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No, my fine London gentleman! If
Bessie ever has a fortune it will not be from me. Now, if Neil wanted
this money to set himself up in business; if he was going to work to
earn his own bread and butter and support his family like an honest man,
I would let him have it cheerfully. But work is the last thing he thinks
about. It would degrade him. Ugh! it makes me so mad!" and she shook her
head fiercely at the fire, as she went on:
"But the girl, if he tells the truth, is the right kind of stuff,
staying at home, caring for her father, wearing shabby clothes, and even
washing the dishes, which I have no doubt hurts him the most. I rather
like this girl, and for her sake I will give Neil a chance, though I
don't suppose he will accept it. There are those cotton mills which I
had to take on that debt of Carson's. They have been nothing but a
torment to me for the want of a capable man to look after them. I will
offer the situation to Neil with a salary of two thousand dollars a
year, and ten per cent.


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