The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-12-23

"hs1b 10 yOulS' beil you III mauuonS me
to think of uncle James. He has half a
million If he has one thousand dollars No
one to inherit it but nephews and nieces,
and they are just waiting for him to die SO
as to grasp it. He will not part with
cent of it. One would suppose that he
could find pleasure in doing good with it
now. He might help me out of all my
troubles without risking much of his gold
But no, there he sits in that mean little
house of his, calculating interest, looking
over his balance sheets, and finding fault
with his housekeeper. / almost cursed him
this afternoon p
"No, no, Albert. Don't speak like
that y
{" 1 must. / cannot help it," And spring
ing to his feet, Mr.. Morrison paced the
floor, frenzed with the visions of his un-
cle's unused gold, the utter ruin staring
him in the face, and his inability to touch
one dollar of the coveted treasure.
81 went to him, Gerty, believing that
he would assist me-hoping that some
feeling for his brothers son would stir his
heart. laid my accounts before him.
showed him where / had made mistakes,
and how, with some aid, might rectify
them. He, miserable, mean old man that
he is he listened with sneer on his face,
questioned me closely, wormed out of me
every folly of which l had been guilty,
and then told me coldly that he could do
nothing for me. When appealed to him
for my childrens sake, he ordered me out
of his house, and locked and bolted the
door after me, as if ! were thief ready to
rob him of his wretched money" Too
frightened and too horror stricken to speak,
Mrs. Morrison sat watching her husband
until at length, his passion spent and his
strength exhausted, he threw himself on
the sofa utterly prostrated in body and
mind.
Then she brought pillow for his tired
head, and sat by him, trying to kiss the
anxious, haggard look from his features.
He had fallen asleep, and she was still near
him crying silently for him, his broken
pride and blasted hopes, when the door
opened to admit her brother, Mr.. Archi-
bald Wilson.
The gentleman, with glance at his
brother-in-law, took in the position, and
quietly beckoned to his sister to follow
him into the dining-room.
"Gerty,' he said, taking seat near her,
, something must be done. Do you know
that Albert is on the verge of a failure P"
| 81 have just heard it," with a nervous
glance into the adjoining room.
What, not until this EVENING"" $500
"No, not until this evening" her voice
sank to whisper ga
My poor girl 70 And Mr.. Wilson who
was tall and very stout, looked sympathet-
ically at his sisters pale face and trembling
hands.
~ came up to talk with you, Gerty. 1t
will never do to let Albert go to pieces now.
At his age and with his temperament, a
man never RECEIVERS lost ground. Something
must be done this week. Come, brighten
up, Gerty. You should always understand
things when explained clearly Hasn't
Albert a rich relative, an uncle or cousinP"
Yes, but he will do nothing. Albert
has just been to see him."
Mr.. Wilson's face fell at the news.
"That is bad. What Albert needs is
for two or three parties to come forward
and advance equal amounts. One man
could not undertake such responsibility.
You know, Gerty, would do all in my
power but for my own large family. can
not afford to lose money now. This house
is not mortgaged."
Mrs. Morrison shook her head.
"Well, my idea is this. will advance
twenty thousand, and take mortgage on
this house, providing other parties can be
found willing to assist. Not otherwise.
Unless the failure can be prevented, there
is no reason why you should part with the
house. Is this old relative perfectly I'M
manageable? You had better persuade
Albert to see him again, and mention my
proposition"
He will not, am sure. His uncle was
so insulting in his manner of refusing.
do not think he would give Albert an OPP
portunity to speak to him."
"Gerty, / have been riding abont the
city all day on this business. know sew
eral men who would help Albert If he
were just backed up for a few months by a
solid man. Itwould give them confidence
in him. 1t seems hard that they are not
willing to assist him anyhow, but money
Is very difficult TO make, and we cannot
blame them for wishing to keep Il, after