Part 44 (1/2)
”Joel,” answered his father, with an attements of the Lord have fallen upon your unhappy cousin”
”What do youcuriosity in turn
”Idead at the botto, Mr Fox If you know anything about the boy, out with it!”
When Mrs Fox spoke in this tone her husband knew that she would not stand any nonsense So he answered without delay ”Soon after he left our happy home, Maria, he shi+pped on board the _Nantucket_, as a common sailor, I presume, and the shi+p was lost off in the Southern Ocean with all on board”
”Hoful, pa,” said Sally, who alone of all the fa, too!”
”He wasn't a bit better looking than Joel,” said her mother sharply
”Oh, ood looks in hiainst your own brother How did you find it out, Mr Fox?”
”I ca an account of the disaster, and ers Of course it's a mistake, for he must have been one of the common sailors”
”Well, I reckon there's no call for us to put on ,” said Mrs
Fox
”I don't know about that It ht look better”
”What do we care about Harry Vane?”
”My dear, he left property,” said Mr Fox significantly ”There's three hundred dollars in the hands of thatthe train, as much as two hundred dollars As we are his only relatives, that hts”
”That's so, husband On the whole, I'll put a black ribbon on my bonnet”
”And I'll wear a black necktie,” said Joel ”How et it,” said his father shortly
”What steps do you propose to take in this uson to-morrow, to see Mr Benjaive up the money, but I'll show him I mean business, and aht, pa,” said Joel approvingly
”Five hundred dollars will give us quite a lift,” said Mrs Fox thoughtfully
”So it will, so it will, my dear Of course, I'm sorry to hear of the poor boy's death, but I shall insist upon hts, all the same”
Mrs Fox war quite asas he
CHAPTER xxxVI
A HEART-BROKEN RELATIVE