The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-09-19
CASH AND MARRIAGE.

CASH AND MARRIAGE.
II was like 8 clap Of thunder from .
cloudless sky. NJ h, &a!E &3 y.
i We were speaking Of the failure Of Cos
hawk & Guldridge. n s,S' M
X Goshawk & Guldridge were firm of
bankers in He, ,blcgate where their names
was q tower of credit. "Governments''
might decline and greenbacks huctuate,
but Goshawk & Guldridge were always at
par. &s.s., 5s !. K 81 $@E Il
% They might have gone bail for a brace of
millions without ever being asked to jus
tify." There was something Ill the yer
curve of Goshawk's nose and in the brOslI
folds of Guldridge's vest that savored Of
solvency. W. 81. &8s>1 ..# p
sHave you heard the newss'' /. I..,@.3
"What news?" sa. e. w t%
= "Goshawk & Guldirdge''- %
For heavens sake, speak," .E'. ~ =
"Smashed debts million-assets
nothing partners absconded!" = ss
"a Seth Dodge caught it in two directions
The loss Of his own money was bad
enough, but it was too provoking to see
Kate Orville's, on which he had long cast
tender glances, 60 the same luckless road.
He fairly cursed old Orville's stupidity in
trusting his nieces 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 he
had read over for amusement in the pro-
bate Office one day ~ E~.o" f.
From that document he learned that she
was heiress to cool hundred thousand,
in hero right, which her uncle, Walter
Orville, was appointed trustee to keep till
her marriage or majority. Tho money,
Seth knew, was snug in the vault of Cos
hawk & Guldridge. - s.
He lost no time in declaring the state of
his feelings, which Uncle Walter seemed
to reciprocate if Kate didn't. We won't
say positively that Archie Warham had
anything to do with the GOODNESS Of Seth's
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 Variants
demoralized retreat, Seth felt his chances
We're by no means desperate.
He could afford to-wait He was not an
impatient lover. His own finances were
easy, and as long as Kates money was Sc
cure there was no need of haste.
But a terrible awakening came that day
when men rushed to and fro, startling each
other with thu announcement:
"Goshawk & Guldridge have failed!
With the depletion of his own pocket de-
parted all hope of it's repletion from Kate's.
To withdraw before acceptance matri-
mopial offer, the consideration" of which,
H., r1c hal f,;1o e%n, n1y
the first thing to be done under the Cir
oumstances, and for that purpose Setll
presented himself without delay before
Uncle Walter, whom he found at his Office
looking as serene as If nothing had hap,
pened-the imperturbable old stole!
II suppose you've heard the news?" he
began.
Uncle Walter had heard it. :.
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. ~ 81"
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 latter
felt considerably lower than before he en-
tered. = ..y"t 60.
Uncle Walter got home early that even
ing. If he was angry at finding Archie
Warham there, he didn't show it. Kate
looked as happy as though she hadn't lost
a penny, but had found instead treasure
worth all the world.
= "Don't mind it, uncle" she cried.
"You see don't, and I've heard all about
it," .z,s
"And suppose you've heard it ,toof"
said Uncle Walter, turning sharply on
Archie as If suspecting that he, too, had
come to recant.
CHOW don't be angry, uncle, DEAR"
coaxed Kate. "I'd have been glad to mar
ry Seth to please you, butt
"Confound Seth Dodge!'
"But, you see, I couldn't love him.
Kate continued, land III did love Archie
and-and"- We
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-I'vep prom
ised and he says you shall live with us"
1t was quiet little wedding, that of
Archie and Kate. It came of one bright
morning, while all Hobblegate was too
much agog with the recent financial shock
to think of anything else,
When Kate kissed Uncle Walter goodby,
before starting on her unpretending we'd
ding tour, the old gentleman slipped
folded paper into her hand: ia,s@
She opened it with an exclamation of
surprise. 1t was a check on one Of the
first city banks for 500, 000l ~
"You see, said Uncle Walter, "I'd
lurking suspicion that all wasn't right
with those scamps, and SO checked out
your money three days before they failed
About the same time another wedding
took place. Seth Dodge kept his losses to
himself, and without loss Of time offered
his heart and hand to Miss Elvira Fenoose.