The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-29

can't say I quite know whether he is alive or dead" replied Laura. for found Amy In the greenhouse crying because of what had read-I was very glad to find 1t was nothing worse than Little Paul she was crying about.
 'T wish you would read it, Guy" said Amy; won't your" well done, Amy laughed Charles, land this in the very face of the Young Mans Companion and Guide" "oh, Philip does not really think it wrong-do you, Philip?' "No," said Philip, "these books open fields of thought and as their principles are negative they are not likely to hurt person well-armed with the truth" Meaning sneered Charles, ''that Guy and Laura have your gracious permission to read Dombey "Ah, well, when Laura has cold-or the tooth ache" gravely responded the Paragon. And F" asked Guy. "Oh, well. as to you" said the Young Mans Companion, q am not SO sure of the expediency for you, It would be a pity to begin with Dickens when there is so much of a high CT grade still unknown to you.' Then the captain went on to discuss literature and to speak of real heroes. What is real hero? 2. asked Charles of Amy as the Paragon walked away after his discourse. ..There goes one," replied the mischiev- ous girl with a little giggle. Whereat the invalid was immensely pleased and laughed heartily.
 Young Sir Guy wanted to go to Oxford and MT. Edmonstone. determined to send him there in spite of the solemn warn ing of Philip, who opined that, consloer- ing Guys bringing up. his natural ana ln- herited infirmities of temper and the temptations to which he would be ex- nosed in a university life, such pro ceedins was most unwise But Guy wen. and SO behold him at last at oxroro and also come to an understanding with Amy-lookng forward to union with that sprightly girl with the most joyful anticipation. Philip also had maoe an ayowal to Laura. From some "oros which Laura had let fall he had sudden ,v conceived a fear that she might faii in love with Guy and had hasteneo U nronose And Laura had accepted him'
 Rut Philip was in no position to marry now. he. told her, and the matter hao hest. for the present, be kept secret pe- tween them. The only objection wnlcn her narents could possibly have to ms
 with Laura, Philip told hlmseil and her. was his limited income. pu' that was an objection, and he could not n,acs himself in the position or neins s,,,,ected to a refusal of their sanction to his marriage. Then again ne toiu niin- self that long and lingering aHec.loh for himself would be the best schooi ol through which Laura could pos ..,t would form her charac- ter'' so. .,.s.+
 ,yo, there was a skeleton in the closet .t c,u cuv,s ancestral house Of Reo- clvffe. His father had made lioS' m nrudent match with the sister or vioii.. r,aver who at the time had acnies
 ,,,,cb success. but who, through ms Vice os gambling. was now much reouceo !" Old Sir Guy had been s,,r,o,,s with his son for his misalliaace' .na had forbade him to even LOOK a' Redclyffe or himself. But mutual irienu' atten,pted a reconciliation, and one hien'' when old Sir Guy had come in rom hun'- ,,a and was seated with his merry COLT 10 n,ons at the table, there came to Reo- a,,,c. b,s repentent son to beg his fatn- CTS forgiveness.
 o,a Sir csuv not only refused to see ms son. but used shocking language anu said something to the servant "no hrourht in the young mans name aoou' telling him to go back to ms nooiine The son was waiting Ill the hall. and heard everything. lie 'hre" on his horse and rushed away in tba dark. His forehead struck against the branch of a tree and he was Killed on the spot. His wife died the next oay' when her son, the present Sir Guy was horn stricken with unutterable remorse' ... o,a haronet had taken the boy to and reared him with a fond trdulgence. The old man never hunted ,nore nor again sat long over his wine o,,na His whole life after the tragedy ssemed to be devoted to atoning, as lar as he could, for the wrong he had done his son, whose murderer he always oe- clared himself to be.
 Also between the line of the Morviiies represented by Sir Guy and the ilne rep resented by Philip there had existed TOT several generations a deadly feud. But tb,s of course. did not persist with Philip he was far above such futile vanities as a family feud and wished Guy well but had his doubts.
 Guy passed his vacation at Holly well. and 1t was upon one of these that fate. or rather his own will, thre" him into contact with his uncle the "fiddler" one Dixon by name. Dixon came to play at concert at heish- boring town. Guy had never seen nm and perhaps would not have sought him out had not Philip solemnly and warned him not to do so. As 1t was, Guy walked over to the town and met the talented but weak musi- elan. In spite of his .uncle's faults Guy was strongly drawn to him and the musician. on his part, at once con ceived a real and strong affection for his nephew. When Philip again tried to reason with Guy concerning his un- cle Guy replied with some heat, in timating that the Paragon had better mind his own business. had interfered with Sir Guys quite long enough and that if his uncle Dixon was not gem +,eman and was looked down upon by the world 1t was not for his sister s son to make him feel 1t. In short, Philip was now convinced that his suspicious of Guy possessing the la mentally nasty temper of the elder branch of the Morvilles was quite cor rect.
 When two years had passed Guy and Amy confessed to MT. and Mrs. Edmon-