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A FAMILY AFFAIR'
BY HCGH CONWAY.
CHAPTER XXIV- CJNTixru.
He must go and look at her portrait. Then
was a fine one in the drawing room. He
went there, stood before it ftp', a long time,
and to the representation o£* herself vowed
that she was tha fairest woman on earth,
well worthy for a man to live or die for.
Then he began to retrace his steps to the
library. As he crossed the hwTI he saw a
strangesiight.
Whittaker, the irreproachable, the digni
fied. with indignation written in every line
of his black-coated limbs, was standing at
the front door against which he leaned his
full weight, whilst with his right hand he
was struggling with some object which pre
vented him from quite shutting the door.
Closer examination showed Frank that this
was the end, about six inches, of a stout
walking stick —a contemptible object, yet, as
it was held, powerful enough to foil the old
servant's efforts. Whittaker was puffing and
blowing, not so much from his exertions as
from anger. His face was as red as a turkey
cock's. Nothing impressed Frank more
strongly with the feeling that unusual things
were happening at Hazlewood House than
the sight of this respectable old retainer in
such abnormal difficulties.
