The Mineral argus., 1885-09-24
d M,LlICxA,Re'S DAUGHTER.
~ Xaniase to aPoor Ran and The Result

Iianairr', daughter. one iii'e morning and
Of father of tie girl lad di,inherited her
Ia east her off forever. n EN- Geoilry
had held his wife IN his arms and sworn
.i4 everything he held most sacred. that
he girl who had sacrificed so much for
Ai.a should not want for anything.
Never" he declared. while have ten
.'...rs and all my senses. and can work.
nc,, steal or murder to yet it.
"oh. hush" cried the little wife, with
9th hands over his mouth. don't say
wicked things I.ut She did not think
Godfrey was So mneh in earnest a. be was
he only thought Ia, meant to do his best
.Jr her
Til. young man was deep In his employ
e-'s confidence. He handled quantities of
money every ia, and Lad keys to the
ereat safe and had control of the account
books; but GeoiIry had only good salary
and lad no right to furnish his little
aorlse ~ luxurianfly as he did. The girl
new nothing of ways and means.
When in the course of year her father
"A wido wer-I,iarried Il school mate Of her
own and she began IT, meet this CIR! occa-
sionly, she also began to vie with her in
costume. and bills came To Geotfry from
iIil!iuer and jcweler, AS we'll as from gro
Ger and butcher lie could not pay them
ali. lie did wha, le could paying little
here and "A little there Shaving oil this one.
sat styling that. Ii was "a hard task but he
l,,yer told hi, wife word about it. Al
1T the time came when there seemed to be
~, hope of evading the consequences any
lpnger. and desperate thoughts OF what he
might do. ii he would, made him .hud-
Ter. In this mood he went home one
night to find his wife in tears. She held
title note ia her hand which she thrust IN
20 her pocket, but her strength of mind
vas not sufficient to keep it there. At "a
question out it came.
Its from Madame Fiouncette," she
aid. ~ wanted her to make me new
e., stume for Mrs. Ashior's lawn party, and
he's written to me the most impertinent
answer. The mean thing. III just go to
somc;,odv else. I want a very pretty
iress. My stepmother will be there, and
he says such hOrrid things: and father
warned me that would be in rags if
married. you. and you said you'd never let
ne need anything. Now it is time To
lrove you meant it,
Il did mean it," said Geogry." "You
hall have the money. Rosa" He left the
fpom went out into the hall. and paced
a,owly NJ and down.
Come to supper. Geoif-y." said his
VIE
tut he answered: I'm he back in u
minute"
And she heard the door slut behind
hm.
AS he did the safe key fell from the
rocket of the coat he carried on his arm
10 the marble floor of the vestib:.le. He
topped to pick it up, but Rosa had heard
t!e sound aud knew it. Her husband had
bad habit Of dropping that key.
She ran to the window ard saw him take
p ar that passed the corner in the direc.
i.on of his place Of business. His move
ni-nts were more rapid and nervous than
u,ual.
A cold chill ran through her frame u
dread of she knew not what.
What a chill am." sh. thouyht
Then the words that h- had uttered on
their wedding day came back to her.:
| will beg work. beg steal or murder to
get you all you want"
How she had put her hands over his
lips to stop him; still not believing that
he would do anything wrong /; but now
npw-wlIat had she done?
Suddenly her own folly rose before her.
plainly defined TO sight. She knew how
much her husband made, how much they
spent. He must be in debt He must be
unable to meet his expenses. Her poor
Geoilry. How could she have been so
blind? And now under the pressure of
her foolish iretting for new dress, he
How? Where?
She remembered the fate of faithless
clerk of her fathers, and remembered il
was said ''he stole for the sake OF an ex-
travagant wife. And her heart sn,ote her
What could she do?
~ "'i ahefi t1dt ucT
car, follow him."
Aferward she thought SO.
She caught NJ hat and sacque and ran
out, putting On her hat and gloves as she
went. She took car and went straight to
her husbands place of business.
The street was dark and lonely: no one
wns astir; but through crack in the
closed shutter she saw a light shine She
tried the door, 1t opened under her touch
and she enteaed.
Some one had lit the gas in the inner
room. 1t threw shadow high upon the
wall. Now the shadow vanished. Tremb-
ling with excitement she crept on up to
the very door, and saw her husband bend
ing over the great sale. He turned fiercely
with his hand al pocket in which she
knew lac carried pistol
who is there" he asked in a furious