Year: 1879

81 tell you," cried Arthur Lambert, in
rage, s'if ever l catch that sneaking
scoundrel in this house again, I'll break
every bone in. his bodyf'


Rose Lambert laughed derisively.


"Take care that you don't come off
second best. my valiant brother Charles
is not 'sneaking scoundrel," and !
think that if you come to blows with him
you would be the greater sufferer of the
two!'


"I'm not afraid of him, nor of all the
Cores who ever sung Psalms"


II don't think that Charles was ever
hurt by any psalm-singing. He has not
been to church, that know Of, since he
gave up preaching at St Blossom, and
never did like it. Indeed, l only wish
be was a little more serious"


"He'll be serious enough after I've
had hold of him."


Rose put on highly quizzical expires
sion


"Now, my dear brother, what is the
use of talking about Charley Gore in that
way You have forbidden him the house
forty times; you have forbidden me to
see him just as often, and threatened to
whip him ever since he first-frst began
Ito pay attention to me am quite
tired of your clustering and know that it
means nothing; so advise you to put
on a smiling face, let me have my own
way, and make the best of it % - ..


81 have done nothing but talk so far"
replied the wrathful young man, "and
now I'm going to act / warn you, il
you care anything for Charles Gore, not
to let him come here again, for if
catch him I shall certainly give him lbe
worst thrashing any man ever got in this
town"


And off he went and banged the door
behind him. .---. .-..,.


The fact was that Charley Gore was
very much in love with Rose Lambert,
and Rose Lambert was very much in love
with Charley Gore; but Arthur Lambert
was tremendously prejudiced against the
young man, and took every possible &C
casion TO say bitter things about him be
fore Rose. .


OF course this only famed the fame
of her love for him. There is nothing
like little wholesome persecution to in.
tensify love affair; so the more Arthur
swore his sister shouldn't marry Gore,
the more she declared she would.


Ao Gnro ho farriElx, lov
fellow. He had gone into the church on
leaving college only because he thought
parsons life an easy one; nut sund ,
little escapades he INDUCED in during bis
clerical experience created a great scan
dol about him; and when he came into
his property at his fathers death, be
found that even the slight labor of pre-
pairing two sermons week and making
pastoral visits fatigued him too much
so he left his church in St Blossom anC
retired to his old homestead, Cedar Point
and settled down in the sweet indolenc,
of bachelorhood. He sat in his garder
or on the piazza that overhung the bay
and smoked and read all the afternoon
for days and days together, until he me
Rosa Lambert, when an extraordinary Fl
of energy took hold of him, and he no WEI
down the bay three miles to her broth
er's house every day, end came back il
the evening.


When Arthur Lambert forbade hin
the premises. they used to fix upon vari
GUS little secluded hooks along the shor
for trysting places, and continued to NEE
as before. Charley would 90 10 tn
house, too, once in awhile; but he wa
always liable to discovery,and then ther
was an inevitable 'scene' with Arthur


"I'm not a bit afraid Of him, yo
know" said the indolent ex pastor; 'bu
these scenes are 80 much trouble to
fellow. They're too much like work t.
suit mel"


So Rose and he generally preferred t,
meet somewhere out of the house; unit
Arthur finally set his foot down that the
should not meet at all, and the aboy
conversation took place.


That very afternoon Charley rowe
leisurely down the bay, keeping well ir
near the shore, till he came to pictul