The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-06-07
Nnttsu for The ApyOlArh,
The Fatal Prescription,
RECALLED TO LIFE!
BY WELDON j. COBB. Jr.



The world is older, 10y one week, since
] the occurrence Of the events which the past
/ lev chapters have detailed, and, the specu-
latlon which has been life III thehttle village
Y Il Denslow, relative to Ola Reuben Vim
| sent, and the circumstances IF his adopted
sons death, has become only occasional
/ village gossip.
At the Hall, griet and sorrow have gwen
! I ace to a subdUed softened emotion of
/ tdness and regret The good old man
who has gone To his rest had many sincere
! friends ia his household, and despite his
! ,holeric disposition. Is remembered with
/ feelings Of yeneratlon and affection
-,To Mr. Vivian, the time has been DUH
! enough Miss Rodney has been confined
/ to her room. and he has had no opprrtu-
/ nifty Of seeing her. DR. Rodney has rr-
/ sumed his studies, unsuspIcI.I~ rI ne .h
| If circumstances surround - LHl which
when drawn, will involve hiiu III the me>hes
Of a crimnality, Of which he dreams not
! But upon this evening. wnen the arr Is
cool and autuun-hke, and the windows are
closed, Miss Rodney has - far recovered
| her usual health, as 70 b- able to come
! down to the drawing DIR. Rodney,
seated with book III his hands, greets her
advent with an abstracted smile, while Mr.
Vivian, calling into display all hls powers
for pleasing and entertaining, IS as cheerful
as the circumstances will ALLOW
If Bella Rodney was beautiful to his eyes
before, IN her sable garments u mourning,
she appears exqulsltely lovely. Her clear
countenance is somewhat paler than IS her
want, and her saddened brow j. net indica-
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vacity Of manner, Vet she brWItches the
man beside her, whose bold eyes seek To
magnetic her own, and she feels, with a
smiling dread at her heart, that he will
retain his vantage ground, gained through
the last behest of her grand father, with a
merclless will.
Yet he does not allude to it, now He
does not refer to aught which could in the
least offend her, or recall unpleasant remi-
niscences Sometimes he alludes TO her
lost lover, Cecil Dare, yet, despite her at
tempt at self-control, she cannot help but
connect him with Robert Margrave, and
not with the ideal she had formed OF
Cecil Dare's friend, Sidney Vivian.
There is an interr lptlon in their conver-
sation, as Tom Gray enters, hat III hand
II am going away" he says, to Miss
Rodney, $50 | came to say good bye.
1--WE would retain you if we could, re-
Piled Miss Rodney, "but there is nothing
for you to do. Your grandfather will
miss you, Tom
The young boys eyes filled with tears
''He has got over all earthly troubles,
he said softly.
Dead H.
Aye, Miss Bella, only day before yes
terday"
Poor Boy, said Miss Rodney, compas
sionately ''And where will you 20, nowr
al hardly know. think that Londor
will be a good place.
"You have my best wishes, Tom" saiC
Miss Rodney, pressing a sovereign into hi
reluctant hand, 'and We shall be glad :,
hear Of your success, always.
Thank you, ma am, and Tom Gray wa
gone, leaving Mr. Nivians mind free from
an incubus the lad little thought existed
there on his account. Honest himself h,
did not suspect villAiny in others, seem
inQly light-minded, and he never supposed
that, when Mr.. Vivian HI d written some
thing on the prescription unat it was will
any evil design He did not like Mr.
Vivian, but he had said nothing regardin
MN among Uno ScfNhubs, OF SiseWnere.
"You are quiet. Miss Rodney, said Mr.
Vivian, after quite long pause had ex
isted in their conversation.
81 am thinking, she said, in low ton
Of voice, and directing glance at her faith
er, who was, however, closely scrutini
: nizing his book, "of my grand father
last request.
Mr.. Vivian started
." If the subject is unpleasant, he begar
eve must deal with unpleasant sui
iects sometimes, she said. 81 do NJ
wish to avoid this subject, she continued
''for we must understand one another pc
fectly. | have left to me only one thin
the memory Of a love which shall nev'
leave my heart. My grandfather, on h
dying bed, requested me to marry yo'
ID You were speaking with him, before
died ! know you placed the idea in h
10 mind, and he has always felt that he shou
not desire to have Vincent Hall go out
;" the family Mr.. Vivian, | can never lo'
ut you, and you, surely, can think nothiI
!. Of q woman you have known for only fe
days. Much a. would do for my gran
Il father, | cannot sacrifice myself to ms
riage Of convenience"
" But this property"