Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-12-27
CHAPTER XX.-(Continued.0


Just then Ella came singing into the
room, but started when she saw how ex-
cited Mrs. Campbell appeared, and how
swollen her eyelids were.
why, what's the matterY said she.
81 never saw you cry before, excepting
that time when | told you l was going
to marry Henry" and Ella laughed a
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 beckoning Mary to approach,
she laid a hand upon each of the young
girls heads, and blessing them. called
them ''her own dear children
1t would be hard telling what Elias
emotions were. One moment she was
glad, and the next she was sorry, for she
was so supremely selfish that the fact of
Mary's being now in every respect her
equal gave her more pain than pleasure.
or course, Mrs. Campbell would love her
best-everybody did who knew her-ev-
erybody but Henry. And when Mrs.
Campbell asked why she did not speak
she replied, "Why, what shall 1. say? :?
shall go into eestases about it? To be
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my aunt. VIII Mary live here nowT'
Eyes, always" answered Mrs. Camp
bell; and mo, never" thought Mary.
Mrs. Campbell that evening tried to
devise some means by which to atone for
neglecting Mary so long. Suddenly new
idea occurred to her, upon which she de-
termined Immediately to act, and the
next morning Mr.. Worthington was sent
for to draw up new will, in which Mary
Howard was to share equally with her
sister.
Half of all own is theirs by right"
said she, "and what l want is that on
their twenty-first birthday they shall
come into possession of the portion which
ought to have been their mothers, while
at my death the remainder shall be equal
ly divided between them"
The will was accordingly drawn up,
signed and sealed, Mr.. Worthington
keeping a rough draft of it, which was
thrown among some loose papers in his
office. A few days afterward Henry,
coming accidentally upon it, read it with
out hesitation.
THAT settles it at once said he, "and
l can't say I'm sorry, for l was getting
uDTTlDlg Slch VI utT. NOW L u NllilllSly ~
marry Mary without a penny, but Ella,
with only one-quarter as much as | 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 few thou
sand. Wei, 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, l shall be
magnanimous and release Ella at once
from her engagement with ruined man."
The news that Mary was Mrs, Camp
bell's 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 eonduced to her happiness added
also to his. Together with her he had
heard the rumor of Mr.. Lincoln's down
foll. and while he felt sorry for the fam
ilv he could not helm hoping that it
would hiring Jenny nearer TO him. OF
this he told Mary. who hardly dared
trust herself TO reply lest she should d.
yulre n darling secret. which she had
cherished ever since Mrs Campbell had
told her that in little more than a year
sbe was TO be the rightful owner of
sum of money much larger than she ever
dreamed it possible for her to possess.