The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-10-16
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WHOLE NUMBER 249

Adrian recounted the interview, and
|, IIargrave & Co. could not refrain from
laughter at the graphic recital.
Ha, ba! Well, Adrian said The
e'der partner, though you are not, hap
PLY the nephew Of your uncle ex
actly, it is very likely you may be, a.
far as success goes; for do you know
what We have resolved upon this morn
ing, while you were away? OF course
not. Well, then, it is this-We have
decided to make you our third partner.
All You have to do is to say the word
yes and it is so.'
well thcn,' answered Adrian laugh
ing, 'of course say yes
Then said they, the house Of
IIargravc & Co, is a trinity
And now, what do you intend to do
with your uncle = asked they, curious to
know the sentiments he entertained to-
wards one who had treated him With
such cru indignity.
To return good for evil, if he will
accept of it,
Hes not worthy of it, but that Is
your afflir, and not ours.' And the
theme was dropped.
| On the following day, Mr.. Drayton
returned to the city, exulting, on the
way back, to think of the ruin of his ne
phew. He returned to fnd his 6cndish
hopes reversed upon himself-destruc-
ton stared upon him from the shoulder
ing ruins of his warehouso-co sympa-
,hies greeted his distracted MUD on
change and the mansion which had
been bis home was his home no more .
His wife and daughter, too, were gone,
he knew not whittier. He then thought
of Adrian.
Dismay and despair were in his heart
that selfish, strong and unnatural
heart, which had proved rock to his
dead brother, rock to his nephew, uu-
sympothizing, ,uncommunicative and emo
tiouless, at home as we'll as abroad
Some few tears trickled down the fu"-
rows Of his hard face, slowly, as if they
fingered to wonder how they got there.
1t was a strange place for tears +! But
they were tears for self, not Of regret
nor remorse.
In his search for his wife and daugter
much against his will, he was constrained
to call upon Adrian at his place of busi-
ness.
Where is your-your clerk--my
nephew he asked, gruffly, striving to
hide the grief at heart. ....
Oar partner, you mean said the
elder broth"r. He has become one Of
the firm. Here he is
Adrian made his appearance, and an
explanation was at once made, with the
offer, to the uncle, with home beneath
the roof OF his lately scoffed at nephew.
| The hard hearted, ruined man folded
his arms and bowed his head, his face
white with despair while Adrian re-
gardcd him with deep commiseratiou.-
He forgave all the past. lie knew
wretcbedness too well. For few mo-
mcn,s his uncle was voiceless, and when
az last ho tried TO speak, sbamo and
gref choked his uterance There was
Ho alternative, auu WIN "o'N"Nu' Va
assent he intimated bis mortified accept
auce in mute misery.
Who could ask a more complete rea
vcnge than that /, 1t was more than the
generous heart of Adrian had required,
but Heaven insisted that the atonement
should be still greater.
The man Of the stony heart lost oil
his energy from that hour. As his ne
phew rose to wealth aud rank, happy in
the smiles Of his wife aud children and
the affectiouate respect Of all, be who
had troddeu him down when fortunes
wheel had placed him there, moved bent
towards the grave, uupitied and dislikcd;
aud he knew, till that grave should close
over him, the bread he ate should have
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