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One Fiirthing Dam
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In n darkened chamber, dark wltb
the awful shadow still more lhab with
Ihe lack tit' material light, loaf peri
•una were gathered rotind a bed, on
whidi lay a n.au bearing iu his face
the uiunistakablo s : gitr ef Uie sum
mons n lucli none can reluae to an>
swer. A weeping girl knelt by the
bedside, her looe bent over tbe nerve
less hand U liich lay upou the cover'
let, and which she held as though by
that convtrihive clasp she could hpld
her lather still to life. At a fable,
covered with papers and writing ma
terials, sat the dying man's solicitor
engaged in the pupations of his will.'
"What names shall I insert ns trus*.
tees? You should have two at
least." v >ir fewfevwi
The dying man paused ere he re
plied with an effort:
"Cieoffry Howard, Major One lltin
dred and Eleventh, now in India, j
have no oilier fiiend."'
"Iu that case may I venture to of
fer my bsinb'e services, subject fo
nsual proviso. 1 sliould be doligtiteil
to be useful t#» Miss ami if
rour friend is abroad, there may be
difficulties.''
"Tnte, Slythorpe, I thank you.
Make yourself trustee, then, with
Howard. Legacy—2oo for
jour trouble."
"Nay, ray dear sir, quite utilities.
sary. I really '
.But again the ready pea travelled
over the paper, and « qua tor of an
bolur later Mr. Slythorpe announced
•tiiat the document was ready for ez
edition and in a lor mechanical raons
otone read o*r its provisions.
Yes, that *Ul,ta. &ivc jine the
pen," he sa,kl; and with a shaking
hand affixed bis signature.
Thank Uod, that's safe P he gasped.
"Mary, my child, you nnd Geoffry—
you and L>vullr\ ! What was I i
ing? Lfod blesrf you, my c«*rHd|fT .
(iod bless rwV v»,'
These were the I. st woids Bernard '
Hope ever spoke.
A year haul passed away since
Bernard* Hope's death, and Mary slll'i
remained an inmate of the house of
Mrs. Murgatroyd, the good woman
tir!b6in we in atteudauce at
Her father's last illness, aud who, to
her occasional occupation, as nurse,
added the mope permanent>one ? o"t
letting lodgings. Mary's sweet tace
and gentle mauuner had quite won
the heart of her good-natured landla
dy, who was unceasing iu her ens
deavors to soothe her grief sud min
ister to her comforts. But she had
another trouble— none the less hard
to bear that it was one iu which she
could have few confidantes. Major
Howard, ol wijom mention has al
ready beeu made, wa/ iiot ouly
tber's most valued, frieud but bad in
sensibly grown very dear t> herself,
aud when, six mouths before Bernar.i
Hope's death, ,he ifH V iumoiiea
with his regimeut to India, he left
Mary hiscpromised bride. Twice be
bed written within the first lew
! »
weeks of bis departure, sinse wbi'h
time there bed beeu h terrible Si
lence, and in the same week which
left Mary fatherless, a second blow
tell upon her. The One Hundred
and Eleventh had been engaged in a
smart skirmish, the number of dead
end wounded being considerable.
Geoffry Howird wis reported ismong
the fallen, and Mary bad to mourn at
once her lover and her father.
The death of Major Howard left
Mr. Slythorpe sole trustee of Mr.
Hope's will. vThis to "Mary was *
(■alter of the most perfect indiffer
ence. Suspecting evil ot no one, she
was willing that her Httle fortune,
tborpe's bands as iu those of any oth
tentions which, under existing cir
cumstances, would have been die?
tasteful tnm aay ose, hot were doub
ly so froui a person whom she' could
ipot help regarding *ith an Instioo
tlve tUslike. And is truth Mr. Sly.
thorpe was *ot precisely the person
towfa eWr lady's fkocy.
sized, with Uinking
CSS2T£r^li! M,t M-Tsiy^e
one morniag kneeked at Mrs. Muigas
treyd'sdeor. That goodlady was at
the mement engaged in dusting Mies
V
GRAHAM, N- C., TUESDAY, FEBUARY 13 1877
I ——m
Hope's room, and cafcl.lng fight of
bin approach, exclaimed:
"There's that nasty worriting.law
yer again, Ido declare, Sly (liorpe,
indeed! I'd Slythorpe him!"
It would be hopeless to endeavor
to express on paper the intensity of
meaning Mrs. Murgatroyl threw into
her. newly coined wb. Mary united
at the gool lady's vehemence.
"My dear Mrs. Mnrfgntrjyd. yon
really shou! In't be so severe. Mr.
Slytborpe is a little peculiar, but i
have uo doubt he IUMDI kindly, and
you (enow he in the . trustee ot poor
papa's will."
"I know he is, my dear, and Uriah
lie wasn't. I know he, shouldn't be
trustee to a tomcat of mine, drar
him !"■•» *P'f
At this |*»int the conversation was
interrupted by tile entrance of the
gentleman in question, and Mrs.
Murgatroyd, passing him wfith a final
suift of abhoraiicf, quitted'the apart*
meat-
Mr. Slythotpe, for once in his lite,
appeared ill at ease. He was got up
with his accustomed care, and the
suggestion of »cenled soap which ac
companied him was even stronger
than usual; but his usual self-satisfied
air was wanting. He evidently bad
8 nu thing on his mind—some piece of
rascality.
"My dear Miss Hope," ho begau,
after tlie first greetings had been ex*
changed. "I grieve to bo the bearer
ofvery unpleasant intelligence."
Mary locked up with quiet indifter*
enca, scarcely believing.tbaf, after all
she had gone'ihruugb, any news,good
or bad, could have lor her more than
the must passing luterest. Slytborpe
continued:
"I am »ure that you will believe I
did it for the best ; bni'fmisfortunes
will happen, you know, even with
the utmost care and can lion. I am
.sure 1 thought the investment was as
saie as the bank; bat there's'tiotrust,
ing nowadays." -
- What U the ukUfortuitc, Mr. Sly*
Hijijffpe, fur yon haven't vet told me ?
Nothing very setlous, I hop®.''
"Only tos serious, my dear Ma-"
be tried to Sfty "M#ry." but couldu't
get it out, and substituted "Miw
Hope"—"nothing less, I iear, than
the loss of the urhoie of youf Jit tie
fortune." -JH
- Mary turuel very pale, but gave
no other sign of buiotio*. "How iKd
U happen," she said, a ith an ef
tort.
"Your money was, a* you know,
in the S per cents., where it produced
a miserable £IOQ a year. In the hope
•f doing better for you, I soM out
aiidi invested it in.a new mininfc com*
pan*, the Wheal Marina, which
promised to pa/ a minimum dividend
of 10 per cent., and eo would .have
just trebled your income. And this
morning lam grieved to And from
the Timet that the company ut
ter smash. The directors have bolted
shareholders will looee every
pety ot their money.*"*^
"Isall gone? Nothing left!"
"Nota sixpence, and you remain
liable fof calls to ibeainouatefabout
as much more."
Poor Mary's fortitude quite gave
way. "O dear, wbst shall I do? 1
haven't a iriend iu the world."
"No, no, deu't say that, Miss Ma
ry," said slytborpe, iu a gently pat
roniking saanuer; *it fsu-t fa bad as
that comes to. 1 haveu't disguised
my OWJ feelings towards you, and
though you've test your money, you
know, that"needn't make any differ*
snce between you and note. My ef,
fee lion aint oi the mercenary sort; la
1 got you into the mess (though
with thr beet intentions, mind, /on),
it's oulyUr I should get you out ef
Mary had bidden her face iu h «:,
aroma that ly.
such cireuoistaneee is aa insult. Ba
•t any rata subsist before she found
employment. In replacing her purse
her Imnd fell upon a portrait, which
she took out anil gazed at fondly.
"Dear old Geoffry, it you hud lived,
how different my future would hr.ve
been 11 suppose I ought to say God's
will bo done, bat. it'i v&ry ffi'rtfjT
very liard !'• A few moment* the
continued gsiitig through her tears at
the portrait, when a sharp knock at
the obter door startled iter, and ahe
replaced it in the desk. She heard
Mrs J/nrjratioyd in conversation with
some one, and then a quick, wclt-res
inembered voice s id, " Where? fti's
rooio!" Aud in another moment the
door was flung o|*)eu. and jtfarv Hope
Was sobbing in her lost lover** artns.
Genflrey Howard had been
dangerously wouuded. and had been
pri.-oner for the greater part of a year
IA an Indian dungeon, wliere for
mauy many weeks hi* life huug ou a
thread by reason of an attack of
malignant fever. He had landed in
England but twelve hours previously
and hail lost not a moment in seeking
the presence ot his darling 'and Iter
father, for he wa* of course igAorant
of Bernard Hope's death. -Mary
I too, had mooh to tell aud nestliug
by Geoffrey's side, ber little while
finger* bidden in the rugged brown
hands of her .lover, which held theiu
»S they oujild never again let them
go, she told him all she had gone
through—the death of her father, the
bistoiyef the will, and lastly, the loss
of her litt.e fortune.
"1 don't understand it," said
Geoffrey. "The man basbeea playing
some very deep game."
"Prchape he really wished to gel
me more—what do you call Jt?—
interest for my mo«ty. I ii
was meant kindly enough, though !i
has happened to unfortunately."
"I don't believe It, darling. If al
bad gone wbll you Would simply havi
received your 8 per cent., and Mr
Sly tlnope wowd bare pocketed tlx
difference." * >(j
"O, Geoffrey,
hie. Besides, what does it mattei
about stu,,id money, now I have gol
you back again? Unless, indeed, you
would have liked me better lot
lwritii, the money."
' There is only one possible answei
to such au accusation, and Ma)oi
Howard made it; that it to say, tyc
called Marya little goose, kissed ber
ard dropped the subject. On leaving
her he took a Hansom cab, and drove
to the office of the liquidator'of tM
company/ when, W his stating tbH
be desired to make some inquirers
on behalf of one of tMlir shareholders
Mr. Sly tln-ope, he was thfbrmed, to
bis astonishment, that there was not
and never had been, any shareholder
bjr that name on ' the' books of the
Oomt»ry. He next inquired whecber
pereliance, the shares were standi 1%;
in Miss Hope's owu name, and again
was ahsiwered in the negative. Uts
terly bewldered, he drove (o Mr.
SlytluOpe's ' office. Mr. 81vtlm>£
was at homie,' and he speedily fMiiid
himself in the attorney's preSeehce.
Mr. Slythrope wax a little nervous.
! He was always a little nervous witb
strangers till he knew their business,
and Major announcement
that |» bad called'ou behalf of Miss
Mary Hope did not tdnd to increase
his confidence. He was, however,
fertrdm sospectiftg Major YtSlrfra's
identity, but jumped to tbe conclusion
that be was a hostile solicitor em
ployed by llisa Hope to cell him to
acooout. Major Howard's next
remark tended to confirm thaffiffs
pression.
" Yon stated to Miss Hope,' I think,
aooeple of day sago, that the property
bequeathed to her by ber fatheis
will bad been invested in tbe
course aware that an investment
""^Oti'tall; the pdwer of 'ihveeK
ment is unlimited. Indeed, shares
mt aomnaoies are soedallv included *♦
make'a clean breast ot it—to tell you
the truth, tbe money never was iu
that company It was a take alarm
Sir, a false alarm.''
"Then where on earth is the
money air? And what do yon mean by
fn!*e aJann?"
"I'll tell yon, if you'll have a little
patieiwe. As a brother solicitor, 'l'm
sore voo wont press harder on mc
than you're quite, obliged, Miss
llopes money It hi the Whfjd A J&V
AHU, one of the moat flourishing con*"
panics going, and her shares are
worth just doable what I gave for
them."
"Then what ou earth induced you
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"'"I'll yam. Between ourselves
I'te taken, an ouooutoon fancy to
Miss Hope, and I ...aile up my mind
to make her Mrs. S.; but somehow
•he didn't take to me quite as kindly
us I could hare wished. flow the
other morning when I took up, the
'J'ime*, almost the first thing I caught
sight of was the smash of tbo Wheal
Marina, aud the similarity af MUM
gave lie quite n turn, mr fust at the
first moment I thought it 'was the
Wheal Mary Ann. And than the
i bought struck me, "It it only bad
been, my lady, you'd hare bean glad
try it. It was merely a little inno
cent practical joke—• roote ttamour
sir- a uxire roost d>amour." And
Mr Slytbropa smiled.
"You atrociouK scoundrel I" *
'i There waaa audden blow a heavy
erash, aud Mr. Situuel blytborpe
popped his head into the room, but
• "Beg pardati; thought you rang
Meanwhile Major Howard having
bv die side of the fireplace
fhm.'n^'eve^^VdelT^"^
of history. * i • u
with DO pomp or oeranionvfttq
* P^ ChC "
Queens touch, tbe great
ravof Slvthrope vs. Howard wit
UMHlHhru ibe jury, in awaiting one
farthing by way ol damages, fx*
pressed their nnanlmous regret that
there wasn't a smaller coin.
TB« DTIMG LION.—A French officer
who aerved for many years in Algeria
writes nu interestflig account ot a dy
lag lion. Fangles*, covered with
mange aud bliud, Is Iheking of blasts
on approaehiug the close of bis reisrn.
When uot lying mourfullv prostrate
jind alone in some sheltered nook, or
jwhind some friemUy mono* djtor*
grown with shrubbery. lie feebly
skuika witbln a small circuit of hla
in obtaining. At tbia stages of' his
carreer, it his scent does not utterly
fail reeuurro lor nutrition
is an occaatonal nest of field mise.
Inferior aiiitnais amelhat Mas feartea*
ly, and paw hint with inao lance, lor
the forest monarch, dethroned by
incapable of. reaisteuce.
Often tbe rustic Arab tome* upon
bie majesty In Ms otter helplessness
Atid ends his troulos with a blow of a
club. r* *
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~u h oomprehenaive school ina|»ector
asked an Aberdeen clan if any one
1 could tell him anything remarkable
of Moaee. Boya—"Yea, air, lie was
the only man who broke all the com
aaAdaeatk'«t«ucA n -a**** I ** •
Spy a house aa Beauvier, Mi
iouri Git*. that* to write tha
«Tfpw public 0..
Hlilb
Maa
bead nothing worse than got*
qualitiea wild
leave*." They din it to keep up witl
1 tbe fashion*.
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