The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-02-28
matron secretly resolved to lecture the ) young

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Oh. crvation, while he related the changes
which three years had wrought in the Vi;
cinity of the old homestead he perceived
the rosy blood mount to his neice's check
every time Mr. Latimer passed.
Now little girl. /" said he who's that
Young fellow there by the window
Fanny looked up and then dnwn, played
with the middle button of Uncle Obed's
coat and answered very softly:
MIR. IG,timcr.
Hump | suppose that ism all you
can tell M alb u; him!'
There was minutes hesitation and then
Fanny lid her check on the old man
shoulder and told Uncle Oiled all.
Then why en- earth don't you marry
hin!" circulated the old gentleman, at the
close of the little romance.
Hes only poor lawyer" sighed Fan
ny, "and Iapa will never consent But
one thing am resolved on" she added
with sparkling eyes, II will not marry any
one else. least of ali that odious Col Wood
all. not if he we're worth twenty times TWEEN
tv thousand dollars il marry the one |
can lave-not 1or money.
The stamp of her fair foot gave emphasis
to the determined words rs she spoke
Woodall had happened to lie present, he
wauld hue concluded that his chances were
to say the least Of if. rather small.
Twenty thousand dollars, ch?" slowly
rcpeatcd Uncle Ohrd. We'll Fanny it is
hard world to live ina hard gripping,
grinding wp,id, | thought SO afore, but
somehow to night has horne it upon me. "
When unce ObGu went away ihe next
l. ,,.,,.,.l -, =, .c fIoo,f,1 Tho
kind words and loving smiles of little Fanny
had fallen like drops Of balm upon the sore
spot IN his heart.
There was nesting in the hillside the
gray old farmhouse, with giant sycamoroS
tossing their silvery branches above it and
the lilac bushes nodling hetore the narrow
windows. Uncle Obcd thought it never
looked 50 pleasant as now, in the level god
of sunset with the purple woods rising
against the bright ljr-off horizon.
But he did not stop III the cozy room
whore the eight day clock licked away as
peaceful as if its master had nor been alb
sent two whole days--a thing which hadn t
happrned Fetorc in half a century; he
went strai eht up stairs, to tinny nook un.
der the caves, where he kept an old sort oi
a trunk. curioaaly scented with camp1or,
ard bound together with strong clasps and
rvets of bass, From this receptacle he
took hit Of paper, and held it 50 the hight
| tel Oh It's CGitel'te.
",TTwcnty thouss,d," he mrttcred.-
"WclI, | am an Old man, and chat gal Is just
thu ii1ht oi NY eyes. It shall buy her hap.
: pinc<s, the blue eyed bird, instead lying
useless IN the garrci! She deserves 1t nlj!
| Uncle Obod liocketcd the document. lock.
/ ed his precious trunk, ard went down stan
/ wip;ng the glasses of lis spectaclcs.
The financial crash came, aud the hauss
nf Amber & To-, was among the first OF
the list. It was rIuc chat Mrs. Amber lat
been expecting the iai!nre, lut the hIoN
tell none the less heavy for the anticipation
Somehow her plans al! proycdfuti IouEt
Gold had III some uuaccUuntahle manne
discovered the state nf the Amber cXchcq
ure, and wisely concluded that it was no
best to waste his personal charms aud Gle
sant stock of small talk on so ineI'alile
fair one as Miss Cecilia. COL WoodaiI ha'
also shown uneQuivocal signs Of withdraw
ing his suit not at all to Miss Fanny dis
pleasure. In short. everything seemed f
he going wrong and the only satisfied mem
berS of the confederation were Harry lIatl
4 lncr and Miss Fanny.
1t was a gloomy morning Of rain aud tenn
: pest. and Mrs Amber sat III a sort OF SIC
: vcnly di>habile, in a narrow room IN one g
| our thrd-rate hotels. Her own statcl
house had fallen prey to greedy creditor
! some time Since. Mr. Amber at an oppC
ste table was slowly o.enins and slancln
: over hs letters.
$ 'Hpo! he suddenly exclaimed, drol
0 p,ag one and catching it up again.
Y 'How YOU do aeitate ones nerves.
! sronncd Mrs. Amber.
Hang your nerves here 5 something
/, set them in huttcr--a letter from Ne
d England lawyer, announcing that your III
G cIc Obed jenkins has made Miss tanr
G Amber present OF twenty thousand dC,
+ lars to become her property on the day 81
marrics Harry latimer. :,
d Twenty thousand dollars" shrickt
e Mrs Amber and Cecilia i'll a chorus, IA
y nothing for us
p isTwentv thousand dollarS!" murmur'
C Fanny. with crimson spot on her chec
''Oh, how happy we shall be? Dear, XII
:e Uncle Obcd! y
s. "You' re a nice manager, snarled NJ
Amber, turning sharply to his wife.
le was for this wasit,. you treated MIR. Je
ID kins so rudcly on the night Of your Ii
n party" 80, >. ........, :,
at sobbed Mrs. Amber. "lle never told l
Ne he had any property,
1e "0f course not! calculated MIR. Amh'
"It enough to make man rave to- ha
~. such an idiot as you Tor wife. Iwer
,e thousand dollars would have been eVe1
Az thing to me, just now, when there is ssuct
us scarcity of ready money in the market.
Of And what $ worse. the sum IS so tied up Il
no one but Fanny can touch a cent OF It,
ut Mr.. Amber strobe out of the room, glvl
,ir the door very energt tic slam, and NJ
nd Amber went gracefully into Mysteries, VII
or Fanny sat looking at the letter which h
yn hecn messenger of so much happiness
st her, with scarlet lips half apart and
,le LIGHT of deep gratitude in her eyes
nd 'WEat will Harry say?' She ponder
he "Will be not think it blessed dream
or No more weary Waiting-no more procra
a nation. @, how can ever thank Cn
&C. Ohed sufficiently?
But Uncle Obed was already thanked.
,ut When upon Fauny's wedding day,
' deed which constituted her a small heir
W was delivered into her hand, it was enco
in narrow strip of coarse blue paper, VIII
ga the old man commonly used in his corr
ne rondenco. Upon this was written I
lef single line, and tears suffused the fair yol
tty bride eyes as she read the words: In me
ory Of Uncle Obcd's visit.
he ar ~z1b->ae--SSGzn------
TO GooI FoGTuNE A Lone TINE DELAY
AT the Mayors office yesterday morn
Ter appeared a man by the name OF Daniel u
ler. who communicated the fact to His II
~ or that he had lust received the intellige