Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-10-16
CHAPTER NJ.
TIE WILL AND THE CuEQUE.

Wien Eugene arose, at 4 late hour. on
TIE following morning, he WAS surprised to
fA.( that his sister h,i not returned home
" Poor Grover may be dangerously in
he thought. as he moved about the house,
picking up a hasty hrea kfast tor himself
" | will pay him II ISL" he de ."an,l
then for the attorney must not let ar-
~. ,.E - w., "I,'",'t ",c'din5 upon
M 'sl;I
"i c rln nrlv, ats part king Of such
;a".'> 3. h hri collected on the lttlG
=, '!rst ,a3.l,'. h. turned his steps in tho
.rrr;l"n ol has !r!.3nd's hoDIse.
IA, us'r,l ar Of gi r"rval"d the
20, a. he rev near, and he found Gr"v"r
~ | The -."ls in tie sitting room below
;r,v"r, .p',k.n p;:'c and III. W rs scaicl in
. l. rr,. arm chnir hrFut. the fire, wrapped
III ar s;r. goNn, while Fanny was pay.
ne h IL l',.,sc i'tt.s attentions which con-
yll..scnats ,'e' ct in.
Although t'ii.i condition of affairs was
.,r. o ,p,rtun, &: tn nom Mt of En-rne's
r:,I. T., overs s;c,;urs; was hy no mems
rut K ~ as..l rci. The events OF tl.c RE
celng night, together WITH his eXerti"ns,
and exposure to the storm. h ID not been
witt out tn IL n, 'ct on :; constitution hy no
means strong, lie was too much OF
student. an lived too much. in doors to
endure such fatigue as the last few hours
had brought him. R..si.irs this, his mind
had received I, terrible shock, when he dis
covered that the supposed corpse was NOV.
ing, and he now thought with horror of the
consequence of his bold ah,iuctio" 81 ~"
body, had not the friendly rain, and tha
accident which had nearly covered it with
water, Drought Gordon to his senses. On"
stroke of the knife in the loc ,ity which it
was his desire TO examine, would have rem
dered all hope of recovery in the insensble
man, out of the question. The warm
blood would have gushed up around the
knife. and he would have realized that he
was Il murderer.
"Ah. my hoy!" cried Eugene. tapping
his Fri ~ Ii htiy on the Shoulder, &" see you
are ,t.,r tbs morning. hrli great mind
rot to come near ynu ,hn,igh," he roatinu-
ed, with II smile. " bccau:c you barred me
out so coolly last nj i,llt,'
Yes said Grover, with forced laugh,
"if You had been here it would have been
the last of me. Don't you rem"mbcr when
| fell from II wagon once, how You flew
around after all the doctors and all the
drugs in town, and how it took me two
dN,s 20 st orCr my sprlin, and tw" weeks
to :. It over the effects Of the outl;LnIish
dos yon made me takc?'
Both ;uE'.cl heartily at the recollection.
"B,.t, really sal | Grover," there was no
need of disturbing you. | w,s only weak
and nervous, and, rs father was Watching
with u sick friend, took Il notion to have
som" one in the house, in case anything
sN'u hrpp,n."
Thus, Eu;:cnr wab thrown comilrt"ly OF
the rack. and had not the slightest idea of
the real motive his friend had III sending
for the girls.
For some uarxrl tined reason, the sick
man had again. insisted That his rescue
from TIE grave should he kept II secret
from every one.
81 want II" one outside of this house to
know he sal, in c"nverS ltion with
Grover. 81 am not sorry ~ Mss Bertha
came with YOUR sister. he ,tt,t |. - for she
will help me ol,t with many dull hour. |
rrGsun'e. You Sc. like all the rest Of the
world, ( am seliish,'' he went on witha smile
'rccping over his pale face. " but | can't
help it. will try an make amends for
all your kindness when | am well again"
| lrty You not to mention that, said
Grover, "Whrn think what desperate
ne lsure | resortel to, in order to advance
my theory, anl how nrar You came to
meeting death at my hands, | feel rs
though could not do enough for you"
"You should not feel III that wAy," was
the reply, " you styel me from terrible
fatc, and can never repay the kind care OF
your sister and Miss
Wallinygnrd' said Grover, supplying
the name, for Hugh had not yet learned
it.
Wal,ingford r. repeated the sick man.
excitedly. Then, seeing that Grover had
noticed his emotion, he added" thought
the mill owner had no relatives in this viii
lage.'
"He had none." was the young mans
reply. Miss Wallingford's family is not
CONNECTED with the mill-ownor