The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-02-24

1 Dow made my home with th.r
rs . Brother 70 the parents ana ~
Ennie TO the children. 7rha frll,,ag.
OF Affection they showed eseb ,os1,sr
~as always shared with me-.
They were the years. follox-inr Wa
ferloo' OF England'B first great induE-
Trial expansion. John Halifax aa-
came one OF the new mobility x,f.I,sb
men began 10 30 large @ degree to Hur-
t'l&nt uhe old, the mobility Of COM
1nerce- Els prpgressiFe MIND was al
ways looking for new outlets IN mis-
energies. Wh4ch were also To tnclnaa
new phases OF prosperity to the penu,e
roundabout, vino more Hnd uo-e
3soEed 70 him as leader. In sa1ft3op
20 fhs business Of which my futhsr,e
osan had made him master. he 4r,o,y
over he Old cloth mills ut Hudariev
Here Lord LurDors whs the uruurg-
efors and to ruin fhe ntzls. ana .sO
rum John. hs DETECTED fhe v+rssm
On the pretsxt Of needing the wHter
70 supply his OWE fountains. John
AAIifEz WEE equal 70 the uccnsivu. He
Ind already ba@p IN toucn with Lrk-
wright, who first used steam in the
Tlfias In Manchester. Steam was
therefore introduced IT Hndsrley. the
income IF the mill owner doubling and
frsbLtng with each year. From the
EnH4 house IN town John and Ursula
HE11fEx moved 70 q modest estrre in
The country, moving from that In the
course OF time TO ons Of fhs great
houses Of tins country, exarting with
each change q widening influence for
good which IN fhs Regents iuys were
rars-
But prosperity brought them no I'M
EHunitF from domestic trouble. Little
Murasi's death WAS fhs first blew.
Other blows followed BOON. The boys
grew I'D I'd be young men. With their
love affairs came the first reEl dis
cords IN fhe family.
They began with fhe appearance Of
L ggTerness for little Maud. She give
her nRne Rs Miss Silver. Beautiful,
mysterious, IND self-ruutatnel, she re-
1 PEELED TrsulB'E mutherfy EympafhieR
by GOODNESS not explained until sine
proved To be Louise d,Arpent, the
dEnghter Of notorious French dep.
utE under the Reign Of Terror But by
this time the worst mischief was done
since Guy, the eldest SOD, wRE in love
with her. To accept her as Guys fu-
ture wife cost John and UrsulR Hall
fix struggle. II WIS surprise to
them, therefore, that Guy should be
refused On the ground that Miss ST.
yer was in love with another mRn.
There wHs no relief In this, however,
since the other mil proved To be thu
second son, Edwin, who wRE also In
love with her OF this difficult BtrR-
alton the luminosity between the two
brothers wRs not the laHst of the trialE
the parents Ind to undergo. In q
household where love hRd been the
wRrchwOrd the hatred Of brothers WAS
the harder TO bRHr Before Edwin
w;as married Guy had gone abroad
nnminRI8y on business for mis- father
but really TO he AWAY from the sign
Of Bdwin7s happiness.
While this change eRsed the stun
ton, II WIS ElsD the source Of new
tRuxieties. DisquiHtilg reports wert
brought from Paris by the earl OF
LuxmareFs son, Lord aavenel. From
baThpDd young RHEenRl mad enter
tanned m admiration for his father
opponent. John Halifax, which mar
grown with time. The Blindness al
9w8ys shown ny Mir and Mrs. aali1Gz
To Lord RHHeneI's sister, Lady CARO-
Tine BrfthwDaa, ShHm her husband
RichHrd Rrfthwpod, Ind divorced
SrranrfhHned the attachment OF q
| Young mEn neglected ny his 1Hther
to those who could take stand %
tlas.ir OVID. Each time ne returned II
IIurrngre Park young RHvanel mRdt
q rsfuEe of the Halifax home. From
Paris he brought nHwE that Guy ha1
carne into the circle Of the Rged T'HT,rH
ihgta, Lord Lurmnre, With little nnEHn'
/ +are to himself. GrHvHr news followed
that A lHtter In Guys OWN hand In
Farrpea his parents TINT being
drunk in o gambling house he nat
uuurrsIed with Sir Gerard YsrmitEe
ufhn years before had induced 4lauy
Caroline to slupe with him, had ErTucf
the man, and possibly Killed him ht
had NOW TO flee from France. BY rhs
r4Tup the iertsr reached his parents IN
raTI1a sure saflaa for America.
If MurdsTs daRfb had ended Johns
Fguth, Guys disgrace did the sams
for his mothers. first noticed FheI
TINT Ursula wRs beginning 10 grow ole
In to that time she aInd hesn q ma
Hraa. rfnsning with serenity. MDrt
lHhHn ranrurity came into her hhangs
n0w. q sadness, q depression, ~hici
she rarely threw Of. Though peace
+ul ranrs came with the news Tha'
! CIV had serfled In BDstnn, M7hhre fhf
4,,sssnszS i,f which he Ind become rhf
Hn,,n,s ,7-sz r,rssns-,nz, the IiEnt-hRarTRu