The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-12-28
JUST BY CHANCE.

3 a day and the life of Isaac RawsOn
were drawing to close together.
.1asae rays of the setting sun stole into
ne room where the dying man lay,
shpd he watched them intentIY until
1g9ey faded away, He knew he would
Ehfyer see them again,
E lDeath- had confronted the OId law
Ssfr suddenly. His energies. oypr-
I&axed through :. long life devoted
IAn neeaSeleSs money getting had col.
fapsed III an instant almost, and left
|knat which we call life without the
support necessary for lis further con-
.1puanee.
Is1'lts cannot live through the night;
FWohably the end is not more than a
4 ~shDurS distant" the old family
! sielan had said -huta few lninutes
YSSV3fe, tWfien -riiS son WHO nov saf ~
hNather's bedside asked what tie
rhalcps were.
w son sat with bowed head. ViS
'Patu"s We're composed in AN eX.
pressbn Of d"corou4 grief; his hand,
were pIded upon his lap. and at al.
most bngular intervals lie .Ighei.
Had ht traised his head ii would have
appparel that there WAS not the suS-
pirIon q a tear in his eyes. aud that
there fingered ia their depths loOk
Of quiet satisfaction which the line,
O. sorrow'iat were set upon his face
could n0tRntireIy hide.
Perhap|the fact that he ilnew him.
self ID he tie sole heir to his fathers
wealth hal something to do with
shaping the young mans inner ceel.
ings. S0mt hearts are ruled by the
desire for PERSONAL gain rather than
by affectien.
"ROhert."
Scarcely atove a whisper the sin.
gle word cane from the colorless lips
of the old man. The man at the bed
side started slightly, as one who i
suddenly aroused from thought that
has carried him far away from pres
ent surroundings. Then he turned
and answered:
"Ges father; what do you wish o"
II have been thinking Of your
brother, Robert. / fear that, after
all, should not have trt ated him as
/ | did"
The old man paused, exhausted by
the effort which the words had cost
hir,. An expression that was uu.
S--sasant to see fitted across the
i YIN z mans features; but in an in.
slant it was gone again.
II know that l have hut a short
time to live" resumed the old man
''anH things appear to me IN a differ
ent light. 1t WAS hrart!e~s in me to
disenherit and disoWn jack because
he married according TO his own
wishes instead of my dictates. | shall
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