Nevada County picayune., 1891-06-18

peNh ilo Nai'f i'Ohiy hoh"Oi LII son of an old friend who had left { large estate in the hands of Marcu. Wright, in trust for his only child For years, Harry Ashworth had beer one of MT. Wright's family, leaving his home only for school or college and returning to it, naturally, after graduating in the law school, to as. sume a mans duties.
 ! Utterly unsuspecting, trusting his fathers friend implicitly, Harry never thought of investigating his own affairs, even after he came of age, and MT, Wright made show of settling them.
 He had loved Hester from the time she was child, and their en- gagement caused no surprise in their social circle, though two people more unlike could not be found.
 Hester, tall, dark, stately, yet i'm pulsive, was quick-tempercd, liable to look on the gloomy side of life, quick to resent injustice; loving, yet jealous and cxacting.
 Harry, a blonde of the English type, was frank, joyous in disposi- ton, seeing the brightness of all things, confding and tender-a lover, once won, who would not be incon- stant. When the crash came, and he knew his entire fortune was swept away by the dishonesty of hls guar dian, it was Harry Ashworth who had stood between Hester and her moth- CT and the world who guarded them, as far as possible, from the indigna- tion of friends turned to enemies, of those who, wronged by the dead man, came to pour out the vials of wrath upon the innocent widow and child. It was Harry who saved a triie from the wreck by claiming Mrs. Wright's jewels, presents from her relatives on her marriage. It was Harry who, yielding in all else, would not give up his right to pro- tect Hester, but claimed her prom isc to be his wife, steadily and un- moved by her passionate, scornful denunciation of herself as her faith CTS child.
 More fortunate than his betrothed, ', he had obtained employment as a clerk in lawyers office, and had a salary at his command about equal in amount to his taylor's bills of pre- vious years. Friends who turned from Hester's appeals for employ ment pitied the ''victim" of her faith CTS frauds and extended helping hand to Harry. Yet, with all his love, all his generosity, he could not arrest that downward, struggling fall that had carried his betrOthcd and her mother to the very verge of des- peration.
 Hester had not been gone more than ten minutes, and Mrs. Wright was still burying her misery, for the time, in the delight the flowers brought her, when she heard rapid steps coming up the staircase, and the door was opened quickly to ad- init the girl again, flushed and excit- ! ed.
 Mammal" she cried, did you ever know anybody named Godfrey Holborne: l seem to have some recollection of that name.
 "He is your godfather But he went to Colorado years ago "
 Read that!" Hester said, open ing the newspaper in her hand to point out paragraph, and Mrs. Wright read:
 If Hester Wright will communi cate with Godfrey Holborne, 247 L- street, she will learn some thing to her advantage. "
 Suddenly thero flashed over Mrs. Wright's face d look of hope, long a stranger there.
 "I cannot recall it clearly she said, but your father told me some thing, years ago, about some money Godfrey Holborne held for you. It is all vory vague, He was man of whom they said he turned everything he touched to gold. Every specula- ton he made was a success, and when he went West his good luck followed him. "
 "l will go now w-to-dayl" Hester cried, and then her face fell, as she added; "Bnt, mother, if he has money of fathers, it cannot honestly be mine
 You had better SC, dear l wisb