Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-06-20
URBAr7A, OHIO, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 80. 1885,

the police station, if net to me. For I
intend, in case you are obstinate, to
complain of gOar disgraceful conduct to
the guard at the first opportunity. I
shall give you into custody, sir, as sure
as you are alive. You will be put upon
your oath, you know, and all you will
dare to say will be that I kissed you,
and not you me. What roars Of laugh
ter there will be in court, and how
funny it will look in the papers
Here the young lady began to laugh
again, as though she had already read it
there. Mr.. Beardmore's grim sense of
humor was, as usual, accompanied by a
keen dislike of appearing ridiculous
True, he hated to be imposed upon !;
still, of the two evils, was it not better to
pay five pounds, than to be made the
laughing stock Of his bachelor friends,
who are not the sort of people to com
miserate one in misfortune of this kind?
In short, Mr.. Ingot Besrdmore paid
the money. Mr.. Thomas Whites found
his guest that evening anything but
talkatiVe. There was a select party Of
the male sex invited to meet him, by
whom the rich old drysalter was aceus-
toned to be regarded as an oracle; but
upon this occasion he had nothing to
say the consciousness of having been
&" done oppressed him. His lips we're
tightly scaled his cheeks were still
glowing from the audacious insult that
had been put upon them his fingers
olutohed the poeket-book in which there
was a FIVE pound note less than there
ought to be. But when himself and his
host were left alone that night, seeing
the old year out, and the new year in, "
his heart began to thaw under the genial
influences of friendship and gin-punch,
and ne told his late adventure to Tom
Whites, not without some enjoyment Of
his own misohance.
at could really almost forgive the
jade" said he for having taken me in
so cIeverly. I dare say, however, she
makes quite a profession of it and that
half score Of old gentlemen have been
coeroed before now into ransoming their
good name as I did. And yet she was
as modest and ladylike looking girl as
you ever saw"
"Was she anything like this ;" in
quired Mr.. Whites, producing a photo
graph,
Why, that's the very girl !" ez-
claimed the guest. Ha, ha Tom so
you, too, have been one of her victims,
have? Well, now, this is most extraor-
dinavy."
mot at all. my dear fellow. 1 know
her very we'll and her sister, and her
mother, and her brother, too. I can in
troduce you to her if you like. There's
not the least harm in her bless you,
sh5 only kissed you for bit of fun"
A bit of fun cried Mr.. Beard
more. "Why she got FIVE pound note
out of me
"But she does not mean to keep it, I
am very sure. Would you like to see
her again? Come, Yes or No?
"If she will give me back my money,
Yes"
every WELL" returned the host
+" mind, you asked for heryourself;" and |
he rang the bell pretty sharply twice.
"Here she is; its your niece, Miss
Julia. Her mother and sister are now
staying under this very roof.
Yes, uncle" said the young lady de-
mureIy. "Here is your five pound note
please to give me that FIVE thousand |
which you promised mamma, If she or
hers got fve pounds Oat Of you for yOu
are a man Of yoar OOrd I know. But
what would be better still would be, to
let me kiss you once more, in the oharae-
ter of your dutiful niece and let US all
love you as we want to do. It was an
audaoious strategem, I admit, but 1
think you will forgive, me-come.
"There 90 the church bells !" cried
Tom Whifles. at is the new year, and
a fitting time to forget old enemities--
Give your uncle kiss, child"
Uncle Ingot made no resistance this
time, butavowed himself fairly conquered;
and between ourselves, although he made
no "favorites among his newly recon
,iled relatives, but treated them with
equal kindness, think he always liked
niece Julia best, who had been the cause
Of healing quarrel which 10 one per-
haps had regretted more at heart than
Uncle Ingot himself Chamber Journal