The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-01-21
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iii lordship, and I'll throw him
iii In the river II he says 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. sirF'
Have you seen hlm?"
mo, your lordship, but James has.
James says he wears a red coat and
Never mind. Tompkins. He has no
right to fish on this side of that log.
The insufferable ass may own the land
on the opposite side, but, confound his
impertinence, own 1t on this side.'
This concluding assertion of the usu-
ally placid but now irate Lord Bazei-
hurst was not quite as momentous as
1t sounded. AS a matter of fact, the
title to the land was vested entirely
in his young American wife, his sole
possession according to report, being
a title much less substantial but
great dea! more picturesque than the
large, much handled piece of paper
down In the safety deposit Multiplying
close and crumpled among "A million
sordid. homely little slips called cou-
pons.
1t requires no great stretch OF imagi
nation to understand that Lord BaZel-
hurst had an undesirable neighbOr
That neigtbor was young Mr. Shaw
Randolph Shaw. heir 70 the Randolph
fortune 1t may he fair to state that
Mr. Shaw also considered himself to
be possessed of an odious neighbor.
In other words. although neither had
seen the ether. there was u feud be
tween the owners of the two estates
that had all the earmarks of anancient
romance.
Lady Baselhurst was the daughter
of New York millionaire. She was
young, beautiful and arrogant. Nature
gave her youth and beauty. Marriage
gave her the remaining quality. Was
she not Lady Bazelhurst? What odds
II Lord Bazelhurst happened to be a
middle aged. Anticipated ass? SO much
the better. Bazelhurst castle and the
BaZelhurst estates lheavily cucumber
ed before her father came to the res
coveted In the English market. Her
mother noted. with unctuous joy. that
the present Lady Bfzelhurst In baby
hood had extreme difficulty in master
ing the eighth letter of the alphabet,
certainly n most hattering sign of
natal superiority, Notwithstanding the
fact that her father was plain old John
Banks deceased. formerly of Jersey
City. more latteyiy of Wall street and
ST. Thomas.
Eazelhurst was great catch. but
Banks was a good name to eonjure
with. so he capitulated with a willing
ness that savored somewhat Of sus-
pended animation. so fearful was he
that he might do something TO dis
turb the dream before II came true.
That was two years ago. With ex.
Huisite irony Lady Bazelhurst decided
10 have country place in America.
Her agents discovered a glorious sec.
ton of woodland in the Adirondacks
teeming with trout streams game
haunts. unparalleled scenery. Her
ladyship instructed them to buy with
out delay. 1t was just here that young
Mr. Shaw came into prominence.
His grandfather had left him a for.
tune, and he was looking about for
ways I'm which 10 spend a portion Of
II. College. travel and society having
palled on him, ne hled himself into
the big hills west of Lake Champlain:
searching for beauty. solitude and life
Us he imagined It should be lived. He
found and bought 500 acres of the
most beautiful bit Of wilderness In the
mountains.
The same streams coursed through
his hills and dales that ran through
those Of Lady Bazelhurst, the only dis
tnction 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
had snatched up this choice 800 acres
OF the original tract intended for their
client At least thousand acres were
left for the young lady, but she was
petulant enough to covet all Of II.
Overtures were made 10 Mr.. Shaw.
but he would not sell. He was pre-
pairing TO erect handsome country
place. and he did not want to alter his
plans. CCurteously ct first. then
somewhat scathingiy. he declined to