Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-31
CASH AND MARRIAGE.

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Goshnwk & Guldridge were firm OF
bankers In IfObblc9ate, whore their namo
was tower of credit. Governments"
might decline and grccDbacks 1uctuate,
but Goshawk a. GuldTidgo were always at
per.
They might have gone ball for brace of
millions without ever being asked 90 "jus-
tify." There was something In the very
curve Of Goshawk's nose and In the broad
folds OF Guldridge's vest that sayorcd Of
solyency.
"Hayc you heard the ncwsr
"What Dcwsf"
"Goshawk 81 GuIdirdge"-
"For heavens sake, speak,"
Smashed l--debts million-asscts
neutrality-suspicious. abscOndedp
Seth Dodge caught IL In two directions.
The loss Of his own money was bad
enough, but IL was too provoking to 500
Kate Orylllc's on which he had long cast
tender glances, go the same lucklcss road.
He fairly cursed old Oryil!es stupidity In
trusting his niccc's entire fortune In the
very hands In which he had himself trust
ed and lost the bulk Of his own.
Seth had fallen In love with Kate at first
sight-of her grandfather's Will, which lac
had read over for amusement I'm the pro-
bate Office one day.
From that document he learned that she
was heiress 10 cool hundred thousand,
In her own right, which her uncle, Walter
Oryille, was appointed trustee To keep till
her marriage or majority. The money,
Seth knew, was snug In the vault Of Cos
hawk e. Guldridge.
He lost no time In declaring the state Of
his feelings, which Uncle Walter seemed
10 reciprocate IL Kate didn't. We won't
say positively that Archie Warham had
anything to do with the coolness Of Seth =
reception on her part. Apparently he
hadn't, for when Seth began his visits
Archie's suddenly ceased, and Kate tossed
her pretty head and didn't seem to care
What with Uncle Walters backing, his
own perseverance and Archie Warham' 8
demoralized retreat, Seth felt his chances
were by no means desperate.
He could afford TO wait. He was not an
impatient lover. His own finances were
easy, and as long as Kate's money was So
cure there was no need OF haste.
But terrible awakening came that day
when men rushed to and fro, startling each
other with the announcement:
"Goshawk & Guldridge have failedw
With the depletion OF his own pocket de-
parted all hope Of its repletion from Kate's.
To withdraw before acceptance d matri-
monial offer, the consideration" Of which,
In legal parlance, had failed struck him as
the first thing to be done under the cir
cumstances, and for that purpose Seth
presented himself without delay before
Uncle Walter, whom ne found at his office
looking as serene as If nothing had hap
pened-the imperturbable old stoicl
II suppose you've heard the newsY' he
began.
Uncle Walter had heard IL.
But Seth never shirked duty-to him
self. With much circumlocution and by
ways that were indirect he managed at last
TO make himself understood by Uncle Wal
ter.
The old gentleman didn't seem much
taken aback. There was a touch of con
tempt in his tone as he thanked his visitor
for the very unnecessary pains he had tax
en-, and when he bowed Seth out the lattel
felt considerably lower than before he en-
tered
Uncle Walter got home early that even
ing. If he was angry at finding Archi
Warham there, he didn't show it. Kat
looked as happy as though she hadn't los
a penny, but had found instead treasur
worth all the world.
"Dont mind it, uncle" she cried
"You see / don't, and I've heard all abou
It,"
"And 1 suppose you've heard it too?'
said Uncle Walter, turning sharply Oh
Archie as If suspecting that he, too, ha'
come to recant.
"Now don't be angry, uncle, dear,
coaxed Kate. "I'd have been glad to mar
ry Seth to please you, butt
"Confound Seth DodgeP'
"But, you see, l couldn't love him,
Kate continued, "and IL did love Archie
and-and'-
Uncle Walter didn't break out In pas
sion, and that encouraged Kate to go on.
"And Archie has asked me to be his
without any money, and-and-Tve prom
ised, and he says you shall live with us. I"
1t was quiet little wedding, that o.
Archie and Kate. 1t came off one bright
morning, while all Hobblegate was too
much agog with the recent financial shocl
to think Of anything else.
When Kate kissed Uncle Walter goodby
before starting on her unpretending wed
ding tour, the old gentleman slipped ,
folded paper into her hand.
She opened 1t with an exclamation o.
SURPRISE. IL was CHECK Oh ono OI tnt
first city banks for 500, ,000l
"You see" said Uncle Walter, "Td ,
lurking suspicion that all wasn't righ'
with those scamps, and so checked on
your money three days before they failed. ,
About the same time another wedding
took place. Seth Dodge kept his losses I,
himself, and without loss Of time Offered
his heart and hand to Miss Elvira Fcnoose
She accepted both at sight.
Miss Elvira was maiden of forty odd au
tumns and not To be called handsome Setl
knew her to be tho possessor of goodly
batch Of flve-twcnties, from which she de
rived handsome income by cutting of
the coupons.
The morning after the wedding Setl
hinted-delicately, Of courso-that circum
stances over which he had no control hat
left him little short of cash Mt present
In fact, and not to put too fine II point
upon It, deucedly hard up.
Elvira stopped his mouth with kisses