Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1857-02-17


ed her one hot, seorching day, to pour wa
Ter on some ice; She did SO, only the waser
was boiling. - sa
IF yea pleese. sir," said Bridget, sthe
mates cooked and breakfast is nearly
ready" sEas s 80
(Bridget is from Cork and her accent is
rather broad.) ''..si s
- All right, Bridget" I replied we
will get up directly. Give me tie Daily
Sun. tiaf.e L'3s 'ta -
Bridget did as requested, a..a, I ppropped
myself up in bed and began to pefuse it.
The frs, thing that struck me was that it
was Tuesday, The frs, day Of Janhary,
1856. had quite forgotten it was New
Years day. | deterlained l would turn
over a new leaf, and ei1deavor to be more
satisfied with my condition for The ensuing
year. My eyes then ran down The list of
advertised leaers. I saw one for me
ycsahere ii was. $ Jonathan Clutterwell,
IL. D" right before my eyes. Now Clu;-
terweil is not very common name, 10 say
nothing Of the pfefiS, Jonathan. iiin.c-
liateiy surrnised dat the letter must be in
tended FOR me. set my wits to work,
thinking whoit could be from.
!" have it, said 10 myself. g its from
Aunt Margaret She has Sent US hand
some New Years gift in tie shape Of a
banl, bill, and not knowing my true adj
dress. has directed the letter simply Bal
timore"
| was SO convinced that my supposition
was correct that could 10 longer restrain
my ilnpatience, but jumped up. hurried on
my clothes, told Bridget TO delay the break
fast. threw myself into Howard street
stage and in about quarter OF an hour,
found myself at the postoflice window. In
anotLer minute the letter was in my hands.
l opened it. and, 10 my asionishment,
read as follows:
AecoaAcK c. H. Va.
Dec. q, 1885.
DEAa SIn: =
We regret TO inform you Of the demise
of your respected Aunt, Miss M4rgare,
Clutierwcii. BY her will, now in our pos
session, you are appointed sole heir toLer
property, amounting in real estate and per-
sonal property. 10 ten thousand dollars per
annunn.
Hopidg to hear from you Immediately,
we remain,
Yours, very respectfully,
FLEECEM & co.
To JoHsATHAr CLUrrEnwELL, III. D.,
Baltimore, Md.
Poor Aunt Margaret was dead then
In spite oil the wealth size had left NE, ]
really felt sorry; but then, / reflected, we
cannot expect to live forever, and eighty
after all is a good age. | then thought Of
the wealth she had left, and the new com
fort IL would bring us-how high VIE could
now hold, up our heads That we could
now get a carriage as handsome as Dr.
BIS, a house as fine as Prof. c. ~
anda library as large as Dr.. D----s. s.
BY the time these things had passe
through my mind, had again reached
home. 6s4g. f Isfe
Joy. joy. JOY ] exclaimed, as I open
ed the door my wife was si,llrg at Tie
breakfas. table waiting for my return
"we are richT-ws are independent" s..
:. What do you mean, my dear2 Yos
must be going crazy" returned my wife
4 Inreply. Threw, her the letter TO read
1 could see that the dear girls eyes brigA,
!. ensd as she read, for after all she was bu
tqaman.b4s4 ! 4sastae aIf baa .gisa3ssao
/ -.a9.. oh, how. nice = she exclaimed, whel
she had peruscd il. s Now Jonashan wha
shall We do ss"-arss s.ls agsoE ga.saas4d is.sa
=. Well,rpsI returned, !" suppose in tn
first place I must give ap practice" + aii
g Certainly. throw physie to the dogs
Lreturned Jane (my wife's name IS Jane.
+. We will Il.,hen. make a tour Of tho Uni
lied Sla,es.'. added. .s.s..,i
-: No. no. said Jane, :. we viii go 2
Ioncel to. PsEis.as sS;s 81 6szss Is
'sParis II replied. I. nonsense. ! don
want TO go and live on French kickshaws
r Wen goio Niagara 1sss
/ 81 say no,' returned my wife IN a Ion
: voice, al the same time stirring her colfa
with so much energy that she threw tn
: cup oser. and broke il all 10 pieces. ]
Twas one Of our best set, TOO. We Nil
go TO Paris na
: :. Paris be--bothesed, . replied. 81
shall be Niasafa--s
Paris = @ sa - W
rfa =. Niagura ss"F. s. ssse s
t -. say Paris r's 90
! esa : say.it shall be Niagara r. . se
* 4 grew very ssngry. and VITA my las