Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30
CHAPTER IS-COntinued.

One morning at this time she received a
visit. 1t was from an attorney whom she
had known in her childhood. He was her
fathers attorney; a prim and SNUG man in
black cloth, on very good terms with him.
self; one of the small sect which met in the
convertible. He had often come to the
house at Hackney, either on business or by
invitation. After dinner he would discuss
points of abstruse doctrine with her father;
no hypocrite, but a perfectly honorable and
upright man, though of a narrow creed.
Madam he said, II am the bearer of
news which is both bad and good; bad be-
cause your father is dead
My father is-dead! My father is dead!'
For this was thing which she had not ex-
pected. 1t seems, indeed, to many children
that their father will never die, SO much ac-
customed are they to the uninterruption of
an old age which begins at fifty and drags
along to three score years and ten.
HE is dead, madam.
"Oh, sir-it is impossible that he should
die without fOrgiving or bestowing his
blessing upon me-"
He is dead, madam" the attorney re-
peated; yet as regards his forgiveness and
his blessing. l think you Will find that you
have received both. He is dead and buried.
We knew not where you were living; your
brother would have sent
20, my brother my brother. Sir, l know
my brother
He would have sent to you, but he could
not find your lodging. Your father died
after short Illness; he is buried in Bun
hill Fields among his own people,
Dead and buried! o, what can 1 say?
What can dog She wrung her hands for
herself, while the filial tear fell for her
father.
The attorney did not understand her trou-
BILE. Madam he said, Ito lose a parent
is an affiiction which must fall upon us
1-T, l.
L buried my great aunt. But You may take
comfort when l inform you that, in spite
of your fathers disapproval of your mar
rage. Be We not he would say, 'yoked
with unbelievers.' He made no change in
his testamentary disposition. You left him
and the connection in order to marry a
butterfly of fashion. Yet he made no alter
alton in his will"
He made no alteration Dear sir pray
explain how this affects my position
1t affects you, madam, to this extent
that your father, while he bequeathed to
Your brother, his only son. the business on
Galley quay, with all the future emolu-
mcnts and profits therefrOm-a great and
noble bequest-divided the rest of his prop
erty, including his real and personal es-
tate. his houses and lands, his money, his
Plate, his furniture, his horses and car
riages into two parts equal in all respects.
One moiety will be given to your brother
in addition to the business; the other to
yourself"
To myself? Why, truIy-it seems as if
ny father relented at last; but pray, sir,
what may this moiety mean? Is it a
sUfficiency?"
"A sufficiency, Indeed. madam. I know
not what you have from your late husband
but he was, / have understood. though a
sprig of quality. younger SON."
Isabel inclined her head partly to hide
smile Could she tell this man of the city,
where there is contempt for poverty, that
she was come to her last three guineas?
Madam, l do not know. l say, the ex-
tent of your husbands estate. l may
however, inform you that even in the city
your father was respected for his wealth