The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-11

glance over 10 Your right, ana that man
She said laughingly:
He'll never have to pay q tax on his
beauty, Mrs. Fisher. will he? I think
he's about the ugliest man ! ever saw"
II was plain that she did not know him.
The next cay met Mr.. Brown in the
hall, by his own intention. 1 nm sure.
Good-morning. Mrs. Fisher" he said
met you at church last night. That
was remarkably pretty girl you had
with you"
answered, Yes, and as good as she
was pretty" and then, seeing that he was
inclined for q gossip, / invited him Into
the parior.
l told him all knew of Miriam, which
really was not much, but what seemed TO
trouble him the most was that Miriam
was engaged TO be married TO Charles
McIntyre. the young man whom, no
doubt, Mr.. Brown had frequently seen
calling there, and they were only waiting
for McIntyres promotion-he was clerk
in the post ofiice-to bring II about
One thing i did not forget To let him
know. and that was that the Cayendishes
were very poor
After this. but on the other side OF the
street there was commotion. The first
was caused hy the arrival of a beautiful
bouquet. with only card inscribed Prom
a friend" Then came a basket OF costly
OF que >tionin., the messenger.
To be short, almost daily came some
thing. even TO q CARLOAD OF groceries. aud
all uutraceable. and so sent that they
could not send them away, without ali
solutely throwing them into the street.
The Cavcndi-hes could not Imagine
the source, and were terribly amazed. /
did know. but did not tell. and laughed
away their doubts and fears, until the
Old lady looked upon them rs gifts from
heaven. and accepted blindly, while
wondered rs much ever.
Could Brown be in love with Miriam
and afraid To declare it2 Absurd ht
was old, ugly. queer. and. i found out
partially deformed; and. stranger still
when j offered to take him over Ia Mrs
Cavcndishs. and Introduce him, he per
emptorily declined.
And now comes tho strangost part OF
all. and the end.
one morning. 1 was startled by tho
screams OF Norah. and / rushed up 10
Mr. Browns room to find him stretched
s-nseicss on the floor. just under the
window, whero he had, doubtless, fallen
while looking out.
We got him on the bed and Norah
ran for Dr. King, who rrou.unced IT
apoplexy, and said that he might 70
cover FOR while, but the attack was
fatal.
lie did recover Consciousness and
speech in few hours. aud babe mo send
message SGr a certain lawyer. When
the lawyer came. he and DIR. King were
clo5"ted with Mr.. Brown for several hours
and then l and one or my dodgers were
called in 10 witness Will.
For three days Dir. Brown linccred
and ] must say that Nornh and did our
duty by him, as well as the doctor, and
saw the poor fellow, who tho lawyer
said had neither friends ror relations
in the whole world, quietly laid IL
rest.
He requested us all that we have his
will read Immediately after his funeral
and that Miss Miriam Cavendish be
present at the reading.
/ was not surprised at all this; and
yet, at the same time, when, the day
before, j had whisperinGly asked him
II he would like to see Miriam, that
IL he would l would bring her over.
he had shaken his head in frightened
manner, and had turned his face to the
wall.
The will was read. and after enumer-
nting his property. which footed up 20
nearly million. everything Was left 10
Miriam Cavendish, with the proviso that
she was never to marry, and IL she re-
fused il upon these terms. then search
was to be made for Ellen Moore. OF -,
county, New Hampshire-and the
whole given 10 her or her heirs Failing
this. he gave it to hospitals and various
charities. which he named. The con
Guiding part of the will read:
- In leaving my property TO Ellen
Moore, / leave il with my forgiveness fOI
the cruel way that she treated me over
thirty years ago, a way that drove me
from my native land and made my life O
wreck. and for further explanation, 1 re
fer her, if living, to my letter accompany
ing this will"
81 shall refuse this bequest." said
Miriam. am engaged to be married
and would not break IL for all the wealth
OF the world
And l." said old Mrs Cavendish, who
had come over with her daughter. ''claim
il az Ellen Moore OF the town OF -
county. New Hampshire, though
Ralph Brown"
The will is made and signed by Walter
Gray" said the lawyer quietly
+" OH" exclaimed the old lady, CT
citedly. :" thought ke was dead long
ago"
(" I forgot. mamma, that your name was
once Moore" said Miriam.
Then Mr.. Browns lie ter Was read.
1t was long. but the short OF 1t was that
no told how, when he was eighteen, h-
had fallen in love with Ellen Moore. and
being rejected. he had left home. changed
his namC, ana had ever since been .
wanderer on tho face of the earth.
He had become rich in California and
was on his way back 10 his native town
when, one day, walking through tho
city, he had seen Miriam who so startled
him by her likeness to his early love
Ellen Moore. that he followed her, found
out where she lived, and from that mo
nIent his infatuation was uncontrollable
though he felt no disposition TO approach
her nearer than he had, and died in ig
norHnce as To who she really was.
Mrs. Cavendish gave her own explana
ton OF Walter Gray's letter.
when i knew Walter, over thirty
years ago. he was Q shop-boy. and was
not earning enough to keep himself, Lot
alone n wife, while my father was r.ct
and an officer in the Navy. He fell in
love with me. and ] laughed at and dis
missed him, and that is all.
'' lie disappeared, and have not henrc
from him until to-day. ! afterwards
married Mr.. cavendish. and when ii
fortune overlook US We came here and
Of course. poor Gray could not recoSniz,
Ia Miriam anything moro than what ht
tho-Ght the chance resemblance TO ElleI
Moore"
Ellen Moore took Walter Gray's wealth
and her daughter married Mcintyre
wt5Io Sorah and / each took n small
which Mr. Brown had villed Us.