The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-12-23
luxurious barouche and passing the pale

. 0dOIu4DhLo ""S
luxurious barourhe and passing the pale
sayfarer, looked the other way! Shocked
and grieyed, Alice reached home after
the recontre, feeling more worn and e1-
hausted than usual her baby WAS frac-
tioua and the day was oyerpoweringiy
hot. When; the evening came, and; her
husbands welcome figure. stood in the
| doorway, poor Alice,i without rhyme or
reaaon-so it seemed to mm-threw her
I self into his arms and relieved her feel
fings with a good cry. He proved
very efficient comforter, and by tea time
Alice was ,heraelf again. After that
cheering meal was ended they went, out
|. for s.. qniet stroll, which was. tho. oRe
pleasure they could have, for.it cost moth
ing. What castle; buildings went on du-
ring these evenings walks, what pieces Of
impossible good fortune they suggested
as possibilities, what things they were 70
do If they, ever got rich again, and how
differently they would spend their lives
poor soulsl They cheered each other
up with visions Of what certainly seemed
highly improbable events, until some
more, presaic subject connected with. i'm
mediate contingencies dispelled their
II Tt.sr IS saw little of Mr. Upton now he
had been very busy lately, and though
CHARLES called occasionally, Alice was
too constantly with her baby 70 be able
to leave it much; sometimes ne sent
them fruit, game or other little tdelica;
cies and on very rare and. unexpected
occasion he visited them. He had beer.
| a Woodworking man all slife, and even
now, though be had passed the .three'
| score and ten years allotted to him, did
! not relax from his business habits Hs
lived in a handsome house in Russell
square; solitary and with apparently no
interest in life; beyond his chambers IN
|Lincoln's- Inn; occasionally dinsd out;
| but there John Upton's gaieties ended.
BE was wonderfully punctual in his .hab!
its. and on his not making his usual ap-
pearsnce one morning at 9 O'Clock In the
dining-room, where breakfast " awaited
him., his: worthy old housekeeper. became
alarmed and. proceeded to his bed room,
where she was horror-stricken to find her
old uaatar lying in his bed stone dead.
"Disd from natural, causes" was the YER
.dictat the inquest that followed; and IA
few days aAerward, in presence OF 8 lew
friends Charles Vivian among the num-
Der. and MIR. Atwood, who "cutH him
Ewithout any, hesitation-Iohn Upton. was
laid in his last resting place. ), ..
l., Who. was his; heir9. Nobody knew |;
but it was supposed that. the; principal
part of his property was ;Wiiled away 20
different London chsrities-if will exI
isted. Doubts and surmises were speed;
lily, ended by Mr.. Wentworth, the lawyer
who had now succeeded to Mr. UptoRa
business, requesting the return OF those
who had gone to the funeral to Russell
lsouare,, to hear the last wishes Of their
departed friend. By. a singular fatalltyi
1.-The same carrisge that carried Mr.. Viv.
kian back to Russell square also contained
Frederick Atwood, who resolutely avoid.
ed giving the other the faintest sign OF
recognition. The drive soon ended, and
livery speedily the ssrvansiwere summoned
to Join the assembled guests, to hear the
contents Of the will. 80 '.'''t'
Mr.. Wentworth seated himself, and,
With duet formality, producing the docu-
ment proceeded without; preamble to
read the last will and testament Of John
linton. Various .legasies were let to
| his seryants-in amount far beyond what
they could have expected handsome
sums to each of his executors, Of whom
I four were named. After that, the; reft
of his properly, real and personal, 70 bs
bequeathed, >, without reserve, TO- tho
daughters Of his deceased friend, Miles
Annesley-Clara Atwood and Alice. Wv
| ian. for their sole and separate use, free
fom the debts and engagements Of their
husbands: to be inYested--and hsse fol-
lowed many busineas-like and careful
detaiIs-After which came the signature,
Witnessed and dated, In due form, Just
one month after the date of. Alice Wv
ian's marriage. q: =. ar..
Mr.. Atwood's face was q study. Joy,
impossible to berepreaasd, shone on every
feature for fow moments, The
amount2" he asked. 49,. -;
"Thare ID codicil,o' replied Mr.. Went.
worth ominously; !. and silence being re-
storsd he proceeded to read. John Up
ton recalled the foregoing will as regar-
ded the disposal of his property 70 the
two daughters of his deceased friend.
Miles Annesley,. and added 2 codicil, de-.
string that the whole of his property,
real and personal, should be realized and
invested, the legacies above only excepted,
Ifor the sole uis and benefit of Alice Wv
I ian, wife of Charles Vivian, q change
which the dsyisor wished it to be known
| had been decided on By him in conse-
ouence of the unaisterly conduct which
Mrs. Atwood had displayed toward her
sister. and which had como under the
personal notice fhimaelf and whose pros
psrity rendered any addition from him
Unnecessary. Then came his signature,
also also witnessed In due form. A dead
silence followed, broken again BY Mr.
Wentworth, who approaching Charles
Vivian. shook him warmly By the hand.
II must congratulate you, Mr.. Yivian, on
10 splendid . fortune coming 70 your
wrife1" -. -. ~,
,..aConsidersbly over f2o0, ,0o0," returned
Mr. Wentworth. liz .t.,n..
It was enough and TOO much for Fredsr;-
1'ict Atwood: Hewaited to hear no more,
but rushed of without the ceremony OF
leaye:taking, to tell hjs wife What she
had done for herself. Of her rage and
fury tits needless to speak;~7or Of the MT
tn1ai recrimination that never ceased from
that time forth between the angry and
disappointed, but justly punished pair.
Better only to follow Mr.. Vivian to the
shabby little dwelling, whittier he lost not
|. an instant in returning, and where Allce
awaited him, little dreaming ofthe marvel
GUS tidings be wa, to, bring. He drove
back, circumstance which surprised
her; and as she watched him alight the
extreme pallor of his face made her fan
cy illness must have caused him to In
dulge in the unwonted luxury of q ham
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