The Cancelled Will  (English, Paperback, Dupuy Eliza Ann)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872. Excerpt: ... Dear papa, don't talk so, I cannot bear it. Tell me how you have spent the time since I went away. In the clouds, of course; and now that I am compelled to come back to this weary earth, it is no wonder that you find me excitable and hard to manage. My darling, if I did not see you near me when I awake to the dreary realities around me, I should be glad to close my eyes upon the world forever. At last I am worn out--exhausted with the struggle to bear the sad monotony of my life; and if God would take me to his rest, I should be only too happy to enter upon it. Inez sat down beside him, and soothed him with gentle and hopeful words, and he brightened under their influence till he began to look and feel as if there was something yet worth living for. But her keen eyes detected a change for the worse in his condition, and she silently removed from his side the box of opium from which she knew he had heavily drugged himself during her absence. CHAPTER XIX. THE WILL OF MRS. HAWKS IS MADE. On the following morning, while at breakfast with her father, Inez received from her aunt a note summoning her to Newport, and with tremulous surprise she read the contents: Since I am informed that you have Deen at Oakland two days this week, I presume that you have recovered sufficiently to visit me here. It is necessary that you shall do so without delay, as I have that to say to you which is important to both of us. Treachery I scarcely looked for from you, Inez, though I have experienced little else from your father's hands from the day we first meH Return with Dick, for I am ill, and wish to see you on business that cannot be delayed. Eunice Hawks. Lopez made an imperious gesture for the missive to be given to him, and asked: What can the old girl have to say ...