Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1888-05-25
NJ ON AS CHOICE.
BY MRS. ALEXANDER.


But. grannie, dear, you 90 not know
what prince in disguise | may captivate,'
said Mona. rising and drawing chair be-
side her. ''Penniless girls marry often"
She would have said anything to cheer
her.
"Ah, but no jewel looks well if it is not
well set. Men may not want money with
their brides, but they are almost always
repulsed Ey mean surroundings. ] see no
hope anywhere. Ncne-uone! Everything
fades from me; yet / am not imbccile."
NO, no! dearest granniet This cOnfus-
ION is only from physical weakness. Do
not try yourself any more. ! will write to
Mr.. Oakley-to your sOIicitor-to come
here tomorrow; he will put things i'll or
der and tell me what we ought to do. Let
me lock up all these papers and the money,
and give yOH some dinner or tea or some
thing Thinking will do us no good. To
night ! will tell you all about Lady Mary
and my visit, then will sit by you till you
are asleep Hooper shall put tile chair
bed beside yours. | shall sleep here to-
night"
1T would be best" murmured Mrs.
Ncwburgh. gladly rcsigning herself to her
grauddaughtcr's guidance. Il do not
want much. but for you-ah, Monal IT is
hardl You must pay Hooper and send her
away, and Wehner too; we want no men
servants now"
The explanations Of Mrs. Ncwburgh's
tr,sty solicitor were indeed a revelation
to IOna The mysteries Of the stock mar.
lsct were unfOldcd to her wondering gaze;
and She learned that besides the consider
able sum absolutely paid on the purchase
Of shares, there was a terrible liability in
he shape Of calls to the full value Ot
these shares; aud as a banking business
was connected with the gold mine associa
SION. Mrs Newburgh's whole property was
subject TO tn" demands Of dcpositors, and
that She could not call farthing her own
the house in Green street having been
bought by her, Mr.. Oakley advised Mrs.
NcWburgh remaining in it till obliged to
turn ont, ns she was rent free He was
most useful in paying and dismissing the
servants. The German major domO, who
had been for mnuy years with Mrs. New
burgh, begged to be allowed to remain till
his mistress left without wages; it was.
hc said, u bad season to find another en-
gagcmeut, and he thought ne could be
useful To the Indies, even while looking
ont for n situation, and 50 he proved him
self
While these changes were going on,
Mona was profoundly anxious about her
grandmother. At times she was keen,
eager, fully alive to what was going on.
then II cloud would gather over her poor
brain, and things seemed to slip from her.
She could not bear Mona ont of her sight,
and was reluctant to let any other rela-
tiycs approach her. When urged by Oak
ley 10 acqlaint her nephew, Lord Sundcr
line, with the state Of hcrafTairs she asked
sharply what good that would doy
"lle has little enough for himself, and
never lorgayc me for adopting Mona"
But, my dear madame, some steps must
be taken Ia provide for the future"
~ wish Nature would provide for me-"
returned Mrs. Ncwburgh, with deep
sigh II ana "A helpless incumbranCG now"
- am sure no one else thinks So" said
thr solicitor soothngly "Is there not
some balance Mt your bankers that you
might place In say Sir Robert Evcrard's
hand, just 10 secure some ready money"
81 will see; will look into my accounts
but for the present am too tired to dis
crrss anything further"
The fourth day after her return home,
Mona was aS usual in attendance on her
grandmother, and making out a list of
such ucccssarics as they might take with
them, when two letters arrived by the sec
end delivery. ono was from Sir Robert
Eyerard Il distant cousin OF Mrs. New
hurghs and offered her n cottage which
used to be occupied by one of the curatcs
Of the parish. suggesting that she might
remove some of her furniture there before
the final crash came, and adding much
kindly counsel The other was in II big,
ttrnu but unknown hand Mona turned To
the siguaturr-it was Leslie Warning"
She had almost forgotten him in the pain
ful excitement Of the last few days, though
the bitter remembrance of Isles advice
never left her. Every night when she had
read or softly talked her grandmother to
sleep when all was still and dark, she
lived over again the fiery ordeal of that
conversation In the train, and looked,
shuddcring. mt the drcary, lonely future,
through which she must do battle alone.
10 whom could she turn on whom could
she lean when the man who seemed to
hang ON her words whose eyes spoke the
warmcst devotion, shrunk from her at the
first muttcrings of the storm? But rs to
when Mr.. Warning would declare himself
or whether he ever would. she gave no
Thought Now the momeutous question
on which she would ho called to decide
.t,r,,l I,r il, tl,, f,,, ord 0unl nov. s,,,l
with fear nj disgust.
cannot fead inns letter To Nour gran
ME: could you read it yourself?'
why What is its'
1T is marked private and is | see, from
MIR Warning; do you remember him?"
Yes do Give it to me. Where are
my glasSCSF'
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