The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-07-02
A FATAL ERROR.
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Charity. kind sir. My poor children Bare starving.
 E The speaker was i fh,nlv-clad woman fwho shivercd in the wintry blast. for it waS 1 December. and the keen frosty ar pene- ! trated even the warm garments of the rich. The gentleman addressed was man of thirty-tive. noh and prosperous man. who hoped soon 10 become s,ill more \ rich and prosperous through the alliance with the fair girl al his side. I '' Poor woman. said Edith Mortimer 8 compassiona,ely. '' have left my purse at B home. George. ! am sure you will re- 4 liese her distress. ~Of course vill, my darling. Here. poor woman. take that. and may |, do you good
 As he spoke he drew from his vest por k 5 c, a coin and put Il iE ;hc extended hand I of the applicant.
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 Heaven ble., your generous heart, .tshe exclaimed -siih hear:icl, gratitude < Thank you. said George Chester sra- sSciousy.
 Edith Mortimer rewarded him with a
 sbcaming smile RI :. am glad you gave the poor creature . so much" she said II like generosity H don't think could esteem or rcspec, q % mean man"
 We think alike on ,ha, point, my dar- ling. said Chester T never ean refuse to give. even if l suspect the object may ! be unworthy. It makes me happy to make others happy Another beaming smile from Edith = I love you all the better for that. dear { George" she said in low voice. On the whole" thought Chester. my { money is 4 good investment though ! can't help grudri1g i; to ;he heggar N When Edith becomes Mrs Chester and I get hold of her money. shan't give T much to beggars. For the present ,s i policy to be generous.
 Of course Edith could no, read the I thoughts of the man by her side.
 She believed him a genuine philanthro- pist. while n reality he was mean. self I ssh. hard-hearfed man. vel with ta~t ] enough ;e overcome these :ralrs for the sake of making ! favorable impression upon the heart of the heiress. Edith Morliwer was an orphan. and the absolute mistress of twenty thousand :: no small fortune for T girl of nineteen. But her fortune was by no means her chief attraction.
 She was beautiful. sweet-tempered. ar S complished and her hear was animated < by the most generous charity. She had a regular list of pensioners. and would have found f impossible n re- fuse ar applicant who was in need. Doubtless she had often givcn 10 un- 8 worthy objects. bu; such mistakes re- bound to the credit of those who make them.
 As Edith said she would hare found Il impossible 10 respect CT esteem mean man.
 Thus far George Chester had succeeded in ceneeal.ng his real character from her. but the time was coming when II would be revealed. Whenever he was ~Ith her he gave lib- eraliy to any who asked for charity bur \ al his shop he would have repuised them with hard axd bitter words. He kep. large clothing establishment; { m one of the principal streets in the GIN. I bu; Edith. who lived in Hanmersmiih. I had never been there. and knew absolute iy nothing of him in his business relations. Of course there were many who oouued ] the favor of the young and beautiful heir ess, but there vas only one who came near being the rival of the successful suir- or
 This was Dr. Goodwin. young physi-
 can who had recently established him seh and vas having a hard struggle to