The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-06-11

Mr.. Godfrey at the bottom of the
board, keeping the temper of the com
mittcc and leading the lear creatures
along the thorny ways of business,
hat in hand. l do suppose this was
the most accomplished philanthropist
on a small independence that England
eve produced. AS a speaker at chart
table meetings the like of him for
drawing your tears and your money
was not easy to find. He was quite a
public character. He loved everybody.
And everybody loved him. What chance
had Mr.. Franklin-what chance had
anybody of average reputation and
capacities-against such a nan as this?
On the 18th came Mr.. Godfrey's an
swcr
He accepted my mistress invitation,
from the Wednesday of the birthday
to the evening Of Friday-when his
duties to the ladies' charities would
obligc him to return to town. He also
incloscd Il copy of verses on what he
elegantly called his cousins "natal
day"
Though one of the most invcterate
smokers | eve met with. he gave up
his cigar because she said one day she
hated the stale smell Of it in his
clothes. He slept so badly after this
effort of self denial, for want Of the
which he was used and came down
morning after morning looking so bag
gard and worn that Miss Rachel her
self begged him to take to his cigars
again. No, he would take to nothing
again that would cause her q moments
annoyance. He would FIGHT it out rcso-
lutely, and get back his sleep. sooner
or later, by main force of patience in
waiting for it.
juno 16 brought al event which made
Mr.. Franklin's chance look. to my
mind. a worse chance than over.
a strange gentleman. speaking Eng
fish with a foreign accent. came that
morning to tho house n asked to see
MI. Blake on business. The
business could not lnoS>il " have been
connected with the diarlond, for these
two rcaSons-first. that MI. Franklin
told mo nothing about it: secondly, tina.
he communicated it after the strange
gentleman had gone away again to my
lady. She probably limited something
about it next to her daughter. At any
rate, Miss Rachel WAS reported to have
said some severe things to Mr.. Frank
lin at the piano that evening about the
people he had lived anon" and the
principles he had adopted in foreign
NO. fT,n nn~t .1,1- f-, AJ,. s,,4 l:-.-
nothing was done toward the docora-
ton of the loo I suspect some i'm
prudence of Mi. Franklin's on the con.
tinent-With a conan or Il debt at the
bottom of it-had followed him to Eng
land. But that is all guess work. II
this case not only MI. Franklin. but
my lady, too, for Il wonder, left me in
tho dark.
On the 18th, to all appearance, the
cloud passed away again. They re-
turned to their decorating work on
the door and seemed to be as yoot
friends as ever
On the Goth there came Il note from
Mr.. Godfrey. He had arranged to stol
at F%rizinghall that night. having oc
clSion to consult his father on bust
ness. On the afternoon of the ncy,
day he and his two eldest sister!
would ride over to us on horseback, il
good time before dinner.
June 81, the day Of the birthday. wa:
cloudy and unsettled at sunrise, bu
toward noon it cleared up bruvcly.
: After breakfast Mr.. Franklin and
had Il private conference on the sub
jcct of the moonstonn. the time havin,
now come for removing it from TIL,
bank at FriZin@hall and placing it il
Miss Rachel'S own hands.
, Nothing had happened to Justify Il
. in alarming my lady on the subject :,
tho jewel: nothing could alter the lega
n obligation that now lay on Mr.. Frank
o lin to put it in his COUSINS possession
That was my view of the natter. ant
twist and turn it as he might. he wa
forced in the end to make it his vie>
too. We arranged that he was to rid
over after lunch to l~rizin@hall an
bring the diamond back. with NJ
J. Godfrey and the two young ladies. i
$ all probability. to keep him compan
on the way home again.
y This settled. our young @entlcma
Il Went back to Miss Rachel.
II They consumed the whole mornin
j. and part of the afternoon in the eve
lasting business of decorating the doc
l. But they had done what they Wante
IS they bad finished the door on Ill
birthday. and proud enough they wei