Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-03-29

oh" said Rose, light breaking In upon
her. rather unpleasantly.
Then you don't mean to deny t?'
i never borrowed money of Mr.. Der
rick
Then why has he set it down in his pri-
vate accounts, Loaned Rose Vandeveer
twenty five hundred dollarsy That's a
sweet sum for you 10 have the handling Of
Bring it to me. Though dare say It's
spent
4 haven't q cent of it. uncle said Rose.
i didn't borrow it OF Mr.. Derrick: he is
dead, aud | will not blame him. Ill
can't tell you about 1t but was there no
mention OF value receivedT
y alue tiddle-sticks. It's as plain as q
mans nose on his face that you had this
money. You NAV as well own up
Yes received twenty-five hundred dol
lars through Mr.. Derrick, but not from him
that is to say he raised that amount tor
me at a pawnbroker's on something OF
mine
What in the name of common sense did
you have worth twenty-five hundred dol
lars: And where Is your ticketT
My WHAT
Your pawnbroker's ticket, you Ounce !;
they always give one. Do You think you
are able TO hoolwink me:
i didn't know anything about u ticket.
As Mr. Derrick did the business, he must
have Kept it,
In that case Il would be among his ef-
tccts. What did you pawn-some of INV
plateI Ioull have to tell the whole story
before the affair can be settled
Well. pawned nv ring
The devil. The Vandeveer ring!' The
audacity OF the thing seemed too enormous
for Mr.. Nandeveer to digest at once. Rose
looked out of the window In black despair.
Was this the reward of all her good inten-
tiuus: The Vandeverr ring. he repeated,
as soon A. he could catch his breath. 4
wouldn't have had anything happen to
that ring for nv right hand. Its an heir
loom you hussy.
When EAndcveer's ring is broken in
twain,
Nandeyecr's fortunes are on the wane.
That's the d,tjch engraved rn it,
The p1wnbroker IS accountable.
The pawnbroker be hanged, You must
be- driyeii7s idiot to suppose that ring to
be- worth twenty five hundred dollars
Rose gave sharp cry, and hid her face
ia u.. Hl.l-
Good applaudcd her uncle. 'You'n
sh"d buckets of tears over the job before
you've done with it-as you deserve There
j. the twp thousand your uncle Tom LETT
you III tie ln-ot Bauk-eyery cent OF il
Will 20 70 ma>c up the deficiency aud then
WhcrclI YOU beg
Two thousand my uncle Tom left me :.
Why dil | nor know OF this before? AID
then need never have troubled Mr.. Der
r.ck
hy didn't you know OF ii: Because |
didn't choose you should, nor spend i: ei-
thcr. Let me tell you, when | saw that
rju- among Derrick things, when Wheat
~ showed M IL, ! supposed you had given
ID a. i ioyr token
.Ol. then the ring i safe after all =
safe the deuce, do you call this safe|
holding up the TWO fragments of the an
CIcnt heirloom. safe with a vengeance,
when yanieycer's ring j. brokehI in
twain.
AM eyecr'- fortunes are on the wane. ,
D. ynu ,e- that point where the gem split?
That's whAteudcd Derrick ) career as neat
ly a, bare bolAin. He had il on his ring
finger. you see, when his horse threw him
you thought it was in pawn at the time
the stone was splntercd; this sharp pro-
irc,ion pierced MS temple; that WAS all.
LOOKS a il you had murdered him, doesn't
IiF
Murdered him murdered him. Oh . oh :,
Oh" cried Rose. ringing her hands like
some dcmeuted ghost.
Come, none OF your Mysteries ',cried the
anrctionatc relative. Now | want to
know What you did with the money.
Speak No driyelng.'
i cannot tell you
You shall,
Never"
Then leave my roof
Where Shall go:,
10 the devil, or the work house, for
aught care. Go. you arrant hussy!
When Nandevecr's ring is broken in
twain.
Vandeveer's fortunes are on the.wane.'
DO you hear thati CO..
And Rose went.
II Is ten years since Miss Vandeveer
lcit her unCle's door to earn her own bread
and since that time Mr.. Vaudeveer has
paid the debt OF nature, to be sure, but
as estate has proved lusovent. In the
meantime, Ii Nandeyeer's fortunes are on
the wane, Austin Gregory's haze increas
ct. He is rich man to-day-rich enough
10 marry kings daughter if he wanted
her. But during all this decade he has
had no tiding, OF the girl he left behind
him. He imagines that he has given up
thinking about her, aJd has diverted his
mind with profits on wool but in truth
she i always in his thoughts, and he can
not -hut her out. She enters in ali debon-
air beauty, as he beheld her last. with
blush on her dimpled cheek. smile on
her lips, and light in her eyes AS they
met his, more eloquent than words. He
has forgotten that it is possible for that
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nothing of her that doth fade, u his
minds eye..'But he found out long ago
that he did not owe his start in life to Nor
gan. On first reaching Shearing Station
he had said, with etiusion. you're urely
the best fellow in the world, Morgan.
can never do too much for you, and no
amount OF money will repay your friend
ship and Morgan had stared little at
such u.h. and merely answered. i only
did as Id be done by-let a fellow have
an even chance And not till several
years later did he discover that Morgan
was ignorant aud innocent of the transac-
ton: but he felt as If he would rather be
pcnnillss than indebted for it to Mr.. Der
rick : vet as Derrick knew nothing OF Nor
gan. would he have been likely to use his
name: However. to make assurance
doubtly sure. he wrote to Mr.. Derrick
and naturally receiVl!I. no reply, he put
the question by - be sure, he promish-
ed himself from time to time that he
would 90 back to the old place and see
Derrick about il, aud ferret out his un-
known benefactor; but ten years had clap
sed before he could find the leisure He
set out;t the morning after .hisarrivalto find
Derrick's office; but 10. another reigned
in his stead. I'm afraid I've made blum
DER he explained. \ am looking for Mr..
An u Derrick's office. Can you direct
meE
Derrick? There's no such lawyer in the
city that Pm aware Of Here, Blotter get
out on the directory and look for Derrick
Austin returned to the hotel. Can you
tell me anything about Mr.. Derrick he
asked of the landlord.
Never heard of the fellow said he.
Il amt native to those parts myself; was
raised 10 the Granite State. Ever hear
any thing of fellow named Derrick,
Dwndle? 2 he asked of an antiquated bar
room loaier.
Lawyer Derrick? mumbled. 'Ye amt
got nothing chalked down again him, hev
yef B,ess ye, he's paid up old scores and
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