Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-07


tie Cd nlzn. WHY couldn't YEA"
sBecaass ! don't love ham. said ths
daughter. hooking Lei flasher steadily IA
tle eye.
..Leye him. Lace. / tell ye people
6ont marry for -sse. They narry %
lake good hing. When they get rhs
worst 81 iI It's Ake any other bad sar-
gani bat yoang Hinton h.ss money aslc,
Lace. you'd batter change your mind
and ssld him word that you AXE biIn
well enough. III gave you a good start,
and yoan and out that Yea have a
pretty good old dad sitter AL
Lucia Kissed her father. bat replied:
'sSot MN. can never marry aim
The Years crspr slowly by and brought
their usual round u bright and cloudy
days Lucia h..d grown taller and
more beautiful Her father Was still IS
grasplng a. ever. Il agree with you,
Luce. hs used e. say. there 10 special
hurry. oGr you crop them almost too
quick sometimes, Il seeIns 70 me-" One
day hs hoobled into tine room where
Lucia sat al WORK aud said IN a severe.
low tone: Il hear that you get letters
from that Ang Rowland. Is 1t trueY'
Il have received letters from him."
Lucia replied, and no Is doing very
well, understand
II don't care how he is doing. That
fellerll die poor. growled the old man.
He went outside and sat down on the
garden bench. IN see Ccely," said
he, with = crafty look on his face.
Cicely was the glrl who sorted and dealt
out the mail al the village postoffice.
Not long after this Lucia ceased receiv-
ing letters with California postmark.
Time passed and it was now nearly
ten years since Lucia and Angus had
stood at the garden gate and said good
by. Old Marsden had fallen into state
of dependency 50 utterly abject that
Lucia was sometimes on the point of
yielding 10 his wishes, but she thought
IN wait awhile longer; something has
happened or he'd never have broken his
word"
One day her father called her to him.
he was unable 10 get about the house
now. bat lay propped up in his chair all
day with his eyes closed, a very unhappy
Il
short work of IT, The last investment /
made | staked al and | lost. 1t was the
first time, Luce, and your father has
had many bargain in his day, but this
time has outdone them all. In month
from now we won't have house to cover
our heads. | hoped this sickness might
hurry me of, but | see it's going TO give
me time, and I'll have to go TO the poor
house, Luce, unless" and the old man
looked at her pitifully, unless you save
your old dad"
I'm work for you,' cried Lucia.
you shall never go 10 the poorhouse.
And she was more tender in the care of
her father after that.
One day As she stood near her favorite
bed of flowers sadly thinking how soon
she would have TO leave them, a voice
broke the silence of her meditations:
Il beg your pardon, but your flowers
look very pretty and had to stop TO ai-
mire them" and looking up Lucia saw
I tall. well dressed gentleman standing
at the garden gate. II raise a great
many flowers myself" said the gentle
/ man, land always take an interest in
them, but / live in a flower country
where they grow much more luxuriant-
ly than here"
Lucia gave startled LOOKOUT no
how foolish it couldn't be he. Angus
Howard could never have developed into
such handsome man.
Il declare, Luce, you don't know me,
said the gentleman with smile.
"Oh. Ang! know you now, for you
speak with your old voice, but you have
been away long time"
You stopped writing, and l read in a
California paper that you were mar.
RED" said Angus; but recently
learned that it WAS false report, and
am here once more to ask you to be
mine"
Father, this gentleman wishes to see
you" said Lucia. as she ushered How.
land into her fathers room. The old
man opened his eyes and murmured
We'll. have chair"
Il understand that you have suffered
misfortune" said the gentleman
kindly.
The old man groaned. "Ill have tc
die in the poOrhouse; there's no helI
for it."
1T may not be so bad as that" said
the gentleman.
The old man turned on him fiercely.
Nv hat do you want with me. I'd like
10 know? Amt il bad enough 10 be
ruined, bat lot of MIXTURES have got tc
come and hover around me before In
deadg'
Il have been Investigating the mat
ter" said the gentleman. "and | am
sure that It - not so bad as you think
and here IS evidence that you Will mo-
H. turned ont II your home at any rate.
and he opened before the old mans eye,
the cancelled mortgage. The place i:
yours" said the gentleman. and al
your other property Is safe. for | hay,
Deen making Investigations"
who are you," cried old Marsden
''thst comes at such time aud save
ne from the pporhouseg'
"It is not so bad "a that" said the
gentleman. smiling. but my name il
Angus Rowland
The remaining few months Of the old
mans life worked great change in hi,
character One day when the autumn
leaves were turning he called his chill
dren 20 hf1n. "Goodby" said he 81
am going You are good boy. Ang
and viii make her happy and he CLOSED
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