Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-17

| <a@ GIT IS MORE THAN ENoUGun | belle and an heiress all in one! And oh that reminds mel wonder how far off
 am from being the lasts-there,s q lcttc l Tor you, Lyman, and Pm almost sure it' from that lawyer, Mir. Farrakcrn She sprang up to get it, a formidable looking missive, at which Lyman Childo
 glanced once, and placed it by his plate "lt will keep till dinner is over," he re
 marked 'It is rather n pity you have take, such dislike to Ingot. He mentioned tha
 he meant to drop around hero this evening By tho bye, saw you in tho company of tha young Bergman last night. -Qucer thlna that he should be on such intimate terms | with them.''
 | Why, do you know him, Lynanan "Very slightly. He's the messenger dis missed by the express company, yor know, for some supposed irregularity" After being nearly killed whilc protect ing tholr propcrty-ycS, 1 read about that and think he was shamefully treated, J cried Carol, indignantly. Miss Everleigt don't believe any thing bad about him Did you sec how shc kept him with hcr, just to show how much she thought of him.
 don't know whether ought to tell you or not"
 l pretty face as she broke off-a side glance
 of knowingncss that invited him to urge the
 point
 'What, you little tease.'
 "NoW, Lyman, if you arc going to wall;
 oH With that letter, I'll aot tell you. am dylng tC know just what our venerable uncle has left to us. He was such n myth always that it seems just like a castle in Spaln-doesnt it to you-and I expect tlxe 1ortunc to take wings before it reaches us yet"
 "Confdencc for confidence" said Ly- man, putting the letter behind his back. What were you about to tell me-"
 What wasn't q bout to tell YOU is that saw Miss Everlcigh glance rom him to you as Ii she were mentally compar ing you, or may be wishing that you were in his place though don't thinl1 it was that, don't sec how 1t could be-" said Carol with a Iauph which showed plainly enough that she thought this handsome brother of hers sU perior to Bergman. Alas for poor Norris He might be madly in love, the girls heart was not touched. And why should it be, prays She had met him in the throng and waltzed with him once; he was neither more nor less to her than a dozen other young gentlemen who had shared the same privilege. All his interest in her and her brother and the mysterious package was unknown to her.
 Before there was time for the exchange of confidence agreed upon, the servant of the household appeared to say that a gen tleman was waiting to sec Mir. Lyman
 'lf it is your MT. Ingot, do keep him in your den," said Carol, taking her own way to the parlor; but it was not Mr. Ingot whom Lyman Childer confronted the next moment. It was Norris Bergman, como to lay bare the story which he had been here once before to tell
 Lyman Childer listened to it with a con- posure which amounted al most to indiffer- encc; only once did ho show any evidence of interest, and that was when tho scar on MT. 1ngot's head was mentioned
 II saw that myself" he declared. thoughtfully. ''But is it not ~athor far fetched to connect your find with his acci- dent, whatever it may have been. Excuse mo, but could no sooner suspect our book. keeper of turning train-robber than could believe it of myself"
 ''1f you only had an idea of what that package contained" uttered Norris, regret fully.
 Lyman's eyes dropped to tho letter which he carried yet unopened in his hand
 "Since seeing you, have had a little light on that matter. A relative of ours recently died leaving considerable property to my sister and myself. Tho lawyer writes that he forwarded copies of important pa- DOTS which have failed to reach me-not q matter, you sec, nor ono without remedy. I'm as much obliged to you, though, for your zeal in our cause"
 Norris got up to take his leave, feeling that he had received a rebuff
 'l fear you will think have been over off1cious i'll tho matter, as others have evi- dently. beg your pardon in that case May have tho pleasure of paying my respects to Miss Childer before 1 go.'
 ''I think Carol is engaged" said Carols brother, with deliberate coldness, and Nor ris went without tho sight for which his heart yearned.
 As the door opened for his departure, it admitted 1ngot. The latter nodded affably, gnoring all unpleasantness between them, out Norris gavo him a chill recognition and passed on to the street.
 II wash my hands of all of them, thought nc, passionately. "Ah, Carol, could wish Tor something else with you, but how can persist after such plain snubbing. This fortune which has come to hor would stand between us if nothing else did
 In the meantime, Mir Ingot passed into | the den," which was Lyman's exclusive 'etreat.
 ''So you had Bergman to call on you," he "What did he want.''
 "He came to warn mo against youn
 "He did, chs" Mir. Ingot seemed might ly alausad at the idea. "And you took the l
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