Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-29
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CHAPTER XXXIII.

and when at last he emerHeu, shaAen A"i'i'e
and exhausted, poor Renira had cause to oiess
the chance which had thrown the Forbeses IN
her way. Renira's mother had hailed the idea
OF her daughters liberation with increduious
gratitude. Bitterly she had mourned the
heartbreak she could do nothing to ease.
No one thought of Sir Richard cambridge as
factor in the arrangements He never
seemed to be aware of the presence or absence
of his offspring, but when he returned from
Kerry horse show and discovered that plan
had matured during his absence he promptly
put his foot on it and set his countenance
against it. Renira, on the verge OF tears re-
ported this at the Castle and John FORBES
set out in a dog cart to interview the baronet
at the Monastery. Sir Richard was reported
as being in the stables, and Forbes caused him.
self to be driven there. Forbes was in exactly
the costume in which Pat had first seen him,
and he now removed his broad straw hat and
ran his fingers through his name OF hair.
"Looks a darn sight better than the house,"
he commented. And several long necked hunt
ers stretched inquiring heads over the half
doors of their loose boxes. Presently Ban
bridge appeared, thin, red faced, irascible,
but for the moment gentleman.
"May ask he began.
"I'm John Forbes from over Glendaire way.
NV daughter is Pat Greshams wife, and I've
driven over to have few words with you"
"You antedate my intention by less than an
hour" cambridge replied. 81 had intended
driving over to see you"
He led the way to the house and into musty
apartment dignifed by the name OF study. 1t
was full Of stuffed creatures and their CLASSY
ewes struck Forbes unpleasantly. So did his
host And so, most of ALL did his hosts first
remark
81 understand, Mr. Forbes, that you have
allowed yourself to form some quixotic plans
in regard to one of my girls. ! wish you to
understand, sir that the Misses cambridge are
not objects of charity"
"Wel, now" said Forbes slowly, "that
depends"-
"sirw snapped cambridge.
-"on what you mean by charity. Take it
in it's Bible meaning and guess it's just what
they all of them need. But didn't come over
to argue with you. I've come to hear your
objection to my wife's plan to combine her own
pleasure with Miss Renira's Mrs. cambridge
has nothing against it,
"Mrs cambridge is fool"
Maybe; maybe. can see one foolish thing
she did,
Bahbridge looked at him quickly. What did
the boor mean? Was it possible? No, he
decided, it was not. He had by sheer vileness
of temper and vocabulary lorded it over the
neighborhood for SO many years that he
considered it impossible that this ponderous,
slow voiced stranger could be laughing at him.
In all the archives Of the Monastery no one had
ever laughed at Richard cambridge.
"And So" Forbes was going on, "the ladies'
were so upset about this thing that thought
we'd better get together on it. Now what's
your objection? If you want to know any
thing about me you can ask the Earl. I've
got several connections in London too, and 1
guess I'll come out all right Mrs. Forbes is
the loveliest woman in the world, and want
to know, since the girls mother is willing,
what you've got against the plan"
II Decline" said Sir Richard, "to give any
reason. simply forbid it."
Gust going to shut down on it like snap
ping turtle? Well. the other two poor girls
look like You brought them up on some such
system"
"The indulgent American parent" sneered
cambridge. "We don't go in for that sort of
thing over here"
Funny" unused Forbes, cause we got your
like over there. We call them," he remarked
"'skunks.' And we don't care one particular
damn about them. Now, that's how I fee
about you. and that's the reason that whether
you like it or whether you don't Miss Renirs
is going with us. And if you try to interiors
or to make her unhappy I'll come over here