The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-03

"Prove that I am wrong and I will be
as happy as you are"
every well, sir l will do it."
A couple of hours afterward Fred
called upon the doctor to learn his de-
%cision, and was much surprised to have
his proposals quietly rejected. To tel
the truth, such an ending had never &C.
Cured to him as being possible. He
looked up with amazement.
"Does not Miss Ellison love me,
sir 2"
"My niece has commissioned me to
say that she might have loved yeu, but
that she could not consent to marry
you"
"And what is there in me or in my
life that would make marriage so unde-
sirable, sir?" the young man asked.
with some ~pardonable pride.
"I can be frank with You, young
man, if you really desire me to be-"
81 will be thankful to you if you will
be very plain with me-"
"Then, what my niece objects to,
and which l object to much more
strongly, is, that y u are of no use in
the world. Don't start do not in
tend to insult you, but 1 wish to point
ont to you that your life is frittered
away in bathrooms and under lamp
light, and in worshipping the life of a
society-man, instead of filling a place
i'll the world that God sent you here to
occupy"
What would you have me do? 1
have money and do not need to work !;
then why should 1 work? And what
can ] do? z"
THAT is not for me to say. Every
man, who is 8 nan, seeks out work
for himself or takes the best thing that
comes to hand. 1, too. was born with
money, but L would be afraid to die if
l had done nothing bat simply live on
my income"
"You are very severe, and / am not
prepared to say that you are not right.
Can l see Miss Ellison: z"
p The doctor touched the bell and
asked the servant to request Nary's
presence. and then went out OF the
room, that the two might feel unem-
barrassed.
81 wanted to know if your uncle's
decision is the same as yours"
1T is she said in q low voice, and
with face averted.
And you object to me because 1 am
a good-for-nothipg?"
Il think my uncle's idea Of what a
nan should be in tine world is a correct
one"
"And you do not love me 2"
81 cannot marry you"
"Tnen you DO love me-"
Il might have loved you had it been
different with US; but l do not dare to
say more"
"And if L were to make myself wor-
thy of you?"
She did not answer, but her silence
was more expressive than words would
have been.
MARY" said he, 81 ask and make
no promises. 1 only hope that 1 love
you, and hope to win you yet"
He arose, and they said "good-
by" Would he prove himself n man
was what her heart questioned. Would
she wait for him /? was the question III
his mind.
land now what 2" asked the doctor,
when ne was alone with Mary.
eve shall see" was her answer.
Fred Seward went to his room at the
hotel and asked himself the same ques-
ton the doctor had spoken, "And now
what ?"
He had been told hat his life was
of nc use to any one, and that he
amounted to no more than a straw
carried on a breeze. Was it so? He
began to. think out the question, was
his life worth a farthing to any living
person up to this time? No, it was
not. What had he to show for these
twenty-five years? A little smatter-
ing of knowledge; nothing else. Was
any one better because he had lived d?
No. He could not recall an instance
where he had ever been of help to any
one. Surprising he should lose his
fortune to-day, what could he do ?
Nothing. -