government bonds. But she wanted her money invested here, because she
wanted a larger interest. And she was intending to let the interest
accumulate, and found a free library, and build a chapel, for the workmen
at the mills.

And says she, "Is it _right_ that my own property should be used for
what I consider such wicked purposes?"

"Wicked? why, my dear madam! it brings in a larger interest than any other
investment that I have been able to make. And you know your husband's will
provides handsomely for you--the yearly allowance is very handsome
indeed."

"It is all I wish, and more than I care for. I am not speaking of that."

"Yes, it is very handsome indeed. And by the time Paul is of age, in the
way I am managing the property now, he will be the richest young man in
this section of the State. The revenue of which you make complaints, will
be of itself a handsome property, a large patrimony."

"It will seem to be loaded with curses, weighed down with the weight of
heavy hearts, broken hearts, ruined lives."

"All imagination, my dear madam! You have a vivid imagination. But there
will be nothing of the kind, I assure you," says he, with a patronizing
smile. "It will all be invested in government bonds,--good, honest
dollars, with nothing more haunting than the American eagle on them."

"Yes, and these words, 'In God we trust.' But do you know," says she, with
the red spot growin' brighter on her cheek, and her eyes brighter,--"do