Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-27

CHAPTER XX.-(Continned.l

CHAPTER XA.-(Continued)
Just then Ella came singing into the
n room, but started when she saw how ex-
cited Mrs. Campbell appeared, and how
swollen her eyelids were
why, what's the matter!' said she.
q never saw you cry before, excepting
that time when l told you | was going
to marry Henry" and Ella laughed
81 little, spiteful laugh.
"HuSh-sh,' said Mary, softly; and
Mrs. Campbell, drawing Ella to her side,
told her of the strange discovery she had
made then reckoning Mary to approach,
she laid a hand upon each of the young
s girls heads, and blessing them, called
them her own dear children"
1t would be hard telling what Elias
b emotions were. One moment she was
glad and the next she was sorry, for she
was so supremacy selfish that the fact of
laryS being now in every respect her
y equal gave her more pain than pleasure.
e Of course, Mrs. Campbell would love her
q bcst-everybody did who knew her-ev-
erybOdy bat Henry. And when Mrs.
Campbell asked why she did not speak
she replied, why, what shall l say?
shall | 60 into ecstasies about it? To be
sure I'm glad-very glad that you are
my aunt. VIII Mary live here now?"
Yes, always" answered Mrs Camp
bell; and NO, never" thought Mary.
Mrs. Campbell that evening tried to
devise some means by which to atone for
q negIectins Mary so long. Suddenly new
idea occurred to her, upon which she de-
termIned Immediately to act, and the
next morning Mr. Worthngton was sent
s for to draw up a new will, in which Mary
IA Howard was to share equally With her
sister.
4 Halt of all l own is theirs by right"
A said she, 'and what l want is that on
s. their twenty-frst birthday they shall
y come into possession Of the portion which
u ought to have been their mothers, while
z at my death the remainder shall be equal
ly divided between them
The viii was accordingly drawn up,
% signed and sealed, Mr. Worthington
keeping q rough draft of it, which was
thrown among some loose papers in his
office. y few days afterward Henry,
coming accidentally upon it, read it with
N out hesitation.
That settles it at once said he land
81 l can't say I'm sorry. for | was getting
horribly sick of her. Now I'd willingly
marry Mary without a penny, but Ella,
with only one-quarter as much as l ex-
pected, and that not until she's twenty
one, is a different matter entirely. But
what am / to do? | wish Moreland was
here for, though he don't like me, he
wouldn't mind lending me a few thou
sand. Well, there's no help for it, and
the sooner the old man breaks now the
better. It'll help me out of a deuced
mean scrape, for, of course, | shall be
magnanim0us and release Ella at once
from her engagement with ruined man."
The news that Mary was Mrs. Camp
sd bells niece spread rapidly, and among
those who came to congratulate her none
was more sincere than William Bender.
Mary was very dear to him, and what
ever conduced to her happiness added
also to his. Together with her he had
heard the rumor of Mr.. Lincoln's down
fall, and while he felt sorry for the fam
lily he could not help hoping that it
would bring Jenny nearer to him. OF
this he told Mary, who hardly dared
By trust herself to reply lest she should di-
yuIge a darling secret which she had
cherished ever since Mrs. Campbell had
told her that in a little more than a year
she was to be the rightful owner of
sum of money much larger than she ever
dreamed it possible for her to possess.
Wholly unselfish, her thoughts instantly
turned toward her adopted brother. A
part Of that sum should be his, and with
mat for stepping stone to future wealth
MIS-. Lincoln, when poor and destitute,
could not longer refuse him her daugh-
Ter Mrs. Campbell, to whom alone she
conhdcd her wishes, gave her consent,
though she could not understand the self
denying love which prompted this act Of
generosity to a stranger.
A And now Mary was very happy in
thinking how much good she could do.
Mrs Mason, her benefactress, should
neycr want again. Sally Furbush, the
Nni-hcar,ed old crazy woman, who had
stood by her so long and so faithfully,
Should share her home wherever that
home might be; while, better than the
rest, William Bender. the truest, best
friend she ever had, should be repaid
5or his kindness to her when little, UNI
EnoWn pauper. And still the world,
Knowing nothing of the hidden causes
which made Mary's laugh so merry and
4er manner so gay, said that 1.-The pros
peer of being an heiress had turned her
Aead, just as it always did those who
We're suddenly elevated to wealth"
CHAPTER XXI.
Mr.. Lincoln had failed. At the corners
OF the streets groups of men stood to-
Sether, talking over the matter, and as
tHo1ns II. some to his carelessness, some
10 MS extreme good nature in indorsing
toE anyone who asked, and others, the
showing ones winked siyly as they said
,oeE Guessed he knew what he was
&ooUt-they'd known before of such
lungs as failing rich;" but the mouths
u 'no>e last were stopped when they
heard that The household furniture, every
'"1nS was given up for the benefit of his
creators. and was to be sold at auction
during the aou,ino week