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486 ss AGNES: OR, BEAUTY AND PLEASURE. t . . . ©You would have atarved without him! you will not hesitate to take me into 5 rl vont Ormeby vour granddaughter would have been dence, You know that 1 treated you a orley;| banged without him! There! that is the plain dence when I wrote Mo you “wn neh: te wards ‘trath! And now let me tell you, Mr. Barrington, I also conoeivd the utmost friendship to that of all instances of ingratitude from one a gtavus——— ; is Roderic your grandson Gu ‘ : e to avother, your's towards “Ab, I wieh that ho was hero!” ejaculated the eae ms cocker 4 snost atrooiune.thut art and in * hand he te all et © wher : | ever camo within my knowledge!” - added, “for it is hard to be an alone #hen a 66 By heaven! such language as this!” exclaimed has got relationa-~and particularly too abt me | the old man, his face purple with rage; and grasp- srsiailintage dP rn ° , : tandine ‘ riches Mr | ing his crutch-stiek, he seemed as if he were on the very brink of riches !— grea ee : in t his visitor : : | int of dealing a blow at his v : iargravo {immense nigh aad eee it | rah I mean tv irritate you,” said Ormsby, 12 be prompanees was ay OF 1 we th Dor |..| with the most importurbable coolness, “in order thie Wert” cpciaked ferth the cd many © that Z! that you may presently be all the more completely apes alli crue) pai aese 1s! ashamed of yourself! Strike me if you dare! Swen het Or ‘3 nrington” “said Lord | Why, I could tear that stick from ‘your grasp or “Well then, Mr. Bar ’ a the shoulders o 4 & hearty belabouring on the Ormsby, “ this is all the greater So why es | — wilaald Hat ag youare! As for your age, ees tot Pa gee 0h Se ee h " on is so far from rendering you respectable it makes are about to be showered upon y pinta the youall the more infamous! You have no heart also a reason why those who shared with you the an no soul! I despiso and hate you! You are bitterness of your adversity, should enjoy | not worthy of the love of such a granddaughter eweets of your prosperity. | df! ify} devotion of sucha * ’” iitred, nor the dutiful de “What are you driving at, Mr. ngs ssonaanal man a Rodetiek Dalbam! Ena- demanded the old man, Sean See SURE Oe ' treaties indeed!” continued Ormsby impetuously. TT teeta ie want eae f told just |“ I would not condescend to lay intercessions at “I thought that you yourself to “a Just the feet of aach # man! You aro selfishness om- now,” replied Ormaby, *“ that you ia Pr t Gus. bodied. When you were in gaol you wouia not See Eee t cn thee Wi if d is haw cared if you had lived upon the prostitution ——————E ee of your granddaughter!—you never would havo not.” : , hich she brought ; ence came the money w eke kane op cummch tanaiies , oon oat "pat becausc slic remained pure and spot- man: “you know or suspect erpeens ae with eas—and beoauso it was your enemy's son that want to pump mo-—or you nl Drink your wine, (furniahed the means of supplying your wants-— mo—but eer et neither . rink yo , you pour out the vials of your odious anger upon and jet us talk of othor thinya, | , on that roneruus- “ Really, Mr. Barrington,” said Lord Ormsby, sprolcepreed ok as woll aa up g purposely asauming a cold wer = —_ ie you ‘ne eas had vison from his chair as he persist in thie evasivoness whener pew s spoke: his tall form was drawn up to its full you of your Gtandidanghtor Ratna Pinlees Natalee thems wap © majestic dignity as soll as Bball begin to wonder how it is tha ) ; ‘a his wholo de- . -_—or ” t overpowering scorn in his w | eee weet ae aed f, th uhe am kis face eines Barrington gradually sank back ino his “ What, sir!” yolled forth tho old man, lets *h to whiet <a 7 , | chu act and dismayed at language corrugating into myriads of wrinkles: “ you dare | chair, 9g ao tonreas,! 4 and which wes ev little —vou dare ifsinuate —-- : . uddenly ' os app Pt ;' expected from the quarter whence it now a ; “1 insinuate nothing, wihawiie.- we pair . ne over him ke a hurricane. But Ormsby " but 1 say op enly ae you persist Winifred 7: know the world well, To appeal to the teelings of oo acccling Of your Granddnug hier 7 the selfish, or the justice of the prejudiced, or to bball think i very strange. , . : ened. a o} 488 as to : it iberality of the bigoted, was oa us: ) matter ‘” exclaimed tho old man, ; 7" - a ms, ranite or in a coass of iron, But tu naseil the are taking this se oaart Weil then, M “Hare | radividuel with scorn aad reproach: -to overthrow brinying me to the point |! oe —- A “ie vou tics with opprénion ke giake hin sesin ratoavon grave po een wed. What? to ma in his own cyes—to tear off tho mask from his to plead for Winifred. What! to marry the son | in hia ov. “and prove him to bo a prey to the { Ah! there I have exid | countenance—-and prove | of my bitterest, enemy | = ¢ it reall ! meanest, paliriest, sud most odiously contemptible Fon nate, 1eh ct She apcrat-—=it « snares P " prejudices,; Ormaby knew that é/zs is the way to was to you.” _. vat i bigh an sure ua >» = : t down the defences with wiich a m ‘From which I gather,” interjected Lord | nent ds himself for tho purpuse of fortifying un evil Orinsby, “ that your grandduughter has marrie alan Roderick Dalbam, Well, I have heard payee. jp Mr. Hargrave! Mr. Hargrave!” said old Rar- com he dame deve cans hanes ond th ek bi », in. ringtun, at Jeagth breaking silence, and spoaking you go down upon your cEnes ate: 8s ane ur ina trotnulous vuice; “ you—you--are taking very atend of harbouring tha bitter venomuus Franco | great liberties! You aro presuming because —be. against lim!” ice In unmasking that ” ou rendered me a service 1 ff “Ab, the old story i ed on a eats oak 3 scoundrel Timperley—and then tov, you have boe- Eerrington anes ie pplving rao. haved kindly to my grandasu: but—-but it is not ng upua the jary- “OF cise bis Supplying re | that account thet you must come here and abuso With money through Winifred --—- i, , OR wnat 8 rm la!” - “ Both, voth!—let us say .buth/” ejaculated, me in this style! CONNEC HOOKS C@