The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-10-15


what are you saying?"
The girl sprang to her
feet as II she were some timid crea-
ture of the wild aroused from sylvan
broodings by knowledge of imminent
danger. In her terror she upset three
wineglasses on the luncheon table.
One, rose tinted and ornate, crashed
TO the floor, and the noise seemed to
irritate the owner of Linden House
more than his niece's shrill terror.
mo need to bust up our best set of
'ock glasses just because appen to
mention owd Dickey Bumer," he
growled.
I'm sorry" she said and stopped to
pick up the fragments scattered over
the carpet.
Leave that alone" came the sharp
order. ITS Ugh time you an me 'ad
straight talk. an | can't do wi folk
bouncin' about like an injia rubber
ball when I've got things to say to
'em."
He gulped down some of the wine
darted his tongue several times In and
out between his teeth, smacked his
lips. replaced his cigar In his mouth
and leaned back In his chair until 1t
creaked.
Iris Yorke. accustomed to this rit-
ual. found herself even In her pres
ent trouble wondering how 1t was
possible that David Verify could be
her mothers brother. This coarse
hammered man. brother to the sweet
voiced, tender hearted gentlewoman
whose gracious wrath was left un-
dlmmed In the girls memory by the
lapse Of years-it would be unbeiev-
able If II were not true! But he had
shown kindness TO her IN his dom
ineerlng way. Shocked almost at the
disloyalty of her thoughts. Iris tried to
close the rift that had opened so un-
expectedly
"It was stupid Of me to take you
seriously" she said. "You cannot real.
ly mean that Mr.. Bulmer wishes to
marry meT
II meant 1t right enough, my lass, ;"
he said.
But. uncle. dear
stop bit. Listen to me first an
say your say when I've finished. Like
everybody else, you think Pm rich
man. David Verify. ESQ.,, shipowner
of Linden House an Exchange build
ings-it looks all right, don't 1t. like
one Of them furrin apples with rosy
peel an maggot inside? You're the
first I've told about the maggot Fact
Is. I'm broke. Shipownin Is rotten
nowadays unless you've lots of capi.
tul. I've lost mine Unless get help
an a thumpin' big slice of II. my name
figures In the Gazette. l want f50,000
an oo's goip' to give II to me? ! put
II to owd Dickey yesterday, an e said
you couldn't raise money In Liverpool
today to build ferrybout. But e snit
summat else. II you wed I'm e makes
you partner In the frm Of Verify
Bulmer & Co. See? Wot's wrong
with that? I've done everything fol
you up to date. Now It's your turn
Simple. isn't Il? p'raps ought 4
have explained things differently, bu
II didn't occur TO me you'd hohject 4
bein' the wife Of millionaire. even !
e is a doddrin' owd idiot to talk o
marryln' agin."
"0h. uncle!'
With wall Of despair the girl SAN
back and covered her face with he
hands. Now that she believed the u
credible she could utter no protest
The sacrifice demanded was too grea'
Verify was angry, almost alarmed
Resistance even Of this passive sorI
raised the savage In him. Hithert
Iris had been ready to obey his sligh
est whlm.
There's no use cryin' oh. uncle
an kickin' up fuss" he snapped v
siously. "where would you ave bil
I'd like to know. if II wasn't for me
In the gutter-that's where your pr
cious fool OF father left your moths
an you You're the best dressed al
best lookin' an best dedicated girl
Bootle today-thanks to me- Whe
your mother kem ere ten year ago a