The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-06-07

Must 60 under the hammer. said Mia
Rodney, with spirit Mr.. Vivian had not
believed her capable Of.
Then you would disclaim your grand
fathers last injunction n
Yes He would not have demanded
it had he known the consequences he
meditated for but one moment.
She arose, as she spoke. A look oi
deep chagrin and disappointment passed
over her companions face.
Then you utterly repudiste Mr.. Vim
cents solemn ana dying desire y he asked.
Yes"
Z" Miss Vincent" he said, in low, per
suasive tone, ." love you. would dc
much for you. Your grand fathers last
wish was to keep this property secure
from public possession. You alone can
save IT, As your welded husband,
could do much that now ] have no right to
do. Will you consider.
" Pardon me, Mr.. Vivian, Miss Rodney
replied, from saying any anything fur
ther on the subject. You came here a
comparative stranger-more than that, you
can never be aught else to me.
She bowed, and left him standing there,
alone in the room, save for the presence Of
her father, engaged, chagrined At her
word
" Doctor Rodney" he said, turning to
Bellas father, you remember that Mr..
Vincent, on his dying bed, requested, in
order that tins property might be held sa-
cred from sale, under the mortgage now
existing, that your daughter marry me 7
The doctor bowed acquiescingly
" This your daughter refuses to do.
Dr. Rodney laid down his book
She must choose in this matter ~ she
deems best, he said, quietly.
And yoT will not influence her 7" de-
manded Mr.. Vivian
II will not coerce her, replied the doc
tor
Doctor Rodney" said Mr.. Vivian,
drawing nearer to the table, and leaning
on chair, facing the doctor, II have hot
Indian blood in my veins, which brooks
no disappointment. | love your daughter
and have accumulated fortune, without
which your father-in-laW last desire can
have no elimination. On the day your
daughter accepts my hand in marriage,
will pay of that mortgage and make over
the property to her"
DIR. Rodney was silent.
'I love her, doctor Rodney" pursued
Mr.. Vivian, and having once made up
my mind to the attainment Of thing, !
am always sure of success. Give me your
daughters hand, in marriage, and will
redeem this noble estate, place you in af
huence, and do all that a man could, to
render Bella happy"
II am not a man TO be tempted by offers
of wealth, said the doctor . shall not
persuade Bella either one way OF the 9th
er. II she chooses to wed, my sanction
shall not be withheld, but | cannot at
tempt to coerce her. You have my an
swer, Mr. Vivian | am sorry, if you are
displeased with it, hut | cannot alter my
decision.
Mr. Vivian was silent He bit his lips,
and a scowl came upon his forehead
Doctor Rodney" he hissed, rather
than spoke, your daughter shall marry
me aud your consent shall be gwen ~
" Shall r. echoed the doctor, rising to
his feet faint flush coming over his fea-
lures
Aye, shall Look, you, sir am not
i man to be bsulked The first night |
wa~ here. | vowed to we'd your daughter
shall AIRY nut my determination. Con
vey your mind back to your actions the
second day Of Mr. Nincents sickness.
There IS more than one in this house who
knows Of your condition that you we're
intoxicated You attended upon Mr..
Vincent you prescribed his medicine for
hun, and, Doctor Rodney, through your
instrumentality, and not, As you suppose,
naturally, your fatherln-law came u his
death You may be innocent, yet, IN one
hour, l can array cloud of witnesses
whose united testimony will prove, Incontro
vertibly and effectively, that Mr.. Vincent
met his death at your hands, and that you
did the deed to succeed to his property
"Ir'
white, scared look came into the doc
tors face "a look such as We see when
condemned murLerer is told that the gal
lows awaits him Yet, mercilessly, his
prosecutor changed now in mien and look
to a veritable demon, went on.
'' You ask the proofs ! have them
here ~ and Sidney Vivian took out his
pocket-book and laid it on the table be
fore them =" Yet, before show them, let
me answer what you may ask You may
ask when | show you how, by error or de
sign (the world will say the latter), your
relative came to his death, that your me-
dium in the matter was purely accidental /;
but the world cannot adjudge you guiltless
You may deem me All lmplacable man-a
villain, but men have been villains more
than once for love. If Bella will marry
me will not divulge my secret other
wise ! will expose your crlmes l hold your
life III my hands, Doctor Rodney, and you
must agree to my terms :"
Dr. Rodney had leaned forward, horror
and amazement depicted upon his face. The
truth had come 80 crushingly,-the fear
that, when intoxicated, he might have
made mistake, satisfied his mind for the
time being. Naturally he was weak, ret
icen. uau, and the charge with which he
was non confronted startled and stunned
him.
Q Your proof y he gasped
=" If proofs be wanting, behold - and
| Sidney Vivian, with a quick movement Of
his hand, took from his pocket-boOk a
small, folded piece of paper. And, with
blurred eyes, the doctor read the fatal pre-
scription he had given the second day Of
Mr. Vincent's sickness There was no mis-
take he saw that there had been a mis-
take, and did not for a moment suspect his
companions duplicity, only borne down by
the terrible reality that he had, indeed
been the innocent cause of the death Of hi
father-in-law.
B
Nowr. IT. Vsrat viride, l.
Tinct. Aurantic, ! J.
And in order to have been correct i
should have read
Tnct Verat Niride, : J.
Tinct. Aurantic, j.
The error had occurred in the quantit.
of Viride, which, gwen in more than ordi
nary doses, is productive Of death. Tn
dram mark { ) had been transposed int
the ounce mark }, or the doctor had, il
his muddled condiEion, made fearful er
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