The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-10

nG Ko uc~Ausc Snc wants ChAngS. wants something to get iool,sh notions oa, of her head. Noi4h's all right"
 God grant il may be so.
 Godfrey started al the significance of the womanss tone:
 Have you heard anything. woman Speak.
 Well Squire Judson's boy has been here to borrow our churn. and he do say as Norah was married last evening to Robert Gregory"
 -Norah marned. Impossible
 But ii was too true. Fate had been stronger than Godfrey Anderson's ma chinations, for the gentle Norah had appraised the young school teacher with different guage from his. When once Godfrey had thoroughly realized the ill., fortune that had fallen upon him, he gave himself up 10 sulled, determined [ prosecution of rcsengc-on the man who had robbed him of hts idols love, on the woman who had shown him such ,ngras- itude-
 Godfrey Anderson was a power in Woodbridge. He easily secured Robert 0regoIys dismissal from office. and had the satisfaction ot seeing him driven from the village. nearly pcnniless. and with his way 10 make among strangers. Nay, Mir. Anderson $ evIl nature dld not stop here. as win be seen by the following in eldent 4 neat old lady, gentle and wtn- nins m her manners, drove up to his door one day. and was ushefed into his presence.
 have called, Mir. Anderson she said, ',as A sapphans. My name Is Grcg ory. am the molher ot the husband of your niece. You hold mortgage on my little place winch you nave ioreclosed. Gan nothing Dc done 10 extend the time [ l have lived there 50 long, and the place IS very dear to me. Besides have no- where to go, and"
 "Yes,' said Godfrey, smilingly. @ Something can be done" 1 A ray of nope 1t the poor woman's features
 And that is E' sure, chucklcd the old william m the keen enjoyment oi his humor.
 Have you the heart io turn me out into the world without home. Godfrey Anderson ri do not know anything about the heart, Ms. Gregory. he heart Is sup posed by some to oe the centre ot senti- ment, and there Is nothing ahout sentI- mcnt Tn our mortgage. SenuQnent. isv d drug m the market, quoted at nothing, ana ~ill never oe m sc,se demand.
 Then you refuse :.
 Assuiediy do. Out you pack bag and baggage. The place wili never fetch within three hundred dollars ot the amount 1 have lent on II. with accumuia- ted interest.
 :" rassed the mortgage to send your niece's husband 10 cohegc.
 All the worse for ,ou, marm.
 My husband helped the poor and needy m more atiluent days.
 ''Aa the worse Tor hun, marn.
 hen need stay mo- longer my case IS hopeless v
 II your tune Is worth an, th.ns to you. would advise you to So.
 HC had the satisfaction oi seeing the fearful woman, who stfove m vain, to hIde her soUs. ride away heart-brokcn. Years passed on, and Godfrey Ander- son grew ncher and ucher But the more nc got. the stronger became his ap- petite for wealth. To increase ms already swollen fortune. he butt great elevator on the banks ot the Tlvcr and went boldly mo speculation Inns took all nis re sogices, but he knew that the ude of money would soon pour into his eoiicrs and make him. what lie dreamed to be the highest point of human bhss, mil honalre.
 A severe winter set in. The February thaw turned the frozen rllls oi the hills into raging torrents. and the great ryer
 
 lands round Bridgetown. but t'odfrey An- derson looked al the massive foundations of his mighty building and laughed the waters 10 scorn.
 I Tossing about on his bed Tn feverlsh unrest one night. the mlser lay listening to the sullen roar of the mighty rver, and the moan of the wind through the trees. Presently knock came at hls door,
 Who IS therei"
 Il am, squire; 1 cannot sleep. The ! waters are rising and 1 am afraid" IT was the querulous voice of his old house keeper.
 "Go 10 bed, you ol 1 fool. Do you think 1 should stay here fl there were any dam ger!"
 '' But already the waves splash against the house-side, and
 But before the poor woman could finish her sentence, mighty roar drowned her voice and as if by grand upheaNng of nature. the house rocked on its founda- ton.
 Godfrey rose hurriedly and dressed. He opened the casenen, and looked into the dark horror of the night. Past hIs very window, 90 close he could almost touch 1t, swiried the mad water. rushing with impetuous fury beneath him. He heard horrid cries for help come ou, of the darkness, and hIs soul quaiied with in him.
 All without crash, rage. fury and dark ness. Would the blessed daylight never come. An hour passed by. It seemed to him year of untold .gony. Then above the roar of the tempest came a roll ing crash, as though the very heavens had opened to pour on, their wrath The I ifcar-Strickesl man and woman hsfened,