The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1878-12-21

"oh, papa don't nv such horrid
things of yourself" Interrupted
Blanche. al could ct, live day il
you were to die and leave me !" she
sobbed.
"Hush, child {" whispered her com
panion. "You mist not repine, for II
is an event which God has willed to
take place ere long, and We must talk
oft, and try and be prepared to meet
it," and Maurice Everfeld pressed his
sobbing child aft lscSo,,;' ely to his
breast. "But, mvh, aesEs. 10 eturn
to the point II 7ss-'I5 Tc ssa.5,f .tr.a
short pause, al firmly believe that,
should your fortune melt away, your
paragon of lovee-wsuld be amongst
the things of the +,
"Why, dearest papa, do you really
think me such a fright that it would
not be possible for the gentleman in
question to love me r asked Blanche
"On the contrary, my darlIng," re-
sponded her companion, al do not
doubt but he may love you as much
as such man as l take HIM for can
love anything besides gold But,
darling, 1 had hoped that you might
favor Ernest Rathmore," continued
the invalid, sadly "for he IS the son
of my dearest college friend-and
worthy fellow he is, with plenty of
money, too" he added.
Blanche Eve,feld was the only
daughter of Maurice Everfeld by his
first and only happy marriage. lie
had loved his wife devotedly, and
took her death greatly to heart, and
had often said that, had he not the
little cherub of a daughter which
Heaven had sent, few months pre-.
vious to his loss, left to console him,
he could not have borne his grief.
Blanche had passed her fifteenth
year, and Maurice Everfold had not
again married and she was now old
enough TO hope that he never would,
for she loved her only parent devo-
teddy and it was heavy stroke to
her when he one day called her to
h;e s;dato.a v, fs,;-,, do. 10. Ia ,ro,
about to take unto himself a wife.
Still harder was it for her to bear
when she learned that the favored
lady was none other than Grace Hern-
don, her former governcss, who had
resigned her situation as such on &C
count of her inability to control her
pupil.
Blanche felt the blow keenly but
was too proud to let her father see
how bitterly opposed she was to his
choice and so she only whispered,
as she laid her head upon her fathers
breast
Il shall never call ier mamma !"
every well, my daughter" he said
somewhat sadly" l shall never CO.
cree you, but hope that in time you
may learn to love her."
Maurice Everfeld was a man OF
large fortune, but soon after his sec
ond marriage, his affairs became some
what complicated, and he forosaw
clouds of significant importance rap
idly rising in his heretofore uncloud-
cd horizon.
"If they will grveme time" he had
said to his wife, wh,n speaking of his
anticipated troubles-"if my creditors
will give me time, shall 60 through
all right; but what fear 10 that they
will all como upon ne at once, which,
If done, will ruin me But for Tread
well & Co.'s failure,[ would be able
to meet everything. They have in
volved me greatly. and ruin stares me
in the face" ~
And Maurice Eveiield buried his
face in his hands andgroaned aloud
al am ashamed IF you, Maurice"
said his wife, seating herself at his
side. "Arouse at once; is there not
time to save youself?" she coldly
asked.
~ fear not. Trey are more than
likely to fall upor me tomorrow" he
replied, without aising hi1 head.
"Couldn't yoiput your property
out of your hand?" asked the cool,
nerveless woman, with something OF
the tone of a cabuIating criminal in
her voice.
ri could not link Of demanding,
willingly, my debtors, Grace" re-
+ turned her compAion, rising to his
, feet and pacing bus wlfe's boudolr
. hastily.