The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-12-31

lp his Ind, not to his heart, and little
expsriseen NIll correct them. believe l
hase so1n more between you, at least on
kis park Jacobini than your brother knows.
Bot hi1kcrto, while discouraged, l was
not dis1lsascd at the affection which | saw
lny yoass prOtege manifested towards YOU.
And shbp my friend, your uncle and his
iashsr, = (For be spoke to Jacobini), "ar-
rivrs n England, I shall rejoice not only in
being stle to introduce 20 MIN his s::os, bit
in rsooupmeuding daughter"
As ~ merchant spoke, William and Ja-
cobinf hang thoir heads, and tears and
blush1Gjesss On their cheeks togethsr.
She 1emaiRed in the house /; and ! need
hardly ~, that Der cousin now looked up
on hs1 "a bis betrotbed and in the same
msna5 did she regard him.
BsIse twelve months went round, her
brott& and her uncle arrived in London.
Il wo~H besa vaia task in me to picture
their fservieRT-io describe their jpy-te
portra4 their surprise. The reader will
mag \ nosS wildly. Why shoaid |
Ell 1he bruaAeF wspk apoa theapeek Of
u y M A1An - - - in,px
som or how the merchant drew bef thole
aside, and in few words told him the af
fection that existed between his son and his
niece, and Of the worth Of both. Nor need
| tell how james Jordan, after listening to
the merchant, came forward with full
heart, and in one hand taking the hand Of
bis aiece, and in the other that Of his son,
joined them, saying my children"
Within a month, the indisselute knot was
tied between William end Jscobini, and
they went down to Scotland to spend their
honeymoon, her brother accompanying
them but her tatber-in-law refused to 90
with them, as be thought bis presence might
not be acceptable to her who was now the
wife Of his late sisters husband.
Jacobini had never heard from cor faith
er, though she had often written to him.
since she left bis house. But from the day ]
that she departed, ruin had followed fast
upon him. When be left his business, be-
cause bis wife was ashamed of it, business
became ashamed Of him. Her extrava-
gance increased and his property decreased.
His villa, his carriage, his all that never
should have belonged to him, became
Jest among bis neighbOrs. lie was declared
= bankrupt-he was cast into prison. The
villa and the surrounding grounds were
sold, the carriage was sold, and his wife
vent 10 reside with her father who was then
upon his death bed
When Jacobini, her husband, and her
brsther, arrived in H, they found their
father a captive in a phson-house. They
entered the prison to see him; aud when
b. beheld them, be knew only his daughter.
But they all they each embraced him; they
called him "FATnER y and the poor man
wept even as child weeps. He spoke of
their mother-be entreated their forgive
ness but his son and bis daughter clung
around bis neck, and cried-''Say nothing,
father ~
Thev sent for his solicitor His son and
his son-in-law paid his debts in the prison.
They d him out in their arms. They
sent for bis wife, the gay Miss Scott, that
was their cruel stepmother her father had
died about week before, and she was
left destitute, having ruined her husband.
II will support my f>tho-," aaia Francis;
but will have nothing to do with main
tanning thai tooD1Gn' for she had been sent
for against his wish.
'Then l will support her, y said Jacobini
William, will not you 2" she added,
addressing her husband. Let bygOnes be
bygones-she is my fathers wife-sbe must
have cared for me before could have cared
for myself"
"Yes, love, yes. we will support her."
said her husband.
They did as they had said Walter Kerr
lived in comfort on an annuity which bis
children allowed him; and his wife, while
she psrtOok Of it, rePented because Of her
sxtravagance, and because Of her cruelty to
those from whose bounty she was now fed.
J acobini went with her husband and her
father-in-law to India, where in few years
q happy family gamboled around them, and
Francis increased in wealth, but lived
bachelor, and left bis property to his sisters