The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-02

Lord Radcliffe is alive. the young man
no claim"
only" he rejoined, 'that Of kim
lord Radcliffe need not do anything
for him."
Already there was a note of hostility
in Louisa's even voice. The common
place was DOMINIC armour
against the man who talked of usurp-
ing h loved ones privileges.
I WISH" he insisted, that ! couId
have got the letter from Uncle Rad to
show you. It was so simple and SO
sensible. All he asks is just to see
Uncle Rad personally, to fee. that ne
has kindred in h world. He knows,
he says. that, beyond good will, he mas
no claim now. As q matter of fact, ne
has something more substantial than
that, for Uncle Arthur had a little per
sonal property. about s15,o00, when
he left to us four children-Jim anq
Frank M Eide and me, and which !
for n wouldn't touch IL I knew dor
certain that this Philip was MS son.
But" she argued. you say that the
man does not speak OF money"
She hated the talk about money:
for she had all that contempt Tor ~
which women have who have never Ieit
the want Of 1t. 1t would nave been SO
simple If the intruder had only wanted
money. She would not have careosa
little bit If Luke had none. or was not
going to have any. 1t was his rlgnl
which she would not hear of being
questioned; his right in Lord Rad,
clyffe's affections, in his household, n
also his rights in the future when LORD
Radcliffe would be gone.
You r sure" she insisted. that ne
does not want money!"
81 don't think" he replied, that he
does, just now. He seems to have a
little; he must have had a little, since
~,,>- a~~-.E 60 yYfr,ono 0rH IA
staying at a moderately good hotel IN
London. No. He wants to see Uncle
Rad, because he thinks that, if Uncle
Rad say him, blood would cry out IN
response. 1t appears that now he a
lodged all his papers of identification
firm, mind you-and he wants Uncle
RAIDS solicitor to see all the papers n
to examine them. That seems fair to
me. doesn't it to your
VERY fair indeed she unused.
"What I mean." he added with great
weren't all right. he would't be so anx-
ious for Uncle RAIDS solicitors to have
a look at them, would he?"
NO"
And after awhile she reiterated more
emphatically:
Certainly not"
II must say" he concluded h the
whole thing simply beats me-"
But what does Lord Radcliffe say
now?"
Nothing"
How do you mean nothing? 2"
about the thing. He won't discuss 1T:
He won't answer any question which l
put to him. My dear boy, the man Is
a palpable, impudent impostor, a black
mailer and that's all l can get out or
him."
GSrra -xar,A roo %Lo ~ooro B
Wont hear Of It,"
"And won't he let his solicitor--Mr.
Dobson, isn't tt?-meet the other law
yer?"
HE says he wouldn't dream of vast
ing Did Dobson's time"
"Then what's going to happen?
I don't see," he said, what is gong
to happen"
won't you have a talk about it all
with Mr.. Dobson, n see HI he
says?"
speaking it's none of my business-as
yet. 1 couldn't consult Uncle RAIDS
lawyers, without Uncle RAIDS consent"
Another one then"
He shrugged his shoulders, obvious
ly undecided what to do: He had
thought very little about himself or his
future in all this: his thoughts mad
dwelt mostly on Lord RAdclyffe-father,
| mother, brother, sister to them all.
Bless him! And then he had thought
of her. He looked round him with eyes
that scarcely saw. for they really were
turned inward to his w simple soul,
and to his loving heart. Right up
against that very simplicity Of soul, a
duty stood clear and uncompromising;
A duty yet to be performed, the real
aim and end Of all that he had said SO
far. But he did not know how best to
perform such a duty.
SimnJa SOulS-unlikG the complex
psychological phenomena of modern
times-are apt to be s%elfiess, to think
more Of the feelings Of others, than OF
Analysing their own various sensations;
and Luke knew hat what he consid-
cred his duty would not be quite SO
obvious to Louisa, and that by fulfilling
1t he would give her pain.
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