Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-01-24

T He held out his arms as he spoke, and
llhe child, who had descended from the
Igerandah r6sf, and followed Vance in,
lssmng into thew, nestling her curls upon
-FhisEhoGIder, and looking thence o child
ish defiance at the stranger, strangely al
variance with the roguish brightness that
had clad her lovely ittl6 flco, before.
| Vance's stern but handsome features
sofIcucd slightly.
u would not harm hair OF her head,
Ernes,,p he said in low voice.
Ernest was pressing kisses upon his
ehiId's face. He looked up feTcely.
"Wbat then p
"You have other cbiliron-I have noi'
ther wife nor child, Give me this child
to dwell in ms desolato home, TO rear
teuderly, carefully, as you cOul@- rear her;
give he, to me, to be my wife in time. -
You shall see her as often as you like.
She shall have every advantage, every
luxury at her command thgtweaith can
bestow. Yon will not2 Then tako the
consequences"
He turned awoy, and Evermont
groaniug, sob, my Goa ?" 'ct ibo child
slip from his rervenss arms to the floor
But she cIung to him. saying, iu her soft,
sweet voice:
sob, papa, papa, what shall I DO for
your
, Solve" he Os,d, 'euddouly, "would
you go aud 1.-Two with that man away from
aiI of us, to savo mamma and me, aAd
, George and Fred, from great, great
trouble p
: "Whot trouble, papa ?" the child
asked, her Iarg, eyes dilatiUg
"he will drive us out of our pretty
home here, and mako mamma and you
d little brothers go aud live in just sucl
: an old house as Betty does"
"WiI he2" Olive said slowly, he
% face growing scared, but her eyes tear
e, less, "I-guess I'll run after hir
( sha'nt /, and"
SEe darted from the room in the mid
30 die OF the sentence, aud overlook Vauc
ne Whitney at the avenue gate. She wt
j, breqthles4 with runoing, so that she coul
er not speak, but seized his hand, and DIRE
!, him nuresistogy back to her father.
I'd "Vou accept my conditiOn?" Vanc
ID demanded, as he entered the librar
w again.
Fg 81 must, If she will go with you vii
IN lirgIy. God knows what her mothe
will say to it, though EVcrmOnt sale
ne brokenly,
IL "You will represent the matter to he
lls exec,ly as it stands She will under
a stand that it must be. / will see yO
es again tomorrow. Meanwhile, prepar
he her for what is inevitable"
A., The June afternoon was bright, th
-, June roses hanging in as vivid cluster
= as they had that morning week before
-. when Olive Evermont had pelted Farc
aa 90 Whitney with them. But Olive hOrselt
~ ~ as she came out under their droopin
:, fragrance, and entering the waiting car.
IL riaee, was driven away to her futur
~ home, the grand, gloomy house in whic
~ Vance Whitney lived-OiiVe horsel
had changed very much in that shor
- week. She looked pale and i'll, poo
~ M child. and there were great, dark ring
ne np about the soft, bright oyos. Vanc
~ ~ Whitney led her into the house Wit
Nv ~ st.tely and csrcmouious poiteDess, a
=. .u' though she had already been the wife h
~ meant her to become the lady OF hi
~ superb but gloomy mansion
Tho pretty child shrank from hin
"a though she tried not to, and trOwn dis
ut torted his regular broWs
aw onavo YOU learned already to hate me
wo Olive?" Re asked.
pd cI don't hate you, yir," she said, tin
er- idly lifting her soft eses to his" "l'm Ju'
m, sorry for you, aDd-l'm-atraid of yO'
too. :,
Iier lips trembled.
of He was touched. O!d and tend'
1g, memories pressed ppob him ina food
ld potting her gently iutO seat, he asks'
kindly:
j." "Why arc you sorry for Inc, M
ty child"
ID. @Btcouse I,hink you must have yer
his bad heart, sir she said, scared, ou
pst speaking With the tlant sincerity of
he child. an ,.H
- The tall, stern man kpolt, aud putin
ed the little, auttering, childish haOds Il
his lips, said: o, !,
m "Listen to me, Olive. My heart
lis bad, and if you arc sorry !or that, 20
lid ought to wish v mako it good.
,"I?''
us @My little girl, if any goodness ev'
enters my heart, it will haVeto be thrOue
He put her hands again to his lip
l., and rose to his feet. - o.
r. "You.ar complete mistress here, Q
ng live. l am a lonely, sad mau-bad, to
according to yOu-bat 1 mean to try
in, make you happy % i'w so ga, {,
= And that was the beginning Of tn