The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-10-27

| Con. think at heart she was very
5n,less s. ,,'''oAishcd. Darlle clipped her
! hands. 84 Il
/; "Qh, Chill wonder Who needs a
little wholesone discipline now PIN
sorry for Pam, though"
"You needn't be. PANS got tho
! best Of the bargain. rsy,
| 81 wonder ! hou? Marjorie's got
:yon, at any rate s,a.:,.,.. c,,z,2.
In spite Of their frequent sparring,.
Darlie evidently thought me lucky
person to gct| her brother-a rps;eesi Of:
good sense for which I forgave her
many imperdneuces. ::
"Marj orie has got me but Pam has
| got Beverly" he said; and Darlie's
| eyes grew luminous with sudden curi-
csity aud wonder. But she never suf-
fered herself to be taken by surprise.
"Beverly, indeed! Marjorie
wouldn't swap, Tubet,'' she answered,
cool and superior as ever. Aud Chi.
was too amused to fud fault with her
"jsrgon." As for me, I kissed her.
promptly, astonishing her more by
that act then Chi had done by his in
formation, :
"What is it all about ?" Mrs Fan.
shaw asked, bewildered. And at that
crisis Josephine aud Pamela, just dis
covering our arrival, came running
downstairs to greet and scold and laugh
at us, and ask fifty questions all in a
breath. Chi was tempted to run away;
but he stood it bravely, and, after a
while, we all subsidized into the parlor
and a reasonable state Of quietude, and,
Chi being spokesman, the story Of the
midnight alarm-the cat and the ghost,
the will and the codicil-was duly re-
lated. There was plenty Of comment
and cutlery, Of course-was ever a will
in the world that satisfied everybody?
Passing by that, it was pretty to see
Pamela's generous indignation. 4
elf could have dreamed of such a
thing, Chi surely, you'll believe me
- would never have gone to mako
that visit, or I would have made myself
SO CROSS and disagreeable, that that cod;-
gil would never have been written. It
won't stand, though ; I'll tear it off as
soon as I hold ofthe stupid paper, and
you'll have your own, CHI, all The
same, vyv
. "You can't do it, you silly little
PAM" be laughed. "lt would be a
sgal misdemeanor.'' a
"As if cared for that /! III do
something, at any rate. Chi what
uonsepse! She turned to him, with
her blue eyes sparkling, her face in
glow. 'Do You think so meauly OF me
rs to Imagine that I would keep all
hat property? Would yoa do it your
self You know you never would, and
it's hateful CT you to think such things
of ne. I don't care"
With which irrelevant conclusion
she burst into tears. ..
Chi put his armsaround her, and kiss
ed her tenderly ; but was 1 not jeal-
Gus, not in the very least. Josephine
came in with something sensible, as
usual. There was very practical
vein in the Fanshaw family.
"Why don't you stick to the old
agreement Let Chi have the
house, and Pam the money, and
Marjorie the family portraits, inst as
you planned it all before the will turn
ed up. What's the use Of crying, |
Pam? It's late in the day to be |
growing for Uncle Chichester"
Her droll tone provoked burst of
laughter; Pam giggled HISTORICALLY I
through her tears. |
n wish Uncle Chichester had been !
asleep" she exclaimed. "It's Just |
what I want-to make an equal dlvis-
ion but Chi is so lisagrceablc." |
"Did he refuse to take his share p
Josephine asked, dryly. ~ haven't |
heard him." - 1921
And Pam seized Chi's hands tragi. |
cally. "WW you? p sho cried, her |
dewy blue eyes appealing TO- bis, her
sweet mouth in dangerous proximity. I
"Now, Chi, you know how happy II
mean to DO one of these days" tho
loveliest color flashing over her face
t"don't spoilit all by being obstinstc /
and disobliging." &T*
i'll had not perfectly understood
her meaning, 1t might have been a
trial--even then-to see CHI take. the |
kiss which those rosy lips invited so |
unconsciously. How could he help it,
when they were SO near him, and so
exceedingly pretty? But it was no
treachery to me, or the far-away artist |
either, to whom PANS little heart turn
ed with steadfast devotion aud it was
the simplest way of siguifying bis con.
sent to her understanding not 80
easy for Chi to do, for, as he had said
Of Pam, he was both proud and deli.
cate; and, to accept such gift from
her, even thou h so clearly his right,
cost him an effort. q, ,.-g.+..ss
-, 1t was all settled. however by that
kiss, afterward in due form by
neutrality-suspicious.. Theestatc vas
holted, not thirded, Chi and I tooly
counting one. The next Christmas Day
found as domicileds at Beverly, where
nc midnight alarm troubled me again,