The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-09-29
TlIH REWARD oE KsSDStss.s.

Mrs Goruam put down a let tei
she had been reading. and look na
around the table n her blooming
daughters and two tail handsome
sons, she said i'm q doleful tone
"lour Aunt Sabina Is coming.
and has invited herself here with
. out ceremony.
"Nhcn p asked ArIbelIa, with
an intonauon of intense disgust.
she viii reach here this after
noon. WILDER, YOU viii have 20
meet her.
sorry, ma, but I promised to
drive Miss Caldwell 70 the park.
Fred can go.
Certainly. ] viii 60. fred saiC.
grIycly, though thera was a ho:
flush on his forehead. ! am very
fond OF aunt
"Nonsmsc!' said his mother.
lou have not seen her for fourteen
years. ] never went 10 the detcsta-
bic old Iarn after your father died"
Nevertheless. ! have a vivid re-
collection OF AGn- Sabina's kindness
while we were there.
Dear me, FpJ, " drawlod LucilIa,
don't be sentimental, | wish the
old thing E.Ouid stay at home. l
can't imagine what she IS coming
here for.
she Is our fathers sister" said
Fred, ''and / cannot find anything
surprising. in her looking for vel
come am ong her brothers children. .
Mrs. Gorh3m shrugged her shoul-
ders.. IF she had spoken her
thought 4 would have bcen--Fred
Is SO oddt just like his father But
she only said
i may depend upon you, then, to
meet your aunt. Fred? | will see
about her room.
1t was a source OF great satisiac-
ton to Mrs. G0rham that ali her
children were Ike herself Every
one 'Greers except Fred, she would
say, congratulating herself that the
blood OF "Gorha m pcre' was not
transmitted in the features Of her
elder son, Wilber, nor any of the
three girls.
That Greer pride meant intense
sclhshncss; tha1 Greer beauty was q
cold, har% type; that Greer disposi-
ton was tyrannical and narrow
mindcd-lid no. trouble Mrs. Cor
ham. That the son, who was "all
Gorham, was proud to the core
with the pride that knows no false +
shame: ,hat he was noble in dispo-
sition, handsome in frank, manly (
type. generous and self-sacrilicing-
she could not appreciate. His .
hands and feet we're not so small as /
darling Wilber's. he had no fashion
able affections ard no Greer look. .
So his mother thought him rough .
and coarse. and his sisters declared |
that ne had no style at all. But (
outside the home, where a great .
show of wealth WAS made by many /
private economies, Fred was more 7
appreciated.
When hc became a man, and .
knew that his fathers estate. though .
sufficient to give every comfort, was /
not large enough for the cxtrava-
gancc his mother INDUCED in, he 4
fitted himself for business, and /,
took a position in a counting house.
thus becoming self supporting. Oar
ling WILDER had studied law, but his
fIs client had not vet appeared,
and Mrs. Gorham supported hlm,
trusting his fascinations would touch
the heart Of some moneyed belle
Miss Caldwell was the present hope.
She was her own mistress, an orphan
heiress. and very handsome. That
she was proud and cold in her man
ner was only an additional charm to
Mrs Gorham; and Lucilla, Arabella
and Carolinne were enthusiastic in
their admiration of "Cornclia Cald-
wells very queenly manner.
Nobody suspected that Fred,
blunt. straightforward Fred, hId one
secret in his heart, confessed TO no
living being. And that secret was Il +
love. pure and true, for Cornelia
Caldwell love that would shut It
self closely away from any suspicion .
of fortune hunting-that only droop-
ed and mourned thinking OF the
heireSs. h
Bv four o'clock Fred was al the
station waiting for Aunt Sabina.
What a little. old-fashioned figure
she was. in her quaint black bonnet, \
and large figured shawl. But Fred
knew her kind old face at once,
though he had not seen il since he
was twelve years old.
You are aunt?" he said, going
quickly to meet her.
She looked at the handsome face,
and caught a quick, gasping breath:
You must be one of Johns boys,
he said. How like you are to
our father
Il am Fred he answered
@Dear heart Hog you have
own Is your mothe here p
-Shc Is waiting for you at home,
The good old country woman had
z ver bad tho least doubt of q warm