The morning call., 1891-11-10

and took literal possession. l called, APP
parentlv from civility, really anxious about
their behavior TO Nora Carew. L saw
nothing of her, and was speedily shown thal
my presence was not wanted,
They were upStart, inSOlent people, who
evidently thought they had been. or were In
danger of being, cheated ard defrauded, ano
ny heart bled for Nora.
still" | reflected, as | took my leave,
'if the old captain has made it right Tor
her in his will, she can soon have done viii
| them"
All day l saw nothing of Nora Carew,
though purpOselv l passed the garden ire
! Quently. | told myself it was compassion
which made me so anxious.
After dusk, however, as L was returning
| home, she came swiftly across the garden
toward the fence, having evidently been
watching for me.
'Oh, they are so cruel. so unkind," she
answered, in reply to my interrogatlons,
they suspect everybody. They are turn
ing out all the drawers; they have no TO
spect for him-poor-poor dear!
And she began sobbing bitterly.
tried to soothe her, more touched than
confessed. Suddenly taking my hand she
kissed it fervently, saying:
on. Dr. termagh, bat for your kindness
think | should die; and what would II
matter now to any one II did?
There is at times something electrical in
the touch of a woman's lips. A thrill
passed through my frame and began to
look Oh Nora Carew as | had not before.
had craving to be her friend indeed. ]
tried IN every way 10 comfort her before
nervOusly she ran back 10 the cottage fear
full Of being seen.
| went home. well aware they were rum
maging the cottage. 1t was 10 tiud the will.
"Wnen they do, | thought, may il burn
their fingers"
But il soon got known, to my deep dis
tress, that there was no will. Every corner
had been turned out to no purpose. There
WAS no Will, and the relations we're heirs
at-law.
Poor Nora" l muttered. She'll have
to be dependent upon their bounty"
But there was worse discovered. Save a
couple of hundred in the county bank.
there was no property beyond the furniture.
What will they do for her?" l thought,
in distress. surely something"
Thus stood matters when the funeral took
place. An hour after 1t, | was in my sit
ting-room, when my servant ushered III
Nora CaTew.
Her face was pale with grief. never
had thought her so pretty and graceful.
Taking her hands [ led her to a seat, when
she said her voice tremulous:
''Dr Fermagh, please eXcure my coming,
but | could not go without saying good b y
aud thanking YOU"
Going away" A chill crept over me.
Are YOU going with your relations. Miss
Carew?"
with them p she raised her beautiful
eyes in surprise. ION, no; they are not
my relations. l am glad of that at least.
They say have cheated them long enough.
l cannot remain there. They will have
nothing TO DO with me-"
Thea, | cried. where are you going?"
She bowed her head and burst into tears
Finally she was able to tell me that she
was going to stay with an old woman who
had been servant to the captain before
Nora came. Size lived in town six miles
distant, but had walked over 10 pay a last
tribute TO her old master. and had offered
the poor girl shelter till she could find some
thing TO do.
When she ended her mournful tale l
walked IN silence from her to the window
and stood there awhile Then | came back,
took her poor cold tnds in mine, anu said (:
Nora, Will you accept my home for your
home? viii you be my little wife?"
She raised her little head; and OIL the
joy, the gladneSs in her beautiful ewes.
DIR. termagh!" she exclaimed then all
was clouied. She bowed her head and
added; How good you are! bus moths
is pity you would repentn
Nora you are wrong-it is love!" said.
and took my pennleSs darling to NV heart
Tor her eyes told me that my affection was
returned.
1t was Il great blow to my family, "mv
mad marriage" as they CALEB il. My uncle
threw me over. / did not mind; / was
strong IN happiness; l could continue work
ing uphill all my life with Nora by my side
and not regret.
So we were quietly welded, and year of
real bliss passed by. My hearth was no
longer deS0lata; my little wite's bright
smile was even ready u Danish all weari-
ness when l returned home Ny practice
however, Increased, and | was going up hnt
RAPIDLY.
The autumn had come round again: the
cottage where old Captain Carew had died
was to let, when, as Nora and | paused to
look over the fence one evening. she SAID :
ssoand, dear, let ne 30 in; should like
to walk around the Old place"
SO We went IN and strolled through the
wilderness. Going up the center path, nv
wife. who had been very thoughtful said :
How often dear uncle used TO pace this
pain, mutteTlng as he walked, March. eyes
Wheel"
started, They were the words he had
breathed with his dying lips, which | had
attributed IN the wandering mind and for
gotten. now told them TO my wife; | re-
called the eager, strained expression of the
old soldiers eyes-the tone In which he had
breathed the name of his niecp
Could there have been meaning in those
words?
Nora" said, "let me follow out the in
slIuCllCuS, Luer5 no naTm.
Placing myself, l started. Left, right, n
dozen, half half wheel. Doing 81, found
myself facing an old sun-dial. There was
nothing in that. Vexed at failure | mt my
hand upon it, when | found it loose. What
possessed me do not know but heayed il
from Its place, when beneath | found lot
Of stones carefully arranged
Nora" | cried, there must be something
in 1t; why should your uncle have said
those words on his death bel ,"
ran Tor spade, Removed the stones, and
began to dig. Not two inches down struck
something hard; two minutes later, Nora
ana / were staring at an old cash-box lying
on the grass; / had just heaved il out of the
hole. On 1t were the initials H. Z. Harold
Carew)
Taking it up we carried It to a solicitor, a
friend, and telling him the story babe him
open II, ne did so, it was full Of papers.
The hrst had written upon it my last will
and testament, Harold Carew." The others
were stock receipts in the per cents, and
other safe investments
When the stock receipts were all reckoned
up they were found 10 fully realize twelve
thousand pounds.
need not go into details; suffice that
Captain Carew had left Nora everything.
with what pleased my darling as mucn.
fond expressions OF affection, owning he
had saved and boarded money for her sake
The relations tried to contest the will.
but failed, and in return would have made
them refund every penny they had taken,
but for Nora-my forgiving little angel
who prayed me not
Years have passed since then; my uncle
Is dead, and l have inherited his wealth.
which l owe, not to his affection, as l tell
Nora, but TO the handsome dover of her
who IS to me more than twenty fortunes
my little wife.
BUYING EXPERIENCE.