Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18

| bolt fell out OF the blue. The Cro-
! wan tin works, in which the
Penha!e money was invested, sudden
! ~ closed down. 1t turned out that
| they had been running at loss for
! the last eight months in the hope of
! striking new lode. a debt of 1900
had been incurred. the two other
shareholders We're without assets. so.
! under the old cost book system cur
! rent in Cornish mining. Teresa WAS
liable for the whole sum.
/ She was at first aghast, then furi-
, GUS: Sworr she'd have the law on the
! defaulters and FASTENED straightway
! INTO Penzauce to set her lawyer at
! them. Fortunately her lawyer was
! honest; she had no ease and he told
/ her 50. When she returned home she
! was confronted by her sons; they de-
inandod to know how they stood. She
turned SulkN and refused details. but
they managed to discover that there
! Was not IL in the house. that there
! would he no more till the Tregors
! rent came in, and even then was
! pledged 1" money lenders and shop
| krcptrs--but as to the extent of her
! liabilities they could not find out. She
damned them as IA pair Of ungratcful
; Wh"lpS and went to bed as black as
| thunder.
brthu had Il rough idea as to the
/ houses Teresa patroniZed. SO next day
! the brothers Went to town and after
| Il duor-to door visitation discovered
that she owed in the neiGhborhood OF
Ian! -Four plus three made s-rcn--
! tIhh. What Was it, L. come from? The
! Females had no notion. by selling oft
all their stock they might possibly
raise no. Two hundred. what WAS
that: y great deal less than half.
! fh'ir mother would spend the rest .ut
her life in debtors prison. oh, un-
/ uttrrHhlc shame.
They doddrrrd ahou; pcnzauce
>uni> in misery Then il occurred IL
trth" to consult til" lawyer These
uuiil-driNiu@ devils were as cunning
as dog f"N.>: what they couldn't get
round or over they'd wric Gle through
IN" lawyer put them at their ease
AT once, Mortgage BoSul;i or Trcg"rs
nothing simpler. Both strong
farms should produce the required
sum ami more. He explained the syS-
tenn, joined his hrger-tips and beam
ed at the pair over the top.
The brothers shifted on their chairs
and pronounced for Tregors simuItan-
""GslN. Thr lawyer nodded. Very well
Then. As soon az he got their moth
-rS sanction he would set to work.
rrthn promised t. settle his mother
and the two i"ft.
urth" had no difficulty with Teresa
He successfully ustd the hollow
threat IF a debtors prison I" her for
sh" had been in Il lnrk-up several
times during her rowing youth and
had r". wish TO Return.
RrSid"S she WAS sick Of dent. of be
ing p"St"rrd for money here, there
and everywhere.
sh" gave her consent readily
enough, and within Il fortnight VAS
called upon 10 sign.
tarNeth b"nuithurn", the ever
p""srcring ShipcaudI-r of Falmouth.
was til" tn"rtGagrc; t"3n was the
sum h. paid. and very good value II
was.
Teresa settled I'll" trnw:tn liahili-
ties with the lawyer. and. paradine
round tn" town, squared all her other
accounts in Il singh. :,fternoun. She
did it IN style. swept int" III" prem
I>"S "f those who had pressed her. ,
pianktd her money down. damned
them for pack OF thieves and
lrecheS. sWor" that was the end Of
her custom and stamped majesticaliy
out.
Sh" finished III in Il high state OF !
citation. she bad told a numi.-r Of her |
enemies exactly what Sh, thought Of ,
them. Was free "f debt and had 4
large sum "f ready money in hand .
aI;siH--t23o in three canvas bags. the /
who" contained in :, saddle wallet.
Opposite the market cross she met /
an old rrony. Il retired ship captain /
by th. name of jeremiah t:iSh AM; 7
told him III detail what she had said I.
t" thu Shopke-pers. The old gentle |
man listened With all his ears. He !
admired Teresa Immensely. He |
admired her iiIs h,..-.m style, her /,
strength. her fir. but most of all II"
r"vered her for her language Never !
IN forty years. soafaril.- had he met !
with such :; flow of vituperatfon as !
Teresa could loose when reused. such /
range. such spontam-ity. such blister !
ing Invention. 1t drew him lil. music. |
He. caught her affectionatcly by the !
arm. led her to a tavern, treated her |
to Il pot Of ale and begged her to re- |
peat what $h, had said TO Tn. shop !
Keepers
TCrrSa. nothing 10th Obliged TIL. /
old tarpauii,, listened rapf. nodded |
hf.. bald head in approval, AN rxrres-
sion on his face Of on" who hears |
the Ginning of celestial spheres
\ brace of squires jingled in and |
haliooed to Teresa Where had she |
been hiding all this time? The feaSten
sports had been nothing without her.
Sh" ought to have been at Ponsan- t
dane the week before. They had a |
black BUN in a field tied 70 a strips
anchor. The ring parted and m. bull
went lnns,. in th.. crowd with ,wo
dogs hanciu. on him. such - screech-
,ru ND ruSbinc va, never ala s..c,
pII ,-n,r.u run,inY. liz. tvo,e,r
n1d. NV, vn;,nn. w,n.n rlimbinp. like
sn,,irr.Is and showing Ia.r oh
n.rc,.. III. ,ouir. bid his f,aa in his
h,nd. mi ,,,Ir.d
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