Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-01-23
Nick stared at me-. well old boy, |

remain yours very truly, = ono ono
II. DARLRY."'
Nick stared at me- We'll old boy.
you," said with sickly
voice, and the knob in my throat bigger
than befores I wish TO goodness could
not, but ] mpst---so I do 'sasa mo a. iIuo9
Slowly once more be read through the
letter, getting redder and redder every,
moment. till al Of a sudden be threw i
down into the middle of the room aud
burst odt IN a. towering cpassiop.
Second thoughts, indeed land may n'tlI
have second thoughts, too. should liketoo
know I? A little thing that 4 m igoing.toa
be kicked, and then mhistloi sgaih. like 81
dog ,goi4l7li. 5,usgs-q 9aiisyf booa
-"Secohd thoughts scon-!'' He stopped
short and was quiet for a moment, and 3
went on tin q lower toneodtJ Jack. i've
been an ASST lhe fact of the matter is. i
don't care snap for Minnie Barley /; but
I lo7e your sister Fanny, thonsand times.
more than l can say No, stop; dontsay
anythsng yet and DON'T 60 staring asi if
you had never read Romeo aud Juliet.
nor heard of such a personals Rpsaline;
bit just listen quietly to lh,e,s Ishalf go
right home to my chambers, aud stick to
the law night and day ILL I've doubled
my dirty three hundred a yeaEdand then Il
I shall try my luck with Fanny,igoRye
had tso or three briefs this year ;yand III
know IYe,got wits, enough If lean only
stick to 1t, and Twill, 1Iwas thinning
the whole matter over last hight. III
guessed yohlwere right yesterday, 50 I satr
up and wrote letter to- old Darleys to
telfhim Twas very sorry for his daughter
and all that but that I'm blowed if III
have her, Ididn't put it exactly like
that, of,course, ibu. 4 was firm and civil; 3
and I'll send the letter first thing to.mor-
row morning Igwondcr when the post +,
goes9 Have you stamps, by-the:by 95r1ma
lpeycrlwas 50 taken ,abaek in my life, 4
and had literally a dificultyoin catching
my breath. There was ayague feeling Of
relief with il, latter all. dsMin.ie might 4
getoyepit,iand who.could tell what might i
not happen then 2 butgthe complication
before US was appallinguoe adi 10 sja,7sjai
-rLet me see her letter. .f1tlowas
atm my feet, Il picked itrup, tore 1t Open., 0
and looked for her sighiture, and read, osyr
.,Dear sir, you obedient servant, os,1
!, ,gaiijo1t g0i sssr"SMIrH s. SMIrH,''s5up
lsupp0se plropened my eyes wider. i'd
possible more than they were before, for. !
in. a second, Nick had snached the,paper
out Of my hands ltcwas aIlaSyer's les,is
ter announcing the sudden death Of old b
General Barnard, soon after he had iex-i
ecuted, a will which revoked former one.
bequsathing his moneyoto build and en-.
dow two monesteries and a convent, and
left all his property to Nick, .onh his at,nl
tanning the gesof twenty tyffgessa1ge3 odT
Mr.. barley was executor and trustee, G
with full powers to do as he thought best 1
with the, estate till Nick should come into
possession. A dozen tines at least, We g
must have read 1t through. Nick at last
broke the silence f"Jack, oh second
thoughts.il II shan't send tliat0lcttef to old,q
Darleyi2sgIo baG ,sIliK ngb8 81 tnEjani
u seized hold of bis ohand, and shook .
it so that bis arm was stiff for three days o
after. and itwas mercy that he was not
disfgured BY having ituspermanently
leDgthened. .Iaiulo9 solrsJ
haveilittle more to tell. and what
thcreis,lis best told in few words p
Nick left us the next day but one,vbut
beforeihe went he caught Fanny,pfhya6-
cident, he says) alone on the lgazeboJdl1
What happened there, ,'am sure l
don't know, but | do not know nthat
whensl metthsn coming back thougktthe
chesnuts. Fanny run and threw her arms
round my neck and kissed mo, and Nick;
paid me double. at least. for stiff arm. bA
Both Of them, no doubt, thought it We.
ry cruel Of my amother to- refuse point
blank to allow athe wedding till fanuyoo
wsseighteen but perhaps on the whole
it was as we'll for Nick in the meantime
turned twenty. five, and ewas able to acl'y
cept an invitation to stand as Conserva.
tive candidate for Heldbn.t When tie
appointed day. Fannysbirthday, came ,elii
vas III fall orders. and had rung myself /
in as'fectot Of Barnard 1ol bemialo silfdi
lam not goodlhand at describing paa'
wedding, and am grossly ignorant Of the
difference between tarlatans and tulles
but Emma and Edith Grey; we're two Of
our bridesmaids, and as Nick and Fanny
werc going to tho East, and. did not want
Chevronix for.the honeymoon, Mra tirey
lent ii me.
The 1fnres m1et tell The rest.