The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-13

. Etauu jury II AANltia a AA'N7 t-iN Npl-
lar note against them now, with the
senior Snowden's name upon it in the
form Of a forgery. a Speculation by the
name of-let me see-Golden, / believe
they called him, has possession Of my
thousand acre deed as collateral for a
. little matter ofeleven thousand, already
/ secured TO keep the young hopeful whom
you say cannot discard because he's
my husband, out Of the State prison.
On, yes, marriage is holy institution
under such circumstances" and Grace
gave vent to hysterical laugh which
would have caused her father serious
concern bad he surmised how aesF she
was to the brink Of a merciful delir-
ium.
Let no reader say that Captain Emer-
son was any more Of a coward about
facing the world with an unpopular
matrimonial fact than are thousands Of
other fathers. The world is full Of such
unwritten histories. And cemeteries
are filed with the dead bodies Of thwart-
ed wives who have died rather than
break the chains which they assumed
in the blindness Of passionate love, and
the ignorance Of youthful inexperieuce.
only TO find the bargain a fraud and the
way Of escape walled up by an iupeue-
trable hedge Of family pride. But worse
than the martyrdom OF mismatei lives,
worse by far than the endurance of a
lifelong fraud, is the heritage which
the Psychologist foresees aud which
Grace was gifted with prophetic pre-
science to foretell, the heritage of dis
honesty, pecuiation and fraud which is
instilled into the very souls of the chill
dren who are the bitter fruits Of unholy
unions, and who furnish victims for the
jail aud the gibbet, or, escaping these,
accept a higher grade Of professional
knavery aud distinguish themselves
as straw contractors, government SUBJ
sidizer=, or experts iu concocling cipher
dispatches
Grace felt her strength leaving her,
but rallied with powerful effort.
Father, what would you have me 10
do ?" she asked, rising to her feet and
hracing herself TO stand firmly, though
the soles Of her feet would hardly ac-
/ knowledge the law Of gravitation, not
withstanding her effort to compel them.
81 will 90 with you to see the old
woman, Alonzo's mother; and I'll help
you to settle up all their affairs, that is,
III back you and her with the necessary
funds to compromise with their credit
ors, if you'll be a good girl aud stand by
your bad bargain aud give up that fool
ish notion of disgraciug yourself and
family by legal separation"
"But, father, what of Nancy Shaddon
and her baby ?"
Tut, tut. child; it, mo- uncommon
thing for fast young men to be guilty Of
such folies."
regal form 70 its fullest HEIGHT and
looked m lin, asa r,u'n nil, a.,.,'.,
BAY. "sr-pose Nancy Sb,5,jo, yy,s ro,,r
child and T was her f,tbar,s .l,,,.i,.-
What ,vouid you ,l,i,,l. ,l,.., o.,
81 wouldn't think At sl. u5 ,ctf IA
kan the iuf,noYs -.opn,ir.l %,
Grace smiled bitterly
'You see. f,fber itn,l...s III ig.r,,..
even with harbiI,utbropis, Iii,a ,.onrs.If
as 10 whose dauobtar i the yic,i-,, >,
81 confess i,. Grara r.+ or.r,bo.,r
take care Of fl,sir ou., i ,,,. -
"Bpt. spono-a tbay do,,,o r,..
then ?n
"Tbe injured nartv,soYto,ln.r. u.rs
all.r
aThen. father. listen IN me will
accede to vour daronss ,,iI. ciya
AIonzo new probation for vour sale
mind and f,r ,,o,rs.l.. o,,,,. -
YOU will allow me to.,icnl,,,e in rsgsri
/ IN one .o,,.ii,io,,
"V,vo
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f ssv-b,tou
Captain Emerson could not have been
more deeply astounded had the heavens
began 70 fall.
IL mean Just what I s,v sir The
poor girl is hopelesslv insane The
physicians sav there is no earthly rros-
pect for her recovery Her father cast
the child away al the orpbapaga And