The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-11-05

poems and commanding self-confi
dence. Wild without being vulgar, ex'
t%ravagant beyond his means and neg
}ecting his studies, he becomes deeply
in debt and Is "plucked' in his degree
examination though many a fellow he
has despised for dullness or crushed
| in debate passes with honOrs.
Unselfish, he would leave the gayest
| party to go and sit with a sick friend
| ind yet, selfish. he forces his mother
10 pinch herself to keep him in college
and he accepts Laura's savings to pay
his debts. He fees "Oxbridge'' in dis
grace, though later he tries again and
passes his exams with fair credit.
Coming home from college, Pen. now
q young man of good figure, medium
height, blue eyes and auburn whiskers,
finds Laura grown from the simple
little girl, into a tall, slim, handsome
young lady with large gray eyes, long
black lashes, pale face with rose tinge
in her cheeks which Pushes easily into
a deep blush.
Now comes on the scene Sir Francis
Clavering, Bart, who opens Clavering
Park, which has long been closed. The
papers a few years before announced
his marriage with the rich widow of
the late J.. AmOry, esquire, from India.
He brings Lady Clavering, her daugh-
ter, Miss Blanche Amory, a young
lady, and his % and heir, little Frank
~ Dl.~o h&~ Ts~ hns~
dark eyebrows. long black lashes
yelling brown eyes, slim figure, small
feet. and constant smiles showing
sweet pearly teeth and deep dimples.
Sir Francis himself is a weak crea-
ture, a gambler, fond Of low company
and rapidly wasting his wife's prop
erty with constant demands on her
generosity. Lady Clavering, a good,
kind soul, illiterate and numbering the
kings English, is hardly more for
tunate in her second marriage than in
her first with the sailor and convict
Amory.
Sfndowing the Caverfngs is q mys-
FERROUS Colonel Altamont, with a
strange influence over Sir Francis and
power to get money from him.
Pen becomes enamored of Blanche,
writes her love poems, and meanwhile
she leads him ON only to drop him
again for anyone with better pros |
poets. When thus dropped, Pen offers
to Laura, but in a half-hearted
Laura replies. "When next you
nffn NfnryPSOlf dn mt anr NC Nvorr hnv,n I
done to me, I have no heart-I do not
love you: but I am ready to marry you
my mother wishes for the !
After Laura's refusal, Pen
tires Of the country and goes 70 Lon
ion to study law. He settles in
at the Lamb Court Temple
ind makes a friend of and rooms with
Warrington. an older graduate
If "Oxbridge." In London Pen leads
, life not of study, but of j~oviality,
hOugh not Of vice. He is too lofty to
;toop to vulgar intrigue. When re-
to his last few pounds. Pen, by
help. gets Il poem ac-
in Il magazine. is given books
o review. becomes a contributor to
he new Pail Mall Gazette. writes the
novel walter Lorraine. and
'ecCmeS we'll off and well known. His
ations to dine in high society, and
introduces him. among other celebri-
les, to the great duke of Wellington.
One night. the mysterious Colonel
lltamont, half drunk. forces his way
ntO the Clavering dining room in Lon
on and Major Pendennis recognizes
i'm as an Indian acquaintance. Soon
fter this. he urges Pen to marry for
Money. saying, at is as easy to get
rich wife as 8 poor one" and en-
OurageS him TO court Miss Blanche
.mOry. Somehow the major per-
uadeS Sir Francis to give up his seat
parliament in favor Of Pen and to
for Il large dowry for Miss
Finally. in lieu of any better
respect. she accepts Pen.
The secret of Colonel Altamont's in
uence over Sir Francis becomes pub
c property and reaches PENS ears,
IL Altamont is none other than
mOry, the husband of Lady Claver- y
V. He was reported TO have died,
ut in reality Is alive. This makes
lie Clavering marriage invalid and {
[iss Amory heir to the fortune in 8
cad Of young Frank. Pen then re-
lses to benefit by the fortune or to
Ike the seat in parliament and writes
he is still willing to marry Z
,r though he admits he does not love (,
deeply. Later, when he calls, he
ads his old schO0lmate FOker, rich r
his fathers death, now in q
allied in Miss Blanche's affections.
I'LL, the fair Blanche confidentially
'nfesses to Pen that she would prefer
m if he could lay aside his absurd +,
This he refuses to do, SO -
Foker and Amory wedding is ar ,
nged. =
Then Pen, freed from this MERGE ;,
Try alliance, finds his heart all the :
lille vas really devoted to Laura, SO