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1T would Z have ,Feolired nc

~ UaAA A.A - % = - -Alt = HTI-
guests to, have faneiedb them
selves amid the light and fra:
grance Of some itrepic isle on
that festal night. The stately
balustrades. were, I wreathed
with deeply tinted blossoms,
the air was freighted with the
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. At the further end of the
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ber herself Q stately matron
in sapphire velvet illuminated
by the pale glimmer Of pearls.
No one would ever have i'm.
agined from the smiling self,
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iThrc ugh all 0 the hum and
murmur Of the aristocFatic as;
Selnblage-through = all. the
crash of arriving carriages and
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beyond, Mrs. Ambefs' quick
ear caught one lowS heSitating
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her husbands. She .beckoned
to him. and whispered in
scarcely audible accents, o.
aWellp mo d. .,.'.. u l'.4 'so. . J.
"Just taapI expected We.
are ruined, Can't keep above
water a week Norris has
failed, aud We shall follow. suit"
"a weekl9 murmured Mrs.
Amber thoughtfully, @a week.
One can accomplish a good
deal in a week. Have you no.
ticed how attentive young Gold
is to Cecilia!"s she added very
musingly. 58' e.- tst- ag
ale won't be after--".n 1r
"Hushp Mrs. Amber eg,
claimed, With a quick glance
around, as if apprehensiFe that
I the very walls wutld hear their
whispered colloqny. II she
wins a rich husband before the
world learns of our distress, we
are tolerably safe. For our
own sake keep a cheerful face;
mingle with our guests-throw
off that perturbed Grown. J
tell you all will be right."5
Mr. Amber shrugged his
shoulders and whistled half a
bar Of some popular strain
then turned, away to obey his
? wife's bellests Ito the best Of
his ability, while Mrs. Amber
her smooth lips all wreathed in
dulcet,Smiles, resumed the task
of receiving her gay friends.
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thrill and litter through the
apartrnent-the crowd openet
as if TO- make way for some
body, and Mrs. Amber came
forward expeeting-te 10 NEE
some distinguished arrival. q.
F"Good evening, Tidy
kalkilated you'd all be gone L
bed, this time o'night, but / SCI
you don't keep New Hampshire
habits. Hain't forgotten me
/, have you'll Why, ] am your un
u Gle, Obed Jenkinsl' lso q
Mrs. Amber turned pal
:, through all her artificial bloom
at her unexpected addition I
!, her cQmpanysthat stood befor
her. his honest features beam
ing with delight. 1t was 9
i. ruddy-faced old man, in a sui
of,butternut, ,colored cloth, cal
,e ! rying in one hand "a b neatl,
2 tied handkerchief containin
= hi, wardrobe, and in the othe
! a crooked walking stick, full {
] knots and .gnarls-such a site
as grows only in dense swamp
where theyoung saplings hav
:, to twist their little arms in E,
cry direction to get,a bit 4
$, sunshine, and grow up, inath
most unheard of shapes. s1i
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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-11
ADVERTISING TERMS,

-utiIe, Young Gold had In
some unacccoantable manner
discovered the slate OF The
Amber exchequers and wisely
concluded that,it was not best,
to waste his personal charms
and elegant stock Of small talk.
on SO Ineligible a fair one as
Miss Cecilia. Colonel Wood:
an had also shown unequiyocal
signs Q. Withdrawing his suit.
not at all 10 Miss Fmnie's ais
pleasure. IN Snort, everything
seemed to be going wrong, and
theioAly satisfied members o
The confederation were Harry
Latimer and Miss Fanny. 2 rs!g
it was a gloomy mo morning f16g.ta 81
rain and tempest. Mrs. Amber
sat in ssort of slovehly disha::
bile, in "a narrew room in one
Of cur third.rate hotels. HEP
once stately house had fallen a
4 !
prey to greedy. creditors some
time since, Mr.. Amber at an an.
opposite table, was slowly
opening and glancing over his
letters. q '-lA . as-'Ks DO
-@Halloaf' he suddenly eoaxE!
claimed, dropping one and
catching it up again. i-a 9o2S
"Aow you doeagltate one's
neryes!r groanef Mrs. Amber.
Slang your nerves here's
something to set them IN q
lutter-4a letter from a New
+ England lawyer announcing
that your Uncle. ObedaJenkins
has made Miss Fanny A6bsra
present of twenty thousand
dollars, 70 become her property
on the day she marries Harry
Latjmer." .gge..tEsgz
"Twenty thousand dollaraIY
shMeked Mrs. Amber and Ges
ella in chorus 'ard nothing
for us?' .s-'- q .,r. ri
Twenty, thousand 'lollarsy',
murmured Fanny witA a crimz
son spotppon her cheek; soA!
how happy we shall be- Ny
dear kind Uncle -Qbedln'. .,-..c
"YoaTe a nice manager%S
. s1arled Mr., Amber turning.
sharply to his wife, "It was.
for this, was t you treated NJ,
Jenkins so rpdeiy on the night.
Of your last party9o .4 8. Red
Il didn-tlAew-Ididn't sup.
pose"- sobbed Mrs. Amber.
',lio never told me he had any
' property" -. 7s4 /. a..v-.s IS
| "'Ol course not'i ejacalatcdi
I. Mr.. Amber, it is enough to
, make-a man rave at such an
idiot as you for a wife! twenty
S thousand- dollars would have
; been everything 70 me, just
s now, wheu there " stchI a
' scarcity OF money in the mar.
t ket. And wlrat's- wolse, the
t sum is SO tied up that no one
# but Fanny can touch a cent Of
S ~ gs-. !-o5 yW bee
L Mr.. Amber strobe out Of tire
. room, giving the door a very
e energetic slam, and Mrs. Am.
y Der went graciQusly iato'hys-
y terics, while Fanny sat booking
n atthe letteBawhich had leen-a
a messenger!of so much hsppi.
d ness to her, with scarlet lips
e halfaparb and the light Of deep,
a gratitude in her soft blue eyes.
;, stlWAat will Harry say?s she
# poadered. will he pot tthinls
h it pleasant dreams No,mors
+ weary waiting--no more pro,
If erastination. Oh, how can !
e thank Uncle Obed sufficiently,
+, But Uacle- e-0hed was already
n than ked, ---.ov -Sl-o,- "a
When, upon Fannie's we'd.
t ding day, the deed, which con-
D, stitutedhei' a-smaltheiress, was
It delivered into her. hand, it was
II enclosedsin a narruw strip Of
!, coarse blue paper, which the
e old man commonly usedin his
correspondence. Upon this
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