing. don't think wish
to prosecute the acquaintance. But don't
you think it is getting time to leave? i?
Mrs. Learmont you are as good as gold"
SAID Maude, turning to her chaperone,
waiting in this resigned manner for me.
however, am. quite at your disposal
now"
Pray don't think of me; / want YOU
to thoroughly enjoy your ball, and am
quite willing to look on at your valsing
for another hour. l have lots of people
to come and talk to me, you know"
es" laughed Maude: Il am quite
aware that you have lots of old friends.
only too glad to have the chance of a
quiet chat with you, and know also that
you would sit here and pinch yourself to
keep awake sooner than debar your god
daughter of five minutes qualification !:
but also have conscience. Go and see
about the carriage, Grenville."
1t is very curious to watch what trifiing
affairs influence the tenor of our lives
Maude Denison has deemed it of little
consequence that she has danced a quad
rifle with Samuel Pearman; and yet that
dance is fated to draw many a tear from
the proud grey eyes. Grenville Rose, ere
thirty minutes are over. will be tortured
in q way which he is powerless to resist
The sire of the dark featured young
man who had expressed such admiration
| for Maude Denison had begun life as a
solicitors clerk, from which in due course
of time he blossomed forth into an attor-
ney, and sat himself down in the little
town Of Bury ST. Edmunds. with a view
| to the persecution of mankind or the re-
dressing of his fellow mems grievances.
as circumstances and the presentation of
six and eightpence might direct. Bury
st. Edmunds lies no great distance from
| the famous Heath of Newmarket In de-
fault of other business, Mr.. Pearman
took to attending the race meetings there
at; gradually he became acquainted with
many Of those multifarious hangers-on
that exist 20 mystically by racing. He
had naturally an acute understanding :
and he now got many a hint as to where
to lay out a little money profitably The
trafickers in horsehesh and followers of
the turf have their subjects of litigati ton
as we'll as those who pursue other avoca-
tions. Who was so handy to employ as
Pearman? and, by degrees. he began to
make name as solicitor in horse cases
at the racing metropolis and became rich
In due course Harold Denison, Maude's
father, had passed through his hands
Denison had started in life with a fine
property but burning the candle, not only
at both ends, but little in the middle
besides. he had soon done away with that
Pearman was everything he should be on
the occasion but when his client emerged
from his sea Of troubles, two-thirds of the
Glinn estate were in the hands of the
solicitor. Still, everyone said Denison's
had been a very bad breakup that the
property had been sold at a fair valua-
ton; and that, but for Pearman, Harold
Denison would not have been able to keep
Glinn and such acres as were still left
to him. BY this time Pearman was an
owner Of race horses, and kept stud
of his own. He had married a lady in
some way connected with usury, and, hay
ing altogether acquired a considerable
fortune. made the first mistake in his
career, and set up for a country gentle
man.
He built big house on the estate so
recently Topped off the Glinn property; he
built large stables. He named his house
Mannersley, after the manor it stood up
on. He este ablished a crest and coat-of-
arms: he had his cards engraced, Mr..
and Mrs. Pearman, Mannersley;" he sat
himself down to wait-but nobody called.
Money will do and does do good deal,
but here and there blood respects its
rights. The county were not going TO
welcome what they designated as "a
money-grabbing attorney who was fatten-
ing on the necessities Of Harold Deni-
son of Glinn." The Master of the
Hounds. il was true, called upon him;
hut even Pearman could regard that in
no other light but that Of business
transaction. He asked and obtained leave
TO draw the covers. gave the solicitor a
canital luncheon on his return visit, but
had steadily refused all invitations to
dinner.
In due course Of time Mrs. Pearman
died. She left but one son, who at the
period of her death was an undergradu-
ate at Cambridge, but who, now many
Years older, is the gentleman who danced
that ouadrilIe with handsome Maude Deni-
son.
Young Pearman has succeeded far bet
ter than his progenitor in making his