Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-09-29
THE WILL WAS FOUND.
And More Than Two People Were
Made Happy.

Edward Stanhope, after graduating
from Harvard and spending five years
on a pleasure tour in Europe, was
called.home by the sudden death Of
his father, to find that he was left
penniless to hammer out his own
living.
He had been educated to be a gen.
tleman and therefore no business
man wanted him. AT last. when all
hope was ebbing away, he happened
to attract the notice, one day in the
street, of a Boston merchant named
John James Martyr. After some
questioning, Mr.. Martyr engaged
him to teach French and German to
his invalid daughter, who had gone
south for her health on a Virginia
plantation.
In his bluff way the merchant asked
Stanhope to promise on his word that
he would not make love to Rena, his
daughter. "She is too young to be
anything but romantic" he said.
So it was that Edward Stanhope
came to be a member of the Martyr
family, and though Serena's aunt,
Mrs. Cenyar, regarded him askance
at first, she was compelled to own
that he was young man who knew
his place.
The daughter, a wilful little blonde
of Is, was bewitching pupil, but
though wonderfully quick in catch
ing the conversational language, was
stubborn about rules and routine. 81
want to read and talk" she would
say, "and / won't learn whole pages
of horrid verses and rules"
So they read and talked, and Stan
hope, in spite of his resolutions, soon
found himself hopelessly in love with
his pupil.
1t was year before things came to
a climax. Rena had been ill, and in
her delirium her aunt heard words
that warned her to send Edward
Stanhope away, unless they were
prepared to give this one pet idol Of
the household to his loving care.
1t was not in Mr.. Martyrs nature
to mince matters, and he sent for Ed
ward Stanhope to his private sitting
room as soon as he understood the
case.
81 find we must part" he said very
gently, land I regret it deeply; but
will send you to Boston as our cor
responding clerk, if you will accep
the position"
"Part! Go to Bostonv cried tn,
young man.
"Is it not best for you?"
eyes. You are right! You have
guessed, then, the secret l thought
had guarded so we'll"
"That you love Rena?"
eyes. Let me tell you my story
Mr.. Martyr. You think am a pre-
sumptive fool, but perhaps you viii
change your mind. I am a gentle
man by birth, but my parents wer
lost at sea when was boy. One O
the passengers on the steamer saveC
my life and brought me to his home
His own wife and child were lost, ant
he became fond of me. He wa
wealthy, and adopted me, giving m
his name and leading me to suppos
that / would be his heir. 1t wa
wronging no one, as his nearest rela
ton was nephew, who is immense
ly rich and has lived for years il
California. There was no eXpens
spared in my education, and yet
was taught nothing practical, n
trade, no profession by which l coul
earn my bread. When left colleg
my benefactor, whom l had Gale
father for many long years, took m
abroad, and we travelled together fc
four years. Then for the first tim
we separated, as he grew homesicl
and l was wild to visit eastern land,
He returned home, almost forcin
me to join party who We're boun
to oriental countries. After a yea