The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-11-19

lent? No matter how vulgar or how
ignorant, how ugly or depraved person
may be, money makes them all right.
What doesn't money dog 1t supplies
brains to the idiot, hearts to the heart
less. Oh money is king in this coun-
try. How was it in France, Miss De
Berri2 7"
The color had faded out from the
bright, earnest face, but she met his eye
unhinchingly, and answered.:
"Strange as it may seem, Doctor
Drayton, / heard no talk of moneyed SUI
periority during my long stay in Paris,
and very little in this country, except
what have heard from you. The cur
rency most cared for in Paris, think,
was true nobility. never met a gentle
man while there who was not at all times
rolite, respectful, and even kind"
"And that is more than she can say
of Anne rican gentlemen" broke in Mrs.
Drayton, with less tact than she usually
displayed.
Miss De Berri flashed painfully, and
seemed about to speak; but she evident
ly thought better of it, for not sound
escaped her.
Doctor Drayton soon left the table,
and then Blanche broke the silence by
saying abruptly:
"Mrs. Drayton, 1 am going away
from this house this very day."
"But, my dear, where will you gol"
inquired the poor lady, distressed be-
yond description. "Your father gave
you into my care, and must do my duty.
Can't you bear with John little longer
for my sake, child9 What has got into
him cannot imagine.
"He despises me, Mr.. Drayton-that
is what has got into him; and il spoils
his home life. How many times have I
heard you remark about the sudden and
peculiar change in him all at once, from
kind to cruel, joyous to sad, polite to
rude. Some persons have just this in
fiuence over others, and / seem to stir
up all the mud of his nature. He viii
be his own self again after ! am gone,
feel quite sure"
1t took all day to arrange this matter
, satisfactorily; but at last it was arranged,
and when Doctor Drayton sat down to
> his late dinner no strain from Beethoven
or Mendelssohn foated in to disturb his
! serenity. There was a strange emptiness
uDOuu tllt IOOlu JlldJ I|OCtoI tOu lSl'
| without being able to understand.
r where's Blanche 2" said he, as his
mother handed him his dessert.
: Blanchel Why, she has gone away
, Didn't you know thatl"
"Gone away2 How should / know
: Where has she gomez On visit Fol
how long2 ?"
. The words actually tumbled over eacl
: other, bat Mrs. Drayton kept very cool
c "She has gone away to stay, and she
: had but one reason for going, and tina
Y one was your constantly manifested ha
a tired toward her. If it had been any
e thing else under the sun, L should hav,
: insisted upon her remaining; but it wa
as hard for me to see you insult her as i
was for her to bear your insults"
y &C. insult her! You talk like crazy
r woman, mother. Wonders will never
e cease so long as there's one woman alive
. ] thought You knew me better thar
that"
D "You have acted out to her what you
!. have said to me about her, and / an
S more ashamed and grieved at your con
= duct than l ever thought it possible
: could be-"
!, "Miss De Berri was not well, mother,
- continued the doctor, taking no notice o
: her reproof. "And if she's not yer,
careful she will be down i'll for lon;
time. You may not have known tina
her health has been very delicate for tn,
:. past six months, but it has, and you,
Il better lose no time in bringing he
home"
= Mrs. Drayton found clue at this inter
o view to the whole case but she made n,
a sign-refusing to furnish her son will
q the lady's address acting precisely q
she had promised Blanche to do.
A few days after this, Mrs. Draytol
> was called away most Unexpectedly t
Canada, by the illness of her sister. Tw
months passed, and during this time DR.
), Drayton was alone, with plenty of tim
to think. Never before had he been s,
utterly wretched. The light had fade,
from his life, and his existence had nar
q rowed itself down to professional tread
mill, out of which all enthusiasm ha,
fled, he believed, forever.
= One morning the pOstman, with othe
~ letters, left one for his mother which h
g felt sure was from Blanche. He deter
? mined to open it and find out where sh
- lived. That she was engaged to MI
Forrest he felt sure. He had never foi
, gotten the flush Oh her face and the III
:, usual brightness of her eye as she bad
= him adieu that night she had attends
. . the opera with him. Judge of his SUI
!, prise when he read the following
c my DEAR FRIEND-I have been very i'll 70
. the past six weeks and every day have longe
30 for your coming. They do all they can 70
J. me here but it isn't bit like home. The doc
4 tor told me yesterday that he considered m
:. chance about even one for life or death
Don't mind it, dear Mrs. Drayton. don't.
:, have never been happy moment since m
# dear father died. Yesterday l sent for lawyer
: and had all my affairs settled in case anythin
!. should happen. You know / have nobody i
this world but you and yours, 80 have fixed
3 that way. l wish Doctor John could &c
me-" Cfhis was the mothers pet name for he
: son, and this the poor girl had used in quota
4 tons. The doctor WINGED, but continued OH
the end) Notwithstanding his hatred an
), disgust Of me. do want to see him. Perhap
he could.do something to help me and kno'
! his kind heart would prompt him to do that 10
) the mott despised Of his patients"
A word or two more, and then thu
name, signed in weak, struggling style
l and that was all.