Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-11-17

Tell me--is it sol? she questioned ago.
nizingly.
"W hich?" he asked, hoarsely, her white
face appealing to his heart,
"My mother"
Yes" he said slowly. Child, l did
not knog You were there"
She heard him not She stood and
stared, and as last threw herself upon his
fatheriy breast,
do not think l weep fer my wealth,
said she. II can stand that, but the Other
humiliation; wei was so proud OF ~
good family"
SIZE took of her queenly robes and re-
NAMED al home.
The intelligence of the judges failure
flew through that city II on wings OF fire,
and the friends who had admired the rich
Miss Chester dropped off one by one
the Judge'ieit his stately mansion and
they took rooms i'll small, neat boarding
house He watched how bfaveiy she bore
herr yersea, and sighed.
Fanny insisted upon the old programme
which she had marked out Tor herself be-
fore She had ever dreamed OF being re-
duced.
~ will not BIO burden 10 you," she
AcJiltN w tA4t NLFh no DlChutd
with her to abandon her scheme.
She went bravely to the trustees Of the
school where she had been educated, and
laid her case before them They listened
attentively. They believed there must be
sterling qualities within the girl, that she
could 30 readily face her fate. They gave
her the position she desired.
The night before she was to COM
mence her tabors the Judge called her to
him.
Fanny" be said. sin Just six months
from tins day was to give up your prop
erty to Your own care, and be your guard
ian no longer. What can Won think of the
way have fulfilled my trust2'
She threw her arms around his neck.
"Do not think of my loss, guardie, she
exclaimed. You have been father, a
true, good father TO ms. l have been a
butterfly of fashion, but now you shall see
chat | can be something else"
He pressed her convulsively 10 his
breast
"God will reward you. nc said; II knew
was not mistaken IL my estimation OF
your nobility OF character"
For months she held her posi- ion as
teacher honorably, and aS olared herself
happier than she had been in ner life be-
tore.
John Wallace visited the old Judge in
their humble lodgings much more fire.
qaently than in their prosperous days.
Fanny was very pleasant, and seemed
anxious to erase the rudeness of the past
from his mind. Their intimacy ripened
into friendship, and from friendship into
love.
The Judge looked on with intense salts
faction.
The anniversary Of Fanny Chester's
twenty-tirst birthday came, the dsy on
which he WAS to yield up his control over
her.
II wish you to take o ride with me,
Fanny" ne observed, and she prepared to
do so.
They drove to his old residence.
what does this mean?" she asked, with
flushed cheeks.
Il mean that have taken fancy to
visit our old home" he ventured. You
know i. has only been occupied by ser-
wants since we left it.
She made no response. She followed
lin up the high brown steps into the
house. He lead her into the library and
offered her chair.
He then took roll of papers and laid
them before her.
This is your birthday, my dear" he
said, ''and l render up to you all that
which WAS intrusted to my care, | knew
you were noble and good, and had a
strength Of character which you yourself
was unaware of. Loving You as did and
do, it panied my hsart TO see you that
hal lou t.,rA ,f fnph
firt. | know you know not your own
heart, and judged your friends wrong. In
all things else but this one you were per-
feet, and before / reliuquished all claims to
You wished to open your eyes. My pow
erty, your loss, WAS buta pretense. Can
You forgive mep
She sprang from her chair. She buried
her face III his bosom and wept.
"a thank you, she said, when her emo
ton subsidized sufficiently TO ALLOW her TO
speak.
You have taught me lesson which /
shall never forget. l will never again DO
the useless tooliah creature of the past 3"
The Judge was satisfied, and he wiped
suspicious moisture irCm his eyes.
And John WaliaceY she asked, with
questioning look.
"beiieved as you did, my dear.
She made no comments.
The circle i'll which she reigned supreme
was surprised to hear that her poverty was
but u freak TO test their friendship; and
many of the heartless dandies cursed the
stupidity in giving her up so easily.
montl passed, and John Wallace had
not called He sent in his congratula-
tons to the Judge and Miss Chester"
but that was all.
Fanny wrote him note.
Mr.. Wallace obeyed the simmons. Six
months later Fanny Chester became Fanny
Wallace.
Mr.. Wallace is now one OF our most
eminent Iawyers--a noble example Of wha.
a poor, trlendtess boy, II ambitious and IN
duatr,ous, can accomplish snd become.
TA5"oid Judge hives yet, and is conterted
and happy.