Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-04-14

cu,pTER II.-(Cintinued.)
U 1Los q schemer to make a fortune
I'll nv UT reasonable length of time now
b aT nv boy. My intention is to have the
days. nv If every member Of this house
te .Easorp we have been here week.
hou wei do the same. l will guarantee
you . .;.l Julia, is praising me to the skies
ha' -" @ommy right now, and telling her
r T a beauty I am to have a son OF your
'st, thor YOU are handsome, and if the
VIZ should die. l have no doubt but
i1'n nard we'd TIE banker if you chose.
!eu r u.orId not have to change your name
w nr MO son, true; and thank you for
, ll We cannot proceed any
!'4 .b (g tonight. Help me lift that tray
t Ia,i- into the trunk, and 1 will bid you
Ya a,dnirbt. You will have to unpack
s, ~a Of YOUR own wearing apparel before
al retire, suppose
ySSyps and if you wish me to captivate
-, If orr hosts daughters, l must be
r ra particular about my attire
g., .lrartainly. Not only particular about
,,rr attire, but in your department as
1Ion forcsce that much depends on the
,r,rossions of tomorrow. 1t will be one
# tbp critical days of a lifetime"
q agree with you there, mother; but
fine will shape our destinies."
"yot so. If we wait for time to shape
tpm. We shall die paupers. Fools do
that We.must shape our own destinies.
When was younger, l might have lis
tened to such logic. Not so now. If we
manage shrewdly we have life of luxury
and ease before us"
"NOther, you appear grand when you
are excited. You should have been an
actress
Asircry laugh emanated from madam's
lips, and the words, "Ha, ha! 1 should
have been, indeed. But how know you
that have not?'
You have never told me much Of your
early life, mother, or of how"
"Ikn0w. Well, perhaps some day. But
now think we have each a part to act.
Action, must be our motto! And it must
be in the right direction. Goodnight, my
son." The widow imprinted a kiss upon
the lips of the young man, which was
twice returned before he left the room.
For a moment the madam stood, gazing
apparently at the closed door through
which he had made his exit. Then turn
Ing, she seated herself in q rocker and
thus unused;
Tomorrow morning we shall meet the
son and daughters, and later | shall meet
the bankers wife. l wonder if she is
confined to her room constantly-if she is
q hopeless invalid. | shall soon learn. If
50, 50 mach the better. l told the boy the
truth. Action must be our motto! at least
mine, Earl will unhesitatingly pursue
any course | may direct. He would fol-
low NE through fire, and l would have
it so. | have trained him well. The
strongest will must have ascendency. The
strongest will is mine." And the madam
smiled Complacently.
"Humph. l have had checkered life;
may have until the end. But my life's
ambition must be satisfied. Wealth,
'O"itH l IHuSl, L VIII nave NSolIh'
Twice have thought it.mine, and each
line had sacrificed myself for naught.
This time-well. this time? I wonder
gaIy what is this bankers wealth. 1t
would scarce make millionaires Of us all.
here are too many in my brother-in-laW's
amIy. Oh, we'll, we shall see.
Il must retire at once, sleep well, and
box my best in the morning. Let me see
oW have borne the journey" And arls-
ls, the madam soon stood before a mir
Or.
10 my eyes l look a little jaded-a
lille pale. No matter, | will have roses
my cheeks after eight or ten hours
st.
That banker looks like a confding soul.
could see from his demeanor that he adj
red me-. He may not be so easy to
ouid as was Andrew; but then, he was
putty. Lord! what a wilmer over his
Amities. Andrew died, slowly but sure
died; and | am again widow.
What a life Dick Newberry led me!
eh one day, and poor the next. Race
rises and whisky, whisky and race
rSeS l tired of that-tired of New
rry, and left him. He drank himself
o the tremens and blew out his brains.
Then there is that other-how my
od boils when l think-pshaw! Let
not dwell on the past tonight.
The sins of the fathers shall be Wis
on the heads of the children to the
d and fourth generationr or words to
I effect. That is scripture. and that
linds me that l have heard that the
Ill could quote scripture to serve his
'poSe.
Now for sleep! Sleep that knits up
, rayeIed sleeve of care'-and on the
rrow. a furtherance of my plans"
Ten minutes later the madam was in the
Id Of dreams.
CHAPTER III.
At the very hour of the arrival of Mrs.
adrew Kellogg and son at the Chicago
0kcrS residence, Amos Kellogg of Will
mgtou, North Carolina, was seated in
e library of his home in that city, smok-
his favorite long-stemmed pipe.