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The scene lasted for above an hour When it was ended, Paul Montague packed up all his clothes and was driven away to the railway station by Roger hi either of the ladies There had been very hot words between the er spoke to the other on the railway platform were not quarrelsome in their nature 'God bless you, old fellow,' he said, pressing Paul's hands Paul's eyes were full of tears, and he replied only by returning the pressure

Paul Montague's father andbeen dead The father had been a barrister in London, having perhaps some small fortune of his own He had, at any rate, left to this son, as one ain the world Paul when he had coe had found himself possessed of about £6,000 He was then at Oxford, and was intended for the bar An uncle of his, a younger brother of his father, had h older than her brother Roger This uncle many years since had taken his wife out to California, and had there beco wool, and wheat, and fruit; but whether he prospered or whether he did not, had not always been plain to the Montagues and Carburys at home The intercourse between the two faue's life, created an affection between hier, who, as will be understood by those who have carefully followed the above faree related to each other Roger, when quite a young e of the boy's education, and had sent him to Oxford But the Oxford scheme, to be followed by the bar, and to end on some one of the many judicial benches of the country, had not succeeded Paul had got into a 'row' at Balliol, and had been rusticated,--had then got into another row, and was sent down Indeed he had a talent for rows,--though, as Roger Carbury always declared, there was nothing really wrong about any of them Paul was then twenty-one, and he took himself and his money out to California, and joined his uncle He had perhaps an idea,--based on very insufficient grounds,--that rows are popular in California At the end of three years he found that he did not like far life in California,--and he found also that he did not like his uncle So he returned to England, but on returning was altogether unable to get his £6,000 out of the Californian farm Indeed he had been compelled to come aithout any of it, with funds insufficient even to take hi with much dissatisfaction an assurance fro to ten per cent, upon his capital should be reularity of clockwork The clock alluded to one very badly At the end of the first quarter there came the proper re interval without anything; then soain;--and then a twelve At the end of that twelve borrowed ain returned, with some little cash in hand, and with the additional security of a deed executed in his favour by one Haone into partnership with his uncle, and who had added a vast flour-mill to his uncle's concerns In accordance with this deed he was to get twelve per cent, on his capital, and had enjoyed the gratification of seeing his name put up as one of the firue A business declared by the two elder partners to behad been opened at Fiskerville, about two hundred and fifty miles froue were very high Paul hated Fisker horribly, did not love his uncle ot back his £6,000 had he been able But he was not able, and returned as one of Fisker, Montague, and Montague, not altogether unhappy, as he had succeeded in obtaining enough of his back incoer, and to live for a fewhow he should bestow hier on the subject, when suddenly Roger had perceived that the young irl whom he himself loved What then occurred has been told