The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-05-24

AnO Curn0O DOCH SODlct 0nu 1Poon
into cash, which | pocketed-
~ I had received no further letters
from my uncle until the one which
I read m Mrs. Kingsley's parlor. |
The postscript not only astonished
but absolutely heightened me:
read as follows: =
sP. 81 have mover visited
Philadelphia, so I have decided to
do SO at once, and get a look at
your wife and child You may ex.
pect me about the 10th Of tho
month ssasaGi 81
ssGood gracious! my uncle is com
ing to visit me-" I exclaimed; .tand
it's past the 10th of the month now!
I don't know at what moment, he
man pop in. What am I to do for
wife and childi"
At that moment there came
terrible pull at the door bell as if
the man who pulled it imagined
that he owned the house. and could
make as much noise as he pleased.
A sickening sensation took posses
sion of me, for I had misgivlng
that it was my uncle. Now as good
fortune would have it, Mrs. Kings
ley had gone out to. a neighboring
store for q few moments, and had
requested me to have an eye On her
child while she was gone, SO it
wouldn't fall out Of the cradle, and
hurt itself. As I glanced at the
cradle, and thought Of my uncle at
the door, bright idea entered my
mind. I determined, in case the
visitor was my uncle, to claim the
youthful occupant as my own.
The visitor proved to be my un
Gle. I knew him by the pictures 1
had seen, and he likewise knew me
by my photograph. After mutual
recognition and a hand shaking, l
ushered my honored relative into
the parlor and introduced him to
my newly claimed offspring. ifo
| "There, uncle" said ], sis the
first pledge of our married life. I
assure you I take pleasure in pre>
senting to you my child" s
at is q fat youngster,' said my
uncle admiringly. sBy the way,
what! is it, boy or girl!" 7aL
That was a knotty story for me
to answer, for he was Just as much
acquainted with its gender as !
was. But it would not do to show
ignorance on the subject, so ! an
swered at 3 hap hazard that il was
q boy. = gaH
II 81 am sorry it is boy said my
uncle, ..there are too many boys in
the family. Now, if you had only
produced little blue eyed girl il
would have been more sensible"
Il I assured him I was sor1y the
/ gender did not suit, but hoped il
/ the future his wishes would b.
!, gratifed. a9t
So far 1 had succeeded in deceiv-
ing my uncle, but the worst I fearet
was, that when Mrs Kingsley re-
turned, she might object to my
Z claiming ownership in her child
Besides to carry out the deception
I must find a wife as well as an in
! FAINT, and Mrs. Kingsley was tn
: only one I could convenient,
! claim. The only difficulty was t
{, get her consent to the deception
and this might be done if I coul
!, only secure private interview wit
. her before / introduced her to nj
: uncle, then it would be all right
watched my opportunity, an
gained an interview with her befor
:, she entered the room. I told hel
= in a few brief and hurried word
= the extent of my difficulty, and no
: had taken the liberty of acting 9
= papa to her little one. then tol
her I must find ( wife somewher
= and begged her to allow me to il
= troduce her in that capacity. Sh
: laughed very heartily at the sue
gestion. said she could comprehen
= my difficulty, and consented to m
proposal. and very roguishly warne
= me not to presume upon the occm
renee. aisi a as4tea aa4,
= We then entered the parlor ar
I introduced her as my better sha.
=. My uncle was very much please
- with her, and complimented me u
on my good choice in the selectit
of wife. Mrs. Kingsley of cour
colored most charmingly at sth
compliment, and / could plainly 9
= that she could scarcely refrain fro
laughing. e So
"You lave . fine boy here" sa
my uncle to Mrs. Kingsley, pOin
L ing to the cradle. a1Js.