The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-09
The Scheming Of a Desperate
Woman For the Sake Of a
Profligate Brother and the
Resulting Adventures Of
Winsome Virginie Ferrier.


ed and smiled only when politeness
required the effort. He was, in fact.
a morose young man. 1t is one Of the
pleasing results of a life devoted to the
pursuit of pleasure" that it makes a
man. quite prema.urely, incapable Of
mirth, merriment or JOY Of heart.
When the voyage was over. and Guy
Fe1rier met his sister he was fain to
confess that he had made no progress
whatever.
She shook her head sadly.
Things. Guy" she said. ''can no
longer be trified with. There is abso-
lutely nc more money for YOU"
There must be some" he replied.
81 must get a couple Of thousand at
least before long"
How long can you wait. Guy|
II do cot know-perhaps three
months. perhaps four or five. l mus
have money. Maude."
Can you not borrow more?> You
have raised money before on your re-
versionary interests-can you raise no
more:'
NO, not 4 penny more. Ihcy are
m%ortgaged to the hilt."
She sighed heavily.
MY poor father. If he only knew!."
"1f you have nothing but %reproach-
es, Maude. I will go. l Cid think that
from you l should meet with a little
sympathy. But women are all alike"
YES" she said bitterly, 1--WE are all
alike. We sit at home and hope and
pray, and the prodigal goes on and
takes everything and throws it away.
We are al. alike. Guy. We sit and
suffer and can do nothing"
He made no reply. This thin and
anxious woman had given him every
thing. 1t would have been better for her
far better-if at the very first mess
she had left her brother to founder out
as best he might. Now she had done
so much: she a bound to go on; she
must stand by him and suffer to the
end.
with clasped hands and eyes which
had no tears in them. She could not
cry for indignation and bitterness.
And my father knows nothing" she
said. "Some day he must be told, be-
cause / can help you no longer"
IF he must know, he must, l sup
pose," her brother replied carelessly.
There is your cousin, Guy. Can
you not V think of her:'
II have thought about her, Maude.
In fact, l think about her every day.
Isn't it an Internal shame that a girl
like that should have Il hundred thou
sand pounds and l should be hard up
for a tritle Of two thousand:'
us that all you think about:"
Enough, too, l should say"
"What is she like:"
II believe you would call her pretty.
She's a fair girl, and her are
good-at least l dare say they are She
doesn't do anything dreadful. But you
had better call upon her. She thinks
a great deal about the relationship,
and you may be civil to her."
"And won't you think about her.
Guy, in the way l want? Think how
it would set you up to marry her.
You could buy back all your mort
cages. You could start quite fair
again. There would be no more debts
and Worries"
II tell you l do think about her.
"Then why-oh, Guy-why'-
Because l do not want to marry
any woman. Is that sufficient reason
for your"
II shall do what l can for you, Guy.
When your difficulties are so great
that you can bear them no longer you
will perhaps take the step which will
relieve you. 1t is the only step, re-
member. Meantime l will do my best
to prepare the way for you"
These schemes. these difficulties,
were concealed from the head Of the
house, Lord Terrier, who. although he
found his son difficult to get on with
and taking small interest in the things
which interested himself. was yet per
fectly satisfied as regards his manner
Of life. Let the young man do what
he pleased up to a certain time; he had
himself followed the traditions Of the
house in serving under the colors for
n term before becoming a simple coun-
try gentleman. Let his Sol do the
same thing.
AS for himself, he loved the simple
life Of his country house. He was a
farmer and a landlord before every.
thing else. Things were tight with
him because many Of his farms were
unlet. But things would improve
There was no money because it had
been laid out in unproductive improve
ments. and at the best Lord Ferriel