The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-06-30

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"All this will cost money, Wally."
"Yes, sir, but we can afford IT,"
Everything" said Mr.. Depdale,
sadly, taking his sons hand, has gone
so smoothly with us, from worldly
point Of view, that am almost afraid
10 communicate bad news TO you"
Fearing might not be strong
enough to bear itf' asked Walter,
cheerfully, perceiving how much his
father was iB need Of sympathy. "Try
me, dad. That is all 1 can say. Try
me. You are going 10 cOnfide In me;
you are going TO tell me what II Is that
has caused you so much anxiety for
many weeks past II IL Is bad news
that affects Inc as well as yourself"
1T Is, Wally.''
at will make II all the lighter for
both 10 share ii In company. 1t Is
keeping a thing secret" said Walter,
rumpling his hair, that makes trouble
so much heavier than IT really is. Now,
dad, tell me what It is All about, so
IIlthat / may take haif tie load from
your heart. Considering what you have
done for me, how loving and tender
you have been to me since my first
day OF remembrance, / ought to take
IL all, but that ! know your love for
me would not permit You 10 part with
it all. Now. dad. out with it,"
''In word, Wally, without explain
ing frstf"
I'm n word, dad, without any expla-
nation at all til the worst Is told"
"Wally, we are ruined" ~
Walter looked at him with a bright
smile. ... tr.. ..... .-
rs that all. dad?"
81 can't imagine worse news than
this which you have taken so lightly
My boy you are right; even now my
heart is not as heavy as it was.' b. 'a
"Why, of course it is not, and ii shall
be lighter yet You can't imagine
worse news? My own dear father,
whom / love and honor as much as it
is in my own poor power to do, you
might have told me that you Were suf-
fering from some incurable disease
which threatened To shorten your days.
That is the greatest grief that could
befall me in connection with you
Ruined! And that Is all can't ex-
press to you, dad, how. YOU have re-
lieved my mind ,........ lgou
His arm now was around his fathers
neck, and they were MS close together
in body rs they were In hehrt.
But. Wally, perhaps you don't quite
understand. 1t is no small loss that
has fallen on us. Everything is gone.
We sit together under Gods sky-ah,
my boy!.wbat sweet joy and pain your
caresses give me!-as poor even as Lit
tie Make Believe and your dear Sar-
anne" .N nus .7f ai lans'Ui 't''
Il understand 1t very we'll dad, and
IL seems TO me to bring US all nearer to
4 each other. II there existed in Sar7
annes mind any uncomfortable feeling
that she and / were in some worldly
=. way not on an equality though such a
feeling, l am bound to admit. is more
likely to have disturbed Little Make
Believe than my own dear little girl--
tnnd that l was making some sort Of
u sacrifice for her, the fact or our being
no longer rich will help to dispel it and
! k,set her more al her ease. What l have
to do is 10 work for us all, and l will
DO it. Why, IL is not at all unlikely
that this is the most fortunate thing
that could have happened to me. In
stead now of living an indolent, 'aimless
life, here suddenly find nn opportun-
ity forced upon me to show not only
my gratitude to the dearest father son
ever had, but TO prove that there is
really something in me worth the
working cut. Holidays! ! have had
enough Of them to last me all my life.
or course, my famous scheme of send
z ing SaruHne TO school is blown to the
winds; but what might have been done
better at home. Dad, looking, at yo'i
with n critical eye, l see that within
these last few minutes you have really
grown very much younger" 1873.
II am much happier, M boy, than !
have been for SOME time past"
And therefore much younger. Now.
dad, tell me how this fortunate piece
| Oh buSlHeSs Cdiue ubtuN. ...
1t was soen told. '..H.s .a.0 -.-'
Mr.. Deepdale's property consisted Of
shares in certain companies, most Of
! which paid regular dividends. These
securities he had placed, for safety, in
the hands of his bankers, having moth
ing further to do with them than 70
see by his book that the dividends were
regularly credited TO his account, and
TO pay occas asional calls. f..o ir s,At -
Some time since the chief secretary
OF this bank suddenly disappeared, and
upon an examination OF his accounts
! and OF the securities in his charge, il
was discovered nat he was a defaulter
| TO the tune of nearly two hundred
thousand pounds yd s.Ei 'of
His losses snad been incarred through
speculations on thec'stoc9 Exchange
which he had covered from time to
/ tine by using the securities-such of
r them as We're available fog +hs purpose
-deposiiedf by thezS Sustomers of The
I. bank. WEtN 49, =,
r Unfortunately, livery one bf Mr.
: Deepdole's bonds wcrc n vallpble, and
: had been made away with.
\ To avoid suf,dcion. :he amount due