The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-25
9elett Mlistellang.
The JUDGES DAueEER.
BY REBECCA FORBES.

30 SAD is my story auu SO true, thaI Al
seems branded into my mcmory in letters
OF FIRE. 1t is no story conjured up by i'm
agipation, nor yet one that needs any gloss
ing over by fertile pen. All its Incident:
are real--uono exaggerated.
Not many years naughty old man, a
judge Of incorruptibe morals, died, leaving
behind him two children.
After his death it was found that led
not been SO wealthy as many mad imagined,
yet rich enough to leave to each daughter
moderate competence.
To the eldest sister descended the home
stead and a sufficient income to keep up
so,ne OF their former style; to the youngest
twenty thousand dollars, invested in an old
and trusty bank.
From Infancy Eslelle, the eldest, had
been acquainted with a poor but proud
spirited boy. She had watched his inef-
fectuaI struggles for an education such as
he desired, admiring his unconquerable
ambition, and as he neared manhood he be-
came her most ardent lover.
But the old judge demurred. NJ
daughter Of his should encourage the at.
tentions Of penni.ess youth--their init
macy must cease.
Obediont as a child she listened to her
fathers commands, and obeyed them i'm
plicjtly.
lie surrounded her with gay company;
he did everything that wealth or taste
could suggest to win her mind away from
her boy lover. But though she uttered
no complaints, he knew that she did not
forget.
at last she died. lie did not bind her
with any promises. Perhaps in death his
eyes discovered that it needs more than
wealth to bring happiness.
After her bereavement Rupert Kings
land came to her again.
"EstelIe, my love-" lie said passionately;
4 could not keep away from you any
longer. It sednls wrcng 10 you for me to
come to you, now that he has gone, when |
know how much opposed he was to nc
but darling you are in trouble, and [ must
comfort YOU"
She did not ch;de him. She believed
her father must have relented or else he
would have spoken and forbidden her to
receive him after his death She wept
and sobbed like a child.
Rupert" she returned, "if you had for
saken NE now I should indeed be desc
late"
Aud to leave you ever will kill me"
he calculated impetuously Course my
fortune, that I must be forever debarred
from YOU"
She started.
Don't speak SO fercely, Rupert" she
pleaded. "No one stands between us
now"
"Yes, poverty stands between us, as it
ever did," he replied. "Never will take
advantage of his decease to step unworthily
where he forbade me. If ever eau OBJ
tain my wish and become a great and
famous physician, Estelle, then would l
be proud to come to you"
"Where would you go to become doc
tor" she asked.
II would study in England, France and
Germany" was his eager response. "To
be a commonplace physician would not
satisfy me. must be equal Of the most
eminent"
For moment she was silent.
"Rupert," she observed presently, "the
way is open for you at last Ny money is
left untouched. Ia no way would its use
give me so much joy as to know it was
aiding you to obtain your lifo's desire.
You shall go to England, France and Ger
many. Only return to me as pure as you
leave me"
For time he opposed such sugses-
ton. He could not except her money.
But in proportion to his unwillingness to
receive became her eagorness to bestOw.
At last he consented. He would only
consider it a loan, to be repaid at some
future day, He would send to her as TO
banker, for what he required, and remain
away some four or five years.
Her sister was very much opposed to it
when informed what Estelle proposed to
do.
"You are unwise, Estelle," she said
nngrily, to draw from your capital to give
to him. / doubt his goodness doubt
his aver returniue"