Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-09-04

nANip bDNCudiC WCotuOA-O9ohohi
manly face had gone a shade paler,
and be was silent for few moments.
His look when his friend was choos.
ing q cigar suggested wish and in
tention Of seizlng that gentleman by
the throat and shaking tae life out Of
him, but be instantly checked this In
clination, as many has to do, ani find
ding that he could not make any but
the most uncomplimentary comment
on his friends conduct wisely turned
the conversation.
Il have been up north to the funeral
of dear old aunt, and had to remain
away two days later than l expected.
l am going back to Uplands tonight.
By the by, l had better eat something
before l 20, as | shall get in late, and
he rang the bell, ordering anything
that was ready when it was answer.
ed.
old lady left you anything, Love-
dale2' asked Westerton.
"A thousand pounds
Not much, but better than nothing.
Well, good-by, old fellow, I must be
off. l am going TO take some girls to
the play. You have heard me speak
of the Carton.Smyths. Plenty of
money, but good looks rather scarce.
Ia, ta,' with which remark Wester-
ton got himself into his overcoat, and
with a glance at looking glass which
reflected back look of satisfaction,
be left the club. Lovedale ate two or
three mouthfuls of his dinner, and
then gave it up as too great an effort.
He looked long and earnestly into the
fire without moving. At last he look
ed at his watch, and shortly after
ward jumped into a hanson and then
into a train, which bore him still ST.
lent and thoughtful to his small
home In the country. He had been q
frequent visitor at the He.keths, dis
cussing agriculture with the father,
and the possible improvements in the
condition Of the poor with the daugh-
ter. People knew very little about
him, as he was always reticent iu his
own affairs, but an idea had got about
that he was looked at very favorably
by Lord Broadland's third daughter,
and we'll received by the father, with
whom he was a favorite. However,
as he had never had his name coupled
with that of any lady, the neighbors
invented an unfortunate love affair, as
it seemed to them quite impossible
that such nice man as Philip Love.
dale should have reached the age Of
thirty without an episode of romance
to account for his silence about him
self.
WITHIN AN ACE OF SPADES.
1t was all too true-Grimsby's fail.
ure had carried away Mr.. Hesketh's
fortune, earned by years of hard
work, and his brain had not been
strong enough to bear the calamity.
He had gone up to town to ascertain
the exact extent of his misfortune, had
found the rumor to be a fact and pur.
revolver, shot himself in the
train, within mile of his own station.
Evelyn was there to meet him and
to cheer him, as she knew how shak-
On he had been on hearing of the fail
ure of Grimsby's bank. But poor
Hesketh had aimed at himself care
fully, and when the train ran into the
station he was dead.
The shock of her fathers death ut
terly unnerved poor Evelyn for sew
oral days. The.loss of her fortune
was nothing to her. excepting as an
auxiliary to the loss of her parent. Mr..
was in Paris when it all
so she could not expect
him to be with her in her sudden
trouble she had written him few
lines, telling him what had happened.
Westerton, however, had heard the
news of the bank failure from other
sources, and had read the account of
Mr.. Hesketh's suicide in the newspa-
per before receiving Evelyn's letter.
He had written to tell her how shaken
be was by her sorrow (Westerton
could always write more than he felt),
that if he could be of any service to
her she had only to command him,
but that it was better to quite under
stand their situation towards each
other since the events of the last two
days, and that as 1t was impossible
for him to carry out his intention of
marrying, he being poor man, it was
better perhaps that they should both
be spared the pain of another meet
ing.
This was the straw that broke the
camel's back. Evelyn's old nurse
found her darling unconscious on the
floor, with the letter in her hand.
When she recovered she nerved her
self to answer in way that Wester-
Lon had approved Of, but after this
last strain her brain completely gave
way, and fever having set in, her
death was hourly expected.
Lovedale arrived at Uplands at IL
1t night. 1t was bitterly cold there
having been a severe frost for some
laws The SNOW Law thick on tho