The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1893-11-11
ROLLIN VESTS WILL.

"Well, declare" said Miss CHR
rup ia shrill whisper
Ibid YOU ever replied Miss Chirk
ih another.
1t was Rollln Vests will that the
two were discussing. IL was very
brief and explicit
IL DeQueath my entire estate, real
and personal. 10 my niece, Ruth
Morgan" with date, signature, and
attestation, was all there was of it.
The Misses Chirrup and Chirk were
too distantly related 10 the testator
10 have entertained any considerable
hopes on their own account.
But that Rollin West should have
left his whole fortune to one Of his
Eieccs. To the exclusion OF the otLer.
whom everybody had supposed TO be
his favOrite. took more than the
Misses Chirrup and Chirk by surprise.
Mr.. West had been for many years
widOwer. His children had all
died in infancy, and couple OF or
phaEed nicces, cousins TO each other
and reared under his roof constituted
his household. That his large for
tune would be left TO them equally
was a point people took for granted;
but should any discrimination be
made between them nobody would
have hesitated 20 say IL would bc in
favor OF Mile Granger, her uncle's
pet
An elderly maiden aunt came to
live with the two young ladies, and
the household remained unbroken.
Except the changes caused by the va
cancy in their home, the lives OF
Ruth aud Mile continued as before.
1t was not ill the cousins had re-
sumed their place in society that
Mllic began to notice the difference
made by her altered prospects 1t
was Ruth now, and not herself, that
was the center OF attraction.
To be rid Of the common herd Of
fops and TO be no longer pestcred by
their silly iiattcry Millie felt was a
thing to be thankful for. But when
Orvillc Ryors turned his back upon
her and Joined the ranks OF her
cousins admirers she must have been
other than a woman not to feel the
slight.
Mr.. Ryors was the beau of Billing
dale. handsome in person, accom-
plshcd in manners and Of fascinat-
ing address, he was not one whose at
tentiOus were likely 10 prove distaste-
ful in any quarter, and when they
were directed toward Millie Granger
in manner sufficiently marked to
excite no small degree of envy we
need not BE- surprised il, instead of
repeling, she gust a little encour-
aged them.
IL would have required closer
analysis than Mile had ever made Of
her feelings TO show her how little
she really cared for Mr.. Ryors aud
how much she really cared for Arthur
Warren, whom she had known and
liked since they had PLAYED and some
times quarreled together in child
hood.
But Arthur's self-examination bad
gone deeper. He deyotedly loved
Millic and knew it.
Having never spoken out. il may
he that Arthur Warren had no right
TO feel aggrieved at the attentions
paid by Mr.. Ryors 10 Mile.
But Arthur was not reasonable
lie was not even candid. lie quar-
relied with Mile on the score OF Or
vile RyOrs, without word Of cX-
planation as TO what concern it was
of his il she married that gentleman
the next day.
Mile was a girl OF spirit; she not
ouly refused ia decline Mr. Ryo's at
tentions at the uuwarraDtcd dicta-
tations Of Arthur, tut received them
with rather more encouragement
than before.
When Arthur Warren let his ma
tive village. without as much as call
ing 20 bid her good-by, Miliie cried a
little. without well knowing why,
and that evening went 10 a ball with
Oryil,e Ryors, and was among the
gayest Of the gay.
Tue grief that Mile felt at her
uncle's death for a season over
shadowed all ether thoughts. But,
when time az length had 80 tempered
her sorrow that her life began again
to flow in its accustomed chan el II
was not without little chagrin that
she beheld the man whose attentions
had been lately so devoted u her that
people began TO couple their names
Significantly turn aside and follow
her fortune instead OF herself.
Millie knew now how little she had
ever cared for Oryille RyurS. Tut
would others unde stand it: Would
itn1t b. said he had Tilted her:
The thought stung her past endur.
ancc
She had been literally supplied
with money during her uncle's life