Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-01-13

money-that he is glad / have not any
and-and he's coming to see you to-mor
row, father"
Mr.. Warden smiled gravely and pattet
Janet's white hand as she placed i
caressingly on his shoulder. Then b,
said, slowly:
Coming to see me, is hep Well
dear, must talk about it to him. Now
| you must go to bed-it must be late. ant
l want to think. Goodnight, my deal
goodnight"
Janet pressed her lips to her father,
wrinkled forehead with more tenderness.
than usual. She, who was accustome6
to his quiet, studious manner, knew tina
ne had been shaken by what she hal
told him, and that he wished to be
alone, so she crept away to her cham
Der, fitting Though the dark passages
and echoing galleries like some fail
spirit, and fell to sleep on her pillows
the image of life, youth and hope, in tht
midst OF decaying age and forgotten
grandeur.
1t was the week before Janet's mar.
riage, and in the old picture gallery
standing where the sunlight fell upon
them, were Janet and her betrothed
Hither her father often came ST n;oht
candle in hand. to gaze on tbose whr
had gone before him drawing aside the
vail that covered the face of his iii nj.
starred brother George. -
Tha or.,a;.. II. .,,s ,a
do.,,, ,o,s ~ u aieo .ho " 1te Wills looAeu
SJm4 whst tba,. uon .nem 1s y scanuallzeu "a q
w;.h aIs bis ones s saw. lua nGnry was s!aneing :
,ha asn Ill az {. n S a9un4 ahe.s malst, aIu
ban5so,,,a @ - ns.u aaisSu he. LEI iair iace " 'i'e
ils 0us ia ra;rs;n; Oav auusS =, nea, ..;1. O..
Ons oiv mpala1'ng Ia psrticuiaI Oh or
sGe6prgs splgg warren. JaneIs great grand
a,dna; aa.ael, seelneu W ,Iown oarkly az l1e
,,uoa nuoaoiuus thn ooapae wig 9aLeu 70 intruae
oas, opun .le pittacy u nlnsen anu nls Us
ssda Sv - tIa .siios Hle on .le JULIET
Iaoo Ia aoS Il. III sHo sa.iSiy ia.l y9u.s sni, n
tuoou i.s ~ oouioe al,u pT"ueleo ualr' seemed
IN w sHee. smlN upon ner painiui
iace W ~ pathlze Win the lovers.
My dearest Janet, " said Mr.. Wood,
" really cannot permit you to talk like
this. Long before | knew you or had
seen your lace l had heard OF White
brook Manor and its master and mis-
tress: MY mother has often told me of
the lfienasnlp tnat nad existed Getween
my granaiatner and your mother, and l
have seen her lament over the change
brought about in the Warden family.
But, Janet, saw you-and then-then
you know what happened. VOW,
> anet. II you were worth thirty thou
sano collars year, your lace would
SEEN n1 iaiTgL, your AearG no puIer' IN
iny ! sisnu. w II yol noc' Gan you hoI'
oelicvS ine WHEN Iepeao rove you i0I
youlss anu inae your MeIgnI IN goio
Wou!o mol enhance your valUe IN my
opinion, WnaIeVer IL may In otner
peoples Z!
1t is so good, so kind OF you to say
so, Henry! said Janet. tearfully. "And
belieVe what you say. indeed DO;
put-nut my iatner Is SO grIeved when
ne thinks be has to give you q portion
less Wlie tnat IL makes me grleVe, TOO. !"
Inen grleve no more, my oarlng;
Ior IL you 90, will what shall L
threaten you wlthP All. l know. Ill
run away with you. and then you shall
nave no grand wedding, as my mother
insists upon"
Janet laughed.
Ohy Henry, as II l careo Tor tnat!
but Whab was II you Wlsneo me to tell
you last nlgntr lou 81 10 before you
went away you would come this morn
ing M 70 neari TI
hrnaa meals Iuou st a[em W. neE so"ara !ae
e. oac cro,n near 'nein' 'anu nis
s farat Saa, - 4o1t
oanco' oeal; waus YOU W teiL nie
now your grandiatner managed 10 10
1i5 fortune as ne d1o, ana now your
iather mas never been able to retrieve it.
are you vexeo at my questionlngF"
n' I1e4Ty, noI DuG IL is SO sao-so
very saq however, VIII tell you as
~ weil a. ! Can. Aiscen, tnen. lou know
.oi ygaiS, owlns 70 ene fecKless way IL
WHICH ny sIeat-gIanuIatner Spent MS
money, tne estate became inv Owed, and
Wnen MS eloest son came to be master
9. q Ine manor ne found himself IN great
olncuitles.
noWever, ne WORKED well and hard.
summing hlmseu TO give MS cnlldren a
gooo euucaIlon ana pay on the mort
gages' so lIat, at last, tne estate was
iree. DuG an tnls Time tne mouse nad
Deen becoming very mucn as 1t Is now,
ana tnen iresn troubles came.
My Uncle Marmaduke died of con-
sumption, and Aunt Jane ran away to
pe marrIeo-sne dIed long time ago, l
know, Tor ner husband treated her very
crueliy. linen Uncle George was very
Wlld, and spent great deal OF money,
till at last grandpapa said he should
have no more; and then for some wears
poor grandmamma's mind had become
weaker and weaker with all these
troubles; she could not bear them SO well
as grandpapa. Well ,one night when they
were all sitting in the oak parlor (my
father was abroad, you know, Uncle
George came in quite suddenly-for he
had been in London-and whispered to
giandLmamma. era, tLa she was more fond of