Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-17

.:budn4st,"" he aSAentad. my: law
IyArs-f an. very displaced, blythe
lby. with Mr.. WAdham-havine been
unable Tor many years to assfst me IA
dispoAns 81 the mortgages upon
lMAndAIAyt. I am making eforts my
self IN that direction, Shorts which, -
/ believe I told you,ssa show much.
lprofnise OF suecees.'
! 4 am delighted Is ha4r III. she 81
piled From every point % view. I'll
would b - satisfactory o / you Itos
have the estAtes freed ohoes morv.
You would be able to- entertain prop
cry, wouldn't yon. ana take up your
iriShtful. position In the county? 2"
The MARQUIS SEATED himself In his
fAvnrtte e~Asyschair. ss5a
ut IL quite true" he confessed,
t'that / have been unable. for the last
ten years. to exercise that position In
the county to which / am entitled. 1 F
must confess, moreover, that the
small economies which hsvey formed q
necessary and CALLING part OF my
daily life have become almost unen-
durable. You received my check, I
Ihope?"
she nodded and laid it upon the
table.
1T was dear Of you. reginald" shs
said. 'tbut DO you know it's AStorish-
Iins how well / SAer1ed 70 be able, to
get on without those last three pay
nlents. 1 am earning quite a great
deal of money OF my own. you know,
and l do wish you would let me try
and be Independent"
Hi, grey eyes were fixed almost
a1ndependent? why"
"oh, don't be foolish about y.
please she begged. '.for nineteen
years, 1 think it ID now, you have al
lowed me six hundred a year. Do you
realize what a great deal OF money
THAT is?. Now that 7 In beginning to
earn 70 much for myself, II Is absurd
for me to 80 on taking It"
DO I. understAnd 1t to be your de-
sire. then, Marcia he asked. ITO eff
feet Any change IN our relations
OF HIS chair.
"Not unless you wish it, dear" she
replied, "'only the money-well. in 4
sense I've got used to having it all
these years, because 1t wa4 necessary
but now that It isn't, necessary, I can't
help feeling that / should like to do
without 1t. I earned nearly six hun
dred pounds, you know, last year, BY
my stories"
The MARQUIS. had half closed his
eyes. He had become f1oinertaf4ty
~inattentive. Somehow or other. Mar
eta realized that her words had
brought him acute suffering. There
we're tears in her eyes a. she took his
hand. 4
dear" she pleaded. If it means 50
much to YOU to feel---1 mean, II you
look upon this money a. really a tie
/ between us-give me little less,
ythen- say three hundred q year. In
stead of ax.''
Her visitor was recovering his mo.
mentaruyl disturbed cofhposure.
"Tou are still nothing but a child
in money matters. dear" he said.
1--WE will speak OF this again before
the end of the year, but in the mean
tin.e, il you have anything to spare.
invest t.. 1t is always we'll for .
woman to have something to fall
back upon" 4t
Tea was brought in. and their con-
iversation for 4 time became liEhter.in
tone. Presently, however, Marcia be-
came once more 4 little thoughtful.
II have made up my MIND sho
declared abruptly, TO go down to
,Mandeleys to see my father"
lHe MdIQulS Was SlleHL lOI d no.
ment. Then he shrugged his shoul-
ders. 1880
Well, why not, IL you really feel
fit &t6 be your duty ,@.sahes.conoeded.H
!, personally, 1 think you-wstll 4AndptnAt,
Won't IT, unchanged. You will hnd him
Just as hard n narrow - when he
ditowned you"
I'm that case" Marcia acknowledge
ed, II shall not trouble him very
much. but when I think s11ofsall these
years Abroad--it was Though me he
left England, you know, Reginald
feel that ] ought to do my best, at
any rate, to make him see things diff
ferehtly-to beg his forgiveness with
my lips. W If l feel no remorse in
my heart. ] have A most nnconifort-
able conviction she went on re-
faectively. that I have grown COM
pletely out Of his world but, Of
course, in all this time he, too, may
have changed. I wonder what has be-
come Of mElittle cousin s
Continued in tomorrow Il
Evenings Herald.