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Harry's Majority
By DAGNEY MAJOR.
m HAT most deiiglitfiil companion
I of tummer days the nitt wa
fining brilliantly th rough the open
window into a chnrmingly appointed
dining-room one bright June morning.
Breakfnst wa In id for three. At the
heart of the table sat Miia Pri
cilla Tayne, a sweet, gray haired
woman, with what is termed a
"good" . face, though lined with
care and trouble. Yes; the bowl
of happiness was low when her share
wns ladled out. Thore was a gentle
look of resignation in her face, which
was the reflection of a brave heart.
She brightened up as she heard a
quick, light footstep, findi her niece,
Jessie Burton, a sweetly pretty girl
of about 18 summers, entered the
room.
"Good-morning, auntie! U Harry
down?" she asked, kissing herguard
ian. "No, (tear; but he soon will be, I'm
sure. He can only have one twenty
first birthday."
Many letters for him?"
"A few; one is from Australia,"
"Auntie," 'snid the girl, suddenly,
with a tinge of lovely color naming
her cheeks, "1 I ha?e something to
tell you."
"I di believe I tan guesa whatH is,
JeBsie."
"0, auntia, I am aurt you haven't a
notion."
"My dar, your face convinces mt
that my conclusion is correct. Come
here and let your old aunt whisper it:
Harry has proposed and you have ac
cepted him."
"How did you know?" ejaculated
Jessie. "Yea, he proposed last night.
Aren't you going to congratulate me?"
"Yes, yes. darling. May you be
very, very happy," and she kissed her
niece lovingly. "Are you quite sure,
Jessie, that you love him, and that
there is nothing that would prevent
you from marrying?"
Jessie replied by a look that indi
cated such a question was entirely un
necessary. "You know, dear, I was in love once,
and some one was fond of me, but
but things went wrong. Some day
you shall hear the story, dear, then
you will understand how it is I am
so anxious about you. Ah, here is
Harry!" '
At that moment a handsome young
fellow entered the room. Jessie ran
and kissed him, and led hkn to her
aunts who was smiling through tears
of happiness and sorrow sorrow be
cause she foresaw a bitter parting with
Jessie.
After oft-repeAted congratulations
and many happy returns, Harry was
permitted to open his letters. The
gist of the one from Australia ran as
follows:
"Mr Dear Sob: I trust you will receive
. thl on the day you attain your majority.
Now that you have arrived at an age of dis
cretion, I wiEh you to know as much of my
history as Is necessary. . . . Pray, my
dear son, do rot think hardly of me. . . .
All I have done I have done for the best.
... I have instructed that good man.
Rev. William Nayar.d. your guardian and
counselor all theee years, to tell jnu as
much as he thtr.lii fit. . , . He will see
the lawyers for you. After to-day you will
be able to draw $1,500 a year. . . . This
will continue until my death, when all 1
have goes to you. . . . Wishing you all
happiness, my der bo?.. Tour moet af
fectionate FATHER."
Harry read thia through twice, amid
a strange feeling1 of uneasiness) and
emotion. It was the first letter he had
ever received from his father. He
sat down, looking rather pale, crush
ing the letter in his hand. Was his
three months of perfect happiness at
this house to be marred by some hor
rible revelation? lie trusted not.
Somehow or other be thought of
James Barton, his rival. - ',
Miss Payne had taken a great fancy
to Harry when they first met, two
years ago, and he had latterly been
staying with her and Jessie, with the
inevitable result that he fell head over
ears in love with her pretty face.
"My guardian, Kev. William Nay
land, will be cellinc to see me to-day.
Miss Payne," he paid at length, "about
some business matters. Awl, Jessie,"
he broke off, "I should' like to see
you inhe gardt-n after breakfast."
The meal having concluded, with
painfuj evidence that things had gon
atwist, Harry strolled into the gar
den with her.
"Darling, what is it? What is the
matter?" she asked, gently nestling
up to him, , "Sorr thiiif has gr.nt
wrong, and' who f-hould F.iare your
trouble with yr.u b'.t I?"
The doubts and :'rp!exitie.which
entangled his mind for a moment
seemed to ovprwlieln: him. then, with-
U a wnj-d. l.e tot.k ii,f p)r! in th
'img arm and held her closely n.
Lin.
"Jessie." h begirt falteringly at
!, "if- if there should he anything
I'-'f n:; t nentc hpv.ven our mur
di.r."i s:i Uu h:,n!!y of me.
f .?.:. K n secret in my family, and I
i ive t it from you, believe me
-. V-fi i suy that it was throiigh no
l'.n.ir of mine. 1 had no iuttntion to
li rt he"
"). .fnrrv! Harry!" gobbed Jessie,
r.-'W t':.n r'. hly abrmed. "I don't
I.:. .,. n.i-ju, indeed i don't,"
t r-:-.u.;:.w:t:i a iloodof !e;irf.,am!
. ..' c.-j::.fort lier till RjH.
'. -c'..'.. t! t ut lit r heart to her mint.
'J':iii: i.fleiiuioii, Kev. William .;,-
'. j. ;.i d waselot-eted v.ith Hur-
:. inur. I lurry had the
fou.-t n and ufr-ctiui r
i..:- i;i ic.iii n. who had heen like a fa
ti.tr ; i.im for 17 year.-, and hud Il(
..;ioun the painful nature of the d:it;.
wiikli the clergyman had to perform:
tbht iif;.ernnun he would surely haw
cd U a better tk.
"I would first of all tell you, IUrry,
that I have an unbounded faith and re
gard in your father, who, umU r the
most adverse' circumstances, has won
the esteem and respect of all with
whom he has come in contact atnce re
siding in Australia. He only mndoone
slip in his life, but it hna cost him
well, God only knows what! When he
left he expressed a hope to me thai, if
he married, I would tuke cure of any
children with whom he woe blessed
and bring them up In total ignorance
of who their father was. This I prom
ised to do. He married out there nnd
ybti wore born, but in giving birth to
you your mother died. When you were
four years old he sent you to inc.
When you attained your majority he
inst ructed me to tell you the secret of
his life, and begged that you would
not judge him too harshly. Through
hard work he has gained a substnntinl
fortune, and from this day you will
receive from the lawyera suflicient
capital that will yield an income of
$1,500 a year, You will now hear"
"Stop!" said Harry, quietly, with n
strange, hard look in his face. "1 can
not nnd will not touch one penny of
my father's money. He has deceived
me. He had no right to bring me up
with the thought that his life hud
been beyond reproach. It was cruel
cruel cruel!"
He was pacing the room now; his
face was white und set.
"Jessie the girl to whom I am en
gaged what will she any? What am
1 to tell her? I, who have nlwnys
been taught to be truthful und open
ever since I learned to speak. I have
been kept in ignorance of that which
1 ought to have known, and what she
ought to have knowu."
"it was done with a noble purpose,
and worthy of the noble mind that en
tertained it," broke in his guaniinn
quickly, "Were your fiancee to know
the whole story she would revere
aud honor the name you bear."
"I shall hear nothing until we are
married," retorted Hurry, v.;l; i;;p.u
ly rising anger. "Is it not enough tluu
my my father has killed my faith ir.
him? Now you wish to kill her faith
in me. Sol no! no! 1 can't hear the
truth;" and he strode from the. rutin.
He staggered blindly into the i.;n-ing-rooni.
llut he paused on the
threshold. He saw Jessiebtanding near
the window, and by her, with his hand
roughly seizing hers, stood James Pan
ton, his rival.
"Jessie, 1 desire an explanation," he
said, quietly, but with a voice that
shook with suppressed passion and
jealousy.
With a startled cry the girl turned
round.
"My explanation is this," put in
Banton.with a sneer, "that the sob of a
common forger is not a suitable hus
band for Miss Payne's niece!"
"Kecall those words!" shouted Har
ry, "you lying scoundrel!"
"Th&y are true," sneered Banton.
"Twenty-three years ago your father
forged a check, was convicted, impris
oned, and finally left for Australia,
where he has since lived. Jf you den t
believe it, I have ample proof. Uo and
ask Kev. William Nayland."
"ft is a lie! a lie! liar!" thundered
Harry.
"It isn't true, it isn't true," cried
Jessie, moving towards him.
The shout Jiad brought Miss Payne
and Kev. Nayland into the room.
"You are not the son of Henry Dain
ing, as you think, but of James Tren
ton, the forger, one and the same
man!"
At these statements, Miss Payne gave
a strange cry. Jessie ran to her.
"Auntie, auntie, say it's not true."
Then liev. Nayland stepped forward
and told them a tale of how a mnn had
fallen among evil companim, hiwi got
into liebt and had forged a cneci:; Low
he had once been engaged ;o sLl, 1 1
cillu Payne, and how he had gone to
Australia to start life afresh, feeling
that he was unworthy of her great
love. He told them of the henored
name he bad won, of hi hard, b.'t;er
struggle, and of his fortune reaped by
long years of toil, of hi marriage to u
woman who, in giving birth to iinrrj.
had died; how the father swore that
his chiid should never know what his
father had been, so he sent him to live
in America at a sacrifice that none
would ever know.
"And you, James Banton," thun
dered the clergyman, with rightrou.
wrath, "you, the only one in the fam
ily who knows the secret, throng).
jeaJvuty must use your knowledge ii.
a base and foul way, in order to crus:,
the love of that trite, pure girl there"
pointing to Jessie "for Harry, the
Hon of that splendid., spirit, Jame
Trenton, threatening diwloinjres un
less he sent you more money. Check
after check you received"
"It is a scandalous lie!" gaspwflian
ton, with a livid face. "No one can
gainsay it."
"Yes, 1 will gainsay it!" said a low,
quiet voice: "1 arrived from Australia
last night. I am James Trenton, alias
William JJaining."
All looked up startled. In the door
way stood an oid man with bowed
head. Miss PriscalJa looked up:
, "O, James, James!" she cried, run
ning to him, "you come back after ail
th cue yea ra I Thank 0 od 1 Than i.
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To the County Court of Crunk County, State
uf Orenon:
We the undersigned residents of Ashwood
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Names. Xamca,
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