Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-20

| labored under mistake. Not, he
added "that / wish TO seek her wealth
but, now that she is reduced, she might
be induced to follow her mothers early
Understanding of an actressP
/ : The Judge rose to his feet. ynfih
"Be so kind as to leave my house,
sir" the Judge commanded; and the fel'
! low slunk oat,90 "a or o1n.A "a
For moment Fanny stood like one
transfxed. The calamity Of losing her
wealth would have appalled, her; bui
the oiher--that her mother could have
been an actress-chilled her blood. She
rushed into the library.
Tell lme--is it SOP she questioned
! agonizingly.
1"WbichY' he asked hoarsely, her white
face appealing to his heart.
"My mother" ~
"Yes," he said, slowly. "Child, did
not know you were there"
She heard him not. She stood and
stared, and at last threw herself on his
| fatherly breast.
DO not think weep for my wealth,
said she; II can stand that; but the
other humiliation; vel was so proud
of my good family" ESQ jat-r
She took off her queenly robes, and
remained at home.
The intelligence of the judges failure
flew through the city as If on wings Of
fire, and the friends who had admired
the rich Miss Chester dropped off one
by one. .tiizo .oi-a
The Judge left his stately mansion,
and they took rooms in small, neat
clearinghouse. He watched how bravely
She bore her reverses and sighed. ..
Fanny insisted upon the oldprogramme
which she had marked out for herself
before she had ever dreamed of being re-
duced.
~ will not be a burden to you, she
renl;ed IN the Judge. when he pleaded
with her 10 abandon her scheme. ~ s,.f
She went brayely to the trustees ofthe
school where sbe had been educated,
and laid her case before them. They
listened attentiyely. They believed
there must be sterling qualities within
the GIRL that she could SO readily face
her fate They gave her the position she
desired
The night before she was to commence
her labors. the Judge called her to him.
Fanny" he said. ''in Just six months
from mi, day / was to give up your prop
artv IN vour own care. and be your guar
d;on M longer What can YOU think of
the wav / have fulfilled my trust?' 1gs
She threw her arms around his neck.
@Do not think Of nv loss, guardie, .
sba Exclaimed "You have been father
q trpe good father to me. | have been a
butterfly of fashion, but now you shall
co. that can he something else.
I ua T nressed her conyuisiyely to his
hraas+ -, - '-,.- ~ - +, f.
SGod will reward. you" he said; II
know I vas not mistaken In NV estima-
tion of your mobility of character"
For months she filled her position as
teacher bonorablv and declared herself
HAMMER than She had ever been in her
|. .i;fa before 1aG es aH
my IoSn Wallace visited the old Judge in
tbo;r bumhle lodgings much more fre.
unan.in oro .bon in fba;r more nrosnerous
days
b FANNY was verv pleasant and seemed
.rx;ous m erase the rudeness of the mast
fron he mind Thor intimacy ripened
;ntn fr;andsb;n and from friendship into
love vo - = '' 49,"
iTb Tbe ;udoo looled on with intense sat
;sact;on S,T .,I1 a ~ ifgA
TIC anniversary of Fanny Chester s
twentv.Grst b;rth3ay came the dav on
wb;c5 IS ba, W was IN Weld nm his control of
her ' ''' " ~"
1T ;sb vo,, would take a ride with me
FonnT" bs ohserved. and She nrenared
90 y, Jn 20 A0 ' '0'
TLoy drove N his old ~esidence
aWIot doos tb;s meon?ii she asked
with ansbeJ checks
81 "I mean mean tbat I have taken a fancy TO
80 la hon,a y ba' vontnrod lyon