Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-06-05

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"oh, aunt Mary, Tn not" ul
"Nell, II you will lie still to-day
III lot yoa hayo that old box Of Gu
riosities IN my room TO look over
Will your, ia n..Isr HIrsll
~ don't know ..Ir LII.
Aunt Mary went for them. Nelly
shut her eyes, and lot tho wave Ia
all Its bitterness snrgo over her once
moro, then Miss Golling oamo back
bringing o box of old mahogany
black and glossy with time. .IIll
"Thero," placing ], ON the bed.
With a Eintry little smilo oI
thanks, Nelly lifted the cover. The
old mahogany box contained strangC
things. Pictures on wood and ivory
illuminated manuscripts, webs ol
strahge lacc, antiadc ornaments, an
cient cmbroidorios, great packages
Of old letters, sealed TASKS Of unta'
miliar perfume, ancient brooches oi
rcd gold, finger rings Of clumsily sci
gems tied together with faded rib
bons, q knot OF hair fastend with O
gold heart, tho finger hilt ofa sword,
and lastly, a tiny octagon portrait
Of an old man done in cbalks upon a
kind of vellum, and enclosed in q
franc of tarnishod brass. 1h, ,fiJgii
"WEo is this that is SO ugly, amt
Mary p 4u57c ibv uoil DO snfsi
'That, they say, is my grcatgrea
grand-athor, Molly" rglT 'd ll
"Whats it painted on-this queor
stIifT16l T7.ird, Fbluoa I0l
swell, it's a kind of leather, bc-
love. They used to write on it in
old times" nH liar Goi.gt.ug0 .
"He's uncommon ugly, isn't heT'
said Nelly wcarily. 10 ttei irjl
AS she spoke, tho little caso fell
apart in er,bands. A yellow folded
paper was revealed, She opened it,
and saw It was written upon. N
"Why, bless my soul, what have
you herc2' exclaimed Miss Golding,
rising up in strange alarm. 'ge1qu.
Sho snatched it from Nolly's hand.
t.Jt can't be tho will" she cried.
Nelly looked on in dumb surprise.
Aunt Mary road u few words,, tRen
rushed away in wild agitation to the
library, where her brother was sit
ting. Nelly could hear them talk
ing, the two; then her brother came;
then tho old housokccpcr was called
from her dining room and so much
conversation she never
heard before. By-and.by, they all
waited upon her in body. ~ 9dl
Nelly" said her father, sitting
down on tho foot Of tho bed, "you
are a miilionaiftsSF r. qe3a, a6I
-"This is old Grandfather Gold
ing's will" exclaimed aunt Mary,
lourishing the bit of yellow. paper.
"Itseems he wis very eccentric,'
Gregory condescendcd to explain.
He was very rich. and had some
hard s5ns, and spihc grand-sons who
promised to b. harder, and,che fell
out with the whole set, who were
waiting for r,him to die, He declared
tliat no money Of His should ene6hr-
age the yo!ing peoples eScesseS; "a
little poverty would help the family,
and the fourth generation wouldiap-
preciato his money, and probably
mako good use of it. Whom he died
no will could be found, and though
there was q famous struggle for tho
it went into, the hands of
trustcss, thropghtbe oathl ofo the
lawyer who had drawn up tho will;
Ind there it has been, descending
from one person to another, and
accumulating in value, until you and
Il Nelly, are, as rich, as Cresus." bio
's.How, Gregoryl" b8, gieIig
''Ain't wo the; fourth generation?
Father was an only ohila, ne arc
his only chilpren all the back folks
ire dead, and it slides down to us
On CREASED wires. Hurrah forgrand7
father Golding T. bnp .slrrlD
"Isl this true, fathcr2"id ni lls e.t
"Yes, my dear. The property is
chiefly innLccds, England! 1.-The
housekcepcr Mh5 tamo over last
you know, ,happcns to oknow
Ill aboutlit.a 1ts,in safe hands, and
,ur claim is indisputable.p a heIlel
What did Nelly do? Tho Ifttle
toosol Instead of flying off in
thoughts of carriages, ando dresses
,fcloth ofgold, and trip to Europe,
the buried her face in the pillows,
md murmured under her Breathe
.0h fJohnt Oh, dear, dear j ohn!"i
And it was no castle in the air.
Three months told that Nelly Gold
ng was mistress of gold, untold, al
most. Anda little note went to Kan
'as saying :iiiW iea39ag - s''loH'.4
r"Dedr John.AI am waiting for
sou with a fortune. Will you come
low2 'i. " Z. NELLY.
And he came instantly and tho
ONE might have snccred at his
eadincss, the heart ofthe little wife
vas always al peace. She know that
Iohn Bhrfo&s loved her truly
ffand father Golding's. money built
Ip a commodious western town
,avcd streets, raised rows Of shops,
tected DWELLING hcuso, founded
'anlSs, libraries, and churches; aud
Nelly finally lived 'out West" But
he Rad opportunities of seeing pio-
Ieer life; and she said :
agohn was right I should have
led in a scar, had l lived here in
ioacrty.' y
WADE In.-Says "Mack' "It is
tsle more than year ago since
Wade nnreservedly told INC that
rant was not fit 20 BE President
BAT he didn't know cnoagh-that I
: vas too strongly Identified with I
ohnsou's poficyLthat he couldn't
ven talk politics, bnt only h5ise, 4
nd thaf continually, and 50 forth;
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