Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-01-15

hnt,n broke the silence with-the excla-
mation-'fWhat is the matter father, is
anybody dead 7''
The mother and father could not for
bear a gaunt smile. The puzzled look
of the children ripened the smile into q
laugh; and the dear little etehes were
hustled out. Mrs. Marshall Eurned to
her husband.
"All is over Mary, and We guined.1
: HNot quite SO bad, Henry Ny little
legacy, which you would n1s6e me in-
vest IN pin money, WillaI1ai II tain me
almost. We can keep house Hpon that,
as many people do upon less.
'sThe house, Mary, that is ars no
longer"
Mrs Marshall palsd qnaerthe shock
Of this ti0ings. But she commanded
herself and neither cried cut OF tainted.
The loss Of her house was q sorrow Of
which she had never dreamed All her
visions of self-denial and her ism faded
away. The castles she had built, in
which she, the devoted VI was the
centrals figure all topplsd dow Rnd she
saw noW only poverty and distress.
There was nothing to SAY Silence
comforted them. They had touched
the depths and unconsciOusly them
selves, were ready to rise assain. The
servant brought in a note. n defiance
of Its injunctions Mrs. Marshall placed
it in her husbands hands IA soon as
she had read Ii. It reads tEa IS
4y husbandsays that lsss - = .'s..,, -.-,5 !. !
is romantically honest. A 49,
fault, and you may be pro - .l.l1 l-il
YOu must say nothing 20 y -
one else, but demand pre- iessa
tie house nom I. 91iE f. 2siol ars j r.
would look in upon you, basnd tsSsk you
would rather not see your bes sssns1a
this evening. lam sure ssnoqsei wish
to see no one.D
without word of comment. > ust now
the children came boundi In, fresh
from their run, which was 1Iscalled a
walk. And so closed the dsT on which
Henry Marshall faced the worst and
confessed to that misfortune which
common as it is, must ever grieYe the
sensitive. Bankrupt that-sae was he
still felt rich in his wife; ant she was
proud of him, for she sHw H1A Ainn the
soul of honor, and resolved that he
should be proud of her
III.
Twoor three days had passed. Mr..
Marshall had gone daily Ia his store TO
assist the accountants in invest tigatin &
his stock and books, and to oaHzs er such
inquiries as might arise. 5ss 3 ork was
closed, and the creditors Were now de-
termined what terms they could offer
him. -
he was at home, cheerful for he felt
that the worst was EoW ovsr- he had
done even more than was rec qU1red OF
him and his intercourse with the gem
sIeman who represented his creditors
had been of the most cordial and pleas
ant natures The worst ills Ea can eread, (,
dishonor excepted, afe more than half
oonquered when we faaEl4 eneo1nter
them.
Marshall could not help thinking 0 I
the morrow, when he shOul1 know the
whole; he struggled with himself to
keep the subject at bay, rs suspense
was sooner relieved than e expected,
for a package WIS handed8u, the nature
of which he could not know. Still il
lay, the seal unbroken, til the children
were disposed Of for the n5ssht.
Snow Mary, y said he, sssElet US kRo Y
all.'' -
His hand trembled in So &c of himself
as he broke the envelope, and its con-
tents scattered on the floor
Mrs. Marshall assisted "a collect them.
| The first document which reSted their
attention was check for one thousand
dollars drawn in favor of d rs Marshall
or order, They looked at each other a
moment in surprise and then TOOK. up
the other papers. These were sched-
ules, lettered a. and b. and SO on, with
due formality. All these they passed
rightly judged, should contain the
marrow of the matter.
The chairman or the creditors in be-
half of the rest, stated hat the as.
sets exclusive of the real estate would
fall about ten thousand dollars below
the amount Of claims; that ths real es'
tate since Mrs. Marshall hes 50 honor
ably waived her right lower, was
YVorth twenty tfOusal4l g. - 4 -
Mr.. M szz11z53-ssecl I'D d g and gays
his wife a glance Whlcr7 was fEIsVs orth
more to her than the dover right in q
kingdom. He then went. on to read, In
a broken voice,
.fsIfasI assignees thought it but right
and lust to aknow1edge her honorable
dealings, as her husband no doubt
would have done under other and more
favorable circumstances"
ST never should claim any sucE
+ thing !" she cried, 1--WE have but one
s'It is very proper in the gentleme en-
iDotwithstandinP. q said her husband
| But let us read the rest of it,
| 'If Mr.. Marshall wishes to remain il
1 the house."
ts--Ie can do so by executing mort
oape for half its estimated value sAnC
/ the creditors will, with high regard foi
| his integrity, execute release in 1ul
! from ali demands, inasmueh as they
receive dollar for dollar"
And we keep our house after all y
\ cried Mrs. Marshall, actually embrac
| ing her husband.
(which yo9t, it seems, were so ready
| to sign away, in spite of good advice
How did they know that, pray
I think I can write" said Mrs. M
bristIng, and looking prettier ever
than she did on her wedding day.
$50 seems, p replied her husband.
Il On the next day all the legal form
were executed, and Henry Marshall re
sumed business, with his old stock an,
new assignments, paying often in anti
cipatiOn of the sale of the inventor.
price of his effects. For he had mad
the most devoted friends, of his credi
tors, and his wife was quoted to th
wives of all ofthem as a model woman
SO indeed she was.
The children have not learned to 5thi
dav what allied Pa and Ma during thos
dreadful days. But they know tina
everything is all right now, and tha
, suffice them. The house is redeeme
already or rather Mrs. Marshall hold
a the bonds and mortgage, and for he
a own money has an honest claim on tn
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