-
Articles/Ads
Article FATHER AND SON. ← Page 11 of 30 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Father And Son.
" Are you aware , Mr . Leicester , of the extent of Miss Lauriston ' s fortune ? " inquired the lawyer on one occasion , as he entered the office to ascertain the progress ivhich had been made towards the completion of the settlements . " Not in the least . I have never cared to ask . All I
knoiv is , that I am authorized by my father to secure 700 / . a year to her , and to leave her property , Avhatever may be its amount , entirely in her own power . " " So I understood , and upon these instructions I Avas prepared to act ; but I regret to say that they do not meet the views of the young lady ' s guardian . It Avould appear that
Miss Lauriston inherits from the estate of her father no less a sum than 5 , 000 / . a year ; and Mr . Crawford has definitively declared to me , through his man of business , that his ward shall not , Avith his consent , bestoAV her hand upon any individual Avho cannot command an equal income . NOAV , my dear sir , as I knoAV this to be impossible in your caseyou must pardon me if
, I confess that instead of proceeding Avith the papers , I was about to Avait upon you for further instructions , and at the same time to assure you that I do not , personally , entertain the slightest hope of effecting any change in the extraordinary resolution at which this most impracticable guardian has arrived . "
The very lips of Sydney Leicester turned white as he sank into a chair . " What is to be done ? " he asked , falteringly ; " you are aware that my father ' s entire income barely exceeds that amount . " " I am . Our only hope is therefore in the influence of the young lady herself over her Cerberus . "
" And that she will exert , I am satisfied , " was the triumphant rejoinder ; "for never did there exist a less selfish or exacting creature upon earth than Caroline . I feel convinced that she never sanctioned so extraordinary an arrangement . " " There can , I should imagine , be little doubt upon that point ; and my advice is , that you should see Miss Lauriston on
the subject Avithout loss of time . " Within half an hour Sydney Leicester Avas in the presence of his lady-love . And very beautiful she looked , with her splendid hair smoothly banded back from her high forehead , and half veiled by a costly scarf of black laceher dark morning-dress reaching to her
; throat , and her little delicate hands peeping from beneath her elaborate ruffles , as she lounged upon her Avell-cushioned sofa . " Well , Sydney , " she exclaimed , laying doAvn her book , and beckoning her lover to a seat at her side ; " you are really a
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Father And Son.
" Are you aware , Mr . Leicester , of the extent of Miss Lauriston ' s fortune ? " inquired the lawyer on one occasion , as he entered the office to ascertain the progress ivhich had been made towards the completion of the settlements . " Not in the least . I have never cared to ask . All I
knoiv is , that I am authorized by my father to secure 700 / . a year to her , and to leave her property , Avhatever may be its amount , entirely in her own power . " " So I understood , and upon these instructions I Avas prepared to act ; but I regret to say that they do not meet the views of the young lady ' s guardian . It Avould appear that
Miss Lauriston inherits from the estate of her father no less a sum than 5 , 000 / . a year ; and Mr . Crawford has definitively declared to me , through his man of business , that his ward shall not , Avith his consent , bestoAV her hand upon any individual Avho cannot command an equal income . NOAV , my dear sir , as I knoAV this to be impossible in your caseyou must pardon me if
, I confess that instead of proceeding Avith the papers , I was about to Avait upon you for further instructions , and at the same time to assure you that I do not , personally , entertain the slightest hope of effecting any change in the extraordinary resolution at which this most impracticable guardian has arrived . "
The very lips of Sydney Leicester turned white as he sank into a chair . " What is to be done ? " he asked , falteringly ; " you are aware that my father ' s entire income barely exceeds that amount . " " I am . Our only hope is therefore in the influence of the young lady herself over her Cerberus . "
" And that she will exert , I am satisfied , " was the triumphant rejoinder ; "for never did there exist a less selfish or exacting creature upon earth than Caroline . I feel convinced that she never sanctioned so extraordinary an arrangement . " " There can , I should imagine , be little doubt upon that point ; and my advice is , that you should see Miss Lauriston on
the subject Avithout loss of time . " Within half an hour Sydney Leicester Avas in the presence of his lady-love . And very beautiful she looked , with her splendid hair smoothly banded back from her high forehead , and half veiled by a costly scarf of black laceher dark morning-dress reaching to her
; throat , and her little delicate hands peeping from beneath her elaborate ruffles , as she lounged upon her Avell-cushioned sofa . " Well , Sydney , " she exclaimed , laying doAvn her book , and beckoning her lover to a seat at her side ; " you are really a