The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-11
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or avoiding them according to his likes and dislikes. Worse than all, he enter tained absurd and quite thoroughly vul- gar opinions on the subject of love, which mised him so far that he quite refused to pay court to any of the rich and aristocratic young women whom his father suggested to him.
 Sir John was patient about it. He spoke to Edward in a manner that should have touched even so obdurate & young man as he was. You have to thank me. Ned,' said he, flor being of good family Your misunderstanding person as she was, and almost broken hearted. and so forth. to leave me, when she was prematurely compelled to be- come immortal-had nothing to boast of in that respect. Her father wished to marry his daughter into a good family. He had his hearts desire, Ned. She stepped at once in to the best and polit- est circles, and stepped into a fortune which, assure you. was very necessary to my comfort, quite indispensable Now, my good fellow. that fortune is among the things that have been. I am living on an inconsderable income and my past excellent reputation. You are a hand some, prepossessing. elegant fellow. and I throw you into society that I can stiil command. You must repay me by marry ing well and making the most of your 1 self"
 Edward Chester not only declined to view marriage thus prudently. but ag- gravated his unfilial behavior by falling i in love with girl who had hardly any | fortune at all As if to outrage Sir John l still more, she was the niece of man for whom he had immense contempt. h. deed, had hatred not been against his principles, Sir John would without doubt, have hated Godfrey Haredale, the uncle of Emma Haredale, with a most malig- nant hatred.
 Godfrey Haredae had been his boy hood friend and schoolmate. He had done Chesters lessons for him and taken whippings for him. When they became men, it became necessary, unfortunately, for Sir John to take Haredaes sweet heart from him and marry her himself. These, and similar recollections, were, of course, quite sufficient in themselves to make Sir John dislike Haredale intensely. But there was added to this the savage speech of Haredale whenever they met.
 These meetings were not of Haredales seeking Indeed, he tried desperately to avoid them. He dreaded lest, some day, he be carried away by his fury, and run his enemy through the body.
 A man of intense feelings and stern cast of mind, he had suffered more than shis share of sorrows, and borne them sadly for himself breeding over them, and letting his recolections of personal wrong and injury goad him. Sir John delighted in batting him when they met, delighted in playing off his soft speech, his gracefulness, his elegance of manner, face and dress against Haredales un- graceful strength his ungraceful dress and his rough, blunt speech.
 Yet, though Sir John Chester lost no opportunity of forcing Haredae to ei- change speech with him, something of that genteman's plain, undisgusted lan- guage, something of the hatred and loathing that he showed in every tone and gesture. must have ranked even In Sir John placld bosom, TOT more than once after an interchange of compii- ments, Sir John drew his sword when he was alone again and ran his eye mus ingly from ht to point. But always his better nature triumphed. He remeiu- bered always that thoughtlessness begets wrinkles; and he restored his equnimity by murmuring, with his most engaging smile:
 Ut may come to that some day but not yet. Not yet. Haredale. Life is pleasant enough for me, dull and full of heaviness to you. To cross swords with such a man--to indulge his humor ex- cept upon extremty-would be weak rn- deed Bark on, III favored cur. For