The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-02-04
BY j. Hartley Manners

Overwhelmingly, who in a large meas
ure inherited much of his fathers
dominant will and hard headedness;
Monica. the elder daughter. and Ange-
la, the younger.
Nathaniel was the old mans favor
lite. While still a youth he inculcated
into the boy all the tenets OF business,
morality and politics that had made
Wilberforce prosperous.
Pride in his name. a sturdy grasp of
life. an unbending attitude toward
those beneath him and an abiding rev.
erence for law and order and fealty to
the throne-these were the foundations
on which the father built Nathaniels
character.
Next in point of regard came the
elder daughter, Monica. Patrician of
feature. naughty in manner, exclusive
by nature, she had the true Kings
north air She had no disturbing
ideas" no yearning for things not Of
her station. She was cOntented with
the world as it had been made for her
and seemed duly proud and grateful to
have been born Kingsnorth.
She was an excellent musician, rode
fairly to hounds, bestowed prizes at
the local charities with grace and dis
tinction-as became a Kingsnorth-and
looked coldly out at the world from
behind the impenetrable barriers Of an
old name.
| When she married Frederick Chi
chester, the rising barrister, connected
with six county families. it was a
proud day for old Kingsnorth. His
family had originally made their money
in trade. The Chichesters had accu-
INFLATED fortune by professions. The
distinction in England is marked.
| Frederick Chichester came of long
line of illustrious lawyers. One had
even reached the distinction of being
made judge. He belonged to an hon
orable profession. The old man was
0yerjoyed.
| He made a handsome settlement on
his eldest daughter on her marriage
and felt he had done we'll by her, even
as she had by him.
| Five years after Monica's birth An
gela unexpectedly was born to the
Kingsnorths. A delicate. sicbly infant,
it seemed as If the splendid blood of
I the family had expended its vigor on
the elder children. Angela needed con.
slant attention to keep her alive. From
tremulous infancy she grew into deli
| cate youth. She seemed child apart
Not needing her, Kingsnorth did not
l Il 20 ne al
Grant affection. Too fragile to mix
with others, she was brought up at
| home Tutors furnished her education
The winters she passed abroad with
| her mother When her mother died
she spent them with relations OF
| friends. The grim dampness of the
English climate was too rigorous for q
life that needed sunshine.
| Angela had nothing in common with
either her brother or her sister. She
avoided them and they her. They did
not understand her. She understood
them only too well. A nature that
craved for sympathy and affection-as
the frail so often do-was repulsed by
those to whom affection was but a
| lOTIu anu a tCi III VI iCpioaNh
| 1t was on her first homecoming
| since her mothers death that her at.
tention was really drawn to her ia
theirs Irish possessions.
By curious coincidence she return
ed home on a day when Wilberforce
Kingsnorth had delivered an electrical
speech. invoking Providence to inter.
| In bA Saftlnnppnt nf the Irish
difficulty. He was noted for his hatred
of the Irish. 1t was the one topic of
conversation throughout dinner. And
1t was during that dinner that Angela
for the first time really angered her
father and raised q barrier between
them that lasted until the day Of his
death.
The old man had laughed coarsely
at the remembrance of his speech on
the previous night and licked his lips
at the thought of it.
Monica. who was visiting her father
for few days. smiled in agreeable
sympathy. Nathaniel nodded cheer
fully.
/ From her fathers side Angela asked
quietly:
Have you ever been in Ireland. ia
ther?"
4 mo, l have not" answered the old
man sharply. "And. what Is more.
never intend to go there"
do you know anything about the
Irish?' persisted Angela.
DO l? More than the English gov
eminent does Don't l own land
there?"
Il mean do you know anything about
the people?' insisted Angela.
II know them to- be lot of thiev-
ing, rascally scoundrels. too lazy to
work and too dishonest to pay their
way even when they have the money"
rs that all you knows"
isn't it enoughY' His voice rose
shrilly. 1t was the first time for years
any one had dared use those two hated
words ireland and Irish at his Ia
BILE. Angela must be checked and at
once.
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