Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-07-16
rHE CHICAGO EAGLE.
CHATTER XIX.

CHAIIER Mn.
do be quiet. Cruchot. SO It IL set.
tied quite settled" cried Grandet. taking
his daughters hand and striking his own
into 1t. You will not go back from
your word. Eugene? You are a good
girl"
In his joy he embraced his daughter,
almost suffocating her as he did so.
BY noon next day the declaration was
drawn up. and Eugene herself signed
away all her rights to her heritage. Yet
a year slipped by. and the cooper had
not kept his promise. and Eugene had
not received a sou of the monthly in
come which was to have been hers; when
Eugene spoke to him about 1t. half
laughingly. he hurried up to his room,
and when he came down again he hand
cd her third OF the jewelry which he
had purchased Of his nephew.
"There. child" he said. with certain
sarcastic ring in his voice. will you
take these for your twelve hundred
francsT"
"Oh! father. really' Will YOU really
give them to meT'
"You should have ms much next year
again." said he. flinging 1t into her lap;
"and no. before very long. you will have
all his trinkets." he added. rubbing his
hands. lie had made very good bar
gain. thanks to his daughters sentiment,
and was In high good humor.
Five years went by In this way. and
no event disturbed their monotorous
existence. Eugene and her father lived
a life Of methodical routine with the
same regularity Of movement that char
acterizcd the old clock. Every one knew
that there had been n profound sorrow
In Mile. Grandet's life: every circle In
Saumur had its suspicious as to the state
Of the heiress' heart. but she never let
fall word that could enlighten any one.
In the year 1927 her father began to
feel the intirmities Of age. and was ob!ig-
ed to take her still further into his con.
fidence; she learned the full extent Of his
landed possessions. Grnndet had reach
ed the age of 81. and toward the end Of
the year had parnlytic seizure. from
which he never rallied. Death came up
at last. and the vine growers strong
frame wrestled with the Destroyer.
So Eugene Grnndet was alone In the
world, and her house was left to her
desolate. There was no one but Nnnon
with whom she could talk over her trou.
bles; she could look into no other eyes
and find response IN them: big Nanon
was the only human being who loved her
for herself. For Eugene. Nanon was a
providence; she was no longer ser
want, she WINS humble friend.
NJ. Cruchot informed Eugene that she
had three hundred thousand livres a
year. derived from landed property, be
sides six millions In the 3 per cents and
In ready money two millions In gold. and
hundred thousand francs in silver.
without counting any arrears that were
due. Altogether her property amounted
to about seventeen million francs.
"Wherc can my cousin bet" she said
to herself.
On the day when NJ. Cruchot laid
these facts before his new client, togcth-
or with the information that the estate
was now clear. Eugene and Nanon sat
OH either side Of the hearth in the rnr-
lor. now 80 empty and 40 full of mem.
cries. Everything recalled past days.
from her mothers chair set on its wood.
en- blocks TO the glass tumblcr out Of
which her cousin once drank.
('ro be continucd.D