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The Yellow Holly By FERGUS HUME. Author of "The Mystery of n j Hansom Cab." Etc. Copyright, 1903. by O. IF. Dillingham Company (Continued from Jird page.) "Talk of Miss Ward then. You can be original on that point." Brendon would rather not have mentioned Dorothy, but he was quite determined to show his grandfather that he fully Intended to marry his ladylove and that he was not afraid to speak his mind. "I do not fancy that thero is anything particularly original in a love story. I met Miss Ward somo throe years before, I have loved her ever since nnd we will marry when"? "There, there," interrupted Derrington, waving his hand, "let us not get on to that subject as yet. We can talk of it after dinner. In fact, you may as well know that I asked you here to discuss your position. We must have an understanding." "I think you must intend It to bo u pleasant one," said Brendon, "as you bare asked me to dinner." It struck Brendon that bis grandfather looked old and very haggard. He had lost his fresh color, his eyes were sunken and the defiant curl was out of his enormous mustache. He moved slowly toward the door, and George felt sorry to see him so lonely. Moved by a sudden impulse, George moved to the elder man's side and offered his arm. The footman was holding the door open, and Dorrington could not express, even by a look, the satisfaction he felt. With a surly grunt lie took Brcudon's arm, but George guessed by the warm pressure that Herrington was pleased. It was quite a banquet, for Herrington lived in a most expensive mauner. The table was a rouud one, laid with exquisite taste, and was placed under a kind of velvet tent, which shut off the rest of the room and made the meal particularly cozy. It was perfect, and after the somewhat stale food of his lodgings George enjoyed the meal greatly. Herrington himself did not eat much, but he took great pleasure in seeing George enjoy his viands. After the dinner, during which the old lord was continued in his good opinion of George, he said: "There's coffee in the library, and we can talk over our cigars. Up I get. George, your arm.'' lie not only asked for it, but took it with marked pleasure. The footman in attendance returned to the servants' hall to state that the "old devil" (the domestic name for Derrington) had quite taken to the new young gentleman. Meanwhile Brendon was seated in a comfortable chair enjoying one of the best cigars he had ever placed be (worn his hp?. 'At his elbow smoked a mill /.!* \f rwUlfl <111.1 in tlm ..tin!- .... tl... other side of a roaring tire of sea timber smiled Lord Derringtou. He looked a grim and determined old gentleman as lie bent his shaggy brows on his grandson. George was very comfortable and also felt grateful for the kindness which his grandfather was showing him. At the > Mae time he felt as though he w< acting wrongly in hobnobbing with a man who persistently blackened his mother's memory. "I suppose you wondered when you received my invitation," said Herrington. "I did, sir. 1 wondered very much." "And you felt inclined to refuse." "I had almost made up my mind to." "Why did you change your mind':" George pondered and looked again at his neat shoes. "Well, sir," said ' he, after a pause, "I thought that 1 lifter a dinner we might come to un'ierstand each oilier better, and I am anxious for peace." "And for recognition of your birth." 1 "Naturally. The one included the oilier." "Does that n you will tight till i you get what you want':" ! 1 "Yes." said Georre curtly ami then closed hi.. !| with a lirni i!?-? munition to : i bailie if noress: -y. At the | sa: e time lie iVjt ii was rather awk- i ward afti e.11!? i ue'en's food. A > 1 sudden it .pulse i i; him rise. "What's li.e iiiii'di'i' in. :" :c ked Ilerritiglon. not moving. "Well. ." hurst out i'.rendon, "I have a f< ding tliai v. o are g..in; lo 1 ipiairel, and is \ u:r . wn lion . and afier that ve y ox-client dinner 1 don't want to behave rud? ly. It will bo bettor t > posipo!'.-' ibis talk." \ "Not a 1 ?it. of it," said I>erringtoii \ ipiietly. "We are relatives, and quar* / re Is between relatives do not count. Sit down. I have something important to say to you." ?i? !nm? h;h (iuwii :imi prepared tor llio worst. "We'll leave the question of your birth alone for the present," said i the elder in a hard tone. "At this moment I wish to talk of Mrs. Jersey's death, also about your father's death." "What has that to do with this, sir?" "I believe the one Is e clod with the other," CJeorge remembered what Bnwdsey had said. "I've heard that remark hefore," he observed. "Of course. That detective I employed to watch you made it." "He did. I think you trust that man too much, sir," said Brendon after a pause. i "Do you? I thought he was a friend of yours?" "Oh"? Oeorge shrugged his should ^.cxs- "I sarwj Ms life, but that does yot constitute frlrodsldp. I ddnyirtIfluV|; / . Bawflsey IS worthy of your confl- ! dencc." "I know be isn't. Hut you see I can't help myself." George looked up quickly. "Blackmail?" "Something of that sort. I intend to trust my own llesh and blood?that is, I intend to tell you all 1 know connected with the Jersey case and ask you to help me to get the better of Iiawdsey." "Assuredly, sir." Derriugton was rather moved. "I have not behaved well, George." "That's truo enough, sir," said George, who was not going to bo weak, "but you can make nmeuds by acknowledging that my mother was an honest woman." "I believe she was, George, for none but an honest woman could have borno "My boy, 1 have behaved badly." a sou like you. Hut. you see. I know no more than you do where the marriage took place." "Do you acknowledge that there was a marriage*:" said George, starting to his feet. Derriugton rose also, and the tall men faced one another. "My boy," said he, "I am sure there was a marriage. I am sure that you are my legitimate heir, and, by heavens, I Intend to acknowledge you as such before the week's out." Hrendon was so moved by this sudden recognition of till he longed for that a sudden weakness seized him, and ho sat down, covering his faeo ! with his hand. Derriugton thought , tlie young man did so to conceal his tears, but in reality George was putting up a short thanksgiving for this wonderful and bloodless victory. His grandfather again touched his shoulder. "My boy," lie said again, and his voice was broken with emotion, "I have behaved badly. 1 ask your pardon." George put out his hand blindly and grasped that of his grandfather. When it. was otn e in the old man's grip he raised his grandson with a jerk and made him look him in the face. "You forgive me':" he asked. "With all my heart and soul," said Hrendon ouietlv, and after another handshake they resinned their seats. "I can marry Dorothy now," said Brendon, with a contented sigh. "If my inlluence can help you, yes." Derrington paused and shook his head. "But there is a lioness in the path, George." "Mrs. Ward?" "Exactly. She will move heaven and earth to prevent the marriage." George looked puzzled. "I see no reason why she should oppese it if I am acknowledged as your heir." "Nor do I. I thought myself that it was simply the money she wanted, and if you were the son-in-law she would not get her claws on the gold. But there is more in it than that. She seeks revenge." "On me? I have never harmed her." "It's a vicarious revenge. I believe that woman loved your father, George, and that he slighted her. That is why she wants to visit his sin?as with a vindictive spirit she may regard it?on you." "Did Mrs. Ward know my father, Blr?" asked George quickly. "Yes. She met him at San lleino." "Then she knew he was murdered?" "Of course. I saw Mrs. Ward the other day, George. She came here to force me to linrni vim nml <n concent to Walter marrying Dorotliy." "Oh! You never agreed to that." "I have answered her challenge by risking you to dinner and will acknowledge you my lioir. Mrs. Ward will then try to make mischief." "Can she do so?" "Yes. She knows that I was hi Mrs. Jersey's house on that night." "And you were, sir?" Derrington made a most unexpected reply. "No, I was not." CI IA PTE It XVII. GEO UGH was rutlier puzzled to reconcile the apparent contradiction in Dervington's speech. The old gentleman saw ids bewilderment, and before the young man could speak lie anticipated his question. "You are perplexed," he said quietly. "I thought you would be. To explain myself clearly it will lie better to tell you the whole story from the beginning." "What story?" "The story of your mother's marriage and of my quarrel witli your father. Do not be afraid. I shall say nothing to hurt your pride. IUit 1 fear Percy was not overburdened with brains. Ho was gay and thoughtless nnd thriftless. Your talents, George, come from your mother. She must have been a remarkable woman. "However, to continue," pursued Derrington, pushing away his empty cup, "Percy s.iw Mlfas JLockwood. be fell In &Y.? TUU her, I wrote him ;i loiter return or 1 would never see hliu again, lie declined to return and remained on the continent with Ills wife. I never did see ldin again," added Derrington quietly, "for three years later he was murdered at Kan Iteiuo." "In Ills letter to you did my father say he was married?" "lie did. hut at the time, as he did i not say whore the marriage was celeI brated, 1 thought he mentioned It out j of obstinacy." George colored. "I don't see why you should have so misjudged my mother," lie said hotly. "Admitting that she was not born in the purple, she was In a j good position and had no reason to run | away with my father." "She was in love with him, I believe." "Even then she would not have eloped unless it was to be married." Derrington nodded. "You are perfectly right," he said. "I tried to disbelieve in the marriage, but in my own ! heart I knew there was one. I have behaved very badly, George." "You have. sir. But as we are now reconciled the less said about the thing the better. You are quite sure you do ! not know where the marriage jvas celI ?brated?" "No, George, I do not. After tho : death of your father 1 tried to tind out, but it was impossible. Had I really . seen the register of the marriage 1 should have acknowledged you as my heir. As a matter of fact," added DerI rington. with n burst of candor, "I did not trouble much to search, as 1 feared lest the marriage should bo verified." George wriggled lu his seat. "Let us say no more." he said. "Very good. I have confessed my sins, and I have received absolution from you. At the present moment wo will leave tho murder of your father at i Kan ltemo alone and come to the appearance of Mrs. Jersey In my life. You wore with your grandfather Lockwood in Amelia square. I had consti| tuted my second son my heir, and I had relegated to obscurity the escapade of my son Percy. All was nicely settled, in my humble opinion, when Mrs. Jersey appeared to make trouble. That was eight years after your father's death." \\ nere was she in the meantimeV" "I cannot say. She tokl me nothing of her history, but from a word or.two which she let slip I believe she must have been in tlie United States. Why she went there from San ltemo or for what reason I cannot say. She came here to see me?we had an interview in this very room?to demand money." "What threat did she make?" "She said that she knew where the marriage was celebrated, adding that t if I did not give her an annuity sho would go to Lock wood and help him to prove that you were my legitimate grandson and heir." "Did she say If the marriage was celebrated in England or abroad?" , "No. sir. Mi*s. Jersey was a remarkably clever woman, and if roy son Percy had married her she would have made a man of him." 'Then she really was in love with my father V" "Very deeply in love?as she told me herself. Unt she did not regard his memory with such veneration as to desire to aid his son. She was content that you should lose your rights, provided that I paid her an annuity. I tried in vain to learn from her where the marriage had been celebrated. She refused to open her mouth, so 1 allowed her an annuity of live hundred a year. I arranged that the money should be paid through my lawyers, and slio vanished." "Whore to?" "I can't say. She might have gone to rejoin Mr. Jersey if there ever was inch a person. She sent a messenger regularly to the olliee of my lawyers for the money, but did not trouble me In any way. Iler next appearance was Shortly after the death of your grandfather." "What did she want this time*'" "To set up a boarding house in Amelia square. She said that her life was lonely?a remark which made me think Mr. Jersey was a myth?and that she wanted company. 1 expect she learned in some way that I was buying old Lock wood's house." "Why di?l you buy it?" "I have a lot of property in that district. and I wanted to round it off with this house. Ireland, in his rage at me for my treatment of your mother, would not have sold It to mo. I bought the house through an agent. Mrs. Jersey must have heard of the purchase, for it was then that she came to me and asked me to set her up in the house as a landlady." "I wonder why she did that?" paid George thoughtfully. "She was lonely, I understand." George looked at his shoes. "As E!i'/.n Stokes she lived In that house along with my mother previous to the elone ment. I expect she had n kind of affection for it." [to be continued.] The average young man docs not mind having a check to his career if the figures run up into the thousands. The wild wailing of the autumn winds would really sound mournful if we did not know that that is a little game they play every year. You can't always tell by the size of a woman's pompadour how long it took to comb her hair. Some people chase illusions, others hug delusions. The result in each ease Is apt to be confusion. The idle poor bnve a hard time hustling to live and keep idle. ? A counterfeit bill and a bad reputa* tion are alike in that you caij't loso itlwr. 0, i -a. > Sunrise* Across the blue gray of the eastern hill That softly all the lonely night has slept There creeps a sudden, soft, compelling thrill, As when an angel hand a harp has swept. And all along the far horizon's brim A rosy blush grows through the darkness dim. The empty fields lie glittering with frpst. The dull, dun shadows vanish one by one And in the distant realms of night are lost, Abashed and frightened by the coming sun. Athwart the sky a flood of light sweeps on, A moment more and ull the night is gone. The world all new and recreated lies A-trcmble for the coming of its king. I've heard that this magnificent sunrise, So fair and gladsome, is a daily thing; It happens every morning. It is said, While most of U3 are pillow bound in bed. But while I've stood the sunrise to behold. All shivering, in sleeping garment clad, I've chilled and bargained for a beastly cold? It's Etronuous and tougti, this early fad. It turns out not as pleasant as it seems; I'd rather see the sunrise In my dreams. , The Boy of It. "If John had three apples and Willie took two of j/ /( theni, what would /M John have?" Gb S <&> "A fight." v?' *" mr<r just a Match. "Jones must he very fond of pumpkin pie, Mrs. Jones serves it so frequently." "That's no sign he likes it. It harmonizes perfectly with the new color scheme that his wife lias just put In uio 111iiiUK room. Owed on Pay Day. Oh. pay day, how wc hail theo? A stopcock for our woes! When thy pale glimmering dawn we see, You're welcome, goodness knows! Then for awhile we stand up straight And hold our heads on high, But our last dollar, soon or late, Wc kiss a fond goodby. Greater Joy, We hoar of the joy of labor As though it alone were blessed. Although It's line, give me for mine The joy of taking a rest! Doesn't Work Both Ways. "Young man, you're late this morning. This tvill never do." "Hut I overslept myself." I "Ilave you no alarm clock?" "You told me yesterday that no man could make a success by watching th< clock." Petition for the Appointment of Guardian. State of South Carolina, { Court of Com County of Union, ) mon Pleas. Ex Parte, D. C. Hist. In He, Estate of Victoria Alice Gist. To the Honorable the Court of Com mon pleas: The petition of I). C. Gist respectful 13 represents: That he is the father o: Victoria Alice Gist, an infant under tin age of twenty-one years. That said infant is the sister of Marv Annabelle, Lavinia and Inez Gist am was born subsequent to the appointmen of the Judge of Probate for Unior County, by this honorable court guard ian of the said Mary, Annabelle, La vinia and Inez Gist. That there is ii: the hands of \V. 11. (list as receiver i sum of money, the exact amount o which cannot he ascertained as same ii the rent arising from real estate, vhicl should he distributed amon* said Mary ^Annabelle, Lavinia, Inez and Mar] Alice Gist in equal proportions. That said infant has no general o testamentary guardian, and no lit com petent or responsible person can b< found who is willing to assume sab trust Wherefore your petitition prays, thai the Judge of Probate for Union Count] he required to act as guardian of tin estate of said minor Mary Alice Gist and that an order be granted appointing said Judge of Probate such guardiai and authorizing him to receive the es state of said minor and to sign and sea all necessary and proper releases an< discharges relating thereto. And you petitioner will ever pray. JAMES M1TNK0, Attorney for Petitioner. Union, S. ('., Nov. 10, 1004. State of South Carolina, ) County of Union. \ Personally appeared before me I). 0 Gist and on oath says that the foregoini petition is true. I). C. Gist. Sworn to before me Nov. 10. 1001. C. M. 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