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''llj&k Race : ifBwTa ror a : m& wife ! HAWLEY SMART CHAPTER XVIII. (Continued.) "Well wht next?" inquired Rom: there must be no ultimate chance of my losing two thousand pound, mind." Certainly not. All I mean, at pres ent. If to drive Coriander back In the betting as tht ha I can. When the new ,f jour proceedings arrives, which I shall take good care to disseminate at once, I Hitter myself ws shall have got him at tw'nty to one, or thereabouts, for The Guineas.' We must then be guided by what terms you make with Pearman." "I think I follow you. Silky. And now each to his avocation, and good-night." "Good-night, laugnea Damson, as he followed Grenville to the door. "If ever Sam Pearman was in a biggish bole, he Is just ow- MlnA you're a clever man tfsin.it you, though: so, do your work thoroughly. Never forget your stake." "No. I'm not likely to, if you knew all." "Got bis measles pretty bad, apparent ly," observed the astute host, to himself, at Gren's footstep died away down the staircase. "Hope his success there really does depend, as be saya, on this business coming off sll right ; else, when it's a reg ular esse of 'spoons,' never a soul, ever I knew, could be counted on in a busi ness way or any other way for the matter of that It is risky ! with a con federate in this state. I believe I'm a fool to trust him! That idiot, Jem Durfey, lost me a pony last year at Lord's crack bowler of bis eleven and blest if they hadn't to play with ten men because be iras seeing some chit of a cousin off at Paddiugton Station. Wonder why they do it! Never was spoons myself but once, and" and despite his tirade, Dal lison sat down and mused for more than sn hour over that bygone flirtation of eight years ago. He might be cynical about all that sort of thing now, yet there was a woman still living who could make his pulses leap, should she meet him. It is a fact that, in some cases, women retain their sway years after they are not only unconscious of it, but have almost forgotten their admirer. It is true we also sometimes see the converse of this, when a woman would fain pick op the dropped stitches of a bygone love affair, but the male creature has freed himself from the yoke. CHAPTER TTT. The early train on Thursday morning saw Grenville Rose, accompanied by Mr. Nightjar, solicitor, junior partner of the firm of Hawk, Sparrowbill and Co., on his way to Slantover, the nearest railway station to Manneraley, from which it was distant about four miles. Having arriv ed at the latter place, and ascertained that Pearman waa at borne, Grenville sent in his card, and a request to see that gen tleman for a few minutes, on business of importance. Now, it so happened, that though Rose bad a thorough knowledge of Bam Pearman, the other knew nothing whatever of him. He had never encoun tered him personally, except to exchange that sentence or two after the Xminster ball. I don't know whether even then h had identified him; but of a surety that scene had pretty well faded from his memory, especially as regarded the personality of the. other actor therein. It was as an entire stranger that be receiv ed the young barrister. "I must atologiie for troubling you, Mr. Pearman ; but I am here as the represen tative of Mr. Harold Denison." "Ion could not have come with better credentials, Mr.. Rose. Charmed to see both you and your friend ;" he glanced at the cards in his bands. t'Mr. Nightjar, I think? Will you take some lunch now, orafter we have had our little palaver?" "Nothing, thanks ; our time is pre cious, and we will detain you as briefly as maybe. Tou are, of course, aware that there is a death fine on Manneraley ; or, to speak more intelligibly, that the owner of Glinn has a right of heriot over your manor on the death of any holder thereof?" "A right of heriot!" muttered Pear man. "No, I never heard of such claim; id I think my father died in complete ignorance of any such right." Though far from suspecting what was bout to take place, Sam Pearman knew enough of law to understand thia expres sion. "Tou had better read that deed, Night fcr. Such right exists, and has been al ways exercised ; generally compromised as a fine course we propose to adopt in tbe present instance." The solicitor laughed, and opened, first somewhat musty parchment, and then document consisting of some two or tnree sheets of foolscap. "I will be as wort as I can, Mr. Pearman, but the ory la a little intricate to follow. I must premise that Manneraley was by no "Mans originally part of the Glinn proper- J eems to have been granted by the Abbot of Xminster to one Huih Wilson. yeoman, for service rendered, conditional npon his bearing arms for the abbey, and wing ever ready to do service nnder the tanner of 8ir James Denison of Glinn, the then lay lord and champion of the bbey He further lay under the right M heriot; in the first place, to the monks Xminster, who were entitled to claim ree beasts upon the death of Hugh Wil Jn, or any one of his descendants hold Ik 7annerley. an acknowledgment of fealty they owed to the abbey; in of pi?015 pUce' of one beaat t0 the lord " Winn, as a similar acknowledgment the secular representative of the ab- T" But the monks of Xminster were B. Vf m Reformation onder v? 7 J11 and of course that right of "not disappeared. Still the masters of "nn continued to exercise their claim 1 e!erT occasion lor ruther over two time. I ,ear' " tb exuift,cn f whIch Wn """"iuence 01 tne uecay 01 tne V"n family, Manneraley fell, by pur "e. Into their hands, where It remain o toll sold to Mr. Pearman twelve years Jjro- The curioua thing Is, this right of "111 fte ownM 9t Qliaa u still entitled to demand whatever beast he may choose upon the Manneraley estate upon the death of an owner thereof, and the successor can but submit to the claim. Do you follow me, Mr. Pearman T "Pretty well. I thenk. May I ask when was this right of heriot last enforced, and in what snace?" "In 1734 Stephen Denison. Esq, of Glinn, received the sum of 25 in lieu of me ngnt or Heriot on the death of Mat thew Wilson. That was the last case. It was bis heir and successor that anM It Lto the Denisons that being Stephen, be- iorr mentioned. .. "Wel, B"eltl?men,". rejoined Pearman, 'of course I am not quite prepared as yet to acknowledge this right I must consult my solicitors first on the subject. Still, it looks plausible enough. I am afraid," said he, laughing, "money don't go quite so far as in Matthew Wilson's day. What, may I ask, do you assess me at?" "Ten thousand pounds," replied Gren ville Rose, quietly taking np the parable, as had been agreed between himself and his coadjutor beforehand. "Ten thousand! Why, you're mad!" But there was no laugh now in his re joinder. His quick intelligence gathered at a glance what a desperate position he was in ; and. moreover, that the opposite side were pretty well aware of it "We're certainly not mad. I don't think we are foolish. I don't pretend to know much about these things myself, but the veriest tyro knows the first favorite for the Two Thousand, ten days before the race, is worth a big sum. Mr. Denison is in difficulties; money is an object to him. We give you the option of paying 10,000 fine or letting us make what we can out of Coriander. I fancy there will be plenty of people to bid for him, either one way or the other I mean either to try and win with him, or to take very good care he don't." Sam Pearman's turf training stood him in good stead. He had learned how to lose. He swallowed the ferocious execra tion that rose to his lips. "You will al low me to look at that deed?" he inquir ed; "and, of course, you cannot expect an answer till I have had time to com municate with my solicitors." "Certainly," returned Grenville; "and your solicitors may also peruse it at the offices of Messrs. Hawk, Sparrowbille and Co. I tell you fairly we have had coun sel's opinion upon it, and there is no doubt the right of heriot still exists. We mean to make the most we can out of it, and either take Coriander or a 10,000 equivalent" Sam Pearman ran his eye rapidly over that old deed, which stated, after some technicalities : "And whereas Hugh Wil son, yeoman, did render good and secret service last time Ralph Bversley did lay claim most sacrilegious and outrageous on lands appertaining to us, abbot and chap ter of Xminster, in the year of our Lord 1450, we do hereby grant to him and his body's heirs the fee-simple of the manor of Manneraley, in perpetuity, on the right of heriot of three beasts, to be delivered as token of fealty to us the said abbot and chapter . of Xminster ; with further right of heriot on the part of Sir James Denison of Glinn, and his heirs, to claim one beast in acknowledgment of allegi ance to him as lay-baron and secular leader of the retainers of Xminster Ab bey. The above acknowledgments of feal ty and allegiance to be paid on the death of the then bolder by his successor and heir male. Signed, Edmund Gervoise, Abbot of Xminster, March 10th, 1450." "All very well !" said Pearman ; "but if this is all you have to go upon, you can scarcely expect me to pay much at tention to the claim, more especially when fixed at such a preposterous figure." "No, of course not ; we never thought you would. Serve the writ of seizure, Nightjar, and then I think we need in trude on Mr. Pearman no longer." "Two questions, please, before you go," replied the owner of Manneraley, as he accepted a neat legal document from the solicitor. "First, time is an object, at all events to me, in this case. Have you any objection to say whose opinion you have( taken on that obsolete parchment?" "Not in the least. Rumford's. Refer your solicitors to him." "Good man; getting a little old, per haps, but still safe. Liable to mistakes, as they all are, of course." We consider him good enough. Any thing more?" "Well, yes; are you aware of my pecu liar relations with Mr. Denison's family just now?" "Perfectly; and equally so with the causes which led to that result." "Ion are traveling rather out of the record, sir," rejoined Pearman. "I will see Mr. Denison on the subject myself to-morrow." "Certainly, you will find him at home; but permit me to say that I consider I have expounded his views pretty accurate ly, so far." "Perhaps so; but I've known people change their views. Might I ask are you related to the family in any way?" "I am Mr. Denison's nephew, and have the honor to wish you good-morning." Pearman bowed, and rang the bell. "Well, Nightjar," said Grenville, when they got outside, "so far so good ; we've done all we can; to-morrow will be the real tug of war. Xou go back to town with the deed. Dallison will be waiting for you ; tell him all that has passed, and that he shall hear from me, as agreed upon, the minute I hear anything defl nite. Meanwhile, good-by; I m off to Glinn. Tea, I turn off here ; it s not three miles across the fields." " I suppose it was a case of animal mag netism, but it certainly was odd that Maude should have selected that for her afternoon stroll. Nevertheless, it is a fact that as Grenville Rose Jumped over the stile at the corner of Edgenton Vin p. found that young lady seated on a -Tsy bank on the other side with Dan couohed at bar feet-one of those coinci dences that I rresnm, h.. k. . most of n, iB our tiatt d ,incwly do P'ty the few whose want of lock and lack !trrti0,, UTe deb4rrd th" "ch sunaainy moments. .-"iV'U,.GreB" ,he ino.ird, as she rose to her feet "have you overthrow my eyr Am I a free girl again?" "I don't know, darling the great bat tle comes off to-morrow; but I think I can promise you shall never marry Pear man." "Don't talk nonsense; you know I never would, now. Before you came down it was different I was weak, and foolish, and miserable. That story is all rer, and I'm forgiven at .least I thought o;" and Maude looked'shyly but archly into her over's face. Grenville behaved after the manner of young men generally when so circum stanced those quiet footpaths over the fields have a deal to answer for and what "Don't please. Gren !" meant I mnst leave to the discrimination of the reader, merely remarking. Grenville Rose either decided it meant nothing, or could not have heard it "But do you think you can put things a bit right for papa?" inquired Maude, when she at last extricated herself. "I hope so; but we must wait till to morrow to know for certain." (To be continued.) THE WORD "WTNTEB. Said to Have Orig-tnallr ldtcat Wetsen, Not Coldness. 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