Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-04-07
THE FAMILY
GHOST.


tether."
Why not marry that little Hasler girl
Of Bayswateri"
al don't care for the Hasler girl. and
hate Bayswater.
"still, she's awfully sweet on you, and
she has loads of coin"
Edward Standish was "man of the
world, +" and the world had got the better
Of the man. He was thinking now OF many
things, and among others of Ethel. Ethel
was the sister Of Jack Harvard, and Jack
was friend Of his. lie determined TO 20
and say goodby TO Jack ere he went 20
rusticate In Wiltshire. Illustrating IN
Wiltshire was terror 10 Standish, but an
old servant down there owned an inn and
gave him unlimited credit.
"Is Mr.. Jack Harvard ini" he asked the
servant on his arrival.
'No, sir, but think he will be here
soon."
Standish heard a rustic of skirts as Of
some one running rapidly up stairs.
"Very well; I'll wait"
He went into the drawing room and
was not left long In solitude Ethel came
in held out her hand and flushed.
He knew well how TO use his voice and
his eyes-be had had so much practice in
this sort of thing. 81 have come to say
goodby," he said abruptly.
"Goodbyi"--oh, so faintlyi
ayes; Imust go away"-he looked ear
nestly into her eyes.
"For-longi"
"Perhaps for ever. am ruined"-''ru.
ined" Is an effective woodland / must
go away" He sat beside her and took
her hand. He did not really mean any.
thing wrong; IL was mere force Of habit.
As she made no reply and turned her head
away he thought he might as well go a
little further, So he said bitterly, "AfteI
all, no one will miss me-"
"Oh, Mr.. Standish. IL shall miss
you very much, for Jacks sake-you were
such friends" The latter part of this was
weak, and Ted knew 1t.
"I thank you," he said. "Of course
could not hope that you would miss me
for your own sake"
But she was an English girl, and he,
spirit was high. say English, because ID
Is well known that our national pre-emi-
nence extends to spirit In girls. So she
gave him her hand, wished him a cour-
teous goodby and rushed up stairs and
cried her eyes out.
We are now in Wiltshire, and Ted has
spent month of misery. He misses his
London. and IL will be admitted that this
is big thing TO miss. He missed the club,
the hansoms and the Empire. However.
he In little livelier now, for Bob Trench
ard has wired that he Is coming from
"Saturday to Monday" with him. "Great
news" he telegraphed.
"Great news" pondered Standish,
"what ever does be meanf"
"Here am. Great Scott, what a holeW
said Bob when he arrived.
bob, old man, you are an angel. Have
a whisky and soda. The spirits fiery, and
the soda's fiat. However Now, what's
your newsi"
"Magnificent, my boy. Your fame,
Ethel, is coming into a pot OF money. She
went on a visit to some friends. Staying
there was a crusty old bachelor, of whom
no one took any notice. He fell ILL., she
nursed him. The dad Is his solicitor; he
has made will in her favor, and she will
have e2, 900 year."
swell, but don't see"--
"Rotl go back TO town at once, propose
to her, marry her"--
"And be refused as fortune hunting
skunk"
"Nonsense, she doesn't know her luck :"
"My dear boy, this Is all very well, and
it's very kind Of you, but it's out of the
question. SLpposing the old chap should
alter his will' They always do. Suppose
one of thohundred and one things that al
ways happens does happen, I'll be saddled
with girl don Z care for and miserable
existence Of genteel poverty TO boot. No.
thanks.o
"You're an ass. The old chaps dying"
"Yes, but these old men 60 on dying for
years. How am to get on meanwhilet"
"Look here, to show you how sure ] am
the things all right, I'll lend you thou
sand on the strength of IT,"
"You willi Goodi After all, II a hitch
occurs and this money goes astray, can
blow my brains out. And / might do
that under any circumstances.
On the morrow they left for town. The
same evening Standish called on the Har-
wards. He was lucky enough to flpd Ethel
alone. She was very pale--poor girl-and
Ted thought he had always underrated
her.
"Mr. standishp
"Ethel, IL beg your pardon, Miss Har-
ward"
"You have come backt'
81 could not stay away" Ted knew the
best way was to do things with a rush.
81 thought myself too strong. am pen
niless beggar, and dared not be near you,
or | knew l should speak and tell you all
felt. But l knew that it was hopeless.
Even II you cared for me, how could ask
you to share my poverty So went away,
hoping to forget. / have had hard strug-
gle, and have been beaten. l could not
stay. had to come back and tell you.
had to learn my fate. And, II you gave
me the answer longed for, we would fight
the world together. know 1t is wrong.
know am a coward. But, Ethel, forgive
me. Tell me that there is no hope, and I
will leave you, Ethelr'
She had clasped his arms around her
and was holding up her face to be kissed.
How could he have been so sillyi He might
have known.
No, there was no mistake. Ted now
swears that he would have married her II
she hadn't bad a penny. What Is more
be means it.-Boyle Lawrence In London
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