The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-09-02


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horse and bug he.B said and 4
think Won ould bette e come along
with me, and let Richard take ii.
the wood. z75s .5 s5..z@ /:
80 n ., 1, HarVey ans ered deci-..
siYely q have Other work forhinl:
to do,1 and the horse, also Il you
wantsto 90. to. town you can ride:
with me on the load ofwood.''
The conversation CURED be
tween thems ELVES alone. Mr.. Gil
bert answered ): Every well, and
the matter. dropped. But the! next:
morning Mrs. Gilbert and Nellie.
were surprised and hurt to. see
the old gentleman take his place
beside Harvey on the=load Of wood.
He said nothing, except his usual
pleasant Good by" and they
drove off. It had rained the night
before, and a part Of the road was
heavy. A larger load than Gus
tomary was on, and when they
came to the worst stretch of road,
Harvey said, a little impatiently:
|'This road is worrying the horses,
and wish you would get of and
walk while / drive them through
it. 1t would have been better if
you had not come this morning"
Without a. word in reply, his
father got off and tramped along
the side while Harvey rode. He
got on again at the beginning of
the smooth town streets, the'wood
was soon delivered, the business
WIZ Is attended to, and they arrived
home in good season. That even
ing the family was gathered
round the pleasant open fire in the
sitting room.
Harvey" his father said, after
awhile, II have been thinking
about that deed l gave you last
summer, and I believe Ismade
little mistake in it. You haven't
recorded it YETI"
''No. When l thought of it l
was too busy, and when went to
town l was generally in a hurry
and forgot it. What is the mis-
take" he asked, a trif1e anxiously.
eff you will get it, I will tell
you.".
= Harvey went to his desk and
brought it.
II will look through it and see,'
Mr.. Gilbert said, and Harvey took
his seat.
In a few moments Mr.. Gilbert
spoke: eyes, there is mistake
in the document and it was made
by my signing my name to it,"
And with the utterance Of these.
words he tossed the paper into
the CRATE, where the flames in
stantly destroyed it.
Harvey leaped to his feet and
turned as pale as death. The
wives held their breath as the two
husbands, father and son, faced
each other, the one calm and dig
nified, the other trembling with
excitement and anger.
II think l shall ride to town
hereafter" said the father, in. a
tone whose import was not to be
mistaken. l have worked too
long and hard to walk any more in
the mud. I shall 60 tomorrow
and execute my will, leaving to-
you the farm, after your mother
and are done with it" and he en-
phasized the latter words. "Wills.
can be changed, if matters are not
agreeable" he concluded, signifi-
cantly.
Harvey stood a minute longer,
and a sort of fierce suffering
worked on his face then he turned
and left the room: No one felt
like speaking, and afew moments
later Nellie followed him to their
own room. She. found him sitting
very erect, looking straight before
him with a stern face. She went
to his chair: and, kneeling, put a
soft hand caressingly on his cheek
as she spoke. %<. D
Harvey, you have told me sey-
>eral times that when your sense of
justice was aroused it was the
only thing that was stronger than
your stubborn will. Doyou think
You have treated your father with