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Love. or Honor?

II accept everything" said Ferdinand,
"all your offers. Good morning my dear
est sir; good morning, Miss Temple"
Miss Temple, indeedl' thought the
young captain as he watched them out of
sight, exquisite, enchanting, adored be-
ing! Without thee what is existence? Oh,
l could deem it all yisioni
But what wild, maddening thoughts
are these? Am I not Ferdinand Armine-
the betrothed victim? 1t would. indeed,
be treason.
But / cannot live without her I hear
the clank of my letters Am 1 indeed
bound? Aye, in honor. Honor and love.
A contest
From all of which 1t will be seen that
the gallant captain was balancing the in
ducements which were offered to him on
one side by his heart and on the other
side by his material interests.
He put it in a different way-but that
was the sum of the matter
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.Henrietta Temple" was Disraelis
Love Story"-he called 1t so him
self In it he displayed a sentiment
which no one had before suspected
that lie had locked up in his crafty
breast
1t is all love--blind, unreasoning
love and love aat first sight. All the
cynicism with which that remarkable
man was so w endowed dropped from
him when he fote Henrietta Temple.
And the rem rkable thing about the
story is that 1t bears intrinsic evidence
of being sineere--it was not pose.
London society, in which Disraeil
moved. and the British political world,
in which he was beginning to become
factor not to be disregarded, We're
intensely amused at ".Henrietta Tenn
ple.r 1t seemed so incongruous that
BENJAMIN Disraeli should write such
a story-and evidently mean it. 70,
the heart! the hearth he kept ejac-
ulating all through it.
And perhaps, after all, Disraeli did
have heart. But in politics and in
his other literary productions he kept
it pretty we'll in subsection.
Probably Disraei never wrote story
Which had more literary merit than
"Henrietta Temple"-and also, com
ing from Disraeli. 1t is a literary curl
ositV.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
Clinging to the Last Acres

/" HE Armines were an extremely
old family and extremely poor
i They had had manors and vast
estates, which had slipped away from
them in extravaganza or been for
reited by the facility with which they
ways managed to get on the losing
se in the dynastic wars of England
Their peerages had been lost by at
flanders and the present head OF the
family, Sir Ratcliffe Armine, lived at
Armine place, the sole property re-
naming to him, with his park let OUT
as cattle pasturage and mortgages eat
Ing up his income
IT was an extensive estate stiil ana
n Sir Ratcliffe had been willing to sell
a part of 1t and clear the rest ne mish'
have nut his affairs upon more satis-
factory footing.
But no, he would cling to the iast
acre of Armine as long as he hved' ne
said.
One of his ancestors had pulled down
a mart of the old Elizabethan manson
md started to erect a castle op an eN-
stensive plan.
\ But funds had failed and the ambitious
Nam had died with only small part VI
nroteefed castle built, While the
Aund around it was strewn with the
hes which had been bought for its
ktruction.
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Most Charming of Men

So the bright little old lady arrived at
Ducle with her parrot in a cage, her
page and her servants-and her dear
est friend, Mrs. Montgomery Floyd
whom she persisted in addressing as
Mrs. Twoshoes, Mrs. What's Your Name
you have two names you know"
Mrs. Montgomery Floyd. who had been
chosen by Lady Bellair to stand the eN-
rerses of the northward trip this year,
was person resplendently dressed and
glittering with jewes-a rich widow who
was determined to break into society at
whatever cost.
At dinner that night Mr.. Temple said.
And how did you like Bath this season,
Lady Bellair?''
20, my dear" replied the lively old
lady, iii was charming. | met a man
there-I have forgotten his name-but he
was the most charming man / ever met;
so handsome, so witty and with blood in
his veins.
II forgot his name, and it is a very
good name, too my dear"-addressing
herself to Mrs. Montgomery Floyd
what was the name of my favorite?"
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Happiness at Last

Thinking he referred to Katherine.
Ferdinand told him that that marriage
could never be. Then Montgort handed
him note. 1t read:
Dearest Ferdinand-Do everything
that Lord Montfort wishes. He is our
best friend He is going to marry Kath-
crime. Are you happy? Henrietta.
Ferdinand was not, as a rule, a faint
ing man. But this and the mental strain
he had recently been through. were too
much for him. He sank senseless upon
the sofa.
When he had revived he and Lord
Montfort had a very agreeable dinner
together, and the young prodigal de-
parted from his place of confinement.
1t will be seen that Henrietta had been
made partner in the plot arranged
by Lord Montfort and Katherine to
make Ferdinand happy. There was
-pothing that the young man had done
to Justify him in obtaining al this hap
piness-but it came to him.
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OFF to Malta

Glastonbury had modest fortune and
no rel$fves. He had made will MAX
ing ferdinand his heir, and why should
he not spend part of his fortune in
purchasing a commission for the boy?
That was what he told Sir Ratcliffffe
when, returning TO Armine Place, the
baronet wept with gratitude and de-
elared that Glastonbury was placing
him under too great obligations.
So young Ferdinand was promptly
given commission as ensign in reg
iment about departing for Malta, and
was shipped off to that stronghold of
the Mediterranean with his mother s
tears and his fathers blessing.
Before the boy left home his father
told him exactly how the finances of
the house of Armine stood and eau
TONED him about running into debt. In
fact, he impressed upon the youth that
he must live upon his pay almost en-
tirely, as what little assistance he could
expect from his father would be insig-
nifcant
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of any of her acquantances which stood
handy by the way.
She was the last remaining link be-
tween two centuries. She had been
painted by Sir Joshua, had fiirted with
Lord Carlisle and chatted with Dr. john
son.
She was almost as active in body and
quite as active in mind as when, 20 years
before, she had Skipped in Marylebone
Gardens or puzzled the gentlemen of
The Tuesday Night club at Mrs. Cronely's
masquerades
She remembered Manchester a village
and Brighton fishing town. She had
stimulated the ambition of Charles Fox
and had sympathzed with the last aspir-
ations of George Canning.
She had been the confidant alike of the
loves of Byron and Alfieri; had worn
mourning for Wolfe and given a festi-
cal for the Duke of Wellington All had
changed around her, but she, herself,
was unchanged and seemingly unchange-
able.
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Name Had a Pleasant Sound

Was there not once a Henrietta Ar
mine?" he asked of Glastonbury thai
night at dinner
Yes replied the clergyman. ''she
was the daughter of Lord Armine, and
Queen Henrietta Maria stood god
mother to her."
Il think the name Henrietta Armine
sounds WELL" said Ferdinand
yes. indeed" replied Glastonbury,
my son, a glass of wine-I drink to
the fair Miss Grandson. What is the
matter? You start"
"A fly. a gnat has stung me-" an
swered Ferdinand.
Much to the delight of Ferdinand, he
received letter from Bath saying that
the oldmaid aunt of Miss Grandson
had fallen and broken her leg, and
that the coming of the family to Ar
mine must therefore be postponed for
awhile.
He was to make himself as COM
Portable Is he could in the meantime,
and his fair cousin would write to. him
every day. The next day saw Ferdi-
nand at Ducie Bower.
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In Spite of Good Resolves

Ferdinand departed with the highest
hopes, in the highest spirits, and with
a determination TO live economically
and work hard. He made a solemn
compact with himself that, came what
might, he would not run into debt.
With the exception of one short visit
at home, Ferdinand Armine stayed at
Malta for four years. At the end of
that time he was as heavily in debt as
any young man in the army.
Somehow 1t had got about that he
was the heir of the rich Earl of Gran
dison--and Ferdinand, while denying
1t, did ~ in a manner which confirmed
the report.
Then the name of Armine was one
that everybody knew, and everybody
had heard of Armine Place, to which
he was undoubted heir-though they
had not heard of the mortgages which
plastered 1t over.
Credit was absolutely thrust upon
him-and Ferdinand was young.
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BY
BENJAMIN DISRAELI

stood After recovering from his first
distress-after analyzing his own feel
ings, he had become a partner With
Katherine in the attempt to bring the
sundered lovers together again.
And In the prosecution of the part
nership he had found himself in love
with Miss Grandson.
Montfort went to see Ferdinand in the
'sponging house" He came, he said,
ready to discharge Ferdinand's debts
and set him at liberty.
And you may marry a woman with
great fortune, you know and so can
pay ME back" said his lordship.
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Unexpected Riches

lust at that time a rich relative If
Mr. Temple died, leaving to that gentle
man his entire fortune, so that Henriet-
TIA became one of the richest heresses in
England.
The papers soon after announced tho
return to London of Mr> Temple and his
charming daughter, wos was engaged to
the Marquis of Montfort."
At Lord Montforts house one night
Glastonbury met Henrietta Temple.
Summoning all her self control she
greeted him with nonchalance and asked
if the marriage of Ferdinand and his
cousin had yet taken place.
at has not" replied Glastonbury; "he
came to Ducie to claim his bride, but she
had gone"
Then he told her the story of Ferdi-
nand. Miss Temple tainted.
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Pensions in Europe

From the London Chronicle.
The first Earl Nelson, a brother of
the great sailor, was a bluff hearty
clergyman, who at one time had a
taste for the sea. lie was entered as u
chaplain on one of his brothers ships.
but never discharged the duties. I'm
like many clergymen of his day who
We're not above accepting emoluments
for services not rendered, the future
earl refused to permit his name to fig
ure on the pay roll of the ship. lie Is
described by contemporary as bois-
ferrous in his manners, with a voice as
loud as his hearing was defective One
is glad to know that the charge against
him of concealing the codicil in Nell
sons VIII in favor of Lady Hamilton
proved to be baseless
Several journals which ought to
know better have been telling us thatI|
the Nelson pension OF $4,000 a year wa II
granted for term Of three lives only.
The pension, as repeated demands in
the house of commons for communication
testify, is a perpetual one, and the new
Earl Nelson Will enjoy 1t. When re-
trenchment and reform" was a fashion,
able phrase, 1t was usual to point out
that the nation had spent vast amount
of money-not on the victor of Trafal-
gar--but on his more or less distant
relatives Recently list was compiled,
which included prize money, pensions,
and grants of several sorts to wife, sis
ters and brothers amounting to nearly
$500, 900.
Perpetual pensions are to be found
in France as well as in this country.
on August 21. 1775, the dauphin. SON of
Louis XIV. when out rabbiting, accident-
ally shot Yves de la Boissiere, one of
his suite As a compensation a PEN
sion of f240 was conferred on Boissiere.
with remainder to his heirs in per-
petulty Despite the many changes In
the form of government this pension
has been paid ever since and no mem
Der of the budget committee has ever
suggested stopping it,
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ure. and Ferdinand blushlngly acknowl-
edged that was his name.
Then the gentleman said that he was
Mr. Temple--that this was his daughter
Henrietta-that they We're at present ten
ants of Ducie Bower, a place about 10
miles from Armine.
They had ridden over to see the famous
estate and had been fortunate in finding
a member of the family there to show 1t
to them. Mr.. Temple would be pleased to
have Ferdinand call at Ducle Bower. So
would his daughter They had some fair
shooting there.
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Trying to Mend Matters

Ferdinand was deeply agtated when he
was told of the meeting between Glaston-
bury and Henrietta. Then one day at
the house of the eccentric Lady Bellair
he met Henrietta. They were alone in a
pavilion In the garden.
Ferdinand charged her with Inconsistency
i'm becoming engaged to Lord Montfort
and when she asked: 20, Ferdinand,
why can ye not be friends?" he replied,
because we ara more than friends" and
rushed from the place.
Henrietta and Katherine of course met
in society and the two became fast
friends. Soon Katherine learned that
Miss Temple was the girl upon whom
Ferdinand had set his affections and
whose name, when the story was told,
she had refused to hear
She determined to bring the lovers to-
gether again If it were possible--to re-
move all cause Of misunderstanding.
Ferdinand's father and his creditors
were now pressing him to hurry his mar
riage to Miss Grandson. Her grandfather
had now been dead more than year;
there was no further excuse for delay.
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The Darkest Hour

Driven to desperation. Ferdinand told
his father that he would not marry his
cousin--that she understood the situa-
tion also and they could never be man
and wife.
Rage and despair filled the heart of
Sir Ratcliffe. He saw all his plans for
the rehabilitation of his ancient house
fall to the ground. Ii was a stormy
and distressing scene between the father
and son.
AT the same time Ferdinands credi-
tors alarmed by the delay in the mar
riage and by a rumor that it was not
to take place. had him arrested and
thrown into Jail for debt
1t was a dark hour for Captain Fer
dinand Armine--all seemed lost. But,
as ii is said to be darkest just before
dawn. so 1t proved in the fortunes of
this young man.
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Out of a Clear Sky

Mrs. Montgomery Floyd looked a little
puzzled and then said: do you mean
Captain Armine?'
That's 1t, that's it," chippered the lit
tie old lady-and then, to Henrietta;
You shall marry him, my DEAR you shall
marry him.
But you forget he is going to be mar
ried,' said Mrs Floyd.
Henrietta tried to rise, but could not
stir. 'Is our engagement. then, so well
knownl" she thought.
"Ah, yes went on Lady Bellair, $50
he is-to a very rich girl, too
Whom is Captain Armine going to
marry?" asked Mr.. Temple.
"Oh, I have forgotten the name-Miss
Twoshoes, or something of that sort
Miss Grandson said Mrs. Floyd, "hjs
eousin everything is quite settled. /
have seen the presents. Both the families
are at Bath this minute.
Il have heard that Sir Ratcliffe Armine
has not a thousand a year that he can
call his own. We are all so pleased.
They are to be married next month.
''And he says he is only going to bs
married because he is wearied of con.
quests How inpertinent; But Captain
Arnine is quite a/prlvileged person"
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Taking His Ease

How delicious after long absence 70
wake up in the morning and find our
selves at homel Ferdinand could scarcely
creoit that he was again at Armine
What joy to see and hear the dear old
Father Glastonbury againl What long
talks they had together of what should
be done when Ferdinand was married and
he and his bride came to live at the old
place
I'VE might finish. the CASTLE, said
Glastonbury; your grandfather was a
great man, a very great man. He had
great ideas. How he would have gloried
in our present prospectsl 1t is strange
what confidence l have always had in
the destiny of your house. We must
have a portculis-deicdedly portcullis.' :
And down at Bath Sir Ratcliffe and
Lady Armine were planning, too. and
the fair Katherine was dreaming. Mean
time Ferdinand took his case in his ances-
trail home.
The family. with Katherine and her old
maid aunt, were to join him there in two
weeks. 1t had been so arranged.
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How 1t Began

So the willy Ferdinand took the gentle
man and his daughter over the grounds
and into the castle. where he showed
them the great gallery in the ncompleted
building where hung the portraits of his
ancestors.
AS they stood before portrait of thai
Sir Ferdinand whom Glastonbury always
called THE Great Ferdinand" because
he. once in his erratic career, almost
made himself King of Poland, the young
lady turned to Captain Ferdinand and
said: ..If | am not mistaken l see in you
descendant"
In sootdl. they were much alike in feat.
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A CL ASSIC
IN A P A G E

such. a rate as to make any hope OF
help from that quarter impossible.
Then stepped in the guardian angel
of the house, the good Glastonbury.
He took Ferdinand up to London and
introduced him to a noble duke--a real
first class duke with power and office.
Glastonbury was on intimate terms
with all the old nobility of the three
kingdoms. The duke offered to get
commission for Ferdinand, and Glas-
tonbury offered to pay for 1t.
Commissions were purchased In the
British army at that time-and for
long time after.
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Visitors Expected

Then there came time when not every
day did Henrietta receive letter, and
she wrote to him in wondering reproof.
1t was about three weeks after Ferdi-
nand Armine left Ducie when Mr. Temple
entered the breakfast room one morning
with an open note in his hand and told
Henrietta that Lady Belair had written
to apprlse him of her intention to rest
the night at Ducie on her way to the
north
She brings with her also,' said Mr..
Temple with smile, "the most charming
woman In the world. l have no doubt
that Lady Bellair deems her companion
SO at present, whoever she may be.
But at any rate / shall be glad to
see her ladyship who certainly is one
OF the most amusing women in the
world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
Their Only Rudder

Adrian Glastonbury was member
of an ancient but decayed English
family His familM like the Armines,
were Roman Catholics and Adrian was
in orders.
But he had long given up all clerical
duties to attach himself to the family
of Armine in the exploration of the
history of which he took the greatest
delight and in the welfore of which he
was deeply interested.
He had been the friend or sir,- rat
clffe's father, the guide, philosopher
and friend of Sir Ratcliffe, and now
was devoting himself to the upbringing
of his son.
He seemed to be the only rudder that
the drifting house of Armine possessed
1t was finally decided in family con-
,,clave that young Ferdinand should ge
into the army. With his great talents
his mother thought, he would soon
carve out fortune and peerage with
his sword
His father thought that it might be a
stepping stone to wealthy marriage
But where was the money coming from
to buy him commission?
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Settled in Due Form

He walked with Katherine; he played
with her. He was always projecting
long summer rides and long summer
walks
Then his conversation was so differ
ent from anything to which she had
listened. He knew so many things and
so many persons that We're strangers,
and everybody that was famous. His
opinions were so original and his Illus
trations so happy.
Poor inexperienced Katherine, Her
cousin in four and twenty hours found
II. quite impossible to fall in love with
her and so had determined to make her
fall in love with him.
When he made his proposal in form
they were riding in green lane; the
sun was just setting and the evening
star glittering through vista.
When they arrived home the lady
went to her room and wept. while Fer
dinand called for bottle Of champagne
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Fallen in Pleasant Places

So the wonderful cousin arrived, and
Katherine fell in love with, him as the
family had foreordained for her. and
he was charmed with his cousin.
fig for the debts of Malta, Hero
was most charming girl and a great
heiress ready and willing to marry
him. She had every quality that was
calculated to make a man happy.
Her fortune would not only place her
self and the family ON their feet fnan-
cially, but he could complete that pre-
posterous castle that his squandering
ancestor had started.
Verify his lines seemed to have fallen
in pleasant places, and he proceeded
to enjoy those pleasant places to the
full.
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Flight

Henrietta" said the father. he is
unworthy of you. Cling to my heart,
child.
IF your mother were alive. you might
confide in her But | am your only
parent now The time will come when
we shall remember this as only a Bit
ter lesson"
The next day Lady Bellair and her
train departed, and the day after Ducie
Bower was abandoned. Mr.. Temple and
his daughter had set out for Italy.
1t was gusty autumnal night and
Glastonbury sat alone in his tower. To
MIN suddenly appeared Ferdinand
wan, weary, travel-stained and fran
tic
In broken sentences he told his story.
He had gone TO Bath with the inten-
tion of telling his father that he could
not marry Miss Grandson and had in
tended to depart from that place leav-
ing note for Katherine explaining all.
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The Course of True Love

AT first Mr.. Temple was hard to per-
suade, He thought that. possibly. Ferdi-
nand wanted to marry his daughter for
her fortune. But, after all, Henrietta $
happiness was her fathers chief aim
and so he consented.
1t was a double wedding and the two
families were very intimate ever after
the Grandiscns and the Armines
The castle was completed at Arnlne
Place and Ferdinand was eventually
elected to parliament where, it is safe
to say, he did not distinguish himself
But he had many children and no end
of money and the course of true love ran
smoothly.
Next weeks one page classic will be:
Frederick the Great and His Court, by
Louise Nuh1hacb
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A Mothers Solution

He left Malta just before his reg-
ment was ordered home because of the
death of his grandfather, the earl
1t was as his father had prophesied-
the earl had left Ferdinand practically
nothing, but had made his granddaugh-
ter, Katherine Grandson, the daughter
of his dead son. the possessor of a
great fortune.
Ferdinand Armine was Captain Ar
mine now, handsome, accomplished, a
great favorite in society. His mother
saw the solution of the problem ut
once and wrote him to come home at
once and marry his cousin Katherine
Katherine was at Bath with an aged
aunt and to Bath Sir Ratcliffe and Lady
Armine were going and there they
would meet Ferdinand
So Ferdinand, after a session with his
creditors at Malta. in which he gave
them promises and notes and any sort
OF stamped paper they wanted, hurried
to England and to Bath and met his
cousin, Katherine Grandson.
His creditors thought he was hurry
ing home to get his inheritance and
so let him go without cavil.
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Their Guardian Angel

II was all that Sir Radcliffe could do
to struggle along In his humble way at
Armne Place, and day and night the
horrible thought dwelt with him that
perhaps some day he could not even
do that and would be forced TO depart
from the home of his ancestors.
The hopeful Lady Armine went to
visit her papa and took Ferdinand
along.
But when she gently hinted that her
dear Ferdinand was born soldier and
ought to have commission in the
ariays the old Earl talked poverty at
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A Link With the Past

Lady Beuair was a dowager 80 years
cld, who spent part of her time at Bath
and part at her seat in Norfolk
She was a vivacious "chipper' little old
woman Who when she was ready to
forsake Bath, always picked UP some new
1avorite longing for social recognition
whom she allowed to pay the travelling
expenses in her ladyshlp's progress north
ward.
She avoided the charge of hotel bills
by laying under contribution the houses