Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24

it was evident that her heart was not
in them. Mr.. Summerall took his
hat, and approached to bid her fare
well. Must she remain silent wher
there was so much to respond to
Must she not indicate by word OF
look that he might hope that his affec.
lions were not wholly unreciprocated
She took up pair of scissors from
! her work box, severing astray rlngle,
from her forehead, placed it in the
hand that was extended, for parting
grasp. So rapid had been the act that
it was unnoticed by her mother, Sum
neral pressed the unhoped for trophy
to his lips, and, with a glance of mex
pressible gratitude.at Ellen, took leave
of her and her mother. And this was
all in the way of love passages that
transpired between Ellen Glenham
and Alferd Summerall Who can
say that he did not leave her as free
as he found her?
A year passed by, bringing misfor-
tunes to the Glenham family in its
train. The eldest son, who was en-.
gagged in mercantile pursuits in New
Y ork, had been compelled to call up.
on his father for large Endorsements,
and finally, through inattention OF
ignorance. became so involved that
his good name must either suffer If
remediably or he must raise consid-
cradle sum. The money was supplied,
the young mans honor was retrieved
but his father and the family were
completely beggared.
We will not describe those grada-
tioLs from aff1uence to competence,
from competence to narrow means.
from morrow means to restitution and
dependence, which the Glenhams
underwent. The period at length ar
rived when they were obliged to re-
move from their stately manOr-house
to a humble tenement occupied by
their gardener, when the boys were
taken from college, and one of them
sent to sea, and the other placed in a
store, when the girls solicited work
from milliners and upholsterers in the
city, and when the father tried daily
in vain to procure some humble ap-
pointment, no matter if it were no
better than that Of a tide-waiter in
the cuStom-house. Ellen bore up I'M
der these privations with an indomit-
able spirit, and became more than
ever,theylife and Joy Of the household,
rising early and retiring late, and not
shrinking from the most mental en-
ployment. Her trial was to come
Among the suitorS whom she had
known in her prosperity was Mr..
Wentworth. He was one of those
negative individuals, of whom You
could say nothing bad, and but little,
for which he deserved credit, that was
good. He was personable in his ex-
terror. His manners were those Of a
gentleman, and he was, perhaps, as
well educated as nine-tenthS Of the
futterers in fashionable society. His
chief claim to consideration. however,
lay in the indisputable fact that he
was wealthy. He had made his money
himself, too, by bold speculati.ns, and
he had bought a handsome house and
furnished it luxuriously. All that he
now wanted was a wife who would
grace his establishment, and whose
charms and position would draw
around her and him that fashionable
world in whose glare he was ambitious
to bask. Ellen Glenham was the
reigning belle. She was sincerely ad-
mired by the men, envied and caressed
by the women. Wentworth offered
himself when she was at the zenith Of
her popularity, and was rejected, al
though he had reason to believe that
the mother favored his suit. Time
rolled on, and the report reached him
of the calamitous reverse of fortune
which had befallen the Glenhams. He
vigilantly watched their decline step
by step; perhaps he managed to has
ten it little by intrigues, which he
was not ashamed to resort to, and
when he had nodded an opportunity
to suit him, he sent liveried servant
with letter addressed to Mrs. Glen
ham.
At the moment Of it's reception the
family were in a state Of embarrass-
ment and distress, compared with
which all former sufferings seemed
trifing. AS if by concert all the small
tradesmen with whom they had had
dealings, had the day before impor-
tuned them for the paltry amounts
for which they were indebted. Mr..
Glenham, after encountering refusal
from two of his city friends to lend
him a ten.dollar bill, had returned
home and remained in a state Of stu
por, hour after hour looking out of
the window. Susan, the eldest girl,
for the sake of saving few shillings
in stage fare, had walked from the
city when the snow was on the ground,
and contracted a violent cough, which
she in vain tried to conceal. The
weather was extremely cold, and but
little fuel remained wherewith to keep
them warm. Perjury in it's most
frightful aspect looked in at their
dilapidated windows.
It was under circumstances like
these that Mrs. Glenham, who
had little genuine fortitude of char
acter, received Mr.. Wentworth's let
ter. It contained reiteration of his
offer of marriage to Ellen, accom-
panied by suggestion that in the
event of his alliance with the family,
it would, of course, be his pleasure, as
well as his duty, to restore them to the
condition they had formerly occupied,
tO reinstate them in heir old mansion