Henry C. Rowland

Name: Auld Jeremiah — Chapter III
Author: Henry C. Rowland

Auld Jeremiah — Chapter III (1913)

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“Auld Jeremiah — Chapter III”, published in 1913, is a work by Henry C. Rowland. It explores elements such as Archie, Jeremiah and Dornoch.

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Henry C. Rowland, Auld Jeremiah — Chapter III (1913)

“ Archie's hot blood began to mount. “Hang it all, uncle,” said he, and there was a ring of impatience in his voice, “I'm not a man to be sold into slavery! I could have married for money plenty of times if I'd wanted to—and could yet. More than that, I could marry a girl of my own class, of whom I might be proud. What's the use of marrying the daughter of some Highland blacksmith——”
Jeremiah turned upon him a livid face. ”

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Henry C. Rowland, Auld Jeremiah — Chapter III (1913)

“ Archie groaned in spirit. A Dornoch lass! His mind, with its characteristic perversity, flitted to the least attractive type, to him, of all the Scotch girls that he had seen. He pictured a strapping, red-faced wench, with aggressive gums, uncouth speech, chapped of skin, with thick wrists and ankles, and a swagger of obtrusive hips as—— she walked.
He looked at his uncle. Jeremiah's face suggested a steel trap with a highly active intelligence. Archie was seized with panic. ”

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Henry C. Rowland, Auld Jeremiah — Chapter III (1913)

“ Had Archie been less sorely pressed for money, he would never have ventured to victimize the old man in the matter of his works of art, for while there is life there is hope, and of course it lay within the bounds of human possibility that Jeremiah might relent at the eleventh hour and throw a contemptuous bone to the only child of his only sister; and Archie, who was no fool where his own interests were not at stake, was of the belief that if there was any one thing that would rouse his uncle's bitter resentment it would be the fact of getting beaten in a commercial deal. ”

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Henry C. Rowland, Auld Jeremiah — Chapter III (1913)

“ Archie shook his head despondently.
“What's the use, uncle? It would only be to hurt her feelings. You can't expect to mate a man as if he were a blooded horse.”
“And is that your last word?” asked Jeremiah, in a voice of ominous calm. ”

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Henry C. Rowland, Auld Jeremiah — Chapter III (1913)

“ By a queer streak of perversity which was not unmixed with a certain ironic humor, Archie, in showing his pictures to the old man, had picked out of the whole collection the very worst, both in execution and morale. As a matter of fact, the young man was really an artist of fair ability, his best and favorite work confining itself to landscapes and nature studies, which did not, however, include the nude. ”

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Henry C. Rowland, Auld Jeremiah — Chapter III (1913)

“ I would not serve any girl so ill, least of all an honest Dornoch lass. One would think ye were a crown prince to hear you talk. She came to seek her fortune, teachin' or the like, and I saw at once she would be the ideal wife for you. I wish to do somethin' for the girl, and I do not like to break the bulk of the fortune I have made, but I will not leave it to a man I know would squander it before ever I was cold. As you know, I have no love for your Cousin David, and so I have chosen you to be my heir on the condition I have stated. Such a girl as this would make a man of ye, Archie. ”

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Henry C. Rowland, Auld Jeremiah — Chapter III (1913)

“ Must ye always be actin' the idiot?”
“'Fraid so, uncle. Idiots are born, not made. You see, I was born under the Foolish Star, just as you were born under Saturn.” And a high tide of excellent Amontillado flooded the many little clams.
The conversation proceeded somewhat in this way while Archie was being fed, for Jeremiah was on a strict diet that might have proved interesting to cows and chickens. ”

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Henry C. Rowland, Auld Jeremiah — Chapter III (1913)

“ When I got her message on the telephone, I was minded to call the whole thing off.”
“I would, uncle,” said Archie earnestly. “A person who fails to keep an engagment is not a person to be depended upon. ”

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