Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-07-16

coins rs they lay. Tome, cneer UP!
and get well, you shall want for nothing.
neither you nor Eugene. There are "A
hundred louis for her. You will not give
them away, will you. eh. Eugeniei"
Nine. Grandet and her daughter gazed
at each other In amazemcnt.
Take back the money, father; we
want nothing. nothing but your love-"
"Oh. well. just as you like" he said.
as he pocketed the louis, "let us live to-
gether like good friends. Let us all go
down to the dining room and have din
ner and play Lotto every evening. and he
as merry ms the maids. Eth! my wifeT',
Alas! how I wish that could. II you
would like IT," said the dying woman,
but am not strong enough to get up"
Poor mother" said the cooper. you
do not know how much I love you; and,
you. too, child.'
He drew his daughter to him and en-
braced her with fervor.
"Oh! how pleasant Il is to kiss ones
daughter, after n squabble. my little girl!
There. mother! do you see? We are
quite at one again now. Just 20 and
lock that away" he said to Eugene. as
he pointed to the case. There! there!
don't be frightened; I will never say an
other word to you about It,"
NJ. Bergerin. who wns regarded rs the
clevercst doctor In Snumur. came be-
fore very long. lie told Grandct plainly
after the interview that the patient was
very seriously III: that amy excitement
might be fatal to her: that with n light
diet. perfect tranquility, and the most
constant care, her life might possibly
he prolonged until the end Of the au.
tumn.
"Will II be nm expensive ilness?"
asked the worthy householder. after
all, Nj. Bprgerin. you nre man of hon
or. ] can depend upon you. can ! rot
Come and see my wife whenever, aud as
often as YOU think Il necessary. Pre-
serve her HE. My good wife-l am very
fond Of her, you see. though I may not
show Il: II II all shut up inside me. and
I am one that takes things terribly to
heart: am In trouble. too. 1t all be-
gan with my brothers death; I am
spending. oh.---heaps of money In Paris
for hini---the very eyes out Of my head.
In fact, and II seems as IL there were
no end to II. II you can save my wife.
save her, even II II takes a hundred or
two hundred francs"
In spite Of Grandet's fervent wishes
that his wife might be restored to health.
for this question of the Inheritance WINS
like n foretaste OF death for him; In
spite Of his readiness to fulfill the least
wishes Of the ustonished mother and
daughter In every possible way: In spite
| Of Eugenic's tendcrest and most devoted
| care. II was evident that Nine. Gran
det's life was rapidly drawing TO close.
DAY hy dOy she grew wcnker She
seemed to have no more vitality than the
autumn leaves; ana as the sunlight shin
Ing through the leaves turns them to
gold. No she seemed to be transformed
by the light of heaven. Her love for her
| daughter, her meek virtues, her angelic
patience, had never shone more bright
~ than IN the month Of October. 1892,
when she passed away. On the morrow
after her mothers death. It seemed to
Eugene that she had yet one more ren.
son for clinging fondly TO the old house
where she had been born. and where she
had found life so hard Of late-it be-
came for her the place where her mother
had died. She could not see the old
chnir set on little blocks Of wood. the
place by the window where her neither
used TO sit. without shedding tears. Her
father showed her such tenderness, and
took sucl, care Of her, that she began to
think that she had never understood his
nature: he used to come to her room aud
take her down TO breakfast Oh his arm,
and sit looking ut her for whole hours
with something almost like kindness In
MS eyes, with the same brOOding look
that he gave MS gold. Indeed. the old
cooper almost trembled before his daugh-