The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-12-10

The Heir Of lhevills
| 0ls cttsratp's ffe.
scu srv n souhs .ioas areer'inr Lila cer-
~ really r~Hf A. that v,sls.@ sail k~.
-~ne. ~ have h~~n ssua n ven. havsn't
| /. Bertha. ever ssnce ear rss~nss ,iied and
lrit - working In the mill here together !
| / never have dee~lv.d ron neither yea
| rer Fanny---And drn't want 81 h.gin new.
want you 10 trast NE just ,hss once.
and he went ont N tha house with sana
.Earsrn scsls under hss arm. and making !
great show IL having huslness there.
| II seems % strange said Iteftha, after
he hal Asune. "Ns didnt wan. to settle
hcr~ and marry "a the rAy hc wNs getting,
and now. when the mitls hNvw shnt down
Tor no one knows no ong. he wants time
10 think about accepting place where he
IAN he his own lna~ter. and Rct three then.
and dallAru 4 rear. ! cant bear 10 SEQ
hsm Act ~. when the oder lies there. In
black aud white. One would think that
het~usv the name In tie aaine. this brother
u mine expeeta 10 got sAareof Mr. Wall.
ingford's money.
| I'll Il strange about Tho name," sail
Fanny clAyson, scciag m opportunity 10
attract n.rtha's attention. Anl thus save
har lover from hNsty criticism, Arc
yon certain thai tho faM.llcs are in no WY
connected I"
| "Th.s might have been 4 long time
ago." replied llertha." hut tho relationship p
IL very distant now, II sny exi.ss II ALL"
| Dnln't your father come here with Mr.,
Robert WallingtordS'
| No; he cMtns two years later. I think
he hunted thu matter up ons winter. hut |
g'.rsA II cxlno 10 nothing. although lie
would never have clsimed kinship with his
employer, oven II ha had discovered some.
thing important. IA. wa~ very proud
Mah. You rcmcmher."
| II don't recollect much about him. |
was quite small whom he dicd---fonrtaul.
think"
And was fftsen and Eugene twenty.
! wonder what makes Eugene act ~" shs
a.liod. stepping ~ tho window overlooking
lhs IArslsn, He took out tho garden
tools as though his lifu depended on cut
ting wecdis, and there thcy arc. lying on
one u my flower beds. and no IL going NJ
and down thc walk. iunt ~ hu went Ii here
just now. ] mower saw him nct 10 before. =
| Mover mind Engvne. uow." said Fanny,
bont On attracting nvrtha. Att..c.s s.s'.aa
her hrutl.r. !" iiu wi.i TO we'll en"nSh'
Tell uie about Your father hilnl hr gst
aleng pretty smoothly with Mr.. Robert
Mnllinstnri---in the ,n.lls mean
u. MAS mAa ~ha would - IN any
where, said BERTHA. rra.ll.. . II. would
have hesn superintendent ina,end ol asist.
| ant, II he h..l llssi another YEAR. Shant
~ and eull Ens.ne ,ng le will make
hiMaelt sick out ilnfe.''
"pant. ngrlhs, no wants 10 hc alone.
He will tell you tonight.
Why couldn't liz have toll mn h.fara
he wont onig Il will be an ase untilnislt
t,me and hs only said perhaps he would
toll IA thrn,'
woaa.n's curiosity !"aaia Fanny. with
bright little laugh. II was evident,
however. that she. too. was rained i,y thu
sestnlns want of trust exhibited hy her
lnvcr.
III ! como over tonight. d. yan think
YOU will know I" Fanny asked. ~ sns
aaA'lc really 10 depart. i few minutes later.
| bul please don't hurry him, Bertha.
J know ~ well N you. that erea, ,leal
depends on tho Anawcr 10 that letter. hut
Il II best 70 give him tune"
- What % YOU think i win be, Fanny,
F. Ycs or No."
- can't even snnsa. Int nm going Ia
Try and think, that he will Put away MI,
trhr,ne he may he thinking IL for know
there u something say Yea"
Cant yon imagine What that some.
thing II. Fanny"
How could If'
True. Come tonight. shsn. and viii
The two Eirls. IlerthA and Fanny, were
almost lnsep~r4hic companions. Thay had
becn friends sinee chillhnod. hut sincc
FAnny's engagement 10 Eugene, thuy had
bceu togethor moro than over.
Thntc WAS only years. difference Ia
their Agrs. but their dispositions wcrs ex.
artly opposite. While black .eyed. rosy.
rheeked Bertha was spirited 70 IN almost
unfortunate degree. aud Impatient u ~.
strAint. hlus-eysd Fanny--~who horc the
rvpntation of heing tho hnn,lso,ncat xirl In
| thu villAgu--wAs quiet. retiring and nn-
assuming. 6ha WAS rather slender III figure.
and there WAS grace In her sv.ry move.
mont which never failed t0 xttrA.i. licr
complexion WAN ii tho parrst whito. and
her faatAres. without lcing rightly regular,
we're certainly pretty. They wvrc lnntu thAl,
thNt--they wcra w0MAnly and rcnncd. and
tho delicate hNshes creeping 10 tho snrtnca
In her cheeks. and tho long. dropping laahou
Which ut times. vcilcl her wonderfully
| deep blue cyen. wore added chnrtn. Mliel,
had no small share In making her the b.lls
of tho thriving New England town whore
shc had always livcd.
II wAa natural that 10th girls should
fecl 4 desp interes. III anything Eugene cn.
yas.d In. II ha should accept tho of.r
low under consideration. Ii meant spccsly
marriage. aud Il lifc III 1uint comfort VIA
~ certain ~ anything can la III this world
of changes. II he declined. who could tell
what might como between thcmg Why
could NY how he might M situated 4
single month fro,n that Very morning
bcrthA WAS busy with thoughts like
thrss ~hrn Eugene cnMs Ia f,oa, tbs gar
d.n. and threw himself ia full length On
the suta. III the room ~hafs sho wAs vt.
ting.
"hrrtha." no Asksi. after few minutes
thought. What did you over hear mother
say about my nam. r.
Bertha lookcd mp. surprised II ths
sts~ns. question, bnt mA,ia no r.ply.
About my first nAsnc. / mean"
Whit 4 boy" said lcrlha. with n
snils' Don't yoa know your own
name r.
ROLAND Eugene wallingforl. 81 course. :
We'll. what more II tloss 70 know
about II Z"
"t'huy never called me Roland, did they
why did thsy give no name thay .lis.
liked aud would NIL Msa p
- Am sure don't know"
"Waa named aflcr any onc r.
Aftnr some one tathor met before hs
raino h.la. believe"
.N'untnMnd this notion of making n