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