The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1873-08-28

thrill pass through him. ELLEN
where is the baby y?'
'Oh, Harry you know we are y
poor, and you have to work SO t.
keep US all, that IL
my God! you haven't kille,
him p
'Oh' no, no, but-but-' 9a4
What have you done with him
Belle was here and told me wha
beautiful things she had, and
But what has that got to do will
the baby?' a, :
Il haze sold him y UlsIo9 @
Harry burst out laughing. uana.
Now | know you are playing
Really, you frightened me at first
Where is our boy p
But she told him the whole story
and showed him the empty drawer
where the baby's clothes had been
Then he asked the laiy's name and
where she lived, so that he could 9,
Immediately and get the baby back
again. But when she told him she
knew neither her name or residence,
he cried, "We have been robbed !''
and walked the floor like mad man.
What a miserable night they pass.
ed in tears, reproaches and regrets.
The morning came at last, as it al
ways does, no matter how wretched
we are, and with it soon came the
postman. He handed Ellen letter
sealed with black. An uncle had
died in India and left her half q mil.
lion!
Now, if Club, MY Club, were on
ly here, this might make us happy
Oh, Harry! l would crawl on my
hands and knees thousand miles to
get him back, but it's too late. .r
They moved into stately house,
and Belle came to congratulate
them and she took Ellen whom
she would now call Ellinore-under
her special care, bringing her dress
makers, hairdressers, jewelers., dane
ing.masters-in fact, everything to
convert her into fashionable lady.
Harry went into business but grew
paler every day.
Ellen went to balls, parties, thea.
tres, everywhere to drown the voice
of conscience; but Harry steadily
refused to accompany her. So Belle
was her constant friend and compan-
ion.
Harry grew SO absent minded and
unfit for business that he soon failed
and lost all the capital he bad invest
ed in it. ..
But Ellen seemed mad for excite.
ment, and gave great dinners and
masquerades, so that her house be
came the most popular In town. But
Harry always kept his room. She
was the belle wherever she went.
Tier wit, beauty and amiability were
the theme of every tongue; but a
| great sorrow lay deep hidden away
in her heart-the loss of her baby.
Harry brooded over it, while she
tried by her wild pleasures, only to
stop that terrible thinking, thinking,
which one beloved preacher said he
believed to be the punishment of the
great Hereafter.
The time came when Harry could
not leave his bed then Ellen showed
herself the most devoted and patient
OF wives. Harry had thought her
heartless, and his. love had nearly
died out; but her devotion revived
it, as breath will dying ember
One day he said to her:
Pet, dreamed last night of Club.
He seemed to be waiting for me on
the bank of the dark river. The
halo # light that surrounded him
made the way clear. and he passed
over fearlessly. l can die willingly
now, Nell
'Oh, Harry, darling! stay with me
a little longer; for when you are
gone the world will be terrible
place to live in.' r
And she shudderingly hid her face
in the bedclothes. s...
'Why, Nell, l though the half mil
lion brought you great happiness,
and that our poor, poor Club was
even less to you than as if he had
never been.'
'Oh Hal, I've hid away my sor-
row from earthly eyes. But One has
seen it. He has heard my heart cry
out to him in the stiffness of the
night. But darling, l did not wish
to add to your sufferings. And so
you thought me heartless; l know
you did; but l was only trying not
to think.
Nell, do you know, think he is
dead?' el. ..
She gave a low cry, but it told the
death of the b. pc she had had of one
day finding him.
Harry fingered for a few weeks,
and then breathed his last as gentle
as child. Belle came to console
poor Ellen, and as soon as possible
hurried her away to the Continent
She looked very pale, and was so
nervous that she could not remain
! two days in one place. Here her
agent wrote that she had better be a
little careful, as the money was di-
minishing very fast. But she an
swered back mot to annoy her. as
she hated money matters.
When her year of mourning was
over, Belle led her into all sorts OF
follios and extravagancies- Again
her agent wrote she must retrench,
as some of his speculations for her
had proved failures; but she did not
heed his advice, till one day her
check was refused and she had to
sell her diamonds to get home.
There her agent called on her with
unpleasant intelligence that her
house was to be sold the next day
and there was not enough money left
to buy it in. "a uma
/ A thousand dollars and few fine
dresses was all she had now OF her
half million. AS sac had no particu
lar talent for anything by which she
could earn living. she went to 9
boarding house and there stayed till
the money aud dress IS were gone and
she had but five dollars in her purse
At last she seemed to feel the
necessity of doing something; SO she
hired a room-you can i'm msgine how
miserable it was furnished, and tried
to get sewing to do, the next resor,
was suicide with many but it wa,
hard to get and lilly paid. So many
a day she wen. hungry. Belle had los
sight of her, so she had no friend t.
gote. NO sewing to be got Wha