Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-08-15
HIS ADOPTED CHILD.

in a luxurious armchair. His sur
roundings are sumptuous. The whole
apartment bespeaks great wealth used
to the best advantage by the aid OF ex-
quisite taste. There are flowers in this
room-a great, square window OF
palms, and rare blossoms, and cut
roses, exhaling delicious odor. But
the one human figure is more interest
Ing, more strikingly elegant. than any
thing in the room. Enrol Jerome,
though now ~ years old. certainly de-
terves his reputation of being the hand
Eomest and most dstingue man in New
York society. He has stern, COM
manding face-the kind of face women
adore and men trust and admire. 1t is
face, with all its clear-cut, firm fea-
lures. its brilliant dark eyes, and
high, white, naughty brow. that one
could imagine infinitely tender and
sympathetic when moved by love or
pity.
just now the face is at its worst. BY
his side are a lot of bills, glancing ut
which his brow grows more densely
ciouded and he gives his head n fretted,
quick. upward lift, like a fine racer
chatting at his bit.
"D-n it." he says to himself. be-
tween his teeth, lis this thing never to
cease?"
As if in answer to this self-question-
ing, some one enters softly and comes
up to his chair.
Hello. dadI"
Enrol jerome turns and regards his
son with the same look he has been be-
slowing upon the fire.
"Hello!' he replies, not rising from
his chair, but giving out rather coldly
his fine white hand to be shaken.
His son looks at him with an express
sion half worried, half amused.
Whats Up?" he says, rs he drops
lazily into the chair opposite.
'Upw with cold. sarcastic accents;
nothing up at all; everything down
at least everything in which you are
concerned. l have Just received anoth-
er carload of evidences of your debts,
and am tired of them"
"Ah! l am sorry" with eXasperating
indifference.
You will have still moro cause for
regret perhaps when finally tell you
that | shall pay them no more"
but you won't do that, Enrol; | know
you won't"
The older mans face softened. He
likes to be called by his name by this
young son, only twenty-five years his
junior.
Nov" continued the young fellow,
evidently anxious to divert his fathers
mind, ''let me tell you of my spring
SOUTH and the royal time we had fish
ing and hunting about the Marshes OF
Glynn.' You know Lanier wrote his
most beautiful poem about those
marshes near Brunswick. But before
tell you of the hunting l must tell
you of queer find l made near the
marshes"
What was thatp"
"a child; and / brought it back with
me-"
"a Moses in the bullrushes?"
"No, n small Pharaoh's daughter"
Good heaven! and you say you
brought her back with you?"
Yes"
"And what arc you going to do with
hcr?"
Educate her at one OF the SWEETEST
schools in the city,
"And what thenP"
Il don't know"
Rear her up according to your ideas!
] suppose that is Your notion. Well
judging by the many women you asso-
ciate with whose ways seem to suit youl
taste, heaven knows what sort of wo
man would result from being trained
by you from youth. | know" he said
''what the end CT this education vii
be. You will marry this griffith,
namclcss, common iisherman's daugh'
ter"
Tina: is exactly what will not do. y
lit is the sure result of such freak
and | wish TO hear no arguments OF
protcstations from you upon the sub
lect. / have little to say. have no
been positive with you heretofore, bu
/ think you know when am in earn
est. / am terribly in earnest now.
leave YOU this alternative: Give NJ
this mad scheme about this girl ant
send her away from the city TO som,
institution, and will pay your debts
and take you into my business; keep
the girl rs you propose. and not one
dime OF my money shall ever be given
into your hands, not now nor after ny
DEATH
The boy arose too, and the rcsem
blance between father and son was NOR,
striking as the lattcr's face grew no
and angry.
Then" said Lysle Enrol, II vii
decide ut once / will educate tn,
girl here in New York. aud you cal
do rs you please about the debts ant
your money. You might" smiling
''leavo the latter to IN orphan asylum.
And how. pray, do you propos,
to educate the girl or take care o
yoursclf-you who have mover earned
cent during the twenty years of YOU
life"
That question need not concern
either one OF us. | am one of the lille
OF the field, aad | suppose the Lord will
array me"
Ills utter GOODNESS fcazcd his father {
little.
lyon are simply joking" &c said
You will do us l wish"
Il don: mean to be unpleasant abou
II, Enrol, but | will nos do rs yo'
wish"
Then TO-" lie pointed to the door
sat down il his chair, and took ND
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