South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-31


and Charles Ed uau
ward Nude. (She later mar.
made him master. he took over tie
old cloth mills at Enderley. Here
Lord Luxmore was the proprietor
and to ruin the mills. and so ruin
John, he DETECTED the stream on
the pretext OF needing the water 10
supply his own fountains. John
Halifax was equal 70 the occasion
lie had already been IN touch with
Arkwright. who first used steam an
the mills At Manchester. Steam was
therefore introduced at EndelIey
the income Of the mlll-oWner doubl.
ms and trebIing with each year
From the small house in town JOhu
and Ursula Halifax moved TO mod
est estate in the country, moving
from that in the course Of time Il
one OF the great houses of the Cour-
". eXerting with each change a
widening influence for good which
! in the ReSents days was rare
But prosperity brought them nj
immunity from domestic trouble
Little Muriors death was the first
blow. other blows followed soon
The boys grew up 10 be young men
With their love affairs came the first
real discords in the family
They began with the appearance
Of a governess for little Maud
She gave her name as Miss Silver
| Beautiful. mysterious, and self-con.
tanned, she repealed UrsuIa's mother.
~ sympathies by a GOODNESS not ex.
planned till she proved TO be Louise
d'Argent, the daughter of d motor
ious French deputy under the Reign
OF Terror. But by this time the
worst mischief was done since Guy
the eldest son, was in love with her
To accept her as Guys future wife
| cost John and Ursula Halifax a
struggle. II was a SUI prise TO them
therefore that Guy should be refuse,
on the ground that Miss Silver wa,
/ in love with another man. Their,
was no relief IN this, however, since
the other man proved TO be the sec
ond son. Edwin, who was also il
love with her. OF this difficult sit
| uation the animoSity between the
| two brothers was not the least O
/ the trials the parents had 10 under
go. In a household where love IA,
| been the watchW ord the hatred @
| brothers was the harder to bear. Be
fore Edwin was married Guy haC
gone abroad, nominally on business
for his father. but really TO be ava,
from the sight of Edwin's happiness
While this change eased the situa
| ton IT was also the source of new
anXieties. DisqUieting reports wer,
/ brought from Paris by the Earl o
/ Luxmores son, Lord Ravenel. From
/ boyhood young Ravenel had enter
| tanned an admiration for his father
opponent. John Halifax. which ha,
grown with time. The kindness al
/ ways shown by Mr.. and Mrs. Hal
\ fax 10 Lord RaN eneIs sister. Ladl
/ Caroline BrIthwood whom her nus
/ band. Richard Brithwood had d.
/ vorced strengthened the attach
/ Ilent Of a young man neglected b!
| his father. to those who could TAKE
a stand OF their own. Each time n,
| returned 10 LuxmOre Park youn.
! Ravenel made a refuge of the Hall
! fax home. From Paris he brough
/ news that Guy mad come into tn,
! circle of the aged reprObate. Lore
/ LuXmore, with little advantage 4
/ himself Graver news followed that
/ 4 letter IN Guys own hand inform
\ I'd his parents that being drunk II
gambling house ne had Quarrele,
with SIR Gerard VcrlnIlye. who year
/ before had induced Lady. CAROLYN,
20 clone with him. had struck tn
l1uu, and possibly killed him. Ii
had now TO flee from France. =
| the time the letter reached his par
| e1ts he would have sailed for Amer
.ca.
If MIricTs death had ended John
! youth Guys disgrace did the SAM
/ for his mothers FIRST notice,
/ then thai Ursula was beginning q
| gvOw old. Up 10 that time sh
I had been a mHtrOn, rlpening witt
I serenity. More than maturity CAM
! into her beauty now. a sadness.
: depression. which she rarely threw
of Though peaceful years can
with the news that Guy had settle,
IN Boston, whore the business o
which ne had become the head Wa
prospering the lightheartednes
went out OF our home forever. =
my case that was the more tru
! owing 20 the fact that on the de-.
when Edwin was married I had sur
prised John, for whom my affection
was that OF Jonathan for David
/ passing the love OF women" in a.
unusual ~ OF pain. He had bee
so strong and we'll throughout al
the years IN which we had live
/ together as brothers that III
/ thought OF his suffering was ne,
ami strange 20 me. 1t BEGAN
stranger il not newer when III
raroxysms were repeated. This wa
only at long intervals, so that -
were able 10 keep the secret 10 our
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