The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-11-16

4 tit would not be. . matter n snrprise to nil
after ais day Fexperience. said Richard,
4 . little spitefully, as the bitter recollec-
l ktisms q the morning and afternoon fitted
4 through M .mdnh. ~
\ ssss Lat doubt it | am well aware Of
y 6onapiracy to drive you out Of thscity
~ was asked to participate.
: And you r
Refused, most decidedly"
; Thank God. that there is 1t least one
man in the city. too Nueh man to turn
Are you familiar with domsatic wqakI'
" Perfectly. -
- need such hand |; could command
you r.
4 rYoq can ; mot only my services, but
BEN wouA it De agreeable 10 you to
ftegfRf'
AT any time ct your pleasure.
HDnaofrow, ehen," sAid Mr.. Fargood,
a. he took his leave. Richard soliliquized,
aloud TO hizissf, m he watched the re-
treatiDg figure lose itself in tn, ,internlinA-
RIe erpwd. The sun will soon be down !;
y have mot regretted it. RelvasoR has mot
driven or frayed me from the city will
remain msugre the hounds.
For the next ten days, the lcviathan
was cOmatose, made no visible movement ;
but he plotted, plotted plotted, and the
pool grew still muddier, fouler, Sinner.
Half al hour after Fargood's departure,
Richard, agreeably to promise, stood at the
door OF Sool6re cottage. Grace received
him kindly, joyfully. He also felt secret
Joy at again meeting the brave little mar
tyr. "Oh am 80 glad you came / am
50 happy | am going to work and earn
my own living | never knew what real
genuine happiness was until now, except
that is. Her whole face became suddenly
sutlused With delicate red the divinest
Of bushes passed rapidly over every visible
PARTON IF her person, and was AS rapidly
succeeded by the sickly hue Of wan despair.
I" 1t would he blank, sad life, indeed,
that experienced not some moments Of real
happiness" suggested Richard, ia an ear
nest effort to relieve her embarrassment.
She recovered quickly, and continued as if
nothing had occurred. Except a few
/ heetlng moments that are past, never more
tu be recalled Voice low, sad and plaintiVe)
| am to begin work Tomorrow (brlghtening
up.) | am going to he independent | am
going to give music lessons, and Mrs SoOl-
hre says she can secure all the sewing |
wish to attend to. Oh am so delighted
and knotc Ill be happier than the grand
est heiress to whom honors and compli-
ments were ever paid. "
Richard extended his congratulations.
but said he was fearful least her enthusi-
asm pictured to her imagination
attainments beyond the scope of her
strength.
Mrs. Soolire dropped in accidentally Of
course and III the course Of her remarks,
intimidated that poor Grace had been
cooped up IN the house for two long, long
days. Richard, acting upon this pslpable
hint, asked Grace if she would honor him
with her company for a walk She, at
first, was disposed I" hook unfavorably
uP"n the proposition, but, on second
thought, left the room, returning in few
minutes, equipped for the street.
The evening was calm and beautiful. the
air was laden with dry. but deliciously
soft mistiness, a slimmcring azure hazy
halo circled the horizon like a corona, the
god Of day WAS sinking behind his Occi-
dental veil, throwing back upon the
heavens, Ger the crest of a castellated
cloud, myriad millions Of spear-hke rays
Indian summer WAS nigh Richard, whom
bTdlIIIlS ulduc ClO5t OD86FNcE Oh AS
tronomical and meteorological phenomena,
said he smelt its approach in the air They
invOluntarIly passed into Madison Avenue,
and were enjoying a very agreeable prom
enade, at least Richard Was Grace was
quite reserved, notwithstanding the quaint
humor and loquacity Of her companion.
But his humOr and lOquaciousness were not
of an order calculated to relieve or soothe
An oppressed sorrow- laden mind From
earliest bOyhood, he was u'ershadowed by
a great, gloomy, never absent sorrow his
whole nature became so thoroughly imbued
with it, that his language, though copious
and at times eloquent, was generally tinged
with sombre sadness, and his humor,
also coplOus, was mArred by sarcasm and
bitterness
Grace, who, for some time, had been
silent and busy with her own thoughts,
was suddenly startled by a sweet, silvery
voice.
Good evening, Grace"
Good evening, Miss Geldamo."
She returned, nervously, but she turned
not toward the speaker I; she hurried for
ward rather suddenly the person address
cd ss Miss Geldamo, stood still and gaxed
after her with look Of indispensable AS.
tonishment.
Grace expressed desire to return home
immediately.
Miss Soolhrs, with me your slightest
wish is law" His tone and manner gave
no evidence Of surprise On his part, nor did
he appear to notice in the least what had
Just occurred. They crossed the street,
entered another and turned toward Sool-
fire cottage.
"Mr. Arbyght, (breaking q long
silence), '-On the avenue we have Just left,
reside many with whom, few days ago,
was on terms of intimacy. Since then,
however, things have changed. Our paths
hereafter must be widely divergent l am
now stray splinter, Clipped BY fate from
the great rock Of caste, and hurled far into
the valley Of toll | don't regret the
change, but though poor, ain too proud to
have it appear that 1 wished OF cared to
continue any relation or association formed
| in the past, no matter how sacrifcial the
sundering may be. There may be some
among them who regard position a. ! do,
and my opinion in that direction has not
been formed since my voluntary change Of
fortune or condition in life. | never had
much respect for assumed social promi-
honco, VI any soctct1ry eloVAtlOH Whatever,
not built upon the superstructure Of genu-
inc moral, social and industrial worth and
merit. Still, would not continue these
associations, even at their urgent solicita-
tiOn, for fear my action should be miscon-
strued, and q motive other than friendship
ascribed to it,"
Her companion, while differing from her
in some Of the points advanced, was never
theless Of the opinion, that by acting as she
proposed, she displayed an admirable,
heroic, Spartan spirit.
But who is this Miss Geldamo r. he
casually asked
Vida Geldamo is bankers daughter,
and the dearest, sweetest girl that ever
lived"
| Richard had seen her, and although he