Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-06
CHAPTER tx.
DIR. WASHINGTON.

Arnold returned to his studio, sat down
and fell fast asleep.
He was awakened about noon by his
cousin Clara.
ooh, Arnold" she cried, shaking him
wrathtully by the arm" this is a of
the greatest excitement and Importance to
me- and you are my only adviser, and you
are asleepl'
HE sprang to his feet.
Il am awake now, Clara. Anxiety and
troubled On account of our talk yester-
dayT'
He saw that she had been crying. In her
hands she had a packet of letters.
ooh, no, no; it is far more important than
that. As for our talk"
81 am engaged to her, Clara"
$50 1 expected" she replied coldly. fBut
am not come here about your engagement.
And you do not wan my congratulations. l
supposep
81 should like to have your good wishes,
Clara"
"Oh, Arnold, that is what my poor Claude
said when he deserted me and married tho
governess. You men want to nave your
W way, and then expect us to be delighted
with it."
Il expect nothing, Clara. Pray under
stand that"
81 told Claude, when he wrote asking for
g~iveness, that he had my good wishes,
whatever he chose to do, but that l would
not on any account receive his wife. Very
we'll, Arnold; that is exactly what l say to
you"
every well, Clara. / quite understand.
AS for the studio, and all the things that
you have given me, they are, Of course,
yours again. Let me- restore what l can to
you"
"No, Arnold. they are yours. Let me hear
no moro about things that are your own.
OF course, your business, as you call it, is
exciting. But as for this other thing, it is
far moro important. Something has hap
pened; something l always expected; some
thing that l looked forward to for years;
although it has waited on the way so long,
it has actually come at last, when l had
almost forgotten to look for it. SO true it
is, Arnold, that good fortune and misfortune
alike com when we least expect them"
Arnold sat down. He knew his cousin too
we'll to interrupt her. She had her own way
of telling a story, and it was a roundabout
way.
l cannot complain, after twenty years,
can II l have had plenty of rope, as you
would say. But still, it has come at last.
And naturally, when it does come, it is a
shock"
'Is it hereditary govt, Clara?'
"Gout! Nonsense, Arnold. When tae viii
was read, I said to myself, Claude is certain
to come back and claim his own. 1t is his
right. and l hope he will come. But for my
own part, l have not the least intention Of
calling upon the governess.' Then three or
four years passed away, and l heard-I do
not remember how-that he was cad. And
then l waited for his heirs, his children, or
their guardsans. But they did not come"
"And now they have really come? Oh,
Clara, this is indeed a misfortune
''No, Arnold; call it a restitution, not a
misfortune. l have been living all these
years on the money which belongs to
Claude's heir"
There was a son, then. And now he has
dropped upon us from the clouds!'
cit is a daughter, not a son. But you
shall hear. Ireceived a letter this morning
from a person called DR.. Joseph Washing
ton, stating that he wrote to me ON account
of the only child and heiress of the late
Claude Deseret"
=."Who is DR.. Joseph Washington
HE is a physician, he says, and an Amer
ican."