The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-21

Eversley was hanging between life and
death. The face hat blanched that
day so 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. 1t was a 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 that
Miss Mahala had taken back 10 boxes
and shelves and lay figures that SPLEEN
did Briarley outfit, which was of no use
to the bride, who, on the day after @
marriage, awoke to hear that her
father, the great broker whose immense
possessions were thought to be as fixed
as the value of the Koh-i-noor, mad
failed, and had cut his throat-thc poor
bride who did not know 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
it meant.
"Uncle Trevor had a shock last week,
you nifty regret to hear" said Trevor,
with a grin, at luncheon, when Teresa
came down for the third or fourth time
to go out to her business a little while
in the middle of the day. Il hope it
won't give any of you a shock. He
passed away day before yesterday
morning, and will be buried this after
noon. I suppose we must wait till then
for the will, but it comes hard to do it."
''Trevor! have you no decency leftp"
said Teresa.
81 will trouble you, Miss Eversley,"
sold that x~0r1n<r mon sEt0 rrco q diffprQnt
method of speech toward me. Re-
member that now, at any rate, I am the
head of the house, and if you can not
mand, do not address me at all"
All the same they drove to their
%uncle's funeral together. some hours
parlor to hear the will read by his law
yer. 1t was a; very brief document,
giving the expected legacies to the othel
Eversleys, and a small n to Laura.
ITO my nephew and namesake, Trev-
Or" the page then ran, 81 give the con
tents of the inclosed 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 I die seized I
hereby give and bequeath to my niece
Teresa Eversley, provided that she con-
tinues the business in which she is now
engaged, and associates her sister Laura
with herself in the conduct of the same."
Mrs. Eversley threw up her hands
with a cry. ''Continue!" But her voice
was arrested by Trevor's groan. He
was looking at his legacy; it was only
his forged note.
'It is terrible! 1t is mysterious said
Mrs. Eversley, as they drove home.
"It is right" said Laura-"solemnly,
~sorrowfully right" .
sBut as for the business, mamma"
said Teresa, ''now that we really need
not pursue it except to meet an old
mans caprice, you may not care so
much, socially considered. Think what
a good thing it is to give employment
to SO many happy people as we do
there! We shallha nave nbounded wealth
outside of it, so that we can really make
a plaything of the establishment; make
it quite an ideal concern, and educate
public opinion in such matters"
'Pshaw!' aid Mrs. Eversley.
"You need not speak SO. As for
yourself, mamma, you shall have every
luxury and pleasure, and, if you choose,
you can live abroad with Trevor; I will
make him my purchasing agent in
France. That is only fair; I gave Har-
old. Van Duysen asituation on the books
to-day"
And Mrs. Eversley went abroad with
her son. But the wealth of her daugh-
tiers was only bitterness to her. with the
gall and NORWOOD of the shop; and as
for tho roSt-Sha had soon that noto as
Trevor crumpled it in his hands, and
had comprehended the whole.
1--WE had better have learned to dig,
Trevor" she said as they leaned over
the vessels side together, ethan to have
waited in that way for a dead mans
shoes. o, they came too late! I NIGH
have known they would. And now they
pinch, they pinch!'
"They sometimes do" said Trevor.
Harriet Prescott Spoford, in Harper's
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