The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-03-11
CHAPTER Nv

Granville Rose, to speak metaphorical-
ly, has been padding his skiff through
troubled waters Of late. Maude's short
wobegone little note of dismissal. and his
aunt's indignant letter, were far from
pleasant reading to man as much en-
tangled as he was in the love-god's meshes
He sat and sulked-he sat and thought
They all ended in the same conclusion
that Pearman would marry his darling
Maude, and that he was and ever should
be. utterly miserable.
Anathematizing, with an impartiaIity
quite beautiful to witness, everything and
everybody, Mr. Rose once more enters his
sitting room in pursuit of breakfast. He
unfolds the Times. Again, as a prelimi-
nary. does he ascertain the extreme firm
ness of CorisDder in the betting quotations
for the Two Thousand. Nos that Silky
DalIison's feed at Greenwich is any OBJ
ject TO him low-he Is too miserable TO
enter into such things; but he might as
well read about that as anything else.
Why does the supplement, which he never
dreams of looking at. tumble SO persist
emily across his plate?
Lets have look at the second COL
umn." be mutters, land see whether X
Y rs family are still in tribulation about
his absence; or whether 'Pollaky' is offer
ing his usual hundred for an absconded
young lady, aged nineteen, good-looking.
and wiz a rose in her bonnet-last seen
etc. 'Births'-hum don't see much good
In them. There once myself / suppose !:
nice unlucky beggar's advent to put in
the papers. Marriages. Suppose / shall
see hers before many weeks are ovr.
Deaths II feel that's more in my line
just now. l hope there's a good lot of
'em. How / should like to add one or
two to the column-more particularly one.
Halloa what's this? AT Mannersley
after a very few days illness, in the sew
enty-second year of his age. Samuel Pear
man, Esq. Wish it had been his son -
muttered Granville; and then he sat down
to think whether this could by any posi-
bility influence his prospects in any way.
1t is hard to believe that there is no
such thing as destin1. 1t is almost ludic-
rous at times to think what q trivial In
cident has turned the whole current of
our lives. There is a large and we'll
known Speculation on the turf at this time
"a man. doubtless. worth many ingOts
and much stock and security-whose
making career dates from the pre-
sentation Of a case OF razors, according to
popular report. Who can say? Many
such an instance might be quoted. Gren-
vile Roses life turned on reading the
supplement of the Times. it may be said
by accident, that particular morning
| fancy no human being ever saw that
generally light-hearted barrister thinking
so hard as he was upon this occasion. He
has won many a good cause since. but
often laughs and says. that was the big
gest he was ever engaged in: and no So
licitor to draw up the brief. mind"
'Ahr' he said at last, II can almost
swear saw it. | recollect laughing over
it at the time, and thinking what a quaint.
queer old deed it was. Suppose I'm
right wonder how it would affect
things? l must go over and talk to DALI
con bit"
And while Grenville Rose crosses the
Temple Gardens. let me say few words
about George Dallison. He comes athwart
the loves of Grenville and Maude but for
a few days. Yet he is destined to be the
master OF the situation of that eventful
period. George Dallison is a barrister
some two or three years senior to Rose.