The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-09-16


not given to everyone 10 hare Sir Jonah
BSrrington's chance 81 Friendly judge.
who Insisted on his continuing the ease
he had begun. in consequence Of his lead
er being temporarily out OF court So that
whether Grenyille Rose WAS coming law
yer, or prefentions impesior. Was still
concealed in the womb o. time. In the
meanwhile. the nothing he had 10 do he.
Al all events. did eonscienlioasly--uiO more.
good deal. than can Be- predieated OF
many Of Us. He strOlis leiStsrely out Of
his bedroom. in dressing gown and slip
pers the dag sitter AIaade's resolution.
and glancing round his breakfast table.
takes little notice Of the heap Of letters
that lie thereon Ills attention on the
contrary. Is arrested by the absence OF
some coudiuent be peculiarly affects Al
ter induiging in a solo on the bell, which
produces no apparent result. be opens the
window aud runs up the vocal scale on
William terminating. erescendo. IN
William which seems to produce
some slight cOmmotion, at length. in a
boy with a pewter. and a companion fur
nished with shoe brushes who are light
ening the hours By pitch and toss. Salts
fed with This result. he first opens the
morning paper.
Grenville Rose is nor in the least adj
dicfed 70 the pursuit OF study Of racing
still. Ike most men OF his age about town.
he very frequently hears II talked o. He
knows the names Of the prominent favor
ties for the coming great three-ye
events Of the season Has he not more
than one friend who has asked him 10
book himself for Greenwich dinner in
the event Of some Derby contingency com
ing of satisfactorily He throws bis
ere laziIy oTer the sporting intelligence.
and under the head Of Betting on the
Two thousand. lie perceises Five to
two against Cori&nder-taken freely
S'pose he'll about win. Suit Silky
Dailison down 20 the ground. presume
not that I know much about IT, But as
be hath hidden me to the consumption Of
clicquot and bait II Coriander wins at
Epson. il Is fair TO presume he'd like to
see him well through his sEnalls. 20 be-
gin with
Al we so laundering on in our blind
ness and ignorance Can even the most
fsr-sighted OF US ever predicate twenty
four hours ahead: What a mess Provi-
dence makes Of our intricate calculations
What shallow fools we seem. after all oar
study / wonder what Granville Rose
would have said. II anybody had limited
to him that within ten days his destiny
would be bound up with Coriander'sT Can
you not fancy his laughing retort; Il
never race What's Heeubs TO me. or
l to Hecuba 2 Yet it will be 50.
Granville losses the paper on one side.
and in careless way takes up his letters.
Two or three are thrown aside; but his
pulse quiekens. and his handsome feS-
lures flush little. as he catches sight Of I
that firm, delicate hand be knows so we'll |
Mande's letter had been near the bottom |
OF the pile. or he had not glanced over |
the paper before reading it. That cousin /
Of his had wound her way into bis heart |
strangely Of late. He hardly knew him
self how il bad all come to pass. He had |
buliied her as a boy: he even. till quite /
lately. had snubbed her as a man He I
had liked her. az. loved her. in cousinly /
fashion, all his life How was he to have
dreamf that the gawky school girl who /
accompanied him in his fishing expedi- \
tons at GIinn was 10 grow into the love
y girl Mande had Of late blossomed intos 4
Tie was no fool. and had as much com
mand over his passions IS fiye-and-twen-
". that sets up for no speculative virtue
and lives in the world. can usually lay I
-laim to- That anything could be more
iniudicious than a love affair between.
himself. with mere underlined prospects.
and the daughter Of his ruined. spend
thrift uncle, no one could be more clearly
aware. That II Maude Denison married.
/ must be somebody with means and POI
sition. he thoroughly understood. That
ae should at present marry anybody. he
suise recognized as an impossibility. And
ret with all these theoretical sxiOms
distinctly present to his mind be was
forced to admit to himself thar he was
,yer head and ears in love with his cousin.
That he bad never even limited II to her
Tas q fact upon which he gave himself
most extraordinary credit. That she had
Is yet given him no earthly reason TO sup
,ose he was anything TO her but Cousin
sreu was circumstance that he brOoded
,yer suIkily and despobdingIy. With these
orrect and high-principled views. il
hould have been made matter Of great
but you see il was not I
IN afraid it will ever be so. The right
,eopIe never do fall in love with each
ther while, from the days Helen left
fenelans to the present time. the con
erse Of the proposition seems inexhagsti-
Ie and interchangeable.
But all this while GrenviIIe Rose had
cen reading Msude's epistle. His face
arkens as he does 50. the brows contract.
nd curse breaks at last from his lips
4 a low, cultural tone that bodies bad
ines for somebody. sapposinz that Gren-
lille possesses power equal to his incii-
alton.
THAT brute Pearman = be muttered.
Ny instinct didn't fail me. Better I'D
ave disIocafed his cursed neck By throw
ig him down stairs that night than this.
nd the poor child appeals 10 me to help |
er. What can dol" Ii
Once more be glances at the letter
gain be reads the paragraph "Gren.
ear, you have been my resource in 81 my
grapes since can remember. DO come
, my rescue now: what am to do
Iy childish fropbles Of bygone days were
OF Of much account. whatever they might
ok at the time. This seems extinguish