Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-19
CHAPTER XVII.

CHAPTER XVII.
Eugene burst into tears. and fed
away to her mother. Grandet took sew
eral turns in his garden without heed
ing the snow or the cold; then, sus-
pecting that his daughter would be in
his wife's room, and delighted with the
idea of catching them in fragrant disobe-
dience to orders he climbed the stairs as
stealthily as a cat, and suddenly appear
ed in Nine. Grandet's room. He was
right; she was stroking Eugenie's hair.
and the girl lay with her face hidden in
her mothers breast.
Poor child! Never mind, your father
will relent"
"She has no longer a father' said
the. cooper. rs it really possible, Mime.
Grandet that we have brought such
disobedient daughter into the world, A
pretty bringing up; and pious, too, above
all things Well how is it you are
not IN your roof? Come, off to prison
with you; to prison, miss:'
do You mean to take my daughter
away from me. sir?" said Nine Gran
Diet, as she raised a flushed face and
bright, feverish eyes.
IF you want to keep her, take her
along with you, and the house will be
rid of you both at once. Where is the
goldi What has become of the gold p
Eugenie rose to her feet, looked proud
| ly at her father, and went into her room;
the goodman turned the key in the door.
"Nanonw he shouted, you can rake
out the fire in the parlor;" then he came
back and sat down in an easy chair, say
| ing as he did so. 'Of course she gave
her gold TO that miserable fellow Charles,
who only cared for our money"
Mime. Grandet's love for her daugh-
ter gave her courage in the face of this
danger: TO all appearance she was deaf,
dumb and blind to all that was implied
by this speech. She turned on her bed
so as to avoid the angry glitter OF her
husbands eyes.
Il know nothing about all this" she
said. Your anger makes ME so i'll that
if my fcrehodings come true | shall only
leave this room when they carry me out
! feet foremost. | think you might have
spared me this scene, sir. l, at all
events, have never caused you any vexa-
ton. Your daughter loves you, and l
am sure she is as innocent as a newborn
babe; so do not make her miserable, and
| take back your word. This cold is ter
ribly sharp; it might make her seriously
| ill.,"
81 shall neither see her nor speak to
her. She shall stop in her room on
bread and water until she has done as
her father bids her. She had the only
rupees that there are in France. for
aught | know; then there were geno-
vines besides, and Dutch ducats---'
Eugene is our only child and even
- -. hnl into fba
Into the waterw shouted the worthy
cooper. Nine. Grandet. you are raw
ing. When l say a thing l mean it,
as you know. If you want to have peace
in the house, get her TO confess TO you
this secret Women understand each
other, and are cleverer at this sort of
thing than we are. Whatever she may
have done. certainly shall not eat her.
Is she afraid of me? If she had covered
her cousin with gold from head TO foot.
he is safe on the high seas by this time.
We cannot run after him
Really. sir. have 1 any more author
ity over her than you have? She has
never said word about it to me. She
takes after you"
Goodness! your tongue is hung in the
the middle this morning. Tut. tut, tut;
pose? Perhaps you and she are both
in it,"
Really. NJ. Grandet, if you want 70
kill me. you have only to keep on as you
are doing. tell you, sir. and if il were
to cost De my life. would say it again
you are too hard on your daughter; she
is great deal more sensible than you
are. The money belonged to her; she
l. IL - ;t
Sir. | implore you take Eugene back
into favor. 1t will lessen the effect of
the shock your anger gave me. and per
haps will save my life. Ny daughter.
sir; give me back my daughter!''
u am off," he said. 1T is unbearable
here in my house when mother and
daughter talk and argue. You have Civ
en- me bitter New Years gifts, Eugenier
he called. Yes. yes. cry away You
shall repent it, do You hear? You will
find out what he is. that Charles OF
yours. with his morocco boots and his
stand-off airs. He can have no heart and
no conscience. either, when he dares to
carry of poor girls money without the
consent of her parents
As soon as the street door was shut
Eugene stole out of her room and came
10 her mothers bedside
You were very brave for your daugh-
ter's sake" she said. oh, mother.
will pray to God to let oil the punish
ment fall on me-"
''Is it truef" asked Nanon. coming
upstairs in dismay. that mademoiselle
here is to be put on bread and water for
the rest OF her lifeg'
What does it matter. Nanon?' asked
Eugene calmly.
why, before would eat kitchen
while the daughter Of the house is eat
Ing dry bread l would no. no.
il won't do
Don't say a word about it. Nanon,
Eugene warned her.
Grandet dined alone, for the first time
in twentyfour years.
$50 You are widower. sir" said Ma
non at a very dismal thing TO be a
widower when you have wife and
daughter in the house"
Il did not speak TO you. did II Keep
still tongue in your head, or you viii
have 10 so. There viii be some people
here this evening; light the fire"
There viii be some people here this
evening; light the fre."
The Cruchots and their friends. Nine.
des Grassins and her son all came in
about o'clock, and to their amasement
saw neither Nine. G-sadet nor her
daughter