The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-05-11

aud my fortune from tho whirlpool az
disaster. Ihate the mant'
The I sh came. II was 2 great sur.
prise "a everybody, and several small
firms went down with the orman bank
The wreck Of. Orman's business was com
plete; everything was swept away.
Mrs. Orman was Frustrated by the
blow and Celestine was compelled 70 re-
main with her all the time. She longed
to 20 out In the cruel world and help BY
her feeble efforts to assist her father, but
she could not leave her mother. Her
father never E~eproached her by any word.
but Celestine knew that she had panied
him deeply and that he blamed her largely
for the disaster which had borne him TO-
the earth.
Curing the long year the Orman family
suffered the direst poverty. The old man
had the hardest possible time Of It to
keep his wife and daughter In food and
clothing and pay the expensive doctors he
was compelled to call To- ttend his invalid
wife.
AS the day drew near when Ernest
Vance had promised to return 70 her
Celestine's spirits rose 70 the highest
pitch. She had not told her father and
mother about It, because he might not
come.
When the night arrived the three mem
beers OF the family sat In aspare room III
which there was scarcely any furniture.
a dim light Threw weird shadows on the
wall. Mrs. Orman sat In an arm chair,
with her eyes closed and her hands crossed
on her lap. Mr.. Orman leaned his head
upon q writing desk, for his heart was
heavy with multiplied misfortunes and
disappointment. He was discouraged.
Celestine was intensely nervous. There
was no colos in aer cheeks, but her eyes
shone with terrible earnestness and Ok
~pectancy. This had been true Of her all
day. She sat by the window that looked
upon the street, and IL was 10 o'clock
before the window was shut and the cur
tains drawn. Her heart began "a fall;
hope, sweet hope, which had given her
courage through six long years, began e
vanish.
III he should not come, all will be lost
indeedr she sighed, and she could not
restrain the tears which welled from her
full heart.
AZ the clock struck II Mrs. 0rman be-
gan 70 gather her things shout her 70 re-
tire, Celestine came to assist her. The
father still rested his tired and perplexed
head upon the desk. Celestine had given
up the watch and banished the hope and
longed to reach her own little room, whore
she might weep herself into fOrgetfulness
OF her pent up grief and crushing disap-
pointment.
And then tic little bell rangl
Mr.. Orman started up and exclaimed,
Whats thatf'' but, without waiting for
al answer, went to the door. In a few
rrsnrNanfu ha paffxWNaa ~ A. fall rlNam
shaven man followed him.
sMr. Vance said he.
Celestine uttered q wild shrek. and as
she fell upon the. bosom OF her returned
loved one she lost consciousness for d mo.
ment. Her Joy was too great The anx-
iety had told upon her, and when tbs
meeting came she was not strong enough
10 sustain t.
When she regained consciousness ex-
plantations were in order. These were
given In a frank, manly fashion, and then
MFR. Orman joined their hands together
and said:
my children, receive my blessing. I
confess I wronged Mr.. Vance :
Mr.. Orman began business as q banker
again In the growing western city where
Ernest Vance had gone and ~prospered as
q lawyer beyond his expectations. He
had been two years the district attorney
Of his county, and was sure OF being
elected to congress. AS the silent part
ner in the Orman bank he directed the i'm
vestments with shrewdness end with the
knowledge Of real estate values which his
long residence at w. had given him.
And Celestine, she IS the pride and the
idol OF Ernest Vance's heart. All things
come to those who wait, and after many
years all she hoped for came to herr.
New York Evening Sun.