Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-04-18
CHAPTER III.

am l, unattended, unprotected! My
conscience will not permit me to stop
here alone"
A week went on, with no further It'd
ings from my uncle save one letter, in
which he said that it had been decided
to lay poor Vera at rest in Esther's family
plot.
Within ten days Ivan came bone. He
was attired out of severest respect for
his departed wife, and as tried to con-
sole him during our conversation the
tears rushed into his eyes and he cried as
if his heart would break. Endeavor as
l might my words seemed to afford him
no soothing. Upon the following day
and for week longer he steadily refused
to go to his business Office, declaring that
life had lost all attraction for him now
that poor Vera had gone.
The season few by. Olef's letters
came and mine went. had entered
musical college and arranged for term
Of vocal instruction; and before real
lied it May month was upon US. Nat
ure had put on her warm, green robes.
The flowers never smelled sweeter, the
leaves never looked brighter-and but
for the absence of the music of Olefs
dear voice the warble Of the bird notes
would never have rung out in more de-
ightful harmony.
l had already begun to look for an
other letter from Olef. remarked to
Ivan that it was quite time. And also
told him that upon receipt of that let
ter / should return to Stockholm, hav-
ing informed Olef to that end.
What was my surprise when Ivan at
once began to wean me from the notion
of going home!
"Whynlo you know" he exclaimed,
"that / had fully made up my mind to
ask you to write Olef to pay us visit
that he might be enabled to go back
with you? like Olef very much. He
seems such capital good fellow, and !
am heartily glad that you have set your
hearts one upon the other"
I thanked him for his kind regard, al
though not without blushing bit, l
must confess.
"And now," he resumed, ''let me offer
you bit of advice. Olef is getting
ready to enter the profession of law, is
he notY
"He has graduated and been admitted
to the bar" l replied.
"Quite to my notion, then. If I am
not mistaken your dot, left to you by
your father, Grefve Melin, amounted to
one hundred thousand kronor-about
twenty eight thousand dollars in Amer
lean money"
eyes," was my answer, as his words,
"Not half as charming as her dot" ut
tered upon the night Of my arrival, few
back to my memory, and still I could
not connect their meaning with the pres
ent, because Ivan seemed SO interested in
Olef's and my future.
"Could your fortune be converted into
ready money!" he bluntly asked.
at is invested in securities which
might be negotiated" l returned.
.'very good. OF course you want to
double your fortune. 1t would be but
quite natural that you should. Olef, be-
ing a barrister, can quite readily accom-
plish the preliminaries for you. If you
will write to him and instruct him to
fetch over-well, say, twenty thousand
dollars Of that money, |, through my
brokerage office, can invest it for you in
New York Stock Exchange listed se-
curities that will yield you 100 per cent.
profit. In fact, know of such an op-
portunity today. Do as advise you and
l will make your fortune double itself
oxl r~;x,o Olaf N ,,a,.,,,,o,< ,,l.ca No vpor
ager in my Office. His legal learning will
stand him in to great advantage and he
will find twice the amount OF profit in
stocks that he would in the law"
Being only a woman Of inexperience,
I, of course, gave harbor to Ivan's ad-
vice. Twenty thousand invested would
yield me an additional twenty thousand
besides giving Olef a start in lifel
How happy we could be upon our little
fortune.
And so by the outgoing steamer l sent
Olef a letter, instructing him to carry
out Ivans suggestion.
/ must mention here that for fort
night past had experienced the stran-
gest sensations-a feeling of langor steal
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dreariness. At times my limbs would
seem stiff. almost dead. My back ached
and felt giddy. Twice recall having
stumbled over the floor when those dizzy
waves swayed my head. Hooked at my
skin. 1t was growing parched, color
less, lifeless! Icould not make it out
My exercise and habits were regular.
My mode of living was perfect. took
plenty of baths, fresh air and good,
wholesome food; and yet grew weaker
day by day, almost tottering at times.
It seriously affected my vocal powers;
four or five notes dropped out of my reg
lister, top and bottom. consulted the
old housekeeper about it. We called in
Ivan. At first he suggested the advice
Of doctor, but finally concluded that
the cause might lie in the tin poisoning
from certain imported fruits that had
been using-a Swedish brand of pre-
serves of which no member OF the family.
except myself, had ever partaken.
1t happened that his surmises tailed
with the cause, for | did put aside the
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