The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-11-15

be departed, leaving Harold with q whity-brown
envelop IN bis hand.
l. was some moments ere he could summon
courage enough to peruse the thin sheet that ne
had withdrawn from It's wrapper. The appalling
situation IN which be found himself placed upon
hearing that old Goldwig's fortune had vanished,
and be Irreyocably bound 10 such 4 creature as
Gloriana. whose charms lay thIckly piled on the
dressing table and chairs, while EvangalIne, rleh,
beautiful, glowing with health and love for him,
was now lost forever all these rushed upon him,
and IL was only Q confirmation OF what he dread
cd when the first lines Of the dispatch he held II
bis D~erveless fingers met bis gaze
.s Your uncle fell down three flight Of stairs an
hour after you left. and broke, amongst other
things, his neck. Death instantaneous. Come
back az once
This was all that was needed TO complete bis
agony Of mind. He had chung 70 the hope that
his uncle would still keep his promise 10 him IN
regard 10 his viii, but this shockingly sudden
death, so unforeseen oh how bitterly did he
regret that he had turned from the pure light Of
Eyangaline's smiles, and how many flour hun
dred thousand) reasons had be now for wishing
il had been Gloriana's neck that had been broken
instead Of MS Uncle's.
As he stood thus. transfxed with shame and
grief, Gloriana, in 4 most becoming night toll
cite. over which was thrown . rich cashmere
she had spent many an hour since her engage
ment in studying its effect, approached him and
said
what is the matter. Harold? Why do you
stand there with one boot off and one boot on.
like oEe of Mother Goose's children? What Is
the ews?'
Dashing the boot he held in his hand to the
floor, Harold turned and exclaimed fercely
a. There 4, read that if your father went short
on Erie and failed, / went short on my uncle's
promise and see what has happened"
Gloriana took the telegram, uttered Q faint
shrek Of surprise At reading the portion we have
quoted. and then exclaimed, " How fortunate for
US, nv dear, that he did not fall while going up
stairs, was il not ? - and as Harold gazed at her
as if he thought she was crazy, she added
- about bis will you knOw,-whati didn't you
road the p. 5? here il is " B.-he had
INST stoned his Will yourself sole legatee and
executor accept congratulations.-Fifa and Ka-
vaet, solicitors
And so you see it TUNED out all right for Har-
old after all. and not a bit like q Ledger story
and Evangaline did not waste away and move
about the house as she ought TO have done.-like
the ghost of her former self.
Not n bit Of it. Her brother took the whole
family to Washington TO attend the Inauguration
Ball and Harold saw her there, and she and
Gloriana divided the admiration of the men be-
tween them. (GlOriana and Harold concluded to
say nothing about the telegram from Fifa and
Kavaet until after the ball. when they could 60
into mourning just rs welD and old Mr.. and
Mrs. Freeman saw all the sights in Washington.
and if you look on the first page of Seminars for
April you will see them interviewing Spinner :
and Rutabaga, old Beetroot's nephew. d" cut
out Manglewurzel and married Evangaline.
and finally Harold was often blessed with a beat
ifc vision Of the shade Of John Grab lowering
over him,-with his neck all awry.-on pinions
made of mutilated fractional currency, and wav-
ing n scroll on which was emblazoned. - give
and ~bequeath TO Harold Breviere $500. 900 Z. s.
7 per cents, thus reminding him Of : how his
uncle kept his promise"