San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-03-09

herit only the wealth. and none OF the
sin. They are shocked when the pater-
nal base metal crops out at some new
vein in their progeny. Better not en-
beZZle and Cypress. papa, II you wish
your daughters to be pure and your sons
honest! Colonel B;llop did not live to
know what kind Of IN heiress he and
his merciless avarice had fathered.
Il must see this young BrOthertOft, "
James reVerie continued. Poor fellow,
| have got all his property! Mr.. Skaats
SAYS he is very distinguished young
gentleman, and will be one of the frs
men of the province. Handsome, too,
and knows lords and ladies in England!
Let me see! | cannot meet him any
where so soon after the funeral. But
he might call on me about business. |
feel so lonely and solemn! And | dOnOt
seem to have any friends. Everybody
courts me for my money, and yet they
look down upon me. too, beCauseB my
father made his own fortune
Colonel Billop had taken much pains
to teach his daughter business habits
and instruct her in all the details of
management of property.
She sat down at her desk, and in a
bold round hand indited the following
note:
Mr.. Skaats, Miss Billop's agent, begs
that Mr.. Brothertoft will do him the ia
vor to call at the house in Wall street
tomorrow at eleven. Mr.. Skaats is in
formed that there is picture at the
manor house which Mr. Brothertoft
values, and he would be pleased to make
arrangement for the late owners retain
ing it.
Skillful Jane. to whom a Vandyck
was less worth than its length and
breadth in brocade. She sealed this note
with Colonel Billop's frank motto, Per
omnia adj opes." and dispatched it.
Edwin was delighted at the prospect
of recovering his ancestor. 1t il mighty
influence when the portrait of a noble
fOrefather puts its eye on one who wears
his name, and says. by the language of
an unchanging look: Il was Radical
in my day; be thou the same in thine!
and heresies, and struck for the new lib
critics and beliefs; my liberty and belief
are doubtless already tyranny and heresy
to thine age; strike thou for the new! |
wOrshiped the purest God of my genera
tiOn-it may be that purer God is re-
vealed to thine; worship him with thy
whole heart"
Such monitor is priceless. Edwin
was in very grateful mood when he
knocked at the door in Wall street.
A bank now rests upon the site of the
BillOp mansion. PonderOus, grim, gran
lite, stand the two columns of its propy-
lon. A swinging door squeaks Hail"
to the prosperous lender, and "Avauntw
to the borrower unindOrsed. Within,
paying tellers, old and crusty, or young
and jaunty, stand up to their elbows in
gold and smile at the offended dignity
of persOnages not identified presenting
checks and in vain requiring payment.
Farther back depOsitOrs are feeding
money, soft and hard, into the nav of
the receiving teller. Behind him book
keepers WELD prOdigious ledgers and
run up and down their columns. agile
as the lizards of Postum. And in the
innermOst penetralia of that temple of
Plutus the high priests, old dons of di-
reCtOrs, worth billions, sit and fancy
that they brew crisis or credit.
So stand things now where Edwin
Brothertoft once stood contemplating a
brass knOcker.
The door opened, and he was present
ly introduced into parlor, upholstered
to the uppermOst of its era.
But where is Mr.. Skervey Skaats?
Instead of that mean and meager
agent here is the principal-a singularly
handsome, bold, resolute young woman,
her eXuberant beauty depressed and
her carnations toned down by mourning,
Both the young people were embar-
raised for a moment.
he was embarrassed at this unlocked
for substitution of beautiful girl for
an ugl y reptile of Skaats; and she to
lind how fair spirit she had cOnjured
up. He with sudden conjunction for
the prejudice he had had against the I'M
known heir, his disinheriter; and she
with her instant conviction that here
was the person to pick up her handker-
chief, if he would.
Shall the talk of these children be here
repeated? 1t might fill pleasant page;
but this history cannot deal with the de
tails Of their immature lives. 1t only
makes ready i'll this first act for the
rapid business Of ripper period.
When Edwin Brothertoft left the
heiress's parlOr, after sixty minutes OF
delight, she seated herself at the desk
whence she, under the alias Skaats, had
indited his invitation, took fresh sheet
of paper and virgin quill and wrote: