The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-11

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fortune-nor will you to him; and Of
course It was easy for him to lose money
as o as he knew this. some bank
failed, | dare say. And III dare say
more than that. | think it is very prob
able that Mr.. Harold Joyce is at an.
other watering-place at the present ne.
ment, and that that sister of his has
got over her Iameness, and is cOnsump.
tive, very likely, this time"
| don't know how | managed to re.
strain myself as Harold was being So
shamefully malIgned. | felt that for
LauTa's sake | must be prepared to
endure anything. | dared not write to
Harold aud tell him, for he would have
Insisted on taking me away "a all risks;
and Laura would have suffered for it.
"Heaven forgive you, auntl" was all
| could say. "You will know better
some day. And then the tears came
like a torrent.
I'VE shall see," said my aunt, rising
from the window, and preparing to
leave the room.
She came and kissed me on the fore
head before she went out. The kiss
seemed to burn me. | could have har-
dened myself against intentional cruel
ty; but that act of hers told me she was
well-meaning in what she said, though
her heart was too unsympathetic to do
justice. Poor aunt She had never had
a noble hearted mans affection. Per-
haps that was the reason.
As . after she had gone out as |
could compose myself, | sat down to
write to Harold. | told him how | had
met Mr.. GladWin junior, and how he
had commented on his fathers sharp
ness IN withdrawing from the firm of
bankers when he saw that they were
likely to fail. | knew nothing of bust
ness, but | had a kind of a PRESENT.
ment that the information might be
important, not only to Harold, but al
so to his fellow.suifereTs by the banks
failure.
For days after | could not help wish
ing that Mr.. GladwIn's father might
turn out to be a bad man. At times |
felt il was net right to have such a wish
and tried to hope that, if Laura's money
was restored to her, it might be with
out the loss of anybody's character.
Then L would ask myself it was not
mean to use a sons words in evidence
against his w father, Ought I to
have said nothing; or was it a duty on
my part to tell Harold what Ihad learnt
regardless of the source from which the
knowledge eame2
| was very miserable while these
doubts filled my mind. Harold did not
write too; whatever could be the reasonp
To add TO my wretchedness, Mr.. Glad
win came to see us nearly every day,
and began with the encouragement of
my aunts, | could see plainly-to pay
me great attention. | felt that | must
be kind to him, although he seemed sill
lier every time | saw him. He was not
responsible for his fathers acts, Of
course.
But why did not Harold writer Was
he Disguised With me for telling him
what | did, Or, worse still, was there
really any truth in what Aunt Ann
had said? | wrote again and again,
but not a scrap came from him in re-
turn. My aunts seemed to divine my
perplexlty, and triumphed in it, | felt.
And they sang the praises of the cur
friend, until | was positively
of his name-or' rather, | should
have been, had it not had for me an in
terest of which they knew nothing.
esther, child, f" SAID Aunt Polly one
afternoon, 81 wish you would read the
In the County Monitor of the re.
opening of our schools. | want to see
If it gives an account OF what Mr.. Glad.
win said-such a sensible speech -
wasn't it Ann?"
Every, for such a young man" re-
Piled her sister, in her emphatic way.
"And then read your aunt those love-
verses in the poets corner" contln-
ned Aunt Polly, 81 had just time to
ook at them when the paper came in.
They are 50 beautiful"
| turned owe the paper mechanically
search of Mr.. Gladwin's speech-if
It vas there. l did not tell my aunts,
out he had informed me confidentially,
hat George had worked it up for
him, and he had got it by heart. "I'm
lot up to all that sort Of thing, - he
,aid in his usually sententioas manner.
AS | was searching something caught
eye which made all the blood rush
to my head and then rush back
lgain.
whats the matter, child?1 cried
Aunt Polly. 'She's going to faint,
AnnI'
faction against the partners in the
ate firm of bankers, Green, Hartley,
md Gladwin. Important revelations
oh, Haroldin | remember saving
his, and then the room began to swim
ound and round.
We have been married two years.
Baby Is walking, 80 | must hurry on
With what remains to be told Of my story
Veil, l was very i'll for some weeks
.fter that day when | caught sight of
he paragraph about the bank. My
nursed me with a tenderness
hat was quite a new thing to me. and
o a degree that quite distressed me,
AUNT Ann was penitent about her pre-
udice against Harold. During
ny illness she put into my hands
wo letters from him-the very ones
had been so anxious about-which
he had kept back, thinking she was
DING me a kindness in trying to Danish
verything about Harold from my mind
lie was in high favor with her when
he gave them to me; for, following up
he information | had sent, he was TO a
reat extent the chief instrument in
.using legal proceedings to be taken
Mr.. Gladwin, senior. 1t APP
cared that, although the partners in
he bank were able TO escape a crimi-
al charge, yet they were proved to
ave acted in a manner that drew a
cry strong condemnation from the
ldge who heard the case. The money
'hich Mr., Gladwin had ''cleared out"
his son termed it, and which he
to have subsequently shared with
is late partners, had to be banded
yer to the creditors of the bank. Iau-
4 got nearly the whole of her little for
lne back again, and, %inadditIon, Har-
Id was presented with a beautiful ser
ice of plate when we were married, as
tribute Of gratitude from those whom
is efforts had benefited.