Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-18
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In the river II he says a word
too much"
He has already said too much. /
Tompkins. confOund him. don't you
know"
Then I'm TO throw him in whether
he says anything or not, sirY'
Have you seen himr'
mo. your lordship. but James has
james says he wears a red coat and
Never mind. Tompkins He has no
right 70 hsh on this side Of that log.
The insuiferable ass may own the land
on the opposite side, but. confound his
impertinence. own II on this side"
This concluding assertion of the usu-
ally placid but now irate LORD BaZel-
hurst was not quite as momentous as
II sounded. As a matter OF fact, the
title 10 the land was vested entirely
10 his young American wife. his sole
possession. according TO report. being
title much less substantial but a
great deal more picturesque than the
large. much handled piece OF paper
down In the safety deposit vauIt-lying
close and crumpled among a million
sordid. hOmey little slips called cou-
pons
II requires no great stretch of imagi.
nation to understand that Lord Bazel.
hurst had an undesirable neighbor.
That neiGhbor was young Mr. Shaw
Randolph Shaw. heir 10 the Randolph
fortune Il may he fair to state that
Mr. Shaw also considered himself TO
be possessed Of an odious ueighbor.
In other words. although neither had
seen the other. there was a feud be-
tween the owners OF the two estates
that had all the earmarks OF an ancient
romance
Lady Razo'hurst was the daughter
OF Ncw York millionaire She was
young. beautiful and arrogant Nature
gave her youth and beauty. Marriage
gave her the remaining quality Was
she not Lady E0zelhurst? What odds
~ Lord Bazelhurst happened 10 be a
middle aged. Anticipated ass? SO much
the better Bnzelhurst castle and the
Bazehurst estates theavily cucumber
ed before her fathPr came TO the res
cuei were among the oldest and most
coveted In the English market Her
mother noted. with unctuous joy. that
the present Lady Bazelhurst I'm baby
hood had extreme difficulty in master
lag the eighth letter OF the alphabet.
certaiuly a most iattering sign Of
natal superiority. Notwithstanding the
fact that her father was plain old John
Banks decensedi. formerly OF Jersey
city. more latterly OF Wall street and
81 Thomas
l'uzchurst was a great catch. but
Banks was n good name to coniure
with. 81 he capitulated with willing
nesy that savorcd somewhat OF sus-
pended animation. so fearful was he
that he might do something 10 dis.
turb the dream before it came true
That was two years ago. With e1
Qulsite irony Lady Bazeihurst decided
Go have n country place In America
Her agents discovered a glorious sec
ton Of woodland In the Adirondacks
teemlng with trout streams. game
hnunts. unparalleled scenery. Her
icdyship instructed them TO buy with.
out delay. II was Just here that young
Mir Shaw came into prominence
His grandfather had left him a for
tune. aud he was looking about FOR
ways In which TO spend a portion OF
e. College. travel and society having
pal'ed on him. be hied himself into
the tic hills west OF Lake Champlain
searching for beauty. solitude and life
a. he Imagined u should be lived re
found and bought $40 acres Of the
most beautiful bit OF wilderness In the
mountains
The same streams coursed through
his hills and dates that ran through
those OF Lady Bazelhurst. the only dis
tiuctlou being that his portion was the
more desirable When her ladyship's
agents came leisurely up to- close their
deal they discovered that Mr. Shaw
bad snatched a mis- choice 500 acres
Of the oCC our act intended for their
one W" 10. SIX . thousand acres wert
BRADY street Da lady. but she was
siS6. Out % tow-covet all OF IL.