The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-02-12

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To my daughter Nellis. shs anss eres
waving her hand to the pte,t, youns s'
witb the sseet eyes and hair. Nell
blushcj. aud hall held out her hand to th
Dean in rropi,isto'y wsy. Jack blush
ed. too. 10 The very rco,s Of his fuiiie
yellox bsif; she wasn't Miss Gladys Mu
roe alter oil. only sook's daughter,
Up till then tbs Dean hal kept the cur
on bis temper, bat now the tempest Of hi
wrath broke loose. There ASS . tertibl
scene. Hs denounced the whole thing .
su sbominsbls corspifscy ;hs would upse
both marnsee aud viii; he banged thu ta
BILE. hc stamped on the aoo,; be called hi
nucls . ronfounded old fool. aud 10 Par
ker he ssid every dreadful thing an on.
rage Dean may say. | am bound to Admi
thai Parker scored Of him ~ fer - digni
y vent, but thsn Il is easy 70 keep you
temper when you have won the stakes
The Dean si, the house threatening oil
kinds Of pains aud penalties. he shook th,
dust of bis feet aud brestbsd ont dre aut
fury 81 he leapt into the fly. Jack ought
to supported his father. but Nelly Va,
crying softly 10 corner. aud she looked
80 troubled and pretty that Jack. after I
moments hesitation, took her hand and
said softly.
Good'by, Nellie, don't cry; you aud III
remain friends whatever the old folks do,
and S,rsigbtwsy Nellie did lssvs of cry
ing and little wAtery ghost Of smile
crept back into her eyes as she looked up
At Jack and whispered:
How kind and good you are. Good.by.
CHAPTER Ill.
Tue next three mouth. are q chronicle
OF doughty legal deeds. With q beautiful
alscrity several sets of solicitors galloped
iato the fray.
The Deau questioned ihs marriage and
thst WAS established, then lie attacked the
second will, and that Was confirmed. Al
ter that TO bis horror. the widow carried
The war iuto bis camp. and impasned his
twenty thousand pounds Consols strange.
msnt, and to bis utter dismay the conrt
held IT formed part OF the d, Ceased assets
aud went under hrs will, sni wurse still,
Tue costs were given against the Dean !.
II wos indeed narrowing spec,ica 10 be
hold Dean Thurlow, who h,d ,rinmpbed
over 80 many foes. now ovsrthrown aud
.aquished by qaondum cook.
His excellent wife took the opportunity
,f bis ab.sement to enforce . moral les.
,on or two on greed and worldliness. The
Dean wss, indeed, a wreck; he looked ten
years older. For nppy days he never
read bis papers. CoDsols weut up and
iown and he Needed item not. II wss
now sum inner time. AMI Jack had been
,way sketchioR aud fishing for q tsontb,
md came back home just us the crisis sr.
'ivsd. His father stared at him with q
CLASSY eye.
Go and break stone by the roadside.
Al the freehoIds are gone, the valuable
ground rents gone. Cla1ton Man
" and It's rent'roll gone. and now the Con
ols gone, and that woman is giosiing
'ver her ill'gotton gains. Az Jack hears
ii this be Aushes half guilty.
say. dad, be answered. there's one
rump card yon haven't played yet; you
nay win all back yet. May play tho
ard for your The Dean turns shaply
~ his son.
No jestipg. boy, what do you mesn7
Jack takes his fathers hand. and says
oftly
Let me merry Nellie.
Men don't often have Mysteries, but
Deans perhaps may, now and then. 1t any
ate Dean Tburlow seemed on the verge
4 an attack, but 10 q few moments he
'ulled himself together and garsped the
itustion. Nellie was cooks daughter,
il true; but shs was sn heiress, exceed.
ugly sweet. gentle and pretty.
All ,hst month thss young rascal Jack
nd been fishing near Claxton Msnor. and
ruely be had fshed 10 some purpose.
Mrs. Tuurlow was little difficult 10
manage; for many nights she neglected
Wilhelm Meis'er" sDd listened TO Jacks
lausible pleading. Then. sidrd sud
betted by bis father. he got Nellie asked
. the Desnery. and her sweet, winning
isys completed the victory.
Parker stood somewhat on her dignity;
ut she had grown tolike that brigh faced
y.aod having SO completely over thrown
be- Dean, she could sf,rd 10 be generous.
Then the Dean sirdsd himself together
I'D brought oil bis diplomacy to bear on
be marriage settlements. He cojoIed
'arker into resignius some Of her life
,ierests. and ultimately tho entire prop
rty Of Uncle Tony vas brought back into
be fsmily. Having accomplished this.
be Drsn s@t bimsrlf to wofk 10 put
nd lace on the matter socially. He die
osrred that Parker's father hsd been
nall oil and color man who preached 10
little Methodist chspel on Sundays 10
smote village In LiacoInsbirs. Parker
as ssioni,hrd. and society duly impress
10 hssr the Dean slIuJe TO her fslbsr
, the well known divine. Jonsthsn Par
-, Within . yssr or two she relieved
n- ID sp of all fJitLs' trouble by marry
* q. respectable local d cter
rbr yesfr Ino on snd s'i.i hpd Mr..
'esn struggling vi:h .Ntibeim Meister.
I'd the Dr.a site and lips his old po,t ~
yore. bai lril- grspJseu generally /
,fs upo 81. knee sud persu.d-s tie