Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-07-05

lowing conversation TOOK place
"Now, james, " said his cousin, ''wc shall
not be interrupted for some time, and you
must really give me your serious attention. So
"Yes, Cousin Margaret
"1ou see James, You are a man now, and
must act and be treated-doy You understand?
treated like other people"
That s lust what / want 70 5c.'
"Wcll, then, must tell you frankly. that
am much annoyed by your coming here as
you did"
1t wash my fault that itroinod. Cousin
Margaret. wish it hadn't" he replied
pite9u-ly.
II am not speaking Of your comm. in wet,
and spelling the chairs, said she Il am
much annoyed at your coming here AZ all. ''
The good widow though, she would get on
best by being angry; but 1t was 80 use.
Nv here else was to q t9?' ho asked.
How ycu fond NE out. cannot thiak,
sighed the victim. The observation was an
unlucsy one.
All, ha Z" lie cLucalet, '.you thought
was stupid, did You 2''
And then followed "a long weary story Of
hew, Tassnc through Manchester, he bad
seen this person. and spoken 70 that, and OBJ
taiaca the ciew by which be had hunted his
listener down. What made ic more TrovOk-
ing was the credit he took for his ciegcrnoss.
lie warmed to mis- subject as be went on.
and finishing with an air of man wh0 had
rendered an important service, and expected
to have 1t promptly recognised.
This threw his victims outaIl-cflcd
speeches IF the line.
.Oh dear. Oh dear she cried "IJ docs
n matter how You found Inc cut; y0u have
done SO. The question Is. hat am | TO DO
with y0u,u now you re here What am | 70 do
with YOU ?'
Il don't know. Cousin Margaret"
y ou d5u { know A pretty answer tlr
Ian o. five or Fix and twenty. Now look
here james Wympcr. should like to do
something for yOu. for y0ur poor mothers
sake, hut cannot, and-and yOu have no
right to thrust yourself upon me like this,
ani-and-arc You attending to me, James
Nymper ?"
.'Yes, cousin Margaret, 80 he replied vi,h
a jerk, coming suddenly out 9t Ais fog.
.'W nat was / saying %
That YOU woald ike to d1 something ta-
mv poor mothers sake.
That was only half what said, sir. How
dare you pick out my words like that
went n TO say thar clulin 90 any thing
for YOU; and can t. I've not the means.
I'm very poor; { can hardly manage ior my
self Ny husband lett me very badly of.
Did he leave me anything?
~ on after urconduet-ruun.nga away.
ami frightening us as you tilf Is it Ike
iyt
81 know it was wrong 10 ruu away,
Cousin Margaret. but, you see, ] Ne come
back again, hc sand with the utmost sa'.-
ty
This was conclusive For the last na-i
n0ur she had been trying 10 din INTO hl7 head
that be had no business to come back and
here be wa taxing credit ior having return
cd. as an act which was O. cancel all the 'l-
teuco- of his youth fcraeiyns that h-
reply had troubled her. be proceeded J'
promise uTon his word Of honor tha, he
wou.d never, never run away again la-A-
ing was clearly useless. one OF two course,
only remalned--to endure Lim OF turn him
out, neck and crop.
Mrs Bryce did no- alarolieemau.
The c1ndgr+ of 1.l7r James WINNER dur
ir.. tbe rex- two or three DAYS was what
IN another man. would have reused the .n-
lienatisn or all cancamei iy It's almost -lh-
M ,,.-.l.,,--.,s II ,fr
-. ,,l'is -. ..,, ~ ,,..,...r'.-,
a. - -. -. With
those Of Mrs. Jeryoicc's unTcicomc guest. ID
tLc house and all it contained belonged O.
him. and it, inhabitants were dependents ua
bis bounty. BE could not have behaved moro
.,i.. .-f -, -'-.' 5..,-,l ,,rr...,,,
'Oh, never l4'ri me Was -i, le-ii'A
don want To- 5roon-s anybody ID -' I- '.-l
for myself. IA all ii5lt- ! '" -e- INC alone
and see
lis hrst great tNl -lli N-- % l4ctil ilalc
himself upon a washing ana |rns-n- ma
chine which he found, ont OF order and dir
used in cellar and whether be had improved
in dextertv. OF sufficient time was granted