Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-03-30

from her aunts money-box; hef claims
we're clearly quite Oh, OF the question.
There remained. then. only Miss Nelly
Browr. Mrs. John'On'' lady companion.
and Mr.. James Fox.
Mr. James Fox knew from his partner.
WHO had cautioned him In friendly way.
that Mrs. Johnson WAS not going TO d..
vide her fortune. but would leave the
whole Of !, to her ",ruest friend" though
she had evidently no, ye, made her mind
Up as to who deserved tha, title. More
than once Mr.. plumley had been sudden.
ly summoned to draw up new will so
Sigh, an annoyance As . cold cup Of tea
having caused her to destroy TIE one in
Mi. Nelly. favor. Then two days
nsslec, on the par, Of Mr.. Fox. and a
cOn.,an, supply OF tea at the hands OF
Miss Nelly again rin,,a,ed ,ti. lady in
Mrs. Johnsons good grsess. Mr.. Fox.
therefore. had good cause for anxiety I.
TO VIA, would be the exae, state OF al.
fairs when the old lady Was haAlly called
upon to join the majority.
"wi,h such an old woman. he said
to himself. "who !, ready to make new
will any day. and to burn it the next.
there /, no dependence; ones future
hangs upon . ~him remedy mus, be
found. The safest thing would. Of
course. be to make love TO Miss Nelly {;
abe is rather 'ihir,yi.h,' and altogether
no, very attractive; s,ill. Il she were TO
ss, all the money, she would be anything
bu, undesirable"
SO Mr. James Fox Get 10 work ., once
20 make himself agreeable to Mis-. Brown.
yet without going too far; Tor he had by
no means forgotten Miss Laqasrion. but
he fel, /, was better TO have two strings
10 hi. bow.
The lady, however. Wa, no, 20 easily
satisfied q, the solicitor expected. for now
he had once begun to pay her A,isn,ion.
she wanted = decided offer Of marriage,
and no, being able TO ge, Il, -, took
refuge in a sua,sgem. She 'udisnly
made the discovery ,hA, Mrs. John'on''
health was Ia absolute wan, Of 0sfm,n
waters; Ia fact ,hA, IL vas dangerous for
her to spend the ,pring in EnglAnd. with
ell the changes Of hes, aud cold.
The old lady ~s.. therefore, soon per.
.usdsd to yield TO such tender 'oliei,ude.
and away the couple vent. leaving Mr..
Jane. Fox in rather awkward diem.
ma. VIA, va. he 10 do' II be wrote
cool letter, to Nelly. she would be offend
ed. and all hi, chances would be lost IN
the even, Of her inheri,ins Mrs. Johnson.
property on the other hand. II lie played
the par, OF lover. be committed him
.elf. aud gave her the materials for a
bre.eh.oi.promi'e case should the good
lady die when her name only figured 10
the will. and should be then turn his AZ
ieniion TO Mi. Laquer.on.
What. then. could he do'
The worthy Fox va. baiflsd for the
moment. bu, after deep dslib,rl,ion. he
hi, upon a grra, idea which his chemical
.,udie. suggested 10 him. Chuckling to
himself, he went 20 chemists shop.
purchased several drugs. and mixed and
re-miSed them ,ill msgnihcen, black
ink vas produced. which had the grand
advantage that in about ten day. after
being committed to paper. Il would fade
away. wi,hou, leaving the slightest
trace.
Hmboldened by the happy rt'ul, Of his
experiments. be became AZ once the most
tender and zealou. correspondent, any
woman could wish for. His letters, in
fact. overhowed with promises OF ever.
la.,ing devotion. Miss Nelly beamed
with Joy; for she was now convinced
how true and un.elh,h WAS the attach.
men, Of her sdmiref.
Under such circumstances. u was not
surprising ,ha, the German waters speed
ily did Mrs. Johnson 40 much good that
her careful nurse considered ,hA, the cure
could be shortened. and accordingly the
couple returned TO Enslsnd much earlier
than bad bsen expected.
Whether. however. the waters had
really disagreed with the old lady. or
something else bad up.e, her. was never
quite clear. but soon after their return to
Ensland. her health and strength began
seriously 10 fail. She complained bitterly
,ha, Mi. Nelly mad induced her TO IN.
derake an unnecessary aud useless jour
ney, and ,hA, ever since she had neglect
ed her altogether.
The end Of Il was. ,ha, in the height
Of her anger. she burnt the thea existing
will, and made Mr.. James Fox her sole
heir to everything she possessed. This
decision seemed TO exhaust her remain
Ing energy, for she died no, many days
after.
Mr.. Fox, who had been spprised OF
the state OF affair, by bis par,ner aud
friend, almos, los, bis senses with JOY
still his excitement did not prevent hi.
investing some money in hat band. and
Grape, and looking as mournful rs II the
sorrows Of the whole world rested uPou
his shoulders.
Miss Nelly. too. almost melted away
in tears. aud could oaly be comfdr,ed by
.her jamie" as she now called Mr. Fox.
Bu, the latter seemed to have turned
quite dull with grief. He did no, ap'
pear TO understand her al all, and day by
day, a. she became more demonsira,iSe,
be grew less sfec,iona,e.
The afternoon before the funeral. Mis-.
Nelly Was extremely brOken.heArtsd. and
amid her sobs, remarked how comfortA.
ble and happy she had always been with
her late dear friend. To her astonish'
msnt, Mr.. Fox attempted to comfort bel
by saying with cool eiviliiy. III hope you
| may soon NEE, again with such happy
home as you have had here till now
On hearing this, Miss Nellys tear,
suddenly dried up. and with eye. dila'ed
with sstonishmeni and anger. she cried
III, /, you whom expec, to make me
this happy home y
Mr.. Fox. however. simply shrugged
his shoulders, saying:
81 do no, deny that may have once
had such ideas. but Of late. have growr
wiser. Everything alters in this world
why, then, should no, our opinions d.
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