The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-01-16
CHAPTER xX.-(Continued)

CHAPTER XX.-(Continued)
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 matterf" said she,
II never saw you cry before, excepting
that time when told you l was going
to marry Henry" and Ella laughed n
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
girls heads. and blessing them, called
them cher 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 supremacy 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-cvcrybody did who knew her-ev-
erybody but Henry. And when Mrs.
Campbell asked why she did not speak
she replied, why, what shall say?
shall | go into ecstasies about it? To be
sure I'm glad-very glad that you are
my aunt. win Mary live here nowF'
YES, always" answered Mrs. Camp
bell; and mo, never thought Mary.
Mrs. Campbell that evening tried to
devise some means by which to atone for
neglectins Mary so long. Suddenly new
idea occurred to her, upon which she de-
termned 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 | want is that on
their twenty-Grst birthday they shall
come into possession Of the portion which
ought TO have been their mothers, while
ut 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. \ few days afterward Henry,
coming accidentally upon Il, read 1t with
out hesitation
That settles it at once said he, "and
| can't say I'm sorry, for | was getting
horribly sick Of her. Now Ia willingly
marry Mary without 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 Morelund 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
Iff1f hafft q
mean scrape, for, OF course, shall be
magnanimous and release Ella at once
from her engagement with a ruined man
The news that Mary was Mrs. Camp
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.. Lineoln's down
fall, and while he felt sorrX for the fam
lly he could not help hoping that it
would bring Jenny nearer to him. OF
this he told Mary, who hardly dared
trust herself to reply lest she should di-
vulge a darling secret which she had
cherished ever since Mrs. Campbell had
told her that in little more than 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 unselfsh, her thoughts instantly
turned toward her adopted brother. A
part OF that sum should be his, and with
that for a stepping stone to future wealth
Mrs. Lincoln. when poor and destitute,
could not longer refuse him her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Campbell, to whom alone she
confded her wishes, gave her consent,
though she could not understand the self
denying love which prompted this act Of
generosity 20 a stranger
And now Mary was very happy in
thinking how much good she could do.
Mrs. Mason, her benefaetress, should
never want again. Sally Furbush, the
kind-hearted old crazy woman. who had
stood by her 50 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
for his kindness to her when a little, un-
known pauper And still the world.
| knowing nothing of the hidden causes
which made Mary's laugh so merry and
her manner so gay, said that "the pros
\ pcct OF being an heiress had turned her
\ head, just as it always did those who
We're suddenly elevated to wealth