Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-11-21

In marrying you, disappointed all the
expectations they had reared, for wealth,
fashion, and worldly position for me ;
and while I can never blame myself for
obeying the dictates of my own heart, l
dare not cherish feeling Of resentment
toward them. Ifmy money-incunsider-
able as it is-will be of service to my
uncle, he must now have it.
She held her lips up for her husband s
kiss, and, being driven rapidly, soon
was landed at the door of her uncle 8
Office.
Among the eager crowd that thronged
the door-steps, each man with certifi-
cate of deposit nervously clutched be-
tween his fingers, she made her way
into his presence. His eyes glassed over
with tears, as they fell upon her pale
face. Mr.. Naming had grown old, weak,
and childish, within week and he
would fain have laid his silvered, aching,
care.worn head upon the bosom of his
adopted child, and craved forgiveness
for all his cruelty and neglect. The
iron had entered his soul, and he was a
| better man-a SOItened Han.
Scan l see you II moment, uncle q
said Grace, heating back, with look,
the crowd that pressed forward, in silent
determination, to secure securities be-
fore leaving the Office " Can see you?
l must see you moment privately"
Leaving Danton, Sr., to battle with
their creditors, her uncle led the way
into his private office and bolte1 the
door,
GLOW is it with you, uncle ?" she
suid. Tell me all Tell me the worst
Tell me quickly !"
Another day, Gracie," said her
uncle, gloomily, will end the struggle,
and I shall be bankrupt. This would
not have been, even now, but William
Danton has been q defaulte. for a large
amount, disappearing with the greater
portion of the assests of the firm, just
previous to the crisis. If [ had but a
small amount, could last through one
more day, and satisfy my creditors, l
could easily re-establish myself in the
public confidence. But-Thy should
grieve yoa with this, my child ? You
cannot help me-"
"I can help you some, perhaps, uncle.
Would twenty thousand dollars be OF
any service to you %
He started to his feet, and grasped
her hand like wise. Twenty thousand
dollars would save me from ruin"
"You can have it, then, by one
o'clock"
Without another word she rushed from
the bankers Office, and giving an Older,
in an hasty voice, to her coachman,
distanced every carriage in passing, and
ere long, in her husbands Office, was
nervously counting over the soft, old,
yellow, greasy rags, that were laid as an
emollient upon the fostering sensibilities
of her uncle's creditors.
In another half hour, these old, yell
low, greasy rags were laid i'll her uncle S
hands. Two-three-o'cl clock came-bank
hours were over the sun was nearing
its setting ; financiers - many of them
tinanciers no more for life--lingered
about Mammon's quarter, as if 10th to
leave, discussing the events Of the
day, probing into the probabilities of
the morrow.
"Poor Manning! How is it with
him?" said the surest man on the street.
"Still on his feet" was the answer.
"How is that?" said another OH the
brink of bankruptcy, and upon the
principle that "misery likes company"
was pleased rather than grieved when
he heard that broker had been carried
down in the general misfortune.
"Got help from some source-God
knows wherer'
They tell me-" said another, who
was listening moodlly, tEat woman
twice visited Mauning's Office to-day.
Perhaps her visit had something to 10
with his safety"
Describe her
"One of his creditors told me she was
a handsome, brown-haired, blue-eyed
woman, of twenty-five, perhaps"
"Can it be-yes, it must be-Mrs.
Howard. You remember she was the
adopted child of Manning, and incurred
election from his roof because of her
acceptance of Howard, over that scoun
drel, William Danton. Howard is now
one of the most prosperous merchants
in the city. She, it must have been;
and doubtless rendered her uncle assist
ance, for / am told she is abundantly
able"
The morrow's sun arose upon many
u closed firm in the street-closed for
all time. But not so the house of Man.
ming & Danton. At the regular busl-
ness ho lr their doors were opened.
There were few loungers around their
steps that day; other steps, where ruin,
gaunt and grim, grew into more definite
form as the hours advanced, where far
more attractive to the interested or the
curious. And SO Oh, from day to dav,
stalked the panic, hand in hand with
poverty, until, content with their work,
they cast triumphant smile upon the
wreck they had made, and retired.
By Titles, Mr.. Manning, though
shaken i'll health, began to restore his
shattered fortunes, and, re-established
III public confidence, his house soon re-
gained its old popularity.
1t is needless to say, Grace Howard
was also re-established in the confidence
and the hearts of her adopted parents
and a great concession it was for Mrs.
Manning when she admitted for the
first time to her husband, Yes, Oracle
was wiser than we."
In Mr.. Manning's iron safe there lies
q legally attested will, and by this tesla
ment, when death shall have claimed
the uncle and aunt, Grace Howard is
destined to be one of the wealthiest
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