The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-11-26

NJ the DEBATING Union. At 0nnen -
tate supoerz. with his VII. esolusoees
mems and eommanding ses1esor
deoce. VIVA vithsuk bsing vulgar. -
tr.v.unt beyooA - MEANS and ~
lees,nr his studhsa, - becomes deepAy
A. debt and n -paaeked" n his deUos
examipation though many . fellow p
has despised for dullneas - oumse
I'm debate passss With hooorA
Uuselnsh, ~ would leave IL pye9
uarty 10 70 and at With aek me-
ana vet. selnsh. ~ ferces hls noen~
10 plnch hcrself to keep him In college
and he accepts Laura's sav1ngs 70 pay
Ia debta He Aees -Oxbridger n -
grace. though later he tries again -
passes his -exams" with fair ere@e
Coming home from college. Pen. nov
= young man Of good 1gure. me0en
/ height, blue eyes and auburn whisksfs
nnds Laura grown from he amgae
little giri, into TAN. slim. handsome
young lady With large gray eyes long
black lashes, pale face with rose dnee
, IN her cheeks which dushes easily 1noo
!. deep blush.
Now comes ON the scene Sir Franels
!. Clayerine. Bart, who opens Claverine
. Park. which has long been closed. The
:. uapers \ few years before announced
, h,s marriage with the rich widow q
II the late ]. Amory. esquire, from lnma.
. | He brings Lady Clavefing. her oausH
u ter. Miss Blanche AmOry, . young
lady. and his son and heir, little Frank
!. Clayering. Blanche has fair hairs
,e dark eyebrows. long black lashes
d yelling brown eyes, slim figure. small
. feet. and constant smiles showing
= sweet peariy teeth and deep oimp'eA
he Sir Francis himself 10 . weak cfea-
- ture. q gambler, fond Of low company
and rapidly wasting his wife's prop
n. erty with constant demands ON her
~ generosity. Lady Clavering. . sood'
~ kind soul, illiterate and numbering the
- kings English, IL hardly more Tor
=. tunate In her second marriage than IN
Nh her first with the sailor and convict
u Amory.
Shadowing the Claverings II mys-
ter,ous Colonel AltamOnt. with
on strange influence over Sir Francis and
en- power to get money from him.
ay) Pen becomes enamored Of Blanchet
ned writes her love poems, and meanwhile
HIS she leads him on only to drop MIN
on again for anyone with better pros
.ra- pects. When thus dropped, PEN ohere
his himself to Laura, but In half-heaEtsd
( OF way. Laura replies. when next yoo
offer yourself. 10 not say ~ you have
ntil done to me, y have NO heart-I DO NOT
his love you; but am ready to marry you
feet because my mother wishes for the
face MATCH" After Laura's refusal, Pen
long tires of the country and goes to Lon
eeve don to study law. He settles 10
Ugh chambers at the Lamb Court Temple
and makes friend Of and rooms viii
sses, George Warrington, an older graduaf'
ltion NJ .OxbridRe.' In London Pen lead
from a life not of study, but Of 1oviality
Trail. though not Of vice. He IL too Iofty =
= -.A savvu- w. yulxnH tnsAsAwSs w.. r. = =
. his duced to his last few pounds, Pen' 2
other Warrington's help, gets q poem q
nden- cepted in q magazine, IL given boo.
come to review, becomes contributor
ering the new Pail Mall Gazette. writes Il
rand" popular novel 'Walter Lorraine" az
Is en- becomes well on and well known. u
n, an uncle Is prodd Of him, gets him Inv
( this tations to dine In high society, a
q this introduces him, among other celeb
to re- ties, to the great duke Of Welnngto
% his One night, the mysterious Color
mily," Altamont, half drunk, forces ms "
,yalty. into the Clavering dining room In Ia
a the don and Major Pendennis recogni1
writes him as an Indian acquaintance. So
once after this. he urges Pen to marry
t ever money, saying, 1T Is as easy 70
rich wife as q poor one" ana
e, rue courages him to court Miss Blan'
arQuis, Amory. Somehow the major
enter suades Sir Francis to give up his
md tir- in parliament in favor OF Pen and
bit mail arrange for a large dOwry Tor n
Blanche. Finally, in lieu OF any be-
Is most prospect, she accepts Pen.
n. He The secret Of Colonel Altam0nts
nd" his fiuence over Sir Francis becomes
lfidence lie property and reaches Pens 9
n noble for Altamont is none other
he has Amory, the husband Of Lady Cha
)or then ing. He was reported to have
ostigan, but in reality is alive. This M
Id Irish the Clavering marriage Invalid
,ctor Of Miss Amory heir to the fortune
eautiful, stead Of young Frank. Pen theI
major is fuses to benefit by the fortune
is, with take the seat in parliament and "
IS, black Blanche he Is still willing to n
IN, rosy her though he admits he does not
'Venus.' her deeply. Later, when he call
now her finds his old scho0lmate Foker,
I'd, lad through his fathers death, no'
lis books stalled in Miss Blanche's ahec
rs, whose Still, the fair Blanche confiden
furnished confesses to Pen that she would !
his moth him II he could lay aside his II
Pen had scruples." This he refuses to
,ddess he the Foker and Amory wedding
vinity. ranged.
ext move, Then Pen, freed from this
the Cos nary alliance, finds his heart .
no means while was really devoted to LAT
lows him he proposes to her in earnest ar
Costigan time is accepted. Foker In turf
j SHOULD by accident the secret OF Amory