way home, for he knew his un
osed, but he opened them w
long?" ask
w. I think I
e you some o
es
hten him up so much that Ernest said, "You loo
hook hi
ie. I know it. I would like to live for your
I shall miss
. Ernest was the only one he
am anxious for you. I wish I had money
nd strong. I
ou will go aw
nk I shall care to stay
d money to ta
little more
te all I have. I have a hundred d
ooked su
ll have life. Do you remember the oak tr
I kn
urface of the earth. There's nothing to mark the spot, for it was buried a year since, and the grass has gr
, un
st to go at night. There are evil-disposed men who would rob you
ms to me a
eal more to leave you. Go to the trunk and search till you fin
I searc
es
d the old man's directions. He found
at it,
ter I am gone. Then be guided by circumstan
well,
pect to live long. I have a feeling that t
soon!" exclaimed Erne
questions to ask me while I yet ha
hed to know something about myself
ative," answered t
was a
t my uncle?
no tie of bloo
en that we have lived
family. When your father died, t
was I
displeasure by his marriage to a poor but highly-educated and refined girl. A cousin of your father took advantage of thi
still l
es
father
quickly carried him off when
e very
he lived prudently, carrying on a small business besides. Your moth
you took c
es
a burden to you t
it lasted. We have been here three years, and it has cost very little to live in that time. The hundred dollars o
my uncl
a few miles from Elmi
he qui
of a million dollars. It is money w
re sometimes prosp
his world i
munication with my cous
ars ago I wr
id you
t that you should have advantages which I could not give you. I wrote to your cousin a
did he
d his letter there. It is in t
ound it
ead it?"
ish you t
an t
R BR
censed my revered uncle, and it is not right that any of his money should go to him or his heirs. He must reap the reward of his disobedience. So far as I am personally concerned
l necessary that he should receive a collegiate education. You are living at the West. That is well. He is favorably situated for a poor boy, and will have little di
to communicate
HEN
is letter with
f he is a relative. Uncle Peter, I am sor
f I had understood what
me time," said Ern
claim rel
. "It was he, you say, who prejudiced
es
secure the es
y that was
d rather live poor all my life t
ons to ask, Ernest, I will
Uncle
y Ernest himself lay down on a small bed near by. When he awok
ill. With quick suspicion Erne
stone
est, and a feeling of d
lone now,"
nst the window-pane a face that he did not see. It was t