The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-10-27
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IS hjAsf, / sahcy sho Il not be- stub
ab&ashsat it," l,sa;d. "Let's look ai
'th1%lIagain, and SEQ whass these lega-
cies are, and how much tho whole thing
amounts to- -~--.,--
"Two hundred thousand, Wilcox
told me toaay-halt in real estate,
half in cash, bonds ind mortgages, etc.
And, ,by.the:vay;ethere, arez9three o,
four valuable bonds among these papers
here, answering to some that Wilcox
said were missing. Il must have been
vell.contrived secret drawer in: the
old desk ,lor else they searched it very
:, stupidlyrrrW What made the old gentle.
l. 1llni hide his viii, I wonder?" = & go
AZ tWhstsmade him Do queer things all
bis life p l answered. "He was al.
ways odd as. Dlck's hat-band." II T.
"Did you ever learn the fashion Of
that hat band p he said, carelcssly,
unfolding. the will again., We had not
really read those inside pages, and now,
coming them together, We gave a
simultaneous start, as the omlnous
word "C0diciW met our ewes for the
first time.
"Ah!' said Chi, dryly, with quick
intuition Of the truth this. cuts the
knot, I fancy" And he read aloud: !,
"After due elaboration, I repent Of
verifying Scripture, and choose not to
furnish another illustration of tho say
ing, TO him that hath shall be given
" Withdrawing the name Of my nephew,
who has sufficient Of this worlds goods,
''1aubstltute th.t Of my niece, Pamela
PousoDby, whose patrimony is small,
Ind Whose sweet face and winsome be-
hsvist have infinitely cheered the soil:
tude Of my siek-room during her re-
cent visit. I double the portion of my
niece Marjorie, and upon my nephew
Chi bestow my blessing" 3.'SE" n
"WeA," I gasped, when he finished.
Words failed me, and 1 simply stared
At him in black dismay. The feeling
was reflected in Chi's face for half a
second; then he burst into . hearty
laugh Of genuine amusement.
,Ifnhs best joke I ever heard !"
no exclaimed, fairly shaking with
laughter, partly At the comicality of
the whole thing, but equally at my rue
full oountenanoe. "You5aad Pam are
tho Increases, after all, and I'm dis.
missed with his blessing! What, will
come NEXT, + wonderr Will you. dis.
miss me, too, Marjorie ?" and he snatch
ed me up in his arms, aud nearly
squeezed the breath out Of my body. I
had only voice enough toutter:r =
dts shame, Chi, a horria shame !"
But, if he had crushed me. would
hav> borne it, rather than LEI him. ,ilu-
agine, for the shadow of second, that
{. t,esnts oodicih rould make any difference
in my love. Not that there was any
danger Of his imagining it, however.
The ridiculous aspect Of the affair SEEM
ed to make, more impression. upon him
than any other. To think how he was
planning for Pamela 80 benovolently,
when all the while Pam was mistress Of
every thing, and he absolutely disin-
herited ! He4aushed until the tears
rolled down hia cheeks, and I was fam
to join him from the sheer force of ex-
ample. Z - = -
Tho night wore away rapidly under
this new excitement. Tho need of
sleep was forgotten, and, before we
thought oft, the morning twilight was
glimmeriug through the unshuttered
windows. ... q,
n "Daybreak, actually| Chi e1olain-
ed, the first to spy the dawn. "Christ-
i mas Day, too-merry Christmas, Mar
jorie p .r
. "Merry Christmas y I responded
=, ''if i isn't adding insult to injury, Chi.
? 70 lose fortune, snd get q little; SIM
pleton for a wife
"One needs to be strong.minded to
be jolly in such circumstances" he in
tefrupted, finiahing my sentence in his
own way: II, shy, Marjorie, hadn't 1
better fall in love with Pam now ?"
!" "She wouldn't look at you" I said,
seourely:: :a"She has her fortune, and
she will soon have her artist. You'll
jrs ,Ptr t-
fave to content yourself with me-"
,asi) "She's welcome to her artist God
ble y him him and - her fortune, too," he
cried, merrily. ~ have my little Mar
jorie, ana sllIth world h.s not her
e4qal-for me-" 4<r rfsx7
..lThe sunshiae was brilliant . the
neF.lallen spow~xhen We galleped
honevard Jetulha had given us ! be-
~tphine little breakfast, md Chi, in
SPITE fzhis dai,herit.nee, had made
hethipPyish 40 shining d.peioes,.
b{xi5 Chi .mas-box IA herself
anh JorSus We had a1lbssn up TO-
inspect a. sarret by daylight, and
r1as1 4 &C. "a