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MY FIRST FEE..
R -RERT KERR.. =
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riat -vir.a4svae, ror rn fatqler
they' thraxtened to tale. the z. tad. house
-her he • -
arnidiis we -e acant-the meat. it grew: dear
n itvt;t uld while, see the tear,-
en-t4te (Am* llama at id, ht, glisten bright- in her
e'en;.,-,
aff-Jail, aa it didna Just -A lit to be seen. -
said na, a Ward; hut say h rt it wad aerie,. ' -,---
Ildif. r*-1,--hred I. Nltikff hil.,;, tot na:Y• puir, wither' S-
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ere' were rarnter. aroini' -ente-1 herds to their
is * kya: -.- - - -
-Art' Tfic'- inittle- had said aft • '.1tal -ane that wad -,:try.
tuliat how I 'trentblt d wi'' _a:If-fear, had j,ty,. -
Llten a; ruarstIm cad in las t9 look at thabOy._ ..
Le bade me startt up, -mid he thought, I \Alia we,
atmy frani- hbnest face, he -aid, pleased his
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:He wad -tale me- and try' trt ae- half-Srear,,anl- see,
•k or a pair W.„new shooft anr a aliesiiiiiin,r fee.
we ixdrO'prooa "'go) heir ten wtt. a bargain Was
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atruek:„. •. - .., ., .
.Krit l'i0g:: ed-nte a Ka:Xpenee '..4. 'a for_gu id ruck._ ,
. My trust:sera and jacket i.vere pa Cited for theday,
- -An': my mithei conveyetinge a 411:4 Mile //Way, -
WI' chare-sa andAvarniuf, ' '6 -blast a1 Id -o'
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And, rulea eta- Taid n 1 thou -lit hard at
Z he time-_ •
f- kye shOuld rinewran,01 I Was. never to ree;_
'.tho they bath rueallA'a but rny elloon or my
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ae.Lr fefl toluty vaik, e tleustd right wee/ --
But a word or a wasita„ tied ham' On heel_ .
Ib.my traub- es' -cattle On for At.e. renCes; were
--bad- .
And ina midaummer flee madethe cattle rin
• mad .
Andinettutd„-Maatty weat er.zsair, etenched- wi'
rank •
'Wee titachtao, Iea -le wad steal e'er my
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brain . • .
But jy Ceillrig.f daFlaity the tar fraa nty'
Wtien I thoett ostr-nty witud.my`f tve-shitling
, ted, * _
And Martina as brought e. my lang-t.hocht- '-
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And pl'oudly T'Ontuted it tx '7'enty times war.
h! -i!earasince k e.-ited. in a fortithate traia4
Jleber-aRce• met wi'' gic raptuleagain„ -:- ,
Sailor -Just 'aaiettratigy the Wild breakers.
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steered: - • = ' • - '
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Prod Waterloo'a victor sewn Blucher appeared,' ..
Neer ,telt what. --1 keit n ken I placed „ on tke.
knee- ' • • • -....- .
• Or a tonswicarica mother rn.3-:- Mi-saiiling fee.
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‘,•7.1* -61,4o.9,- 'Tieiterxe fi-ig c1:2 his father's ndme.
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1-1-6Y. awl: .Cha-uncey' gat '-iin te do it." -
. Rinford. opened-. 4 -is. e .es gaite leisurely,
,and aeleisurely closed theta; 'Bien; as if
- the.infetinationlitst-..re ivecl were:of no
sioileintere.st to itia.x.personally, he- observed; .
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---- 1‘..V. ell,- theres xkothinp even in this -se -far.
I -acsn7t _ see- wnere -1 an..:, in it, and as f'snojc
and Ctianneey have bate =1,'a ad_ theft business
hopelessly smashed, X d lit see where we are
in it at, -70'.11," . , .. ' -- -... , .
..*'14-aitie.1 Harvey SmIijed omplaeently. AV-IiY-,
iji spi-a-of. all Ha tifortraasumptien of.knowl,
4edge, in spite of his. grat. oapaPity,for -Vil,-
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lalnyf dearly by ,the sit,f1 .if So expefiekced a,
practitioner as hiin,Self; thought 1-.14nic1l, 1-1.4t--.
vOyi,± he vas but a noVici atter all.
it
was tnen-with some slight exhibitiOn.of
true pride„,--i,vhich-'tliewe :thy attorriey *Quid
- have been more thart.tne - at to have entirely
repreasect, that Daniel H.4trvey: replied tto his
etmipanion'a obiectfon, .t. . ... . .
- --.!. -.4 I- bought:tire. bill for niere-.tritle. It is
lay..--lioas-ession:_, Won _oplei-jutZr,. this a. 4.,
tpaitrler.:1-3- - : " - "
g'(-- \Vilado YatX want'' e tet do to qualify.
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. '.." We nuist go.tt6gether 0: Treherne-CoUrt ;
see:. INIt., .John I refierne : produce the, bili ;-
-'4 yOtt e4r- the lathes& w40-iidtui.gly:s2.2v him com.
-.Z11- exclaimed Rai ford,. raising- him,:
tit
vat the prgety f..g'Phoz7a: 'ee---,.-:; ', _
" Eit
• self on -the sofa, as ilf for: one second: he;..- ap-
parently, - eithe,r. did tio:_- comprehend: his
share in the p12#4;_or IV:ass Sta.-fgered. by its
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enerfliftlirs,- - --1='; -..- -
. t was this -latter:. vie* of his, Sudden
luovement that was ta,k h.:- by Mr- Daniel
arvey, _and in doing a ,-'. he lest, -iincen-
acionsly-,. another point i the garoe.. ' -
, - 'Oat 1anford trattillideed gO0C1- 'gr,01.111(IfOr
-tprise. at the strange tikrn-the -affair was
lakilig, arnt-the e..14clent ‘y. in, _which tuck
was shaping- his Course for him- the .reader
,,Wiii, soon See...:, • 1.0. 11-tos.tch'the.,gartie,_ sat--
' -iafied, fo_r the*time bd. , taknow that in
every iheve nta'cle - by astute_ Daniel in,
.-- -.as the tendly- imagines, t e sure directiori of
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4,-1110st;-eonviCte. triumph, and in binding his •
-asaaciate1 ohtaer and claSe. to.:hint; he is, 'n -i-1-.
consciously as has been said, but ,nci less
: really,surrendering hinta If into -the hands
,i,f.the-traitOr whoa" hhe a admitted to his
..-' tatinsala,-. :Ma on- whose co-operation he is
,... , iyint-f- for -ultimate siieces
. r• f'-'-N..ea,!! Daniel veg. on, -deliberately„
that la- the.eornmencem at ofryour- part in
jo tios matter. V:on will hafe to lie, thatid
a_ -- . to 'say you sawthe, orgery coninaittea
ami' ch. You -did: n-bt see COM itted that is all
at least So far:- Then coiithe ilea*: turn:
- ef_the screvi. - " What,ar we taget out .of
Mr. Tteherne`?'
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liantord Ail'atg- listenn4 -17 ost intently. : lie
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was holding his Cigar in h,Sright handl. his
lett elbovv!Vas On the .tablV, and hig.ear. was
resting, on the ralin of. hi- - hand„ as he sat.,
t
-4PP4S:ntlY abaortted in the wanderings of a,
tily over &large himp of ana . r, The fly was
trying whit he could get out of it - Pre-.
- sently anothrerAts-"-- Jokied .him, - and then the
. first retired 4in, the,',.1-ield. Ranford's smile
" T.at. this incident Was soax-e"Ly perceptible; but-
- he :sinilett' *ilk:, an enjoy tent entirely 'his -
own., - . - - . - „. - _ •
".-..gr..-, 1r:re-heti:le," pude _ went on, adjust-
ing .•-' wil : offer us * witey-:
• at...won't do„'- ' He won' offset' enough." -• ,
' - - "How much. tle- you pu the figure at r
" Da you mean," aske Daniel-, bending.
.-e-veT, acrriss,Pie table,. to . ards his. question_ -
ffer„ orlwilat sum,
what sum woad.,
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6; • "AVilat"-Saut WOW& h
would wettake9"' '
• . "-Naturally the latter;etalce?"- . -.;
. 4C well, TrairifortV rep ed. tie. solieitor,
' 'What would yp2iedneicf r -you who were
-1" bred alid•born a gentfem ' and have linked
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in the beat society, knew these things better
r thanl.do--4vhat would yot ' consider the va,
. Inc'of the honor, and reputation -of an old
=narue4o. a man se deadI -proud of his an-
cestry, so Hill of hope for his posterity,- as
Mr, John- Carraichkel reherne ?. r What
'w oi1d it b&worth ta.Afx, to hide from the
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'-world_ the dishonor that theheir.of the house - and the usual elements of London
haa-brought -upon its Unstaine&narue ?.. _He .enteredhis .modest bachelor apartments,
* '."The- exposure 3.votild kill him--."; • conveniently 'situated on the greund,fioor,
-sitting,room.iii front; bedrobin at back. He -
•:810wly undressed, - smoking the while; then
he methcidicaliy.Wound up his watch; which
with & shaded reading-Iaruip, a box of .alurn-
ettes,. and .a French novel, he :placed:Careful:
.1y.eir-a small- table by his - 'bedside. • : After
this, he proceeded. to..unlock.:a leather de,
--apatch-bex standing 94 thedrawers-..:. Thence
he took out a note -book, and: troin-its side- .
pecket a carefu11y4o1deci:Ijaapier: This he
opened.: it:contained, also folded;',
sheets of blottingliaper, each :bearing the
impress of a different signature, that 'Mist
have been..taken as soon as Written, So clear
:and. legible were:theeharaciers.•;. -
.-SRinford handled it tenderly; .and with an
air • of _11117dt
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• "ries as. -:great thing,".. hesaid to himself,
to :have.a-strorig percepticm of humor. I
not _think. Daniel *mild enjoy this as --
inn -eh as 1 do._ 1 don't think he -would -en,
joy it, ev en. f h should, ever know it._
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be asked to perjure oneself,: for,.a,.00naider7
.-ationi-, hasinit nothing original .or reniark,
able; but to he askettito tell: the and
to be paid forit as though it were a most in -
don al
atieli a lever as We--pos1,::.
-sess," and he brought out hisleather peaket-,
book, scarcely nOtieing ;the sudden gleam in
his friend-Ranford'S eyes, or the irrepressible
twitching Of his friend Rauford's. :fingers ;
" With. shell a lever as we possess,., we can
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mo• ve mountains: Our puce niust be Tre,
- herne-Cotirt, and Treherne property witlicn
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ieserve , . and, as - there , is a Miss Treherne, .
who will,:be an heiress on the death of her .
father and, brother; who is, certain to gb from
had to worse in India, you will have to :marry
- ter, - - :Yr -bit - dont ebjeCt,. I presume. =.-- And.
that is how' you come into my scheme." :
_Yet, :strange to say; :Raiithrcl seemed to,
have, an Objection; for he -began,..- '!But.__-_-_:...- .”..
when Daniel cut him shOrt-bysa,ying, " You
-can't be Shy about a.marriager- One Or two
more or less Won't be anydifficulty to you-.
It Will be all line eh ?"-.
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' "Is that-thelever-L-the thiisman,--that pa-
per there " asked Ranferd.----- His y oi9o* had
husky, but neither his tone :
her Magner evinced . the. strong excitement .
lie WaiJaboring under at that mon:Ont.He
could count the-pulsations:Of:his heart' as he
stedd-,by, the Mantelpiece; .constraining -him:
self by the effort of a strong will.
Daniellooked up at Ranford through; his
spectacles, and answered,Warily : :" • .
-":-Not -exactly. . 'I dOiet Parry -such -a trea-
sure about with the.: This is a fatsz*le---a-
photograph i." and, is he handed. it td- Ran; -
ford, the.sagacieuS:Pani4 once mcires.congra-
tulated himself on his foresight and adroit-:
ness; - it occurred to him, perhaps; as it had;
but a Moment before, occurred to his,-estini.--
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able . Companion, .. that,' as :they two. were
alone, the whole7scheme-mightbeimineniely -
simplified., if the man dip= *hero so- much
depended, ' and who Was to Aparry the for --
Ione,. should take the present opportunity of
possessing himself ofthe bill, in. question,
and, so reduce the firth_ to one survivingpart---
ner„ who aouId.earry on the- business entire-
ly'- to his own profit and Private satisfaction..
Great-, wits :- jump- together; and if Ranferd,-
:had suddenly hit upon-. the . brilliant idea of
ridding hirnself of his coinPanieni" and ob-
taining_ the talisman; the _cOrapanion„-on - the
: Other hand hakyreconcive.cl. the 'probability
of shellan attempt,: had taken the.preeau-,
: tion to dome provided with a..cdunterfeit.:- -
-. So RAnforclf employed his handsinlighting
a cigar and then he inspected the copy of the
:*bill. - . - • - . ........ '' : ' - -s- ‘- -• *
..``A.d.tuirable .photograph„ isn't - it.i"- ob-
served. Harve:;-. . - - - . :.- - '_ . :
- "I cant say," returned Ranter(' languid-
ly ;: " I.:haven't seenth `erkinal."
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• D;of took notiCe: I the reply. ; hewas
exathining the letters .given him before din,'
„ner by Matlame*Uieas. "- .-. . " •• --
.• " 17es, his writing to a' T. from'LettersI-
yonng: - Treherne -himself.: And. -here's • ane
moreclear me. this. is -not -his. - :Very Odd,: .
it is to him, and signed 'Mark,' .Why the
hands are 'exactly alike.'!" ...-• _ . --- - _
-:: Buford read, the letters- in , question, and
was also Strilek ,by the siinilarity of :the :
writing ; then hi' retuined them. to Daniel..
" -My dear _Daniel," he said, ".e-Ount upon
ine to the end:"
"-`Gook-returnel Daniel, .looking really
Pleased._ -
" Aste;the_marriage,_ well ."
If I say iihthing of the past -,-and.' my
mouth is - closed -who is 'there to speak"
asked 2.. ••
" rwonlii. risk that," said :Rillferdr
Daniel nibbled his hands; '-and then took
his bat as if preparinglordeparture.
you -ire -aware ' explained
-to his friend, " does not livehere. Sfte will
not return this evening. Besides,- as an en-
gaged. lltan--": he -added jeceSely, leaving
the -rein ain_cler. of the sentence to be iinplied
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by MS -friend; : -
"And when. 'shall We commence Opero-
tions- V." asked Ranford, as he stood in, the
Street, and heard the- servant belting and
*ba,iring-behind them:• ,
Commence?-' repeatecl--Daniei; "Avliy=-•
to -morrow-, There's a train at raid:rsday.
'l'o-
morrow we -godown to Vreherne COUtt.
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good -night, - Bless your."
And the excellent aoliditor,. hailing a:cab,
drove off in the -direction...el Bayswater
(where he held considerable freehold proper:.
, a careful investor), while Ranford,
lighting another cigar, - slowly Sauntered 'elf
te his Chambers- in Jermyn 2 Street,: • §t.
.Jaines's: . •' • •, : _
has bronght. me•Ranford
thoughttoas,he-: strolled down the
quiet side of -Regent Street "So much the 3
worse for.Aim so Much. the better, I fancy;
for me. r shall respect-Madainetucasfor
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.the rernajitar:of my days. She.. is a. Clever
Wein* ana,is capable. of restoring the lost-,
act of dining. I might have -been a Sampson
Shorn4ind-er the scissors of this -Madame De-
-He -Smiled'to
'himself, and p_atiseq at a creasing. it was a
fine :night the only really enjeyable, time - of .
...§uminer in LoMlout After seanning with a
6ritica1 eye the rapid prozresa:Of a few well-
appointed equipages; -and-brilliantly- lighted
Miniature broughams, disappearing,: like
ephemeral fire -flies into the distant obscurity
of :Xangliam. Place, Ranford - pursued. his
way -along one of those less frequented .
streets- which form the .trilint&ries. of ' the-
tnain- thOreng/Asre. • Anidea suddenly
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• mitst„ have , been remarkably well
-well-
Watehed,"-' he said to Wonder
." and he turned sharply, as though
expecting to find some'ene dogging his foot,
'steps.. _ :Net a person_ in view,. not .a.-aound
except the measured. tread Of a policeman' on •
dut-yr examining the doorsibY the. :aid of his
bull's-eye lantern... ! "
Still he felt conyinced.-Ahat Harvey; in.
- spite of his expressed-sentiments:13f -friend.:
ship and confidence, would not let ,Iiira out
his sight. even for an hour. • He shrugged
his shoulders and walked leisurely onward.
After all, What did it -Matter to hini? • Be:
had.np idea now of deserting,: . He had de-
termined to play -out-the gamewhichhad
been Waded in his hands-, •
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my dear Daniel," he said, Mentally
addressing : the attorney "1 fancy you. will
:be astonished at the ;Magnificent trump -I.
shallplaywhen the properxionient arrives."
He :had reached: the doer, - and, 'before
• turning the -keY,he again reconnoitered the
•Street_ suspiciously. He had nothing to fear,
;-hut it would have been pleasant•to•haVe add-
ed -anetheriteny.te his account _against his
friend Harver. LA. few men passed, laughing
and talking on their -way to ten' -clubs, or;
Chambers- ;- then, Came cabs, and carriages,
'lie is =really one ofthose
tenches--of trtie.ceMeely that:. could:::.only
oe-
curonce in A lifetime. , There are.. -some peo-
ple, the,iiiajority probably, -.r.who would -.fail
to appreciate the situation, don't."'
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He carefiillylrefolded the paper, - restored
• it: to the ease,and then extinguished :the..
• Candle. • The reading;lainp iklutnined the ta-
ble,and it cornerof the pillowunder' Which
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he - placed --the nete,boek:- The apartment
--was'close and -stifling with the heat of the
summer night,... 'He 'walked. 'into. r.,the fronts
roolni.-..,and I went straiktit- to the •:. window.:
• He Paused, :and -.befotie cipeuiria.' it, gently
_lifted a corner of the blind; aiid peered -:ent.
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cautiously.. • r-.. . .
• On the :doorstep of the house -oppoSite
atood'a shabbily -dressed man, with his eyei
• evidentlyfixed on Ranfercl'a.windew.. --• _
ItWas as he had-exPeeted. He.Waa'being
Watched. --He retired tdliiibedtooin, lighted
aeigarette, read:a -chapter of a_Froricli. novel,
then reintned.o,tho the window. _
• The-inau Was still' in the sanie positioll,:'--
and:Ranforct fancied he recognised hicn..-
He Might, in all probability,- at some time
or otheri, .have. Come across Miko-Sturgies
or heit-was who Was thus earning Ilia -daily
bread), in the outer offiCes . of -Messrs
land Chauncey, or at-one:._of Mr. Haryeils
es-
tahlishinents. ••
;Bamford .carelessly -threw up :the window, 1
and the Man -drew. back into :the .shadow. ."-
Vhat a ,N. -v. -aa -to of „time and ',trouble,: My
-dear -1.)aniel," inu.rmured Ranford,
as turned out the light, laid- -his 'head ,oii
the pillow, _and preparedrhiniself to 'enjoy his
Weil -earned •
"1 knew that blotting -paper •. wMild.: be, ofl
use day,- • --Gonycnient
Then'. more. and Moredreamily: this idea oc-
curred' to Iiiin, `-` Our -.-anceStors used
. _ r ;., :What- -a pity ;.young
waink as wise is his ancestors 1)ear
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And ad: .the schemer dropped into
innocent - shimbet,--. with
the.danining proof of -a young man's:
. which was towreck- a .hoine and Iblast, the
happiness. of several lies, -lying folded -be,
• neath- the pillow, Whereon: tratiqiiillk.
. re-
pset1, for kw -bile, that vigereus:
-Jug brain. ' -
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• wings MARK. kr-i-cONFIO.,NT..: •
And new- 'what . cto-- you Want to :tell
me ?",asked the elder of the tWe youlig mem-
They:were Strangely -alike:ion& yet :unlike:
The speaker Was .Mark Treherne ; man: of
seven -and -twenty.- He. :hadbeenf. staying
with -his.nalliesake, the Squire, at7reherner
Court for many a year, battio one-knew.his pa-;
yentage. • • The fainily was greatly honored in
the, village:and those:who noticed the Strong
resemblance between the Squire and his sec-
-4retary.lield their peace. ; years: age the heir
t� the propertyhadbeen &Marklthe present
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owner's elder.brotherYanclagain there_wia a
strange 'Ctiincidencethe,-SecketarY's naine.
was- also Mark. , Besides -: this nothing- was
:known; save that when the Old family vaulti:
was opened once again to receive the head ell.
the Treliernes
atthe dourt in his stead,. . Mark; himself,
never -referred to his parentage, and
himself as a Secretary should.' He :Was
attached to his chief and served hinrwell.nai
fafthfully. -Three or four years older thansr
-11-0,1Wiir he had acted as:a kind of elder bro-
ther to him whenever.thelartior -had :*sellghti-
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the senior's - advice. : This had not :occurred
very often;As. 1V1a1Wiii Was. impetuous and
headstrOng. At college he had .lived a very:
Wild, life' and the storiesofhis excesses were
innumerable. Garda, wine,- and :VvOinen
ternated --with.: women; Wine, and oards;'-
HoWever; Whenever MalWin- had consulted
Mark, he had found in his:father's. secretary
kind friend and' a clear-headed - latiViser.
- Hehad come to .consult him on the &tare: of -
his departure for India...-. In 'answer- to. the
. question Which heads thechapter;:-. he re-
plied," My deaf • feliewl- amm:eas
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" You conic ratherlate to me for advice,"`
replied _Mark; With a - smile. '-`` Why, -
morrow you . leave us. for "Southampton, •
:Come, my boy, at such a time: there should be
--no secrets betWeen father and son. • \Ally de
yon-notmaked clean brast of it, whatever
.it may be. . iteMember himeaty is the- best
poliey.:.- Now take my advice -tell your
ther. • . • 1 - -
• Tell. my fatherr - -1. , • .
"Yes, - why:: net? He i8-4eArOtpd.- to you
you are hisOnly:.Siiii;• And TM _;_are:,gliiigi to
'India to escape temptation. Youhaveyinit
profession before • you you are -•:engaged _to,
one of the prettiest girls -in the 'county and
whatever the past- may have been,'-yont. fu
.ttire leeks bright 'enough.. :-.R,ernembeii-yOui.
father's - words, - !Mei:win,. we forget:.
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everything.,• You go with your: regiment to .
an&after'a-year'S goodconduct you
return to Marry Ifary,Tre,*yllian.;: these. Off
zyonr future father-in-law's - conditions, -- not
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mine, but they will do yon: no :harni,i and
have coneented.tothem.? '
"-Year" said Mal:Win-Sadly ' "but' my - fa-
ther spoke those Word -a" -
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.yevcienfcrWeiriihiedsong.',.th?;,e:y1, knew debts, your horse.racg,
toio.
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had not told him everything -;"--;and
MalWin,buried his fate in,his
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was silenttfoi a moment, and Oen he
p!ge his hand :hind drd1y..,,upon his :-fneticl's-
'shoulder.
`-` My dear fello S▪ aid he, . gravely; "
• aim. afraid thiamatter must be more seri
than I had at first imagined.. _What is it
. "A bill has le - maturity; upon
Which appear .nameinfine. and ahet ,er'S
-hat hill has not been met, and :at .anf M -
-thent may be presented-; to niyi father
and--Malwin's. face was -once more liiddbi in--
._
his ,hands,
.“-Why did younotyour father of this.
bill?'• _ .
• "Because I could not!'
-
" You*Could not-why,l, you had 6 nfeSse
to: Inaiiy others: • What was -there iiitihis
-
bill to maks-itdiffereitt from the rest?'
"My , fathers • name," was the laconicr.
".YoUr-fathet'anaine,." techoeif-Mark
-do-not understand YOU,P. • -• • •• • -
It :was ••-a :for br3r.," Cried :Malivini.
bot -red- down with shame, "'land I r
the ferger.".
Mark started as
if helicl• been :short.
- • 7 1.: •
I Will i lot believe it, 1i caniiet'bekeveit,
he ofied. You, -y ur father's.' son -you,
...- he
heir- of the -family- ainetehaVesniikto the.
• :1 • - ‘
-- level of's .coratnon. elon.- Pli, .NfalWM, Mal.;.:
win' -I Cannot lAieve it 11- - ' if
-1. • - - , - •
"":YOU 'know hew Miserably .weak I ,1
almost -whined- i tl* other.- ..• I ' .was sorely
-.tempted though; the -cussed usurer wOul Alt.
give- me Ai: pennylwithhut further securtf,
-: and suggested thaI I rcould Meet the bill.
-.tore.„.it .bectone-,•due •.-. and ffeld, - -Idohlt
yielded-.;- w.h.e-ii-'.1[
asked for it hack i had
_ 446.4:1?fir
.:.lieie. it is, but as Sure - as fate,
- sdin!
- . been-i.i
- some .duy it ,Nvrill.b ,prodneed,- and.,then. my,
:father Will knoW that II am A -dishonored-f
man." ... • •.:. .:•.,- i ..
, . • " . .
-.Mark was- silent; he was thinkingi.---Marl- -
Win- continued; :itt .1,- -Plaintife-.•..4nernitnis
voice,- - - - : - - • •• • • . • - - - - -
•
' r.-`.• And I know- the. 0.0eriler :too Wel .; he
will .never -.ftirkive, itie, "pita:. he - will • eVdr -
-.keep it .dark,.,_ H :- will -make. me- throw,
ink COnitniSsion;a&tell genera .Trevylliano
-- and. then Mary will be lost to me for 1,""
i-gark-had _done . kinking, nowlie spoke.'
;
".:1?erhAPS- you are right: Perhaps it:Won'
I.,.lie hater not totell: your •father. -.: It -'Cul
break :his heart tO hear the Stork .of -Yetitr:: i
' 0 .Ah, that it.W uld," oiled Maiwin i. u
1
. lionor..".:. - -..--'::: •---,ii : . i -: -:. .4.,:. .,.:r-•: - -.- . • - ;
it wouldn't inake hihi nierpiftil. .f.-Mrjrk yoi,
haNies-never„seen the- .GoVerner. itk 'a *4iassori-,',
Slid' have:: e_dmie troused, 1:11O- is a' Very tigel..r.:
There's._ otiiii* ke: wouldn't do'aildisay:r. ' .'..
'• don't. COO- Myself acilwatd,:eand•IYe . I trein .
bre when -I think -„of :WM iii the whirlwind of
.:hi.S;paseIon" .1- ' .• ..-- ....),. . '" .,-;- -..' -.: • - ..---
- : S f f .VerhaPs. yOxi-, re riglit47:repeAte- .-M .
'3•Oii•shad fbetter. tell liiin-hething a I iti your
- iliShetier." •.. : ..;. -1 .. '• ---•*
• . "-And thattis4Our adyibe !.!.
-•- I .-
t . .
r • ,
- :":That is iny. 'iidviee•.,2• .:You--had-'h ter te 1
-hint 'nothing of your dishonor.", ..
- ""DiahodOr. is :4J.,_ugly Nod-,...mak
. . "It isan. Uglier deed, ;MalWin;' . replied.
-Mark, ;sternly. - :.," (4.69(1:heayens, mu
fntist-- have been math" ' •
•-*•
•- -"I was:inad.".-.. -- - -
"- You; the head of•the.TreherneS.7 with
hit .01'andesterS'„Wlie..hadi had kepti ti (:.1 es,.
, catCheen -. Yon- bear spotless for ce..., 011ie.§1 il
you, the laSt--andf youngest of the raCe must
• needs ' cover :that escut4.heen .- with..muclr'.
-• YOU'Mnst.-drag the fainily ilionOr thr-441 the
s chiat-1; -y-(.34-mt-tS- make the. . familk.iianie'la ._
=
byword of reproch, .and .' the motto, "qatfa
pear e4.-sa*,:reprQihe,,' i miserable7sarcas
. -1- .
..- -Mark wa's-carried away by 'his ., -anger his
eyes :_fiashed - tire,and his -frame. ti -• led.:
.Mal win 'regarded him -With awe and akito iafri
'tiient.
;
••
Y-911
Mark. 'hen, yon have that look pon
_.yotir faep.„,how: like you are _my: father."
-...„ .- The :geler..faded-lrotri Mark's cht4s, an
he became deadly pale ; he,soen-regame :his
- :‘:‘.1 . forgot myself;.:i
:MalWn. Who am -
ordinary coitipos re..:. • ,-• ..- • - --
. . • ,• • - - .. •• - .
that I should lecture_ you npon... the :ho/1r (itt
- the fanaly a?" said. he, ' with A )bitter - latigh.
"They calline lireherne, but iwhat ha e
to 4o. with the '1'0.6 1." . : ,.." : ' -r, -
r aa -r A greakdeal," was the answer. ..
-.A ' Cloud' i'.sted, ,lipon Marks -Ude' aii
eXclaniation.olallger rose -io _his. lips:
•- • .'"-YeS, Mark; 'my ' Man,'I 'know Jou
eret,'-'--. • ..-- : --; -:. r ::-- '; ' i'.- : -. ---
"And you dare to remind Me:. of it,' cried
.- the elder furiously. - - -. : - .. i. ...: - -:
:- . • "Why, what' S the matter --tioW.T.'. exelat
,:-.6afthe astoriiihed-kalivin:I. .5.f Surely Maui
-Is Worth a -struggle. ' -- i, • -,.• ,- -,' -..._ . - - j
-:" Mancliniirllitired Mark,. and the 9oldr-
..ilefthia. cheeks. ----.: I I...-::.-
•- "My "-dear telloW;.. you may -debeiy
' GeVernor;..bat yo- -- Can't- 'deceive. me....-1rVh.
.- ..... .,' 7•- , -
ever eince-I..lhave been:back frorn Aldershot?
I have known that you have been: in lev:e.
with My. sister"•
It. *as.. 40*: 'vi ark's
: 4'i...thin-le hang .hia ead.
in shame. :-._ . ,.' i, ..--, : • .1' - -.•, .. . L.
......-..,:i.-e-otild lint .,halp-.- it;"-... lie.--, -saki; : .
could help, lOvinglm4lia rfl:. r9 -
- ---..Well,..-01. - nian," replied: Malwin . who
had noW- quite ri
. covered his --usual Sr
- 1
." you: cair Sparb y expect i a brother t g
into. ecstaCieS. -0ve his sister, but for all lhat
. Maud is a dear;:good girl, and all I des e is
tci, see her happy, and I-iniisnre:yeti would
- .. '3 -
lii...,ajc, Ie_ liwierilia igi,o:Oudi ii'.take the
same
:j: -........e-• ....w....0,if t-111
Case,"Sadd.--11.ir _1"-i. would niake her
• • . •
happy -if its.Were in .iny.Power, hint --.you for-
get. year:. father --he would never .-g:i!Ve ..11'
.consent.'" ..'1 1. ,-.7.-..... - ... ... , .-. ' ...,-- .•-
•
"Then don't a'NV
, ask it," -Ma '
:Scoundrel r'.1.exol •inied- Mark. ' "-De l
1
• " And :d01 -46u really think.- me 'FM .
ou
y, - :I
your,
taii.i,
a
t
really` believe that I. , could so '.. betray
, father's ' contidence.:. as. to attempt',td--
•
his danghteriand Or sister diSobedie t tO.'
" Wellr'-'.-*Said--• ali-rin With a sneer, "at
174
his Cominands r - '- ': -.- i .-: .1'---•'--•-----:: ..'i .',.:
. .. i. : . .. ....,
",-
- any rate,.y have begun the Work,!'. .: , .,
:. '-,- " I do net .tind-Orstand. yen.",
--- ". Mandknows.that you:Jove her.' .-
-
She kheivs_iiethiag. of ...the .--kind," „cried:
.. .
Mark, _hot] y'.• .'` lf I.had betraYed.niy Secret
.r shoultzthatte -considered it litily duty to have.
'informed yo.hrlithir:”-: ,--1 ..- ' ' -:•-• '2' ;
,.
- -."-Iroii are very eqneamish.:". -, .. . .
. Mark. 1-9004, At Afalwin.rste.rnli!; :and li -,
Motithltrembled,...thed 4o -i regained.' his lc . in-
pesure, , :-. ::-..•:. --. :-.. -. .; .- :..
• . "Malivik you and.I.lave been friends . f.
- valgxi'ia.4-Y;:rr'ssaITi''-id-l:'a...l
gOinttogiV630P:eilSrNrd of a(4vice.
Thiof - '
-me. -if you can as a'..kinsm.in-----.,,
: .purely : imaginary character - certainly), :Welt
one - that . maY:-. 'give 1..y ., - -wkds .:.gio4t*-
weight:" : ..,-:; - - ..! -- -7.. - ? .i.,,, • : .• ..--.. , :.
. • , , . 1..
...- .ifcf r .. hate. Sehn4s;": was all that..11/Ialwiii.!
: said. - - ' ' - ' • ----- :-: ,•:, .--::•1. ' :-:- '
"And .8-1 do 1,"- was the other's reply
bid -'t i is is .more than a Kennon; , it is:- a• .
Warnin II cannot help noticing that your
sense:: 0 right andwrong is nearly- One. - I.:
I -
-.cannot elpsiding that you, the last heir
Trehern icleurt,1 and: not 'treading :in ;it
•footsteps Of your ancestors; that With;
'-the good1 Old tape is degenerating;
h lives of -your 'forefathers,- :and ::t,reu: will.
- find that - with them honor was their.Aist
•Aie a g' d fellow, Mark and I can' -t help
• .. ,, 2
.. greatF'e
feeling- hat you are.. :Worthier . of this old '
lencr: lin Of. lawyers,gi. ,eilat_ -sg::c.e.mrale:s.,i-.4ngreat.6 Siitda.t ,. Rad .
COnsid* tion and life their second!' . 1 : ; -
. 1:.Milwi - -bit his Hp. but he replied, Ic.`..lrreu:
- 1 -
blushed drill:won:- “Miirii over a
and. all will be -.well, ...You- aref
k, .A114 . oak Clan always retrieve •
•,,,_ - ,.... •
the past with its 'fOrgery. -
even that,"' - - -
,
should- it be presente
. : .
Ceurt t
Mark
new lea
•'still you
the past
Eve
(.‘. Yes
I:" But
,
: •
Mark;
. .' •
-
nit think it • ever Will," replied
but should it, as I advise you to-
-
•
keep the secret, 1 will seeyeu safely through
your difficulty." • .
9"
"Y�dmustleave _that task to me. r`. Suf-
i fiCient r, the day is the evil', thereof.' . .Iii :
.the fin§ ustance they will apply to you, -and: '
-
thenit1wihI be time - take yourprecautions;
Have you• .the Money'?" . - - ,•1 - .
..
. ' !,‘.Yel at aiy agent'S.* --I:reserved ittomeet -
the 'coitinge,ncy, but IT -could! not- find. the'
Wider f. th bill."' '• r '
. .s.
I 11 seek -hini. ,• .
"Anb- I -, eau leave the rr'itt,itter .in your
hands.?
! ..c.
: -
leave tI
A .
a
• „ .
•
said 4. -,.'grav 03 7 " yoti eau;
matteri my hands" '
: ,Cirl'APT. E11,.. II:, i• -
I _ ... ..
MARK's ioiliA_Neg.1...- .,
. Illau Treliethe -- was ;One of :the loveliest :
i.girls.,...," the .-coitrity.-----• So . said.. the . young-
: squires who glanced,shyly: at her AS she:.
'drOve, *, it her. pony -:.carriages in -the ..Vil---'
-.10;e:a ; , said the loiingera:in the Row,- as 7 _
they • 1 t 4, .theirs hats to lifer: as .• she rode •
under titiees: skirting: ther.T.-S-erfen tines ; : so: -:
-said evriybody.lielongingto.What the.French r.
Call ''ti -hig,h life.":, - As for the rest of the.
.'World, . e was I." a ;very, beantifid. ladY.".
-..She: ha Ithat pure (diver- coniplexion --AO -rare-
: iir.i: our erthaill elintes;- .but---,whieli ,..*hen.
' When j und- is worth all the blenders With -
their:. ea : ahd.. roaeS; - put..:tegether, .• Her•, .
:eyes w a al Nays. spark.ling with fun or lip-iL, •
-,--pidivi i emotion. .. Large tell-tale eyes, with.
_. Jongb ck lashes-. that;:seVesled the .secrets
of .the heart.- and --Mind:r_ - Now :they ' Were. -
- seft.. a 1-peaceftit..- ' They rethinded:Ame- ef-
-",..12A1.iire,;":.novir of a .-1.1- Peaeresa,P r. Her
mciutli lvas small and, well:forinetl,' reveal-'
.ing tw iLows of pea;r1s: - Her ,Iilair-iwas : dark;
-...broWn shed. with gold --.---at' least the. gold
• oPliear .. in the i Sunlight, . ' 131 -it who Ouldr -.
cat:alb 1104 Chart -ins .of a4 beauty ? .-..,EtiOnglas:
l• -
to say hat she - Was as 'perfect as .a. Ivothan.
-011,_.b 1'in ',form andleatiii+and in face.' '
..--.She -h. 4 : an -nnaffeeted: innocent... Manner
4 -,
, which as. .s.inAply charming. _3here was
.M,tliii. f ihe•. fastness :of a --imodern .young
• ,-
lady a out _ her ; she .spoke, anditheught,- as a. • -
.....:-.
maide 'head _speak and think.. he was -
very A ilinplished",- and Yet hqr ,aecomplish--.; -
menta were. merely a-background-toTthe pie,- ,
• toe: It was herself ;that .N4aig :ailinired-'..'
1
heree that- was -'...songlit alter -herself that -:
..:,474as--":8" 4e_tiPyi;_meda;;i.;.4- ;Bibade '13she ji i.jetti.1-1,jads ..hiag ,nr.:1.1,alia-t- --„:
: I-
troupsi 15 .:adorers.: As her -mother had Said,: '
i....
"Sheit - .at a dear,. goad girl," and.aeonple of -
soason in London had--not•-sp.Oiled:hef.2. It
.'nia-y . '' added thatinspiteetther liveliness
and ge t eiiese,_-there_,. were lines.' about her •
- to. Ito.. uth litAt told; the ol5Servatit:that if needs .
:
be she Mi1d-.13e-.•firiii and ,selftreliant. She: :
-I99ked 0,1,if.:§14,e Might .have taken' for:a Mot-. --,
- I -
:to, ,- , ' lie as Steel and faithfulito the death." 1-
•-. ,
Such Mand Trehertie..iii.-her-twenty-sec.
•.
. . . . .. . . . ,
-ondye . ,. - •
.. ,it was the day '. atter. Malwin's departure
and,hi -sister: was sea4d.-'in,- the garden: in.
-_. .-
:front :,.4f the:eld- court. The fhome:„ of ,. the
.-Treher e . was a castle, part eflwhiCh was in -
Fiiink . The inhabited portion had been re,
-Stioted erne - yeah; before' andl-lOokeit Clean• -
and : ' 'den by i -the - side. of the venerable,.
• I .. •
jyy,gr . ivn • stones' . that .,:i Surrounded_ it. _ -..4 r
large .p ik-extended. far: miles -: round- about -
.the CO rt on three Aides, - and on the fourth -
'.nestle -114. little. village of Treherne. - •The
, . . . . , . , . . . ,
•-garden , as.. behind the ruined Part Of the i
-6.0sti 0-, quiet -looking couple Of acres, 04 .
�fE sigi Of . :cOnarianeling ‘asnaclowe..'*. When .
-Maud, elt.sotrowfUl.the invariably retired to
:-.-th*.ap lit,as sheWas•siire: of 'fiikling solitude .
.attiong:ko- tipNiori:., . Ou- this. okeasion, ho iv;
-r-eV,1017; s le W.a,0; :iiiiippantoci. ...Sitricling- along ..
....one of when the man:
he..footpaths-was •a :man. ,.Slie was
abOut0 :leave
...
turned, and-then::slie.; stopped.1 - ...Slie recng-. .
- the garden - - :.
- Rise& - ark ---Treherne. I Ile.•Saw: her; *--a,a4-
_ qiibia- approached:hero: ' . .. -..1 ,
. .
•
- - I ani. -afraid i:ani -treapassitig lipeii yOnt• :
don-Ia.-la-aid he; . With, :a • stail'e...,:• "1• k nOW - -
-
you at f nd:Of the - floWerkr..-and I have no
• right tpiu1rade. 51 . -- ' • :' ; - - 1 : • _ . - ' _ ' '
•'-' • 4 c.-0 17164-'7. she ).eplieCli ..frankl y-,1, , '`'OD the.
..., .
contrary -1 shall lie very glad of your coni.;- -
•
--P6,4:' •
-. a.ar.I .. afraid -Oat ,you. Wilt 4.-nd me -,6,1 very .:.
bad Oh' Fillet : -I Uhl inOrd.acthistoinedtd the .
..fielettAl li-the. boudoir."-- - .,..l: ,:,•
..---. • .-
-ra" Then riiqu.' SI:Wald/et _be,-.' she replied,
lat*biti --. :" It's erY hard upon_ Me; to saii,
:the . least of it.-..- •-•; You know 'Papa 1e"a1way:01,
busy idthelnorniiig,iand-Ilani So :very ,fotitV
of...a,,C1
'•
The strolled diyWn the • centre -Oath,: -an,
., r
talkedj as they Walked .alting.: .g4tia tried-
hard te be gay' butlier efforts ended'in failiP,
. . _ . g .. - ,' . , . - • . , , , , A
Ilrel -.. . he -sal& at last- __ • . 1 '
:--• :1,.,I 04 4f,te,1,1 ifit..:yeiy diillii- this inoin- 7
. iiig,; - but .1 I -can!t. help it. .- YOU- Avonlit have .
done heifer to have left me to myself. But
- the. truth" I aniSo sorry to:lose poor Mal-
- Nvm, :. of was Alwayasudh--kkopi-brotherto :
!meth*, ithat.-7----,-...:-',. _.• :- - - : • - ;-.- -.. . - :-• - - ' •
... 'And en. She : stepped, for.4 lump rose in .
:her4 feat; and her -eyes glistened ‘1,with
-.tears, Mark was a:- conscientiousi man; and .
,for -:al Ili iiineiiad been wrestling with.hiiii-:
-self:. I re had:loved:Matta, but until now he -
bad be n able to keep his feelings_ under.con-
trol. ..' But her tears. were -toe much for. him;.: .
He could not help, it -.' He took. her hand., ...
and i ' Was not witharawh:. : . - - -. .1'. ,L - .. .
Dear, dear..Maud,"-; he ,`,whispered. 1 - 'e.f.I
Weiii givoiny ;lifeto save you from a .siogle
Cil A6;1 --.1evi-liehatf-broken the Mei, the saeret. :'•
1•
. ....
..
se: je4 flat guarded within Itis. breast would i
:burst:. el . h.,: T.T.I., :..t..:it,ic-071.1.:_,N.-171... .0 .; .. ' .-, i --
• - :
,
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