The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-03-22
lorsook him and middle Or. ,or,. !.

a, "a "J hUluc With THAN
as a brother to the parents and on
se 10 the children. The fullnoss
ol direction they showed each o.hss
was always shared with ma '"e'
They were the years, follow,n, W..
.er'oo' or Englands first great ,nd,,a
''iai expansion. John Ualifav ~
, ,n one OF the new nobility which
.nel' began to so large degree 70 snn
plaht the old, the nobility of com.
'"erce. His progressive mind wos -,
ways looking for new out,o,s q.
energies which were also to ,nc,rn la
'e" phases Of prosperity to tho noo,Io
r'uhoabout who more and maro
LOOKED u him as leader. Tn additio1
10 the business Of which nv father,s
uea'h had made him master he tool
over the old cloth mills at Enderlev
mere Lord Luxmore was the nro,r,
e'or' ana to ruin the mills. and So
rum 1oih, he DETECTED the stream
vi .he pretext OF needing the water
~ supply his own fountains. John
Hallfax was equal to the ccas,on IT,.
had already been in touch with Ark.
"right' who first used steam In the
mills In Manchester. Steam VOC
therefore introduced at Enderlev tho
income of the mill owner doubling and
'reDllhe with each year. From the
small house in town John and Ursula
HALIFAX moved to a modest estate in
me country, moving from that In the
course OF time to one Of the great
houses OF tbs country, exertlng with
each change widening influence for
good which In the Regents days were
rare.
But prosperity brought them no I'm.
munlty from domestic trouble. Little
Muriers death was the first blow.
Other blows followed soon. The bows
grew up to be young men. With their
love affairs came the first real dis.
cords in the family.
They began with the appearance of
a governess for little Maud. She gave
her name as Miss Silver. Beautiful.
mysterious, and self-contained, she re.
PEELED Crsula's motherly sympathies
by coldness not explained until she
proved to be Louise dArgent, the
daughter of notorious French dep
uty under the Reign Of Terror. But BY
this time the worst mischief was done
since Guy, the eldest son, was in love
with her. To accept her as Guys fu-
ture wife cost John and Ursula Hall
fax struggle. 1t was surprise to
them. therefore, that Guy should be
refused on the ground that Miss Sill
yer was in love with another man.
There was no relief in this, however,
since the other man proved to be the
second son. Edwin, who was also in
love with her. OF this difficult stu.
alton the animosity between the two
brothers was not the least Of the trials
the parents had to undergo. In a
household where love had been the
watchword the hatred Of brothers was
the harder to bear. Before Edwin
was married Guy had gone abroad,
nominally on business for his father,
but really to be away from the sight
of Edwin's happiness.
While this change eased the situa-
ton, 1t was also the source of new
anxieties. Disquieting reports were
brought from Paris by the earl OF
Luxmore's son, Lord Ravenel. From
boyhood young Ravenel had enter
tanned an admiration for his fathers
opponent. John Halifax. which had
grown with time. The kindness al.
Iways shown by Mr. and Mrs. Halifax
to Lord Ravenels sister, Lady Caro-.
line Brithwood, ,'tom her husband,
Richard Brithwood, had divorced,
strengthened the attachment OF q
young man neglected by his father
TO those who could take stand OF
their own. Each time he returned to
Luxmore Park young Ravenel made
n refuge Of the Halifax home. From
Paris he brought news that Guy mao
come into the circle Of the aged repro
hote Lord Luxmore, with little advan'
tape to himself. Graver news followed
that. A letter In Guys own hand In
formed his parents that being
drunk in gambling house he nae
ouarreled with Sir Gerard VermilHe
who wears before had induced Lazy
Caroline to elope with him. had struck
the man, and possibly killed him. re
Ind now to flee from France. by the
time the letter reached his parents M
would have sailed for America.
II Muriel's death had ended Johns
vouth Guys disgrace did the same
for his mothers. first noticed the1
that Ursula was beginning to grow ola
Up to that time she had neeh " n'a,
tron, ripening with serenity Mo,s
tbon maturity came into her beauty
Now sadness, depression. whicn
she rarely threw OF, Though peae'
N, wears came with the news 'n"'
Cuv had settled In Boston, 0heFe tne
hu:,ness Of which he had become inc
hcod was prospecting, the l'sht-h"ar'eu,
moss went out of our home forever. IL
~, cosa that WAS the more true o"'
,nr =, the fact that on the day "hei.
r r's was married I mad surprised
Iahn ,or whom my affection WIS 'h"'