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ICOPTBIOHT, liOBEET I CHAPTER VII. x- " (Continued.) So the days went by, 6ome of them dragging heavily, some all too swift, fchrough the remainder of the summer; uiiu it was uuiuuiu ntiiiuei- utnvic uc affairs of Harold Graham were settled enough to admit of his leaving the city to open a new life in a new field. After Alecia's vain attempt to bring labout some adjustment of the affair, the case was tried, and she was closely examined to discover, if possible, .whether or not there remained some J means whereby the creditor, Falmer Earle, should receive his due. For* lour weary hours she was held in the Witness stand. For four interminable fcours these men argued to prove that Harold Graham had not given up all that he could and should to meet the * demands against him. i And what aid they prove? That her I fortune was gone with her husband's > jthat nothing was withheld save her , diamonds, and those her exclusive | property; and besides this nothing did ! jtbey prove save bow true and noble ;was Alecia, Harold Graham's wife,' .though not a shadow o? softness of yielding was grauted her by John iWlnthrop, counsel for Palmer Earle; not a shadow of turning, even when he discovered that there remained no fortune of hers to be yielded to her husband's creditors; even though he knew that the handsome house upon the avenue belonging to her was given op to meet, so far as It might, these heavy demands. ! Nothing moved him, for down in his heart he was struggling to yield, and his will would not; for he believed it ^weakness because of a woman's face, and would be Injustice to his client. Alecia's mother and sisters were upon the Continent at the time of her husband's failure, and learned the startling news through the columns of "'the papers only, for Alecia kept any ' mention of it from her letters; and j tthey started for home as soon as ar- i rangements could be hurried; for in her home she was the sunshine as well as in the world, and those nearest and dearest would save her unpleasantness or harm, so far as lay in human power. iso worn or reproacn was spoKen or ! her husband's carelessness In this unfortunate Investment that had lost a princely fortune; no word was uttered among them save perfect love and re- ! gret and encouragement. Harold Graham bad too long been to them an , Ideal honorable man for them to ques- j tlon bis integrity. Mrs. Field insisted .upon their remaining at her house, and admitted no denial when Harold { urged objections; and from the moth-! er to Beatrice, the youngest of the family, they all?Marion and Cora and 'Frances?gave only good cheer to this ! favorite sister and her husband. ; "I hate that lawyer of Mr. Earle's!" cried Beatrice, with flushing cheeks and sparkling eyes. "He is the only one who is so bard upon Harold. The ' bthers are willing to give him lime to retrieve himself, but this John Winjthrop?I've got his name by heart, I assure you, for I'll not forget him if the time comes to remember?is like adamant, and urges Mr. Earle to the .very last extremity, and is so generuljjhateful that I wl?h [ $ould tell him >fhat 1 think of him. Maybe he isn't used to hearing the truth, but he'd hear it then!". "Which would utterly crush him, of course!" said Marlon, ironically. "Even if it hasn't uone so yet, for I met him just uow and he still trod the street like a veritable Prince of the Stony Hearts, Miss Bee." said a laughing voice at the dcor. as the footman announced: , "Mr. Gregory Ben6onhurst." 4 ' CHAPTER VIII. FAREWELL, "Alecia!" ' [ "Yes, mamma." "Why will you and liar-old be eo ab surdly proud as to give up all home . ties, liide yourselves from friends who love you, aud go to the other side of the country because misfortune has come upon you? You know that you are more than welcome to your old home while Harold is retrieving him- : self. Misfortune is liable to fall upon I any of us; it is no crime. Why should you go away as thought it were?" "Or as though you were defaulters!" said Marion, her hands among the embroidery silks in her lap, her eyes lifted for the moment to her sister's quiet 1 face. "Or the naughty children who threw $tones at the prophets!" added Cora. "Or hide in the woods for robins to j feed, because the wicked uncle wanted : their money!" supplemented Beatrice, I In her swift, defensive voice. "I wish I could send John Winthrop to the j Sandwich Islands to be eaten by cannibals! It's no more tuau he deserves for being so hateful." "They wouldn't eat him, Bee," said j Cora, soothingly, "be:~use he is too lpyjsh!" h, ; 21 nobci. KATE" LUDLCJM. JOJiXESM BOSS. 18XU "Aiiyhow, they'd scare liim!" retorted Beatrice, unmollified. "And somebody ought to lower his pride"' Alecia laughed, more because of their protestations than lrom lightness of heart. "You must not think of our going in this licht." she said, presently, un- i ab'e to speak at lirst, because of , Beatrice's lavish caresses. For Beatrice considered Alecla the ideal of woman- ; hood. Harold has lost everything 1 through those fraudulent mining in- ! vestments and the rest, and it is impossible for him to retrieve himself in this State, in consequence of his heavy debts. We are going West because, there the field seems good. California is charming, especially Southern Call- j fornia, and we will doubtless meet with pleasant people. I have long desired to travel through that State and j Colorado and Oregon?those brave pio- ' neer sister States of ours, you know j and here the opportunity opens! "Of course, we will be that distance i from home; but if all goes well witn us, we shall return as soon as there is a chance of paying these dreadful jlebts. You can, too, come to us next .sum mer instead of going "to Europe,' if you wish, and it isn't half so bad as going to Bee's Sandwich Islands or Siberia! Now that the worst trouble is over, Harold needs rest and change. The poor, dear fellow is terribly worn!" "Yes," said Beatrice, tearfully, patting her sister's hand, "poor dear! I just hate John Winthrop afresh every iiuuv;* , ; "Your hatred doesn't move him, Bee," said Marion, in her cool way; "for he hasn't asked for your love. I would not allow him to trouble my conscience to such an extent. It is bad enough for Alecia and Harold to go away without giving grief or thought to a stranger!' "He'd call them crocidile's tears, i anyway, Bee, if he knew it!" added 1 Cora. , "Nevertheless," said Alecia, quietly, rumpling wp the brown curls upon Beatrice's head as the girl sat upon the rug at her feet?"in spite of all this. Bee, dear, I am certain that Mr. Winthrop simply carries out his standard of honor toward his client. He is hard in doing so, but he is an honorable man." "And setting aside honorable men and crocodile tears and John Win- ; throp," added Trances, softly?Frances 1 was sitting idly at a window looking down upon the avenue?"it still re mains a self-evident fact that dear | little Aleela and her husband are go- | ing to leave us next week. There is no use in arguing with thein, I know, mamma, and Marlon and Cora and i Bee?because when once the minds of those Grahams are made up to do a ! thing, that thing they will do if It Is j, in human power. You couldn't turu them any more than you could turn j the crocodile's tears to pearls!" "But we can never get you ready to ; In Ip. ?T aaUIH T> 1 iu uuc cca, iA'WiUi L'llCU, 1 trice. "You can't go so soon. I shall ; tell Harold that It Is impossible." i "And the only benefit that you -will derive from that Information wilj be to learn that Harold takes Aleeia's word against the world, Mistress Bee!" SSMpfcriitfsiar* 4 "i descry .+ <*' \ ' ^ That Cora and I *Jy" At loggerheads will live and die!" "There's no place like home." said Beatrice, wickedly. "Maybe I know just as much as you do about ! Alecin and Harold, Cora Field!" "Maybe you do!" retorted Cora, with a significant shrug of her shoulders. "But as Harold is coming, maybe It would be as well for your to keep that ?and your doggerel?to yourself, Eee." "And this is no way to discuss Ale- I cia's going," said Mrs. Field, gravely, endeavoring to be heard above this Babel cf tongues. "You girls are as bad as little children with your disagree- I ments; it is enough to drive one dis- : tracted to listen to you. One cannot ' talk connectedly or think with any j common sense, among you. Come to my assistance, Iiarold, and bring order | out of this chaos," she added, as Graham paused in the doorway, his eyes seeking his wife, as they always sought her during this weary time. "What shall I do to govern these chatterboxes when you and Alecia are gone?if you must go." "You are kind," he said, still with that strange, feverish restlessness of voice and manner, crossing to his wife. "Yes, we must go. Mrs. Field?and at once. I cannot endure this life much longer." There was a fierceness in his voice that startled Alecia, although she was outwardly calm, looking up to him standing at her side. "W*e will go, then, at once, dear," she said. Eut farewell was a harder word to utter than they thought during those hurried days of preparation. ( ; "Still," said Alecia, to her husband, iwhen their lot seemed cast in soeciaily hard places, "think of how" many'M friends wc have proved true, Harold, j i dearest." And she repeated this assurance to | herself over and over, fighting to ha , . brave, fighting to hide her own sad- ' ness. Xo one knew how she fought for that, uubetrayed in her comforting j 1 words and strong faith. So the swift ! ,days of the week went by, and the day. t iof departure was come, and Harold I [Graham and his wife were booked as j nitcon'orc unnn n P/ieifie Mail steam ship bound for Aspinwall cn their way to California. "It is scarcely yet time for autumn ' storms," said Alecia, arguing down the fears of their friends, "and the sea : change will be excellent for Harold. I 1 have no fear of th? water, you know. : One grows to love it as >one loves the ' hills as one gains contidence." "But I could never, never gain confidence," protested Miss Bess Gather- j wood, emphatically. She was home from Fire Island and on deck, of course, to bid godspeed to her friends. "Besides," added Alecia, smiling, her eyes upon her husband's haggard face j and feverish eyes?alert always for his comforting?"we will so enter by way of the Golden Gate into the city; j1 that augurs well for us, you see. One 1 comes to watch for any chance good > i when there is need, Miss Catherwood." \ "You will not forget to write regularly to us all," urged Cora, tearful at i the last, as she clung for a moment | < about Alecia's neck. "I will not forget," said Alecia, her j own eyes not clear of tears. "Is it like- 1 ly that I should, Cora?" "No," iaid Cora, with a sudden inner conviction that parting was, after all, more to her sister than she would acknowledge. "No! Good-bye, Alecia. Good-bye, Harold. Bon voyage! Bon ( voyage!" 1 "Good-bye," said Alccia steadily?It seemed to lier at times that she was ' j growing incapable of showing emotion, i ,from her constant straggle to master j , whatever was trying to others?her j \ hands upon her husband's arm as their i friends left them and the great ship I weighed anchor and bore them slowly j \ away to the new life, her face turned to them, watching them away, her j handkerchief answering the flutter of ] handkerchiefs from those~Ieft behind i in the home city. t "And now," she added, by and by, , as me ouy lay ueiore mem uuu iue . i ocean stretched ahead, the bustle on i deck proving that in truth they were j ' sailing away from all that was dear j J to a new life?"and now, Harold, we 'must live for God and each other and ! have no fear." ] "You are my life's angel!" he said, j under his breath, but with feverish ve- , hemence. "There can but good come to me with you, even remembering ' l what I have brought upon you." ; , One or two of the passengers prom- t enading the deck, watching the sunset, 1 j jturned to look after her as they passed , t by. One hand was upon his arm, the ' other rested lightly upon the rail. "I refuse to hear any word against j i my husband," she said, calmly. "The i ' Golden Gate for which we are bound j ' may open pleasant lands for us, Harold. 'The flowers of the West are still ^ sweet, though the Eastern gardens fall.' Remember that, dearest." I "And it shall be so!" said Harold , f Graham presently, with stern deter- : mination. "Though Palmer Earle j * "* ,--a *- - Ufa 1 WOUlU grinu me iu iue insi iu> ms < i debt, yet I will rise against liim? ^ against all that would oppose me?and ^ gain a fortune and give you your old luxuries, and laugh at them", Alecia. I will not ba put down! I wlE ahow them that Harold Graham's pride and ambition ma rch even those' of Palmer ] Earle!" ' "But Mr. Earle was not so much to i j blame as his counsel, Harold," said i Alecia, her eyes upon the sunset lieav- ^ ens bej'ond the water and the receding j laud. "Mr. Ear.e was willing to com-jt jpromise the matter, but Mr. Winthrop t considered it unwise. I think them [both just men." j ?. "What have I to do with them," said ; j her husband, turning upon her sud- | denly and fiercely, "in our new life, j j A !*??!? > T chall nrnvo ITIV honor Jind 1 1 AlCViU JL OUUit |'k v * v ?-?- j ? ^ uiy pride against their any d ly. There j is no guilt upon me." i And then silence came upon him and a his eyes turned from her face. for. like . in black letter upon a snowy page stood ! j vividly out the struggle in that night a pf siorm and blackness when he came J so near yielding to the tempter?when, ; I to save himself, lie would lot his en- < c emy drift from under his hand into eternity. And she, not knowing, still s trusted in and believed in him, and he 1 could not meet her eyes, but looked to > the fiery sunset and was still. , . j _ i, "Still," Gregory Bensonhurs't said, j 1 anxiously, as he turned from watch-1 tug the ship away upon the day of de- J parture, "I wish Graham took it easier. s It isn't his fault, this failure. The in- j vestments looked reasonably goou. ux course, he put almost everything in, | . which was unwise, hut no one doubted j , its security until the crash came. I j never saw any one take a thing to ^ heart as he has this. I have been with him a good deal, you kDow," Miss Kea- ( trice was listening with bowed head <; as he walked beside her up the pier to I the "elevated" station, "and I have a had an opportunity of judging." t Then they talked udou indifferent 1 ' " -I r-.-zp-- - :-i fiiy\ subjects until tbey reached the uptown station where they were to leave the train to cross town to Fifth avenue. Here, as Beatrice and Benson- 1 hurst, were passing out of the gate,# a 1 gentleman hurrying up the stairs ran < almost against them and turned to 3 apologize. As he lifted his hat, glanc- 3 ing from Bensonhurst to Beatrice, af- 1 ter addressing him by name, a peculiar ' stiffness came over his manner. The 1 girl's quick eyes noted this, and turn 1 ing to her companion, she asked ab- ' ruptly.: "Who is he, Mr. Bensonhurst? A strange face, is it not? You look as : though you do not particularly love I him. I didn't know that you could be 1 so cross!'* ' ] A frown was upon his face as though ' his thought of the man was not the I i most pleasant, hut at her last words i : he laughed. 1 ' Really, Miss Eeatriee," he said, j I "you have not yet proved what a bear ! 1 I can be! But the gentleman you men- | i tlon. although he occupies a position ] which many envy, is not envied by i your humble servant, because he pos 1 sesses your hatred. That, Miss Bea ' trice, is?John Winthrop!" ; (To be continued.) i Her Explanation. "What do the Blakeleys call their , baby?" "Hildegarde Minerva." "Goodness! How did they ever come ! to select such names for it?" i "I don't know, unless it was because the poor little thing weighed only three pounds and a half when It was ' two days old." , i PROMINENT PEOPLE. ] Henry A. Havemcyer gave $20,000 ] i to Bryn Mawr College. 1 A German edition of Carl Schurz's autobiography is likely to be put out in Berlin. 1 Emperor William gave lving Aironso i 1 handsome Damascus sword for a coronation gift. Rear-Admiral Coghlan has taken an \siatic assignment instead of a berth it Philadelphia. Archbishop Corrigan's will has been Red for probate in New York City, i [lis personal property is estimated, at : ?10,000; the rest of his holdings belong o the church. { Bret Harte. who died at the age of ; iixty-three, probably exerted a greater i ntluence 011 English literature than 1 in other American author, thinks the London Spectator. , M. De Witte, Secretary of the Rus- ' >ian Imperial Treasury, is one of the ,'ery few Russians who has risen from * ts down-trodden peasantry. Such a "eat, in that country, is almost luarrelous. I.ord Kelvin has returned to England noro impressed than ever with the treatness of the American people and he magnificence of their industrial and rolitical future, lie is enthusiastic on he subject of an Angle-American alii- | ince. Former Secretary of the Navy John 1 [). I.oug says lliat for tile first time ' n forty years lie is enjoying himself md taking a real vacation. 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