The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-10-28
CHAPTER I'LL
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Drip, drip! drip

DTlp. "Trip.
Almost before his eyes were open,
Rupert Carroll heard 1t on the deep
matched caves outside his bedroom
window. Drip. drip-a steady, relent-
less downpour. He flung open the
easement, and looked out. Low clouds
covered the sky, the distant woods
were blotted out. the cows In the
meadow opposite the Inn stood meek
ly huddled together under the shelter
Of the trees. and the rain came down
in torrents. as II II had never rained
before.
What a morning! and after such a
lovely night. too" he thought, and
then he drew I'm his dark curly head
on which the rain drops were freely
splashing. and proceeded leisurely
with the operations OF washing and
dressing.
"A letter for you, SIR said the
chambermaid at his door. just as he
was putting the finishing touches to
his toilet
He half opened the door, and took
the envelope from the girls hand. The
hand writing was his sisters. He re-
marked an Immediate" on the corner
window to read it. Miss Louise Car
rolls letter shall be given at length:
Harrington Lodge, Kent
AT last, you most aggravating Of
brothers. j have succeeded in getting
your address from your London
chambers, 1t is absolutely necessary
that you should come down here at
once. Netherville has proposed to Ag-
gle, He met her last year at the
Claytons IL you remember, and / think
she took TO him then because OF his
extraordinary likeness to you. Last
week she went to stay with the Clay
tons again, and met him again. He
proposed. and she has accepted him;
of course / ought % be delighted. for
II is q capital match for her and she
seems quite happy. But then. there
is the one drawback of my never
having seen him. which makes 1t so
very awkward for me now. OF course
family feuds are ridiculous things
and cannot be kept up through sue
ceeding generations, but the fact re-
mains that our fathers we're on bad
terms with each other. You were too
young to know much about II, but
was grown up. and remember 1t all
very we'll Our mother, as you know.
and Lady Netherville were twin sis
tiers. and the quarrel arose from the
late Lord Netherville's shameful treat
merit of his wife. Our dear mothers
whole life was made wretched by the
misery OF her adored twin sister. and
our father did all he could to reason
with and reprove his brother for his
inhuman conduct. but to no purpose.
There was a fearful quarrel between
the brothers. and they parted in an
ger, never to meet again in this
world. Poor Aunt Netherville died of
terrible disease. entirely brought on
/ believe by her husbands violence
and i1l-usage, and our mother never
really recovered the sorrow of her
death. OF course this was all very
shocking and very painful, but 1t is an
old story new. and all our parents are
dead and gone years ago. and you and
our cousin, the present Lord Neither
Vile, were both little boys OF years
old at the time. so he probably knows
as little Of the rights of the case as
you do Still. as he wishes to marry
my adopted daughter, 1t makes the
situation very uncomfortable for me.
There is only one thing to be done.
and that is. that as you and he are
friends, you should come down with
him and introduce him to me. must
ask you, my dearest Rupert, TO put
aside your own pleasures and engage
ment3 for two days, I'm order to do
whit I want You must not fail me,
dear boy. / do not think that / am
asking too much of the brother to
whom 1 have been more like a mother
than an elder sister. 1 calculate that
this letter will reach you Saturday
morning, so please pack up your bag
and come straight up to town by the
first train after you get this. You
will meet Netherville at Victoria Sta
ton have told him to look out for