Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-26

arm trembles, Harold" said his mother 81
ought not to have let yeu carry all those wraps
on It," And 30 they HOvedAway.
. Miss Mahala carried on the business during
the next six weeks or So. Miss Eversley was
hanging between life and death The face that
bianched that day 30 swiftly from its superb
carmine, the features that grew ashen and
pinched, the leaden circles about the beautiful
eyes, all told Of the shock the brain had had. It
was fierce fire that burned in her veins but in
its flames there were certain things she
could well spare that were reduced to
ashes. When she recovered she found
shelves and lay figures that splendid Briarley
outfit, which was Of 40 ase to the bride, who,
on the day after her marriage, awoke to hear
that her father the great broker whose immense
possessions were thought to be a. fixed as the
value of the Koh-i-noor, had failed. and cut his
enough to care about the loss Of her fortune
till Harold's grip upon her arm and furious
look into her eyes had taught her what 1t
meant.
F." Uncle Trevor had shock last week, you
may regret to hear" said Trevor, with . grin,
third or fourth time to 20 out to her business .
little while in the middle Of the day. 81 hope
1t won't give any of you shock. He passed
away day before yesterday morning. and will be
buried this afternoon. | suppose we must wait
till then for the will, but it comes hard to
do It,"
"Trevor have you no decency lefta". said
Teresa.
81 will trouble you, Miss Eversley," said that
young man, Ito use different method of speech
toward me. Remember that now, at any rate, 1
am the head Of the house. and If you cannot ad-
dress me with the respect that demand, do not
address me at all"
All the same they drove to their uncle's fune-
raj together, some hours later, and returned to
his dingy little parlor to hear the will read by
20 hrIn$ \
Ing the expected legacies to the other Eversleys,
and small one to Laura. 'To my nephew and
namesake Trevor" the page then ran. 81 give
the contents Of the Enclosed envelope marked
with his name. which my lawyer will hand him,
and which he is to open in the presence Of his
sisters And all the rest and residue of which l
die seized I hereby give and bequeath to my
niece Teresa Eversley, provided that she con-
t1nues the business in which she Is now engaged
and associates her sister Laura with herself in
the conduct OF the same"
Mrs. Eyersley threw up her hands with cry.
''Continue!" But her voice was arrested by
Trevor's groan. He was looking at his legacy
1t was only his forged note.
at Is terrible! It Is mysterious" said Mrs.
Eversey, as they drove home.
cit is right" said Laura, ''solemnly, sorrow-
fully right
''But as for the business, mamma" said Te-
resa. "now that need not pursue it except
to meet an old mans caprice, you may not care
so much, socially considered. Think what q
good thing it is to give employment to so many
happy people as we do there! We shall have
unbounded wealth outside Of 1t, 80 that we can
really make plaything of the establishment;
make 1t quite an ideal concern, and educate
public opinion in such matters"
"Pshaw!" said Mrs. Eversley.
"You need not speak so. As for yourself,
mamma, you shall have every luxury and
Measure. and, If you choose, you can live
abroad with Trevor; will make him my pur-
chasing agent in France That is only fair; !
gave Harold Van Duysen q situation on the
books to-day"
And Mrs. Eversley went abroad with her son
But the wealth of her daughters was only bitter.
ness to her, with the gall and NORWOOD Of the
shop: and as for the rest-she had seen that
note as Trevor crumpled it in his hands, and
had cOmprehended the whole.
1--WE had better have learned to dig, Trevor, ,
she said, ashley leaned over the vessels side to-
gether. than to have waited in that way for q
dead mans shoes. on. they came too late.
nach nave known they would And now they
'They sometimes do" said Trevor.