Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-01
CHAPTER Xxi.

CHAPTER XXI. @
David ate his three outlets and,
both as regards appetite and in other
rays, was a great. success at the lit
tie luncheon party. Afterwards, they
finished the bottle of, Marsala under
a cedar tree, and whilst the Colonel
INDUCED in "reminiscences. Sylvia's
eyes rested more than once upon the
automobile drawn up before the door.
1t was quite an adventure in her
rather humdrum life, and. after all,
prince shouldn't be an American mil
1ionaire and come in a Rolls Royce.
II am sure I hope you'll like
Broomleys. Mr.. Thain," the. Colonel
said, as David rose to make his
adieux. II am delighted to leave the
place in the hands of such a good
tenant. It makes one almost sorry to
go away when one realizes what n
is missing in the shape of neighbors,
eh. Sylvia :"
Sylvia was unaccountably shy, but
she raised her eyes to David's for a
moment.
ut is most Disappointing" >she
agreed. "Mr. Thain is such a sym
pathetic shopper"
David drove off little gloonssly.
why the devil couldn't ] fall in
love with a nice girl like that" he
muttered to himself, Instead Of"
He pulled up short, set his heel up
on that other vision. and braced him.
self for the immediate task before
him. He drove around the park,
drew up outside the cottage, and,
descending from the car. approached
the low hedge. At the further end Of
the garden he could hear his uncle's
sonorous voice. He was seated in a
h~igh-backed chair, the Bible upon
his knee, reading to himself slowly
and with great distinctness the Ten
Commandments. On the ground by
his side we're the remnants of an
other chair. AS David came up the
little path, his uncle concluded his
reading and laid down the bible.
Bring out a chair and sit with me,
Ovid" he invited.
David pointed to the ground.
Your furniture seems,
"Don5t jest his uncle interrupted.
That chair 1 have broken to pieces
with my own hands because OF the
woman who sat upon it, not many
hours since" @
David frowned. ss
i mean Marcia-the woman who
was INV daughter was the stern, re-
ply. 1'the woman OF whose visit You
warned me-
Come into the house with me-"
David begged, turning his back upon
Mandeleys. lyon sit and look ut
that great drear building and brood
overmuch. ! want to talk with you. 4
Richard Won't rose obediently to his
feet and followed his visitor into the
little parlor. David looked around
him curtously. Isl
This place seems TO have the
iayor or many years ago" ne aaid:
.'sonretimes I can scarcely realize
that I have ever eaten my meals on
like yesterday
thine passes. but time. sdon.t-cournt
for much he old man siElred. "Mary
Wells Will be UP from the village
soon and she'll make ID cup OF
teas Sit opposite ii .stlad.sS Il there
any nsoresnews?
Them shares. for tnstance!''
There Will be no change in them
David replied. tIn two months time
he will know ~ SSssS
And he'll have forty sthousand
pounds to lind. eh1s-Iorfy thousand
hounds which ne viii never he able I'd
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